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Roadbirds almost squander 5-0 lead PAGE 15 >> From left to right, MSU Denver senior Jaqueline Maldonado, UCD senior Zach Lubline and CCD sophomore Dominick Lucero lead the march across campus. The event is aimed at raising awareness and rallying for campus safety. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

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Bacon lovers fill bellies with booze for a cause By Joella Bauman jbauma17@msudenver.edu The sinful smell of freshcooked pork wafted over the underpass near Denver’s Glitter Dome Event Center, Nov. 8, during the fourth annual Denver Bacon and Beer Festival. 50 local restaurants and breweries came out to serve bacon inspired dishes and hand-crafted microbrews to ticket buyers. Two local organizations, Metro Caring and Project Angel Heart, who combat hunger relief in Denver, will receive the funds raised. This will to help continue and expand their efforts to provide healthy food to the needy. Passersby commented with

skepticism on the warehousestyle locale. In previous years, the event was held at The Curtis Hotel downtown. The large crowd converged in front of the building and the mouth-watering smells quelled any doubts about this being the place to be. Volunteers donned bright blue t-shirts with a bacon Ernie and a beer bottle Bert making reference to the perfect pairing of booze and bacon laden dishes. Nothing is better than this type of gluttony, unless of course the mainstay behind the event is to raise money to support hunger relief. Patrons were also encouraged to visit the event website to vote for the top restaurant and brewery

who will then win a donation to the charity of their choice. Tasting started with shot glasses fi lled with maple-bacon beer and slabs of thick-cut applewood smoked bacon from Tony’s Market. The dimly lit dome fi lled quickly and the hosts didn’t disappoint. Dishes of culinary inspiration came from every booth. Rabbit bacon and carrot tater-tots, bacon pecan bars, oysters with bacon confit and a giant bacon burger slider with cheese sauce were just a few of the items served. Beer came in every kind: stouts, lagers and pale and sour ales. Denver is famous for its community of microbreweries for a reason.

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Campus groups team up to take back night By Gabriella Rodriguez grodriq4@msudenver.edu “Auraria unites, take back the night,” chanted the crowd into the chilly Nov. 5 evening, for the Auraria Campus Take Back the Night and annual campus safety walk. Students, staff and neighborhood community officers of the Auraria Campus Police Department gathered in front of the Institute for Women’s Studies and Services before they marched across campus. Take Back the Night is a national foundation with a long history and a mission to combat all forms of sexual violence. This was the third TBTN event on the Auraria campus since 1990, hosted by The Phoenix Center at Auraria, Campus Village at Auraria, CCD and UCD. Vanessa Santana, Retention and Success Advisor for the IWSS gave the keynote address and cited her personal experience with sexual abuse. “Someone who has been sexually assaulted has experienced the ultimate loss of power,” Santana said. This year, the ACPD combined its campus safety walk with the TBTN efforts of the MSU Denver Student Government Assembly for

Retension and Success Advisor for the Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, Vanessa Santana, speaker for the Take Back the Night event on Nov. 5 addresses the importance of consent in sexual relationships. Santana is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and through her recovery found the motivation to help other survivors along their own healing journey. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

a unified message against violence on campus. The result: more than 100 people in attendance during both the march and the walk. Maddie Walsh, an MSU Denver student who heard about the event

in a victimology class, thought the turnout was not what it should have been, compared to the potential for student involvement from the three schools. She wished more students would have chosen

to experience the campus safety walk. “It gives you empowerment,” Walsh said. Around 6 p.m., participants were split into six groups to cover

the campus in portions. Each group was led by a community officer of the ACPD to walk through the designated space and make suggestions on how to further secure the area. Students flashed their complementary ACPD flashlights at signs that needed to be more prominent, lights that were out, and dark areas that need more lighting. Popular suggestions also included more emergency stations. “With [statistically], one in six females being sexually assaulted in college, almost every student here knows someone who has gone through it,” said Jessica Wykle, Student Senator of the MSU Denver SGA. The event was about empowerment, and a representation of how open and receptive the community should be to its safety needs. Michael J. Phibbs, ACDP Chief of Police, called it a classic example of community and inclusiveness. “It’s the ACPD and Auraria working together, to have them tell us what the problems are as opposed to us telling them solutions without understanding what the feelings or concerns are,” Phibbs said.

Professor, students speed toward faster cancer detection By Ted Heron theron1@msudenver.edu Going in for a routine cancer screening is nerve-racking and uncomfortable enough without including the week-long wait to receive your results. New technology under development in the MSU Denver science department could help to cut that return time down to a few minutes. Undergraduate research plays an active role throughout the sciences at MSU Denver. Chemistry professor Andrew J. Bonham has worked with students over the last four years toward developing leading edge technology for cancer and poison detection. Bonham is one of many professors currently conducting independent research. “The ultimate goal of my work is to build molecular sensors that you could have in the doctor’s waiting room,” Bonham said. Bonham’s research is related to the field of personalized medicine. By utilizing several strains of synthetic DNA, Bonham

