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MSU Denver’s College of Business received a business accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business awarded to fewer than five percent of U.S. universities. The AACSB was founded in 1916 by 17 renowned institutions including Dartmouth, Harvard, and Yale. Based in Tampa, Florida, 755 institutions across 51 countries hold this accreditation. The accreditation pertains to all aspects of the business school including accounting, computer information systems, finance, management and marketing degrees.

“It will also include any new programs that the college might begin to offer moving forward, such as an MBA program,” said Ann Murphy, Dean of MSU Denver’s College of Business. “This accreditation is a recognition of all their efforts over many years.” In order to become an accredited business school, faculty must work closely with the AACSB to meet the requirements for the selective business industry. “There are a significant number of businesses, particularly accounting, that won’t even look at graduates unless they come from

an accredited college of business,” MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan said. “From a student’s perspective, it clearly is an indication of quality and of the investments we have made in the college of business.” The accreditation was not only a milestone for MSU Denver’s faculty, it makes the degree more prestigious for students as well. Marketing and business management junior Javier Alvarado said that he appreciates the university’s recognition. “I think it’s really good to know that my university is thought [of] highly.”

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Proposed budget could increase tuition Higher education takes a back seat in state priorites By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu Students may be footing the bill for a $76 million shortfall in the state’s higher education fund. The $76 million figure is comprised of a $20 million budget cut to the higher education fund as well as an estimated $56 million rise in higher education operating costs across the state. “The state is abandoning families and students,” said Steve Kreidler, MSU Denver’s Vice President of Administration and Finance. “There was a time where the state covered 70 percent of your cost of getting a degree, and today you have to cover 70 percent.” According to Kreidler, the shortfall is the product of both the Taxpayer Bill of Rights restricting the revenues from which the state can collect, as well as normal rises in higher education operating costs. TABOR limits how much the state can collect in revenues. After collecting a certain amount, the state must refund the excess amount back to the taxpayers. TABOR also limits how much the state budget can grow each year. These factors keep the state’s budget from keeping up with the economy. At the same time, mandatory costs such as

transportation and healthcare rise year after year. “I think of this TABOR limit like a box, and there’s only so many things that can fit in this box,” said Cristian Solano-Cordova, President of the Student Government Assembly. “The government has a priority list, and unfortunately higher education is number 11 or 12 on that list.” The $20 million cut is a 3 percent decrease in the higher education budget. “The way a student ought to think about that is, the state is investing 3 percent less in you,” Kreidler said. Complicating matters, are the school’s falling enrollment numbers. “Last year our tuition increase was 6 percent, when our tuition was down a little more less than it is this semester,” Solano-Cordova said. “If it keeps increasing by a significant percentage every year I think definitely some of our lower income students will be edged out.” Declining student fees due to falling enrollment may also hurt student-funded programs, according to student government Vice President Jaqueline Maldonado. Faced with budget cuts, rising costs and falling enrollment, school officials may have no choice but to hike tuition. MSU Denver is expected to shoulder an estimated $480,000 portion of the cut. The hike may

cause a further decrease in enrollment. Solano-Cordova estimates that each percentage drop in enrollment costs the school $1 million. Last year, enrollment was expected to drop by 4 percent. The actual decrease was five percent. In the last five years the university has lost 5,000 students, resulting in an $8 million loss overall. School officials are not blind to the crisis. To combat a potential tuition raise, administrators are pursuing a series of measures such as increasing the number of public-private partnerships with outside industries freezing salary increases and creating more paid internships. The Long Bill, which directly addresses higher education funding in the state of Colorado, has not been passively accepted by school officials. “We fought pretty brutally,” Kreidler said. “There’s at least one very major public official who is extremely angry at Metro because we’re being so very vocal and very obstreperous about some changes they’re trying to make that we think will hurt our students.” “Metro gets the lowest funding per student out of all the universities in the state.” said Kelsey Smith of the Student Labour Action Project. “Metro was originally founded to be a university that’s accessible to people so we could have higher education at an affordable price, and this isn’t going to make higher education affordable for us.”

