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Sex week ends with a drag and a promising artist emerges PAGE 6 >>

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Celia Gearin waits for the bus to take her to school at Colorado Center for the Blind the morning of Feb. 10. Gearin is from Maysville, GA and was born blind. She came to Colorado to participate in a 9-month program to learn skills to become more independent. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

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AHEC dismisses campus parking struggles Auraria Campus has a parking capacity of 6,175 spaces to accommodate its 45,000 students and staff.

For the plethora of people on campus

there are 12 parking lots and three parking garages. The Auraria Higher Education Center’s Chief of Staff, Blaine Nickeson, said that students heavily utilize transit, both bus and light rail, to access the campus along with utilizing parking space which is adequate.

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additional spaces, however, Nickeson said, “The 5th Street Garage cost $20 million to build,or roughly $22,000 per space.”

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Sanders rally draws a crowd of 18,000 in Denver

By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu Coloradans wrapped around the perimeter of the convention center twice to show support for Bernie Sanders.

Three weeks prior to the Colorado Caucus, Senator Sanders delivered a speech before the 83rd annual Democratic State Dinner. According to Colorado for Bernie Sanders event administrator Eric Joseph, there were over 18,000 supporters.

The Denver Fire Marshal capped entry into the Convention Center at 12,000 people. Volunteers and

supporters who couldn’t enter were greeted by Sanders’ wife outside in line.

Outside the Convention Center, thousands gathered and showed their support for the presidential candidate in different ways. Some wore baby blue shirts with “Sanders” printed on them beneath homemade banners, others sold buttons and some promoted Sanders pledges’ for the Colorado Caucus approaching March 1.

Ammora Collins said she admired Sander’s ethics.

“Healthcare across the board for every single person should be a human right, not something that’s a corporate

profit. It’s about the people,” Collins said.

According to “Health Insurance Facts” published at cdc.gov, an estimated 35.7 million Americans do no not have health insurance. This makes up just above 11 percent of the population.

“He obviously has the charisma, that’s one thing,” supporter Max Kirschenbaum said. “It’s just so ridiculous to think we’re going to get rid of all these illegal immigrants.

I’m really on board with trying to find a road to get them citizenship.”

In a 2012 study, an estimated 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants were estimated to live within the United States according to pewhispanic.org. Including undocumented immigrants, the United States is home to close to 47 million people who do not have reliable health insurance.

In the rally, opening performances from “The Samples” and “Flobots” had the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd roaring with applause and cheers. DU’s Eddie Martinez said “The Flobots! Bernie always knows what the people want.” anders delivered more than just energy. He covered everything from the higher education reform and equal gender pay, to wealth inequality.

“The powers that run this country, corporate America, Wall Street and large campaign donors, are so powerful no candidate alone can bring about the transformation that working families and the middle class need,” Sanders said.

Beneath the stage lights of his podium Sanders delivered his speech. Often muffled beneath the roars of the crowd, from millennials to boomers, Sanders received corresponding hollers and chants to nearly every line spoken. “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!” cheered the crowd.

“He wants to bring us together,” supporter Stephanie Folk said, “we’re not a black country, a white country, an asian country, a Christian country, he wants to make it America! We want to make it work for everybody.”

Bernie Sanders pumped his fists for the Broncos SuperBowl 50 win at his rally on Feb. 13 at the Convention Center.

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Ethnic eatery to replace Taco Bell

By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu The Taco Bell site in Tivoli Student Union is up for lease, leading Auraria Higher Education Center to call for bids on an ethnic food option for students.

The proposed restaurant will provide a new food service option beyond the ones that already exist in the Tivoli. The winning bid must provide a form of ethnic food while also serving vegan and vegetarian students, as well as creating morning menu options for early risers.

The vendor who wins the bid must also deliver a percentage of their profits back to the school.

The student-led Food Service Advisory Committee is responsible for dining options on campus. With the expiration of the Taco Bell lease approaching, FSAC saw an opportunity to increase food diversity on campus.

“It’s important that students know that Auraria campus does take their opinion seriously and that we are a student-driven campus,” said Jackee Leonard, tenant relations coordinator.

After reporting their recommendations to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, AHEC released the bid requirements to vendors.

Vendors must submit their bids to AHEC

by March 2, 2016. The winner is expected to be announced on April 4, with operations commencing no later than August 15. The new tenant must maintain a dollar value menu and run a socially responsible business, such as sourcing their ingredients from local vendors and producing employment opportunities for students.

“I think that’s a good idea, variety is not a bad thing ever,” said Elizabeth Shields, a MSU Denver student.

