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November 15, 2012

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Auraria officer wounded by sword-wielder Assailant declared dead after on-campus violence, officer on the mend Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu A man wielding a samurai-style sword was shot and killed on campus by an Auraria police officer in the early morning hours of Nov. 10, according to Denver police spokesperson Raquel Lopez.

A report from the Denver office of the Medical Examiner said that Jeffrey Albert Musick, 38, was pronounced dead at Denver Medical Health Center at 6:14 a.m. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.

Musick was confronted by the officer in front of the Tivoli near 9th and Walnut Streets after reports were called in to the police that a man on campus was wielding a sword.

Musick swung the sword at the officer, nearly severing the officer’s finger. The officer responded by firing his gun and striking Musick.

A press release from the medical examiner’s office said that Musick was taken to the hospital by ambulance, but was pronounced dead when he did not respond to treatment.

Lopez said that the officer’s injuries were not life threatening.

“The officer was taken to an area hospital in critical but stable condition,” she said. “He has been released.”

Facts of the case are slow in coming because the case is still under investigation, according to Lynn Kimbrough, spokesperson for the Denver District Attorney’s office.

At the time of publication, the name of the officer was not being released.

“It’s too early in the investigation to comment now,” Kimbrough said. “The Denver police are investigating through the homicide department and following up on the evidence and on witness statements.

Denver police officers process evidence after an Auraria Police officer was injured Nov. 10 on the Auraria Campus when an assailant wielding a sword attacked him.

Photos by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@msudenver.edu

Until then, it wouldn’t be appropriate for the police to be answering questions at this time.”

Kimbrough said that the DA’s office would review the evidence and would issue

Students find campus safety concerns Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu No one can talk about feeling safe on campus like students themselves.

A group of about 30 students, police officers and faculty from the Auraria Higher Education Center met on Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. in the Tivoli’s Multicultural Lounge for pizza and planning at Auraria’s Seventh Annual Safe Night.

After opening remarks by Auraria police chief John Mackey, and an outline of the evening’s plans by AHEC’s emergency preparedness coordinator Detective Leonard Peete, the assembly broke into smaller groups. The campus was divided into five zones, and each group, armed with a flashlight and clipboard, went out into the night to look for problem areas in which crime could be more likely to occur.

According to Peete, Safe Nights are an important strategy on an ever-changing campus.

“Every time we put up a new building, it blocks your view of a certain area,” Peete said.

Peete led a group of student residents from the Campus Village at Auraria as they inspected an area bordered by Fifth Street and Seventh Street on the East and West and Old Colfax Avenue and Walnut Street at the north and south. The group was accompa-

nied by Blaine Nickeson, AHEC’s chief of staff and assistant vice president of campus relations, and Doug McLean, AHEC’s facilities director.

Peete said that Safe Nights were scheduled for only the fall semester so that AHEC already has an idea about what kind of budget they have to work with. He said improvements mentioned in the spring tended to be the same improvements mentioned in the fall but that either had not yet been completed or were going to have to wait for the next budget.

Nickeson said that renovations could be costly, pointing out that the removal of bushes and the paving along the north side of the Seventh Street parking garage cost $20,000.

“We try to do it in small bits,” Nickeson said.

One of the improvements that came as a result of past Safe Nights is the number of emergency phones on the campus.

“Our goal was to make sure that you could see at least two phones from anywhere on campus,” Nickeson said. “Then you have a choice of which way to run.”

Students and faculty walked the campus

looking for burned-out street lights, pedestrian dangers and places an assailant might be able to use as concealment. After the groups returned to the Tivoli, Peete asked them to prioritize their lists so that when they were handed over to AHEC, the center would know what areas of safety students found most important.

While all three student housing establishments were encouraged to attend Safe Night, only residents of the Auraria Student Lofts and the Campus Village attended. The Campus Village donated pizzas for the meeting.

Ana Huber and fellow Village residents were active participants.

“I’m an RA [resident assistant] at the Village,” Huber said. “We had a program to encourage other residents to come, and here we are.”

The Auraria Police Department also offered an array of freebies, from pens and Frisbees to safety procedure booklets and safety whistles. Officer Jim Shaw encouraged students to take a safety whistle, even if just to pass on to a friend.

“This isn’t just about our safety here,” he said. “It’s about everybody’s safety.”

“This isn’t just about our safety here. It’s about everybody’s safety.”

—Jim Shaw

a letter with their decision on the case when the investigation is over.

At that time, facts in the case will be published online and will be available to the public.

Auraria ‘RAVE’s about snow days Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu Auraria students no longer have to get out of bed to find out they have a snow day.

