Volume 37, Issue 23 - Feb. 26, 2015

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Volume 37, Issue 23 February 26, 2015

Stage fills with ‘Seussual’ suspects

Kayla Mally, left, and Abigail Kochevar, with arms upright, perform as Bird Girl and Mayzie La Bird during a dress rehersal of “Seussical” Feb. 23.

The musical is showing at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre Feb. 26-28 and March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m., and March 8 at 2:30 p.m.

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Thomas Mapfumo performs at Black World Conference 32nd annual Africana studies conference addresses themes of diaspora, exile

By Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu People from all over Auraria packed the Tivoli Turnhalle Feb. 18 and 19 to recognize and discuss cultures from around Africa and its diasporas as part of the 32nd annual Black World Conference.

Presented by MSU Denver’s department of Africana studies, the conference brought together academics from this and other departments and schools, as well as activists and artists from around the Denver area, to discuss this year’s theme of “In Exile and Yet at Home: Rethinking Africa and its Diasporas.”

Conference chairman Douglas Mpondi said in his conference statement that the conference “seeks to examine what it means to be an African in the diaspora (and) the experiences of being away from home and yet settled in the host nation,” and noted the “traveling, struggles, solidarity, victories, PanAfrican performances and unity of purpose” that mark the African diaspora.

Popular Zimbabwe-born musician and activist Thomas Mapfumo headlined the conference, delivering both a keynote address and a musical performance with his five-piece band.

Nicknamed the “Lion of Zim-

babwe,” Mapfumo performs a style he created called “chimurenga,” which combines modern instrumentation with the traditional Shona mbira (a type of thumb piano) and blends Shona and western musical styles. Mapfumo has turned his nuanced political lyrics on both the white colonial government that formerly ruled what was then known as Rhodesia, and more recently on the Mugabe regime. As a result of the latter set of criticisms, he left Zimbabwe under state pressure in 2000.

Now based in Eugene, Oregon, but with his eye still on his home country, Mapfumo and his work exemplify what Mpondi describes as the “dualism of home and exile” examined by the conference as part of this year’s theme.

Mapfumo gave a speech on the second day of the conference, addressing things such as the state of Zimbabwe today, world peace, Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe, and what it was like emigrating to the U.S. When an audience member asked him how he got into music, he said simply that he was “just born a musician.”

After Mapfumo finished shyly answering several other questions from attendees, the event’s emcee, Roosevelt Smith, encouraged the audience to stay for the music.

“He’s not comfortable speaking, but when he’s on stage – that’s the

Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo performs at the Black World Conference Feb. 19 in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

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Mapfumo that I know,” Smith said.

Mapfumo and his band, The Blacks Unlimited, performed an hour-long set to a progressively thinning but exuberant crowd.

The “Lion of Zimbabwe” sang and played an electric guitar, accompanied by five more performers – two on electric guitar, one on western drum kit, one on congas and shakers, and one on mbira.

The set ended with a song that

a few of the audience members recognized and sang along with, called “Chiruzevha Chapera” – one of Mapfumo’s most popular, according to audience member David Gwenzi. Gwenzi described the song as being about traditions slowly fading away, and said that the lyrics emphasized the idea that “as we move into the future, we cannot forget the past; people should move with time, keep up with current

struggles and shouldn’t be afraid of change – but shouldn’t forget what defines them.”

Gwenzi also identified another of the songs Mapfumo performed as “Pidigori Waenda,” which he said was about how “people should learn to be humble, because death knows no gentleman.”

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SGA to consider student fee for campus recreation

By Tom Skelley

tskelly@msudenver.edu MSU Denver’s Student Government Assembly is in the process of submitting a recommendation for a potential fee that would support Campus Recreation at Auraria.

The fee would take effect in the fall semester of 2015. If the student fee review panel of the Student Affairs Board approves the recommendation, students will vote on it later this spring.

Currently, campus rec is funded through a portion of the student affairs fee that all MSU Denver students pay, among other sources.

According to SGA Vice President of Students Morgan Swaney, who came up with the original idea, the proposed fee would be

a separate one that would be earmarked entirely to campus rec. The student affairs fee would then be re-allocated by the student affairs board among the other 14 campus departments that receive funding through this fee.

The fee would start at $25 per student, per semester, and would then increase to $35 over a threeto-five year period, but would be capped at $35. Swaney said that the fee would generate $800,000 of funding for the rec center, and the $283,000 that had formerly been allocated to campus rec could then “go back into the pot for the other 14 departments,” such as the theater department, Student Activities and Office of Met Media, which is the parent organization of The Metropolitan.

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panel must decide whether or not to approve the changes to the fee structure as proposed, before adding them to the SGA student ballot scheduled for the third week of April.

So far, student response to the idea of these departments receiving additional funding has been favorable. The Department of Human Performance and Sport reported that 89 percent of the 240

students they surveyed support the proposal. A referendum for a $5 increase in student affairs fees ran on the 2014 SGA ballot and got a majority of the votes cast, but didn’t go into effect because a quorum of three percent of the student body wasn’t reached.

Swaney said she made the current proposal after finding out how under-funded the campus’s recreation center was compared with similar facilities at other institutions around the country.

Tony Price, the director of Campus Recreation at Auraria, confirmed that the rec center and its associated facilities were under-funded, and that this lack of funding was imposing severe constraints on the department’s ability to operate effectively in a way that served the student body.

Price also confirmed that the fee was Swaney’s idea and not something that he or anyone from the department had asked for, but that he supported it now that it was on the table because of the good it would do for the campus community. “The goal is to get this separate fee, to get us to a place where we can operate at a level that our participants deserve,” Price said. “We’ve got equipment that’s 15 years old. We’ve had to cut our operating hours to balance the budget.”

Price said that multiple aspects of campus rec’s facilities and services could be improved with additional funding, from equipment to intramural sports infrastructure to the building itself, but stressed that nothing was certain yet.

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‘Lion of Zimbabwe,’ community members, students entertain and inform Auraria << CONFERENCE from p. 3

Mapfumo’s speech and performance were only two features of the two-day-long conference, which also featured several panel discussions and speeches, a screening of a documentary about Mapfumo, and another musical performance, this one by MSU Denver alumnus Linard “Scotty” Scott.

