Volume 39, Issue 5 - September 14, 2016

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Volume 39, Issue 5 September 14, 2016

Jordan’s legacy: Aim high

President Jordan leaves behind accomplishments including bringing MSU Denver to university status, passing the ASSET bill and increasing retention rates

By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu President Stephen Jordan announced his retirement as MSU Denver president on Sept. 8 as part of his welcome back speech. “Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high, in hope and work,” Jordan said, quoting American architect Daniel Burnham as he reflected over his time at the university.

Jordan is retiring after 11 years as MSU Denver president.

His career spans across 30 years in higher education. Jordan was given a standing ovation by members of the audience several times, and he himself became emotional during the delivery of his announcement.

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Firefighters from the state come together for stair walk on 9/11 at Red Rocks

MSU Denver soccer has successful trip to Washington.

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Provost search continues and Natives protest pipeline.

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Colorado Fair pushes for statewide literacy.

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Firefighters from South Metro Station took a moment of silence during the 15th anniversary of 9/11.The climb for the 343 Fallen Never Forgot event was held at Red Rocks for the eightth consecutive year.

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Opinion

Politics and sex. What else is there?

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Elsewhere in the news MSU Denver >> Board of Trustees meeting MSU Denver’s Board of Trustees met in public session Sept. 9. During the meeting, they announced flat enrollment numbers for fall semester 2016. There will also be pay raises for faculty members, bringing pay more in line with local rates.

>> Fall Fest to take place Sept. 15

Vendors, food trucks, and student organizations will be present throughout Auraria Campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15 for the annual Fall Fest. The outdoor festival promotes student and faculty involvement in campus activities and support for local businesses. Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and Student Engagement and Wellness, festival booths will offer opportunities for involvement in arts, culture, wellness, recreation and social responsibility campus groups.

President Jordan announces his retirment at his annual welcome back speech. Photo by Sara Hetrwig • shertwig@msudenver.edu

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>> Egyptian Journalist visits MSU Denver Nihal M. Abdel Rahman came to MSU Denver Sept. 6. Rahman elaborated on the trials and tribulations that face journalist in the Middle East.

Topics ranged from the difficulty of keeping media free from government influence to the favorable Egyptian view of the Arab Spring, and the subsequent unrest that followed. Her visit was facilitated by Shaun Schafer of the Journalism Department.

Retention for first time freshmen has increased from 56 percent to 72 percent under his watch. The university is also on the cusp of achieving Hispanic Serving Institution status, which would bring added Federal funding.

Board of Trustees member, Michelle Lucero, said at the event that the board is launching a national search for Jordan’s replacement and will retain higher education position filling company AGB Search to do the work. The search committee will be led

by Board of Trustees member Rob Cohen.

A website with additional details will be launched next week.

Alec Garnett, representative for Colorado House District 2, was also present at the event and received an award for his work representing MSU Denver in the Colorado State Assembly. Garnett said one of the main challenges facing the school this coming legislative session will be ensuring it receives its fair share of funding from the state.

“State funding is dwindling for many reasons, one of them being TABOR, the constitutional amendment that restricts the state’s ability to raise additional revenue,” Garnett said.

MSU Denver must compete with

other universities for funding out of the same state source.

This year, there was an attempt to go to the voters on one small portion of TABOR but did not get enough signatures to get on the November ballot, Garnett said. The state is struggling to fund higher education and meet the needs of population increase the state is experiencing. Eventually, he said, it will become difficult simply to meet the basic functions of state government.

“It’s going to be a long time until we can change the direction that TABOR has put the state of Colorado on since 1992,” Garnett said.

Search for new Deputy Provost continues

By Devyn Deeter ddeeter1@msudenver.edu

The final of three open forums for the new Deputy Provost position at MSU Denver took place, Aug. 30.

Holding a doctorate in instructive technology, Monica Ramirez de Arellano was the third and final candidate to hold a forum in front of the MSU Denver community. She is currently the vice president of instruction at Morgan Community College, where she supervised the transfers and career divisions. Arellano’s primary focus has been careers after college, meta-majors, and having MSU Denver become a Hispanic Serving Institution.

In her speech, Arellano focused on how

she would differ from the other candidates in communication.

“My skill is listening, trying to figure out who people are. I hope that people would be honest with me because I’m really honest and direct in communication,” Arellano said. “We would discuss these issues and I would always be an advocate for the faculty.”

Arellano has an extensive background in teaching, administration and grant funding. Meta-majors is a fairly new idea that has only been introduced in some schools, including one of her previous schools Broward College. Students pick specific areas of study with required elective courses that vary by area of study, rather than universal elective requirements for all students. At MSU Denver, the meta-majors

would include STEM, humanities, health sciences, education, and art.

The benefit of meta-majors is keeping students focused on their degree path and making them less likely to drop out. However, the drawback is they also miss out on other areas of study used to introduce them to other ideas and other areas of academia.

Arellano suggested students who feel they are missing out on certain courses could take Massive Online Only Courses as a supplement.

“Some of the work that I’ve done is actually creating your own MOOCs rather than getting them from the Khan Academy and Sanford,” Arellano said. “Offer that MOOC but then have the class still running here so that you could get dual credit.”

Arellano’s other key area of interest

is making MSU a Hispanic Serving Institution. To get this label, the university in question has to have at least a 25 percent Hispanic enrollment. MSU Denver is currently at 23 percent. The title could mean additional federal aid for the school.

As Deputy Provost, Arellano would also control funding for all departments and wants to compartmentalize finances to better suit each college’s needs. This could also mean more federal grants and funding for women in STEM, something Arellano has fought for at several schools.

“The bottom line would be to find funding, even if it’s grant funding,” Arellano said.

The decision for the Deputy Provost position will be made within the next two weeks.

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Election puts federal student aid in question Overview: Darryl Glenn’s Platform

By Derek Gregory

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At a rally in Falcon held Sept.

4, Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn was asked if he had any ideas on how to make college more affordable.

“Education is the great equalizer,” Glenn said. “The goal should be to educate globally competitive kids.”