The campus emergency notification system, also known as RAVE, now includes weather closure notifications.

The system is usually reserved for more extreme emergencies.

Blaine Nickeson, chief of staff and assistant vice president of campus relations of the Auraria Higher Education Center, said AHEC hoped that including snow alerts as part of the ENS would encourage more students to enroll to receive notifications.

“We looked into what other schools were doing for notifications and felt that this was a good course of action,” Nickeson said.

News and radio channels will still be notified about closures. The ENS though, will allow students to know about closures before they’re up and out the door.

Nickeson said that AHEC would be sending out an ENS test sometime before the end of the semester to make sure the system is working properly.

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Auraria salutes servicemen past and present Campus-wide events highlight veterans, celebrate service Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu Red, white and blue balloons surrounded the Tivoli Commons when Auraria came together to celebrate veterans Nov. 8.

The swing sounds of Reveille 3, a tribute band to the Andrews Sisters, kicked off the events with songs like “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree,” and “Rum and Coca Cola.”

Attention was then given to the Scottish American Military Society as they marched toward the Tivoli Commons from the East in a horizontal line formation with bagpipes playing behind them.

After “a-ten-hut” was called, members of the MSU Denver Army ROTC raised and saluted the flag while a trumpeter played the National Anthem.

A “Tribute to the Flag” poem was read

by Martha Eaton, master chief petty officer of the Navy and assistant director of the Health Center at Auraria. After the reading, the presidents of each school gave speeches to honor the servicemen and women’s courage, sacrifice, and honor of coming back home to complete their higher education.

“To live honorably is a tall order,” said MSU Denver president Dr. Stephen Jordan.

“We are fortunate enough to work and to study with veterans and service people who have experienced this ideal, reminding us of what it is to make honor a daily practice.”

CCD Interim President Cliff Richardson spoke of the tremendous courage it takes to sign up for the military knowing one will be in harm’s way. He related a personal story of his nephew who could not handle the transition back to school or the bureaucracies that came with it.

“Going to college takes tremendous courage, just like taking on the service you did for your country,” he said. “Take the

right choice. Stick with your educational goals and move on with your life. Thank you for serving your country — serving me — and now I want to help you be successful so that you can be the citizen you deserve to be.”

A brief closing statement was given by Jarod Solano, president of student veterans at MSU Denver, who served in Japan and then Iraq in 2005.

He thanked the three schools for their commitment to creating a supportive and welcoming environment for veterans on campus, and paid tribute to two of his fellow servicemen.

“I would like to take a few moments to remember our fallen brothers and sisters in arms,” Solano said. “This past fall, Metro State University of Denver lost two of our own student veterans. Army Specialist Jesse Pringle was preparing for his second deployment in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Ryan Riley, an Army ranger, was currently serving as a fire support sergeant. Both were tragically lost in motor vehicle incidents earlier this year.”

The ceremony ended with a moment of silence to honor them and all the other fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country. “Amazing Grace” played on the bagpipes as red, white and blue balloons were released up into the air.

“I wanted to challenge myself,” Solano said. “Being able to step up and push yourself not only physically but to be a more honorable more dedicated person. [Soldiers] are in a completely different world right now. Time is not moving in the way it is for us. When they leave, they don’t see everything that’s happened in our country, in our society, so when they come back it can be a complete shock. It’s a very profound life-changing event that occurs while you’re active duty. ”

“To live honorably is a tall order.”

—President Stephen Jordan

MSU Denver vets win in flag football Amanda Lorenzo alorenz5@msudenver.edu No rain, sleet or snow could stop the Denver Veterans Day Flag Football Tournament Nov. 10.

In honor of Veterans Day, the Auraria Campus hosted multiple events for the public. The flag football tournament took place at Auraria Field, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

As the football game got underway the rain began to fall, but the athletes pushed through.

The MSU Denver student veterans took on the UCD student veterans in a muddy game.

“It’s cold. My feet are frozen,” said Jamall Guillory, an MSU Denver sophomore, who said he played until he couldn’t feel his feet.

Around 2 p.m., the snow began to fall heavily, and the game intensified. With the MSU Denver veterans leading, smiles were plastered across both teams faces. “[The snow] probably made it better,” said Pablo Gomez, a UCD graduate student.

Players from both teams stood on the sidelines and watched the game, waiting for their turn to play.

There were few spectators watching the veterans as the weather got worse. Some huddled under a small canopy, while a few others stood next to the fence, including Cierra Clinard from the Charlie Company ROTC. The snow couldn’t ruin Clinard’s afternoon. She said she was excited to watch the players have fun.