Part of the contract terms the winning vendor must accept is that they listen to student demands and appetites.

Taco Bell currently occupies the space that will soon be vacant and avaiable for a new eatery.

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“Indian food would be awesome,” said MSU Denver student Nicolas George. “I’d like to see some actual mexican food, or some authentic Asian food too. I’m tired of the americanized ‘ethnic’ cuisine.”

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Auraria Campus students have issues with finding avalible parking on campus.

Students chose to park illegally on Feb. 16 which led to a parking ticket. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu <<From Cover “There are no immediate plans to build additional parking on campus,” Nickeson said.

While many students rely on public transit for their morning commute, winter weather and low gas prices may be contributing to full parking lots. By mid-morning many cars can be seen circling through full lots across campus.

MSU Denver student Drew Miller said finding parking has been frustrating when it causes him to be late for classes.

“I usually find a spot at the light rail station or circle around ‘til I can find something,” said Miller.

Entering the sixth week of the spring semester, there are still problems with students finding a parking spot, despite typical patterns of previous semesters.

“In general, as the semester gets underway and we get past the first week or two of classes, parking becomes much easier on the campus,” Nickeson said.

There is also a question of whether the students who bought a semester pass are

Jose Marquez places a parking ticket on a car in front of the Tivoli. Marquez said that parking lots have been completely filled this semester and people have began to illegaly park in lots, causing an increase in the amount of tickets he has had to write. Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz26@msudenver.edu getting their money’s worth if they can’t find parking.

“There are two semester pass options,” Nickeson said, “A parking permit in a designated lot, which guarantees space, and a parking passport, which provides a discount rate on parking, but is not guaranteed.”

“While parking may not always be available in a student’s preferred parking lot, there generally is always space available somewhere on campus, the first week of school being the exception,” said Nickeson.

MSU Denver student Christina Carney

said to possibly fix this problem she would like to see more parking garages being built.

However, Carney doesn’t want to see tuition go up in order to make this possible.

With no plans for another parking garage in the near future, students will have to make do with the parking there is, arrive a little earlier for a preferred spot and give it some time for the parking spaces to possibly open up as classes continue.

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Pacific Obadiah pobadiah@msudenver.edu I am somewhat of a future-phile, which is why Soylent appealed to me. It’s advertised as a drink that could replace a meal, with its bland taste engineered so you can drink it all day, everyday.

Let’s face it, if you’re anything like me, you probably don’t eat the healthiest foods, and you definitely snack a lot. So when Soylent claimed that it was a healthy well-balanced alternative, I needed to try it out.

First released in 2014, Soylent was a powder drink that one mixed themselves. Not too long after that, Soylent was tweaked and modified as each addition boasted better

nutritional value. It wasn’t long before Soylent jumped to a much more convenient, and accessible method: Soylent 2.0.

Coming pre-bottled, with 400 calories per bottle, all you have to do is open the outer and inner seals, then drink. Soylent is a meal in a bottle, claiming it has all of the the nutrition and fiber a well balanced meal would provide, in addition to only being $3 per bottle.

While this affordable alternative sounds like the meal of the future, I believe it isn’t here to stay, at least not in its current form.

One of the features Soylent boasts is its tastelessness. When first opening up a Soylent, I was shocked to find it so bland. But as the days went on, and I drank more Soylent, I started to notice a somewhat chalky aftertaste. This, in addition to my immense cravings for solid food, did not

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Would you drink your meals? bode well for the product.

Halfway through my week of Soylent, I decided to test it an alternative way. I would eat one solid meal a day, and then use Soylent to replace my other two meals.

Ideally, this would help diminish any cravings I might

more satisfying, drinking Soylent became a hassle. In fact, this method only made my cravings worse, and I found myself only looking forward to my solid meal at the end of the day.

While in concept, Soylent seems like a neat idea, in execution it fails to deliver. An all, or mostly liquid diet is unsustainable, and unsatisfying.

While Soylent works well to replace a meal if you’re in a rush, the pros hardly outweigh the cons. Even the convenience Soylent provides is greatly diminished due to the fact that it is most enjoyable when chilled.

Bottom line: While Soylent works well, and is mostly fi lling, the future isn’t here yet. At least, not while burgers and fries remain so tasty.

When first opening up a Soylent, I was rather shocked to find it so bland. But as the days went on, and I drank more Soylent, I started to notice a somewhat chalky aftertaste. This, in addition to my immense cravings for solid food, did not bode well for the product. have, in addition to fulfi lling any calories Soylent didn’t cover.