and many of his research students have developed effective detection methods for diagnosing breast and kidney cancer, along with toxicity levels. “We make this DNA synthetically. It’s processed for us by companies, so it’s synthetically generated DNA,” Explained Bonham. “Building DNA molecules that are active, that act like little catcher’s mitts say— grabbing the “baseball” of a biomolecule.” To catch or detect this specific electrical signal, gold electrodes coated with the synthetic DNA are utilized to determine the strength of the emission. MSU Denver alumna, Laura Roon, published her work with Bonham regarding research with early cancer detection methods during her undergraduate program, spoke highly of her experience with independent research. “It was awesome,” Roon said. Mammograms and blood tests are some of the more common methods used for breast cancer detection. Blood tests are also utilized for measuring toxicity levels of

certain poisons as well. Roon emphasized how invasive and painful the process can be, deterring a lot of women from getting checked at all. The method Roon and Bonham emphasize can detect cancerous cells earlier than a mammogram and is much less intrusive. Other students working under Bonham have focused on detecting botulism and ricin toxicity levels. According to Bonham these are common biological poisoning agents that can occur naturally in food and can also be used for biological warfare. In order to measure toxicity levels within a blood sample, off site analysis is a part of the process. With offsite analysis, processing one patient’s blood sample could take up to two weeks. Bohnam’s method could provide results within minutes There is already a device that has the specific electrode Bonham’s team utilizes for their research. Ideally, the device is close to the size of a smartphone or tablet, with an electrode sensor, which could be utilized for this cancer detection method.

This project exemplifies only a small piece of what goes on within the science departments at MSU Denver. The Annual Undergraduate Research Conference held every April is a great way to see other projects underway on campus. Roon said, “Ask around. Just don’t be afraid to use your resources. Form relationships with your teachers, that is what they’re there for. I think that a lot of people just come to class, they do their work and then they go home and do whatever it is.” Roon landed a job at The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences doing what she loves research. She starts her work at Skaggs in November. She went on to explain, “Really, forming those relationships with your professors is key, and if the professor you really like and have a relationship with isn’t doing any research then they will probably know someone who is. You just have to be vocal and ask around and get in there and do it.”

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Church stands vigilant against vandalism By Sterling Stowe slenways@msudenver.edu For the second time in recent weeks, the First Unitarian Society of Denver has been the target of vandalism with apparant racial motivation. A Black Lives Matter banner was defaced Oct. 31 and on Nov. 3 a rock was thrown and a glass door shattered. Rev. Mike Morran of First Unitarian said that it looked like the vandals were targeting the word “black” on the banner that has been in place since May, but a paint bomb also got on the building. After hearing about the attack on the banner, the members of Black Lives Matter 5280 chapter visited the church to express support and offer help. During their visit, they learned about the second vandalism attack and decided to put a call out in their own network to organize a cleanup committee. On Nov. 5, a group of all ages and races came together with rakes, shovels, garbage bags and a power washer and spent several hours cleaning up the church property.

“These weren’t even church members. They were just members of the larger community who appreciate what we do in terms of our social justice work,” Morran said. Morran said he and the church support the work of the Black Lives Matter 5280 because progress for racial injustice and disparity is essential for the spiritual health of the local community and the country as a whole. Amy E. Brown of Black Lives Matter 5280 first met Rev. Morran and developed a positive relationship with him and the church in March before the chapter was formed. When the chapter formed in May, there was already a solid relationship between the two organizations. “Very early on in our work Reverend Mike Moran and First Unitarian were nothing but 100 percent supportive of our work, 100 percent dedicated to being responsible allies to the work around black lives movements and treated our organization as family,” Brown said. Police reports have been filed for both incidents and each have been assigned to a detective. There are no leads according to the

First Unitarian Society of Denver on Nov. 10 still shows evidence of the Oct. 31 vandalism despite efforts from volunteers during property cleanup on Nov. 5. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

Denver Police Department. “First Unitarian Church of Denver is undeterred. The banner has already been replaced and we will be getting the paint cleaned off and that banner isn’t going anywhere,” Morran said.

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Iron Eyes helps Auraria see why #NativeLivesMatter “We just thought our voices should be heard.” — Chase Iron Eyes By Robert Kemp rkemp9@msudenver.edu American Indian activist and attorney, Chase Iron Eyes, spoke for the “Native Lives Matter” movement Nov. 4 at the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge. Iron Eyes explained that #NativeLivesMatter, which started after a rally in Rapid City, South Dakota Dec. 19, 2014, doesn’t aim to detract from the Black Lives Matter movement. “We just thought that our voices should be heard,” said Iron Eyes. “We weren’t trying to usurp the presence of Black Lives Matter and we’ve since reached out to Black Lives Matter founders and organizers.” Iron Eyes said that #NativeLivesMatter was born out of an atmosphere of poverty and racial tension in Rapid City. “In Rapid Creek, which is a creek that runs through the city, we find our people dead there,” Iron Eyes said. “They either die of

exposure, or they freeze to death, or sometimes they’re unsolved. Sometimes they’re bludgeoned to the back of the head. Sometimes it’s native on native. A lot of people are saying that the cops are doing it and it just creates this tension. The tension is thick in South Dakota.” To help attendees understand the tension, Iron Eyes said that the Native Americans of Rapid City keep a running tally of how many of their people police kill and how many policemen the Natives kill. “The police have killed, I think, it’s up to 21 now with the last police shooting of a guy named Patrick Lundstrom and the Indians have killed two cops so far in 2015,” Iron Eyes said. UCD freshman Drew Ramos said, “A lot of people are not aware of Native American culture and it’s hard, as a Native American, to understand that widespread ignorance.” UCD freshman Kiana Kaibetoney, who also attended said, “I have family members that