“We’re the cheerleaders,” Clinard said.

The MSU Denver veterans carried the lead as they kept the UCD veterans running.

At one point in the game, the referee said the score was14-0, but the final score was unclear.

“It’s a lot to a little,” Guillory said.

Spectator Alton Clark from Veterans Upward Bound helped set up the flag football game and got to the fields just as the snow began to fall. He rushed to huddle under the canopy.

“I just came out to support the teams,” Clark said.

Above: Tyler Van Dam, an MSU Denver student, played the National Anthem on the trumpet at the Veteran’s Day Celebration.

Below: The Scottish Color Guard marched into the Tivoli Commons while the bagpipes rang out across campus for the celebration on Nov. 8.

Photos By Dan Fairbairn • dfairba3@msudenver.edu

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Denver runs for vets Daniella Hernandez dherna27@msudenver.edu The support at the Veteran’s Day 5K race and parade Nov. 10 was strong despite the cold weather.

“We’re celebrating the services that these men and women have given to our nation,” said Congressman Ed Perlmutter, who ran in the 5K. “We’re honoring people who have served us and put their lives on the line for us.”

Starting at 8 a.m., hundreds gathered at the Tivoli to race a 5K circling around campus and back.

The run was open to veterans as well as civilians. To some, the race was more than just a competition.

For Liz Mathis, a former veteran and wife of a veteran, the 5K was proof that nothing is impossible.

“A couple of years ago, after my husband got hurt in Iraq, he was told that he would never run again and he’s running,” Mathis said.

The festivities continued after the race, with a parade that began at 10 a.m.

A variety of spectators and participants, from veterans to Girl Scouts to cheerleaders, gathered for the parade.

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Above: Sr. Airman Sean Cooper, U.S. Air Force, played “Taps” at the Colorado Veteran’s Memorial in Denver Nov. 10 at the conclusion of the Honor Roll reading of the names of those who died in war.

Below: Several Junior ROTC groups marched in the Veterans Day Parade in Denver Nov. 10.

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Fukuhara, leader of Girl Scouts Brownie troop 850, who attended the parade. “The girls just have big hearts, they celebrate Veterans Day at school and they were very excited to be able to participate in the parade.

It’s a nice way for us to show our support.”

Tom Jatko, who was at the parade, said he enjoys the parade every year.

“There’s not many occasions during the year when we can get out and demonstrate our support and thanks and honor the veterans for what they have done for the country,” Jatko said.

Cars and floats decorated the streets of downtown Denver. The streets were lined with men and women of all ages thanking those who were in uniform.

“I want to honor these folks because they’re so important to our nation,” Perlmutter said.

Following the parade was an Honor Roll reading of the names of soldiers’ who have died in the line of duty.

“More people, I feel like, should have come out,” said spectator Anthony Holland.

“Because of these peoples’ service, all of us get to be who we are. They sacrifice their lives for us.”

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GOP needs a grand old clue about politicking A week after the 2012 election, shellshocked Republicans bicker, point fingers, second guess and stumble around in denial.

But the degree of denial isn’t even amusing — least of all for the Party.

The GOP alternate-universe script hasn’t changed much since election night when FOX “News” blowhard Bill O’Reilly tried to explain why their boy lost. America’s demographics were changing, he said (really?), and the “white power structure”— his words — was now in the minority. The old order, he said grimly, had been replaced by new blocs of folks who simply wanted, from Big Government, “stuff.”

What kind of stuff ? Maybe being able to vote without being challenged or harassed; equal pay for equal work; gender equality plus health care for women and everyone else not now covered; student loans without exorbitant-rate middlemen; gay rights and decent care for returning veterans. Stuff like that.

Inside their own airtight echo chamber, Republicans and their broadcast battalions had been stroking themselves with the fantasy that Romney was going to win big and one FOX clown predicted a Romney “landslide.” Ignoring any evidence to the contrary, the same seers were convinced that Romney had the “momentum” to easily overtake Obama in the final week before the election.

Although that “mo” only appeared in right-leaning polls, it became the only acceptable gospel and Romney himself seemed to buy into it. On election night, Romney was described by an aide as “shell-shocked.”

Within hours, rationales on what went wrong began sounding from the echo chamber. Romney would have sailed to an easy win were it not for Hurricane Sandy, that disrupted voting in the American Northeast.

J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com One FOX pundit called Sandy “an act of God.” Follow that logic and you might ask which side God was on.

Along with Tea Party claims that Romney wasn’t conservative enough, others argued he was too conservative. We also got Karl Rove’s take from a man who had to explain to his American Crossroads SuperPAC investors how he managed to spend more than $300 million for nearly nil results.

