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Aurarians bend into shape

UCD senior Kelly Marlett maintains focus mid-pose during Hatha Yoga class inside Tivoli 640 Feb. 2. Hatha Yoga is a popular type of yoga because it’s appropriate for all skill levels. For more on fitness, see MetSpective pages 9 and 10. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

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Two new MSU Denver trustees up for confirmation

By Derek Hampton dhampto6@msudenver.edu The MSU Denver Board of Trustees is preparing to welcome two new members, pending state Senate confirmation in February.

According to a press release issued by the university Jan. 26, the board has recognized Elaine Berman and Barbara Grogan as board members since Jan. 1. The two are slated to appear before the state Senate education committee in February for final confirmation.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Berman and Grogan to fill the seats of Melody Harris and Ellen Robinson, respectively.

Appointed members serve four-year terms. Robinson completed her term, while Harris left her term one year early. If confirmed, Berman will serve the final year of Harris’s term.

As trustees, Berman and Grogan will assist in the governance of the university, such as asset and resource allocation.

The Board of Trustees consists

of nine governor-appointed members, including the new additions, and three non-voting members elected by and representing students, faculty and the MSU Denver Alumni Association.

All three of the standing committees operated by the board have been affected by the board member transition. Harris served as chair of the Governance Committee and member of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee. Robinson also served on the Governance Committee as well as the Finance Committee.

University spokeswoman Cathy Lucas said that neither candidate is an MSU Denver alumna, but both have been proactive with working with the university, adding that they have a “great familiarity with MSU Denver.”

“We are excited for both (Grogan) and (Berman),” Lucas said.

“They are both seasoned professionals and are tremendous assets to the university.”

The Jan. 26 press release recognized Berman’s continued efforts to educate Colorado’s children. She spent eight years on the Denver

Board of Education — including four as president — before her appointment to the Colorado State Board of Education in January 2007. She completed her tenure there at the beginning of this year.

According to her Colorado Department of Education profile, Berman aided in founding several organizations, including the Colorado Children’s Campaign and the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center.

In 2004, Berman was named Champion of Education by the Community College of Denver.

She was also awarded Outstanding Lawmaker by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and the City of Denver’s Women’s Commission in 2008.

Along with Hickenlooper, Berman is a regular attendee of the Denver Public Schools Foundation’s annual Achieve Gala.

Berman and her husband donated $15,000 to be 2015 gala “Champions.” The Democrats for Education Reform website lists Berman on the Colorado Advisory Committee.

As founder and past CEO of Western Industrial Contractors,

Elaine Berman, left, and Barbara Grogan, have been appointed to MSU Denver’s Board of Trustees. Official photos.

Inc., Grogan earned widespread respect within the business community. Grogan served as the first female chairman of both the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch, and the Board of the Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Her DU profile lists a number of national and local awards Grogan has received, including Advocate of the Year from the U.S. Small Business Administra-

tion, and the Business Leaders of the '90s Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Similar to Berman, Grogan has worked to better the education of Colorado’s children, serving as a member of Executives Partnering to Invest in Children. The governor appointed her to the Education Leadership Council in 2011.

During the 2014 Colorado gubernatorial election, Grogan was listed as a member of Business Leaders for Hickenlooper.

Local brass group dazzles at campus concert Boulder Brass latest installment of visiting artist concert series

By Cassie Reid creid13@msudenver.edu Creativity needs inspiration, students want entertainment and artists deserve an audience.

The Visiting Artist Series, which featured Boulder Brass Jan. 31, fills each of these needs.

The series, which has been held for the last decade, spans across departments and strives to ensure relevance to both music majors and non-majors. For the music department, that means fantastic performances.

“We currently have 12-plus (artists) coming to campus this semester to present recitals, master classes and clinics for our students and the community,” said Charla Bevan-Jones, music events manager. “We try to keep this as diverse as possible. These artists, while generally in the classical genre, also include jazz, early music and world music.”

Boulder Brass, a 12-piece ensemble of brass players and percussionists, has deep roots at MSU Denver. Michael Allen, a tuba and euphonium instructor at the university, conducts the group; Michael Hengst, the music department’s brass area coordinator and director of the Roadrunner Pride Pep Band, performs on trumpet; and Bron Wright, an MSU Denver affiliate instructor of trombone, is the group’s trombonist.

“The collaboration actually goes back 10 or 12 years, (the point that) was the first time we came on the Visiting Artist series,” Allen said.

“But it really sort of got cemented in place when Dr. Hengst joined the group on trumpet and I joined the faculty here. Mike and I thought it was sort of a natural thing to bring our friends in and do at least a couple concerts a year.”

The recital, which took place in the King Center Concert Hall, opened with a familiar tune from many a childhood: John Williams’

“Quidditch Fanfare,” from the Harry Potter movie franchise.

The rest of the evening belonged to iconic 19th century composer Richard Wagner. Euphonium player Jeremy Van Hoy performed a one-hour set of his own arrangements of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” a set of four operas commonly called the “Ring Cycle,”

which total more than 15 hours.

Boulder Brass plays music almost exclusively arranged or composed by their own members, with exceptions for short pieces written specifically for brass, such as “Quidditch Fanfare.”

“This combination of brass instruments isn’t real common, and we’ve created a library of over

Boulder Brass performs at King Center Concert Hall Jan. 31.

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300 pieces of music that we’ve played over the years,” Allen said.

“That’s how our programs develop — if somebody gets interested in writing an arrangement or if we commission a new piece from a living composer.”

Boulder Brass’s innovation, promotion of original work and MSU Denver origins make them an obvious choice for a frequent visiting artist.

“By presenting these groups in the lovely concert hall (550 seats) or recital hall (200), our students are turned on to world-class performances,” Bevan-Jones said.