The candidate admitted he had few ideas he could currently share, but promised to release more about his agenda on education policy.

On his campaign website, Glenn has outlined eliminating the Department of Education from the government as well as other institutions as part of his platform. According to his website though, Glenn does not want to cut the education budget. His platform states that his intention is to return funding oversight to the states rather than the Federal government.

Glenn says the DOE is unconstitutional. His argument is based largely on the tenth amendment, which would return power that is not specifically assigned to the federal government back to the states or to individual citizens.

Glenn cites President

Obama’s directives on transgender bathroom access and the common core as examples of government overreach, and says the DOE is used to carry out what he says is federal interference into state matters.

The DOE is responsible for disbursing federal student loans to student seeking higher education every year. The Colorado Department of Higher Education’s Financial Aid Report for the year 2014-2015 says that more than 323,000 Colorado college students received federal financial aid in grants or loans that year.

This aid represents a total of $1.4 billion worth of assistance to low and middle-income students in Colorado.

The DOE also issues guidelines making certain loans eligible for forbearance, deferment, or postponement under certain conditions.

Alexander Holt, from the education policy think-tank New America, said that the DOE’s current loan portfolio is worth $1.2 trillion , an amount that is unlikely to be forgiven. Any private collection entity would have decreased powers to collect on delinquent loans. Organizing a new private entity to administer the program would be a massive undertaking.

“The government would almost certainly lose money from selling the portfolio,” said Holt.

In an article written for the Pope Center, a conservative higher education think tank, contributor Richard Vedder laid out various reasons for abolishing the department. Citing work done by the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Vedder said that rising federal student aid was a factor contributing to the rise in tuition rates. Another charge Vedder made was that the DOE does nothing to address trends in rising inequality between students or address declining academic standards.

“Adult literacy is falling amongst college graduates,” Vedder said in an article published in October of 2015.

“Large proportions of college graduates do not even know in which half-century the Civil War occurred. Ideological conformity is increasingly valued over free expression and empirical inquiry.”

Steve Kreidler, vice president for administration, fi nance and facilities at MSU Denver said the university would probably lose one-third of its students if the DOE were to be eliminated altogether.

“People are hungry for simple solutions to complex problems,” Kreidler said. “But total abolition

of government agencies seems like a very extreme way of pursuing wise fiscal government policy.”

Professor Norman Provizer teaches political science at MSU Denver and is an expert in constitutional law. He believes the DOE is constitutional and that most of the arguments against it hold little water.

He concedes that education policy has traditionally been decided at the state or local level, but argues that the federal government has used the general welfare clause to recommend policies designed to make U.S. graduates more competitive in the emerging global economy.

“If they believe that it’s unconstitutional because the word education is not in the constitution, then they would have to close every Air Force Base,” Provizer said For MSU Denver student Kaitlyn Marie, a viable and clear solution is vital for any student seeking higher education.

“College can be a real game-changer for a lot of people.

There has to be a way to make it accessible and affordable for all of us,” Marie said.

Glenn is running against incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet.

Elsewhere in the News Around Colorado

>>Fight for $15 rally Protestors took to the steps of the state Capitol Sept. 12 to demand a minimum wage increase from $8.10 to $15. While Colorado will vote on Amendment 70, an initiative to raise the minimum wage to $12, some groups are calling for a more drastic increase. The Denver Fight for 15 rally aimed to support Amendment 70, but also pushed for further wage increases in the future.

>> Reversal in Aurora theater case

>> Denver tackles housing A proposed bill to create 6,000 affordable housing units in the Denver area has been advanced to a final vote and seems likely to pass in the upcoming debate on Sept. 19.

This legislature will be funded by an increase in taxes for Denver area residents of $12 and the specifics of the plan can be found at denvergov.org

Cinemark dropped a request that victims of the Aurora theater shooting pay $700,000 in legal costs after a failed lawsuit.

After the shooting, victims sued the company over alleged security flaws that helped enable the attacks.

Lawyers filed in a court document that the company’s goal was always to resolve the dispute without costs to any party.

>> Education Glenn wants to defund or eliminate the Department of Education. His website states that Glenn believes states and parents should make choices related to their children’s education rather than DC Bureaucrats. He does not support cutting any education funding, but instead would return oversight to local control.

>> Healthcare Glenn is an opponent of The Affordable Care Act. He cites increasing premiums and deductibles as negative effects due to the ACA. His site also said the closure of the state run health co-op, Colorado HealthOP, was due to the ACA. Glenn would replace the ACA with what his website calls a common sense approach, lawsuit reform, ability to purchase insurance across state lines and improving public health to reduce medical demand. He would also scrap the individual mandate to own insurance.

>> Second Amendment According to his website, Glenn would defend the right of all Coloradoans to own and purchase firearms without intrusion or monitoring from the government.

The website also says the solution to gun violence is to not take away guns from law abiding citizens, so that only criminals are left with guns.

>> Immigration Glenn wants to secure the border and enforce existing laws governing immigration policy. His website says the immigration system is broken, and he supports reform to bring what he calls the best talent to the United States.

>> Foreign Policy Glenn opposes the Iran Nuclear Deal.

He would like to see greater leeway given to the military when dealing with ISIS, and calls for boots on the ground..

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Denver stands with standing rock

By Isabella Munro-Muniz Imooremu@msudenver.edu

People from over 400 different Native American tribes and other supporters came together on Sept. 8 at the state Capitol building in Denver to stand in solidarity with the protesters at Standing Rock.

“They took away our land. They took away our language. But they cannot take away our future,” said Jared Rain, one of the speakers at the rally.

The crowd chanted, “Water is life! Water is life!” throughout the night. Doug Good Feather, a speaker at the rally, said part of the reason for the protest is to preserve drinking water for future generations. Where there are oil pipelines, he said, there are also risks of oil spills. The people of Standing Rock are very well aware of the risks that may follow from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline he explained to the crowd.

