Volume 38, Issue 20 - Feb. 4, 2016

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Volume 38, Issue 20 February 4, 2016

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News Enrolment falls as economy rises PAGE 3 >>

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Opinion

Flaws within perfection and a letter from the editor PAGE 4 >>

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Features Denverites spectate oddities in Rocky Horror PAGE 7 >>

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Check out review stew: Now with Kung Fu PAGE 8 >>

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Men’s Basketball hits tripple digits in 40-point victory PAGE 10 >>

Metro alumnus Dave Engelken, left, and Tricia Huth cross-country ski in Cheesman Park Feb. 2. Denver had a snowfall of 11 inches that caused multiple schools and businesses to close down for the day.

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Snowfall closes campus, businesses

By Pacific Obadiah

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On February 2nd, Auraria Campus closed due to inclement weather.

The closure of the tri-institutional campus shocked many students when they awoke to notifications from Auraria Higher Education Center

Tuesday morning, as it had been 4 years since the last closure due to snow.

The rare break gave students time to do some homework, sleep in and enjoy the snow.

In typical Colorado fashion, the sun came to melt the snow and classes resumed as normal the next day.

Jack Rianda, 10, and Oliva Spruce, 8, prepares a fresh block of snow to place on their fort. The two had a snow day along with several other school districts throughout Colorado after the overnight snow storm.

Jack Kerastas, 10, sleds down a hill at Cheesman Park after a push from his babysitter, Matt Greer, on Feb. 2. Greer is a MSU alumni and watches over Kerastas on his day off from school.

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February 4, 2016

LGBTQ center undergoes changes

By Luis Bustos & Joella Baumann lbustos@msudenver.edu jbauma17@msudenver.edu

The new year is ushering in many changes for the LGBTQ Student Resource Center on Auraria.

In an effort to maintain the inclusive nature of the program one notable change is a new name.

“Most of the acronyms you see now will start with ‘L’ for Lesbians. Men already have privilege in our society. We also wanted to add the “Q,” a lot of our students are identifying as queer,” Director Steve Willich said. “We are making a lot of changes in our infrastructure. We’ve got an assistant director, we’ve got an office renovation.”

In addition to the “Q,” the office also welcomed its new Assistant Director Rachel Green.

Green worked in student services for seven years at the

University of Illinois. Prior to that she worked in their women’s center and LGBT resource center.

“My work began in the antirape movement in Illinois where the recognition of the intersection of identities was integral to all work ending systems of oppression and disrupting privilege and power in our relationships,” Green said.

Another admin ushers in the opportunity for an increase in programs and support systems for students in need.

“The assistant director has been needed for quite a few years” Willich said. “I’ve been advocating for that since I got this position about five and a half years ago.It’s just too much for one person.”

Willich anticipates more safe zone training, more events and more representation of identities with Green on board. He hopes the different perspectives twill bring greater support for students.

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students recently attended the Creating Change Conference in Chicago, IL. MSU Denver sent a total of 19 students to the conference, including Jessiy Ramirez who attended 12 sessions.

“They ranged from campus life, youth on the streets, LGBTQ in the criminal justice system and their rights, all the way to parenting as a LGBTQ parent to having LGBTQ parents,” Ramirez said.

MSU Denver Grad student Alexandra Miller attended the trip from a social worker’s perspective.

“The environment that it created was extremely beneficial to me and would be to anyone no matter how they identify,” Miller said.

Students expressed a great appreciation for the trip which was funded in majority by the MSU Denvers Student Travel Program and other non-traditional funding programs. These included CU Denver’s Genders and Sexulality Alliance some funds from MSU

MSU Alumni Megan Fowler, left, and Assistant Director Rachel Green of the LGBTQ Student Resources Center returned from the Creative Change conference in Chicago this past week and intend to share their experience with students on campus Feb 03. Photo by Brandon Sanchez • bsanch36@msudenver.edu

financial opportunities such as Diversity Grants.

MSU Denver student and LGBT Alliance member Christina Baltzell said, “I definitely see myself attending the conference again, it is such an amazing learning experience.”

While the students attended the conference, the LGBTQ Student Resource Center continued

Economy boom, enrollment bust

Graphic by Logan O’brien

By Logan O’brien lobrien8@msudenver.edu

MSU Denver showed its first drop in enrollment in 2011, down 159 students, or 0.4 percent of the previous year’s enrollment. Every semester since has had slightly fewer students.

Like many other universities, MSU Denver has experienced a downtrend in student enrollment as the economy continues to grow.

While this was an expected forecast by the Office of Institutional Research the decline is happening quicker than what was budgeted for Spring 2016.

Each semester the university generates a report of full-time and part-time student enrollment numbers the day before the start of classes for the semester. The school is budgeting for a 3.72 percent decline in enrollment rates. Our actual decline is 4.9 percent lower than this time last year.

“The hard part is keeping it from becoming a positive feedback loop,” entrepreneur Philip Hayes said. “In other words as fewer students enroll, the school offers fewer classes, and as fewer classes are offered fewer students enroll because they can’t find the classes they need.”

The National Center for Education Statistic reported, “In 2013, young adults with a bachelor’s

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degree earned more than twice as much as those without a high school credential ($48,500 vs. $23,900) and 62 percent more than young adult high school completers ($48,500 vs. $30,000).”

Having a degree increases your chances of getting a job and the amount you will get paid, but people are still opting out.

“The Denver and Colorado economy is the fastest growing economy in the country right now,” Kishore Kulkarni, Ph.D. and professor of Economics said.