Native American civil rights activist Chase Iron Eyes spoke on the #NativeLivesMatter campaign to raise awareness on police brutallity against Native Americans such as Paul Castaway. Castaway was shot and killed this summer by Denver Police after officers alleged he came dangerously close with a knife. Photo by Brandon N. Sanchez • bsanch36@msudenver.edu

were taken away and placed in non-native families. It is a big issue and not a lot of people are aware of it.” Kaibetoney expressed her excitement at Iron Eyes’ lecture. “He brings more awareness to college students. There are elders on campus, but it’s different when

an outside voice tells you what’s happening,” Kaibetoney said. Though Iron Eyes spoke at length about Native American struggles, he remained optimistic. “We have the opportunity to redirect the course of our evolution and our, hopefully, equitable coexistence with things like the

recent passage of the recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day.” Iron Eyes ended his talk with a call to action. “What America is and what it should be is extremely important. It’s important that Americans stand up for and uphold the constitution at any cost.”

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Panel attempts to sell students on STEM By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu MSU Denver graduates offered students advice on preparing for a career in STEM fields at a panel discussion Nov. 2. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, explained Hsiu-Ping Liu, molecular biologist and MSU Denver Professor. “We have to be innovative. Who’s going to develop that technology?” Liu said. “All you future graduates, we want to push you into that STEM track.” Ninety-eight percent of STEM majors

go on to find careers after graduation, said Keely Nolan of Xcel Energy. Thirty-one percent of the current workforce in STEM fields are expected to retire, with the number climbing to 41 percent over the next decade. Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics, STEM graduates can expect to make $71,000 a year after leaving school, while non-STEM graduates only make $56,000 on average. A National Science Foundation report from 2013 found that 51 percent of the science and engineering workforce is comprised of white males, with white women making up 20% of the workforce and minorities filling out the rest.

With automation replacing many labor jobs, STEM learning becomes more crucial for the nation year after year, Liu explained. Due to increased competition from overseas, the United States had to work harder to maintain its competitive edge. Liu also tied STEM literacy to maintaining a country’s high standard of living. With Colorado owning the second largest aerospace market in the nation, MSU Denver is pivoting to meet the needs of the industry. The university recently broke ground on a new aerospace building and created degree programs built around emerging industries such as 3D Printing

and Manufacturing. The school is also doing more to encourage greater female and minority representation in STEM. The Center for Advanced STEM education, part of MSU Denver, hosts two summer bridge programs for high school and middle school students. It also manages the Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation, which provides academic, financial, and personal support for underrepresented minority students. The panel advised students to become active in their fields, citing the importance of internships and experience when it comes to getting a job, as well as interacting with their professors. Azure Avery, a physics professor teaching for MSU Denver encouraged students to apply for things that aren’t a perfect fit, warning against closing doors to opportunities. “The final thing I would say is do what you love.” Avery said. “My dad always says this, ‘I never worked a day in my life Azure, because I did what I love,’ and he’s so right because I’m doing that now, and it’s awesome.”

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November 12, 2015

Moral Outrage: an uninspiring tool for change

By Aaron Atencio aatenc11@msudenver.edu Whether we were the culprit or the victim, moral outrage has undoubtedly found a way into our lives. It’s an amoebic projection consisting of shame tactics, outrage and disgust with a blend of moral fiber, passion and beliefs. The problem I have with using moral outrage as a tool for change is that it falls short to inspire proactive, solid solutions.

Anytime a clipboard warrior has shoved a petition in my face telling me how disgusting it is that we are allowing dolphins to be slaughtered, or how we should be ashamed of ourselves for the finning of sharks, or how ageism and sexism is ruining our lives, my ears switch off. Instead of getting me invested and interested in your cause, you have pushed me away. It’s not that I don’t feel the same way, or that I don’t condemn these types of problems, you just approached the idea of change in a wrong way of inspiring me to become involved. The continuous outrage for any situation is not wrong, it’s great to feel passionate, but becoming morally enraged is not an effective way to approach any subject matter for dynamic problem solving that leads to change. When we start hootin

and hollerin about how bad things are and how disgusted we should be, we have just broken the connection which would allow for a proactive discussion to solutions. Moral outrage has caused more arguments than discussions. The reason I believe this happens is a multitude of factors. This is caused by the subject matter personally resonating with that person on aspects of their belief systems and their projected reality. This is an accumulation of personal past experiences, beliefs, morals and emotional responses. We must understand that every human does not share the same beliefs and moral values as others. For someone to become morally outraged on a subject, they have to become invested within that subject and that is a huge commitment emotionally,

“ Demanding others to respond in likeness to your outrage is not only ludicrous, it’s unrealistic.”

physically and mentally. Demanding others to respond in likeness to your outrage is not only ludicrous, it’s unrealistic. Humans have a tendency to respond to situations and consequences that directly affect us, within our lives, we deal with the most prominent and impeding problem first. Whether we are dealing with racism, sexism, ageism, human rights, animal rights, war or politics, moral outrage is not a means to an end, instead it is tool amongst other tools on how to start a productive discussion toward change. I think moral outrage can be useful in certain ways, such as a self motivational tool, using it as a way to become passionate and inspired about a subject rather than finding a way to better navigate your passion to inspire others. If we can do that in place of demanding that others become outraged with us, I think we are headed in the right direction to having more productive discussions to find solutions, as opposed to heated arguments that we are trying to win.