I had my first solid meal at the end of my third day, french fries and a burger. Eating those fries after my liquid meals, was perhaps one of the most enjoyable sensations I’ve had. Though, it did leave me feeling stuffed, returning to chewing my food was blissful, I regretted it almost immediately.

While this method was much

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Luis Bustos lbustos@msudenver.edu Segregated smoking areas around campus aren’t only unnecessary, they’re petty.

Administered by the Auraria Higher Education Center, there are 10 designated smoke spots around campus.

Somewhere along the lines when trying to vilify tobacco companies, we vilified smokers.

Millennials often pride themselves on how welcoming and inclusive thier generation is, when it comes to smokers.

As a former smoker, i can attest to how people respond to even the slightest puff of smoke. People look

up from their iPhones and say, ‘‘Ewe, what is that smell?’ or ‘I only smoke stuff that doesn’t kill me.’’

Drawing a parallel to other lifestyle choices, if someone responded to two men displaying affection on campus with similar ‘‘Ewe, what is he doing?’’ An uproar would be likely.

If someone were to comment on a woman dressed provocatively with, “I only wear stuff that won’t get me raped,” the comment would most likely lead to national attention, maybe even result in Amber Rose organizing a Slutwalk on campus.

To elaborate, I draw attention to these parallels not because I’m comparing same sex love or empowered women to toxic smoke,

but comparing the principles. If who we love and what we wear aren’t anybody’s business, why isn’t the same said about what we smoke? Even if others disapprove it’s essentially disagreeing with someone’s lifestyle.

While segregation of smokers may be reasonable in restaurants or pubs, AHEC has gone too far in segregating the outdoors.

Nonsmoking freshman at MSU Denver Beatriz Barrera said, “There are places to dispose of cigarettes everywhere.

Although smoking is harmful, we’re out in the open. If disposed properly, I don’t think they should be

If who we love and what we wear aren’t anybodies business, why does it matter what we smoke? Even if it rubs others the wrong way.

shunned.”

Is AHEC going to continue flirting with fascism by micromanaging lifestyle choices such as smoking?

MSU Denver’s academic recruiter Ambrosio Rodriguez said, “There are more important things that we should be focusing on than the fact that somebody’s smoking.”

In between classes, lunch breaks, or at the end of a rough day, is it truly AHEC’s place to decide where smoke belongs?

Of course there are valid reasons for these policies. In this case, the reasoning is health concerns with people on campus.

By the logic AHEC has presented, if your lifestyle is perceived as too toxic by the average Joe, then you don’t belong with the masses.

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Emerging artist wows with striking detailed art Story and photo by Brandon N. Sanchez bsanch36@msudenver.edu A portrait artist is heating up Denver’s art scene with her new exhibit.

Amy Lee Lummus’s “Love, Line, Joshua and Jane” connects viewers through the stories of 18th century English novelist Jane Austen. As viewers walked through the Tryst Lounge, located near Denver’s Larimer Square on 15th Street, they immediately felt engaged by the paintings.

“I really like how she does people and the portraits are just really outstanding,” said Anne Welch, an art enthusiast attending the exhibit. “They seem alive.”

When asked what was one of her key influences, Lummus pointed to higher education.

“I believe my seminal experience was my senior year of college,” Lummus said. “My university hired a new painting professor who approached her flock of students like a hunter with a shotgun rather than the

wind beneath their wings.

Her constant and innovative denigration of my work lead me to often question myself and my choices.”

The evening’s exhibit, displayed Feb. 12, kicked off with laughter, wine and excitement. The art grabbed the attention of many attendees.

“I love how she brings the characters to life, the Jane Austen stories were all about love and romance,” said Caroline Hanna, a long time family friend. “They look 18th century, they don’t look like 21st century people dressed up.

There is something about their presence that she brings to life that she has put them in their era.”

Others were just as Artist Amy Lee Lummus of Lakewood opens the Valentine’s Day weekend with “Love, Line Joshua and Jane,” at the Tryst Lounge impressed, noting the artist’s near Larimer Square on Feb 12. effort.

“The characters in the “It is apparent she has spent Correction paintings seemed to stare at you a lot of time on the faces and the In last week’s paper, the photo of Broncos fans gathered outside Capitol as you walked by, as if there was expressions on the face. There is Hill was incorrectly captioned and attributed. It should have read: a connection to its viewer,” said a style she is working in which is Attendees of the parade stand in silence during the performance of Everett Schneider, a local business The National Anthem Feb. 9. Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@ quite like a fantasy, sort of surreal.” msudenver.edu. owner in Denver.

