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Volume 37, Issue 18

January 22, 2015

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By Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu

Women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred, center, stands with a group of protesters in front of the Buell Theatre Jan. 17 as Bill Cosby performed the first of two shows inside. Allred is the attorney representing several women who allege Cosby drugged and raped them. PAGE 3 Photo by Philip B. Poston • pposton1@msudenver.edu

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Citing concern over multiple unresolved allegations of sexual assault, a group of about 50 protesters gathered outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Buell Theatre Jan. 17 to protest the theater’s two stagings of Bill Cosby’s comedy show.

At a “teach-in” event held earlier in the day at Denver’s Crawford Hotel, prominent Los Angeles-based women’s rights lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing seven of Cosby’s accusers, detailed the scope and content of the allegations. She stated that at least 25 accusations of sexual assault, most of them involving drugging women’s drinks, had been made publicly against Cosby since 2000, but that she received more unofficial reports every day and couldn’t even estimate how many had piled up.

Cosby has been taking his stand-up comedy show on tour around the U.S. and Canada for the last few weeks. A Jan. 14 report by the BBC stated that at least 10 of the stops on his tour were cancelled following the allegations that surfaced last fall.

Lucilla Tenorio, a local activist who organized the Denver protests and invited Allred to Denver for the event, said that Cosby still receives sizeable support, despite the allegations. From what she’s seen from interacting with supporters, this stems from several things, including a lack of convictions, indictments, or even formal charges for any of these allegations; and on what she sees as a reluctance to talk about rape in general.

Allred stated that, even though Cosby’s supporters point out that he hasn’t “had his day in court,” the onus to do so rests on him.

According to her, this is because all of the accusations thus far have come to light past the statute of limitations for both criminal and civil court cases, and thus are subject to what’s called a time-bar defense. Allred said that if Cosby and his attorneys chose to,

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January 22, 2015

New lactation rooms installed on Tivoli third floor

By Mario Sanelli

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Similar to an existing lactation room located in the Science Building, AHEC is in the process of installing two more such rooms on the third floor of the Tivoli.

Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz@msudenver.edu

Other resources on campus Primary lactation rooms

Secondary lactation rooms

Student Success Bldg, Rm 321 See Human Resources in room 309.

• Plaza Building, Health Center at Auraria, Room 150; See health center staff.

• Central Classroom, Social Work Department, Room 201; See social work department.

• Administration Building, West Campus, School of Business Dean’s Office, Room 540; See staff in the school of business.

• Art Department, Art Bldg.Room 187C See art department staff.

• King Center, Political Science Department, Room 498; See department office manager.

For secondary rooms, arrangements must be made in advance, prior to first use. For more information, call 303-556-8441.

• Science, Room 2088 Refrigerator, sink, power outlets. See Institute for Women’s Studies and Services.

• Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, 1059 9th St. Park Walk-in, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sink, microwave, refrigerator, temporary storage.

Women may check out a key for one semester and renew as needed for primary lactation rooms, except for IWSS (check in at reception area.)

Nursing mothers on campus, whether students, staff or faculty, will soon have a pair of private enclosed rooms to take care of their lactation needs inside Auraria’s student union.

The two back-to-back areas, located on the third floor of the Tivoli Student Union near the Baerresen Ballrooms, will serve as a lactation space for women who regularly use the Auraria campus, as well as guests who visit the building for non-campusrelated events.

Under federal fair employment practices, a space for lactation must be provided in workplaces that employ more than 50 people. The installation of the two rooms in the Tivoli, however, goes beyond meeting by-the-book requirements.

“We really thought it was just good practice, not necessarily a compliance issue, but just good practice to have one in the student union,” said Jerry Mason, the Auraria Higher Education Center director of student facilities ser-

No more late registration fees

By Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu The Office of the Registrar at MSU Denver has temporarily eliminated the fee formerly levied for registering late for classes. The new policy will be in effect for the spring 2015 semester.

Under the old policy, students were charged a $100 fee for registering after the first day of classes, and was first instituted in 2009, according to the 2009-2010 MSU Denver course catalog.

Paul Ballard, MSU Denver’s acting associate vice president of enrollment services, said that the fee was first in response to increased enrollment and the resulting over-filled classes. He confirmed that the fee was never intended to punish students who registered late, but that encouraging students to register on time was important “so that we can academically plan for how many students we’re going to have, how many courses we’re going to offer, and so forth.”

Currently, however, enrollment is down, according to Ballard, and fewer classes are getting filled up.

To help alleviate this situation, Ballard, along with registrar Paula Martinez and director of admissions Vaughn Toland, made the decision to eliminate the fee, so that students thinking about registering for any classes after the first day they were in session wouldn’t be discouraged by the extra $100.

Ballard said the registrar’s office had become aware that even the $100 fee was a deterrent for some students.

Ballard said he, Martinez, and Toland had considered “the barriers in place right now that might be eliminating students’ ability to register for classes — and this was one of the first things that came up.”

An official MSU Denver announcement was sent out Jan. 7 informing students of the change.

The new policy is not expected to be permanent, but Ballard said a decision about keeping it could go either way once it’s reevaluated after the end of this semester.

Not all colleges charge late fees — for example, UCD and CCD do not — but Ballard said that some schools have even stricter policies.

“You go to some of these other institutions, larger state schools and so forth, and that late fee is a lot earlier — it could be two months before classes that the late fee starts.”

Ballard wasn’t able to provide an estimate for the number of students that would be affected by the change in registration fee, but he did project that the loss in revenue from not collecting the late fee was unlikely to hurt the school financially, as it would probably be balanced out by the increased tuition revenue from additional students registering — and might even help the institution come out ahead.

While the desire to encourage enrollment was a prominent factor in the decision to suspend the late registration fee, Ballard said that he personally believed removing the fee was just a good idea in general. “I’m a big proponent of not having all these barriers for students,” he said.

vices. “Fortunately we were able to find what we call ‘dead space’ that wasn’t being utilized for anything else — close to restrooms — where we would be able to put this in here.”

Angela LeValley, the director of the Office of Student Activities and ex-officio for the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, spearheaded the movement with Mason.