“Being in the heart of downtown Denver, the community can experience a plethora of music for a nominal fee. I have enjoyed the Boulder Brass performances tremendously. It is exciting.”

Bevan-Jones added that the arrangement of the Wagner pieces was brilliant.

“What a gift,” she said.

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Open enrollment changes still up in the air at Senate

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License plate-based parking payment system to replace dashboard receipts for some lots Part of Dogwood lot obstructed temporarily

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Members of the Colorado Senate Education Committee were not able to review Senate Bill 72 in their meeting Jan. 28, due to a full docket.

At press time, the committee was set to hear the bill Feb. 4 or Feb. 5, depending on the remaining items in the committee’s schedule.

“This bill is student success focused,” said Colorado Rep. Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, the bill’s house sponsor. “To keep pace with the evolution of MSU (Denver) into a four-year university, students will be better served if they come through the front door of the university armed with the right skills, especially in math and English language. This modest tweak to the admission standards will help build that student success.”

MSU Denver president Stephen Jordan opposes the bill.

“If enacted, this change in admission standards could mean a significant loss of students over age 20,” read a statement from Jordan’s office.

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What’s going on around campus?

Auraria is making some big changes to its parking lots.

AHEC installed a pay-by-license-plate system in several of the campus’s parking lots that took effect Feb. 2. MSU Denver is also constructing a new Aerospace building that will shut down the Dogwood parking lot.

Drivers parking at the Holly lot, Spruce lot, Elm lot or 5th Street Garage are no longer required to place a receipt on their dashboards to show they have paid for parking.

Instead, all they need to do now is to enter their license plate numbers at any kiosk, and then pay with either cash or a credit card.

AHEC parking manager Dave Berry said that it was AHEC’s intention to expand the pay-by-license system to the rest of the campus’s lots by this summer, with the exceptions of the 7th Street Garage and the Tivoli Garage, and the possible exception of the Redwood lot. “It is our intention to include the Redwood lot, but we will have to continue working with our vendor and will not have a final answer until a later date,” Berry said.

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Katy Brown, the AHEC director of communications and campus outreach, said that the change would be “more convenient for students, because they won’t have to walk back to their car to place a receipt on the dashboard.”

Parking attendants for the affected lots can now scan license plates to check if drivers have paid for parking, instead of having to look at the information on receipts on dashboards. “(Parking attendants) are equipped with a license plate recognition system, which reads a vehicle’s license plate and interfaces with the parking (database) to see if that individual has paid,” Brown said.

For now, drivers will be automatically given a receipt to keep for their own records, but in the future may opt out.

The Dogwood lot is experiencing a different sort of transition, as the northern portion has been blocked off for use by contractors in preparation for the upcoming construction of MSU Denver’s new Aerospace and Engineering Sciences Building. The southern portion of the lot will be available for now, but by this summer the “entire Dogwood parking lot is likely to be offline,” according to Tina Wells, the construction project man-

ager for the school. She added that construction on the building would last for “roughly 22 to 24 months.”

The building is expected to open in summer of 2017, with classes there beginning that fall. However, fewer parking spots will remain once the lot reopens. “We explored the opportunity to add parking under the building, but there are two issues that impacted our ability to do this: the water table is too high in this area, and we’re also in the 100 year flood plain,” said Wells, referring to an area that has a one percent chance of experiencing a major flooding event in any given year.

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By Tom Skelly tskelly@msudenver.edu One of the best ideas any president has had for at least the last 40 years will never come to be.

President Barack Obama’s plan to give tuition-free access to community college seems too good to be true. It would improve the economy and prepare a better workforce for the future. It would provide an opportunity to Americans trying to make a better life for their families. But it will never get through the current Congress.

That isn’t a partisan jibe at John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Ted

Cruz and the other members of the Republican-controlled Congress. It is a certainty.

For six years the Republicans in Congress have done everything possible to try and thwart Obama at every turn. First, they shut down the government. Then, they obstructed the appointment of a Surgeon General during the Ebola crisis that they clamored about.

Some members of the party even wanted to refuse to invite Obama to Congress for the State of the Union Address. Thankfully, they decided such a move would make them look bad, so they opted to sit motionless, with pained facial expressions, while Obama listed ways our country has improved since the recession.

One would think a party that prides itself on its economic philosophy would at least give a golf clap for the deficit being reduced by two-thirds (at least while they’re on camera).

Republicans will claim that they oppose Obama’s plan because it costs too much (the White House estimates the plan will cost $60 billion over 10 years). Never mind the myriad ways to make room for such a relatively small figure in

our bloated national budget. Paul Ryan’s latest budget, for example, would inflate defense spending from $521 billion in 2015 to $696 billion in 2024. It’s possible that the Defense Department could survive on only an extra $12.5 billion a year. The worst part of their default argument is that it’s wrong.

Forking over $60 billion doesn’t compare to the financial gains of the plan. According to a study from the Nexus Research and Policy Center and the American Institutes for Research, community college graduates make an average of $259,000 more during their careers than high-school graduates.

Community college graduates also pump an average of $67,000 per person into federal coffers in taxes. Not to mention how much the economy will improve when the graduates spend their income in the retail, real estate and stock markets. All this without raising taxes a dime on the Koch brothers and the rest of the top one percent.

It’s a win-win situation.

Research also shows that women make up a majority of the student body at community colleges and minorities comprise onethird. Can you think of two demo-

graphics the GOP needs more help reaching out to than women and minorities? Just think of it: Thousands of Americans finally pulling themselves up by their bootstraps, starting businesses, earning and spending more — just like the Republican Party has been asking them to for years.