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Learning to secure yourself from theft on campus

By Chris Bjork cbjork1@msudenver.edu All throughout my college career, I have almost always been convinced of my personal security when it came to being in an academic environment. I have felt comfortable in my naïve state of mind by convincing myself that theft is a rare occurrence that would never happen to me. Recent patterns around Auraria have revealed how reality dictates that invariably crime occurs in a college setting. Auraria is no exception. With a student population of

nearly 42,000 students, crime and threats of security are an everyday occurrence. It may seem redundant to stress how important it is to monitor your personal belongings when going about day to day life; however, theft has become so commonplace on Auraria, that it seems a substantial amount of students have forgotten this. A couple days ago I was studying and battling midmorning yawns in the library. I left my workspace to quickly fetch a Mocha at the Confluence Café. In leaving my backpack and computer behind, I foolishly put myself in a risky situation. Moments after diving back into my studies, I was lightly tapped on my shoulder by a security guard. He brought the scope of the problem to my attention. As short as a quick trip to the restroom or coffee break might seem, it was stressed by the security guard that it is more

than enough time for larceners to make their move. Theft and burglary on Auraria are two of the most commonly reported offenses. In the last two weeks of October alone, theft has occurred over 18 times on campus according to Auraria Police Department’s daily crime log and annual security reports. The most

“In leaving my backpack and computer behind, I foolishly put myself in a risky situation.” commonly stolen items include bikes, cell phones, backpacks and — most often — laptops. Auraria’s crime log reveals that the majority of thefts take place in the library. Almost all victims of theft on campus have never been able to retrieve their stolen items again. After all, when it comes to stolen property, there is only so much law enforcement can

do in the realm of relocating and prosecuting. However, the Auraria Police Department takes helpful precautionary measures to help diffuse the ongoing problem on campus. Free services such as a newly implemented U-lock program,which provides a free lock for parking bikes around campus, has assisted in resolving the problem. Ultimately, it’s an individual’s responsibility to keep constant watch of their own personal belongings at all times. Take that extra step to ensure the protection of your items. Always take your possessions with you and routinely lock up your gear. Having the foresight to take these small steps means the difference between ensuring your own security while at school or potentially dampening a safe college experience.

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The latest James Bond movie is a tight script with a myriad emotions for the character. Bond (Daniel Craig) faces an unstable future as a new threat arises as the 007 is dissolved. If you're worried about all of Bond's steamy scenes, you'll be happy to know very little skin is shown this time around. The movie sets up as usual: Bond goes on his own mission he received from a video of the late M (Judi Dench). He is asked to follow through on his previous mission that leads him to Spectre. If you are a true Bond fan you know Spectre has been a major theme since the Sean Connery era of Bond. Part of this movie’s problem is a long, drawn out script. There isn’t as much action as the previous Bond movies. At some points, Daniel Craig seemed bored playing Bond. Don’t get me wrong there are some exciting scenes with epic car chases and carefully choreographed fights. The biggest problem is that the movie is way too long for scenes that were anti-climactic. “Spectre” could lose about 30 minutes, and be a better Bond movie. This film comes full circle from the previous film, “Skyfall”. Only a true Bond aficionado can just watch the movie for what it is:a Bond film. Just

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“Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” was a wildly popular movie when it came out. So much so, that two 11 year old boys Jeremy Coon, Tim Skousen decided it was their duty to recreate the movie exactly as they saw it. Replace Harrison Ford with a gangly teen, and you have a pretty good idea of what the film is. Although the quality of the film had me squinting to make out faces, the movie holds up fairly well once you get past the grainy footage.The locations resemble the movie fairly closely, replacing the marketplace with an alley and the Nazi camp in a construction site. Every scene is shot just like in the original movie, angles and all. Perhaps the best scene was the bar fight. After decorating their basement to look like a bar, they caught it on fire, just like in the movie. The dedication to reenacting these over the top scenes actually caught me off guard. In 1982 when the film was first made, Coon and Skousen left out one of the final scenes— the nazi airplane bursting into flames. So, the duo decided to launch a Kickstarter to finish their film. They filmed this shot and completed their movie. It’s comical to see the film go from grainy footage to widescreen crisp HD footage, then back in the blink of an eye. For a bunch of kids with a camera, “Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation” is a masterpiece. Albeit not the same kind of masterpiece that Spielberg released in 81, but a masterpiece nonetheless.