“When I came back from maternity leave, I was thinking around where I would personally pump (milk),” LeValley said. “I’m very blessed to have a private office, but not everyone is. Due to the nature of my job and having conversations with new moms, we were talking about space on campus and what that would look like.”

When LeValley returned to work in May 2014, she spoke with Mason about having a lactation space inside the Tivoli. Over the ensuing summer, the idea took shape; space scouting and allocation, price quotes and funding for construction were all ironed out during fall semester 2014.

“The SACAB group of students was very supportive,” LeValley

said. “They all voted through to help fund it and they had heard stories of students that were struggling to find space (to pump breast milk).”

Initial plans were to have the rooms built at some point during the spring semester but, due to a time window workers found over winter break, construction is ahead of schedule.

“We’re still working out the details of the process and how people who need to access those rooms will do so,” Mason said, “We hope to have that finalized and ready to go by at least the first of February.”

Discretion is a key requirement for such a space, and shows in the design for rooms’ windows.

“It’ll be frosted glass — a privacy glass,” Mason said. “Part of that is so people will know somebody is in there but it’s still private.”

AHEC is also exploring ideas of how people who need to use the rooms can gain access right when they need them.

“Some schools that have (lactation rooms), they issue a key on request,” Mason said.

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Cosby met by protests in Denver << From COSBY, page 1 they could refrain from using the time-bar defense and thus be taken to court with the chance of clearing his name. She said that she has called on Cosby’s defense repeatedly to do so, but to no avail.

“You have to ask yourself the question: why doesn’t he want it to be decided by a judge and jury? If the alleged victims have the confidence to go there, why doesn’t he?” Allred said, adding later that these circumstances essentially forced the case to be judged in the “court of public opinion” rather than in a court of law. “Would that (these cases) could get into a court of law,” she said.

A Jan. 17 Associated Press report stated that one very recent case, involving an accusation of sexual abuse made by model Chloe Goins, is the only one to date that may fall within with statute of limitations.

At the protest, people carried signs that read “Fame is not a

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license to rape,” “We stand with the survivors,” and “Netflix won’t host Cosby. Why will you, Buell?” and chanted things like “turn back Cosby,” “watch your drinks,” and “rape is not a joke.”

Tenorio explained that the messaging behind the last of these referenced both a sense that people weren’t taking the issue seriously enough, and an actual joke Cosby reportedly made during a recent show in London, Ontario, telling a woman leaving the auditorium for a drink that “you have to be careful about drinking around me.”

Denver lawyer Awilda Marquez, who attended the protest, said of that incident, “This is not a joke! I think he feels immune — and that’s what’s horrifying.”

At the teach-in, Allred played recorded testimony of two of her clients who have accused Cosby of sexual assault — one, a woman to whom he allegedly offered a ticket to the show and then later at a banquet

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Workers unbaffle financial aid

By Beth Martinez bmart103@msudenver.edu As tuition and education costs continue to rise, parents and students are scratching their heads to find money to fund education.

Money does not grow on trees, but there is a branch of aid to help cover higher education costs.

Currently, 67 percent of MSU Denver students receive financial aid.

Between grants, scholarships, work study and the dreaded student loans, there are options available for students to receive aid.

“Any student who submits an application and completes all of the requirements are offered awards,” said Michael Nguyen, Financial Aid Systems Project Manager at MSU Denver.

Financial aid receives its funding through federal and state governments, and additional scholarships are offered by the school.

Anyone who is a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen enrolled in a degree, licensure or certificate program and meets a few other criteria is eligible to apply for financial aid.

“Financial aid was put into place to help students and parents

with the stress of funding their educations,” Nguyen said.

Students who are unaware of the benefits or have not yet applied for aid still have time to receive financial aid for spring 2015. The free application for federal student aid — FAFSA — can be found at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Once the application for 2014-15 has been fi led, applicants can contact the MSU Denver financial aid office to see what additional requirements they may need to complete to receive an award offer and accept their awards.

Some students are discouraged and overwhelmed by the application, which is very detailed and requires personal information.

Nguyen cited the completion of all documents required by the university as one of the challenges facing applicants. “The university is required to collect tax return transcripts from students and parents on fi les that are selected for income verification,” he said.

Once eligibility is determined, students are awarded aid, in the form of either grants or loans.

Grants do not have to be paid back as long as courses are completed successfully. Three different types of loans, which must be paid back,

are available. In addition, students can apply for the work study program.

“The work study program is unique in that the student can work as a student employee on campus and gather an understanding of the business operations of the department and/or institution,” Nguyen said. “This opportunity could eventually lead into an employment opportunity with the institution. This is how my career got started with the Office of Financial Aid.” The Office of Financial Aid recommends students submit the FASFA as early as possible and stay up to date on their financial aid status by email. Students are also encouraged to apply for scholarships through the school and learn the lingo of financial aid.

Students who are in need of financial assistance with their education, are applying for financial aid, or who have questions about scholarships or work study programs are encouraged to visit the financial aid website, can call 303556-8593, email finaid@msudenver.edu or visit the financial aid office in the Student Success Building in person.

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Unused Tivoli space converted; will now host breast-feeding rooms << LACTATION from p. 3 “I’d like to figure out a way there that’s accessible to students when the building’s open. In other words, not having to rely on an office being open eight-to-five and going to get a key.”

Mason said a possible solution would require a student, staff or faculty member who needed access to make a one-time visit the facilities management’s encoding office for a coded smart card. The user would then have access as needed.

“We’re also looking at ways of how we can make it accessible for people who are here for events,” Mason said. “We do a lot of wedding business; we have a lot of people who come to this building from offcampus entities. How could we make it accessible to them?”

The insertion of these rooms in this particular area

also eliminated what was a rather problematic space prior to the new renovation.

Mason said he’d heard some women say that the space was “odd, because they feel like people are watching them go in and out of the restrooms, and they haven’t felt real secure,” Mason said. “It solves that problem, because if people are going to hang out, they’re hanging out more in open space where people can see them, and not next to restrooms.”

The “dead space” being converted to the new lactation room area had originally been used as a pay phone bank.

“That’s why you had that indention in there, but obviously we ripped those (pay phones) out long ago, and then just had this weird spot that wasn’t intended for much of anything,” Mason said. “It does solve that problem as well, which I’m excited about.”