But the current sampling of Republicans in the legislative branch aren’t known for doing what is in their own — or Americans’ — best interest (see the House’s passage of abortion restrictions on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade).

If they could get past the fact that this is Obama’s idea, maybe the GOP would see the advantages of free community college for the country at large. Maybe they would realize the benefits it holds for the Republican Party.

Picture it: A plan that can effect real economic growth without raising taxes and simultaneously improve the Republican brand with women and minorities.

It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

Tom Skelley is a Senior Convergent Journalism major. He is a father, writer and photographer, and he is tired.

Past time for the state to get out of marriage

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By Steve Musal smusal@msudenver.edu If we provide state benefits to married couples, they must apply to all married couples. However, here’s a better way to ensure equality: Let’s get the government out of the marriage business entirely.

The loudest people complaining about the so-called sanctity of marriage are worried that the state will tell their church they have to marry a couple of whom they don’t approve. Removing the

benefits of a state marriage from the concept of marriage both ensures those benefits apply equally and lets churches — and mosques, synagogues, close friends of the family or anyone the couple want — marry whomever they want.

Let’s face it: The tax benefits of marriage are a relic of a more patriarchal time, where a single-income man was head of the family. In today’s world, the benefits almost overwhelmingly apply to singleincome families and a few people at the highest income levels. Taxing everyone as individuals would actually lower taxes on most lowerincome and middle-class Americans.

Hospital visiting benefits, inheritance and other rights currently being denied non-married couples can easily be done by directives. If a hospital is required to accept a directive saying “remove this person from life support,” there’s no reason they can’t accept one saying “allow this person hospital visiting privileges.”

“Let’s face it: The tax benefits of marriage are a relic of a more patriarchal time.”

Divorce, then, would be between couples and their faith, without inserting the state into the picture (as a sidebar, I’ve always found it odd that there’s a three-day waiting period to get married but a minimum three-month waiting period to get a divorce — as if they aren’t both life-altering events).

Joint property would have to happen by contract, as it would in any other dispute between adults.

The solution should satisfy the so-called party of small government, as it keeps government’s grubby hands off both churches and private individuals. It should satisfy the Democrats as well, since rights to share property, hospital visitation and other benefits formerly belonging to married

couples must be applied regardless of race, creed, color, religion, orientation or identity.

And if marriage is, at heart, a question of faith, as most opponents of the current gay marriage movement argue, the government has neither responsibility nor right to oversee it. If marriage is a bond between two people and their God, as Republicans would have us believe, then the government is not — and should not— be allowed in the marriage business at all.

Existing marriages wouldn’t lose any “sanctity” if the government no longer saw a need to recognize marriage legally. Future marriages wouldn’t somehow become less just because the couple, their officiant and a witness didn’t sign a $25 piece of paper in the back room of a courthouse or place of worship.

Isn’t it time we kicked the government out of marriage? That, more than anything, would protect both sanctity and equality.

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By Taylor Hensel

thensel@msudenver.edu Each week, a small group of yogis gather for an hour-long session of vinyasa flow in a rainforest 14 miles outside of the Auraria campus.

This tropical oasis serves as a serene environment for practicing yoga, but also happens to be home to more than 900 different butterflies.

Students probably made at least one trip to the Butterfly Pavilion as an elementary school student.

Memories of the place are most likely filled with pleasant thoughts of fluttering insects and winding paths between luscious, green plants. But these days, the Butterfly Pavilion is welcoming a more diverse crowd than elementary school tourism, partly on account of their thriving yoga practice.

The Butterfly Pavilion began offering yoga classes two years ago when a group of staff members started practicing in the greenhouse as a way to unwind.

“As staff we would stay after hours and do yoga ourselves. We

thought that this is such a meditative space, we should offer it as a class,” said community programs manager Marissa Copan.

What started as a pastime has steadily gained popularity among Colorado yogis over the years.

There are five instructors who alternate leading classes and, because the weekday sessions have become so popular, the Pavilion chose to add weekend morning sessions to the schedule. Drop-in classes are $10 for non-members, $8 for members.

The environment, unlike most yoga studios, makes a membership a worthwhile investment. The warm temperatures and tropical atmosphere make the experience hard to beat.

“It’s refreshing. It is so easy to get in tune with your surroundings and to find your breath in a place that is so peaceful,” said yoga instructor Elyse Rousseau.

The butterfly habitat is a carefully maintained ecosystem run by a team of dedicated horticulturists.

To keep the butterflies and plants flourishing, the temperature of the massive greenhouse where the yoga sessions take place varies depending on the outside weather.

Alex Sosa, a member of the

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For More Information Elyse Rousseau leads a Rainforest Yoga session surrounded by the tranquil environment at the Butterfly Pavilion Jan. 31.

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horticulture staff, explained how the current heat wave in Colorado has resulted in a livelier greenhouse during the past few weeks.

“The butterflies tend to be more active when the weather is warm,” Sosa said.

It is not uncommon for a butterfly to land on a yogi mid-pose during any given yoga session.

It is no doubt that rainforest yoga at the Butterfly Pavilion is one of the metro area’s hidden gems. This affordable and unique

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Vertical Fitness club in a class of its own

By Samantha Coulter scoulte3@msudenver.edu The phrase “pole fitness” might bring to mind images of women in a dark room, swirling topless for dollars slipped into their thongs.

Although pole fitness classes have been gaining popularity and mainstream acceptance around the world for over a decade, some stereotypes still persist about what such classes promote. MSU Denver’s Vertical Fitness club demonstrates that pole fitness is truly an exercise program that emphasizes physical strength, stamina and flexibility.

“I’d say it’s definitely changed my life in many different aspects. I eat healthier, I work out more, my strength has improved, I’m more flexible, I’m more confident.