“Students are getting jobs outside, so they are going to school less and the enrolment is dropping.”

As enrollment drops and schools get less income, options become slim for incoming students.

Higher tuitions, fewer class variety and cuts in extracurricular spending are a few of the perils that higher education faces in lieu of lower enrollment.

Amy Wiet, a junior in the chemistry department, said that many of her classes, both in and out of the chemistry department felt emptier than usual. She had several friends drop out after getting jobs.

“If I got a good job I might do it too,” Wiet said, “I like my classes I guess, but I have to wonder, will this really help?”

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to undergo construction. The office is expected to reopen Feb. 8.

Willich expects that it might take another week or so for the office to “settle in.”

While office members are identifying to the new name, the MSU Denver and AHEC websites have not yet updated to the new name.

Campus political organizations seek student involvement

By Keenan McCall kmccall3@msudenver.edu With gaps emerging in the support for the Democratic presidential candidates on campus, student organizations are working to boost representation and increase student involvement.

Following months of campaigning, election year started off with a narrow victory at the Iowa Caucus for Hiliary Clinton, edging out Bernie Sanders. The race is far from over though, with Sanders gaining more support among students.

“We’re kind of outnumbered right now by the ‘Bernie Revolution,’” said Justine Sandoval, field and campus organizer for National Abortion Rights Action League and supporter of Clinton.

In response, groups like NARAL, who recently endorsed Clinton, are working to reach out to students on campus and get them involved.

“I think there are a lot of students who are very supportive of Hillary,” Sandoval said. “We just haven’t been here to find them and pull them out and that’s what our efforts are going to be right now —to really find our support on campus.”

Beyond finding more support for Clinton, the groups also want to improve political involvement by students.

“Our voices really do matter,” said Danielle Glover, Vice President of Young Democrats of America.

Glover said the untapped potential that young voters have should be utilized for creating serious change.

“What we do, if we turn out, people are going to be paying attention to it,” Glover said.

Others echoed this sentiment.

Brandon Smith, MSU Denver student and member of the Progressive Student Alliance, said he was eager to see more action taken to get students involved in politics.

“I just want students to get more involved in the political process, period,” Smith said. “Considering we make up a huge voting block and don’t vote at all, that’s where my focus is, getting more people involved in the process.”

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The problem with perfection

By Kelsey Nelson Knelso60@msudenver.edu Looking back at my freshman year of high school, I can distinctly remember getting a zero on my first math test for the year.

That’s right, a complete zero out of 100. The kicker was that I hadn’t left anything blank. I looked over at my friend whose test, in complete contrast, had gotten a perfect score.

I asked her how she had accomplished such a feat. “Oh, I guess it just comes naturally to me,” she said. I accepted then that I was just bad at math and vowed to avoid it.

Landing in my final semester of college with a 3.9 GPA and only one B, I can say for a fact that it did not come naturally for me. Even if perfect grades do come easily for some people, there is likely a worn-

out, self-stressed person behind them, less worried about learning and more about their GPA. This isn’t the student’s fault entirely, but rather a pressure that has culminated through grade-focused instruction over the years.

I would stay up late every night and obsess about whether an assignment I would be turning in the next day was perfect. I would study, arguably more than necessary, for exams in subjects I had no interest in. I didn’t want to experience the feeling of getting a zero again, as if that somehow defined something other than my performance on that one assignment.

That B I received was in a class I knew I was horrible at. I had only signed up for it because my best friend had convinced me we would take it together and she would help me. That was a fine plan, until she dropped out of school two weeks past the date for any refund and I was stuck. I tired myself out trying to prove that I could survive this class, not allowing myself any time to take a break. When final grades came, I resolved to never take a class in a subject I was bad at again.

This held true right up until

my first college zero.

When my paper was returned to my desk, I, in my infinite humility, glanced at the zero and assumed it was for someone else, until the person next to me noted that we were in the same boat. I looked at their paper with the bold red circle on it and back to my own. The zero was for me. Next to it was written, “Fact error.”

My professor explained that in journalism, it doesn’t matter if your whole article was perfectly written. If you had one fact error, you lost some of your credibility and did a disservice to the people you were trying to inform.

Instead of feeling the sinking feeling I had when I failed my math exam, I felt something different. I felt motivation. I knew I deserved that F, but I felt grateful that I had gotten it. I was able to learn an essential journalistic lesson in the safety of a classroom, rather than learning it the hard way through a failure in my work later.

Letting go of that need to be perfect, I began to take more risks.

It’s not that I stopped trying or let assignments pass me by without notice, but I cut myself the slack to take a break, and to allow myself the chance to make a mistake.

My writing improved once I wasn’t worried about the grade I

was going to receive.

When it came time to pick classes for my final semester, I signed up for something I’d always wanted to take: French. It wasn’t required for me to graduate and I’m not good at foreign languages.

In fact, I took Spanish every year in high school and never got above a D. If I don’t pass this class I don’t graduate. Of course that worries me, but not as much as missing out on something I really enjoy.

College is largely viewed as the time in a person’s life where they take risks. Next time you find yourself being indecisive, go ahead and take the risk. Even if I fail French, I’ll learn more than if I avoided it. Though I never got above a D in Spanish, without taking it I wouldn’t have been able to understand the elementary school kids I volunteered with in Costa Rica when they braided my hair and giggled, “gracias, señorita.”

When I jumped off a cliff into the ocean in Portugal, I wasn’t worried about failing because I couldn’t swim. Okay, that one isn’t the best example, but it does make for a good story. Sometimes what you learn while on the path of pursuing something is more important than the end result.