The DAP is an oil pipeline owned

by Energy Transfer Partners, a Texas oil company. The pipeline would go through Illinois, Iowa, South and North Dakota.

Standing Rock is a reservation in North Dakota, primarily occupied by the Sioux Natives. According to the court documents filed for the injunction, Archaeologist Tim Mentz Sr. spotted stone features along the pipeline route that made him confident the land was used for burial ground and contained significant cultural importance. Mentz said in a court declaration that sites valued

by Standing Rock and other tribes will be destroyed by the pipeline.

This plan has caused distress throughout the Standing Rock community. The proposed area within North Dakota goes under Lake Oahe and other parts of Standing Rock Land.

Lake Oahe provides drinking water for the

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people of Standing Rock. The various tribes and many other supporters have carried a month-long protest with the hope of stopping the further construction of the pipeline.

A federal judge ruled Sept. 9 to go ahead and continue with the construction of the DAP. After the ruling was issued, the Department of Justice and the Department of the Army temporarily stopped construction because it was on Army Corps land bordering Lake Oahe.

Good Feather also mentioned other water crisis, such as the recent one in Flint Michigan.

They want to protect future generations from the contamination of their drinking water and other environmental problems.

“This is a fight for our children so they can have what we have,” said Good Feather.

Rain suggested turning to solar and wind energy rather than oil which he said is becoming outdated.

The Native Americans who gathered at the Capitol on Sept. 8 called it a prayer rally rather

than a protest.

Leaders at the event engaged everyone in prayer and also led the burning of sage, a custom practiced by indigenous communities to cleanse a space. They said they are sending their prayers to those who are giving their support in person at Standing Rock, and also asked their ancestors for help.

In light of some occurrences of violence at Standing Rock rallies, the the event organizers’ goal was to keep the rally peaceful. Over the labor day weekend, more reports of violence at the rallies surfaced. Protesters were pepper sprayed and bitten by guard dogs that belonged to security.

Organizers for the Denver event stated on their Facebook page, “This is NOT a violent walk and this is NOT a protest. We are respecting what Standing Rock has asked and that is to stand in a peaceful way. Anyone who chooses to act in a disrespectful way will be asked to leave.”

The National Labor Relations Board ruled on Aug. 23 that graduate students at private universities have the right to unionize. The board ruled 3-1 in favor of the graduate students, overturning the 2004 Brown University Graduate Students NLRB ruling.

For years, graduate students have been told that to get their degrees, they must work for the university they are attending. This became unpaid teaching and research work without benefits.

There are still many concerns surrounding the ruling. Opponents claim that unionization could lead to strikes by the students, interrupting their education. They also claim universities could become divided between students and administration, leading to tension between them.

For graduate students thinking of unionizing at MSU Denver, it’s still illegal.

Public universities have different obstacles.

Nadia Perera, a local labor lawyer, said “in order for students to be able to unionize at public universities, state legislature must change first.” For MSU Denver graduate students, Colorado legislators would have to draft a law and get it passed by both the state house and senate before getting the governor’s signature. The likelihood of public universities gaining bargaining rights in the near future is slim due to Colorado’s current political leaning and the state’s history.

The long term effects of the ruling are still unknown. The United States has had a tenuous history with unions. The NLRB ruling marks the next chapter of unionized labor.

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nahmed3@msudenver.edu While at Santa Fe’s First Friday Art Walk last weekend, I came across a delightful person writing one of a kind poems for a small donation. She wasn’t remarkable in appearance but she created her poems with such fluidity and vigor that it drew quite a crowd.

This obviously piqued my interested as I wondered how unique these poems actually were since the writer was producing

them at an abnormally fast rate.

I decided to approach her with a subject I was sure no one had requested all evening, BDSM. She was clearly a little thrown off at first, asking all kinds of questions hoping that I would narrow it down; I didn’t and eventually she created a few flimsy stanzas before handing it over.

The last line of the poem really struck a chord within me, “Getting off when you shouldn’t, because you can.” I instantly loved it because it sounded sexy and forbidden. However, after rereading it several times my over-analytical brain wondered why she had chosen to phrase it that way. “Getting off when you shouldn’t.” Why shouldn’t I? Why shouldn’t anyone?

Sex is such a necessary, fulfi lling part of life and yet our society chooses to shroud it in a cloak of mystery. Those of us who select the adventurous route fi lled with pain, pleasure, dungeons and desires are looked upon as sexual deviants.

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It’s so strange to me because I hear people talking about vanilla sex all the time, yet chiming in with dark fantasies or crazy bedroom tales can really heat up a discussion. Some express interest or curiosity. Others will boldly claim that they do not have a single fetish, to which I laugh, as I find that highly unlikely.

Many people I’ve spoken with have a misconception that fetishes have to be unusual. This is untrue! Having a breast obsession is a fetish, so is needing one’s hair pulled or even French kissing.

The “medical” definition of a fetish is that the object or action desired must be present in order for gratification to occur. I don’t believe this definition is applicable to many of us harboring multiple fetishes; a fetish is something that you crave very deeply and you receive immense satisfaction when it is involved.

Whether the average person chooses to admit it or not, we ALL have dirty fantasies, passionate needs, and twisted wishes. That

is OKAY. There is nothing wrong with you if you want to be tied up and humiliated or if you want to be the dominant one who ties those fancy knots, just as there is nothing wrong with those who only enjoy vanilla sex.

Sex is such a necessary, fulfilling part of life and yet our society chooses to shroud it in a cloak of mystery.

We would all feel so much better if we stop pretending to be “normal” and instead just accept that we’re all weirdos. Sexuality is fluid; it will never fit into the chastity box that has been created for it. So give it up, sex is glorious and BDSM is just a gateway fi lled with trust, sexual awakening, and tantalizing thrills.

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By James Burky jburky@msudenver.edu All I could think about is how I should be at school. How I shouldn’t be here in this meeting.

I had an idea of what was to come, but I didn’t know. I didn’t know that because of my political beliefs I’d be chastised for leaning too slightly to the left side of the political spectrum. That, because my beliefs challenged those held by this catholic congregation, I’d forever lose some of my best friends, all because I was left and they were right.