It’s a mixture of gymnastics, ballet and contortion.

You integrate many different types of athleticism into this.”

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Club adviser Mary Kay McCue explained that vertical fitness strives to fight the stigma of the pole and replace it with an image more accurate to its uses — as a tool to improve strength and showcase feats of gymnastics and grace.

“We’re a no-judgment environment. So pretty much any negativity that you might have towards other people — there’s zero tolerance for that,” said co-founder and president Justin Fye as participants gathered in a circle on the floor at an open house Jan. 27.

This spirit of inclusion and acceptance has likely contributed greatly to the success of the co-ed club, which has quadrupled in size since its creation two years ago and reached membership capacity for the past two semesters.

Fye describes the club as a smaller community within the

school where people who might not like going to the gym or traditional workouts can enjoy an alternative form of fitness. The club attracts a diverse crowd of participants, welcoming all Auraria campus students, faculty and staff as well as members of the public not affiliated with the campus.

“I found a family with this,” said UCD student Lanning Henriques. “It is very comforting. I really do feel like I can be a complete goofball and everyone else is the same exact way.”

Laughter echoed throughout the open house, even as participants were in the middle of difficult maneuvers on the pole and various types of physical engament.

After a brief introduction to the club and its members, the class moved on to a group warmup.

The structure of the class involves a period of stretching, core work and strength building exercises done together to ensure a full body workout before the group breaks off into smaller sub-groups. With several poles set up around the practice area, groups of participants practice with others at their skill level. This structure allows students of all skill levels to receive training appropriate to them.

“I love that it combines strength and flexibility aspects,” said UCD student Gwen Kennicutt.

“It’s a fun new thing — branching out.”

“From Vertical Fitness I’ve gained a better understanding of my body,” Henriques said, a sentiment echoed by several other club members.

Katrina Quillen, not affiliated with Auraria, explained that she had not done pole fitness prior to the open house, but that she planned to return.

“I loved it. It was really intuitive and it didn’t intimidate me so I want to come back,” Quillen said.

“I would definitely recommend it to other people, especially if they want some other type of activity that also has a fun element to it.”

Fye explained that members are passionate about what they do.

“I’d say it’s definitely changed my life in many different aspects,” Fye said. “I eat healthier, I work out more, my strength has improved, I’m more flexible, I’m more confident. It’s a mixture of gymnastics, ballet and contortion.

You integrate many different types of athleticism into this.”

The club hosts regular workshops featuring guest instructors that teach numerous classes such as ballet, handstand balancing, flexibility and aerial fabric. These

MSU Junior Madison Vincent has been pole dancing for two weeks, and just recently purchased her own pole so she can practice at home. Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz26@msudenver.edu

workshops, like the regular classes, are open to anyone interested in attending. The first workshop this semester will be held Feb. 5 at the usual start time of 6:30 p.m. in PE111G, with Ian Flaws of the BBOY Factory teaching breakdancing.

Vertical fitness also puts on a showcase at the end of each semester featuring performances by members and officers. Last semester they partnered with the Roadrunner PR club (MSU Denver’s public relations club) for this event, hired 2014 Colorado pole champion Kira Nguyen to headline

and raised over $1,500 for charity.

The money was split between Family Promise of Denver and St. Regis to provide kids toys and Christmas dinners for the homeless.

Classes take place Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in the lobby of the PE Building from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Membership rates are $85 a semester for students, $90 for faculty and staff and $100 for non-affiliates. Membership fees include Dry Hands (a lotion polers use to improve their grip, which is normally $12 per bottle), half off all workshops, a lanyard and a T-shirt in addition to the classes.

The drop-in rate is $7 for regular classes and $10 for workshops.

By comparison, Tease Studio in Denver charges $149 per month and $17 for a single drop-in class, and Studio3sixT costs $20 for drop-ins and $155 per month.

For anyone interested in joining or attending a class, wear comfortable clothes that leave your knees and lower legs free to grip the pole, but be sure to cover your, what Fye refers to as, “goodies.”

The club also requests that people not wear lotion or jewelry to the classes to avoid making the poles slippery or scratching them.

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PANDA BEAR “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”

By Matthew Lilley lilley@msudenver.edu Inside this mediocre album is a good one trying to get out.

On his fifth album, Noah Lennox as Panda Bear manages mine, sonic territory that rewards the astute listener and offers up some delightfully fun songs. But this album runs out of steam and ideas before drawing to a close.

Make no mistake, “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper” is some-

THE DECEMBERISTS “What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World”

By Robert Shea rshea5@msudenver.edu It’s been nearly half a decade since we’ve heard new material from The Decemberists.

The last album the band put out was the R.E.M. influenced

“Black or White”

By Trevor Davis tdavis84@msudenver.edu “Black or White” doesn’t have aspirations to usher a new phase of cinema, it’s a simple story about the many forms of parental love.

The movie deals with realistic subject matter. A non-traditional family has to cope with the death of a loved one who was the glue that held them together and

“The Loft”

By Cassie Reid creid13@msudenver.edu Forbidden fruit and cunning casting are central in “The Loft,” but the killer appears to be a disruptive narrative and overall lack of energy.

The film is based on a Belgian film, “Loft,” and features several members of the original creative team. Four men are granted access to paradise in the form of keys to a secretive loft designated

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thing of a return to form for the Animal Collective member who authored the classic “Person Pitch” in 2007. That sample-heavy album of blissful harmonies and sundrenched meditations set a high bar. “Grim Reaper” approaches its heights in ways 2011’s “Tomboy” only flirted with.