Dear neck beards: Thanks for the publicity

By Mary-Kate Newton mnewton5@msudenver.edu Dear vindictive internet trolls: I’d like to formally thank you for taking a break from your full time careers of being insufferable YouTube and Reddit harassers in order to call attention to my new writer Hannah Carnes’ opinion column last week.

It’s thanks to your passion that our website was able to garner over 3,200 hits on Thursday alone. My Web staff was astounded. You have single-handedly helped us hit our monthly website visit goal — we weren’t sure we would!

Further, I’d like to thank you for your feedback regarding my editorial decisions. I’m happy to assume credit for choosing to

publish this piece, and I stand behind Hannah 110 percent for her right to an opinion.

How astute some of you were, to notice this was her first attempt at published journalism. I’m delighted at how thoughtful her overnight fan base has become.

I certainly hope some of your predictions were right: “[Y]ou’ll be writing for the New York Times in a few years, you’ll fit right in.”

Thanks also for your questions regarding her use of commas. I think your confusion must have come from her lack of an Oxford comma toward the end of her article. I won’t get into detail (I don’t want to bother that pretty little neck beard sprouting head of yours), but newspapers omit the final comma of a series that precedes a conjunction.

I know, newspapers use big words and often require at least a third grade reading comprehension. But maybe one

day you’ll challenge yourselves to read things of more substance than online forum comments or the graffiti on your Ed Hardy T-shirts.

Perhaps then you’ll become passionate about something like racism, politics and generally harder hitting social issues than “vaping bros.” I never predicted e-cigarettes would spark more discussion than the Denver Police Department’s body cam program, the political rally on page one or even the #OscarsSoWhite opinion on the same page as Hannah’s piece.

As heinous as many of your comments were, Hannah has a whole staff of people supporting her, ready to take down the pathetic personal attacks you posted. Might I add, some of you must live with some crippling disdain for humanity. Honestly, life is too short to be so vitriolic, people.

I have to admit, some of them gave us a really good laugh. My favorite was, “You seem like the

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Outcasts united in oddness

By Luis Bustos lbustos@msudenver.edu

Two hundred thirty people waited outside the Esquire Theatre Saturday night for the midnight showing of “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

23-year long participant and current stage director Tom Finch said “We do the show live while the movie’s playing on the screen. I play Dr. Scott. Down here you don’t have to be PC.” Originally known for its premiere as a play in the UK, it was a massive success as a live musical in Los Angeles in September of 1975, the Rocky Horror Picture Show repeatedly sold out shows with it’s instant

cult following. Over 40 years after the fact, the film adaptation still breeds a notable fanbase. This was evident by the massive line outside the Esquire, composed of crossdressing men and women, along with teens and adults dressed in costumes or oversexualized night wear.

“I would say I’m a fan,” said Kenny Martinez, an attendee . “We’ll go with 32, 32 sounds safe. Rocky Horror is one of those things that attracts the freaks.”

Not only has the cast kept the crowds coming back throughout multiple generations, but they have performed at larger scale arenas like Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

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“People come to the show and they see everybody here as their family just because of how accepting of a culture it is,” Sutrina said. “They might be outcasts from society or from their family and they just come here and feel that acceptance.”

Dressed as Santa Claus, cult classic fan Garrett Hjelle said “[T]his is probably the coldest that I’ve ever waited out here for Rocky Horror. It’s an experience. I think most people should do it at least once.”

The event was home to diversity and vulgarity alike.

In accordance to tradition, first time viewers were marked with a lipstick “V” marking them as uninitiated “virgins.”

“I’ve seen clips, that’s about it,” said Tia Cast members Evelyn Bolinger (left) and Jenny Kiley (right) played the roles of Brad and Jannet for the Jan. 30 show. Cast Arnold, one such first members typically trade off roles for each show, ensuring a time attendee. unique experience for attendees.

Arnold came with her partner Bill Andrew, who didn’t tell her much about it to make the experience more fun.

At just nine dollars per ticket, anyone is welcome at the Esquire the last Saturday of every month.

“It’s one of those things that attracts obviously all the freaks, the people who are willing to step outside the ordinary culturally prescribed lines of what is cool and what is not cool,” Martinez said.

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Members of the Colorado’s Elusive Ingredient performance group play out iconic scenes from the film while fans jeer its cheesy plot. The group recently celebrated its 15th anniversary last November.

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Showing resolve with resolutions

By Shannen Ryan sryan33@msudenver.edu Education is an investment in yourself and your future, and making a resolution or setting small goals for the year ahead is no different.

The New Year often brings excitement and infinite possibilities for improvement, but the first days of this January quickly became the first week and now we are a month into 2016.

Have students already forgotten or abandoned their New Year’s Resolutions?

The new year is a chance to reinvent oneself and become healthier or happier.

With the stress of hectic class and work schedules though, students don't always have

the luxury of reflecting back on the past year or the time to set goals for the immediate future. "[People] want to strive for a goal that they want to achieve to make them a better person,” said MSU Denver literature and Japanese student Nick Bush, who said he aims to be more sociable and start a relationship this year. “Unfortunately, some people have a hard time keeping up that motivation throughout the entire year. It is a big change in someone's life, so after a while, they quit and go back to their normal life.”

Some do take the measures to keep up their motivation though.

"My resolution is to exercise twice a day," said Andrea Gallegos, an MSU Denver literature student. In her attempt to maintain

her goals, she is following different kinds of YouTube channels for different types of exercises where she can find a variety of guided workouts.

