Volume 36, Issue 31 - May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

Volume 36, Issue 31

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Sal Christ (right), the 2013-14 senior editor of MSU Denver’s annual art and literary magazine Metrosphere presents Vinh Nguyen with the magazine’s Best in Literature award during the Metrosphere release party, which took place April 25 at the Center for Visual Art. Photo by Charlie Hanson • chanso12@msudenver.edu

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Never forget: Remembering the Holocaust

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By David Tan dtan@msudenver.edu Holocaust rememberence week was marked this year at Auraria April 28 in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge.

The event focused on how the persecution of the Jewish population in the Holocaust lead to many deaths.

Hosted by The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Services at Auraria, featuring three speakers and an open panel to discuss the topic of oppression and the forms it has taken throughout history.

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The crowd was silent as the first speaker, Estelle Nadel, told her story of the Holocaust of the 1930s and ’40s .

Nadel’s story started in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1942 when she was seven years old.

“We heard motorcycles. My brother had looked out, ‘it is the Gestapo and they’re coming for us,’” Nadel said. “I looked out; there was a line of five motorcycles coming. We didn’t know what to do.

We knew we couldn’t run outside — it was daylight and people would just point at us.”

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family and said, ‘Look, monkeys <<continued from front page that aren’t in cages.”

Nadel and her family had firstHe continued by telling the hand experience of the cruelty of crowd that the event at the zoo the Gestapo —the Nazi secret police. Half her family members were influenced his teaching career by making him educate his students killed when the Gestapo rounded on the origin of racial discrimiup the Jews from their village, nation and its spread across the including her father, sister and one world. of her brothers.

Hazan continued the panel She proceeded to explain to the audience how they beat and kicked with discussions about how holocausts and genocide haven’t just her brothers, demanding to know been limited to Nazi Germany and if there were other Jews. When mentioned Nadel finished other masher story, she “Hatred is taught — we are sive genocides was in tears. throughout Followborn to love.” history, such ing Nadel’s —Professor Robert Hazan as those in story, two MSU Rwanda and Denver profesCambodia. sors held an He was more open panel on amazed at where the origins of opoppression. Dr. Winston Gradypression and genocide have been.

Willis, a chair of the department “I do not understand how Euof African and American studies rope, the most educated, the most and Dr. Robert Hazan, chair of cultured place in the world had let the political science department something like genocide take root answered questions regarding to there (Europe),” Hazan said. the subject.

The crowd’s attention was in Grady-Willis, who is black started the panel by sharing a story full force as Hazan spoke about in which he felt persecuted because people being taught to hate. He explained that humans aren’t born of his race. hating each other, but are taught “I remember this one time by those who refuse to learn and when I was at the Denver Zoo,” he said. “A grandmother turned to her accept other people for who they are. He aptly put the topic into granddaughter and pointed at my

Refugees speak on escapes

By Jason Colbourne jcolbour@msudenver.edu A group ofAfrican refugees spoke about their escapes from countries experiencing genocides April 22 during an Africa Community Center event at Auraria.

Hawa Salah, one of the refugees who spoke, was only 15 when her family left Sudan and traveled to Egypt, escaping a dangerous life in their own country.

“We kill each other, I don’t know why,.” Salah said. “We kill kids, I don’t know why. We kill women I don’t know why.”

Salah and her family came to the U.S. in 2009. She married and had children and now works for the ACC in their Safari Store.

George Serwenda who escaped from Burundi in 1993 also spoke at the event.

He went to Tanzania from

his home country and stayed there until 2008, when he came to the United States. He also works for the ACC. Jennifer Gueddiche, executive director of the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s African Community Center, explained spoke at the event as well.

“People are able to create social networks for themselves (at the community center) and create resources for themselves in their community,” she said. “So they are able to better inegrate into our society and become part of our community quicker.”

Although the refugees who spoke at the event on Auraria now live in the U.S., there are still 28.8 million internally displaced persons in the world, according to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Estelle Nadel, a Holocaust survivor tells her emotional story to students, April 28 in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge.

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perspective when he said, “Hatred is taught — we are born to love.”

The event came to a close with the screening of a documentary called “Paragraph 175,” which was about the persecution of gays

in Nazi Germany. The event was educational and brought in an audience of many different backgrounds to learn and talk about how oppression of people has led to mass genocide.

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2013-2014: An impactful year for news

By Melanie Moccia

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Pool Closing Auraria’s recreational pool is closing at the end of the semester.

There are numerous issues with the pool, including the pool’s liner, gutter and filteration systems.

The chemicals in the pool are potentially affecting the Platte River Basin and Denver Water.

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Prof. of the Year MSU Denver French professor, Ann Williams was named the U.S. Professor of the Year in November 2013 by the Carnegie Foundation. She was one of four professors in the U.S. to win the Photo from MSU Denver

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President Stephen Jordan won three awards for his work at MSU Denver.

He won the Nonprofit Impact Award, Outstanding Support of Hispanic Issues in Higher Education Award and the Sol Trujillo National Lifetime Leadership Award in March 2014

The 2013-2014 school year was a time for a great amount of newsworthy stories.

Whether it was campus, Colorado, U.S. or world news, there was always something happening. Here’s a list of some of the most important events that occurred throughout the past two semesters.

On a national level, there was the government shutdown on Oct. 1. Also in the news was the transition to the Affordable Care Act. In world news, the disapearance of the Malaysia Flight 370 has been a mystery since March 8. There has been an extensive search with no success.

Another news story that made a large impact on the world was the death of Nelson Mandela on Dec. 12. The South African President died at 95 years old and was known for being a leader, prisonor and symbol in his country for fighting against racial oppression.

Because news is constantly changing, no one will know what next year will bring.

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InSight

Where credit is due

By Nikki Work

nwork@msudenver.edu To my parents: I know I wasn’t an easy child to raise.

Between tantrums, tears, crashing my first car at 2 years old and an unlimited supply of attitude, you both had your work cut out for you.

If anything, the degree they will hand me in just a couple of weeks will be as much a certificate of your hard work as it is of mine.

You steered me. You taught me. You helped me erase algebra problems over and over again.

You helped me build that hopelessly bad Eiffel Tower made out of Q-tips and the poster board house that we spray painted blue…and then it fell apart. You bought me all those dinosaur figurines to put on my Cretaceous landscape for the fourth grade science fair.

You proofread, you defined and you taught me the value of finding things out for myself. You quizzed me on spelling, corrected my grammar and taught me to not only appreciate the present, but the

past and its lessons. You helped me laminate my first book, an epic about tornadoes and hurricanes, and you told me I was born to be a writer. Well, and I know I don’t say this nearly enough, you were right.