Drag show raises funds, awareness

By Luis Bustos lbustos@msudenver.edu For the sixth year in a row, drag performers and the LGBTQ Support Services came together to conclude sex week with a bang, raising funds and awareness for safer sex practices.

Following a week of events put on by the Phoenix Center, CCD’s Gay-Straight Alliance, the CU Counseling Center and the Health Center, drag queens led a workshop and performance to entertain students and inform them about safer sex practices.

Dressed in a black one piece and using a chair, actor and drag queen Alice Glamour seductively performed on the stage with tight choreography and slick lipsyncing.

Alice Glamour, who is professionally trained in music performing arts, performs during “Love is Drag” at the Brief breaks between Tivoli Turnhalle on Feb. 11. Photo by Brandon N. Sanchez performances were fi lled with “Sex • bsanch36@msudenver.edu Trivia” by GLBTQSS and Phoenix Center representatives. Questions

ranged from spotting the signs of HIV to sex in pop culture.

The show was the culmination of events held for students from Feb. 8 through Feb. 11. The workshop was complete with info tables run by each organization providing snacks, information and safe sex supplies.

“We’re promoting safe sex,” said Sarah Garrison, who ran the table set up by the Health Center. The table included complementary external condoms, female condoms, and dental dams.

“We’ve really been trying promote female condoms and dental dams,” Garrison said. “Not a lot of people are familiar with them.”

Meanwhile, CCD’s GSA table gave away free popcorn alongside the information and informed students of their recent opening and services.

“We started planning last semester and we’re really hoping to get our group together,” said Pablo Shavala of CCD’s GSA. According to Shavilla, this is the first official semester for CCD’s GSA. “We’re here to promote our organization,” Shavalla said. “Thanks to the

LGBT office, they let us be a part of this.”

The show also raised funds for the Rainbow Alley youth shelter. For youth 11-21, Rainbow Alley provides resources and shelter to ensure the wellbeing of the millennial LGBTQ community.

Focused on peer-to-peer support, the shelter offers resources like computers, books, and safe sex supplies, as well as pass times including air hockey, foosball, and video games.

“All the tips given to the performers during the show are going to be donated to Rainbow Alley to help support the youth in the LGBTQ community,” said event coordinator Craig Boyd.

Although all Rainbow Alley events are coordinated by youth leaders, additional supervision is provided by trained adults.

“It helps LGBT youth with anything they need,” said Dylan Pillsbury, drag performer from CU. “There’s a drop in center for LGBT homeless youth.”

The Cabaret track backing Glamour was often muffled beneath energetic clapping and rooting from the audience. Pleased with the turnout, the performers were eager to put on more performances and further educate on safe sex practices.

“I’m here for the cause,” Glamour said.

“I’m here to help.”

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Celia Gearin, 19, brushes her teeth before school on Feb. 10. She places the toothpaste on her finger before applying it to her toothbrush to make sure it makes it to the bristles.

Gearin texts her boyfriend to tell him good morning and that she loves him using voice recognition.

Gearin jokes around with her classmates on the way to school.

Gearin recgonizes her locker after class by reading braille.

Gearin and her classmate Andrew Skvarla, 20, slates braille as their instructor Carina Orozco reads from their textbook. Slating braille is the process of poking holes in paper, which is the way blind students write.

Gearin, who lives at an off campus apartment, finishes getting ready for the day before catching the bus that takes her to school in Littleton. Her degree of blindness makes it so she can only see minimal lights and shapes.

Dreams reached through blind ambition Colorado Center for the Blind helps students gain independence

The school requires Gearin to wear blinders to be on the same visual level as other students.

Gearin types in her technology class where she learns to write codes to build a website. She uses her hearing to ensure that she is typing correctly.

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Gearin will graduate from the program in June and then return home to Georgia.

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ktok@msudenver.edu Ever since Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld created “Deadpool,” comics in 1991, fans have wondered if there would ever be a movie.

After 10 years of being stuck in development limbo, it finally came to light.

This long awaited film adaptation hit theaters Feb. 12 just in time for Valentine’s Day. While many probably wouldn’t expect this to be the ideal romance movie, it centers around a couple in love.

Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) and Vanessa Carlysle (Morena Baccarin) fall madly in love. Wade proposes to her but is diagnosed with terminal cancer soon after.

Not wishing to put Vanessa through the heartache and suffering, Wade leaves her. Later he’s pursued by a “man in black” who offers him a chance to be cured. Having nothing to lose, he agrees to be a test subject, and things go astray.

Deadpool is one of the most controversial characters in the Marvel universe, often known as the “Merc with a Mouth.”