Election season is rearing its very ugly head, and never has the American public had to choose between candidates as divisive as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Politics is an issue that can divide people in an instant, it can also cause lifelong friendships to end in an instant.

In 2012, as a sophomore in high school, I was on a youth leadership at a local catholic parish. I was very involved with this parish,

and had made some of my best friends there.

However, being that it was election season and I am an outspoken Liberal, it was only a matter of time until our differences clashed .

After the Barack Obama’s defeat of Mitt Romney in the election, I celebrated on social media because I was happy. A man who I had spent the entire campaign season following in the first election and who I was invested in had won. The two youth ministers were not so happy and weren’t pleased with me.

They set up a meeting with me seemingly to discuss my actions. I thought it was going to be a discussion about our separate beliefs. In the subsequent two hour meeting, I slowly realized I was going to lose friends that I had since I was a kid.

The ministers told me that if I wanted to stay with the program, I would have to tell the middle school students I worked with the opposite of my beliefs. This meant even though I was a strong advocate for gay marriage, I would have to tell them I was firmly against it. I knew that there was no repairing this and I flatly declined. While I did deserve some blame for what happened, I ultimately lost some of my closest friends because they were conservatives and I was liberal.

It’s September and the election season is going to become even more heated. The TV ads will become more obnoxious and less subtle, with each candidate blindly throwing insults directed at the other, hoping that just enough people miss the holes in their fallacious argument. It’s going to get ugly.

Despite this, it’s vital to remember that your friend who is a staunch conservative wanting to make America great again, is just that, your friend. Your neighbor who is a bleeding heart Liberal for Hillary, is still your neighbor. All of these people, who you interact with daily and shared some of your greatest moments with, who may have been there for you at your worst moments, are still the same people. To end those relationships because you think they’re too right or left wing for you, is, for lack of a better word, stupid.

As difficult to comprehend as it might be, not everyone is going to share your beliefs.

Accept it. Try to remember what caused you to allow for those relationships to build, whether it be because you like the same music or the same games. Hold onto those people and embrace them. You clearly didn’t build that relationship off politics or else you wouldn’t have them in the first place.

I’m not here to write one of those ridiculous self help guides I am not here to tell you what decisions to make. If your friend is strong supporter of Black Lives Matter and you’re a strong supporter of Blue Lives Matter, and you feel it’s going to be a real problem, then make the decision you think is best, but don’t make any irrational decisions.

Do what you can to avoid conflicts and keep them by your side, the world doesn’t always agree with you so you might as well suck it up and live your life.

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Colorado Book Festival Supports Statewide Literacy

By Chris Bjork cbjork1@msudenver.edu The city of Denver celebrated a historic first on Saturday, September 10 with the premiere of the Colorado Book Festival, held at the Denver Public Library.

The festival began with a speech by Gov. John Hickenlooper, who published a book this year and made an appearance to deliver praise for the event. Hickenlooper read and elaborated upon excerpts from his work, addressing what inspired him to publish his book, “The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics.” Following the speech, Hickenlooper met with attendees on the library’s lower floor for a book signing, conversing with authors and readers alike.

“Colorado should stand out as a state that recognizes and celebrates its authors and promotes literacy among its citizens,” ­— Sandra Lamb Organized by and for the community of working authors in the state and the country, the festival is the first of its kind in Colorado.

Taking place on the lower level of the library, each author was designated an assigned display space where they could sell their books while meeting with other writers and readers.

Pat Postlek volunteers her time to read for childrens at the Denver Public Library Sept. 10. The Colorado Book Festival is the first event held in Denver.

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Each area was categorized into the division of fiction or nonfiction, followed by more specific genres including mystery, poetry, sports, etc. Along with providing authors a platform to sell and talk about their books, the festival included panel presentations for featured authors to speak about their work.

The event was coordinated by the Colorado Authors’ League in conjunction with the Western History Department of the Denver Public Library. The chair of the festival, Sandra Lamb, explained

Gov. John Hickenlooper autographs his first published book, “The Opposite of Woe My Life in Beer and Politics” at the Denver Public Library for the state’s first Colorado Book Festival.

how Jim Kroll conceptualized the idea and brought it to the attention of the Colorado Authors’ League.

“The Colorado Book Festival was initiated by Jim Kroll, Director of the Western History and Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library.

He contacted Denny Dressman, president of the Colorado Authors’ League, and asked if the Colorado Authors’ League would co-host the event in May,” Lamb said. “The two men met, and the idea for the Colorado Book Festival was born.”

Along with being a leading organizer of the festival, Lamb has also published four books and recognizes how important events like these are for local authors.

“I hope that it will become a grand annual tradition in our state, as book festivals are in other states across the country. Colorado should stand out as a state that recognizes and celebrates its authors and promotes literacy among its citizens,” Lamb said.

An event like this provides an opportunity that is hard to come by for local authors. Outside of social media, book signings, and the occasional book fair, there aren’t many outlets for Colorado’s authors to raise awareness about their work. It’s a struggle to which the Colorado Book Festival aims to provide relief.

Attending New York Times bestselling authors, Joyce, Eric and Stephen Singular, writers of “The Spiral Notebook: The Aurora Theater Shooter and the Epidemic

of Mass Violence Committed by American Youth,” empathize with this challenge.

“The media landscape is very crowded now, much more so than in the past, and for Colorado to recognize that there are a lot of good, talented writers in fiction and nonfiction and to give them a platform to both speak on their subjects and sell their books is a very positive thing,” Stephen said.

Along with providing a resource for Colorado authors to sell their books, the event offered a chance for authors to network with like-minded people in their field. It was a perk that fiction author, Robert Williscroft, acknowledged as an advantage for participants of the festival.

“One of the things about this kind of a deal is authors don’t typically buy books from other authors,” Williscroft said.

“Except for Los Angeles, I have not been in a place where there have been so many authors in one place at one time.”