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“Our Brand is Crisis” lives up to its namesake, offering characters and a story that never quite settle on who or what they want to be. Directed by David Gordon Green, the story follows “Calamity” Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock), a political advisor with a troubled campaign record who is dragged from retirement into Bolivian president Pedro Castillo’s (Joaquim de Almeida) floundering re-election campaign, expected to take the blame for his loss. This changes, however, when Bodine learns her rival Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is running the leading candidate’s campaign, inspiring her to rally Castillo’s election team and turn the race into a victory, regardless of the consequences it may bring to Bolivia. The setup was very interesting, making for some great set pieces that showed the strength of both the writers and actors. Unfortunately, the movie veers off in other directions, trying to show different sides of the characters that end up feeling unnecessary. Bullock’s character suffers especially, jumping from a great performance as someone who wants to do right, to a raunchy, chaos loving cut throat. She starts to come off as random and underwhelming, only to have a last minute change of heart. Other characters aren’t nearly as Jekyll and Hyde, but Bullock’s central role makes this a constant flaw. Lighting is well done, with shadows used to great effect during the otherwise confusing personality shifts. Camera work is also good, with juxtaposed shots of the poverty stricken cities against the decadent housing and facilities of Castillo used to great effect. Music is more or less forgettable, never really adding anything but never totally out of place.

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“I Never Learn,” reminds us of why we fell in love with this Swedish singer/ songwriter in the first place. This is Li’s shortest, yet most dramatic, knife-to-your heart album. It’s in this album Li lets us know she’s vulnerable but still powerful. “No Rest for the Wicked,” gives us a vulnerable Li . She takes a break from her, “fuck you” tone, and actually expresses, regret. “I let my true love die, I had his heart but I broke it every time.” Broken, staccato piano chords are punctuated by tambourine, then eerie symbols usher in echoey strings and a fuller sound during the chorus. This effect is a painfully familiar feeling to anyone that has suffered a broken heart: The contrast between crippling loneliness and being overwhelmed and haunted in bursts by regrets and missing what won’t return. This song, I’d like to think, shows that after suffering so much, perhaps Li does in fact believe in hope, or at least wants to. She doesn’t leave us crying in a corner with this song, but rather with determined anthemlike vocals, “If one heart can mend another, only then can we begin.” “Gunshot,” is one of the most perplexing and powerful tracks on “I Never Learn.” The easiest way to describe the instrumentals and feel of this sound is “frantic.” To get the full poetry of what Li is trying to say about misogynist society, you must watch “Gunshot’s” music video. Li walks around a parking lot convulsing, damaged by men and past relationships, but like a junkie she returns to the damaging and seductive nature of society and relationships. The gunshot she speaks of, is not what I originally thought, a contemplation of suicide. In fact, the gunshot is trauma from relationships. Falling in love is a voluntary risk, maybe even comparable to holding the gun to your own head, though Li doesn’t make that jump. Her breakup album works because it’s eerie sadness paired with her (as ever) critical view of the world.

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Service dog signals seizures Story and photo by Alyson McClaran amcclara@msudenver.edu Billy Miller, a student at CCD was born in Lincoln City, Oregon and never felt like he belonged. At 15, he left his parents’ house and was homeless. He traveled, hitchhiked the country and got into occasional scuffs with the law. Carefree and careless, Miller did whatever he pleased. In 1999 he found his new home in Fort Collins. One morning he was at a junkyard looking for a tire when a lady asked him for help. Within the first minute of talking to her, he suffered an episode that marked the beginning of a disorder that would follow him for the rest of his life. “I wake up and I am on the ground, in the dirt, and I think, ‘Wait, what did I do last night?’” Miller recalled. The woman he intended to help ended up coming to his aid. She was a nurse at Poudre Valley Hospital in

Fort Collins and informed him that he had a seizure. He didn’t think much of the incident and brushed it off. In 2000, he found himself in jail and had another major seizure in his jail cell. It was then he discovered that he suffered from epileptic seizures. They are triggered by low blood sugar and certain vibrations, such as hitting the funny bone. “I can’t function [in] a normal life. I technically shouldn’t drive. I technically shouldn’t skate. I technically shouldn’t even hold a child in my arms,” Miller said. In 2008, Miller had the opportunity to train an eight-weekold puppy to become a service dog. Miller became a certified trainer for the first level of service dog training. He trained a dog named L’, for two years. After completing the first stage of training, L’ responded so well to his seizures that he decided to keep her as his own. Since 1999, Miller has had over 50 seizures and L’ has responded

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to several of them in the past seven years. When a seizure is coming on, L’ can sense the seizure before it happens. She paws him and becomes agitated. Miller then knows to sit down on the ground and let the seizure run its course. Once the seizure is over he is drained and discombobulated and doesn’t want to do anything but rest. Countless times a day people will try to touch L’ or ask Miller why he needs a service dog. Miller said this can be a hassle and even discouraging. “Thanks for not knowing me and asking about my disabilities,” Miller said to an Auraria student. “I am not carrying her around for people’s pleasure.” For Miller, L’ isn’t just a pet to be coddled by strangers, or a tool to help him with his seizures. “L’ changed me into a better person and made me more reasonable. We have a responsibility for each other, a mutual respect.”

event. “I thought [the game] was a great idea,” said patron Monica Palici. “ I wasn’t sure what to expect from the event. Location? Eh. You wouldn’t know how nice a day it is today but otherwise great job.” Full bellies and smiles headed from the event as it winded down. Justin Welch one of many patrons were unaware of the good their appetite would bring to the community. “That’s awesome it’s for a good cause,” said Welch. “I came to pig out man. I didn’t