Written and recorded in his adopted hometown of Lisbon, Portugal, “Grim Reaper” comes out of the gate strong. Midtempo opening track “Sequential Circuits” lacks the punch one might expect in an opener, but makes up for it as a beautiful, melancholic dirge.

The layered and frenetic “Mr Noah” that follows is a call to arms. Stutter step, indecipherable

vocals march along to a pulsating rhythm, demonstrating to the listener the fun and quirky side that the pensive, introverted Panda Bear oftentimes seems loath to display.

The highlight of the album, though, is the bouncy “Boys Latin.”

Over a delicious arpeggiato-propelled rhythm colored with reverbdrenched percussion, Lennox delivers one of the most ambitious and psychedelically delightful vocal melodies in years.

The following track is pretty enough, but goes nowhere. On an album with vocals obscured by layers of reverb-laden chanting, the meditation here is plain and underwhelming: “Are you mad?

Are you mad? Yes, I’m mad.”

“Grim Reaper” is 51 minutes long, which certainly isn’t too long or self-indulgent. But it feels longer. A 19-minute stretch of slow songs on the back half derails the momentum by the time “Principe Real,” the eleventh of 13 tracks, brings back the beats.

Give Panda Bear an editor and maybe he will come close to fulfilling the promise of “Person Pitch.”

In the interim, listeners still have a handful of Panda’s best tracks.

Pro-tip: Don’t forget the quality headphones or a high fidelity sound system.

“The King is Dead,” which offered a few great singles as they toured across the globe.

The Decemberists continue to draw inspiration from the entire history of rock and/or roll.

Now we have their new offering “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World.”

Dickensian worldview aside, this new album lends itself to the optimistic if somewhat overly nostalgic.

My last album review was Iron and Wine’s “Ghost on Ghost,” to

which “What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World” is a worthy continuation of Americana ballad brilliance.

The old chestnuts of love and loss, the dwindling invincibility of youth, “mellowing,” a stable platform for the craft. It’s music to turn 30 to.

You don’t need to be groundbreaking to be great. Traditional is a good thing, especially when it’s done this well.

The Decemberists know their sound, and continue to stay true

to it. It’s an authentic quality that’s approachable and familiar without the needless pitfalls that the genre can often be plagued by.

The energy may leave the more intense audiences in a lurch, while others will appreciate the new album, as the Decemberists waltz and croon their way to a satisfying conclusion.

“What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World” paints a warm, rural, and dusty mural, seen in the rearview mirror.

figure out how to move forward as a team.

It’s an ambitious film to say the least. It is quite effective, although not perfect, as it tries hard to provide a diverse cast of characters. The child, Eloise, (Jillian Estell), gives the audience someone consistent to root for — an African immigrant tutor is the voice of reason and the guardians of the child are all flawed, constantly needing to shift their motives to be there for Eloise.

Elliot, played by Kevin Costner, is the white patriarch who

has to figure out how to balance providing his biracial child time with each side of the family, while gaining the respect of the black side the family enough to allow him some autonomy. In all of this, Elliot deals with his own alcoholism.

Aside from Eloise, no character is perfect. Each member of the family is flawed. Their common characteristic is an unbeatable ego and inability to compromise.

One fault in the film is not spending much time on Eloise. It is, at its core, about her, but more

emphasis is given to the adults’ struggles. The child mourning the loss of her mother gets lost in the shuffle.

It’s a solid film, walking the line somewhere between a serious unexaggerated adult drama and a family film, while not being compromised to appeal to an audience of children. It’s not an unparalleled success, but it’s worth a watch. Not many Hollywood films are presented with characters that are so down-toEarth.

specifically for acts of adultery by the architect himself, played by Karl Urban. Paradise is tainted, however, when a woman’s body is found with no sign of a breakin. Interrogations by police and among themselves, intermixed with flashbacks, convey the full tale of lust, manipulation and power.

Strong chemistry is essential in suspense and is palpable between the five male leads. The strongest points of the film come from their interactions, whether in confined spaces like the loft or

in a particularly well-executed flashback to a large casino party where all of the chips, literally and figuratively, are on the table.

However, rather than innovating or even adding a new angle to the genre, “The Loft” simply follows greater works of cinematic suspense, using structures like revealing the plot through interrogations for no real reason other than, Hey, it worked in “The Usual Suspects” so it’ll work here, too. And it does not.

The interrogation scenes could well be replaced with paint dry-

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ing for how much they detract from the plot and bore the audience.

The other victim of this cutand-paste method is the film’s energy. While the cast is strong, they seem less interested in portraying a new identity with energy than in fulfilling a trope audiences have seen time and time again.

“The Loft” is not a crime against cinema and, despite its flaws, is enjoyable. Just be wary of taking a date, lest any murderrous ideas be sown.

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Opening Day ends on high note Roadrunners fall in Game 1, rally in Game 2 vs. University of Nebraska-Kearney

By Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu Dalton Cowen draped a nohitter over the first five innings of Opening Day before Metro’s late-inning heroics fell short in a 5-3 loss.

The senior right-hander from Gillette, Wyoming, was razor sharp for the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lopers. Cowen — 6.2 innings pitched — silenced Metro’s bats until junior left fielder Reilly Mau laced a frozen rope up the middle of the diamond to lead off the sixth inning, Jan. 30 in the inaugural game at The Regency Athletic Complex.

The Roadrunners closed the gap late after trailing 3-0 over six and a half frames. Senior catcher Darryl Baca and sophomore designated hitter Hunter Donaldson strung back-to-back singles together with one out in the seventh inning. Both later crossed the plate to make it a one-run game heading into the eighth.

The ensuing inning was Metro’s undoing as sophomore relief pitcher Ryan Baca, Darryl’s younger brother, replaced senior starting pitcher Nick Hammett.