He lacks the moralities of the X-Men and doesn’t have any issues using his mutant super-soldier abilities as a paid assassin or mercenary.

Be warned. Unlike most Marvel films, this is not for kids. The humor is crude, the language is colorful and there is plenty of action and violence.

Enduring the origin of Deadpool will at times leave you emotionally scarred.

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Callie has never gone camping, but she agrees to go anyway with a new group of friends from her high school. It doesn’t take her long to realize something isn’t right.

It could be the stranger they just met who decides to follow them or the weird sounds in the forest.

This book is a compilation of every single teenager camping trip horror story ever read.

Most of it is predictable, like how they lose all the supplies early on, leaving them hungry and stranded, and the creepy noises that scare one character while another character tells them to stop being a baby.

There’s drama between the other girls and the main character’s boyfriend. There’s constant drama between all the girls. It can wear down the reader very quickly and become stale.

One of the biggest problems with this story, however, is how it handles the subject of mental illness. It portrays it as a characteristic of cartoony murderers, and it furthers an unhealthy outlook toward people with mental disorders. The way this book portrays mental illness is a completely inaccurate representation, making it offensive and unfair.

The narration style is decent and entertaining, but all the poor aspects make the book exhausting and mind-numbing to read after the halfway mark. There isn’t enough originality to hold this book together. Readers might find themselves skimming through chunks at a time just to reach the ending faster. Disappointingly, the ending doesn’t redeem the rest of the book either, so most readers will simply be thankful to be done.

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It’s always a pleasure to come across a band that can step into the spotlight in the face of challenging odds.

Sunflower Bean is a three piece Psychedelic Rock outfit hailing from New York that have proven they are capable of doing just that.

The band members, while only in their teens, revealed they are more than mere Psych Pop and Rock copycats after emerging with their “Show Me Your Seven Secrets” EP last year.

Tracks like “2013” and “Tame Impala” showed how naturally talented these young artists are at blending Psych Rock melodies with some progressive songwriting.

“Human Ceremony” is the band’s debut LP and serves as an impressive first project for the trio that sheds a light on the group’s potential.

The same Psych Pop charm that made their EP so enjoyable is found in many of the songs here. Sunflower Bean manages to mix things up enough to prove they can still bring some experimentation to their sound. The opening title track pays homage to the band’s influences, with bands like “The Cure” and “The Police” serving as obvious inspiration.

The band’s vocal technique doesn’t always work in their favor. Nick Kivlen doesn’t have the same vocal chops as Julia Cumming does. Occasionally his voice sounds flat and shrill if pushed into his upper register, like in the track “Space Exploration Disaster.”

Lately Sunflower Bean have been making a lot of ground within the psych and indie rock scene. They have a world tour and a national tour with indie rock band DIIV already under their belts.

The trio’s debut album, while occasionally amateur in its approach, is outshined by creative songwriting, catchy songs and an affirmation that this young band may be destined for a promising future.

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The popular strategy game XCOM is back.

What might intrigue many players is the story itself, which follows the route of the commander from Enemy Unknown failing to uphold XCOM before the world’s various leaders bid for peace with the aliens. 20 years later, a rogue squadron of resistance guerillas breaks into a facility to rescue said commander from alien captivity.

Though things may outwardly seem peaceful in this blended human and alien society, not everyone’s buying into what these elder aliens are trying to feed humanity.

New mechanics and features all build upon what originally made Enemy Unknown a sucess, concepts such as stealth and flanking are a lot more apparent.

Classes still follow the same sort of split experience trees as in Enemy Within, but with some new flavor to what they’re each capable of. Weapons can be modified with loot from dead aliens, more items can be built and researched at your headquarters and other old concepts such as the Black Market have been expanded upon.

Something that should please plenty of old XCOM fans is the game’s difficulty. Even if you’re a veteran of Enemy Unknown (or any of the older titles in the franchise), don’t think you can simply walk over anything that comes your way. Simply said, this game is very hard.

Fortunately, it’s both challenging and infuriating. Any mishaps is often the result of poor strategic planning, not unfair coding.

There’s also a brand new character pool feature, something that can be accessed in full from the main menu. This allows you to either recreate characters you’ve had from previous games or save characters in a specific save that you’re particularly fond of and allowing them to potentially appear as recruits in any XCOM 2 save file.

Good luck, Commander.

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Roadrunners survive Hornets rally

By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu

» Fields named RMAC offensive Player of Week Metro junior pitcher Hayley Fields was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Feb. 16. Fields hit .455 in six games with eight RBI’s scoring seven runs and a home run. The Roadrunners take on Adams State Feb. 20 in their home opener at The Regency Athletic Complex.