Billy Miller’s service dog L’ accompanies him to his classes to moniter his seizure disorder at Auraria Campus Aug. 24.

even know it was a fundraiser, but that’s great. I’ll be back next year.” Metro Caring is a food bank located on 18th and Downing in the heart of Denver and Project Angel Heart is located in north Denver. Both organizations set up tables to speak with people who wanted to know more about what they do and how they could be involved further. “We provide fresh and The fourth annual Denver Bacon and Beer Festival brought several different restaurants and breweries together to showcase baconnutritious food,” said Alicia based dishes and brews. The proceeds benefited Metro Caring and Hoser, Metro Caring staff Project Angel Heart. member. “We take a holistic approach provide monthly organizations and college students are food boxes, birth certificate and driver’s coveted for the the holidays as the need license vouchers, community classes, health always becomes greater with the cold screenings and referrals to other resources.” weather the season brings. Project Angel Heart provides 1,100 meals Monetary donations are accepted a day, five days a week, to terminally ill through both organizations websites and 95 patients. These patients are unable to cook percent of donated funds go directly to meals for themselves and receive five meals a week to feed the hungry. from the program. The meals are cooked on-site and delivered to the doors of people located in Denver and Colorado Springs. In last week’s edition we incorrectly spelled Carlie “A meal with a heart gives hope,” said Brockmann’s name as Carlie Blackworth. Project Angel Heart volunteer. Both organizations recruited volunteers saying that help is always needed. Kids

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Metro Roadrunner Ryan Gauthier, 4, leaves his feet as Northern Arizona forward Christian Foster, 14, chases him Nov. 7 at The Edge Ice Arena in Littleton. The Roadrunners won 7-4. Photo by Tom Skelley • tskelly@msudenver.edu

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Roadbirds survive late effort from Ice Jacks By Tom Skelley tskelly@msudenver.edu

Metro State club hockey had many chances to score and did, while the Northern Arizona Ice Jacks had many reasons to quit, but didn’t, in the Roadrunners’ 7-4 win at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton Nov. 6. The game turned out to be closer than the scoreboard indicated. The Roadrunners went up 1-0 just 14 seconds in off a shot from the left point by Christian Manning which the Ice Jacks goalie Seth Kollman didn’t see coming. Just over two minutes later, defenseman Matt Winkle’s shot from the right point pulled Kollman from the net and the

Roadbirds took a 2-0 lead. Kollman’s replacement, Jaxson Gosnell, didn’t fare any better. A breakaway by Metro’s Travis Battista at 11:49, a pointblank shot by C.J. Miller at 10:45 and a short-handed rush by Shane Doerfler at 19:30 left the score at 5-0 and the Ice Jacks in shock as the first period ended. But the Ice Jacks didn’t take a bus all the way from Flagstaff to give up, and they came angry in the second period, creating chances and odd-man rushes. Both teams, rivals in the American College Hockey Association’s Pacific Division, turned up the physical play and traded power play chances as the period went on. “We played our brand of hockey the first 20 minutes,” said Metro State defenseman

Brady Reynolds. “We came out of the locker room for the second a bit too casual. We let (them) creep back into the game.” Overlapping penalties to both teams created a back-and-forth minute of 4-on-4 play midway through the period, but it wasn’t until the 15:00 mark that Metro’s Taylor Porrier scored on a perfect wrist shot and the Roadrunners increased their lead to 6-1. The Ice Jacks kept pushing back, and just 32 seconds after Porrier’s goal, NAU’s Chris Barrett made the score 6-3. What the first two periods had in scoring chances and north-south action, the third period had in chippiness and penalties. There weren’t many shots on goal, but no player from either team missed a

chance to throw a check. “Northern Arizona has always played us tough,” Reynolds said. “You take your hits and you throw a few back. Personally, I wouldn’t have it any other way.” The Ice Jacks came out hard again in the third period and were rewarded with a power play goal early. But the Roadbirds answered and after all of the pushing and shoving, Metro kept the three-goal lead. As good as they were Friday, Reynolds knows the Roadrunners need to be even more dominating to reach their goal for the season. “Our goal this year is to win a national championship,” he said, “and we can’t do that allowing good teams to hang around.”

Fast start for women’s basketball By Nick Reilly nreilly1@msudenver.edu

Metro forward Jaelynn Smith gets fouled after creating a hole between Krishia Artieda, left, and Shania Harry on Nov. 6 at the Auraria Event Center against Northern New Mexico. The Roadunners defeated the Eagles 74-42 in their first exhibition match.

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Metro came away with the 77-47 rout against Grand View University Nov. 7 in their exhibition game at the Auraria Event Center. Sophomore forward Emily Hartegan led the Roadrunners in scoring as she put up 20 points and contributed defensively with seven rebounds. “I put defense first and let the offense come to me,” Hartegan said. She tied with sophomore center Kaleigh Graham in leading the team in rebounds. Sophomore guard J’Nae Squires-Horton scored 14 points with four three-pointers and

sophomore center Hannah Stipanovich finished the night with 13 points. Junior guard/ forward Jenae Paine put up double-figures for Metro as well with 10 points. Head coach Tanya Haave advocated the message of getting better everyday. “I thought in the first half we got outplayed, out hustled,” Haave said. “I was a little disappointed in that, so I said ‘look lets play every possession as hard as we can,’ and we got everyone to play, so we got a good balance there.” With 32 bench points, the Lady Runners were able to balance well around the court. With the 30-point victory, Metro left a mark but is still looking to improve.