Hammett went seven strong innings, giving up three earned runs on 108 pitches. He was also ultimately tagged with the loss when Ryan Baca surrendered two runs in the eighth after retiring the first two batters.

“Nick threw really well. There’s a lot of extra pressure, just opening up the new facility and being the first guy on the mound,” said head coach Jerrid Oates of his staff’s No. 1 pitcher. “He handled his emotions really well. He threw a bunch of strikes. A couple walks hurt him a little bit along the way, but he threw well enough to win. We just didn’t get enough hits.”

The Roadrunners were outhit 11-3. The disparity was due in large part to the gem Hammett’s counterpart on the mound spun for over half the game, and some hard-hit balls that found Kearney defenders.

“We just hit it to everybody, hit it right to them and balls weren’t falling,” said junior right fielder

Senior starting pitcher Nick Hammett delivers a pitch during the bottom of the first inning of the Opening Day game against the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lopers Jan. 30 at The Regency Athletic Complex. Metro lost Game 1 but rallied to win Game 2 of the doubleheader. Photo by Trevor L. Davis • tdavis84@msudenver.edu

Alex Walker. “But that’s baseball.”

Metro added one run in the bottom of the eighth inning by trading two outs. After junior second baseman Nick Comito doubled down the left field line, he advanced to third on a flyout by sophomore shortstop Jake Thurston. Walker brought Comito home with a moon shot to deep center field.

Ryan Baca settled down in the ninth inning, giving up no runs on one hit, which was then erased on an inning-ending double play.

UNK’s junior closer Joe Smidt all but shut the door in the bottom of the ninth, but not before a throwing error from the Lopers’ third baseman, senior Danny Droll, almost gave Metro new life.

Despite zero hits for five innings, the Roadrunners were within striking distance during the final frame.

With two down in the bottom of the ninth, sophomore first

baseman Marcus Bean reached first base on Droll’s throw in the dirt that hopped past teammate Brandon Baeckel. Sophomore third baseman Trent Maloney, representing the tying run, grounded out to short to end the game.

“That’s character and that’s what we showed all day today, even in the second game” Oates said. “Just staying with it, staying (together) as a team and continuing to play for each other; finding a way at the end to battle through and ultimately, we had a shot in both games.”

While Game 2 was highlighted

by Darryl Baca’s two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth that put Metro on top for good, Game 1 of Opening Day saw quite the pitching duel among both team’s respective starters.

As Kearney’s Cowen pitched shutout ball, Hammett answered with zeros in the third and fourth, and two more in the sixth and

seventh innings. After spotting the Lopers a run in each of the first two innings, Hammett’s lone mistake in the middle innings was a solo home run in the fifth. He retired the final eight batters he faced after the homer.

“It felt good to go out there and give the team a chance to win today. That’s my goal every time,” Hammett said. “Building off today, what got me in trouble was three-ball counts. So, this week of practice I’m going to go in and try to pound the strike zone and improve for next week.”

After splitting the first two games, the Roadrunners took Game 3, Jan. 31, through a strong outing by sophomore starting pitcher Julian Garcia. Garcia carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Metro prevailed 6-2 to win the opening weekend series over Kearney, 2-1.

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Men spotless on four-game trip

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu

Game 3

In game three of the men’s basketball’s four-game road trip, the Runners won a convincing game over Chadron State, 72-60, Jan. 30.

The first half included the Runners shooting 44 percent from the field, led by senior guard Mitch McCarron and senior center Will Sinclair. Going 8-for-9 at the free throw line, senior center Nicholas Kay also propelled the Runners to a 12-point lead going into the half.

Just 4-14 overall, the Eagles fought back in the second half, raising their field goal percentage from just 33 percent in the first half to 60 percent in the second.

Also making 4-of-6 from behind the 3-point line, the Eagles made a push to keep up with the Runners.

Junior forward Roderick Butler and senior guard Chris Smith led the charge.

Although Chadron stepped up its shooting percentage, Metro held off the Eagles with its own impressive shooting. Leading

the box score with a combined 46 points, Kay and McCarron controlled the game by attaching a total of 10 assists, four steals and two blocks on the defensive side.

Following Metro’s superior defense, the Runners scored 12 points off turnovers along with one fast break point.

Dominating in the paint, Metro put up 34 points down low and with a combined 13 offensive rebounds, scored 14 second chance points.

Game 4

With its record standing at 18-3 overall, Metro won in thrilling fashion in double overtime against Black Hills State University, 73-71, Jan. 31.

In the conclusion of their four-game road trip, the Runners may have been upset—if it wasn’t for a 3-point shot by junior guard Eric Rayer—with only 1:17 left in the second overtime.

In the first half, Metro jumped out to an early 8-0 advantage, led by sophomore forward Obi Kyei.

Going 5-for-10 from the field and making the only two 3-point field goals for Metro to that point,

senior guard Mitch McCarron helped carry his team. The Yellow Jackets, with an overall record of 7-15, played very competitive.

Throughout the game the two teams matched up well. The game was tied not only at halftime and the end of regulation, but also after the first overtime expired.

The Runners separated themselves with its 38 total rebounds and 12 additonal points off turnovers.

With Metro leading by a point with 2:50 remaining in the second overtime, BHSU guard Brady Bisgaard scored on a 3-point shot putting them up by two points.

After Rayer returned the favor, the Runners closed out the game at the free-throw line.

Now on a six-game win streak, the No. 11 Roadrunners will take on the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers Feb. 6 at the Aururia Event Center—where they are undefeated—then Colorado Christian University Feb. 7.

Mines previously beat the Runners Jan. 10 59-57 off a game winning shot at the buzzer.