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<< From COSBY, page 3 gave her a drink she believed to be drugged, causing her to lose consciousness. She reportedly later woke up to him sexually assaulting her.

The other, an assistant at a health club Cosby frequented in the 70s, told a similar story about being given a drink she believed to be drugged.

Another of Allred’s clients, a former model named Beth Ferrier who had worked with Cosby on television in the 80s, was present and told her story in person. Ferrier, who is originally from Denver and now lives here again, is the same accuser as “Jane Doe No. 5” in a 2005 lawsuit that was dropped.

She decided to come forward publicly and unanonymously last December, amid growing numbers of allegations. Allred stated that two other alleged Cosby victims were also from Denver.

She detailed how she had formerly had a consensually intimate relationship with Cosby, but that after she ended it, Cosby stalked her for a while before persuading her to come to one of his Denver shows. She said she went with the intention of showing him she had moved on, but that he gave her a coffee backstage that she believed had been drugged. She later woke up in the back seat of her car with physical indications that she had been molested. She said that after Cosby refused to speak to her

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Echoing concerns of other accusers, Ferrier said that she kept silent about the incident for years, out of embarrassment that she had been tricked and manipulated, fear no one would believe her, and a belief that Cosby would retaliate against her and her family.

Tenorio said that the public’s lack of understanding about why rape survivors typically wait so long before reporting incidents was a further contributing factor to a reluctance to believe the survivors.

“There’s a whole psychology and phases of what happens to you and why you don’t come out (with allegations),” she said. “What happens is you get fearful and you don’t want to tell anybody, and you have this anxiety of the shame, ‘what did I do?’”

Gena Ozols of NARAL ProChoice Colorado, who was at the protest, said that women who report rape allegations often see “vitriol… being hurled” at them — “they get threats, they get all these different things—simply for saying ‘this is what happened to me.’ So, you can imagine why victims don’t want to have conversations about this in the public eye — especially when it’s someone who is referred to as ‘America’s Dad,’ because people will attack them for coming

clean about it.”

The Denver Post reported Saturday that both of Cosby’s shows at the Buell received standing ovations, although the first show was only about two-thirds full. Tenorio said Jan. 20 that at a Denver city council meeting that night, Kent Rice, the city’s director of arts and venues, had reported that 1,200 of the 3,100 original tickets sold had been returned for refunds. The Associated Press reported Jan. 14 that concert promoter AEG Live, which had rented the Buell Theatre from

the City of Denver for Cosby’s show, was working with Ticketmaster to refund tickets to those who requested it.

Two audience members entering the Buell, who refused to give their names, were determined to attend. “It’s been a childhood dream of mine,” said one. The other said angrily that she “didn’t care what other people think — I’ve heard it.”

Jeb Barrett of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, who attended the protest, said that “denial is a problem.

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People just don’t want to think about it, they don’t want to believe that somebody as great as Bill Cosby… would do those things.”

Tenorio said that she believed the younger generation has a better grip on the issue, but that the generation of people “who grew up with Cosby just can’t divorce themselves from the fact that he’s a legend, and he was a role model — that he betrayed them. People just can’t come to grips with that.”

Kirsten Bitzer contributed additional reporting to this story.

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“I also wonder if the same communication setbacks happen to other deaf and hard-ofhearing babies born to hearing families. Are they coerced into believing they are faulty, too?”

— Allison Joel

Waxed perception: Deaf with a capital D

By Allison Joel ajoel@msudenver.edu The first time I ever met a deaf person was when I was eight years old. There was a knock at my door and a deaf woman with a clipboard asked if my parents were home.

She did not use her voice as I was used to, but signed instead.

I gestured “phone” back to the woman and pointed to my dad trying to convey that he was busy (since, after all, he hated solicitors).

I was privy to gesturing and using facial expressions to get messages across because my mom and aunt were both hard of hearing, but they still relied mostly on spoken English to communicate.

The woman at the door seemed to understand my frantic gestures because she nodded and walked over to the next house.

My interaction with this woman only lasted five minutes, but I remember the moment so clearly because it was the first time I realized sign language existed.

Over the years, my mother and

“My interaction with this woman only lasted five minutes, but I remember the moment so clearly because it was the first time I realized sign language existed.” aunt grieved over their hearing loss. It was the topic of many dinner conversations and would often result in one or both of them crying.

We had ear-cleaning rituals that I routinely did for them both, which included looking into their ears for wax, shooting liquid chemicals to soften the wax with a syringe and then scraping the insides with a long, thin tool to get out all of the wax I possibly could.

After each “treatment” they both swore they could hear better and seemed slightly more at ease, even

though the next month I would have to do the same treatment all over again.

Due to my family’s frequent ear cleanings, I became accustomed to thinking that the inability to hear was a fault or something that needed cleansing.

After all, I saw how hard my mother and aunt struggled to communicate—reading lips, paying ridiculous amounts of money (which we did not have) for hearing aids and batteries and cringing while plugging them into their ears.

These values changed when I took my first American Sign Language course in high school.

I anticipated learning vocabulary and sentence structure just as I had learned in Spanish classes. To my surprise, the first thing we went over was what it meant to be Deaf.

I learned that being “Deaf” with a capital “D” is an identity accepted by deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals who accept Deaf culture as a way of life, which includes sign language as a primary mode of communication. I was also surprised to discover that ASL is not

a visual representation of English, but a separate language entirely.

It took a tremendous amount of relearning for me to understand and accept that being deaf did not mean having a disability.

I learned that Deaf culture is not about emphasizing the inability to hear, but is about emphasizing what Deaf culture has to offer, specifically through language.

I often wonder what my mother and aunt would be like had they learned ASL early in life. Perhaps my mother would have graduated college, or had more confidence in her own abilities.

I also wonder if the same communication setbacks happen to other deaf and hard-of-hearing babies born to hearing families. Are they coerced into believing they are faulty, too? I see toddlers with metal devices (cochlear implants) latched to their heads like they are robots and I am saddened that they, too, are at risk for a life full of miscommunication and believing they are not complete as they are.

Where have all the rocking chairs gone?

By Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu It’s the beginning of a new semester, but nonetheless the middle of the academic year, so I wasn’t exactly expecting any shocking changes to the campus upon returning from break (and no, I’m not talking about the new lactation rooms in the Tivoli—that’s not shocking, that’s just something that should happen).

No, I’m referring to what I saw on a walk I took through the North Classroom Building atrium that quickly turned into the low point of my day, perhaps of my entire month.

With a wave of sickening astonishment, I instantly noticed that all of the wonderful whitepainted wooden furniture that had formerly graced the spacious atrium was gone — and, to add insult to injury, replaced by some over-designed futuristic furnishings.

Gone were the fantastic rocking chairs that I always looked forward to using in between classes (it’s a fact: rocking chairs reduce

stress), along with the sturdy wooden benches with the wide seats that allowed you to spread out a bunch of papers you were organizing and still have room left over for another person to sit down.

That was perhaps the most upsetting, but gone, too, were the tiers of big, green, fuzzy blocks that once lined the edges of the room right up against the giant windows at the front. Those blocks were always the best place to take a nap in between classes on days where I was extra sleep-deprived, or to bask comfortably in a sunbeam with a textbook. Now, not a single one of them remains.

Who would gut such an inviting, comfortable space and redesign it to make it unnecessarily sleek and overly modern? Why would they sneak in there and do this in the dead of winter when we’re all gone on break and assuming everything back at the campus is all safely as we left it?

The few booths they have there now are admittedly a nice addition, but you know that almost every day they’re going to be hogged by a single student sprawling all over

each one.

Maybe it’s because I typically prefer things that are slightly older, are less obviously mass-produced and have more character. Or maybe, you might be thinking, I’m just a crank who hates any kind of change. I rather think of myself as someone who firmly believes in “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” — change just for the sake of change isn’t something I enjoy.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with the wooden furniture before. I, for one, thought it was nice and served its purpose more than adequately. The new furnishings are spiffy, but ultimately uninviting. From the looks of them, I also doubt they will have the durability that the solidly-constructed wooden furniture did.

And I can’t actually quantify it, as I didn’t see this coming so couldn’t have planned ahead, but I’m pretty sure there are far fewer places to sit now. This will likely be a problem, as that atrium is always bustling.

Plus, the aesthetics of the furnishings just don’t match with the feel of the overall space anymore.

“Gone, too, were the tiers of big, green, fuzzy blocks that once lined the edges of the room right up against the giant windows at the front.”

The empty spaces below those nice tall windows are just sad reminders that we can no longer use those comfortable room-edges, with their warmth and sunbeams, in the ways we were formerly used to. All this so that we can sit with our backs straight on the minimalist furniture that’s clearly trying too hard to be trendy. And that is a tragedy.

I can only hope our mysterious, misguided furniture overlords at least had the sense to donate the furnishings somewhere they would be used and appreciated, rather than trashing them.

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IPIE Pizza is located on the second floor in the Tivoli. It’s a great place to eat, drink, do homework or just hang out. UCD seniors Minh Tran, left, and Matthew Daniels both ordered a personal pizza, a Tivoli Bewery Beer and bread knots for $12. It’s open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays.

Sigi’s Pool Hall and Arcade is open Monday though Friday and a great place to relax and have fun. The pool tables and ping pong table are $6 an hour, while the board games and video games are free. All you need is your student ID to play. UCD sophmore Brandon Tisdale comes here a few times a month to play pool; he’s been playing pool for 18 years.

MSU Denver junior Natalie Tafori, left, and freshman Alyse Crowe do their homework Jan. 20 inside the Tivoli 225 computer lab. “You can always find an open computer,” Tafori said. “I always do all of my homework here.” This lab is open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m on Fridays.

MSU Denver sophomore Heather Tams has been rock climbing for about three years and practices the sport multiple times per week. Students can rock climb or use any of the gym equipment for free with their RTD CollegePass. Students can also rent rock climbing shoes for no charge. The gym is open Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 8:50 p.m., until 5:50 p.m. on Fridays and is located in the P.E. building.

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The Outfit hits the ice on 16th Street

By Tobias M. Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu

Every Saturday night the Downtown Denver Partnership books a different band to play for a couple of hours while children, parents, awkward Tinder dates and bored Coloradans get to skate relentlessly around in a circle while listening to live music.

For the third year in a row, Denver-based rock band The Outfit displayed their magic on a less than “traditional” stage for all of downtown Denver to see.

Setting up on a makeshift wooden platform in front of the historic Daniels and Fisher Tower (the big clock tower on the 16th Street Mall) just off Arapahoe, perched strategically above the seasonal ice rink at Skyline Park, The Outfit rifled through their catalog while people skated around, and around — and around.

Sponsored by Southwest Airlines, the ice rink is in its fift h year of wintery existence and runs from late November to the middle of February.

“I was surprised to see a band up there,” Denver native Dwayne Brewer said. “My girlfriend and I had nothing to do tonight, so we came ice skating . The band was an added bonus.”

Temperatures hovered around 30 degrees throughout the evening, making a Saturday night on the

rink under the stars — with the addition of The Outfit — a night to remember.

“Last year was the nicest evening we could’ve asked for,” Outfit bassist Michael King said. “We played the opening night in late November, and it was awesome.

This year was pretty cool too.”

The wooden platform isn’t the most traditional stage, or something that the band usually sees or plays on.

“It’s a different kind of show for sure, people aren’t there for us, we’re not trying to win over any crowds or anything,” King said.

“We’re there more as a background to the other fun stuff people are doing.”

Lead singer and guitarist Eric Johnston said he prepares for chilly gigs by thinking of as many “ice” puns as possible, while watching the 1997 classic “Batman and Robin” fi lm featuring the incomparable Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze just before the show to prep.

Throughout the night, Johnston frequently thanked Southwest Airlines for inviting them out to play for the evening, and in return he picked a less-than-desirable place for Southwest to send them the following weekend. “We wanna thank Southwest Airlines for our free trip to — Delaware,” or “Northern Montana with one

Local band The Outfi t perform for an audience of ice skaters at the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park Jan. 17.

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24-hour layover in Southeastern Nebraska,” Johnston added.

Onlookers laughed, chuckled and seemed to really enjoy the background music as the small oval-shaped rink went raw with ice shavings.