February 24, 2016

THE METROPLITAN POLITICAL PANEL Three weeks into the primary season these are the current standings: •Donald Trump leads the Republican field with major victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. •Sanders takes a big victory over Clinton in New Hampshire but falls short with the Hispanic vote and loses in Nevada. •Jeb Bush suspended his campaign and joined the ranks of Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul, who failed to make an impression on voters. •Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Ben Carson are all fighting to stay relevant against Trump. • Justice Scalia’s death looms over the presidential race. Our political panel shares its thoughts below.

By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu Last political panel, Keenan articulated a good point about the first primary outcomes being nothing more than popularity contests. I think he raises a good point, however he misses the bigger picture as far as money goes. Money is the lifeblood of any campaign. You can bet the donors are paying attention, just look at the Bush campaign. Scalia’s death terrified the right, who are now playing politics to keep Obama from fulfi lling his duty. The longest the country has gone without a justice is 27 months, and that was right before the civil war broke out. I hope the state of modern political discourse isn’t as bad. Realistically, Obama knows he can’t get a liberal justice through the Senate and he has plenty of excellent moderates to pick from. I expect to see his second pick, if not first, get through the confirmation process. Trump won the last three primaries, leaving the GOP establishment to hope for a knight in shining armor to rescue them from the presumptive nominee. I’ve heard a lot of rage over Clinton’s superdelegate total. People forget the last time this was an issue was in 2008. Even then her supposed superdelegate superiority didn’t do much to help

By Keenan McCall kmccall3@msudenver.edu Political headlines remained over-excited and overrated after another round of caucuses, save for continued damage to politics’ legitimacy by the republican party. Yeah, Bernie’s upset was a nice underdog moment. Sure, Jeb Bush finally dropping out put his pathetic bid out of its misery. I stand by my earlier opinion though. It’s still months out from any real indicators and any predictions made now are highly fluid. One thing I will say is that Trump’s dominance is both sad and alarming. There aren’t much better indicators that your party is floundering than when your frontrunner is an offensive loudmouth known for offending people. This is politics, not a game show to find the most offensive comedian. More than 20,000 students at MSU Denver may be effected by budget cuts. Photo by Michael Ortiz • mortiz26@msudenver.edu

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Senate rebounds from Scalia’s death doesn’t come back to bite you.” The elections are approaching, and everything that either party does will have a direct impact on the outcome. Republicans got a reputation for non cooperation when the federal government was shut down because the two parties couldn’t agree on a budget. Reminding voters by deliberately crippling the Supreme Court will certainly affect the chances of all Republican presidential hopefuls, especially the Republicans.

By Logan O’Brien lobrien8@msudenver.edu Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest serving member of the Supreme Court, left a large gap with his death on February 13. With the ultra divided nature of government, choosing and confirming a replacement may not be possible until after the upcoming presidential election. The Republicans are in control of the Senate. They make up the body that must approve the president’s recommended candidate for the Supreme Court, and they have said that the Republicans would not even hold a vote until a new president was elected. Their tactic is a double edged sword. “The Supreme Court is supposed to be above all the partisan bullshit,” said Will Evens, an MSU Denver architecture senior and a Democrat. “It never really is, but keeping it understaffed for almost a year. It’s basically crippling the most important part of the American judicial system, and hoping that it

“Risking the presidency in hopes of gaining a merciful ear on the Supreme Court doesn’t make sense, especially considering that the upcoming president will more than likely nominate four new justices, not including Scalia’s replacement. ” Risking the presidency in hopes of keeping a merciful ear on the Supreme Court doesn’t make sense, especially considering that the