Others maintain their goals by setting them as the need arises. Brooke-lyn DiCaro, an MSU Denver student pursuing a major in Integrative Health Care, said she doesn’t make a large goal at the start of the year because of how hectic school can be.

“I felt at the time I had a lot going on and was just thinking ‘Alright, here goes another year of school to tackle,’” said DiCaro. “Throughout the year though, I decide to make changes when I feel I have an experience that makes a resolution necessary."

With the New Year, there is a chance

to reinvent oneself and become healthier, or happier. "[They] want to strive for a goal that they want to achieve to make them a better person. Unfortunately, some people have a hard time keeping up that motivation throughout the entire year. It is a big change in someone's life, so after a while, they quit and go back to their normal life. This motivation, both big and small, is what Bush sees as the vital point in keeping resolutions. “[People] lose motivation, and that's one of the key things that can make a person change who they are," Bush said In the end, our 'resolutions' are only as strong or effective as our dedication to see them through. Take it one day at a time and your resolutions, official or otherwise, will slowly help create the best version of you.

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“Kung Fu Panda 3”

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By Keenan McCall kmccall3@msudenver.edu Kung Fu Panda 3 isn’t a flawless end to the trilogy, but it’s still a fun film for new and old fans.

Set a short time after the second film, the story starts with Po (Jack Black), taking on the challenge of teaching others kung fu.

After a lack luster first attempt, Po learns from Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), that he must discover who he is before he can succeed at this new challenge, as well as move on to mastering the use of

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chi. Luckily Po’s long lost father Li Shan (Bryan Cranston), arrives in the village shortly after, offering to help Po in his quest of self-discovery and prepare him for a new threat that is fast approaching.

To be fair, the movie does have plenty going for it. What was already a fleshed out world is filled in further by showing the role Pandas played in the kung fu ruled universe.

The voice acting is spot on, even by new arrivals like Cranston, and music is still hair raising and exciting. Animation is great, with crisp and detailed CG graphics utilized to their fullest during big fight scenes.

The film falters with its writing and villain. After three entries, some of the jokes and comedic bits have definitely run their course and don’t feel quite as charming as they once did. There will still be moments that can bring a smile to anyone’s face, but the slapstick moments are many.

The villain of the story, Kai (J.K. Simmons), is also a let-down. He still presents a decent challenge for Po to overcome, but never stands out like the previous film’s antagonists did.

This bodes well for the quality of the characters in past installments, but is also disappointing considering this may have been the last foe we see Po take on.

That said, this is still a fun movie to watch and a good ending for the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Old fans will find plenty to love and new fans will have reason to check out the other entries.

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By Randi Muilenburg rmuilden1@msudenver.edu At the beginning of every month The Metropolitan will be introducing a book selected by someone within our office.

At the end of the month, we will review the book and share what we thought.

This month, reporter Randi Muilenburg has chosen “Dogs of Babel” by Carolyn Parkhurst

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Paul thinks his life is perfect until he comes home one day to find his wife, Lexy, dead. There are no details, no answers and no explanations. The only one who witnessed her death is their dog, Lorelai.

Paul decides the only option he has is to teach Lorelai how to talk so she can tell him what happened to his wife. He thinks it’ll be simple until it starts to lead him down a disturbing path with unexpected turns, forcing him to reevaluate his marriage, life and choices.

“This War of Mine: The Little Ones”

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By Pacific S. Obadiah pobadiah@msudenver.edu “In war, not everyone is a soldier.”

Over a year ago, 11 Bit Studios released their game, “This War of Mine,” onto PCs. It showcased a perspective not often seen in video games: the civilians.

Unlike other games, players aren’t tasked with charging into an enemy base and killing anything that moves, rather, they’re tasked with keeping a group of survivors alive during an ongoing conflict.

Now, the developers have released “This War of Mine: The Little Ones,” a console adaptation of their critically acclaimed success. It includes free updates, improvements and new settings that the developers added in last year. In addition to this, 11 Bit Studios has included a new console exclusive feature: children.

“This War of Mine” is broken into two major components, day and night.

During the day, you micromanage your survivors, ensuring they’re fed, well rested, healthy and happy. During the day, players are also responsible for crafting and building components of their home, which ranges from a weapons workshop and beds, to a moonshine distillery.

Depending on a player's actions, helping neighbors or stealing from other survivors, may make characters sad or depressed, whereas others could raise morale making the party members content.

These moods and statuses affect characters. For instance, having a wounded, tired, starving or sick member, will cause them to walk and perform actions at a snail's pace.

The second component of the game is night. At night, you assign your party members to either scavenge, guard,

sleep (on ground) or sleep in bed.

The party member players sent out to scavenge become the sole playable character and they’re tasked with seeking materials to build, food, medicine, weapon parts and other valuables.

There is a decently sized city map with up to 21 locations, some of which have several variations. For instance, a plaza map can be one of two things, a market full of traders or a sniper junction with wounded survivors and live ammunition being fired at the player.

Fortunately, not everything in “The Little Ones” is bleak. Throughout my play throughs, there were several stints in which everyone in my party was well fed and happy. These moments of blissful excess help contrast harder times and make players decisions feel more impactful.

The main feature of “The Little Ones” is the children themselves.

However, those who have played the original release will be disappointed with the lack of new content. While children add sizeable difficulty to a game and a few kid oriented craftables and activities, it doesn’t feel worth an extra 10 dollars.