One of the speeches given was

by MSU Denver’s Nyadak Pal, who is working on a major in business management. Pal, whose first name means “child of war,” was born in what is now the country of South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Her family was displaced by the war and travelled on foot to neighboring Ethiopia, where they lived in a refugee camp for a year and a half. They endured hunger, thirst, disease and a lack of employment, before emigrating to the U.S. in 2000.

Now in her junior year, Pal relishes the opportunity she has had to attend school. “Back home, I saw how people are thirsty to go to school, people are thirsty to pick up a pen, people are struggling – but there are options here,” Pal said.

“Where I come from, in the camps, there’s lack of opportunities to succeed… (but in the U.S.) people take mario 000000

opportunities for granted.”

Resonating with the conference statement concerning “the experiences of being away from home and yet settled in the host nation,” Pal praised what she sees as the opportunities of living in the U.S.

alongside recognizing the strength she’s gained from her experiences as a refugee. As if echoing some of the lyrics of “Chiruzeuha Chapera,” she said that “our past builds who we are; our struggles build who we are.”

Thomas Mapfumo speaks prior to performing with his band Feb. 19.

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By Derek Hampton dhampto6@msudenver.edu Amid dissatisfaction expressed by certain university constituencies, MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan created a task force in the fall of 2014 to delve into the university’s shared governance. The task force will be holding a focus group open to students March 5.

According to the task force website, its primary objective is to “review and recommend policies and actions that will develop a structure of effective shared governance at all levels.”

“Shared governance” is defined in a task force statement as referring to the goal of all constituencies having “a role and a responsibility in assisting the college to achieve excellence in all areas of college activity.” The many stakeholders targeted by the

university effort include staff, students, administrators, the faculty senate, trustees and the president’s cabinet.

According to a Jan. 20 university press release, complaints over the lack of meaningful opportunities to provide feedback on university decisions prompted the institution to email a 12-question survey to students during the week of Feb. 16. The email provided a link for students to sign up for the March 5 focus group. Students can also register on the task force’s main website.

The task force is chaired

by Winston Grady-Willis, Africana studies department chair, and Braelin Pantel, the associate vice president for student engagement and wellness.

For more information, see https://www.msudenver.edu/ president/governancetaskforce/.

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Emergency text contact updates delayed

By Joella Baumann jbauma17@msudenver.edu Updates to Auraria’s Emergency Notification System have been set back several months due to personnel complications, but a remedy to the situation is in progress.

The system, which is used to notify students, faculty and staff of campus closures or emergency situations by email — and also by text for students who have opted in — is typically updated following the fall and spring census dates.

But as of right now, phone num-

bers in the system haven’t been updated since August of 2014.

Katy Brown, the director of communications and campus outreach for AHEC, said that the contact data for newly registered students, as well as students who have changed their phone numbers, is normally collected by each school, pooled by AHEC, and sent to programmers in UCD’s Office of the Registrar to be updated into the system. The three schools’ respective IT departments themselves do not have the ability to update the system directly, according to MSU Denver director of IT

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security Mike Hart.

However, the two student programmers who normally handle this end of it are no longer employed at UCD and were only recently replaced, according to Brown. Therefore, only students previously in the system with up-to-date phone numbers can currently receive emergency notification texts, which are ultimately sent out through independent company Rave Mobile Safety.

Brown was unable to give an estimate of the date the updates would be complete.

“The biggest challenge is having three different institutions with different data that needs to be updated and trying to meet all their needs,” said Brown.

Brown also said that faculty and staff phone numbers are kept up-to-date by each school’s respective IT department and are thus unaffected.

In the meantime, students can still receive the same emergency notifications through their university emails. The three Auraria schools also sometimes run alerts on the home pages of their websites in the case of critical emergencies, which include not only campus closures due to weather, but also notifications of security lockdowns or robberies or fires in progress.

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Rec fee discussed << REC FEES from PAGE 3 “We had a treadmill catch on fire a couple of months ago — it wasn’t being used, it was just plugged in and caught on fire,” Price said. “We’re lucky it happened during the day and not at night when no one was there.”

Price estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 MSU Denver students were active “hardcore” users of the rec center, and said that 30,000 MSU Denver students use just the fitness center in any given academic year. He added that they could attract even more people if they had more space, more equipment and more accessibility.

The student fee review panel’s role in the process is to ensure that any increases are both necessary and beneficial to the student body as a whole. According to Morgan Swaney, vice president of students at MSU Denver, the SGA’s role is to facilitate the process, advocate for students, and ensure that the process of raising fees takes place with the student body’s best interests in mind.

“Four dollars won’t get you into the YMCA for a day.” -Tony Price

Swaney said the SGA is responsible for ensuring that “the department fees are fair and something that is needed. We don’t want department fees to be paying for salaries.”

Price also emphasized the fairness of the fee, saying that MSU Denver students are currently putting around $4 to $6 per semester toward campus rec, while the national average is $74 per student for similar facilities, according to a survey of 300 universities nationwide. The school is even below the average for “peer institutions” similar to MSU Denver, according to a survey the department sent out to such schools earlier. Moreover, “four dollars won’t get you into the YMCA for a day,” he said.

Ensuring that students are involved in decision-making is vital to the process, according to Swaney. She said students should feel free to contact the SGA office directly if they have questions or concerns.

“We’re here for them, we advocate for them.” Swaney says. “If anyone has any concerns over any of the fees, then our office would be the best place for them to go.”

Kate Rigot contributed additional reporting to this story.

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Brian Williams has been an acclaimed journalist for more than a decade. The news surfacing regarding his embellishment of biographic details has left the host of NBC’s “Nightly News” collecting dust on his mantle.

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A survey commissioned by Variety magazine found 80 percent of the 1,000 people polled believed Williams should not keep his job.

Furthermore, 80 percent of correspondents did not believe his testimonial and 70 percent said Williams will not overcome this crisis. If there is any saving grace, it’s the 60 percent that are willing to forgive him.