Mom, you’ve dried more tears than any scientific calculator (that I always lost) could count, and you appreciate my wit more than anyone else in the world. You gave me your analytical mind, your smattering of freckles and your whole heart. You taught me practicality when you told me that winning American Idol was not a realistic goal, but you taught me faith and unconditional support when you went to every choir concert.

You made me who I am through your strength and compassion. And I will never forget you reading all the words of “I’ll Love You Forever” to me by heart or the “wild rumpus” song you always sang in “Where the Wild Things Are.” It’s no wonder I love words so much — ­ you taught me their magic early on.

Dad, you did the most beautiful and loving thing I can imagine — you took me in as yours, and

loved me from the moment you gave me that Sunny Delight tab friendship bracelet. I’m so glad my mom picked you, and I’m endlessly grateful I’ve had the chance to be your daughter.

I remember the first time I hit a baseball back after you pitched it — lobbed you hard in the chest. Once you got your wind back, you never looked prouder. And though my childhood dreams of being the first woman in the MLB have long since disappeared, I know you are even prouder of my accomplishments and future now than you were that last day of baseball camp.

Now, I’m officially going off into the big kid world, degree in hand and a head full of hope. I just want you both to know I couldn’t have made it this far without your encouragement in my heart, your lessons in my mind and your love always there to catch me when I fall.

I will always be your Angel, Mama.

Daddy, I am still your baby girl.

Thank you so much for everything. I hope I make you proud.

This diploma is for you.

Reflections of future past

By Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu

As graduation approaches, I take the time to reflect.

But it’s not the past four years, the studies, the goals or the accomplishments on which I’m reflecting.

My mind is taking me back much further.

I’m remembering a problem student whose parents were in parent/teacher conferences nearly every week.

I’m remembering a 10 year old who used wire cutters to let dogs out of the local pound.

I’m remembering caves in a small patch of woods where three little girls would play at being intrepid adventurers.

And, as I remember, I can’t figure out when life changed so much.

When I was about 8 years old, I went over the handlebars of my new bicycle. In addition to the bruises, my two front teeth sank deep into my lower lip. That day seems so far away.

I remember there was a day when the word “college” wasn’t in my vocabulary. It wasn’t a situation that would have crossed my mind, even in play. I didn’t think about

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school when I wasn’t sitting in a classroom. I had other things to do.

I was thinking about going to the park and swimming in the creek. There were lakes to swim in and fish to catch. There were roads I had yet to ride my bike on. Slopes in the woods were a sea of blue camas flowers with starchy edible roots, and my sisters and I weren’t going to rest until we’d picked every one. We counted our futures in days, not years.

There were dogs that needed to be freed from the pound.

What changed? What determined that the passing of years meant the changing of a life? How could my life have changed so much that I’ve lost track of that little blonde girl who never managed to learn how to swim despite having swimming lessons up at Blaine’s every summer for a few years?

What happened to the summers at the lake on my grandfather’s boat, watching the mountain goats while we sat on the deck and fished? Farragut State Park was the best camping and Beaver Dam Bay had the coldest water.

I built igloos in the winter — good ones that we could sit in

without fear of the roofs falling in on us. We never thought about the future then. We played in the yard — summer or winter — until it was dark and the outside floodlight came on so we could beg to play just a little while longer. The sledding hill was as popular in the winter as the creek was in the summer. We played for hours, and not once did anyone ask us where we saw ourselves in five or 10 years.

I have plans, now. Where will I be sending my résumé? Is my portfolio sufficient? What if I can’t find a job in my field before I have to start paying all of those federal loans?

Maybe college seems far away to a child because our innocence would be less free if we knew what was coming. Soon enough we would learn, we would have friends, we would have some of the greatest experiences of our lives. But life would no longer be so simple.

I wish I could find that little girl, just for a few days and do something she would do.

Something legal. I’m pretty sure I’d be arrested if I took wire cutters to the pound to free the dogs.

Hashtag, Selfie

By Melanie Moccia mmoccia@msudenver.edu

Selfies are taking over our Facebook and Instagram feeds, crashing Twitter and the made-up word was even named “word of the year” last year.

I really think society has taken this trend and hashtag way too far.

Personally, I don’t take selfies, except when I’m sending ridiculous Snapchats to my friends, sarcasm, obviously.

I am not against people who take them either, and when people take ridiculous photos of themselves with their lips pursed and full face of makeup on at 9 a.m. with the hashtag #nomakeup, it ironically entertains me.

Lately, I’ve read too many articles in the news where people take selfies too seriously, or are disrespectful in their obsessive photo taking.

According to an article in the New York Daily News, a 19-yearold man, Danny Bowman, spent up to 10 hours a day attempting to take the perfect selfie. When he couldn’t get himself to look perfect on his iPhone, he tried to overdose, but was saved by his mother.

This is what I mean by people taking selfies too far. Yes, I understand this is an obsession and I guess somewhat of an addiction, which is a sickness. But when you’re spending your whole day trying to make yourself look good for your Instagram followers, it’s time to stop.

In another article in the New York Daily News, motorists who were stranded on a highway in Los Angeles because of a man who was threatening to kill himself took a photo of themselves, with the suicidal man in the background.

This is just plain disrespectful.

We understand that it’s important that you’re all out of your cars and stuck on the side of the road, but is it necessary to advertise it to the whole world?

Hopefully, some new hashtag trend that doesn’t show selfabsorbed people on social media comes along. I would love to go on Instagram and not see close ups of people’s faces. As painful as it sounds, I would rather see baby bumps and engagement rings.

Maybe.

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Looking Glass

By Mariah Taylor mtayl103@msudenver.edu My favorite fictional character in the entire world is the late Seymour Glass.

Created by the brilliant J.D. Salinger, I found Seymour powerfully magnetic. A boy genius, he was admitted into Columbia at age 15 and became a professor at age 20. He was extremely spiritual and became the voice of wisdom to the rest of the Glass family.

He wrote incredible poetry and his brothers and sisters absolutely adored him. But much of Seymour’s appeal came not in his amazing qualities, but rather in his startling flaws.

Through Salinger’s documentation of the Glass family, it becomes clear that Seymour’s life was one of constant internal struggle. He married a beautiful but shallow young woman who seemed confused and unnerved by his strange behavior, and at 32, he committed suicide, an event depicted in the short

story, “A Perfect Day for Banana fish.”

My fascination with Seymour Glass made me wonder why we often find this type of madness so absorbing. It seems as though the thought of a healthy creative figure, able to produce glorious works of art with a stable mind and strong disposition is simply boring. The idea of chain smoking in a dimly lit room, bottle in hand, mourning lost love and youth, on the other hand, seems to be what makes the creative process so attractive.