Kids start off as useless extra mouths to feed, they can't guard at night and they can’t scavenge. But, players can teach the children to perform certain tasks, such as adding filters to the water purifier or making firewood. This helps clear up your other party members for actions such as cooking or construction.

Perhaps the most valuable thing this edition adds, is the innocent attitude that the children bring to the game.

In one playthrough, Sergei, a child, approached an adult character and asked why people fight. The insightful conversation tugs at one’s heartstrings.

This additional dialogue is interesting, but after a few interactions, it repeats and I found myself ignoring it.

This game will break your heart by forcing you to make tough choices. Can you justify stealing food from an elderly couple, if it means feeding the child in your group? How will you survive if raiders steal your last pieces of food?

“The Little Ones” will throw brutal challenges at player one after another. At it’s best, “The Little Ones” is insightful and dark, at its worst, it's an addictive balancing act.

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As video games have progressed as an art form, gamers have often tried to grasp this: how are video games separate from other media aside from the obvious fact that players interact?

Video games can, when given the chance, tell stories in interesting ways that only this medium can. Bloodborne is the perfect example.

Many games lack any kind of challenge for the audience. I’m not specifically speaking of gameplay, although Bloodborne is certainly challenging from a gameplay standpoint as well. Instead, the game refuses to give you any clear-cut answers.

Video games don’t often tell stories with ambiguity. A lot of games like to give you answers to everything. Even open worlds meant for exploration and world building make sure that the story is as clear cut as it can possibly be.

You might find new things to help supplement the story, but it isn’t necessary to search for them in most games.

Bloodborne, however, isn’t most games. The game expects the player to dig for the story and piece things together.

Bloodborne not only asks its audience to go on a difficult journey filled with terrifying monsters and tough boss battles, the likes of which will truly test your mettle, but also to make sure you read the texts on every item you find and figure out the meaning of what nonplayable characters are telling you.

In some runs you might get enough answers to craft a huge story. Bloodborne makes sure to only give you enough information to interpret the events of what happen, not to explicitly tell you what happened.

What’s most interesting is how Bloodborne expects you to get hold of this information. There is a cast of loveable characters, but a great deal of Bloodborne’s story and lore actually comes from whether or not you decide to read item descriptions.

For instance, you might fight a boss, but you’ll learn more about your adversary if you read the text on the item he/she (or it) drops. Sometimes these can lead to revelations.

The game doesn’t give you a ton of cut scenes to explain the story either, but if you find all the items and read all the text to accompany them, as well as talk to all the non-playable characters, you’ll start to piece together Bloodborne’s story.

There are times when playing Bloodborne is like being given a book with a few pages missing. It is up to the player to fill in the pages themselves.

Bloodborne always gives you enough to keep exploring, but never enough to keep you from thinking about the events which transpire. There are no definite answers, but you can certainly go online and find many different interpretations and some form of group consensus on what happens and what it all means.

Very few games beg the player to think the way that Bloodborne does and very few have built a community around this thought process. This is the unique gift developer FromSoftware has provided for players.

Bloodborne isn’t just a game, it’s a subculture full of stories, interpretations of those stories and players who continue to explore the world it provides.

The players are always finding more insight, but never acquiring enough of it to figure out just what the events mean.

The multiple endings add to this. Which one is the true ending? It doesn’t matter.

What matters is what you make of the events and how you got to them.

For those willing to dive, Bloodborne is one of the most rewarding games ever, because it rewards inquisitive players, builds a community and does so without belittling its audience. So many games are concerned that their audience doesn’t “get it,” but Bloodborne makes sure to give its audience credit by allowing them to build the story just as much as the game itself does.

It’s the perfect symbiosis of a creator and an audience working in tandem to build a story. Bloodborne invites the player to participate in the storytelling instead of just pushing the story forward.

This is what makes Bloodborne an astonishing achievement in video games and why I think it’s the best game of 2015.

Seldomly do games come along that remind you why you play them in the first place and show you the power video games have as an entertainment medium.

The Witcher 3 drew me in deeper than any other entertainment experience I’ve had in years. The game gave me an entire world brimming with discovery, emotional personal stories and all the grand fantasy monster hunting in between.

In The Witcher 3 you play as Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster hunter known as a Witcher, who’s gone through mutations to become the best killing machine he can be. The main driving force of the game is Geralt trying to find out what’s happened to the girl who he has a fatherly bond to.

This quest takes you across multiple locales, like the serene countryside village of White Orchard, the barren tundra and swamps of No Man’s Land, great medieval cities like Novigrad and the freezing Skellige Islands.

Geralt’s role as a Witcher is almost a necessary evil to the world. Villages call on him with contracts when monsters threaten them, but otherwise he’s discriminated against and called a “freak” or worse.

This casts you as a player in an interesting role at times, of being an outsider, causing you to question whether these people deserve your help or not. The choice is always up to you of course.

While traveling through the expansive world, Geralt often stumbles upon random quests and people needing help. These quests can end up turning into something much larger and more meaningful.

Whether you’re running into a major character from The Witcher 2 or learning about a bride’s tragic wedding day tale as you figure out how to put her vengeful spirit to rest. It feels like there’s an interesting tale waiting around every corner of The Witcher 3, and oftentimes there really is.

Although The Witcher 3 is a grand fantasy tale, it has some surprisingly personal stories. The main arc is really about building a relationship between Geralt and his daughter Ciri, even as you meet many other characters along the way the main crux of the story always relates back to the two’s relationship.