» Track competes in last meet of regular season Metro men’s and women’s track teams will travel to Golden to compete in the Joe Davies Open Feb. 19-20. This will be their last competition before the RMAC indoors championship in Chadron, Neb. Feb. 26-27.

» Metro rugby 2016 schedule released

The Roadrucker’s schedule was released last month as they play their first game of the season Feb. 27 against Mesa State at The Regency Athletic Complex.

» Rod Smith joins Metro as keynote speaker

Former Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith joins the Roadrunners to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Metro. The Roadrunners’ department of athletics will hold the 16th annual Roadrunners scholarship dinner and auction on April 6 at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Denver.

After dropping the first two games to Emporia State, Metro baseball defeated the Hornets 6-5 in the final game of home opening weekend Feb. 14 at The Regency Athletic Complex.

“I thought we played really well today,” head coach Jerrid Oates said. “We bounced back from yesterday but they’re a really good ball club.”

The Roadrunners got off to a quick start, scoring in the first inning after sophomore outfielder Hunter Donaldson singled to score senior Reilly Mau. Later in the second, with the bases loaded, sophomore third baseman Trent Maloney walked because of being hit by a pitch to score another runner. Junior first baseman Andrew Paust then stepped to the plate notching the most important play of the game. He smacked a grand slam to put Metro up 6-0.

“He threw me a pitch I was looking for and I got ahold of it,” Paust said. “The wind helped it out a little bit so it was a nice boost in the lineup.”

Emporia State eventually got on the board after third baseman Derek Francis homered in the seventh inning. The Hornets

almost mounted a comeback not allowing the Roadrunners to score again.

In the eighth, Hornet right fielder BJ Dean hit another home run knocking in two RBIs. Metro took a 6-3 lead heading into the ninth inning.

Emporia State’s Dalton Wheat doubled, scoring two RBIs but the Roadrunner defense was able to hold off the rally.

“It was huge. After a tough loss, I just tried to throw strikes and let our defense work,” sophomore pitcher Javi Vega said. “Luckily they were clutch. Especially all last year they were outstanding and today they showed it. Great team performance, we were fortunate enough to get the win.”

Vega started the game, pitching seven innings allowing only one run on six hits. He also finished with seven strikeouts.

Junior outfielder Jake Ekman went 3-for-4, scoring one run while Maloney finished 1-for-3, scoring a run and RBI. “Javi showed up. He pitched and our offense got the timely hitting we needed,” Oates said.

“Our defense played really good too.”

“He threw me a pitch I was looking for and I got ahold of it.”

Andrew Paust

Additional reporting

by Anthony Rodriguez with MSBN/The Met Report

Sophomore infielder Trent Maloney slides into home plate in the 18-6 home loss to Emporia State Feb. 13 at The Regency Athletic Complex. The Roadrunners countered with a win Feb. 14 to cap off home opening weekend.

Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

Next series vs. Montana State Billings 0-0

Series Results vs.

Emporia State Metro loss 1-2 Game 1: Metro State 0 5 Emporia St. 2 6 W: Plank Jordan (1-0) L: Julian Garcia (0-1)

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Game 2: Metro State 6 9 1 Emporia St. 18 24 1 W: Nathan Gieber (2-0) L: Ryan Baca (0-1)

» Garcia, Paust earn RMAC Honors

Metro senior infielder Andrew Paust was named RMAC player of the week and sophomore pitcher Julian Garcia was named RMAC pitcher of the week Feb. 16. Paust hit .417 for the week with six RBI’s in a three-game home stand including a grand slam on Feb. 14. Garcia threw seven and onethird innings against the Hornets with nine strikeouts holding t hem to only one run on four hits.

Don’t miss Metro softball’s home opener against Adams State Feb. 20 at The RAC

Junior infielder Jake Thurston stares down a pitch Feb. 13.

Photo by Alyson McClaran • amcclara@msudenver.edu

Correction: Last week’s baseball photo was taken by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu

Game 3: Metro State 6 9 0 Emporia St. 5 9 1 W: Javi Vega (1-0) L: Jake Eikleberry (0-1)

Game 1: Time: 12 p.m.

Date: Fri, Feb. 19 Location: The RAC

Game 2: Doubleheader

Time: 12 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Date: Sat, Feb. 20 Location: The RAC

Game 3: Time: 12 p.m.