As an aspiring artist and writer, I must admit that this depiction of the creative mind seems a bit troubling. It seems as though it has become an accepted belief that those of us in creative fields should live lives fi lled with breakdowns and uncertainty. And while I am as guilty as the next guy of finding the Kurt Cobains and Sylvia Plaths both fascinating and inspiring, I refuse to believe that this is the life we are all doomed to live.

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Studying: 8 tracks

By Mariah Taylor mtayl103@yahoo.com We have only a few more weeks left in the semester, people, and as such this seems to be the time when motivation is most needed, but severely lacking.

Sometimes all you can do to survive the madness is to just do it.

Power through my friends. Here are a few songs to help you do just that.

You won’t find any videos here; I won’t give you one more source of distraction. So just put on those headphones and bang out that 25 pager.

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Artbyand Literary Magazine5.3: Free Comic Book Day 1. “About You” Xxyyxx

The obscured vocals mean that you won’t be distracted by poetics or storylines of lyrics.

2. “Vanessa” by Grimes

This song is gentle, but interesting. It generally stays the same tempo — no crazy drops or bridges that can be distracting or overwhelming.

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3. “Reconsider” (Jamie XX Edit) by The XX

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The XX is another go-to for long tumultuous study sessions. These guys are slow, rhythmic, and incredibly sexy.

“I also don’t trust Caribou 4. “Soliloquy” by Zomby The heavy base and subtle keyboard will make you feel like you’re do- anymore.

They’re out ing some White House-status research in an episode of “Scandal.” there, on the tundra, wait5. “Before I Move Off” by Mount Kimbie ing... SomeRepetitive guitar riffs paired with manipulating vocals makes this thing’s going song one for a good long studying stint. interesting enoughMagazine to keep ArtIt’sand Literary down. I’m right about this.” you from boredom but simple enough so as not to distract.

-Joss Whedon

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Muse of the 12 page essay

By Jody Mier

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jmier2@msudenver.edu Greetings Earthlings, According to the always reliable Wikipedia, one “invokes Muses when writing poetry, hymns, or epic history…and calls for help or inspiration, or simply invites the Muse to sing through the author.” I share with you my lame attempt at an invocation, to the Muse–or, hell, all of them—to aid me with my task of writing essays.: Sing through my fingers, Muse, and tell me of the 12-page essay from that scholar skilled in all ways of researching, the detective, distressed for semesters on end, after she looted JSTOR’s journals, and the MUSE site for her academic sources.

She scoured articles from scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed, and learned from the minds of many a distant scholar, and endured many sleepless nights and days, in her submerged brain in the deep while she endeavored to enrich her life, to bring that diploma home, but not by osmosis nor charm could she express, for the research demanded it all— time away from all: her friends, her family they reveled with the god of Merry Making, of wine, and she who studied all day through the eve of the final when at last she freed her eyes from the screen.

6. “Pull My Hair Back” by Jessy Lanza

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The name says it all. More sweatpants and sexy time, please.

7. “See Birds (Moon)” by Balam Acab

Whimsical vocals and vibrating beats, this song can put you into a deep focused work trance. It’s somehow relaxing but won’t put you to sleep.

8. “How’s That” by FKA Twigs

Twigs’s voice is gentle and the lyrics aren’t easy to get caught up in.

Her beats are original but not overpowering.

So become inspired.

Awaken your creative genius.

Meet your deadlines, finish what you’ve started, and create something you can be proud of. It’s not always easy, but much of the battle lies in hunkering down and simply do it.

I wish you the best.

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Thương

Thương What is thương?

Thương is leaving Home, flying to the Land of Opportunity.

It is staring at strangers speaking different tongues.

It is desperately finding a job to feed a three-generation family.

It is mowing grass under the hot cloudless day, from morning to noon, then sweeping the dirty airport floors late and long into these nights.

It is greeting “fakh uoo” to co-workers as they pass by.

It is eating a cold dinner, alone, during break time.

It is coming home late for four hours, only to wake up again to work.

Thương is witnessing your birth on a cool November night.

It is waking from a sleepless slumber, to submit to the will of the new king of the house.

It is caressing your husky hand, to guide and find your independence.

It is repeating “Bá” and “Mẹ,” to call us, servants, by name.

It is beating you with the stick of common sense, in hopes the pain and tears suppress the mischievous and reckless demons within.

It is both parents working in mindless, undesirable jobs to feed and house a family of four.

It is taking you to your first day of American education, with hopes of a prosperous future.

It is dealing with your rebellious age as friends and reputation exceed family and consequences.

It is celebrating your achievements with a “try harrda” or “aim highya” speech.

It is showing little to no affections for your accomplishments, only to brag about them behind your back.

Thương is love in Vietnamese.

Words uttered oh so rarely.

It is something we don’t say, Only something we do.

Written by Vinh Nguyen and featured in Vol. 32 of Metrosphere.

Nguyen also received the Metrosphere award for Best in Literature

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Art by Sara Lightning and featured in Vol. 32 of Metrosphere.

Lightning also recieved the Metrosphere award for Best in Fine Arts

Birdy makes mark on Denver

By Ian Gassman igassman@msudenver.edu Jonny DeStefano and Christy Thacker have ink in their blood.

No, they’re not direct descendants of William Randolph Hearst, but DeStefano’s parents do publish a variety of trade papers and, back in the early ’90s, he started an arts and literary magazine called The Red Wheelbarrow. During Thacker’s recent college years, she ran Western Washington University’s art-centric student publication, Klipsun, which is distributed throughout the Northwest. Together, they both share a unique vision of how a publication should be run.

Birdy, which launched in Jan. 2014, is DeStefano and Thacker’s attempt at showcasing Denver’s creative culture in the form of a monthly, print-only magazine.

Before DeStefano and Thacker could open Birdy’s cage, however, they had to find each other.

“After college, I lived in Kenya for a while, but my family lived here,” Thacker says. “I was just about to leave and go back to Seattle and, all of a sudden, I just visited Denver one day and found a place and a job as a barista (at City O’ City).”

Eventually, Thacker met DeStefano, who was the inhouse DJ for City O’ City at the time and they hit it off. Thacker helped DeStefano create Deerpile, a DIY venue above City O’ City.

“After Deerpile got a good footing, I recognized that we had all the resources necessary to pull off a magazine, DeStefano says. “Part of that was when I met Christy. She was the missing piece to the puzzle.”

Throughout 2013, the duo began planning out every aspect of Birdy, from the general “theme” of the magazine, to the layout, to potential backers. Michael King, who creates posters for the Deerpile and once designed for the Onion A.V. Club,

makes Birdy’s design shine.

Birdy strives to be local: Its advertisers are all based out of Denver. Kayvan Khalatbari, the owner of Sexy Pizza and dispensary Denver Relief, is a main supporter, along with Illegal Pete’s, KGNU community radio station and the Oriental Theater.