Although much of the game comes down to player choice, Geralt does have a

voice of his own. He’s a gruff character, who tries to do the right thing but also knows to look out for himself above all. There’s wiggle room for you to make Geralt who you want, like if you want him to be a gruff overbearing father figure who decides what his daughter does or a father that accepts his daughter’s own free will and sense of duty?

There’s an entire quest line built around a character named “The Bloody Baron.” This militaristic warlord has taken over a city in No Man’s Land and instituted his own martial law. Geralt stumbles upon the city while looking for Ciri and ends up getting a request from the Baron to find his missing wife and daughter.

You quickly find out this isn’t your average missing persons case however. Over the course of 10 plus hours, the story evolves more and more as Geralt finds out the truth about a family torn apart by alcoholism, miscarriage and a father wracked with guilt and struggling to do what’s right.

A fantasy epic like The Witcher was the last place I expected to find such emotional topical issues, but sure enough they were there. “The Bloody Baron” quest is an example of the kind of themes that emerge multiple times over The Witcher 3.

Geralt is a monster hunter by trade and there’s so many things in the game that reinforce that. You find contracts posted on boards in cities, from there you contact the poster and go to areas where the monster was sighted or some kind of violence committed.

Here, you use Geralt’s “Witcher Sense” to investigate the scene and figure out what you’re up against. Afterwards, you read the bestiary entry for the particular monster you’re facing and devise a strategy to what traps are most effective, what oil to coat your blade with and what magic signs to use. The Witcher 3 truly makes you feel the part of a master monster hunter.

When a game can draw you into its world and characters and make you truly feel like a part of it, that’s special. The Witcher 3 makes you feel for its characters, questioning what your decisions will do to them and ultimately what you cherish the most. It’s an experience that I could spend countless hours in and one I doubt will be topped for some time to come.

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Metro dominates one-win Mustangs

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu

» Dobbinson ties alltime scoring record

Senior guard Tony Dobbinson scored a career-high 40 points tying the all-time single-game record at Metro. The Roadrunners won 95-88 against New Mexico Highlands Jan. 29 at the Auraria Event Center.

» Track competes in CO Mines Division II Invite

Track & Field competed in the Colorado Mines Division II Invite Jan. 30 in Golden.

Junior Sarah Hughes competed in Metro’s only field event, the triple jump. She placed fifth with a jump of 11.37 meters.

Junior Lily Armijo placed 15th in the women’s 60-meter dash with a time of 8.49 seconds while sophomore Glen Taylor placed 17th with a time of 7.41 seconds in the men’s.

For the full list of final scores, go to roadrunnersathletics.com

» Baseball set to host home opener at The RAC Metro baseball will kick off the Spring season at The Regency Ahletic Complex Feb. 5. The Roadrunners will take on Nebraska-Kearney in a tripleheader Feb. 5-7 while softball begins in California against Western Oregon.

The final score was a big indicator of one of the conference’s best and worst.

Metro (13-8, 11-4 Rocky Mountain) hit triple digits, scoring their highest game of the season in the 100-60 win over Western New Mexico (1-19, 1-14 RMAC) Jan. 30 at the Auraria Event Center.

Senior forward DeShawn Phenix earned Player of the Game, hitting a game-high 26 points, adding eight rebounds while going 8-for-9 from the field and 4-for-4 from beyond the arc.

He and five other Roadrunners scored in double digits, collectively shooting 54 percent from the field to the Mustangs 31 percent in the 40-point victory.

“The guys are just trusting each other more,” head coach Derrick Clark said. “We had 16 assists last night and 18 tonight, so guys are just trusting each other a lot more and we’re going to the next step instead of the ball sticking and players going one-on-one.”

Metro, however, did fall behind early trailing Western New Mexico 8-2 in the first half, led by Mustangs’ guard Steven Loucks.

He set a new career-high 26 points, including hitting the first eight for WNMU. Senior guard Tony Dobbinson, who set his own career-high (40) the night before, stopped the run knocking down a 3-pointer at the top of the key.

Metro would take their first lead of the game six minutes into the first half when Phenix hit a mid range jumper to go up 11-9. The Roadrunners would not relinquish its lead, not just for the half but the

remainder of the game.

“I’ve just been trying to get easy baskets in transition,” Phenix said.

“We have quick guys, Peter, Tony and Brian, that can push the ball in transition and we just basically told them to go. That was the key.”

The Roadrunners had just four fast break points, two in the first half, but were often quick to set up their half-court offense. The fast-moving Metro players became open and scored within seconds of the shot clock.

Western New Mexico trailed Metro 50-17 at halftime.

The Mustangs shot better in the second half, raising their shot percentage from 14.8 percent in the first to 44.1 percent. Loucks continued to take matters into his own hands, scoring the first four points out of the gate and finishing with 17 second half points.

The Roadrunners offense was still too much for the Mustangs as Metro players traded shots with one another throughout the game. The largest lead came at the 4:23 mark in the second half when Phenix stepped just outside his range and made a 3-pointer putting the Roadrunners up by 47 points, 50-97.

“We have a lot of guys that are talented and can put the ball in the basket,” junior forward Andre Harris said. “Anybody can go off on any given night and tonight, everyone scored except for one person. I think we finally found a groove and we’re connecting so things are working out.”

Everything was working on all cylinders as Metro’s bench outshot WNMU 42-12. The Roadrunners also won on the boards, out rebounding the Mustangs 49-30.

Sophomore guard Peter Moller draws a foul as he drives the lane against a Western New Mexico defender at the Auraria Event Center on Jan 30.