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The long limbs that stretch upward attempt to absorb the warmth of the sun, obscuring fearsome enemies hidden among the shade of its leaves. The mud-caked floor of the forest is littered with thick fallen trunks, jagged rocks and hidden passages which seem to swallow any trace of clarity granted by daylight. It seems unlikely that anything more than survival could be expressed here. However, in this imagined world a trend of fuller LGBT character representation can be observed. “The 100,” which aired on the CW in March of 2014, is an American post-apocalyptic drama

which features several LGBT characters. The main protagonist, Clarke Griffin, is confirmed to be bisexual by the writers and this can be seen in her relationships with both male and female persons. Her volatile relationship with Lexa, a central character who is also confirmed as a lesbian, has been explored in various episodes. With more diverse representation being seen in not only television shows but pop culture as a whole it would seem unsurprising that this particular show would allow LGBT portrayals. When examining the history of LGBT characters and what types of roles they played, however, the limitations imposed on them can easily be seen. Prior to the 1970s LGBT characters could not be found in television. Between the early 1970s and late 1980s a few gay characters and one lesbian began to appear in shows. By 1991 we finally have

our first female same sex kiss on screen in the show “Law LA,” and in 2000 the first male same sex kiss on “Dawson’s Creek.” It seems absurd that less than 50 years ago not a single LGBT character was presented on the small screen, let alone allowed to express their sexuality. What is really jarring is that I was alive when the infamous “Dawson’s Creek” kiss occurred. Being a young millennial it would be easy for myself and others in my generation to assume that it was many years ago, far removed from ourselves, when LGBT people struggled to find representation in something as basic as a television show. I would love to say this epidemic in lack of representation was done away with over 100 years ago, but I cannot. In fact, despite more LGBT roles, I still find the quality of these characters to be intolerable. As a queer woman, I don’t live my life constantly struggling to

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accept my sexuality, searching for a partner to validate my existence or behaving in outlandish flamboyant fashions that should supposedly identify me as LGBT. For some in the community these are their experiences and the reality of their lives, however, this is not the only thing that defines us. I may struggle with my sexuality but I am worth so much more than a trope-ish caricature of my experience. Unfortunately this stereotypical view has been the common base of many LGBT television characters. We the viewers deserve more well rounded and diverse characters who are not solely defined as their sexual orientation or gender identity. We must begin to demand characters like Clarke Griffin. A kickass woman who has demonstrated her strength in physical combat and emotional maturity in formulating strategies to ensure her peoples survival. It is in portrayals like Griffin that young LGBT people can truly find honest representation of their strength, struggles and experience.

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Volunteer recognized for compassion

Daphne Rice-Allen has been the chairwomen for the Black American West Museum for the past 19 years and is also a retired member of the Alzheimers Association. Photo by Brandon N. Sanchez • bsanch36@msudenver.edu

By Angela Jackson ajacks70@msudenver.edu A quick glance at the computer monitor shows a message from “Denver Urban Spectrum.” Daphne Rice-Allen rhad eceived a message from them a couple weeks ago about her nomination for the African American’s Who Make A Difference Award. However, upon closer reading, this message revealed something more. MSU Denver alumna (B.A. Technical Communications 2000) Rice-Allen is one of 14 people selected for the DUS 2016

AAWMAD award. A total of 26 entries were submitted. The community nominated their peers, who then had to fill out a questionnaire. The DUS has been giving the award since 1988. Conceived out of the notion that exceptional people in the community need to be recognized for their contributions, the award shows appreciation for actions that may otherwise go unnoticed. “We often refer to them as the ‘quiet movers and shakers’ from the community,” DUS Publisher Bee Harris said. On the surface, retired Alzheimer Association of Denver Helpline Coordinator Rice-Allen appears to be like

any other mild-mannered administrative executive. Others’ views of her, however, paint a different picture. “[Daphne] counseled hundreds of family members, individuals living with Alzheimer’s and their family members, enabling them to better cope with all the challenges of this difficult diagnosis and experience a better quality of life throughout their journey,” said Alzheimer’s Association of Denver President and CEO Linda Mitchell. In addition to her accomplishments at the Alzheimer’s Association, Rice-Allen is chairwoman of the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center in the historic Five Points neighborhood. She is also a member of the Deerfield, Colorado Preservation Committee. “Like the other honorees, she has served the community for many years and continuously is making an impact,” Harris said. Being active in the community, striving for change and championing for others were traits instilled in Rice-Allen from a young age. Seeing her parents do well for themselves inspired her. Her father graduated from the 1942 class of Tuskegee Airman (the nation’s first black military pilots) as a second lieutenant due to his college degree. Her mother received a full scholarship and graduated from Talladega College. “My parents were ahead of their time,” Rice-Allen said. Having a set of progressive parents helped form her foundation. “When you have military parents, there is kind of this unwritten rule as to how you behave, how you conduct yourself.” These