Birdy has also gathered a number of recurring contributors since the first issue, including journalists Jason Heller and Johnny Morehouse, local comedian Bobby Crane and artists like Ray Young Chu. Just the same, DeStefano and Thacker are willing to accept any and all submissions, as long as they have a purposeful voice.

“That’s the idea with the Deerpile: if you have the courage to get up on stage and you want to, then you can make a show happen here and that’s the same thing with the magazine,” DeStefano explains. “It’s conducive with people who want to contribute, where they can feel like they’re welcome and can have some kind of an ownership in it.”

Still, with such a good staff on hand, DeStefano and Thacker feel confident about working in a purely print medium. They hope that Birdy’s content and format will make it timeless.

“The whole concept of the magazine is ‘collectability,’” Thacker notes. “We’re not a newspaper. It would be easy to (cover) an event, but we’re not interested in that sort of reporting style. For the most part, the bulk of our content needs to be relevant for as long as it can be.”

Thacker mentions that Birdy’s fifth issue, which drops Friday, May 2, will be quite a “triumphant” one with some staying power. The main article is about the 27-year-old Denver musician, Mike Marchant, who recently battled and ovecame Hodgkin lymphoma. Otherwise, it will likely feature more irreverent humor, some intriguing short fiction, a dash of music and plenty of awesome art.

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Campus events 5.1: May Day St. Cajetans @ 11:30 a.m.

5.2: Feminist First Fridays Science Building 1086 @ 12:30 p.m.

5.3: Festival Choir and Symphony King Center Concert Hall @ 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

5.5: Outstanding Student Awards Ceremony SpringHill Suites @ 4 p.m.

5.7: Fast Track your Job Search SSB 400 @ 1 p.m.

5.11: Chamber Music King Center Concert Hall @ 4 p.m.

Around Denver 4.25-7.13: Jorge Mendez Blake Museum of Contemporary Art Denver 4.2-5.24: Kristin Stransky “common/myth” @ plus+gallery FREE 5.6-5.18: Once Buell Theatre @ 7:30 P.M. $25-$95 5.23-5.25: American Idiot The Buell Theatre @ 7:30 P.M. $28-$85

Entertainment news “World’s most notorious bachelor, George Clooney engaged” (The Denver Post) “Metal band Mastodon Announce New Album “Once More ‘Round the Sun” (Pitchfork) Stories streaming at time of print (5/1 - 7 p.m.)

Culture quotes “If your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.”

-Bill Gates

Art, writing collide in Metrosphere

By Stephanie Alderton salderto@msudenver.edu MSU Denver students gathered at the Center for Visual Arts last Friday to show off their creativity — 175 pages of it.

The 2014 edition of Metrosphere — MSU Denver’s annual art and literary magazine — launched amid food, wine and applause from the guests who filled the CVA. Some of the magazine’s artwork was displayed on the walls and dozens of free copies covered a table near the door.

Although editor Sal Christ said fewer people submitted work this year than in the past, the new issue is about twice as thick as last year’s.

It features art, poetry and prose from 36 MSU Denver students, including the winners of the last Writes of Spring literary contest.

Christ said she and the other judges wanted to show how much high quality art their fellow students could produce.

“We went based on emotional resonance. You know, stuff like this that’s on the walls,” she said, pointing to the paintings displayed in the CVA. “You react to it, it’s a visceral reaction and so that’s what we looked for.”

One non-visual work of art guaranteed to get a visceral reaction is Amanda Trujillo’s poem “calling all abusive & Narcissistic mothers.” Trujillo is an English major who has been writing poetry since fifth grade, and she had no difficulty explaining what this

deeply personal work was about.

“Pretty explicitly, I’m talking about rape in the poem,” she said.

“So it’s definitely an abrasive, taboo topic. But I also think it’s really important to speak out about it. It’s not okay. And it’s something that happens pretty frequently, unfortunately. And then (the poem is) also threading in a little bit about my relationship with my mother, and how I blame her.”

Trujillo has already published her poetry in several magazines around the country, including Decades Review and The Literary Yard, but while the excitement of seeing her name in print has started to wear off a bit, she said she still enjoys going to launch parties like the one at the CVA. “Things like this, where somebody else is reading your poem and then contacting you, that’s sort of like the chocolate frosting,” she said.

Friday’s launch party had the biggest turnout Metrosphere has seen in years. Around 170 people crowded into gallery as Christ thanked her team and handed out awards to some of the artists.

The Best in Fine Arts award went to MSU graduate Sara Lightning for her “Ascension/ Suspension” series of paintings, one of which graces the magazine’s cover. Lightning has displayed her work in several venues around the Denver area, including the CVA. The Best in Literature award went to a young man who, at one time, didn’t even consider himself a

writer.

Vinh Nguyen started taking creative writing classes to improve his English, which is his second language. He said he didn’t originally plan to publish anything. But when he read his poetic narrative, “Thựợng,” out loud in a creative nonfiction class, several people, including Christ, suggested he submit it to Metrosphere.

“I didn’t know how I felt about it, because I had never submitted anything before,” Nguyen said. “I didn’t even think my writing was that great.”

The magazine’s editorial team thought otherwise. “Thựợng” — pronounced “tung” — is the Vietnamese word for “love,” and the poem is about the way Nguyen’s father loved him through actions rather than words. “(My father) told me a story of how he left home,” Nguyen said.

“How he was working from, basically, nine to 12, maybe one in the morning and how much trouble he had. But all these things, everything he did, was because he loved me.”

Nguyen was visibly thrilled when he received the award. He called it a way of “immortalizing my father’s story.”

In addition to handing out awards, Christ used the microphone to announce her successor at Metrosphere as she will be leaving the publication to continue her career in media.

“It was a valuable experience,” she said of her time at the

magazine. “I learned a lot. And I’m hoping that Metrosphere continues to be a quality magazine.”

Laura De La Cruz, of the MSU Denver Office of Student Media creative team, will be next at the helm. Like Christ, she has a lot of experience in publishing and media — among other things, she was once the art director for the Community College of Denver newspaper, Campus Connection.

Although Friday night was the first time she heard about her new role, she already has big plans for Metrosphere.

“I’m definitely leaning toward a multicultural (theme),” she said.

“Just embracing culture. Because, you know, MSU Denver is such a diverse school, and I think I really want to play on that.”

Until next year, though, Volume 32 of Metrosphere will be the most up-to-date showcase of MSU Denver talent — a talent that, Christ said, tends to go unnoticed at times.

“I think people don’t give the artists and writers at Metro enough credit for what they’re doing,” she said. “I think if people really want to understand what it means to be alive right now, they should be looking to their writers, their poets, their dramatists and their artists.”

Above: MSU graduate Sara Lightning awaits The Best in Fine Art’s award for her “Ascension/Suspension” series of paintings from the Metrosphere.