“The message is we’re doing well, but we need to do better,” Haave said. The Roadrunners shot 52.6 percent for the game with 44.4 percent from behind the three-point line. The Runners dominated the board throughout the game with 39 total rebounds. Defense did come first as they held Grand View to only 29.3 percent shooting from the field and scoring 24 points off turnovers for their last exhibition game for the season. With the win, Metro remains undefeated in exhibition play. Metro’s women’s basketball regular season will tip off against Texas A&M - Commerce Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Pueblo.

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Thunderwolves silenced by Metro defense rkemp9@msudenver.edu Metro volleyball defeated CSU Pueblo 3-1 Nov. 7 while on the road improving their record to 18-9 overall (14-3 RMAC). The Thunderwolves were coming off a school record-setting performance, winning their last 15 sets and sweeping their last five opponents at home. It appears that Metro didn’t take CSU Pueblo seriously heading into the match. Though the score indicated a close contest, the

opening set was the Roadrunners’ worst of the night. They committed 10 errors, hit .048 and lost the set 25-23. The Thunderwolves, on the other hand, turned in their best performance of the night with a .297 hit percentage and two errors. The Roadrunners came roaring back to take the last three sets 25-19, 25-12 and 25-18. The Metro offense woke up and took over, hitting .333 in the second set, .393 in the third set and .407 in the final set. The defense also perked up and delivered an especially dominant performance during the third set,

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holding the Thunderwolves to an astounding -.032 hit percentage. Junior outside hitter Michaela Smith led the offense, delivering three aces, 19 kills and three blocks. The younger players stepped up as well with sophomore right side hitter Ryan Hoerdemann tallying 12 kills and three blocks and freshman outside hitter Santaisha Sturges racking up 10 kills on the night. On the defensive side junior setter, Brandi Torr continued her all-star performance this season with 43 assists, 17 digs and one ace.

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Senior defensive specialist Kylie Haun had seven digs, five assists and three aces while sophomore defensive specialist Jackie Lopez made her presence known with 13 digs and three assists. Metro will return to the Auraria Event Center Nov. 11 to face Colorado Christian University and will host “Volley for Vets,” where the team will be honoring veterans as well as offering them free admission for the match.

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» Volleyball receiving votes in top 25 poll Metro volleyball received eight votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 poll issued on Nov. 9. to move up in the ranking. The Roadrunners have won 15 of their last 16 matches since Sept. 25.

» Volley for Vets In honor of military veterans and active soldiers, the MSU Denver volleyball team and the Human Performance and Sport Department will host the inaugural “Volley for Vets” at the Auraria Event Center Nov. 11 with game time set for 7 p.m. All veterans and active military members, as well as their families will receive free admission.

» Cross country earns all-conference award Metro had three cross country studentathletes recognized as allregion selections for their performance during the NCAA South Central Regional Championships. Senior Lauren Silacci grabbed all-region honors and on the men’s side, senior Nick Kadlec and junior Jason Carey were both named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-region team.

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» Perales named to RMAC all-tournament Freshman Korena Perales was named to the RMAC alltournament team on Saturday. Perales finished the season tied for second on the team in goals scored. She also scored Metro’s only goal in the semifinal game in the RMAC Tournament.

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Metro upset by Fort Lewis in quarterfinals

Metro defender Taylor Campbell, right, stops forward Brooke Stoermer from advancing up field Nov. 6 against Colorado School of MInes at Stermole Soccer Stadium. Roadrunner’s lost to Mines 2-1 in the semifinal. Photos by Abreham Gebreegziagher • agebreeg@ msudenver.edu

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu Having not suffered a loss since Sept. 30 at the hands of UCCS in double overtime, Metro men’s soccer did just that in the 3-0 loss against Fort Lewis in the first round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament Nov. 4. “Fort Lewis is always a good team,” head coach Jeremy Tittle said. “They were a good team when we beat them on Friday and they were a good team today. I look at our team and we came out a little bit nervous and didn’t play as fast as we normally like to play. The timing of us trying to move the ball around was a little bit off. They got up on a good goal early on us, and the second one was even better.” After the Skyhawks goal just three

Women’s soccer comes to a close By Robert Kemp rkemp9@msudenver.edu Metro women’s soccer lost their final game of the season Nov. 6 against Colorado School of Mines in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. The Orediggers jumped ahead early with a goal in the 17th minute. Sophomore goalkeeper Raeanna Rosales kept Metro in the game with five saves in the first half and nine total. Head coach Adrianne Pietz said, “When they got that goal they got a little bit more of the momentum of the game and, you know, we were just trying to play through it in the first half.” Nine minutes into the second half, the Orediggers scored their second goal of the game putting Mines ahead 2-0. “I thought in the second half, we definitely tried to create chances and go

forward,” Pietz said. The Roadrunners scored their first goal of the game in the 68th minute when freshman midfielder Korena Perales scored on a free kick from the left side of the goal. Following the goal by Perales, Metro went on the offense. In the final 20 minutes, Metro forced the Mines goalie to make four saves. The Oredigger defense managed to hold on and they took the match 2-1. The loss knocked Metro out of the tournament and ended their 2015 season. “Obviously we got the goal a little too late and a little too short,” Pietz said. “Credit to Mines today, they definitely deserved the win.” Mines would go on to defeat the Fort Lewis Skyhawks and win the tournament for the fifth year in a row. The Roadrunners ended the season with a record of 8-7-5 overall.

