Volume 42, Issue 8 - Oct. 2, 2019

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The Student Newspaper of MSU Denver

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VOL. 42

NO. 8

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

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HOMECOMING Festivities in store for

Roadrunner community | pg. 2 Friday 10/4

Thursday 10/3

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Saturday 10/5

Tuesday 10/1 Wednesday 10/2

Thursday 10/3

Illustration by Zhen Tang ztang@msudenver.edu

Tuesday 10/1 12:30 p.m. Tivoli Turnhalle Rowdy Through the Decades.

Wednesday 10/2 11 a.m. Tivoli Turnhalle Keynote speaker Chris Mosier.

Celebration of MSU Denver

He is well known as the first

history. There will be music, Ice-cream and free swag .

Thursday 10/3

transgender man to make a

9 a.m. St. Cajetan’s Keynote speaker Dr. Gina Garcia . She is an Associate

soccer games . A live band is set

men’s U.S. National Team and

Professor at the University

to perform and there will be yard

is a hall of fame triathlete.

of Pittsburgh. She will be

games. The students vs. alumni kickball game starts at 2 p.m.

highlights issues of equity and

which any student and alumni can

Women's Volleyball vs. Western

justice in higher education.

participate in. Women's Soccer vs.

State Colorado. Homecoming

Dixie State game begins at 4 p.m.

cup winner announced.

There will be an esports tournament and the movie

“Long Shot” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron will be shown. Pizza included.

| pg. 2

a tailgate party before the home

giving a public lecture that

Video game and movie night.

NEWS

Roadrunner Jam. There will be

Saturday 10/5 8:30 a.m. Washington Park Roadrunners 5K. 4 p.m. Auraria Event Center Homecoming Volleyball Game .

4 p.m. Tivoli Turnhalle

INSIDE

Friday 10/4 1:00 p.m. Regency Athletic Complex

OPINION

| pg. 3

Alumni events at Regency Athletic Complex: Alumni Social @ 4 p.m. College of Business Alumni Social @ 4 p.m. Softball Alumni Game @ 5:30 p.m.

FEATURES

| pg. 5

SPORTS

| pg. 7

Ripple effects of climate strike reach

No football team leaves a large hole,

Someone call the mechanic, this

Men’s soccer winless at home after

Suncor plant in Commerce City

but the reasons are just

new Mario Kart game is a mess

weekend sweep


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