rules help shape how she wanted to conduct herself in the community. In this 40th celebration of Black History Month, although Rice-Allen acknowledges the progress African-Americans have made, she feels there are still obstacles to face. “There are so many issues that affect us as a people. We still have difficulties for lots of levels of reasons,” she said. She feels most of those reasons are emotional. From experiences in their past to the fears and phobias their parents passed to them, African-Americans still struggle. Rice-Allen makes a point to remind today’s younger African-American generation to respect their history. At an event at the Black American West Museum, she shared these words with a group of young adults. “Believe that you are the best of the best to be alive today, because your ancestors survived the Middle Passage, survived slavery, survived reconstruction, survived the civil rights movement, survived all of those things for you to be alive today and you need to be proud of that. You need to honor that and you need to be the best you can be,” Rice-Allen said. Speaking with youth is one thing that warms Rice-Allen’s heart. Another of her gratifying moments is one many MSU Denver students hope to attain. “My very first proudest moment was getting my bachelor’s degree,” she said. As a former MSU Denver student who is out in the world making a difference, RiceAllen offers something for current students. “Everybody does have a purpose in life,” Rice-Allen said. “Do what you can to live purposefully.”

Library honors influential African American women Photo and story by Tia Terlaje tterlaje@msudenver.edu In honor of Black History Month, African-American women who have impacted Colorado are being honored at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library’s Women’s Hall of Fame. Located on Welton Street in the historic Five Points neighborhood in Denver, the library is currently displaying portraits of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame’s 16 African-American inductees until Feb. 29. Honorees include Cleo Parker Robinson, who was honored for her impact in the arts as well as embracing diversity and people of all races through dance. “Cleo Parker Robinson is an inspiration to female entrepreneurs here in Denver and across the world,” said Marchella Scott, coowner of the Denver-based BrewHaHa Cafe.

“When I see her at shows or around town, she always has a sparkle in her eye and a smile on her face. No matter the challenge, Cleo’s consistency teaches me that success comes when you never quit.” Other honorees include Rachel Bassett Noel, the first African-American woman elected to public office in Colorado and the founding chair of the Department of Africana Studies at MSU Denver. “In addition to being a trailblazer for equity in education, a champion of desegregation and the first Black woman elected to public office in the state, Professor Noel was the founding chair of our department,” said Dr. Grady-Willis, chair of the Department of Africana Studies. “We owe a profound debt to her and stand on her shoulders in the work that we do everyday at MSU Denver.” The hall of fame celebrates influential women, honoring them for their talents, skills and struggles. The exhibit is in its

second year of partnership with the Blair-Caldwell Library during Black History Month. Inductions into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame are performed every two years. On March 16, 10 new women will be honored at the Induction Gala at the Marriott Marchella Scott reads the about Cleo Parker Robinson in the portrait City Center in showcased at the Biair-Caldwell African-American Library on Feb. 8. Downtown Denver. “Nominations review all the nominations. If they feel come from the public throughout the state,” someone meets the criteria, we welcome the said Betty Heid, Chair of the Colorado nomination.” Women’s Hall of Fame’s board of directors. “We have a very diverse community that

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Reviews: Fire, rock, single women and a talking dog By Pacific Obadiah pobadiah@msudenver.edu