Date: Sun, Feb. 21 Location: The RAC

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Basketball wrap ups vs. Chadron State

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Men earn 16th win, women fall by 3

By Nick Reilly nreilly1@msudenver.edu Both men’s and women’s basketball traveled to Chadron, Nebraska to take on the Chadron State Eagles Feb. 13.

Senior guard Tony Dobbinson scored a game-high 18 points as the men went on to win 75-53. The road victory improved their record to 16-9 overall, 14-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Dobbinson wasn’t the only Roadrunner out to make a splash, as sophomore center Bounama Keita posted a double-double putting up 13 points and 14 rebounds. Keita also had six blocks in the game. Freshman guard Enrique Cortes-Zotes and junior forward Andre Harris finished the night with 10 points each.

The Roadrunners held the lead throughout the first half ending on top 36-22. The lead would extend as Metro held Chadron State to only one field goal in an eight minute stretch.

The Roadrunners will return home to take on South Dakota School of Mines Feb. 19 at the Auraria Event Center.

Metro women’s basketball team

Women’s vs. CSC didn’t come away with the same results taking on Chadron State College as they fell 50-47 Feb. 13.

The loss dropped the Roadrunners to 11-14 overall and 9-10 in the RMAC. Sophomore center Hannah Stipanovich scored 13 points as well as sophomore guard Gerogia Ohrdorf. Stipanovich and

freshman guard Jaelynn Smith f i n i s he d t he n i g ht w it h s e ve n re b ou nd s .

The Roadrunner’s defense was strong in the first half as they limited Chadron State to 3-of-14 shooting from the field. The Eagles were only able to score 15 points in the half. Metro also went on a 12-0 run lasting over three minutes ending the half with a solid 22-15 lead.

However, in the second half, the Roadrunners were outscored 26-4 over a nine minute stretch.

Metro’s women’s basketball team will return home to face S.D. Schools of Mines Feb 19 at Auraria Event Center.

Freshman guard Fraser Malcolm, 24, goes up for a layup against sophomore center Bounama Keita, 23, in the 75-53 win over Chadron State College Feb. 13 in Nebraska. Men’s basketball will return home with a 16-9 overall record, keeping them atop the Rocky Division in the RMAC with three games remaining in the regular season.

Photo courtesy of Sara Tweet, The Eagle, Chadron State College

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Job Search Meet Up Location: Tivoli 215 Time: 9:30 a.m.

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Met Sports Baseball vs. Montana State-Billings (DH) Location: The Regency Athletic Complex TIme: 12 p.m.

Homecoming: Tie Dye Location: Multicultural Lounge Time: 11:30 a.m.

Service Learning, Higher Education and the Public Good Location: Science Building 1086 Time: 1 p.m.

Softball Home Opener vs. Adams State (DH) Location: The Regency Athletic Complex Time: 12 p.m.

Alumni Reception Location: Regency Athletic Complex Time: 3 p.m.

Element Location: TBA via Facebook and Instagram Time: 2 p.m.

Avalanche @ Oilers 8 p.m.

Avalanche vs Canadiens 6 p.m.

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Fight for Air Climb Location: Republic Plaza: 370 17th St, Denver Time: 10 a.m.

Visiting Artist Series: Voxare String Quartet Location: King Center Concert Hall Time: 4 p.m.

Met Sports Baseball vs. Montana State-Billings Location: The Regency Athletic Complex Time: 12 p.m.

Softball vs. Adams State (DH) Location: The Regency Athletic Complex Time: 12 p.m.

Nuggets vs Celtics 3 p.m.

Avalanche @ Canucks 8 p.m.

Monday

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Consul General of the Republic of Korea Location: Tivoli Turnhalle Time: 11 a.m.

In Case You Missed It Justice Anotnin Scalia dies at 79. President Obama will nominate the replacement.

Employer Info Session- MetLife Location: Tivoli 640 Time: 11:30 a.m.

The first life time ban issued to Jenrry Mejia from Major League Baseball for perfomance enhancing drugs.

Physicists say there is the first direct evidence of gravitational waves. Something that has only been an Einstein prophecy before this.

Homecoming: Carnival Location: PE Events Center Time: 4:30 p.m.

Former U.N. Secretary General Boustros Boustros-Ghali dies at 93.

Avalanche @ Senators 5:30 p.m.

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Met Sports Baseball vs. Montana State-Billings Location: The Regency Athletic Complex Time: 12 p.m.

OPEN HOUSE Location: SSB 230, 238 and 240 Time: 12 p.m.

Nuggets vs Kings 8 p.m.

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Mondays at MSU Denver: Student Recital Location: King Center Concert Hall Time: 2 p.m.