“I really think we had a positive reaction, it’s always fun to see people skating and getting into it,” Johnston said, “It is even more fun to watch people fall down; it’s hard to keep it together when your audi-

ence looks like a blog of fail videos.

But in all seriousness, the ice rink is a really great time. We are always super pumped to play there.”

If you have your own skates, ice-skating is always free to the public at the Southwest Rink.

There’s no need to worry if you don’t own your own pair, because skate rentals are $2 and kids under 12 skate for free every Sunday.

“I love bringing my family down here,” said Phil Evans, who

brings his family of six from Boulder a couple times throughout the winter to enjoy a night of skating.

“The only problem with the rink?

They don’t serve booze, but I usually find a way to manage.”

The rink is open seven days a week and specific hours can be found on the Southwest rink homepage at southwestrink.com.

Denver on a dime or less: affordable activites for spring

By Hañalina Lucero-Colin hluceroc@msudenver.edu Spring semester: the sun is shining, the ground is thawing and cash-strapped students across campus yearn for something, anything to help them escape ever-mounting responsibilities.

Whether you want to stay on campus or prefer to be out on the town, there are hundreds of ways to lose yourself this semester without losing your rent money.

Your student ID gets you into any music recital, theater performance or sports game on campus free of charge and can save you loads of money at museums and theaters around Denver.

If you’re still at a loss for what to do, head over to the Tivoli Student Union.

There are always posters advertising events on campus, from free movie nights to open mics. You could even join a club or campus organization to help pass the time and make great friends along the way.

Here’s a short, month by month breakdown of the things you could do this semester. This is a limited list, full schedules can be found on each department or organization’s respective website.

Don’t let the stress of spring semester stop you from enjoying the perks of your student ID.

January Jan. 25 is the first free day of the year at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Enjoy the dioramas without spending a dime.

The Lamont Saxophone Quartet will perform at the King Center Recital Hall Monday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m., as a part of the Visiting Artist Series.

February The women’s and men’s basketball teams will face off with the Colorado School of Mines at the Auraria Event Center Feb. 6 at 5 and 7 p.m., respectively.

The Center for Visual Art’s “Spatial Stories,” a collection of photo-based work by African artists, opens Feb. 6. The CVA is located at 965 Santa Fe Drive.

Head down on First Friday to check out all of the other galler-

ies on Santa Fe along the way!

The Piano Celebration at the King Center Feb. 13-14 features fi lm screenings and performances centered around the piano.

“Seussical,” a whimsical musical based on the books of Dr. Seuss, opens Feb. 26 and runs through March 8 in the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theater in the King Center.

March March means junior recitals in the music department. Each week students will demonstrate their talents for free in the King Center Recital Hall.

Support the men’s baseball team March 7 as they take on Colorado Mesa University. The women’s softball team faces Western New Mexico University March 14 at 12 and 2 p.m.

The Denver Symphony Orchestra will perform music from “West Side Story” March 7

and 8 in the Boettcher Concert Hall. Student tickets are only $10.

During spring break take advantage of free Denver tours.

The Denver U.S. Mint, Great Divide Brewery and the Colorado State Capitol are just a few places that offer free tours all year round.

April “Middletown,” an ode to all things middle-America, opens April 16 in the King Center’s Studio Theater. The show runs through April 26.

Spend “A Night at the Opera” with the Opera Theater Ensemble on April 17-18 at 7:30 p.m. in the King Center’s Studio Theater.

The “Metro Now” exhibit begins April 23 in the Emmanuel Gallery, just a few steps from the Physical Education building. While you’re over there, check out the free exer-

cise classes offered to help blow off some steam.

The Denver Botanic Gardens will have it’s annual Free Earth Day April 22. Take a deep breath of fresh botanical air and thank the Earth for keeping us around.

May Relieve your finals tension by visiting a local animal shelter. Spending time with animals has been proven to lower blood pressure, relieve depression and anxiety, and be incredibly soft and cuddly.

Once you’ve tested out, swing by Denver Comic Con May 23-25. The con’s not free, but people-watching always is.

Who doesn’t love a good cosplay?

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SLEATER-KINNEY “No Cities To Love”

By Tobias M. Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu At one point in time, SleaterKinney was a small, unknown band, that burst onto the West Coast punk scene in late 1995, becoming one of the most pivotal rock bands of the era.

Named after the street where the band used to practice, SleaterKinney is a West Coast, all-female punk rock group. They are back after an indefinite eight-year hiatus with a new album called, “No Cities To Love.”

From the opening guitar riff on the album’s first song “Price

SHE AND HIM “Classics”

By Hañalina Lucero-Colin hluceroc@msudenver.edu With their latest release, She and Him have proven that tried and true songs do not make a successful album.

She and Him, composed of actress and vocalist Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward,

“Daughter of Smoke and Bone”

By Melissa Holland mhollan8@msudenver.edu “Daughter of Smoke and Bone,” by Laini Taylor, a New York Times best-selling author, combines creative writing with an enigmatic imagination to give fantasy a unique twist.

The book’s protagonist is Karou, a 17-year-old art student living in Prague. Aside from

“Agent Carter”

By Luis Amaya lamaya@msudenver.edu Clever, charming and one woman you don’t want to mess with, Peggy Carter is an agent who is tough as she is beautiful.

The new television series on ABC, “Agent Carter,” features Hayley Atwell reprising her “Captain America” role as Peggy Carter.

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Tag,” the band exudes an electrifying level of vibrating musical brilliance that’s littered with the perfect amount of reverb, which may or may not cause the Earth — or speakers, for that matter — to shake below us. The song is a sharp jab at consumerism, which pokes the right amount of fun at pop culture. Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker’s vocals feature an echoing set of vibrato that goes on and on, and on. It’s a catchy track that’s well balanced, and showcases the maturity and musicianship that each member of the band brings to the table after all these years.

The versatile drumming from Janet Weiss rounds out the threepiece band and emits an interesting sound throughout the album.