Photo by Charlie Hanson • chanso12@ msudenver.edu

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High tech art shown in a high art setting at the CVA

By Melanie Moccia mmoccia@msudenver.edu MSU Denver’s Center for Visual Art hosted visiting artist Leah Buechley, April 23.

Buechley, who works in electronic arts, discussed her accomplishments, goals and out-of-theordinary medium.

A group of about 50 people gathered at the CVA to listen to Buechley speak for about how people, especially women and young girls, can create their own electronic art pieces. As she spoke, Buechley flipped through a PowerPoint containing videos explaining the somewhat complicated art form.

The crowd asked questions, trying to understand the technology behind the work she performs.

“I think technology is fascinating, delightful and marvelous, but it’s also devastating,” she said.

An associate professor at the MIT Media Lab, Buechley is in charge of the labs High-Low Tech Group, which “explores the integration of high and low technology from cultural, material and practical perspectives, with the goal of

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engaging diverse groups of people in developing their own technologies,” according to Buechley’s website.

She left MIT so she could concentrate on her own designs and the High-Low tech group.

Some of Buechley’s work includes homemade cell phones, clothing with lights incorporated into the pieces and her most well-known work — the LilyPad Arduino. The LilyPad is a small control board containing sensors and actuators, that are sewn into fabrics, allowing patterns of lights to appear on clothing, blankets and canvases.

As Buechley flipped through the slides of her presentation, she also explained how she incorporates paper products with electronics. She showed a video of one of her students from MIT creating a piece of art using paper and copper or circuit tape to make patterns with lights.

“We build educational tools and electronics,” she said.

Other examples of work that Buechley and her students have created are Circuit Stickers and a program called DressCode, a

computer-aided design program that allows students interested in fashion to make their designs a reality.

Buechley highlighted a painting by Media Lab Ph.D. student Jie Qi called, “Pu Gong Ting Tu,” which means “Dandelion Painting.” The interactive paper canvas depicts painted dandelions lit with yellow lights that eventually change into white-lit “seeds.” A viewer can disperse the “seeds” by blowing on the canvas.

“Wouldn’t it be interesting if you could make (electronic art) yourself?” she asked the crowd.

Buechley doesn’t just work with her students on these projects, but she holds workshops for non-students as well.

“I’m engaging young girls and women in computers and electronics,” she said.

She stressed that women and young girls may not be involved in electronics as much as men typically are, so simple projects, such as the LilyPad, can show them that they can do things in that field as well. Buechley also does collaborations with the National Center for Women and Information Technol-

By Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu The month of May may mean rainstorms and graduation, but for the comic book world it means the holiday of all holidays — Free Comic Book Day. That’s right. Comic books, for FREE. “Free Comic Book Day is Christmas for comic book fans and it is the one day where the entire comics industry has said, ‘We love comics so much we want to give them away to people,’” said Patrick Brower, co-

Participating comic shops:

HERO HEADQUARTERS 8757 Sheridan Blvd.

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2151 W. 56th Ave. 4600 Jason St. (Midnight Opening)

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ALL IN A DREAM 2901 East Colfax

ALL C’S COLLECTIBLES INC (Charity Auction) 1250 S. Abilene St.

For more locations, visit freecomicbookday.com

Leah Buechley speaks at MSU Denver’s Center of Visual Arts April 23 about how ogy. she incorporates electronics into art.

Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

owner of Challengers Comics + Conventions in Chicago. “They’re gifts.

It’s the comics industry and comic stores saying, ‘Here, we love you, have these comics.’”

The first Saturday of every May means that as early as midnight, comic lovers of all shapes, sizes, ages and attire will horde themselves — in a very organized, nerdy fashion — to their local participating comic shop or shops all around the country and nab up some sweet swag.

“Just imagine, action, thrills, fantasy, all yours free on the first Saturday in May,” comic book legend Stan Lee said in support of FCBD. “Happy reading. And, I almost forgot — excelsior!”

The free comics of FCBD: 2014 Gold Books: Archie Digest #1 Bongo Free-For-All The New 52: Futures End Avatar, Hellboy and Juice Squeezers Guardians of the Galaxy Hello Kitty and Friends Kaboom! Summer Blast!

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rise of the Magi Spongebob Freestyle Funnies 2014 Transformers vs. GI Joe Walt Disney’s Uncle $crooge and Donald

Duck: A matter of Some Gravity 2014 Silver Books 2000 AD The Adventures of Jellaby Rocket Raccoon All You Need Is Kill Valiant 2014: Unity vs. the Armor Hunters Atomic Robo & Friends Bleeding Cool Buck Rogers Raising A Reader!

Courtney Crumrin #1 Defend Comics Project Black Sky Entropy Epic #0

Finding Gossamyr: Way of the Bladeslinger Fubar: Ace of Spades GiantiSize Fantasy: Duel Identity Graphix Spotlight: The Dumbest Idea Ever Grimm Fairy Tales #0 Far From Wonder Vol. 1 Hatter M Hip Hop Family Tree: Two-In-One The Intrinsic Vol. 2 Ipso Facto Les Miserables: The Fall Of Fantine Magic Wind Mouse Guard: Labyrinth of Rust Overstreet Comic Book Marketplace PREVIEWSworld: Spectacular Scam Crosswords #0 Scratch 9 Sherwood Texas and the Boondock Saints Showa: A History Of Japan Skyward and Midnight Tiger Sonic The Hedgehog and Mega Man Steam Wars Street Fighter #0 Teen Titans Go #1 The Smurfs The Tick Top Shelf Kids Club Uber: The First Cycle Valiant Universe Handbook 2014 V-Wars Worlds of Aspen Zombie Tramp and Ehmm Theory

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Rants+Raves

Denver shows

“The Other Woman”

5.1: Mickey Avalon Bluebird Theater @ 8 p.m. $20-$25

By Cherise Scrivner cscrivn2@msudenver.edu

5.2: Ellie Goulding Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 7:30 p.m. $37.50 - $44.95 5.2: Ark Life / Little Hurricane Larimer Lounge @ 9 p.m. $12 - $15 5.4: Colorado Symphony Boettcher Concert Hall @ 2:30 p.m. $ 20 - $83

Coming soon Movies opening 5/2 “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” “Walk of Shame”

Music releasing 5/6 Atmosphere — Southsiders Lykke Li — I Never Learn Santana — Corazon The Horrors — Luminous tUnE-yArDs — Nikki Nack

Chart toppers Open Air’s Top 5 Albums 1. St. Vincent St. Vincent 2. Kyle James Hauser You A Thousand Times 3. Real Estate Atlas 4. Ásgeir In the Silence 5. Black Lips Underneath the Rainbow Source: www.cpr.org/openair

iTunes charts

Top song: “Problem” Ariana Grande (feat. Iggy Azalea) Top free app: Piano Tiles Top paid app: A Dark Room

Source: www.itunes.com

Box office chart 1: “The Other Woman”

2: “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” 3: “Heaven Is For Real”

Source: www.rottentomatoes.com

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Indie Cindy by the Pixies Album art by Pixiemusic

Pixies Indie Cindy

By Brian Luchene gjohns93@msudenver.edu After a 20-year hiatus, the Pixies’ Indie Cindy is a return to the studio but a departure from their influential, raw sound.