Alternative Spring Break Application Deadline TIme: 5 p.m.

Tuesday

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Element Location: Multicultural Lounge Time: 2 p.m.

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Black World Conference Location: Tivoli Turnhalle Time: 9 a.m.

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Employer On-Campus Interviews- MetLife Location: Tivoli 542 Time: 9 a.m.

Student Fee Fair Location: Tivoli Turnhalle, Tivoli Room 250 Time: 10 a.m.

JobLink Workshop Location: MAC lab in Tivoli 225 Time: 10 a.m.

Nuggets vs Kings 7 p.m.

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Overheard this week

Met Picks:

Capricorn

“You used to be so much smarter, I don’t know what happened.”

Cancer

You will fi nd that you can listen to nothing but Johnny Cash this week.

June 21 -July 22 Beware your spirit animal. They’re not as friendly as you think they are.

Leo

Aquarius

Try baking a pie. If it goes well, you should start a pie shop.

“I am a freaking genius.”

July 23 -August 22

Virgo

February 19 -March 20

“If she keeps dating clones, why don’t they get hotter.”

— Michel Hansen “Harry Potter.”

—Mary-Kate Newton

August 23 -September 22 New buisness plan... Snake oil!

Never say never, unless never is exactly what you mean, in which case, rock on.

Aries

“Kilgore Trout.”

—Pacific Obadiah

Libra

March 21 -April 19 Watch out! People may throw noodles at you.

“Jane Eyre.”

Your friends may be planing a surprise for you, or they may not.

Pisces

“That’s not a function”

“Vinum” —Michael Ortiz

January 20 -February 18

“Because Mouse”

September 23 -October 22 Your horoscope may be wrong this week.

“Santa Claus.”

“Wait, what did she lose?”

—Chris Bjork

Scorpio

Taurus

“I like this job already.”

“Bite me!”

October 23 -November 21

April 20 -May 20 Look behind you.

Across 1. Muscle contraction 6. Ones left holding the bag 10. Ringling follower 14. Like most dryer vents 15. ‘’America’’ pronoun 16. Persona non grata at a NOW meeting 17. Fragrant oil 18. Longest division of geological time 19. Direction from Lake Charles to Baton Rouge 20. . . . a sci-fi film featuring the Metaluna Mutant?

23. Turned left 24. Bugling beast 25. Make faces for the camera 28. Hoover or Tarbela, e.g.

29. Drag through the mud 33. Help make a no-no a go-go 35. Rapping minister 37. Written in a specific key, e.g.

38. . . . a classic from which director George Cukor was fired?

41. Like the bird with the worm 42. Literary ‘’plain Jane’’ 43. Part of a score 44. Braced oneself for impact 46. Ring legend 48. Land where Bondevik is PM

“Spider Man”

Stop procrastinating and do your school work.

—Alyson McClaran

Sagittarius

Gemini

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

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What is your favorite fictional character?

December 22 -January 19

“I let it happen, I let it happen and it’s my fault.”

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November 22 -December 21

May 21 -June 20 Picture pigeons could fly, vision penguins with fi ns pitch a pilot to air soon, Schooling fishes to swim.

49. Half a mint?

50. Word with moon or shoe 52. . . . a thriller with John Malkovich as an assassin?

59. Baja bull 60. Impersonated 61. On the trail of 62. Able to be halved equally 63. Russia’s leader in 1916

Coffee is your friend, but don’t rely too much on it.

64. City northeast of Genoa 65. ‘’The Say Hey Kid’’ 66. Kind of water 67. Whoops and hollers Down 1. Part of being blinds?

2. Essence

3. Definitely not a pro 4. What some police dogs find 5. Number of fish in the sea, e.g.

6. Took Tal to a tie 7. Where a winner comes out 8. Lowly laborer 9. Return site for stampless mail 10. Failure to communicate 11. Start of most MGM films 12. Boot from office 13. One of the very first sons 21. Hindu honorific 22. Make the morose merry 25. Sorcerers 26. WWII military transport 27. Category of film, music or art, e.g.

29. Pyramids, and the like 30. America’s is more perfect 31. Highest vocal part of a song 32. Kind of statesman 34. PBS fundraisers 36. Not a people person 39. Poet Elinor 40. Prefix meaning ‘’sun’’ 45. Bursts of applause, e.g.

47. Where 12/7/41 lives?

50. Golden Bear’s rival 51. Advertising’s version of the Grammy 52. It’s introduced with a bullet point 53. Astronomer’s sighting 54. Part of a low poker straight 55. ___ facto (therefore) Source: OnlineCrosswords.net

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