NBC’s profi le of Williams boasts U.S. television viewers watch him more than “any other individual.” That’s no longer the case for Williams, who has been suspended for six months according to a New York Times article.

An internal investigation is probing into Williams, and he may be off the air longer than that.

This would not be the first time Williams embellished a story. Re-

tired Army Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré challenged another story on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” According to interviews with Williams after Hurricane Katrina, a body floated passed the hotel he was staying at, conjuring trauma from Williams’ past. Honoré pointed out how little flooding took place in the French Quarter where Williams was staying. “But anything’s possible,” he added.

Maureen Dowd also cast doubt on Williams in a New York Times column. She explained how far his embellishments went: “To the point where it was a joke in the news division.”

A source who spoke to New York Post said executives warned Williams to stop embellishing, but Williams never listened. If this is the case, NBC’s handling of Williams’ crisis was effectively controlled. It was well-known and dealt with through risk management.

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acclaimed journalist, but couldn’t stop there. Instead, he had to make up additions to his stories, possibly because it would make him seem austere or boring.

Whatever the case, it’s in pursuit of his own glory. His credibility outside his show comes into question. The only credibility he had was hanging on the thread of his news show. Without that, he’s exposed to the elements.

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By Steve Musal smusal@msudenver.edu There are times I wonder where humanity went wrong.

Mostly, these times are when I turn on the 24-hour news cycle, listen to politicians talk or make the unforgivable mistake of reading Internet comments.

What’s struck me, however, is how much we care about our own success at the expense of others — and all this stems from the idea that any of us is better than any other.

Toward the beginning of the Declaration of Independence is a line that’s stuck with me: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal.”

When did we forget that?

When did it become okay to let our fellow humans — our fellow Amer-

icans, for that matter — starve to death simply because we can’t stand the thought of anyone being “lazy” and unproductive?

When did it become okay for us to dehumanize millions of people for the color of their skin, for their gender or economic class?

When did having more money somehow make someone a better person?

I’m not anticapitalist, at least when capitalism is well-regulated.

I believe that people who work hard to get ahead in life should go farther than people who choose not to. But I also believe that all human beings, regardless of race, creed or color deserve “certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” No matter what.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory that proposes a pyramid of human needs. Until the needs at the bottom of the pyramid — food, water, clothing, shelter, health and other physical and safety needs — are met, the greater needs can not be met. These greater needs include relationships, self-esteem and esteem for others, and at the very top is self-actualization: the need to rise to one’s fullest potential.

In short, it’s damned hard to “pull one’s self up by one’s boot-

straps” when one’s stomach is empty or one is dying of heart or lung disease.

I’ve heard much opposition to so-called “socialist” social programs, mainly on the grounds that “the sponges of society” will be able to collect some kind of benefit for being poor.

How arrogant do people have to be to think that poor people are somehow less deserving of basic human needs than those less poor? How detached from reality do we have to be to think that poor people want to be poor, or worse, are somehow better off than middle-class and wealthy people due to social programs?

Here’s a short parable. Three people are watching a baseball game from across a fence. One is very tall and can easily see over the fence. One is of average height and can see over the fence standing on tip-toes. One is very short and can not see over the fence at all.

They have three boxes with them, of equal size. Which is the better solution? Put one box under each person, so each gets an equal amount of boxes, but the short one still can’t see over the fence? Or put two under the short person, one under the average height person, and let the tall person, who can

already see over the fence, stand without a box?

The first solution is equality — the idea that a rising tide lifts all boats. The second is called equity — the idea that regardless of height, maybe all three people should get to watch a baseball game.

But in this country, we do things the opposite way: We put two boxes under the tall person, so he towers over the fence, give one to the average-height person, and keep the short person from watching the game entirely. For some reason, we believe the person who already has more advantages deserves even more advantages.

This isn’t equity. It isn’t even equality. It’s kind of stupid, when you think about it.

We bend over backward to make excuses to ignore the poor, the disabled, the different from us.

We say “they brought it on themselves,” or “they were asking for it.”

We do everything we can to assure ourselves that we are superior to these unfortunate people — including pushing law and policy to keep us socially superior.

Since we keep invoking the greatness of America, can we maybe remember “all men are created equal” sometime soon?

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MSU Denver graduate Marie Medina, left, and MSU Denver students Kendal Cassidy and Kelcie Scott performed in “The Vagina Monologues” at St. Cajetans Feb. 20.

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“The Vagina Monologues” at MSU Denver

By Cheyenne DeChristopher cdechris@msudenver.edu Directors Kayln Bohl, Katherine Miller and the cast have been rehearsing for this past weekend’s opening night since Dec. 2014.

The play was written by Tony Award winner Eve Ensler, and each year a new monologue is added to showcase current women’s issues around the world. “The Vagina Monologues” inspired Ensler to create V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, which is a vision this production team shares.

Kendal Cassidy, an MSU Denver psychology student who performed “Because He Liked To Look At It,” said ending the violence and oppression of genders is a necessity. “It hinders the growth of our own culture and society,” Cassidy said.

The importance of movements like Ensler’s are issues of human rights and how we raise our men not to commit violence.

According to Cassidy, women still face covert or indirect violence in addition to more traditional means of oppression.

MSU Denver student Kelcie Scott presented the monologue “The Good Body,” which deals directly with this form of undercover violence by portraying the unrealistic beauty standards women are subjected to within society.

According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, eating disorders have the highest mortality

rate of any mental illness.

Scott said she was honored to perform this monologue because of how important it was to her director, Miller, and her instant connection to the piece. Scott said that very day she didn’t have enough time to style her hair how she liked and therefore felt selfconscious because of it.

“We need passive men to stop being passive.”

— Kelcie Scott As a feminist, Cassidy dispelled rumors about the movement being strictly comprised of men haters. “Feminism is doing what you want to do,” Cassidy said.

She feels all women should be empowered and she supports whatever that looks like for others. This means a business woman is no more or less a feminist than a homemaker.