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The Roadrunners have won six of the last seven games, but things haven’t always been positive. They began the season with a 2-6 record, all non-conference. However, having four new players in the starting lineup from the previous season can make it difficult to start strong. It takes time to develop team rapport and in-game action is one of the best ways to build it.

“With 10 new guys, there’s always an issue of getting comfortable with one another,” Clark said. “It’s a long process.

They’re trusting each other and sharing the basketball and we’re getting stuff in transition. So, it’s just a process and our players are doing a good job of staying with it.”

Tennis suffers loss in road openers

By Nick Reilly

» Hangstefer prepares for road matchups

Head coach Daniel Hangstefer will lead his men’s and womnen’s tennis teams to tough Division I matchups against Colorado State and Air Force. The men will travel to Colorado Springs Feb. 5 to face the Falcons, while the women take on the Rams in Ft. Collins Feb. 6.

nreilly1@msudenver.edu Metro men’s and women’s tennis teams were both dealt defeating season openers on the road Jan. 31.

The men’s team traveled to Colorado Springs to take on Abilene Christian losing 6-1. The only victory for the Roadrunners came from freshman Joey Tscherne at No.2 singles spot over Abilene Christian’s Nico

Agritelley. Coming off a great last season, as well as being named to the preseason all-RMAC team, Tscherne won the match 6-4, 6-3.

“Joey has a lot of upside and plenty of talent,” said head coach Daniel Hangstefer. “He played a smart match and it was fun to see him come out with a win. I think we are in a healthy situation overall with the team. We are a young team with a lot to learn, but I think overall they’re taking everything in stride.”

The score shows losses for

Metro but still a number of the matches were close ones. In the No. 1 singles position was junior Josh Graetz who lost two sets with a score of 6-3 and 6-1. Senior Porter Emery participated in the No. 4 singles position losing a close one with a score of 6-3 and 6-4.

“Josh Graetz and Porter Emery have done a very good job being leaders,” Hangstefer said. “I will continue to look at them to lead this team forward. The important thing is that the players continue to trust the process and the system

that is in place.”

The men’s team travels back to Colorado Springs Feb. 29 to compete against Colorado College.

The women’s team took their talents to Greeley and opened up their season against Northern Colorado to fall short 7-0.

The match took place indoors because of inclement weather.

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“The women competed very well. Even though the score was 7-0, a lot of the matches were very competitive,” Hangstefer said. “I feel that the women are in a good place. Right now we are focused on taking one day at a time. While we have big goals, I often tell the team that they have to focus on the present. If we take care of the present moment, the goals will eventually happen.”

After the loss, Metro falls to 4-4 on the season and Northern Colorado improves to 2-0.

The women’s team will travel to Fort Collins on Feb. 6 to face Colorado State.

They will play their first home match at The Auraria Event Center March 4 against Weber State University.

The men will have their home opener March 16 when they face Dallas Baptist University.

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Lady Runners outshoot Western New Mexico

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu The Roadrunners were aggressive on both ends of the floor as Metro dominated Western New Mexico 99-56 at the Auraria Event Center Jan. 30.

Metro got off to a quick start with a 23-3 run in the first three minutes. Led by sophomore guard J’Nae Squires-Horton, she notched eight points and two steals during that stint. Squires-Horton finished with 23 points and five rebounds, earning Player of the Game.

“Yesterday we came out extremely slow so it was important for us to come out and jump on this team in the first quarter and continue that throughout the game,” Squires-Horton said. “I think we had great energy from the beginning of the game and we were just ready to play.”

The Roadrunners finished the first quarter up 32-8.

In the second quarter, Metro continued to attack the boards, combining for 20 defensive rebounds allowing the Mustangs only one shot possession. That led to eight fast break points for the Roadrunners, upping their shot

percentage. Metro outshot Western New Mexico 51 percent to 31 percent in the first half.

“It means a lot. We’ve been in a little bit of a slump lately and a game like this will really get our momentum going,” SquiresHorton said. “For me to contribute like that, it really means a lot to my team and myself.”

The Roadrunners continued to increase their lead in the third quarter, outshooting the Mustangs 35-20. They led by as many as 42 points midway through the third.

Sophomore guard Georgia Ohrdorf finished with 22 points, while forward Emily Hartegan and Hannah Stipanovich scored 14 and 13 points, respectively.

“Everybody had an attacking mentality, kind of what we’ve been talking about, that patient attack,” head coach Tanya Haave said.

“Something just clicked tonight.

Our transition worked well and Squires-Horton was really hot in the first half having 21. That just loosened it up for everyone else.

You have a big lead and it just snowballs. So I’m hoping we’re able to keep that attacking mentality.”

With the win, the Lady Runners improved to 9-12 overall and 7-8 in the RMAC while the

Metro gaurd Jna’e Squires Horton goes up for a layup against Western New Mexico Jan. 30 at the Auraria Event Center. She earned Player of the Game scoring a game-high 23 points.

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Mustangs fell to 7-13 overall and 5-10 in RMAC play. The last time Metro scored more than 99 points

in a game was December 3, 2011 when they defeated Western New Mexico 109-47.

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Are we about to witness Manning’s last rodeo?

By Tia Terlaje tterlage@msudenver.edu With changes in management and new quarterbacks in the recent decade, it was difficult for the Denver Broncos to become Super Bowl material.

This season, John Elway brought back former coaches Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips to change that. It was a match made in football heaven. Kubiak, a former Bronco himself, and Phillips’ dominant defensive line has taken all the elements of the puzzle and pieced it together.

Here’s a fun fact: Coach Kubiak is the only person who has appeared as a player and head coach for the same team in the Super Bowl.