Future planning for the festival to return is in the process. The Colorado Authors League and The Denver Public Library are working to make the festival an annual event for Colorado. Just like its mission statement, the event offered people of all ages an opportunity to collaborate, educate and inspire on the significance of literacy.

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September 14, 2016 Story by Keenan McCall

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oloradans gathered at Red Rocks Amphitheatre for the 8th annual 9/11 Memorial Stair climb, honoring the lives, memories and courage of those lost.

Organized by West Metro Fire Rescue, the Colorado climb served as a memorial for the FDNY firefighters and victims lost in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Firefighters in full gear, their families and Colorado residents circled the Amphitheatre stairs nine times, representing the number of stories firefighters climbed in the Twin Towers trying to rescue victims of the attacks.

The climb was one of several held across the country, with all proceeds and funds raised through registration donated to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. This year, Colorado’s climb raised over $100,000, making up one fift h of the total amount donated across the nation.

Shawn Duncan, a paramedic for West Metro Fire and the primary organizer of the Stair climb event in Denver, was impressed with the turnout.

“15 years ago, we promised to never forget,” said Shawn Duncan, a paramedic for West Metro Fire and the primary organizer of the Stair climb event in Denver. “Today, there are 2500 people who are helping us remember.”

The event grew out of a smaller gathering of Colorado firefighters in 2002. Noting the desire by local residents to participate, West Metro Fire expanded the memorial and moved it to Red Rocks in 2009.

“We opened it up to the public because there were so many people affected by 9/11, not just firefighters,” said West Metro Fire Captain Dean Wahl.

The climb was catered by The Garlic Knot, who provided free food to participants throughout the event. Keith Arnold, owner of the Garlic Knot and a supporter of the event since it started, was glad to be a part of a memorial with so many people respecting the lives and courage of those lost. Having witnessed the attacks himself, the memorial carried particular significance to him.

“I’m a New Yorker. It was important for me to be here,” Arnold said. “People here really take it seriously.”

Several other local businesses and corporations provided support and assistance for the event. “We’re proud to be here,” said Kellie Cobb, Business developer for Professional Restoration.

“I think this is the best event we can do to give back to our personnel.”

Falling on the 15th anniversary of the attacks, the event carried special significance for its organizers and supporters. Matt Logan, marketing director of Foothills Credit Union, was happy to see this mirrored by the participants.

“It’s good to see that people aren’t forgetting even now when we’re 15 years out,” Logan said.

Attendee Kathy Calocci, the mother of a fire fighter participating in the event, shared this view. She was glad to honor the lives of those lost saving others, and believed keeping their memory alive was just as important as with any other tragedy.

“I think the most important thing is to never forget,” Calocci said. “These are the events like Pearl Harbor, and you can never forget.”

United in Rememberance 9/11 stair climb honors fallen heroes

Above: On the 15th anniversary of 9/11 incident, firefighters from different stations gather in memory of the life lost in 2001. These two towers were raised in resemblance of the Twin Towers that were brought down. Photo by Lauren Cordova • scordo22@msudenver.edu Top right: Travis Tinnes carries his son Lane up the stairs towards the end of the commemration stair climb. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu Middle: Firefighter Nicholas Concialdi from Wellington Fire Station takes a moment to rest duirng the 343 Climb at Red Rocks to remember the fallen.

Concialdi have been a firefighter for two and half years. Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • agebreeg@msudenver.edu Bottom: Firefighters from South Metro Station walks across the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in order to commemorate the 9/11 victims.

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Mark Dym fulfills Raccas pizza dream Story by Keenan McCall

kmccall1@msudenver.edu The road to finding one’s passion can be a long one, but Mark Dym is still happy to have found his in Neapolitan Pizza.

The owner and founder of Racca’s Pizza, Mark Dym has enjoyed great success in recent years. His restaurant, which specializes in making Neapolitan style pizza, has expanded to have three locations, two in Colorado and a new location in Wyoming. He’s enjoyed positive reviews from critics and many of his customers are regulars he’s now known for years.

All of this only occurred recently though. 11 years ago, Mark was a businessman in Florida.

“I always had a passion for business,” Dym said.

“Back in 05, I got out of the financial business. I owned a small commodities firm in Florida and a couple issues happened. I was like ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ so I got out of that.”

Looking for a new venture in 2007, his interests turned to Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, a local

Neapolitan pizza. Through this, he got in contact with his teacher Roberto Caporuscio, a renowned Italian pizza chef who took on Dym as his first student.

Dym then left Colorado for a month to learn how to make pizza under Caporuscio’s tutelage in Italy.

Through their time together, they became close friends.

“We bonded because he needed some help with business, which is my background.”

After learning how to make the pizza, Dym set to work opening his first restaurant. He encountered several challenges. Equipment was damaged before and after being imported from Italy, some of it even held over in customs. The store’s location was less than favorable.

“The neighborhood was extremely challenging,” Dym said. “This was considered Skid row back in 2008. It was an enterprise zone, which meant the city was trying to get it rebuilt.”

With Caporuscio’s help though, who stayed

“My father used to tell me if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,” Dym said. “It took me 52 years to get there, but I love what I do..”

— Mark Dym

restaurant he went to with his family. with Dym for two and a half months to help him “It started to intrigue me and I started reading get the restaurant up and running, Dym was able about it and watching that,” Dym said. “They were to overcome these challenges open his restaurant in talking about the numbers and how they were doing June of 2008. After getting in touch with PR rep Lena and that’s what got me going on the pizza business.”

Sullivan through a friend, he set up an opening night He and his wife then decided to move to with a fantastic turnout and a great reception to Colorado. A few days before leaving, he met with his product. his old friend Reno to say goodbye and explain his “Denver was amazing to us. We were so new pursuits. well received,” Dym said. “It was off to the races “We were pretty much set on this type of concept. after that.”

I was leaving Florida to move to Colorado. I was Through it all, Dym has never enjoyed pursuing telling him what we were doing, kissing goodbye, and a career like he has with making and selling pizza. he says ‘you have to try this place in South Beach.’