Marie Medina, an MSU Denver graduate who performed “Manifesta to Young Women and Girls” said, from 8 years old, her idea of empowerment made her feel like an outsider. With her progressive notions of reproductive rights and other women’s issues, growing up in Crowley County, Colo. was challenging.

One of her early experiences with feminism was when her friend became pregnant at age 14. The nearest Planned Parenthood was an hour away, Medina said, and the conservative nature of the community urged her friend to keep the pregnancy. In this difficult situation, Medina said she was an advocate for her friend and pushed for her to get all the information she could before rushing into a decision. Medina and her older sister drove her friend to the closest Planned Parenthood.

Now, Medina works to continue support for women’s rights with the non-profit organization, Free Speech TV. She also serves as an organizer for Slut Walk Denver, which aims to provide a safe space for survivors and their allies to share experiences with sexual assault, change the societal attitude of victim blaming and hold assailants accountable.

Not all women’s first experience with gender inequality is as empowering as Medina’s. Scott first noticed gender inequality at 16, when she said a manager slapped her ass, which left her feeling degraded.

Scott now describes herself as a “total hothead” when it comes to tackling women’s issues and deeply admires those who can educate without condemning others’ actions, like friend and fellow actor, Cassidy. Scott is also the vice president of the American Association of University Women and is currently organizing events that help women find jobs after college and succeed in the workplace.

All three women describe their experience with the monologues as positive.

Medina specifically said she felt no pressure while performing because of the loving atmosphere created by her directors and fellow actors. Knowing that their work was directly benefiting the Pamela McIntyre-Marcum Memorial Scholarship for promising woman students who have overcome issues of violence, helped ease Medina’s nerves while on stage.

Medina is also good friends with the directors and describes both Bohl and Miller as great women whose activism never stops.

This love was shared especially by Cassidy, who named Miller as her role model.

Miller believes in us, Cassidy said, if there’s a one percent chance for success she will say, “You are the one percent.”

These three women reiterated that “The Vagina Monologues” is for everyone regardless of age or gender and is more relevant than ever in a world that continues to allow violence against women and girls. Scott ended by addressing men hesitant to support the play or even the feminist movement by saying in a society where sexual violence is still prevalent that we need allies. “We need passive men to stop being passive,” she said.

For those wishing to get involved with this movement, the American Association of University Women will have financial advisor Tanya Wagner speak Feb. 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Women’s Institute, and Slut Walk Denver will be held July 26 at Civic Center Park.

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Story and photo by Trevor L. Davis tdavis84@msudenver.edu “Seussical” is full of the energetic performances one should expect from MSU Denver’s talented pool of thespians.

The musical takes bits and pieces from a broad selection of Dr. Seuss’s books and throws the menagerie of characters together under one title.

KT Fletcher, as the Cat in the Hat, does a great job as one of the leads in her first production on campus.

On stage for most of the show, she maintains a fresh and playful spirit throughout. She prepared for the role by reading all of Dr. Seuss’s books again, seeing the cat as “mischievous” yet “endearing,” well-meaning albeit through a ridiculous journey.

Serendipitously, the first live theatrical performance thespian Dylan Sprague saw was “Seussical” when he was in the eighth grade. Now he’s one of the male leads as Horton the Elephant. He is equally delightful to watch as he tries to track down the Mayzie La Bird. To Sprague, “Horton represents what the world needs right now.”

The rest of the ensemble cast also bring top notch performances to a timely and relevant allegory about acceptance and self discovery with no dull moments.

Visually spectacular, “Seussical” is showing at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre Feb. 26-28, March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2:30 p.m.

Any fan of Dr. Seuss should make it a point to see the musical.

“Suessical”— oh, the musicals you’ll see

Performances February 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.

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For our full slideshow visit — mymetmedia.com KT Fletcher performs as the Cat in the Hat during a dress rehersal of “Seussical,” Feb. 23. The musical is showing at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre Feb. 2628, March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 8 at 2:30 p.m.

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creid13@msudenver.edu It’s a dangerous, delicious world out there. If you’re not careful, you could wind up waiting 40 minutes for a table at Chili’s — a poor choice of venue during a time designed to expose food court frequenters to some culture in our own backyards.

From Feb. 20 through March 1, several restaurants in Denver are offering selective three-course meals for $30. Larimer Square has an ample sample of bistros, steakhouses and other foodie-friendly locales in Larimer Square, plus a few outside options I couldn’t resist. Here are my top tips for surviving the ultimate in first-world problems.

1. Make reservations. Now. Restaurants participating are listed at DenverRestaurantWeek.com and seats fill fast. And yes, there’s an app for that: OpenTable for iOS and Android. Flexibility is key, especially if you’re still reading this and not downloading the app or dialing the maitre’d.

2. While the app store is open, check out Uber.

Many drivers have good deals for the 10 days and DUIs are the easiest cause of death to prevent.

3. Find out when the $30 dollar deal begins. Most restaurants only qualify supper for Restaurant Week. While this definitely could have been handled better on the Restaurant Week website, it is now in our hands.

3.5. The other option is asking what they are serving for DRW and ordering the lunch equivalent.

Forgoing the appetizer or dessert, odds are the total price won’t be too different from the $30 per person deal.

4. Despite the fact that most restaurants are listed as “casual dress,” it is fun to act like a big grown up in a big fancy place or cozy little bistro. Please don’t be seen you in sweats: business-appropriate elastic-waisted pants exist, people.

5. Trust the special or recommendation. A.k.a., try something new. You won’t get the specials spiel this week, unless you go before the $30 dollar deal begins. So don’t go for a dish that sounds like your regular at Olive Garden. Go for the dish with the words you can’t quite pronounce, barring dietary restrictions of course. The portions are smaller too, so if you gag, there is at least less to hate.

6. Remember the tip and bring cash. You know the limit going in (remember taxes exist, and 15 percent gratuity at least) and it simply speeds up the process in a time where dallying with separate checks is particularly tedious.

Wherever you find yourself dining this week, be courteous, be courageous and feel proud of the Mile High City in all of its cultural offerings.