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By Chris Bjork cbjork1@msudenver.edu Wolfmother has a reputation for being one of those rock bands who have worked tirelessly to go back to the formula and sound that brought them fame in the first place. With their last album, “New Crown,” the band reached for those old stylistic tendencies. However, the album was tainted with the terrible production. Many potentially great tracks like “Tall Ships” were ruined due to the distracting, low fi recording. Now, with “Victorious,” the question is if the band can

rmuilen1@msudenver.edu Lucy becomes newly single and after moving to New York she meets Robin. Her new friend guides her through a messy series of events as she hops from relationship to relationship and tries to find happiness in a semi-single life. “How To Be Single” opens with the idea that being single means being powerful. However, the plot sends the message that a single woman can only be sad, finally deliver a project that is as impressive as their first. The first thing Wolfmother fans will notice when listening to “Victorious” is that the production has been drastically cleaned up and tweaked for the better. Fortunately, frontman Andrew Stockdale is no longer behind the knobs and dials as he was with “New Crown” and has placed the band’s original label, Modular, back in charge. The opening track, “The Love That You Give,” opens with a punchy hard rock guitar riff and a heavy, pulsing drum and bass groove that brings the band’s glory days to mind. “Victorious” is, without a doubt, one of the best songs the band has written since 2005. The song has an epic, anthemlike quality to it. Stockdale’s highpitched, Robert Plant-inspired wails are beautifully harmonized with the guitar’s melody in the chorus. The drums are up front and explosive with huge fills in between each verse that only add to the track’s confident tone. Wolfmother has never been known for sophisticated or thought-provoking lyrics. With “Pretty Peggy,” this weakness reveals itself again. Lyrics like,

players find themselves entangled in a web of possibilities. The ending, although not as climatic as one might hope, offers bittersweet closure. At the root of everything, “Firewatch” is a realistic story about realistic people.

empty and have a meaningless life. The film carries this theme until the very end when it takes a dramatic, unexpected turn, implying that relationships are nothing more than time-wasters designed to hold people back. There is also a theme of self-identity, but it feels forced. Self-identity never plays an actual role except when the characters randomly bring it up and talk about it. It also adds in a motif reminiscent of Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild” far into the movie, making it seem like a silly and sloppy addition.

“How To Be Single” never seems to decide if it wants to be a drama with a serious message or an irreverent comedy. Since the film is so inconsistent, the jokes come across awkward, unnecessary and at many moments, even stupid. The characters in this movie are archetypes found in most romantic comedies and they’re far too stale from the moment they’re introduced. The characters are unoriginal and painful to watch and every moment is wholly predictable because this kind of plot has been done a thousand times before.

Similarly, the characters are consistently hypocritical and make baffling choices that contradict who they are set up to be. It effectively removes any sympathy for them. The movie’s timeline is discombobulated, so it seems that friendships and relationships are all moving disturbingly fast. “How To Be Single” is a movie that tries to empower single women specifically, but steps on them instead. It also somehow manages to insult women who are in relationships. There is no winning.

“The Dogs of Babel”

piece together all of the events that happened in his life leading up to his wife’s death. He soon realizes that things were actually far from perfect. The writing itself can be verbose, full of rambling and tangents that seem to tie into the story, but don’t always seem relevant enough to spend so much time on. These parts don’t take away from the story, but they can be mildly distracting with how long they last. The characters are flawed in a realistic way. While the characters are unlikeable, readers may sympathize at certain points and connect with how human they are. Unfortunately, many of their interactions flow like old soap operas rather than an actual conversation. The way they talk to each other feels choppy and robotic. “The Dogs of Babel” is a dark and unsettling novel that will haunt readers for days after the book is finished, even if it loses some impact to clunky writing and style.

“Roses are red and violets are blue. I’ll take them all and give them back to you,” are so elementary and uninspired that it occasionally takes away from the album. However, the band still has a few tricks up their sleeve. The song “Best of a Bad Situation,” has a slight country twang to it with some chiming acoustic guitar chords and a pounding drum. The heartwarming and inspirational lyrics only add to the effect. “The Simple Life” has everything you want in a hardrock ballad, with a thunderous, head banging guitar riff, a heavy drum beat and plenty of cowbell. The album finishes off strong with some of the catchiest vocals and a quickly executed instrumental call and response in “Eye of the Beholder.” The song concludes with a fiery solo from Stockdale that closes the album with plenty of style. In a musical career filled with plenty of hurdles and setbacks, it seems Wolfmother has finally found their groove again and achieved victory with their latest project.