“My father used to tell me if you love what you The restaurant, Fratelli La Bufala, offered do, you never work a day in your life,” Dym said. “It Neapolitan style pizza. Originated from Naples, Italy, took me 52 years to get there, but I love what I do.”

Dym had never had Neapolitan pizza before in his life.

If you go: “I go into this place, Fratelli La Bufala, and that really changed everything,” Dym said. “It went from Address:2129 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205 a business, supporting myself and my family, to ‘I Phone: (303) 296-7000 have to make this pizza.’”

Website: http://www.raccaspizzeria.

Dym then began researching how to make com/#pizza-fired-by-passion Neapolitan pizza, contacting the Italian suppliers of the specific ingredients needed to make authentic

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Roadrunner Briefs » Gullikson named RMAC woman golfer of the week Junior golfer Lindsey Gullikson was named women’s golfer of the week by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Gullikson placed second in Samuel Proal Invite which earned her the honor. The women’s golf team entered the final day of the Regis Invitational Sept. 12 in first place.

» Women’s tennis opens season 2-1 MSU Denver’s women’s tennis team got the season off to a strong start, going 2-1 from Sept. 9-10. The ladies beat the University of Texas-Permian Basin 7-2 on Friday morning, but lost to the University of Nebraska-Kearney 3-6 that afternoon. They wrapped up the weekend with an 8-1 rout of Fort Hays State. The women host the MSU Denver Invitational from Sept. 17-18.

» Men’s tennis begins with a win and a loss The Roadrunners men’s tennis team finished the past weekend 1-1. The men played two matches on Sept. 9, dominating their season opener against the University of Texas-Permian Basin 8-1, and following that game up with a 2-7 loss against the University of NebraskaKearney. The men’s season continues Sept. 17-18 when they host the MSU Denver Invitational.

» CC teams compete in Colorado College Invite The women’s and men’s cross country teams ran in the Colorado College Invite on Sept.

10. The women’s team placed fourth overall. Junior Erica Ruiz led the way for the Roadrunners with a time of 23:24 on the 6,000-meter course. The men finished third, with junior Brandon Krage setting the pace.

He finished with a time of 26:09 on the 8,000-meter course, good enough for nineteenth overall.

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By David Schaut dschaut@msudenver.edu After a promising victory against Western Washington University on Sept. 8, the MSU Denver men’s soccer team lost to Seattle Pacific University two days later. They ended their weekend trip to the Pacific Northwest 1-1-0, bringing their overall record to 2-2-0.

The weekend began on a positive note for the team after goals by senior forward Josh Belfrage and freshman midfielder D’Angelo Escobar secured a 2-1 win.

Freshman midfielder Dimitri Ney had the assist on the first goal, but D’Angelo Escobar needed no help for the second.

Escobar gained possession after a failed clearance by Western Washington, and blasted a goal from the top of the penalty box

Sept. 16 at 6 p.m.: vs. Colorado Mesa Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.: vs. Westminster College Sept. 23 at noon: at Colorado Christian Sept. 25 at 2:30 p.m.: at CO School of Mines Freshman defender Yannick Schad clears the ball for the MSU Denver Roadrunners on Sept. 8.

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for the game winning goal.

Senior goalkeeper Hayden Rus nearly had a clean sheet, but allowed a goal from Western Washington senior forward Eleazar Galvan in minute 31.

The second game of the

road trip did not go as well. The Roadrunners traveled to Seattle to take on Seattle Pacific and lost 3-1. Josh Belfrage continued his scoring tear, adding a goal to his season tally from a penalty kick after Ney was fouled in the penalty box. He now has two goals on the season.

The team begins RMAC conference play at home next

week, taking on the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks and the Westminster College Griffins at the Regency Athletic Complex. The Roadrunners take on the Mavericks Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. and face off against the Griffins Sept. 18 at 1 p.m.

Women have tough weekend in the Northwest

By Jake Howard jhowar50@msudenver.edu The Roadrunners women’s soccer team played to a win and a draw over the weekend.

The ladies did not have an answer for the Western Washington Vikings or their high-powered offense, which resulted in 12 shots on goal.

The Vikings ended the weekend undefeated with a record of 3-0-1.

The Vikings’ freshman Liv Larson opened up the game with a goal midway through the first half.

The Roadrunners’ freshman goalkeeper Erica Torres made a valiant effort by saving 10 shots and keeping the game within one goal until the final 30 seconds of regulation, when the Vikings’ sophomore forward Jen Oak scored. MSU Denver’s sophomore striker Reigna Banks was responsible for their only shot on goal.

In the Roadrunners’ second game of the week, the women managed a 1-1 draw with Seattle Pacific, who fi nished the weekend

2-1-1. Seattle Pacific was the fi rst team to fi nd the back of the net with a shot from two yards out in minute 32.

The Roadrunners finally broke through late in the match when junior forward Elise Boisnard put away a crossing ball sent in by freshman forward Gricelda “Na-Na” Gomez.

Torres again had a spectacular game with 13 saves.

Boisnard provided both of MSU Denver’s shots on goal.

The women begin RMAC play this week when they travel to No. 6 Colorado School of Mines on Sept. 16, and play at 7 p.m.

Their next matchup is also an away game, and is against Colorado Christian University on Sept. 18 at noon. Both games are within the Denver metro area, and are less than a 30 minute drive from the Auraria campus.

Junior midfielder/forward Elise Boisnard winds up for a strike Sept. 8, 2016 against Western Washington University. The Roadrunners lost the game 2-0.

Photo Credit Radley Muller • Western Washington University

Game Schedule Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.: at CO School of Mines Sept. 18 at noon: at Colorado Christian Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.: vs. Adams State Sept. 25 at noon: vs. Fort Lewis

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Volleyball falls to tough competition University Rams, who defeated MSU Denver 3-2 on Sept. 9 after winning the fifth and final set .

MSU Denver matched up with the No. 9 University of Central Missouri Jennies in their second match on Sept. 9. The Roadrunners fought valiantly, yet eventually lost to the Jennies three sets to one.