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Ellie Caulkins hosts Colorado Ballet’s “Master Works”

By Mary-Kate Newton mnewton5@msudenver.edu

Photo courtesy of Colorado Ballet

The Colorado Ballet’s “Ballet Master Works” opening night at Ellie Caulkins Opera House Feb. 20 was as masterful as its name suggests.

Unlike “Swan Lake” or “The Nutcracker,” or ballets with a central plot, this is made up of three drastically different Couples — “Concerto Barocco,” “In Pieces” and “Fancy Free.”

The separate Couples served to give “Ballet Master Works” different voices, each one a different tone from The Colorado Ballet’s arsenal.

The first Couple, “Concerto Barocco,” is perhaps the most classical of the three works, with pink leotards and fluid violin solos.

The third Couple, “Fancy Free,” closed the night with a

whimsical tale of three sailors on shore leave and their interactions with women and booze in 1944 New York City.

The dancers traded in toe shoes for jazz shoes and two inch healed character shoes, and the performance blended ballet with movements typically associated with tap or jazz — including riffs and running shuffles.

The third Couple was a delight, though not as well received as the second Couple, “In Pieces.”

The raw emotion of “Concerto In Pieces” was expressed through six dancers, lighting by Lloyd Sobel and choreography

by Val Caniparoli. When the Couple ended with all six dancers’ silhouettes, the audience rose in the most unanimous standing ovation of the night.

“Master Works” runs until March 1, and ticket prices range from $25 to $155 at coloradoballet29-px.rtrk.com

Tweetscars (the unrecognized value of virality)

By Cassie Reid creid13@msudenver.edu Raise your hand if you can tell me last year’s Best Picture winner. Now raise your hand if you remember why Twitter crashed during the Oscars last year. In terms of public memory, the Academy may no longer be in charge of who wins the Oscars.

A theme in this year’s winner,“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” is the pursuit of relevance through social media. And what better symbol of seeking relevance than a gathering of stars presenting one another with awards in the hope of adding “Winner” to their introduction in trailers? The golden man has been replaced by a blue bird.

Twitter has forever changed social media with the incorporation of trends through hashtags. Hashtags were initially used in databases to categorize papers and articles and make them accessible to a wider audience than possible if published without these linking themes.

Since hashtags range from #Ferguson to #DeflateGate, virtually anyone can contribute to any conversation or track any event.

After meticulously tracking trends

some,” Wes Anderson, Adam Levine and Viola in 15 minute increments, here is the Academy Davis flying past.

Awards portrayed by Twitter trends. While The next award goes to #BrendadirkCrumpeople’s opinions on each varied, each tweet blescrunch for most enjoyable yet short lived named its subject as significant and heightened hashtag, one of many spellings of how users their presence in the public knowledge. imagined John Travolta would say “Benedict The hours of red carpet coverage were a Cumberbatch,” following Travolta’s mutilatsmorgasbord as one would imagine, with no ing Idina Menzel’s name last year. The hashtag actress trending any longer than she was being was a trend for a mere 15 minutes, but certainly objectified by mindless chatter. caused its fair share of giggles.

Nielsen ratings indicate Facebook as this Patricia Arquette wins for most consistent year’s best social network with 58 million and largest individual trend, increasing graduOscars-related posts as opposed to 5.9 million ally from 21.7 thousand mentions at 8:15 p.m. to tweets, this despite the fact that the latter was 230 thousand by the end of the event. Simultameasured within the U.S. and the former on a global scale. The winner for hashtag of the night neously, Meryl Streep won for Individual nonwinner trend after cheering on Arquette’s call was #Oscars2015, earning 688 thousand Tweets for wage equality and women’s rights. before 7 p.m., totaling over 2.4 million menThe best moment tions by the winner was the 50th evening’s end anniversary tribute three hours Best Social Network: Facebook to “The Sound of later. This as Hashtag of the Night: #Oscars2015 Music” by Lady Gaga opposed to and the appearthe #Oscars First Individual Trend: J.K. Simmons ance by Dame Julie encouraged Most Enjoyable Yet Short-lived Hashtag: #BrendadirkCrumblescrunch Andrews, with 60 by the show thousand tweets in itself before Most Consistent and Largest Individual Trend: Patricia Arquette the minute after her each comNon-Winner Trend: Meryl Streep performance. mercial break.

And, in the style J.K. Simmons Best Moment: “The Sound of Music” 50th Anniversary Tribute of Twitter, within won the first ft. Lady Gaga and Dame Julie Andrews 24 hours, only a individual few traces of Oscar-related trends remained. trend award during the ceremony, even beating But they are not so fleeting as critics of social out host Neil Patrick Harris. Simmons started media might claim. The super selfie last year is another trend — non-Twitter version — of family-focused speeches, skipping the formality the greatest symbol of social media’s role as an equalizer, connecting celebrities and plebeians of thanking the Academy. in under 140 characters. The number may be For the next half hour, award names took limited, but the character never is. And as long up more space as trends than nominees, Best as art is honored on the big screen or small and Foreign Film and Best Supporting Actor each decisions are discussed in a blog or Facebook totaling around 40 thousand tweets. Simmons wall, our stories will stay as one. And that is stayed solid in the top trends for almost an cause for reward. hour, with hashtags for “Everything is Awe-

#OscarTrends

And the winners are...

Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons “Whiplash” Costume Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Makeup and Hairstyling: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Foreign Language Film: “Ida,” Poland Live Action Short Film: “The Phone Call” Documentary Short Subject: “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Sound Mixing: “Whiplash” Sound Editing: “American Sniper”

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Visual Effects: “Interstellar” Animated Short Film: “Feast” Animated Feature Film: “Big Hero 6” Production Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Cinematography: “Birdman”

Original Song: “Glory,” “Selma” Original Score: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Original Screenplay: “Birdman” Adapted Screenplay: “The Imitation Game” Directing: Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”

Film Editing: “Whiplash”

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

Documentary Feature: “Citizenfour”

Best Actress: Julianne Moore, “Still Alice” Best Picture: “Birdman”

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Softball looks to take early division lead

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu After returning from a tumultuous invitational road trip, the Roadrunners softball team bounced back with a shutout against Colorado Christian, 8-0, in its home-opener at the Regency Athletic Complex Feb. 20.