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Henry’s boss. It’s easy to like Delilah right off the bat. Her lines are well written and the banter between Delilah (Voiced by Cissy Jones from The Walking Dead: The Game) and Henry (Voice of Rich Sommer, Mad Men) flows naturally, giving depth to both characters. Amid all of the beauty, “Firewatch” tells a strong story. With suspicious figures and missing girls, the developers plant a seed of paranoia fairly early in the game. As the story unfolds, this sense of paranoia only grows and

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By Randi Muilenburg rmuilen1@msudenver.edu Paul’s life is steady and smooth until one day he comes home to find his wife, Lexy, dead in the backyard after falling from a tree. There is no information, no clues and no witnesses except for their dog, Lorelai. Desperate for answers, Paul decides to try teaching Lorelai how to speak. “The Dogs of Babel” is a deep and disturbing novel that follows Paul as he struggles to

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boombox, you return to find your tower ransacked. Something suspicious is going on. “Firewatch” is a walking simulator in a beautiful world. From canyons to caves and aspen groves, players are taken through a variety of breathtaking landscapes. Players spend much of the game retracing familiar routes and occasionally accessing new areas after finding new equipment. Throughout the game, players communicate with Delilah, a fire lookout at a nearby tower and

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Sport Shorts » Men’s basketball wins final home game

On a night that honored the seniors, men’s basketball defeated Black Hills State 77-64 in their final home game of the regular season Feb. 20. Metro will travel to Colorado Springs to close out the regular season against UCCS Feb. 26. The RMAC tournament will begin March 1 at the Auraria Event Center.

» Women’s golf competes in seasons first tourney Metro women’s golf team finished in ninth place at the California Baptist University Women’s Invitational. The team finished shooting a team score of 336 at the Eagle Glen Golf Club. Junior Cha Cha Willhoite led the way as she shot an 80 in the opening round and finished the day tied in 13th place.

» Track and field competes in Joe Davis Open

Men’s and women’s track and field traveled to Golden to compete in their last regular season competition hosted by Colorado School of Mines Feb. 23. Junior Sarah Hughes posted a NCAA Provisional qualifying mark in the women’s triple jump with 11.61 meters. For the men’s team, junior Jason Carey placed second in the 3, 0 0 0 me t e r s w it h a t i me of 8 : 4 2 .4 4 . Metro will travel to Chadron, Nebraska for the RMAC indoor championships Feb. 26.

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Metro opens RMAC season 3-1 at home By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu Metro softball completed the 3-1 home series against Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opponent Adams State Grizzlies Feb. 20-21 at The Regency Athletic Complex. The Roadrunners came into home opening weekend with a 3-7 overall record, having struggled on the road in California and Texas to open up the season, but did get back on track against Adams State.

Game 1, W 6-3 In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Metro came away with the 6-3 win over ASU. The Grizzlies got on the board in the first inning when junior catcher Merissa Harmon hit a fly ball to right field bringing in her teammate. The Roadrunners were quick to score in the bottom of the inning notching three runs taking a 3-1 lead. Metro’s next at-bat saw junior pitcher Hayley Fields hit a deep sacrifice fly to score junior center fielder Colissa Bakovich, putting the Roadrunners up 4-1. Adams State then hit a homerun in the fourth inning but the Roadrunners answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the fourth. The Grizzlies hit another homer in the fifth, but every time ASU scored Metro responded. Sophomore left fielder Kristyn Peters singled in the bottom of the fifth giving the

Roadrunners t he 6 -3 w i n . “It felt great having the home opener and starting off with the win,” Bakovich said. Bakovich finished the game going 2-for-3 at the plate and three runs. Fields was also successful at the plate going 1-for3 with an RBI and a run. She also pitched the entire game for the Roadrunners notching her third win of the season improving to 3-3. As the reigning RMAC player of the week, Fields gave up three runs Junior second baseman Brooke Lovas fields a ground ball against Adams State at The Regency on four hits with five Athletic Complex Feb. 20 in the first game of the doubleheader. strikeouts. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu “It felt good to get a win to open up the Although the Roadrunners Kim hit a sacrifice grounder. ASU conference season in our home lost the final game of the first made an error that allowed Peters opener,” head coach Annie Van doubleheader, Metro countered to score from first base to tie the Wetzinga said. “It was nice to by winning both games in the game at 1-1. come out and get the first game.” doubleheader the following day. In the top of the fifth, ASU