Sonically, it’s some of the most

consistent and solid drumming that we’ve heard from Weiss over the last two decades. Tracks like “Fangless,” “No Anthems” and the album’s closer, “Fade” present Weiss’s drumming to us in a new light. Before it seemed scattered, loud and thrown together. The years were kind to Weiss and what we get is a much more consistent and well-mannered Weiss, which just about sums up the new SleaterKinney for that matter.

The record isn’t a reunion per se, it’s more of a perpetuation of what made the band so awesome, and so good in the first place.

In just a mere 10 tracks and just over 30 minutes or so, the band gets back to basics, and showcase what they do so well: make riot grrrl, up-tempo, alternative

punk rock music.

It’s hard to choose the album’s highlights because it’s that good, rather, I’d recommend just pushing play and letting the album unfold in front of you.

Tucker and Brownstein collaborated on the songwriting for most tracks, which is the root and foundation of the band.

There’s no lack of enthusiasm on “No Cities To Love,” as this powerful rock trio didn’t hold back a lick of their punk-rock roots whatsoever.

Start to finish, it’s an easy listen and confirms the notion that Sleater-Kinney never really left us, they just needed an eight-year break.

are widely regarded as indie-pop darlings. Though many of their albums are hailed as triumphs in the genre, the group looked to the past for inspiration on its latest record, “Classics,” a collection of American standards.

“Classics” greatest triumph can be heard in Deschanel’s voice. Her ability to croon and warble on command suits the vocal melody driven music of the past.

M. Ward’s guitar work is spot on as usual, but despite its

technical feats the album falls short in feeling. Songs which are meant to muster emotions fall flat, leaving the audience wondering where the duo went wrong.

The collection is not well curated. The songs are too similar to create distinction, creating a monotonous listening experience that betrays the short 13-song selection.

Instead of creating a textured listening experience the album is peppered with semi-bittersweet

songs of loss and longing that begin to run together.

Musically the album is solid, but the lack of variation becomes stagnant and can easily be ignored as background music better suited for coffee shop ambiance than active listening.

her eye-catching beauty and blue hair, Karou maintains all pretenses of being normal. Her friends are in constant awe of her magical artwork.

Only Karou knows that the stories woven in her drawings are far from fantasy.

An odd sort of orphan, she was raised by a intimidating nonhuman sorcerer named Brimstone and his fairylike assistants.

Karou constantly struggles with her unknown background and the many secrets Brimstone keeps from her. Having Brimstone as a guardian does have

its perks: for every mysterious errand Karou runs for him she is granted a simple wish. Karou never dares question Brimstone on what he does with the special gifts she travels the world far and wide to collect for him.

Also, what book wouldn’t be made better by the tossing in of a little forbidden love? When Karou meets Akiva, everything she has ever known is altered.

It doesn’t hurt that Akiva is earth-shatteringly handsome and not exactly human.

Taylor keeps a fast-paced writing style that will hold any

reader’s constant attention. She has a clever way of jolting the imagination with how the chapters, scene changes and character developments play out. Taylor makes it very reader-friendly to understand when something new is happening.

Don’t get your hopes up that all of your burning questions will be answered when the conclusion approaches. This book is the beginning of a trilogy and once you finish the first you will be off to find the second.

dangerous weapons to terrorists.

Finally getting the action she seeks, Carter must work in the shadows trying to clear Stark’s name with the help of his butler, Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy), in finding Stark’s dangerous stolen weapons.

The series has aired three episodes, and so far has had action, death and some suspenseful scenes.

Watching “Captain America” and “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” made my interest

leap towards this new series.

If you’re fan of retro-style detective shows or like a series with a strong female lead, then I’d recommend watching “Agent Carter.”

Go back in time to 1946 and join Agent Carter and Jarvis on their mission to secure all of Stark’s secret dangerous weapons by tuning in every Tuesday on ABC.

the events of the first “Captain America” movie, Carter is working for the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) and she’s hungry for action.

Now that the war is over she’s stuck with secretarial duties.

After being rejected for assignments by her superiors, Carter craves to get back on the field where she belongs, when an old friend from her past appears: Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper).

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Lady Runners run out of gas in overtime

By Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu In a thrilling overtime, the Lady Runners were unable to pull out the win, losing 65-61 to Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rival Fort Lewis Jan. 17 at the Auraria Event Center.

Stepping up for the Roadrunnrs was freshman guard Hannah Stipanovich, who had a career high with 12 points.

Senior forward Deni Jacobs added 13 points along with six rebounds and two assists.

The first half was all Metro, as the Runners led the entire half and led by as much as nine at 16-7, while holding the Skyhawks to 32 percent shooting (9-of-28) and 14 percent (1-of-7) from behind the arc.

Both squads maintained their composure going into the second half as once again Metro led throughout the majority of the half.

Fort Lewis clawed back for the second consecutive year to force overtime and win in Denver. Junior forward Mary Brinton turned the tide for the Hawks, scoring a game-high 22 points, and junior guard Kate Bayes added 14 points and pick-pocketed the Runners six times.

Brinton was sent to the line af-

ter a foul from sophomore forward/ center Brittany Curl and tied the game sending it to overtime.

Fort Lewis had the edge in the extra period, holding the Lady Runners to 33 percent (2-of-6) from the floor and playing careful basketball and not foul to allow Metro to shoot any free throws.

Bayes sunk two shots from the charity stripe to seal the win for the Skyhawks (9-6, 6-5 RMAC).

“It just comes down to turnovers,” head coach Tanya Haave said. “We just can’t do that. We have to be able to execute without turning the ball over.”

The Roadrunners commited 26 turnovers and could only force 13 Skyhawk turnovers.

“That’s the story of the game

right there,” Haave said. “It’s that simple. We go on the road and we get that many turnovers and it won’t even be a ball game.”

Although Metro lost the turnover battle, they controlled the paint (28-24) and won on the boards, outrebounding the Skyhawks 42-25.

Ultimately it would be the 24 points of turnovers that guided Fort Lewis to the overtime win giving them their ninth win of the season.

“We’ve got to figure out the turnovers otherwise we’re going to be looking at more games like this,” Haave said.

The Runners will be in action again Jan. 23 when they take on the Colorado Mesa Mavericks.