In what was initially scheduled as a four-game home series, the doubleheader that took place Feb. 20 was the only weekend action, with the last two games Feb. 21 cancelled because of snow.

In Game 1, Metro showed no signs of letting up after a solo home run to left field by freshman first baseman Carissa Terry in the second inning.

Reliable pitching from freshman Kenzie Mattey distributed only four hits, four walks and eight strikeouts. The three-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference pitcher of the week was vital in the success of the Runners. This is Mattey’s third consecutive RMAC pitcher of the week award. She’s the first to do that since 2010.

“She’s been really consistent for us,” said head coach Annie Van Wetzinga. “She’s thrown against some really good teams so far.”

Although this was Mattey’s first appearance on their home field, she didn’t let the excitment and nerves that comes with it get to her during her debut.

“At first I felt a lot of pressure, being a freshman, but I always know my team is going to have my back in any situation,” Mattey said.

That was an understatement when Metro’s bullpen heated up at home plate.

The Lady Runners’ hitting streak continued when senior shortstop Susie Oury singled, bringing freshman catcher Sarena Espinoza into home plate, making the score 2-0 in the third inning.

The Runners showed their offensive force even more when a fly ball to center field by senior third baseman Mary Towner led sophomore outfielder Colissa Bakovich to a score.

With a 3-0 lead still in the third, errors committed by the Cougars provided two unearned runs for Metro. This seemed to be the theme the remainder of the game as Colorado Christian struggled to compete with the Roadrunners consistent offense.

The dominate play from Metro made Game 1 a short five-inning game, once the score increased to 8-0, which would become the final after Towner doubled getting Oury and Bakovich to home plate.

Oury finished 2-for-3 with a run batted in, while both Espinoza and Terry finished 2-for-2 with two runs. Towner had a game-high three runs scored.

Game 2

Metro squeezed by Colorado Christian, 4-2, as the Cougars made it a bit tougher for the Roadrunners in the second game of the twin billing.

CCU opened with a 2-1 lead, primarily led by left-handed freshman pitcher Tana Feiner, who struck out seven Metro batters.

Mattey strengthened in the fourth inning to help a troubled Runners team who, by that point, gave up another run to the Cougars.

“She lets the defense help her.

But she’s also shown the ability to get out of jams with the big strikeout when we really needed it,” Van Wetzinga said. “She’s been big, kind of a catalyst for us, especially in the second game when we weren’t clicking offensively.”

The Roadrunners finished the game off a two-run home run blast from senior second baseman Kaylynn Harmon in the sixth inning.

“It was very important to get the wins,” Mattey Said. “Our first two games on this field, it sets the pace for the rest of the season.”

Now 10-4 overall (2-0 RMAC), Metro puts itself at the top of the division to get a good jump in the competitive Rocky Mountain conference.

“We need to enjoy being Metro State,” Van Wetzinga said. “We kind of have a target on our back,

Senior Mary Towner catches a ground ball against Colorado Christian University Feb. 20 at the Regency Athletic Complex.

Freshman pitcher Kenzie Mattey delivers against Colorado Christian University Feb. 20 at The Regency Athletic Complex. Metro finished with a win during a doubler header against the Cougars.

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and that’s where we want to be. We don’t want to be the team trying to catch up to the leaders.”

The Lady Runners finished 33-17 last year, a testament to their hard work and dedication.

Now ranked No. 25 in the country, the Roadrunners are grateful to have a place to play as attractive as The Regency Athletic Complex.

“We’re just so fortunate to now have this facility, one of the premier ones in the nation, certainly in the state of Colorado,” Van Wetzinga said.

The Regency Athletic Complex will host the 2016 NCAA Division II Spring Sports Festival. An event that will consist of softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis and women’s lacrosse national championships, which will bring over 70 teams and 1,000 student-athletes to the Mile High City.

“This is a very prestigous op-

portunity for our university to host the Spring Sports Festival,” said Metro State Director of Athletics Joan McDermott, courtesy of gometrostate.com. “The Denver Sports Commission has worked tirelessly on this bid and we are excited for the exposure for our brand new athletics facility as a result. The softball, lacrosse and tennis championships will be played at The Regency Athletic Complex at MSU Denver on our campus.”

The Roadrunners next game will be Feb. 28 against CSU-Pueblo in another doubleheader at noon and 2 p.m. at The Regency Athletic Complex.

After a third game against the Thunderwolves March 1, the Runners hit the road to take on Adams State March 7-8 before returning home against Western New Mexico March 14.

With the next six games being division matchups, Metro looks to continue its dominance.

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Women drop two games during road trip

By Jesse Schaffer jschaf7@msudenver.edu Metro was defeated 64-49 by Fort Lewis Feb. 20 in the first of its two-game weekend road trip.

The Lady Runners struggled to generate points, shooting just 27.3 percent for the game. Freshman center Georgia Ohrdorf led the team with 13 points, but was the only starter to score in double figures. Freshman forward Hannah Stipanovich chipped in with 11 points from the bench.

Metro only trailed by seven going into halft ime, but saw its hopes of winning evaporate as Fort Lewis exploded with a 15-2 run in the second half.

Kylie Santos helped secure her team’s victory by adding 10 of her game-high 16 points after halft ime.

The Runners paid dearly for letting the opposition stay alive offensively, as the Skyhawks held a 13-4 advantage in second-chance points for the game and an 11-2 edge in the second half.

The loss was Metro’s second of the year to Fort Lewis, after losing 65-61 in overtime Jan. 16 at the Auraria Event Center. It also dropped the Runners overall record to 13-10.

Metro lost to Adams State in its

second road game in two nights, falling short in an 86-84 shootout Feb. 21.

The game was a back and forth affair that featured several

lead changes and numerous shifts in momentum. Trailing 45-38 at halft ime, Metro scored 46 points in the second half to take an 84-83 lead with just seconds to play, only

Sophomore guard Kaysha Fox falls back on defense after a fast break attempt by the Grizzlies in the Roadrunners Feb. 21 game vs. Adams State in Alamosa.