Game 2, L 2-1 The Roadrunners weren’t as fortunate in the second game of the doubleheader. Adams State topped Metro 2-1 in a low scoring game. Junior pitcher Cassidy Smith started the game for the Roadrunners on the mound allowing just two runs but still was not enough to earn the win. The Grizzlies were able to get on the board in the top of the first inning but both teams didn’t score again until the bottom of the third when freshman shortstop Ashlee

scored when junior outfielder Kailin Johnson singled, scoring senior first baseman Shaena Connelly to earn the 2-1 victory. Adams State made a pitching change in the second game to junior Kaitlin Hoffmann. The pitcher received the win making it her first of the season. “We didn’t make adjustments to their pitchers,” Van Wetzinga said. “She was throwing a lot of things down, off-speed, that sort of thing. We had a lack of adjustments at the plate. We were swinging at too many pitches out of the zone and kind of helped her out.”

After the four-game home stand, the Roadrunners finished 3-1 and are now 6-8 overall, 3-1 in RMAC. Metro softball continues its home weekend series against Colorado School of Mines Feb. 2728 with doubleheaders beginning both days at noon.

Series Results vs. Adams State Metro won 3-1

new Roadrunners

Metro women’s soccer coach Adrianne Pietz announced the signing of five student-athletes for the 2016 season. Mackayla Duerksen, Gricelda Gomez, and Kaylee Mackenzie out of California and Ashlyn Rosa and Kayla Sheppard from Colorado are now officially Roadrunners.

Game 3: Feb. 21 Game 1: Feb. 20 6 8 0 Metro State 6 7 1 Metro State 1 6 2 Adams St. 3 4 4 Adams St. W: Hayley Fields (4-3) W: Hayley Fields (3-3) L: Kacee Schroeder (0-4) L: Lauren Murphy (2-5)

» Jeremy Tittle named

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men’s head soccer coach

Metro men’s soccer announced on Feb. 22 that Jeremy Tittle has been named head men’s soccer coach. Tittle was the interim head coach for the 2015 season finishing with a record of 13-4-2 overall and 8-2 in the RMAC.

Metro freshman shortstop Ashlee Kim makes a catch covering second base but not in time to tag out ASU sophomore catcher Morgan Zanski. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu

Game 4: 6 3 Metro State 3 6 3 8 1 Adams St. 0 4 4 W: Cassidy Smith (2-4) W: Kaitlin Hoffmann (1-3) L: Lauren Murphy (3-5) L: Cassidy Smith (1-4) 1 2

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Nuggets have small win in NBA trades

Gaining two second round draft picks is a huge win for the Nuggets. The picks will nreilly1@msudenver.edu help Denver continue to rebuild their roster and set them up for bigger moves down The NBA trade deadline is an exciting the road. time in the regular season. Teams are given Augustin provides Denver with more the opportunity to make improvements depth in the guard position along with as the playoff picture emerges. The veteran experience on such a young roster. Denver Nuggets were among the more Backup point guard Jameer Nelson is active teams on Feb. 18, trading shooting dealing with a wrist injury, possibly needing guard Randy Foye to the Oklahoma City surgery, and rookie starter Emmanuel Thunder just hours before the deadline. Mudiay, has had ankle soreness earlier in In exchange, Denver acquired guard D.J. the season. Augustin has proven his ability Augustin, forward Steve Novak, two second to score and is looking to replicate Nelson’s round picks and cash consideration from on-court production to finish out the year if Oklahoma City. surgery is needed. With big name veterans in discussion Augustin was obtained by the Thunder of blockbuster trades, the deadline was in last year’s trade deadline from the Detroit surprisingly quiet this year. The Nuggets Pistons and in 34 games this season he’s were one of many teams waiting for a huge averaged 4.2 points. The 29 year-old has deal that never came. Denver made a small averaged 9.7 points and 3.9 assist in trade that may have a big impact down 545 games. the road. With limited practices in the regular Randy Foye was picked up by the season, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Nuggets in 2013 as part of a three-team deal film work will be key. that sent Andre Iguodala to the Golden State According to The Denver Post, Malone s is your total in recruitment solution offering Warriors his final year of a three-year said, “If any player is up to the task, it’s b fair, broadcast, and print. contract with Denver. The 33-year old is a Augustin. Even if there are just 28 games to known shooting specialist, but is shooting a learn it all. career low of under 30 percent and averaging Novak, along with forward J.J. Hickson only six points a game. With guards Gary were waived by the Nuggets Feb. 19. Denver Harris and Will Barton stepping up and reached a buyout agreement freeing Novak playing phenomenally well, Foye most likely to sign with whatever team he’d like and left wouldn’t have re-signed.