Tournament play continued Sept. 10 as MSU Denver danced with the West Florida University Argonauts. The Roadrunners fought hard but could not get their feet on solid ground, dropping the match 3-1.

In their fourth and final match of the weekend, the Roadrunners returned to their

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Right side junior Ryan Hoerdemann elevates for a kill in 2015. The Roadrunners finished the 2015 season 20-12 overall.

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By Earl Grant egrant7@msudenver.edu A championship trail is full of twists, turns ups and downs.

Head Coach Jenny Glenn and the Roadrunners volleyball team hosted the 2016 Colorado

Premier Challenge at the Auraria Event Center. Play began Sept. 9 and continued into Sept. 10.

MSU Denver entered the weekend undefeated with a 4-0 record after their undefeated play last weekend. That changed when the Roadrunners took on the No.19 Angelo State

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MSU Denver looks to build momentum in the upcoming week as the Roadrunners open conference play in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, hosting Regis Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Auraria Event Center. They then take on the Chadron State Eagles on Sept.

17 at 5 p.m., which is also at the Auraria Event Center.

Game Schedule Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.: vs. Regis University Sept. 17 at 5 p.m.: vs. Chadron State Sept. 23 at 7 p.m.: at Adams State Sept. 24 at 5 p.m.: at Fort Lewis

Grit meets grind: Jenny Glenn

By Earl Grant egrant7@msudenver.edu The 2016 MSU Denver Volleyball team looks to extend their streak of 16 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.

Diane Hendricks coached MSU Denver for all 16 past NCAA tournament bids. Hendricks stepped down as the volleyball program’s head coach back in March, 2016 New first year head coach Jenny Glenn begins her era as the skipper, charged with guiding the program to national prominence.

Glenn is no stranger to success.

She’s spent the last nine seasons at the University of Northern Colorado. Glenn won 20 or more games every season as an assistant head coach. Glenn carries division experience into a hotbed of division II volleyball.

Glenn’s first call of action on the court is to lead her squad to secure the conference championship. The academic

“Every group of athletes is different, you have to mold to your athletes.

You always want it intrinsic instead of external. What motivates and drives them?”

-Jenny Glenn goals for the Roadrunners are lofty as well.

Glenn has specific goals academically. “Our team GPA goal is a 3.3. We have the desire to win the American Volleyball Coaches Association team academic award.”

The volleyball team maintains a commitment to planting positive seeds in the community as the team does most of its’ volunteer work in the spring.

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different, you have to mold to your athletes.” said Glenn, who creates team goals that are fused with the wants and needs of her players.

“You always want it intrinsic instead of external.” Glenn said.

What motivates and drives them?”

The team is loaded with talented returning players. Coach Glenn has four preseason allRMAC players returning to the Roadrunners. Seniors Brandi Torr, Vasati Fiatoa, Michaela Smith

and junior Ryan Hoerdemann were all voted as preseason allRMAC by the conference coaches.

Glenn ensures that her players are included in the team and goal building blueprints.

“I make sure everyone has a role and that they feel part of the collective,” she said.

Coach Glenn is forging every link of her chain to be strong enough to resist the pressure to break. Enthusiastic about her new role at MSU Denver, Glenn views learning the nuances of her new players as the most enjoyable part of her head coaching duties.

“Getting to know the athletes, they’re a great group of girls,” Glenn said. “As well as seeing some change and light bulbs going off in there.”

Glenn takes over a potent program that has a history of success. The Roadrunners have the talent to have a successful 2016.

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The Broncos started the new season like they ended the last, by beating Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.

They will face another one of the league’s better young quarterbacks in week two when Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts come to Denver on Sept. 18 to take on the defending Superbowl Champions.

Trevor Siemian’s first start was statistically average. He finished the day with one touchdown, two interceptions and threw for 178 yards against a good, No. 6 ranked Panthers defense.

While at first glance Siemian’s numbers are underwhelming, Head Coach Gary Kubiak saw reasons to be optimistic.

“He handled the operation really good. The guys were confident in him handling the huddle and also doing it from ten points down against a group like that,” Kubiak said.

His second career start comes against a team that struggled mightly on defense in 2015. The Colts ended last year ranked No. 26 in total defense, a number that includes a ranking of No. 24 against the pass and No. 25 against the rush. This bodes well for a team with a young quarterback like Siemian.

Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles has chimed in on why baseball doesn’t have as many players as other sports kneeling for the national anthem.

“Baseball is a white man’s sport.

We already have two strikes against us already, so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.”

“He handled the operation really good. The guys were confident in him handling the huddle and also doing it from 10 points down,”

Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall has lost two endorsements over his controversial decision to kneel during the national anthem. Air Academy Federal Credit Union was the first company to cut ties with Marshall, CenturyLink followed suit. Marshall stood by his decision adding that police training is one thing he’s fighting for. “They need more training to hold a gun and badge. Have it (for) the people that hold our lives in their hands and our safety, the safety of these streets.

They need more training.”

» Ryan Lochte rushed by two men on DWTS Embattled U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte was rushed while performing on Dancing With the Stars on Sept. 12. Two men wearing anti-Lochte shirts ran onstage toward the Olympian.

One of the men was heard saying, “We want to publicize that this is a bad decision to have a liar be publicized as a star.”

Lochte was unharmed.

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» Titans linebacker won’t -Gary Kubiak on Siemian be fined for 9/11 cleats Tennessee Titans linebacker Avery Williamson wore patriotic cleats on Sept. 11 to honor the victims of the terror attack.

One cleat had, “9/11/01” written on it and the other had “Never Forget”. The NFL isn’t expected to fine Williamson.

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The Broncos had 159 yards rushing against a stout Panther’s defense in week one and should have their way against the Colts after upgrading their offensive line in the off-season with the additions of Donald Stephenson and Russell Okung. Expect a healthy dose of

Tracy Porter deflects a pass from Ben Roethlisberger that was intended for Heath Miller in 2014.

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C.J. Anderson against the Colts, with a little sprinkle of Siemian to keep Indianapolis off balance.