Photo courtesy of Adams State University athletic department

to watch Adams State steal the win with a game-winning buzzer-beater by J’nae Squires-Horton.

Five players combined to score all 86 Metro points, led by doubledouble performances from senior center Deni Jacobs and sophomore forward/center Brittany Curl.

Jacobs totaled 21 points and 11 rebounds, while Curl contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Three other Lady Runners also finished in double figures in points, including sophomore guard/forward Jenae Paine with 18, Ohrdorf with 16 and Stipanovich with 12.

Metro did more than enough offensively to win the game, finishing with a 44.6 shooting percentage from the field and outrebounding Adams State 54-31.

Despite all of that firepower, the Runners couldn’t overcome their own mistakes, turning it over a whopping 19 times. Adams State cashed in on the extra opportunities with 27 points off turnovers.

The loss dropped Metro’s record to 13-11 on the season. The Runners will finish their season at home with games against Colorado State-Pueblo Feb. 27 and UCC Feb. 28.

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Rough road trip for men’s hoops

By Jon Thorne jthorne@msudenver.edu After a tough lost to Fort Lewis, the Roadrunners rebounded against Adams State with an 84-79 win in Alamosa Feb. 21.

Once again Metro came out to a fast start scoring 43 in the first half to take a 43-28 lead.

Nicholas Kay, Jourdon Hunter, Mitch McCarron and Sam Porter all scored double digit points for the Roadrunners. Metro shot 27-of-46 (58 percent) from the field and held Adams State to 27-of-61 (44 percent) shooting.

Adams State 51-point second half almost led to the demise of the Roadrunners.

Senior guard Juwan Buchanan’s 19-point second half helped Adams State claw back in the game. With under a minute left in the game the Grizzlies cut Metro’s lead to 2-points Metro (22-4, 17-3 RMAC) finish the season with two home games, Feb. 27 against Colorado State-Pueblo and Feb. 28 against University of Colorado Colorado Springs before the start of the RMAC tournament.

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Lacrosse has big hopes Metro runners leave opponents in dust Team beats UCD in season opener, stands 1-1 overall

By Megan Randle mrandle@msudenver.edu Metro men’s lacrosse enters the new season hoping to bring awareness to the team and to let students know they, in fact, exist. With a big win against UCD to open the season, the Roadrunners plan to ride the wave as long as they can.

With many freshmen and a few transfers on the team, Metro is looking to make a name for itself.

Sophomore attackman Logan Bruss is a rising star. Transferring from Mesa State, Bruss brings experience to the team and is not afraid to push through the defense to score some goals.

“He’s going to be one to watch out for, for sure,” said head coach Aaron Meyer.

Meyer sets a goal for the boys not only on the field, but also on campus. Awareness is a huge deal for the Roadrunners.

By Robert Kemp

“We like to do a lot of stuff on campus, like bake sales,” Meyer said. “We’re selling T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, all that good stuff.”

Fundraising isn’t the only way that men’s lacrosse is getting its name out. Metro wants to make a dent in its league, the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association, and finish atop its division.

“We’re building a really good team right now. We’ve had a lot of transfers from NCAA schools that have come to play with us.”

— Aaron Meyer “We’re trying to mirror the NCAA program. So far, to this point, we’ve done that, even talentwise,” Meyer said.

Metro’s home games are at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, particularly on field 10. Watch them face Mines March 5 at 9 p.m.

rkemp9@msudenver.edu The Roadrunners had six athletes run provisionally qualifying times during the Joe Davies Open Feb. 20 and 21, giving them a possible shot at nationals.

On Friday, the men’s distance medley relay team, composed of Julian Dulaney, Michael Warburton, Ryan Boucher and Brandon Krage, posted a third place finish in 9:55.71—good enough for provisional qualification.

On Saturday, Breanna Hemming dominated the field in the mile run with a first place provisionally qualifying finish and a time of 5:05.99.

As the races lengthened on the men’s side, the Roadrunners paired off and challenged each other. In the 800-meter run, Warburton (1:55.51) and Boucher (1:55.76) stayed at the front of the pack and finished first and third respectively.

During the three-kilometer run, Roadrunners Nick Kadlec (8:47.57) and Krage (8:47.57) dug deep as they crossed the finish line for an explosive second and third place finish. All four athletes finished with provisionally qualifying times.

The Roadrunners will travel to Metro sprinter and jumper Sara Hughes attempts a triple jump at the Joe Davies Gunnison Feb. 27 for the RMAC Open in Golden Feb. 21.

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Denver Concert Calendar

Met Sports Men’s Basketball 2.27: vs. CSU Pueblo, 7 p.m.

2.28: vs. UCCS, 7 p.m.

2.26: Soft Skulls, Salads and Sunbeams, the Lollygags Location: Larimer Lounge Price: $10 Time: 9 p.m.

3.2: Flight Facilities, Touch Sensitive Location: Bluebird Theater Price: $25 Time: 9 p.m.

Women’s Basketball 2.27: vs. CSU Pueblo, 5 p.m.

2.28: vs. UCCS, 4:30 p.m.

2.27: Iration, Stick Figure, Hours Eastly Location: Ogden Theatre Price: $25 Time: 8 p.m.

Baseball 2.27, 2.28 (DH), 3.1 @ Mines 4 p.m., Noon, 3 p.m., Noon

2.27: Milo Green, Wardell Location: Bluebird Theater Price: $18 Time: 9 p.m.

3.3: Digitour feat. Sam Pottorff, Weekly Criss, Crawford Collins, Rickey Thompson, Twaimz, Luke Corns, Danny Edge, Paul Zimmer, Sebastian Olzanski and many more Location: Ogden Theatre Price: $30 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Softball 2.28 (DH), 3.1 (DH) vs. CSU Pueblo Noon, 2 p.m., 11 a.m, 1 p.m.