I was trepidatious when I heard the Pixies were putting out a new album, and when I learned that founder, bassist and back-up vocalist Kim Deal would not be on the release, my fears compounded.

But after a listen I found myself toe tapping along and enjoying it,

“Brick Mansions”

By J.R. Johnson gjohns93@msudenver.edu When summer approaches, the movies that allow you to just sit back and turn your brain off usually roll out in full force.

Instead of waiting, “Brick Mansions” is taking an early step into theaters, proudly waving the “popcorn movie” flag.

In one of his final performances on the silver screen, Paul Walker takes on the role of Damien, one of the best undercov-

“Brick Mansions” Film poster by Warner Bros.

“The Other Woman” Film poster by 20th Century Fox

while at the same time wishing it were a little better.

Indie Cindy maintains the surf rock and psychedelic influence of earlier albums — there is still that airy, dreamy twang mingled with a staccato dynamic punctuation and an unpredictably predictable melody, but these similarities contrast with the striking difference in production value. Black Francis’s lead vocals are smooth and clear while guitars and percussion are thick, leaving it overproduced — especially for a Pixies album.

The album does not have that “recorded in a basement” feel that made the Pixies so iconic and influential two decades ago. The title track is similar to songs on earlier

albums, but the biting nihilistic absurdity is missing. I keep waiting for Deal’s dreamy backup vocals to insert that whimsy I love, but I’m left wanting.

Don’t get me wrong. If this album came from any other indie band, I’m pretty sure I would love it. It’s the culmination of the band’s independent sensibility honed over 30 years, but that’s the problem — it’s too honed. My yearning for angst clashes with nostalgia, then becomes curmudgeonly scorn. That’s too many abstract feelings when I just want to mindlessly enjoy.

Indie Cindy is a gem. Unfortunately, it’s just a little too polished.

er police officers that a dystopian future Detroit has to offer. He is presented with a special mission to the city’s most dangerous terrain, Brick Mansions, to take down the city’s biggest kingpin before he sets off a weapon of mass destruction. But Damien can only bring down this crime lord with the help of an ex-con and neighborhood hero.

“Brick Mansions” doesn’t set out to unravel a narrative that forces the gears in your head to grind. But there are certain standard that have to hold up if a fi lm sacrifices such a significant piece of itself. “Brick Mansions” fails to do that in nearly every way.

Apart from the visuals and

ridiculous stunts, it feels like the rest of the fi lm’s quality was ignored. Poor editing, unfitting voice-overs and probably the most cliché-riddled dialogue you will ever hear, plagued the movie relentlessly.

The fi lm asks more questions and promises more answers than it gives. It makes the experience incoherent and it becomes hard to find a consistent stream of enjoyment — and that’s the last thing anyone wants.

“Brick Mansions” is fi lled with lots of fancy tricks and flips but as a whole, it fails to stick the landing.

B+

F

If the director of “The Notebook” turned Carrie Underwood’s song “Before He Cheats” into a sweeping revenge comedy that turns out to really be about an oddly heartwarming friendship, it would be “The Other Woman.”

The fi lm, which hit theaters April 25, is on the opposite end of the relationship spectrum from standard rom-com fare like director Nick Cassavetes’ other fi lm, “The Notebook,” but it makes it work.

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton star as Carly, Kate and Amber, respectively, three women caught up in Mark’s (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) web of lies and infidelity.

Mark, a deeply misogynist investment banker, may be handsome and rich, but he has absolutely no idea how to keep it in his pants. I don’t see how anyone could manage a job and a marriage, and yet have time — let alone energy — to be as sexually involved as Mark.

Fortunately for us — and unfortunately for Mark — his wife (Kate) and his lawyer (Carly) meet by chance. Neither knew the other existed, and bond over mutual disgust. Eventually, their circle of revenge expands to include a third: Amber, a beautiful model whom Mark is clearly using for her looks and cheerful personality.

And that’s where the fun starts.

As Carly says, “Get the lawyer, the wife and the boobs together, and we can be just as shady as he is.”

So begins the revenge. The trio clears the cheating jerk’s bank accounts, dose him with estrogen, replace his shampoo with hair removal cream and, as Amber suggests, “kick him in the balls!” Men may cringe, but hopefully, it will teach people to think twice about infidelity.

As the fi lm draws to its inevitable, satisfying conclusion, the bond between the three wronged women grows stronger — just as they do.

The bond is awesome, awkward and bizarre at first, but inspiring.

The ladies’ ability to vent, conspire, laugh and build an honest and touching relationship after a lifechanging experience made the fi lm all that much better to watch.

No need for tissue boxes, ladies — this fi lm is the best “tragicromantic-disaster-turned-comedy” I’ve seen in years. A+

14 May 1, 2014

Metro sports

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Speedsters give Metro dual threat

Softball 5.1: RMAC First Round Grand Junction vs. Adams State University @ 8:30 a.m.

Baseball 5.2-5.3: @ N.M. Highlands Las Vegas, New Mexico 5.2 @ 12 p.m. & 3 p.m.

5.3 @ 12 p.m. & 3 p.m.

5.7: RMAC First Round

Track & Field 5.2-5.4: RMAC Championships Alamosa

Denver sports Colo. Rapids 5.3: vs. L.A. Galaxy Dick’s Sporting Goods Park @ 7 p.m.

Colo. Rockies 4.29-4.30: @ Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field Phoenix, Ariz.

4.29 @ 7:40 p.m. 4.30 @ 7:40 p.m.

5.1-5.4: vs. New York Mets Coors Field 5.1 @ 6:40 p.m. 5.2 @ 6:40 p.m. 5.3 @ 6:10 p.m. 5.4 @ 2:10 p.m.

Sports quotes “You forget about it whether it was 15-2 or 3-2. It’s still a loss. It doesn’t matter what the score was if we win tomorrow.”

-Derek Jeter “I’ll let the racket do the talking.”-John McEnroe Read more at “I always believe there’s a reason why you go through everything.”

-John Elway

Metro seniors Jon Clarke (left) and Kirk Harvey know the dedication it takes to win in track and field. Clarke has one more year of eligibility even though he is a senior academically.

Portraits by Mackenzie Masson • mmasson@msudenver.edu

By Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu Seniors Jon Clarke and Kirk Harvey are on the fast track to new heights for the Metro track and cross-country team.