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minutes in, another was made at the 22nd minute off a deep kick from Fort Lweis’ Yannis Becker. The final goal was scored off a short breakaway shot from Tamino Kroeger, his second of the game. The Skyhawks outshot Metro 12-10, while the Roadrunners had only five shots on goal. Junior goalkeeper Hayden Rus had two saves on the day. The Roadrunners finished the season 13-4-2 overall (8-2 RMAC). “I know we’ve accomplished a lot this season,” Pietz said. “I know the players tremdously enjoyed themselves. They’ve worked super hard. The culture we’ve built this year has been fantastic. I can’t say enough about how much these guys really accomplished this year and they really put a stamp on the high quality play.”

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By Robert Kemp rkemp9@msudenver.edu The wind whipped sand in my eyes and the defenders attacked in a calculated frenzy. A tall blond kid slid in and tackled the ball away, sending me sprawling facefirst into the dust. “Get up! Come on Rob!” yelled my father. As I rubbed the dirt from my eyes I could see my father pacing the sidelines with clenched fists on his hips, the harsh New Mexico sun beating down on his golden hair. I climbed to my feet, muttering obscenities under my breath. It was September 2001 and I was in the eighth grade. My father was months away from retiring after 21 years of serving in the Air Force when 9/11 happened. After the towers fell, he was placed on stop-loss and

prevented from retiring until the country decided if they needed him for the coming war. At 13 years old, I had only the vaguest understanding of what that could mean for my father. As a boy, I couldn’t think past the game at hand. Time and again, I dribbled downfield only to be stopped cold by the tall blond boy. Each time the ball was taken, the humiliation mounted and my father got louder. He would shout, “What are you doing?” and shake his head in disgust. My father’s disappointment was a sinking weight in my chest and it felt like I was moving underwater. Mercifully, the game ended. When we got home my father said, “don’t take off your cleats,” and disappeared into his room. He reappeared wearing shorts and cleats of his own. He held a soccer ball and said, “Come on,” as he walked to the back yard. We stood facing each other and he set the ball down between us. “I know you’re better than that,” he said. He crouched into an athletic position and said, “We’re going to stay here until you get the ball past me.” I rolled my eyes in annoyance and readied myself. I dribbled the ball left. He blocked it. “Come on Rob! Why are you moving so

slow?” he said. I ignored him and feinted left, went right instead, and was blocked. I clenched my jaw in anger and went straight at him trying to humiliate him by passing the ball between his legs. He kicked the ball away so hard it bounced off the house. My body shook with anger and tears welled up in my eyes as I set up for another try. “What’s wrong with you?” he said. “I know you’re faster than this.” I wanted badly to hit him. I wanted to make him small. Instead, after a moment, I stopped shaking. I relaxed the balled fists at my sides and I felt something break inside of me. I exploded into motion and went left without hesitation. He lunged in an effort to block the ball but I was already past him. I set up again and again dribbled past him. He was too slow and I felt angry satisfaction at the sight of my father struggling to keep up with me. I was beating him. Whatever lesson he was trying to teach me was overshadowed by the terrifying realization that I was beating my father. I had never seen him lose at anything. Suddenly, I was afraid. Someone had just crashed a jet full of people into a building full of more people and my father was supposed to stop them. He had always seemed unbeatable. He

was like some sort of invincible force of nature. Now here he was sweating, just like any other man. He was breathing hard with his hands on his hips. “Now why couldn’t you have done that during the game?” he said. I wanted to tell him how afraid I was for him. Instead, I just said, “I don’t know.” He nodded and patted me on the back on his way inside. Over the next few weeks I busied myself, trying hard to ignore the fact that any day my dad could be gone. One morning, my father and I were watching Nickelodeon and we were laughing at something that happened to Spongebob when he turned to me and said, “Oh, did I tell you that they took me off stop-loss?” I shook my head. “Well, they did, so I don’t think I’m going anywhere,” he said. I resisted the urge to leap up and hug him. In the same casual tone I said, “Oh. That’s good.” We were quiet for a moment, then Spongebob ripped his pants and danced around singing a stupid song about it. We laughed so hard we turned red and tears rolled down our faces.

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MSU Denver Jazz Combos Location: Dazzle Jazz, 930 Lincoln St., Denver Time: 6 p.m.

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Tuesday Sunny

Broncos @ Colts L 24-27

Friday

Senior Recital: OnYoo Kim, soprano Location: King Center Recital Hall Time: 7:30 p.m.

Symphonic Band I Location: King Center Music and Dance Studio Time: 3 p.m.