2.27: The Districts, Pine Barons, Plum Location: Larimer Lounge Price: $15 Time: 9 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Track and Field 2.27-2.28 RMAC Championships Gunnison

2.28: The New Deal, Escort, Need & Necessity Location: Ogden Theatre Price: $25 Time: 9 p.m.

Pro Sports Colorado Avalanche 2.27: @ Dallas Stars American Airlines Center Time: 6:30 p.m 2.28: vs. Minnesota Wild Pepsi Center Time: 8 p.m 3.4:vs @ Pittsburgh Penguins Pepsi Center Time: 8 p.m Denver Nuggets 2.27: vs. Utah Jazz Pepsi Center Time: 7 p.m 2.22: vs. New Orleans Pelicans Pepsi Center Time: 6 p.m 2.23: vs. Milwaukee Bucks Pepsi Center Time: 7 p.m

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Reggae band Iration headlines the Tales From the Sea Tour with Stick Figure and Hours Eastly, hitting the Ogden Theatre Feb. 27. Tour art from Iration.

Auraria Events 2.26: Distinguished Lecture Series: Rachel B. Noel 12:30 p.m.

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2.26-2.28: Seussical 7:30 p.m.

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3.4: Visiting Artist Series: Bao Bao Festival 7:30 p.m.

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2.28: Current Swell, Mitchel Evan Location: Larimer Lounge Price: $15 Time: 9 p.m.

2.28: Houndmouth, Twin Limb Location: Bluebird Theater Price: $20 Time: 9 p.m.

3.3: Prhyme (Royce DA 5’9” and DJ Premier), Your Old Droog, Boldy James, SP Double Location: Bluebird Theater Price: $25 Time: 8 p.m.

3.4: Young Thug / Travis Scott, Metro Boomin Location: Ogden Theatre Price: $35 Time: 9 p.m.

3.4: The 3hree Project Soundstage feat. Special Guests Catch Lungs and Ameazy; DJ Kdj Above, ya girl Cedes & Kevin Kain Location: Bluebird Theater Price: $20 Time: 8 p.m.

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Horoscopes

Overheard this week

Capricorn

December 22 -January 19 I won’t say where. I won’t say when. But you’re about to be shafted this week.

“It’s some PNW shit. I wouldn’t expect you to know.”

Aquarius

January 20 -February 18 Hakuna matata.

“If I can’t put a vulva puppet with a finger in it online, you can’t run a picture of a tree coming out of a —” “...How big is the tree?”

“Did he say ‘trains spies’ or ‘trains bis?’” “Don’t be silly. American society has already made bis invisible.” “‘Dame?’ I thought that was just something you called people.”

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

Although your subtle forms of persuasion have worked well in the past, your partner may start to get tired of your spontaneous stripping.

Cancer

You are likely to lose interest in your newfound “passion” within the next week.

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July 23 -August 22

Virgo

August 23 -September 22 A Russian man will hand you a box of chocolates, a stack of tissues and a giant hangover if you party too hard this week.

Aries

March 21 -April 19 Being righteous will only make you enemies.

Take a coat today, as you’ll need it if it snows or if you happen to be caught parading naked outside the Tivoli.

Taurus

April 20 -May 20 This week may turn out to be a complete waste of all your time and efforts. Contemplate leaving your job and joining a gym. Much of your body weight tends to be distributed in a specific place, but that may start shifting today.

Gemini

May 21 -June 20 You claim that no one is able to see the future, and yet I foresee that you will never understand why you’re never surprised with anything in life.

70. ____ over heels 71. Greek letter 72. Musical sound 73. Gifts to charity 74. Senior 75. Picnic pests

Down

1. Dad 2. Frosted 3. Wipe out 4. Rent again 5. Ball 6. Exit

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June 21 -July 22

Pisces

February 19 -March 20

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Across

1. Fishing spot 5. Smells 10. Fright 14. Land unit 15. Automaton 16. Tibetan monk 17. Resound 18. Pioneer Daniel ____ 19. Actor ____ Idle 20. Totaled 22. Put into a new order 24. Thing 26. Zodiac lion 27. Turf 28. And so forth (Abbr.)

30. Reclines (2 wds.)

34. Personal magnetism 36. Chars 40. Abhor 41. Oklahoma metropolis 44. Cinch 45. Shaquille ____ 47. Quieting medicine 49. Said again 52. Cat’s cry 53. Association (abbr.)

56. Pallid 57. Epic 59. Sentimental movie 63. Slogan 66. Sleeping 67. Kind of acid 69. Row

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Libra

September 23 -October 22 Back in middle school all those bullies laughed at your hair, gave you swirlies, and pushed your face in the mud. You swore you would have your vengeance.

Make that this week.

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21

Ricotta-stuffed shell pasta.

— Mario Sanelli Chicken stew.

Shepherd’s pie with Irish coffee.

— Steve Musal Bacon-apple-veggie grilled cheese.

— Kate Rigot “Pho. It’s all warm and nice.”

—Alyson McClaran French onion soup.

— Mary Kate Newton

Authentic ramen — not the cheap stuff.

—Tobias M. Krause Chicken chili.

Take a beat and smoke a bowl? Nah.

Sagittarius

— Cassie Reid

— Jo Baumann

Ramen — the stuff in a 20-pack.

— Scott Corbridge

November 22 -December 21 Th is week holds much joy and happiness for someone you love. But not you, you’re super screwed this week.

7. Band instrument 8. President ____ Reagan 9. Sound system 10. ____ market 11. Works for 12. Friend (Sp.) 13. Hurried 21. Hero shop 23. Aisles 25. Fine spray 28. Yodeler’s feedback 29. Better late ____ never 31. Aussie creature 32. Mexican sauce 33. Robin’s home 35. Raise 37. Liveliness 38. Rant and ____ 39. Gush 42. Gel 43. Summer coolers 46. Bawdy 48. Comedian Sandler 50. Formal procession 51. Tooth covering 53. Nebraska city 54. Rise up 55. Shine 58. Must, slangily 60. ____ and ends 61. Balmy 62. Opening wager 64. Camp shelter 65. Mine finds 68. Rowing tool

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Difficulty: Medium

Answers:

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