Jan. 17 at Auraria Event Center

Final

Fort Lewis 26 31 8 65 Metro 29 28 4 61

Leading Scorers: M: Jacobs 13, Stipanovich 12

Leading Rebounders: M: 3 tied w/6, 3 tied w/5 F: 3 tied w/5, 5 tied w/2

Metro sophomore guard Luisa Tago drives by a Fort Lewis defender on her way to the basket Jan. 17 at the Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners lost in overtime 65-61. Photo by Jason Colbourne • jcolbour@msudenver.edu

Bright days ahead for the Mile High City and Broncos

By Scott Corbridge Commentary Losing is never easy, but that’s exactly what happened when the Broncos played their divisional round matchup against the Indianapolis Colts.

For the third time in four seasons, Denver has made an early exit. First in 2011, with the dynamic Tim Tebow doing the impossible by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers off an 80-yard strike to Demaryius

Thomas for the quickest overtime in NFL history. Tebow would falter against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

Then the improbable happened.

Broncos legend John Elway signed perhaps the biggest free agent in history in Peyton Manning.

Everyone thought that Manning would bring the champion caliber football that we knew in the 80s and 90s. The Broncos won four-consecutive AFC West division titles, three under Manning, and a trip to the Super Bowl, only to come up short by about a mile to the Seattle Seahawks last year.

This season should have been different for the Mile High City, we were hoping for a parade downtown to celebrate the Lombardi Trophy coming back to Denver.

Fate had other things in mind.

Andrew Luck outplayed Manning and defeated his predeces-

sor 24-13 to end Denver’s season.

Fans all over Colorado would soon spiral down into a depression and wish for the days of Elway, Terrell Davis and Shannon Sharpe.

But to be honest, you can’t live in the past, you can only move forward to the future. There is actually quite a good amount to look forward to next season.

Elway recently decided to part ways with former head coach John Fox and brought in a familiar face to lead his team—Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak. Kubiak was a backup to Elway from 1983-1991 and then the offensive coordinator for Denver before taking the helm for the Houston Texans.

Kubiak’s signing is a good thing for Denver. His run-orriented style of offense will help further develop breakout star CJ Anderson, who led the NFL in yards over

the last six games of the season.

The Broncos defense is also a much-improved unit from the 2013 team that played in the Super Bowl.

DeMarcus Ware, Aqib Talib, Chris Harris, Jr. and TJ Ward all made the Pro Bowl this season. Ware, alongside left outside linebacker Von Miller, combine for one of the best pass-rushing duos in the league.

Even though he broke out in 2013, tight end Julius Thomas will more than likely hit free agency and find a home elsewhere. Denver can work out a deal with wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who they will more than likely give the franchise tag.

The rest of the offense is still pretty much in tact. The offensive line was in disarray this year and will more than likely be reassembled, with the exception of Ryan Clady at left tackle.

Despite struggling in the later half of the season, Denver ranked fourth in total offense and third in total defense, which is solid for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

Manning himself could be the biggest wild card this offseason for the Broncos as he doesn’t yet know if he will return for his 18th season.

Manning will have until March 16th to decide.

If The Sheriff decides to hang it up, the Broncos front office believes that his understudy, Brock Osweiler, will be able to step into the role and give Denver its best chance to win.

With all things considered, there really isn’t any reason to hit the panic button. Teams go through this all the time. I’m willing to wait for the orange and blue to shine again and bring home the hardware.

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Scrappy Runners survive scare vs. Grizzlies

By Jose Salas jsalas13@msudenver.edu Metro’s men’s basketball team held on against a tough Adams State Grizzlies squad Jan. 16 for an 84-80 win at the Auraria Event Center after falling behind early.

The Runners suffered a tough loss to Colorado School of Mines Jan. 10 and the team understood the consequences of letting another conference game slip through their hands. “I think every game is big for us. Obviously we’ve dropped two in the RMAC and both (losses were to) good teams,” Metro senior guard Mitch McCarron said.

“Adams is a huge win for us and tomorrow night is another huge win that we need.”

The Grizzlies controlled the pace in the first seven minutes of the game. Adams State doubleteamed every Roadrunner every time they had the ball and managed to out-rebound Metro 11-2.

The Runners did not have an answer and the Grizzlies scored on six consecutive possessions at one point.

Metro played tough defense inside the paint and didn’t allow any easy buckets in the key, yet,

Adams State saw an opportunity to capitalize on shots outside the paint.

The Grizzlies attempted a total of 15 shots from beyond the arc.

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on being tough and climbing back in and never giving up, just like Adams did tonight. If we are down, we are not going to give up.”

Metro adjusted just before the end of the half and although they

“We find a way back and we pride ourselves on being tough and climbing back in and never giving up... If we are down, we are not going to give up.”

— Metro senior guard Mitch McCarron

trailed in rebounds, points in the paint and second chance points, they held the advantage in free throws and field goal percentage to lead the Grizz 43-41 at the break.

Bench players like junior forward DeShawn Phenix and junior guard Eric Rayer—who scored a combined 22 points, including a couple of three-pointers by Rayer— changed the momentum of the game.

“Eric came in at the beginning of the game and really gave us great energy. Not only that, he made a couple of three’s, too, when we were struggling a little bit to score the last couple of weeks. That’s good for those guys’ confidence,” head coach Derrick Clark said. “I think guys realize there is a couple other spots that need to be filled

CONFERENCE OVERALL and, if teams are going

W L PCT W L to be aggressive and Colorado Mines 10 1 .923 14 1 double, then someone UC-Colorado Springs 9 2 .818 15 2 is going to be open Metro 9 2 .818 14 3 and Eric came in and Colorado Mesa 8 3 .727 13 4 gave us great energy.

Fort Lewis 8 3 .727 13 4 DeShawn has been great Colorado State-Pueblo 7 4 .636 11 6 as well.”

Adams State never Adams State 6 5 .545 9 5 Colorado Christian 6 5 .545 9 8 let down and continued Black Hills State 4 7 .364 6 12 to apply pressure on the New Mexico Highlands 3 9 .250 3 13 Roadrunners. With the Regis 2 9 .182 4 11 Grizzlies down by two Chadron State 2 9 .182 3 11 and less than 30 secWestern State 2 9 .182 3 12 onds left, Metro senior Western New Mexico 2 10 .167 2 14 forward Nicholas Kay had a shot to put the game away with a layup but missed. ASU junior half—hitting six—but were unable to make one from longe range in the second.