The Broncos will compete against the league’s team to beat, the Carolina Panthers, at Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara,

California Feb. 7.

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has been all over the media because of his boisterous personality and this being his first Super Bowl appearance.

This will be Manning’s fourth, appearing twice with the Indianapolis Colts – taking home a ring in 2007 – and second with the Broncos. Manning was guided under a different head coach each time.

There is a 13-year age gap between the quarterbacks. Manning was catching footballs from his father, former NFL quarterback Archie Manning III, long before Newton was born.

Offensively, the on-field performance of the newcomer and the veteran will be viewed under extensive scrutiny. Age ain’t nothing but a number, right? Get ready for all the witty commentator responses.

The Panthers are the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense. Led by Newton, he is the only quarterback to throw for 35 touchdown passes a nd r u n for 10 TD’s i n t he sa me season.

The Broncos have the No. 1 defense allowing only 283 yards per game. So here you have two No. 1’s on each side of the ball. Simply, the best against the best. (You ready, Von?) After the Broncos defeated the Patriots to win the AFC Championship game in Denver

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Jan. 24, Manning was seen under the celebration confetti thanking New England head coach Bill Belichick for all the years of fierce competition.

Cameras captured a moment that may confirm the nearing end, as Manning tells Belichick in his ear that this might be his last rodeo. Belichick responded by saying he was “a great competitor.”

Many have been speculating that Manning may be approaching the final days of his career. However, neither he nor any other members of the organization have

publicly announced his retirement, so who knows.

Super Bowl 50 will be a performance that we will all remember. This may be the biggest football game of our time. That will be decided when the clock runs out Sunday night.

Denver is familiar with close, nail-biting games so be prepared for another. Future generations will continue to speak about this game for many years to come. May the champions of champions reign. Go Broncos!

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Overheard this week

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Capricorn

You will start growing your own crop of hemp.

“What’s with all this snow. It’s not even December.”

Cancer

June 21 -July 22 You need to get back into the fitness center. All that partying is taking its toll.

Leo

Aquarius

You’ll have to start living life on the run after kidnapping the last panda in Denver.

“It’s cold but my boots have been sufficient.”

July 23 -August 22

Pisces

You need to learn how to properly use Snapchat.

Virgo

“It sounds like an excuse. That’s all I’m saying.”

Make a flat Stanley and take him on your adventures.

“Bossed people around.”

You will go to the barber shop and ask for the “Gumby” cut.

Libra

March 21 -April 19

“Sorry I’m so clingy. This 3600 miles of distance isn’t helping at all.”

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August 23 -September 22

Aries

“Dont even talk to me about sleepy. I’m delirious.”

“Homework.”

You’ll get weird looks from the helpers while shopping for your girlfriend at the lingerie store.

February 19 -March 20

“I missed you as soon as I got here.”

“Photographed.”

—Brandon Sanchez

January 20 -February 18

“The land speaks to you.”

—Mary-Kate Newton “Office work.”

—Pacific Obadiah

September 23 -October 22 It’s not all about your looks.

“Homework.”

Scorpio

Taurus

No more harem pants!

Gemini

1. Chow 2. Carson’s successor 3. Revise 4. Remarkable

November 22 -December 21 Maybe try to smoke one less joint this week.

5. Custom 6. Clapton and Roberts 7. Pass along 8. Lucille ____ 9. School subj.

10. Mail friend (2 wds.)

11. More unusual 12. Drizzles 13. Exchange

—Alyson McClaran

Sagittarius

May 21 -June 20

63. Ladder step 64. Shopping frenzy 65. Went fast 66. Simple Down

“Made Pictures.”

Cut back on the coffee.

I’m the scariest jack in the pumpkin patch. Float like my jumper wet, sting like a bumblebee. I swing like a lumber jack, go back when I’m up at bat.

—Mike Tolbert

October 23 -November 21

April 20 -May 20

“It’s a blessing and a curse.”

Across 1. Narrow valley 5. Seasoning plant 9. Tennis, e.g.

14. Decorator’s advice 15. Realm 16. Fragrant wood 17. Single thing 18. Invoice 19. Calcutta’s country 20. ____ garden 22. Await judgment 23. Flag-maker ____ Ross 24. Thinly distributed 26. String instrument 29. Brunch, e.g.

30. Items of value 32. Supplies workers 33. Wail 36. Under the weather 37. Closest 39. Water (Fr.) 40. New (prefix) 41. Hearing organs 42. Builds 44. Fails to exist 45. Fidgety 46. Crossword direction 49. Paper measures 52. Small nail 53. Conclude 57. Uncanny 59. Complexion woe 60. Mellowed 61. Itty-bitty 62. Increase

15

What did you do during the snow day?

December 22 -January 19

Hear or see something that makes you laugh?

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

February 4, 2016

21. Tidiness 24. Taste or smell 25. Seasoned beef 26. Self-centered 27. Capri or Man 28. Norwegian capital 29. ____ West of Hollywood 31. Penn and Connery 32. “____ Doubtfire” 33. Faction 34. Stable morsels 35. Active 38. Music or painting 43. Catch 44. Antiseptic substance 46. Helps a crook 47. Crawl 48. Less frequent 49. Brief review 50. Bert’s buddy 51. Fix 53. Labels 54. Spanish water 55. Certain bills 56. Uneasy 58. Sight organ

Source: OnlineCrosswords.net

Sudoku

Difficulty: Easy

Difficulty: Medium

Answers:

@themetonline

www.msudenver.edu/campusrec

303-556-3210

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