Clarke and Harvey have elevated Metro with their determination and athleticism.

Clarke, a native of Paterson, N.J., didn’t get into the sport until he was a sophomore in high school.

“I wasn’t originally a sprinter,” Clarke said. “I was a jumper and I didn’t know how fast I really was until my sprint coach told me to try sprinting.”

The East Stroudsburg High School graduate has developed well as a runner for Metro, as he has come to set numerous records along his journey.

“My overall goal is to break all of the sprinting records so that it’s only my name in the record book,” Clarke said. “When I first broke the records that I had broken, it felt great.”

Breaking his own records makes him feel he is constantly improving in his own right.

“The ceiling’s as high as I want it to be,” Clarke said.

Some of Clarke’s records that have fallen over his time as a Runner included times of 6.93 in the 60-meter and 22.20 in the 200-meter, both of which are a school record for indoor track.

“Although born in Idaho, Harvey made his start in Lafayette, Colo., where he graduated as a four-year letter winner in crosscountry from Centaurus High School.

His first year at Metro was definitly one to remember.

“It was eye-opening,” Harvey said. “I knew little about track, I didn’t know there was indoor track. I made some good steps because I realized what it takes to try to win.”

Harvey has continued to work on his fundamentals over the past two summers. He has worked with professional runner Jason Hartman of Boulder. Harvey had previously taken a two-year hiatus for a church mission trip to Romania from 2009-11.

Both runners have been constently working to excel on the track and in the classroom. Harvey is

working toward becoming an oral surgeon and Clarke is majoring in psychology to become a guidance counselor.

While the two may compete in separate events for Metro, both feel that a friendship has developed.

“We’re both very competitive when it comes to racing on race day,” Clarke said. “It’s definitely a healthy rivalry.”

Clarke isn’t the only Runner on the team to have a few records of his own, as Harvey has set school records in the 6,000 meters and 2,000 and 3,000 steeplechases.

“At the end of the day, even though Jon’s my teammate, I want to say that I had the better race,” Harvey said.

Clarke and Harvey have one similar aspect in common in that both have worked on the focus of their game.

“Hardwork always beats talent,” Clarke said. “Once I understood that, the sky’s the limit.”

The ability to overcome the obstacles that both have faced have created leadership roles for both, along with a winning formula that has caught the attention of their coach, Nick Maas.

“It’s been important to (Harvey) to help this team grow,” Maas said. “Jon has been one of those catalysts to the sprint program.”

Clarke and Harvey have become a duo that cannot be underestimated, and while Clarke is a senior academically, he let it be know that he still is eligible for another year athletically.

“I’m not done here,” Clarke said. “I’ve got records to break and championships to win.”

As they prepare for what’s next, Clarke and Harvey know that they will continue to strive to become the best.

“We’re not okay with just being good,” Clarke said.

Each will miss the friendship that has evolved over the years.

“After this I have to go off and train on my own,” Harvey said.

The next step for both Clarke and Harvey is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament, as both try to bring home records May 2 through May 4 in Alamosa.

The future is very bright for these two Roadrunners and they still have plenty of road to explore.

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Track & field wrap-up from April 26 Metro’s track & field team geared up at the Jack Christiansen Invitational April 26 in Fort Collins, securing four wins in different events in the tune-up meet.

Sophomore mid-distance runner Breanna Hemming took first place in the 800 meters with time of 2:12.09.

Freshman distance runner Eli Hemming brought home yet another victory for the men’s team in the 5k in a time of 15:25.91, while senior sprinter John Clarke finished the 200 meters in a time of 21.50, improving his personal record in the 200 meters, finishing second in a group of 12 competitors.

Senior sprinter Belle Kiper locked in another win for the team in the women’s long jump, recording a distance of 5.56 meters.

Metro track & field will advance to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship, which will be held May 4-6 in Alamosa.

Compiled by Mackenzie Masson mmasson@msudenver.edu

Softball wrap-up against CSU-Pueblo April 26: Game one — Metro lost 5-3 after a three-run inning by CSU-Pueblo in the bottom of the sixth inning. Game two — the Roadrunners jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Costly errors on defense led to the ThunderWolves winning 8-7.

April 27: Game one — Despite solid pitching from senior Aubree Maul, Metro lost 3-1. The Roadrunners were held to just three singles over seven innings.

Game two — Junior first baseman Chelsea Brew had a strong game, hitting two home runs, and Maul added one of her own in a 10-6 win.

Compiled by Josh Schott jschott7@msudenver.edu

Senior starting pitcher Kevin Hand delivers a pitch against Adams State University in game two of the April 26 doubleheader at the Auraria Field.

Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

The Metro baseball team won three of four games against Adams State University April 25-27.

Sophomore leftfielder Alex Walker went 8-for-15 (.533 BA) over the series. Senior starting pitcher Kevin Hand pitched a complete game (7 IP) in game two, April 26.

Game 1 — L 6-3 Game 2 — W 9-6

Game 3 — W 3-1 Game 4 — W 6-5

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Sophomores Hemming, Lincks hit stride

By Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu Their interests are widespread and contrasting, but they are both successful in the one they share.

Meet Breanna Hemming and Janelle Lincks — sophomore standouts for the Metro track and field team.

Hemming’s passion for childhood education and Linck’s interest in gonzo journalism and philosophy aren’t what define these two individuals.

“Their determination and their work ethic is what defines them more than anything else,” said Metro track and field head coach Nick Maas.

Both Hemming and Lincks have already achieved numerous milestones in a short time as Roadrunners. Lincks holds school records in the 6,000-meter for cross-country and indoor track’s 3,000-meter event. Hemming is the women’s record holder in the indoor mile, while both runners set school records in the 1,500 meters for outdoor track.

Their parallel success as athletes is a product of their relationship.

“Breanna and Janelle are friends in the sense that they want to help each other as teammates,” Maas said. “They want to push each other and make each other better.”

Hemming is a transfer student from Boise State University, where she was on the Broncos’ diving team prior to training at the U.S. Olympic facility in Colorado Springs for the triathlon.

Lincks began running as a high school senior while also playing soccer.

Hemming’s experiences in Colorado Springs enhanced her knowledge of the sport and had an immediate carry-over to her career at Metro.

“Having been in the triathlon world ever since she was four and five years old, (she knows) the things she needs to do to be successful,” Maas said. “Her racing instincts are already seasoned.”

While at the training center, Hemming learned how to listen to her body as an athlete, and realized the sport is as mental as it is physical.

“When you think that you have limits — those are the limits you’ve set for yourself,” Hemming said.

“Once you learn that those (limits) are all self-made, and those limits don’t exist except for in your head, you can get a lot further.”