Adams State senior forward Michael Middlebrooks’ dunk not only extended the Grizzlies’ lead, but was also a symbol of early dominance over the Roadrunners during the opening minutes.

McCarron scored from beyond the 3-point line, giving Metro its first lead.

The Roadrunners never let up after that point. “It’s not a good trend but it’s certainly been a trend recently, but we’ve been down early. Colorado Christian, Colorado Mines, we were down in both games,” McCarron said. “We find a way back and we pride ourselves

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Metro sophomore forward Obi Kyei attempts a layup against the Fort Lewis Skyhawks Jan. 17 at the Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners won the weekend, 84-80 against Adams State Jan. 16 and 87-51 against the Skyhawks.

Photo by Jason Colbourne • jcolbur@msudenver.edu

guard Shakir Smith brought down the rebound and started the fast break. He was unable to capitalize on it and mised what would have been the tying score.

“We had some unsung heroes,” Clark said. “You talk about Sam (Porter), Eric and DeShawn. It seems that at some point in the game each one of those guys made a play.”

The Runners bench was back in action after they faltered at times earlier in the season. The 19 points was a key component to the Metro win, unlike in the Mines game.

“Adams plays very different than Mines. Mines slows the game a little bit more and Adams likes to speed it up,” McCarron said. “You

need to be able to win both ways if you want to go all the way against different types of teams. I think we were successful tonight because everybody is aggressive and when everyone is a threat, we’ll have a good game.”

The Roadrunners continue conference play Jan. 23 when they travel to Grand Junction to take on Colorado Mesa.

The game is the first of a fourgame roadtrip for Metro as they also take on Western State, Chadron State and Black Hills State before returning to Denver to take on first place Mines in a conference redeption game.

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“These are unedited but not the originals.”

Pisces

February 19 -March 20

“Can you, perhaps, have less attractive friends?”

Aries

March 21 -April 19

“I’ve got to break up with her. She moved to Boulder, and I’m just not ready for a long-distance relationship.”

Taurus

April 20 -May 20 Every time someone tells you to “take the bull by the horns,” take a drink*. *(please drink responsibly)

Gemini

Leo

July 23 -August 22

Your uncle will kill your father and take the throne.

It’s up to you to decide if you’re in “The Lion King” or “Hamlet.” Choose wisely.

Virgo

August 23 -September 22

Libra

September 23 -October 22

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21 We tried to warn you last semester about wearing all neon, but this go ’round...we’re keepin’ our mouth shut. Good luck.

Sagittarius

May 21 -June 20

November 22 -December 21

We can already tell this semester is going to be a long one. Might as well start practicing your hibernation techniques now so your friends don’t think you’ve been kidnapped.

Might be a good idea to stop trying so damn hard.

Across: 1. ‘’It Girl’’ Bow 6. Broadband choice 11. Sound of a well-tuned engine 14. Hole borer 15. Job offerer 16. Japanese statesman, 18411909 17. Display anger, in a way 19. It’s picked up 20. Mark’s successor 21. Ovine female 22. Bridge places 24. Highland hats 26. Vocalist Vaughan 27. Documents 30. Fine woolen yarns 33. Lapis lazuli color 34. Clash 35. Musician Clapton 36. Swindle 37. ‘’The Family Feud’’ participants 38. Bruin’s great 39. Nervous twitches 41. Annual song title starter 42. American Indian language 44. Skied downhill 46. Problem in the shower, perhaps 47. Accrue 48. Robust, healthwise 49. Playful 51. Michael Caine’s address 52. Babies’ needs

Your generous behavior knows no boundaries — you’ve come a long way since preschool.

People are always telling you how “fun” and “kooky” you are at parties. Maybe that’s why we don’t invite you over anymore.

Baa. Ram. Ewe.

56. In the manner of 57. Negotiate to completion 60. Debussy’s ‘’La ---’’ 61. Chopin piece 62. Grenoble gratitude 63. Turf 64. Stand in the way of 65. Introduction or preface

Down: 1. Lawyer’s assignment 2. Humdinger 3. Seaweed gel 4. More distant 5. It may be a bust 6. Processes the fat?

7. Girl Friday, for one

Riddles

June 21 -July 22

Every day, in every way, you identify more and more with Scar from “The Lion King.” Long live the King.

No, this is Patrick!

“Are you a tenor?” “No, I’m Italian.” “... what?”

Cancer

8. Kin of ‘’mac’’ 9. Bernstein and Cohen 10. Bad throws, e.g.

11. Decamp 12. Moab’s State 13. Destructive crowds 18. Specialties of some dressmakers 23. Fixed charge 25. 100 square meters 26. Puget or Pamlico 27. Alliances 28. Geologic time before life 29. Prove you work at the factory 30. British woodland 31. Gloomy tune 32. Fastening device 34. Chimney channels 37. Tape holder 40. Asian wrestling 42. Slick starter 43. Svelte 45. Was impertinent 46. Equine lady 48. Trail user 49. Tight spots 50. It may go on a roll 51. Entree go-with 53. Dynamics prefix 54. About 2 1/2 feet for humans, I suppose 55. Like some chances 58. Wheel track 59. A bit of current Source: OnlineCrosswords.net

A: You heard me before, yet you hear me again, then I die, ’till you call me again.

Who am I? B: Where do you find roads without vehicles, forests without trees, and cities without houses?

C: At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. What am I? D: A hiker went without sleep for seven days and wasn’t tired. How come?

E: What has hands but can not clap?

Source: funhuh.com/fun-riddle/riddles-andanswers-501/

Sudoku

Difficulty: EASY

Difficulty: Medium

Answers:

Capricorn

“It’s the first day of school and I already feel like I’m going to fail every class.”

Hear something that makes you laugh?

Shake your head? Roll your eyes or say WTF? Tweet it to @themetonline with the hashtag #overheardoncampus

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Horoscopes

Overheard on campus

“So, um, is there still room on that Seahawks bandwagon? Because %&$# Tom Brady.”

f: themetropolitan

Answers: An echo. B: On a map. C: Music.

D: He slept at night. E: A clock.

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