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By Heather Scurti hscurti1@msudenver.edu For the first time since 2004, Chadron State defeated Metro, 79-71, Jan. 30 in Chadron, Nebraska.

Although the Roadrunners led 40-34 at halftime after forcing 10 turnovers, they were no match against the strong offense of Chadron State, who shot 59 percent in the second half. The Eagles converted 25-of-42 free throws after being fouled multiple times by the Runners.

Despite the Roadrunners’ loss, there were a few key players who impacted the game—two of which were sophomore guard/ forward Jenae Paine and senior center Deni Jacobs. Paine scored 15 points, three were 3-pointers.

Jacobs had 12 rebounds and 22 points overall, which made her the lead scorer of the game for the Roadrunners.

The Roadrunners’ offense had much to be proud of after shooting 39 percent and committing a season-low of only 12 turnovers.

Game 2 vs. Black Hills State

The Roadrunners fell short for a second straight night as they lost to Black Hills State Jan. 31 in which a tight game ended 59-53.

A few essential players helped to make the game close, such as Deni Jacobs, Jenae Paine, and Brittany Curl. Jacobs scored 17 points and made all nine of her free throws, making her the leading scorer of the game for Metro. Curl scored eight straight points off the bench and Paine added nine points, three from the 3-point line.

By halftime, the Lady Runners only trailed by four points.

But after taking a quick five-point lead, the Yellow Jackets came back to lead by 10 points with only a little more than 11 minutes to go, and ultimately finished the game on top.

Overall, the Roadrunners (118, 8-7 RMAC) shot 36 percent following closely behind the Yellow Jackets, who shot 39 percent.

Metro returns home for a quick two game homestand when the visiting Colorado Mines Orediggers and Colorado Christian Cougars visit the Auraria Event Center Feb. 6 and 7.

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Darryl Baca’s two-run blast in sixth puts Metro ahead for good

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu In the season opener at the new Regency Athletic Complex, the Metro won Game two over University of Nebraska-Kearney in a doubleheader Jan. 30, 3-2.

The Runners won on a goahead home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth by senior catcher Darryl Baca.

“No doubt Darryl was going to come through in that situation.

It was clutch as can be,” senior pitcher Mike Thill said.

With momentum going into the second game after a 5-3 win in game one, the Loper’s Anthony Pacheco scored in the first inning when he went yard to right field and scored two RBIs. “We started off slow, they got an early lead, but we battled back,” Thill said.

Thill stepped to the mound and completed a combined eight strikeouts along with senior pitcher Nick Hammett.

“Keep pushing through it, keep throwing strikes and battling through hitters,” Thill said.

Nebraska-Kearny lead into the bottom of the third, and after a hit by junior left fielder Alex Walker, junior second baseman Nick

Junior outfielder Alex Walker connects on a pitch during Game 2 of a Jan. 30 doubleheader against the University of NebraskaKearney at The Regency Athletic Complex. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu

Comito sprang across home plate, making the game score 2-1, Lopers.

In the bottom of the sixth, sophomore shortstop Jake Thurston hit a line drive to left field, putting him on first base. Later in the sixth-inning, Baca stepped to the plate and hit the eventual game-winning two-run home run.

Metro head coach Jerrid Oates said after the win that“continuing to play for each other and finding a way at the end to battle through ultimately gave us a shot to win both games, losing one and winning one.”

The Regency Athletic Complex hosted its first two baseball games

with just over 200 in attendance.

The complex will not just host Metro’s baseball team but also softball and men’s and women’s soccer and tennis. The complex is not fully complete, as the softball field is still under construction.

“The field is gorgeous, (we’re) thankful we get to play on it,” Thill

said.

Todd Renner, a Colorado resident and avid baseball fan, drove up from Colorado Springs to see the Regency Sports Complex and the Roadrunners play on opening day.

“I like to go wherever the baseball is,” Renner said. “I plan on coming back again. Great complex.”

Thill recorded his first win of the season, pitching seven innings and surrendering four hits and two earned runs. He struck out 10 batters but also commited the Runners’ lone error.

Baca went 2-for-3 on the day with two RBIs off his homer in the sixth to help put Metro back to .500.

The Roadrunners are set to play next on a quick three-game road trip to Emporia, Kansas to face the Emporia State Hornets, before returning home Feb. 14 for a Valentine’s Day matchup against the University of Sioux Falls.

Metro finished last season 14-29 (12-26 RMAC) and they were scheduled to play the Lopers last season but the series was postponed due to inclement weather.

Game three: Metro won Jan. 31 6-2 after a 12hit day from the Runners (2-1) and a 3-for-5 performance from Baca.

Hall of Fame class of 2015 to be inducted Saturday, Feb. 7

By Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu Metro’s 2015 hall of fame class has been announced and it includes five players and one team.

Ymara Guante in soccer, Greg Isenhart and Gary Romero in baseball, Kristin Schweissing and Todd Schmitz in swimming, and the entire 2006 women’s soccer team will be inducted Feb. 7 at the Auraria Event Center beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Guante was a two-year letter winner who was a part of the 2004 women’s national champion team. That season, Guante won national player of the year honors and scored 13 goals and 18 assists.

She ranks second in school history for assists and assists per game (29 assists, 0.59 apg).

Guante’s 44 points in a season currently ranks ninth in school history.

Isenhart was a part of the baseball team from 1981 to 1984, and he lettered each year.

A two-time team captain and MVP, Isenhart hit an average of .373 with 177 hits over a 121 game span.

His best season came in 1983

when he averaged .426 with five home runs, three triples, 13 doubles, 30 runs scored, 27 runs batted in and stole 14 bases.

Another four-year letter winner as a member of the baseball team, Romero’s 64 stolen bases ranks fourth in the school record books and also ranks 10th in runs scored with 127.