As for Lincks, the Horizon High School graduate from Thornton, Colo. is only three years into her stride as a member of the run-

Sophomores Breanna Hemming (left) and Janelle Lincks pose for a portrait April 25 in front of the Tivoli building. Hemming and Lincks are members of the Metro track and field team and of the Roadrunners’ cross-country team.

Portraits by Mackenzie Masson • mmasson@msudenver.edu

ning world.

“She’s still very young to the sport, so she’s still learning the processes that need to be made,” Maas said. “She’s got a ton of potential to be great. We expect big things from her.”

Maas said that with Lincks’ level of experience at this point in her career, the coaching staff is working on creating a successful environment for her, helping her focus on the little things to become a more fine-tuned runner.

In addition to their individual accomplishments, Hemming and Lincks were members of the women’s distance medley relay (DMR) team, along with senior Belle Kiper and junior Judith Chavez, where in March they achieved All-America awards for the first time in school history with their school-record time of 11:48.89 in the event.

“We knew going into the meet that we had the chance to be one of the top teams in the DMR,” Hemming said. “We went to nationals, and all four of us on the relay didn’t have our best meet, so when we came back (this year) we had redemption and just went for it. It was fun to see everybody lay it out on the line and want to do well in that race.”

Hemming and Lincks both

spoke to what makes the DMR special and why it’s one of their favorite races.

“The DMR is the best (event).

It’s competitive,” Lincks said.

Hemming added, “We’re super competitive in the DMR, so it’s a fun event to come together and do because we all get to work together.”

The two sophomores’ younger years and family life molded them into the world of athletics.

“Their determination and their work ethic is what defines them more than anything else.”

— Nick Maas Hemming grew up in an athletic family. Because her mom was a coach, athletics were a staple for Breanna and her brothers.

“I always looked up to my older brother and was trying to be the athlete that he was in middle school and high school,” Breanna said.

Hemming’s younger brother, freshman distance runner Eli Hemming, is also on the Metro

track team and runs triathlons.

“He and I traveled around the world when we were competing (in) triathlon together,” Breanna said. “It was nice to have someone who I was close to being there with me. My brothers have been a big influence on me.”

Lincks began playing soccer because her older sister did. Her younger sister is also following in Janelle’s footsteps.

“My little sister is doing track now. Going to watch her always revs me up a lot more because she came from a spot where she was in terrible shape,” Lincks said. “To see how far she’s come along — she’s worked harder than I have, and to see that, it’s really inspiring.”

Lincks sports a tattoo on her right arm inspired by a character named Spider Jerusalem from the comic series “Transmetropolitan.”

Lincks said the character is a cross between the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the American journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson.

“At a certain point in my life I wanted to be a gonzo journalist, because Hunter S. Thompson is one of the best writers of all time,” Lincks said. “(Spider) had a tribal tattoo on his arm, so I wanted something in the same kind of

placement with the same kind of tribal feel.”

When Hemming and Lincks graduate, their interests will likely take them in different directions.

Lincks is majoring in political science with a minor in journalism — for now. Her intent is to change her major to philosophy because “I’m not interested in employment at any point in life,” Lincks said laughingly.

“I’m really diggin’ Hume and Kant right now,” she said. “I like that in both of their time periods, they weren’t subscribing to the popular philosophical beliefs. Even though I don’t entirely agree with all of their doctrines, I respect the rebellious undertones.”

Hemming is majoring in human development with a minor in elementary education.

“I want to teach elementary school because kids are awesome,” Hemming said. “There’s so much motivation to learn and it’s so much fun for them. Every time you’re with kids it makes you think about your life, how important it is, and how you should view it.”

The world will have Hemming and Lincks when they’re no longer Metro Roadrunners. Metro has their talents for two more years.

18 May 1, 2014

The Metropolitan

StudyBreak I wish there was more time for all my final projects. It’s just not humanly possible.

Time is an illusion. What you call “time” is merely a measured frequency of choices and actions that we selfishly define with personal value.

What’s your degree program, exactly?

I’m going to be a Doctor.

Good luck with that.

A: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

B: A man is 20 years old but has only had five birthdays.

How is that possible?

C: What three positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?

D: I’m written with two letters, said with one and seen with two. What am I? E: You may always chase me but you are always about 3 miles away. What am I? Answers: A: The letter M. B: He was born on Leap Year Day. C: 1, 2, and 3. D: Eye. E: The horizon.

Horoscopes Capricorn

December 22 -January 19 Instead of womdering what you’re going to do for summer break, maybe you should worry about the C-average your carrying in class. Study long.

Study hard.

Aquarius

No, that smell is not what you think. It’s actually the Callery Pear trees budding on campus.

Leo

January 20 -February 18

When your fi rst career doesn’t pan out, don’t worry, you can always go into voice acting.

Pisces

Finding yourself missing old childhood cartoons and then going on YouTube to just watch the intro means you really need to expand your social circle.

Aries

March 21 -April 19

Playing Ping-Pong like you’re in the Olympics is a good start, but don’t hold out for any sponsors or endorsement deals anytime soon.

Taurus

April 20 -May 20 The stars predict that the winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby is… California Chrome. Place your bets, please.

Difficulty: EASY

Gemini

May 21 -June 20 Want to make the next big invention? Make a Pringles can that acts like a stick of deodorant.

Brain Teasers Difficulty: HARD

Cancer

June 21 -July 22

On your next fl ight, the female stewardess will ask you to take a selfie with her… the choice is yours.

February 19 -March 20

Sudoku

Overheard on campus

July 23 -August 22

Source: goodriddlesnow.com/short-riddles

Last issue’s answers (reading from right): Internet site, musically Inclined, vercome the odds, the underdog, cut above the rest, one thing after another, waving goodbye

Comic created by Robert Shea • rshea5@msudenver.edu

Riddles

Virgo

August 23 -September 22 If your office has left over Indian food, just pass on that.

Libra

September 23 -October 22 Wearing a beanie, hoodie and fl ip flops with jeans is your way of telling people you have no idea what season it is. Just look at a calendar.

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21 Finding a needle in a haystack is quite easy if you just set the hay on fi re.

Sagittarius

November 22 -December 21 Having to worry about pulling an all-nighter preparing for fi nals and then falling asleep for that fi nal is every students nightmare. For you, it will be a dream come true.

“If it pops up, hit ‘cancel.’”

“If it’s not green, it’s how you’re dressed in cold weather.”

“At least I’m green and warm.”

“That doesn’t sound elitist, that sounds ‘hot.’”

“You know, if it wasn’t for the vending machines I wouldn’t even be here at school.”

“Wow, that exorsism was really nice.”

“Tell ‘em you already have a Gucci keychain holding down your Gucci keys.”

“There are only a few weeks left. It’s OK if i completely check out right?”

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