Anderson finished game one of his NFL season with 20 carries for 92 yards and a touchdown. The offensive line opened up holes on nearly every run against a very good Panthers defensive line. He made his presence known in the passing game out of the backfield, catching four balls for 47 yards and another touchdown.

For those keeping score in fantasy, that’s 27 in regular leagues, and 29 in points-per-reception leagues. He’ll probably be used just as much if not more in the upcoming game against Indianapolis.

Denver’s defense finished first in the league in 2015 with 52 total sacks. Wade Phillips’ blitz-happy defensive approach combined with one of the most potent pass rushing combinations in NFL history will prove to do more of the same in 2016. In week one the Colts had a weak running game.

They ran the ball 19 times and threw it 47 times, indicating their lack of faith in Frank Gore and their backfield.

Andrew Luck had a statistically phenomenal game in week one but, it was against a Detroit Lions defense that ranked No. 18 in total defense in 2015.

He’ll experience more challenges against the Mile High City’s defensive line.

The Broncos hit Cam Newton, one of the most elusive

quarterbacks in the NFL, 17 times in their opening game. Luck is less mobile than Newton, and has a worse offensive line. He’ll have less time to get rid of the ball and will either rush passes, get sacked often or both. The ball-hawking Denver secondary, commonly known as the “No-Fly Zone,” should have plenty of opportunities at interceptions in the upcoming week.

The Colts seemed to be the Broncos’ kryptonite when Peyton Manning was quarterback.

They won two out of three games against the Broncos when Manning was at the helm, including a divisional playoff game that knocked the Broncos out of contention in 2015. Expect

that trend to change this season with the changes in the Broncos’ offensive line, which should create mammoth holes in the Colts’ defense. Gary Kubiak’s run-oriented offense should wear the Colts down throughout the game and open things up for Siemian when he’s galloping on the naked boot-leg.

The game is in Denver this Sunday, Sept. 18 at 2:25 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS if you can’t make it to the game.

Game Schedule Sept. 18 at 2:25 p.m.: vs. Indianapolis Colts Sept. 25 at 11 a.m.: at Cincinnati Bengals Oct. 2 at 2:05 p.m.: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Oct. 9 at 2:05 p.m.: vs. Atlanta Falcons Oct. 13 at 6:25 p.m.: at San Diego Chargers

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Capricorn

Cancer

December 22 -January 19 The stars fucking give up—if you want another slice of blueberry pie, just go ahead and have another slice of blueberry pie.

“Was that written with bong water?”

“We’re like...normal coolness” “We all know he’s a worthless human being, but he’s decent at his job.”

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Sure, a spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but if it’s suppositories you’re struggling with, the spoon isn’t going to help.

Remember: It’s all a matter of perspective. See how your crippling fi nances look from atop that hill.

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You’ve never really thought of yourself as a cat-person, but the splicing, trans-binding, and DNA re-sequencing will soon change all of that.

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The rise of Jupiter in your sign can only mean one thing! Let the stars know what it is once you look it up.

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While being a good friend means telling the truth, you’ll soon realize that being a true friend means keeping your mouth shut.

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33. Has no stomach for 34. Chicago airport 35. Oratory seat 36. “I Dream of Jeannie” star Barbara 37. Playground fixture 38. Checkout counter annoyance 39. Crossworder’s creek 40. Some Iroquoians 41. Singer Tucker 42. Time when an oven door is opened?

45. Vitamin bottle abbreviation 46. Former Bruin Bobby 47. Prefix with economics 50. Nave divider 53. Obtain 56. National labor organization?

59. Go gliding 60. Eco-friendly energy source

E.B. White always believed that punctuation should be used sparingly. But then, E.B. White was—let’s face it—a “pompous fuck.”

61. Son of Seth 62. Hurries 63. Long-running Broadway show Down 1. Suva’s place 2. Word on a cent 3. Dame ___ Everage

— David Schaut “A lion, orca and an eagle.”

— Abe Gebreegziabher “An octopus” —Michael Ortiz “Deanna’s Pug” —Chris Bjork

September 23 -October 22

April 20 -May 20

former student.”

“A bear.”

Libra

March 21 -April 19 Th is week try wearing less make-up when you leave the house, even if it means angering the other members of KISS.

—Mady Smarr

July 23 -August 22

Pisces

You’ll be forced to undergo surgery to remove the lump from your throat. Though it’s becoming a woman and not cancer of the larynx that will send you to the hospital.

“Probably a turtle.”

Leo

January 20 -February 18

“So the professor’s wife was a

“These peasants don’t know how

June 21 -July 22

Aquarius

“I would steal an Ipad because I need to eat.”

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What animal do you find the sexiest?

The widow of an African political leader will offer you $10m sometime this week by email. Why not send us the administration fee instead?

4. Tote 5. Sailor’s patron 6. Suffix with switch 7. Bio 8. New York team 9. Grate stuff 10. Yum-Yum’s operetta, with “The”

11. Sale condition 12. Hostelries 13. Company emblem 15. Lists of candidates 18. Aristocratic type?

22. Yemeni seaport 23. “Present!”

24. Heat unit 25. “___ Days” (Woody Allen film) 26. Crack squad 27. Printed sheet 28. Shoplifter 29. Possessed, scriptures-style 30. Think 31. Singer Lotte ___ 32. Perspiration 37. Mlle., in Madrid 38. Bert of “The Wizard of Oz” 40. ___ a sour note 41. Brewer or Graves 43. Faults 44. Punching implements 47. Erato or Clio 48. By and by 49. “Later!”

50. From a great distance 51. “Leave ___ Beaver” 52. Fasten 53. Excessively enthusiastic 54. Coup d’___ 55. Hardy lass 57. Kingston’s prov.

58. ICU specialty

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“A dolphin or something” — Isabella Munoz “A feline” — Esteban Fernandez “A sheep, because I’m baaaaaaaad.”

—Erik Kemp

Sudoku

Difficulty: Medium

Difficulty: Hard

Answers:

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