Romero averaged .342 with 51 runs, 29 steals and 29 RBIs in his senior year.

Indoors instead of outdoors is Schweissing, who was a four-year letter winner in swimming from 1996 to 1999. While at Metro, she was named an All-American six times, the most for a women in the sport.

Schweissing still holds the school record for the 500 freestyle (5:10.64), as well as the 200 backstroke (2:06.22) and the 200 and 400 individual medleys with times of 2:10.42 and 4:34.82 respectively.

Another member of the swim team was Schmitz, who lettered every year at Metro from 1998 to 2001.

Schmitz was an All-American in two events, and has since become the head coach of the Colorado Stars, a Denver-based swim club.

With the Stars, Schmitz became the personal coach of Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Missy Franklin.

Schmitz was also a coach for the 2012 U.S. Olympic swim team in London.

The final inductee, the 2006 women’s soccer team won their second national title in three years (2004 and 2006). The team started the season on a 12-game winning streak and finished the season with a 24-2-0 record, including a perfect 12-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Led by National Player of the Year Kylee Hanavan, the Roadrunners won all five of their NCAA tournament games, which included wins against four top-10 teams.

In the semifinals, Metro survived No. 2 West Chester University 2-1 in overtime to advance to the national championship against the No. 8 Grand Valley State Lakers.

The Runners edged the Lakers 1-0 after Kira Sharp scored the winning goal in the 94th minute.

Sharp scored both game-winning goals for the Lady Runners.

The 06 squad represented four All-Americans in Hanavan, Sharp, Rachel Zollner and Nicole Cito.

Top: Greg Isenhart, baseball, 1981-84.

Bottom: Ymara Guante, soccer, 20032004

Above: Gary Romero, Below: Kristin Schweissing Not pictured: Todd Schmitz and 2006 women’s soccer team.

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Overheard on campus

Capricorn

“The awkward moment when you realize that Richard Sherman is actually Whoopi Goldberg in another life.”

“A Shoebox Full of Hairless Rats is the name of my Corpulent Pigeons cover band.”

“Her obsession with the Beetles (sic) is going to drive me nuts.”

Cancer

You’re just here so you won’t get fi ned. Own it.

Leo

Aquarius

July 23 -August 22 Inside every Leo, a lordly lion waits to prance.

Embrace your inner lion. Prance often.

Pisces

Virgo

February 19 -March 20 SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER. Just for you.

Aries

August 23 -September 22 Your organizational skills lead you to fi le your taxes early — don’t forget. ... you forgot, didn’t you?

March 21 -April 19 Give yourself a nickname. If you don’t, your “friends” will. And trust me: Nobody wants that.

You are the light of someone’s life and the reason they wake up in the morning. Keep being you.

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21

April 20 -May 20

Sagittarius

Gemini

Well, at least you’re not the Seattle Seahawks.

There’s something to be said for that.

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“Eleanor Rigby,” The Beatles — Mary Kate Newton

November 22 -December 21 You came in like a wrecking ball, which puts you one step above Russell Wilson’s game-losing pass.

Across: 1. Refined coal 5. Old flat-bottom boats 9. Barrel support 14. Disert of “Becker” 15. Lummox 16. It may be stuck to one’s chest 17. Lose it 20. Spring festival 21. McDonough of “Minority Report” 22. Pull hard 23. Fanciful notion 25. 1957 Sinatra film 27. Barbershop dust 30. Great ball of fire 32. Sault ___ Marie 33. Bullring cheer 34. Call off 36. Video game pioneer 40. Lose it 43. Where some cabins are found 44. Offended the senses 45. Male delivery?

46. Time of your life 48. Kobe currency 49. Emplaces 50. Stalking-horse 54. “Portnoy’s Complaint” author 56. Part of RSVP 57. Fictional Wolfe 59. Razzes 63. Lose it

“Ka,” Cirque de Soleil

Life sucks. Wear a helmet.

May 21 -June 20 Hear or see something that makes you laugh?

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

Libra

“Lady Luck,” Richard Swift — Tobias M. Krause

September 23 -October 22

Taurus

The black, unmarked helicopters hovering over your neighbor’s house are actually looking for you.

Shoot them down with a NERF gun.

What’s on the staff playlist?

June 21 -July 22

January 20 -February 18

When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were taking meteorological advice from a deranged, alliteratively named rodent. Their lot has not improved since.

@themetonline

Met Picks:

December 22 -January 19

In a shocking turn of events, you have a great horoscope this week. I’m not going to tell you what it is. That’s something you have to fi nd out for yourself.

f: themetropolitan

Down: 1. 1. Bistro 2. Big pot of stew 3. Low islands 4. Not native 5. Out of doors 6. Bunk 7. Former MLB commissioner Bowie

8. Precipitous 9. Casual conversation 10. Certain shoe size 11. Supplement 12. Regard highly 13. Mournful poem 18. Provided breakfast to 19. Lukas of “Witness” 24. Saintly glows 26. Super Bowl III champs 27. Forum garb 28. What little things mean 29. Coronals 31. Off the wall 34. Nom de guerre 35. Eddie, of sportswear 37. Basilica section 38. Hysterical one 39. Roadside stops 41. Spick-and-span 42. Lickety-split 47. CEO, e.g.

49. Stifle!

50. “Baloney!”

51. Lariat 52. Prankish beings 53. Keeps a brisk pace 55. Dance specialty 58. Draft status 60. Lake Nasser feeder 61. Quality of voice 62. Cinch 64. Mother’s directive 65. After-tax number Source: OnlineCrosswords.net

Sudoku

Difficulty: EASY

Difficulty: Medium

Answers:

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