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the Nuggets. This leaves Denver with two vacant roster spots to fill and we may see new free agents sign on. The Nuggets are 22-34 and currently sit at the 12th spot in the Western Conference.

Currently six games out of the playoff picture, Denver hopes to capitalize on their trades and push for the 8th seed come post-season.

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Jesse Owens: a biopic movie review By Mike Tolbert mtolber3@msudenver.edu Jesse Owens is one of the most remarkable athletes in world history. The trials and tribulations he endured during his journey to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin are testaments to the many purposes for sport. “Race,” entitled for obvious reasons, is a biopic following Owens amid segregation and racial disparity in America and a Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler on the rise. The Stephen Hopkins directed fi lm follows the track and field superstar from age 19 to 22 where he won four gold medals at the Games. Owens was played by Stephan James, who also played a riveting character in “Selma” as civil rights activist John Lewis. James starred in this true story with Jason Sudeikis co-starring as legendary Ohio State coach Larry Snyder. The relationship between the two begins somewhat combative but they quickly warm up to one another. The tough yet heartfelt performance by Sudeikis was a perfect compliment to James’ portrayal of the easy-going but strongwilled Owens. Written by Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel, “Race” begins in 1933 Cleveland

Arbor, Michigan. with Owens leaving There, he set his family on his way three world records to Ohio State on an in 45 minutes. It athletic scholarship. would’ve been four His rough if Owens wasn’t upbringing paired cheated out of the with the pressures 100-yard dash of supporting a wife because of his color. and daughter lead to “Race” highlights his extreme drive to this fact when he greatness on the track. finishes the 100 in At the university, 9.3 seconds, but Owens bore obvious judges later said it discrimination was 9.4 which was which the fi lm does a not a record setter. good job portraying. Racial tension One scene in intensifies as Owens particular captures makes his way to this moment when Berlin. But before Snyder is literally he even sets foot shouting at Owens on German soil, to “block out the the NAACP pays a noise” in the locker visit to the runner, room while white Photo from movieinsider.com advising him not to football players are participate in the Hitler-led Summer Games. fighting with him over the space. The advice By boycotting the ‘36 Olympics, Snyder gave Owens during that moment was the group hoped it would have greater something he took with him in each race significance than going and beating German to come. The fi lm then takes us through a number competitors. With such a dilemma, Owens debates if he should run or not. of collegiate competitions including Owens Eventually, he talks to his wife and in the Big Ten Championships in Ann

childhood sweetheart Ruth, played by Shanice Banton, who advises him to just run and not think about what will happen if he does or not. Once in Germany, Hopkins suddenly places Owens on the field in front of the Olympic crowd, showing the immense pressure building on the runner. Meanwhile, Hitler spectates in the background but the director was wise not predicting his reticent personality with his character not having a single line. One unlikely friendship that formed while at the Games was between Owens and German runner Carl “Luz” Long, played by David Cross. The two compete against each other in the broad jump, where Long shows tremendous sportsmanship. After an intense battle, Owens came out on top, earning a gold medal in the event. The fi lm then elaborates on the would-be-friendship when Owens brings a six-pack to Long one night after the competition. With a running time of 2 hours and 14 minutes, the PG-13 movie successfully captures just a snippet of the extraordinary career of Jesse Owens. “Race,” if anything reminds us about the plight of Black American athletes and other minorities during a tumultuous time in world history.

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