Democrats, claimed Rove, had suppressed the vote. And Act-of-God Hurricane Sandy enabled Obama to win. Moreover, the GOP has somehow triumphed in the 2012 election by keeping control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Lewis Carroll, writing “Alice In Wonderland” on opium – the mid19th century drug of choice – couldn’t have come up with a wilder script where things get “curiouser and curiouser.”

Little was heard from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who spent more than $70 million to defeat Obama while backing nearly a dozen U.S. Senate candidates. Not a single one won.

While only the most hard-core delusionals were buying post-mortem rationales from the Right, conservative columnists Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks and George Will all called for the GOP to face up to the new realities of the American electorate. And to at least stop alienating women,

Latinos, gays and young voters. Krauthammer called for immigration “amnesty” and even FOX fi xture Sean Hannity admitted that his thinking was going through the difficult process of “evolving” in terms of a changing American electorate.

Among GOP stalwarts in high places, those who refused to recognize reality include U.S. Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio), whose job as House majority leader may be in danger. On election night, Boehner said Obama’s win was “no mandate” for higher taxes, a claim echoed by the Wall Street Journal. Boehner later added that higher taxes on America’s wealthiest were simply “unacceptable.” Which doesn’t bode well for any “bipartisan” action on the highly touted “fiscal cliff ” that looms next New Years’ Day. Aside from U.S. Senate and statehouse gains for Democrats, returns tallied since election night had Obama getting more electoral votes — 332 to Romney’s 206 — and a popularity vote plurality of more than 2.5 million to bury any lingering delusions about being able to call Obama’s 2012 win “a fluke” by naysayers who said the same in 2008.

Still, the GOP — or its highest-profi le spokesmen — don’t seem to get it. We’re not talking about Bible-thumpers who see the “end of days” because Anti-Christ Obama was re-elected, but party leadership.

The older-white-guy party base, living in the states of the old Confederacy, will die off and are already being replaced by a younger electorate in a rainbow of colors. And the Republican Party, after years of alienating the voter blocs that gave Obama his second term, can’t easily turn on a dime and instantly re-invent itself to appeal to those voters. The challenge is formidable. But, first, the GOP has to move beyond denial. And get a clue.

National Novel Writing Month presents ‘novel’ challenge Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu I’m not crazy. No, seriously, I’m not.

No crazier than thousands of other would-be novelist who want to try their hand at the greatest novelists writing challenge since Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecroft were stranded in Switzerland in the 1800’s. The fact that this challenge is held in November with Thanksgiving and the downhill slide toward college finals should not be taken as a reason to question our sanity.

National Novel Writing Month is an event that was started in a bar room in San Francisco (or coffee shop, depending on who’s telling the story) in 2001 and has exploded into a global challenge. Participants from all over the world write a 50,000 word novel in thirty days.

Any genre of novel is allowed. Writing must commence no earlier than midnight on Nov. 1 and must end by midnight Dec. 1.

Novels must be original. Plot is not essential

to the challenge. There is no prize at the end except a downloaded certificate and bragging rights, but who needs more than that?

The idea behind National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo, as participants call it — is not to write the next great novel.

It’s to write a novel, period. Editing and fi lling plot holes can come later. The first step is to get words down on paper or computer monitor or notebook or whatever medium the writer finds works best.

As if gracing the world with our words wasn’t enough, NaNoWriMo has spawned a charitable organization called The Office of Light and Letters that has built libraries in Third World countries and now provides creative writing programs in over 100 countries. High schools all over the nation are adapting the challenge as part of their creative writing curricula, and even some middle schools are incorporating the Young Writers Program, a form of NaNoWriMo geared to kids under 13 years old.

NaNoWriMo offers more than just a chance to see how quickly and how badly

you can write in 30 days. The online forums offer writers a chance to find the answers to plot problems. Participants can safely ask how to crash a small plane or what to feed a pet tiger without spending hours in a library not knowing what book to look for. The librarian? What’s she going to think when you tell her you’re just researching a novel and need to know how fast a body buried in South Dakota will decay?

Many areas also have write-ins hosted

by NaNoWriMo liaisons, and Auraria is no exception. A NaNo group gathers at the Honors House on 9th Street every Monday and Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Writers can compare notes, challenge each other and realize that they’re not the only ones who spend November freebasing sugar while hooked to an I.V. coffee drip.

Potential novelists can sign up for NaNoWriMo a few days before it’s all over if they think they can get to 50,000 words in seven days. Go to www.nanowrimo.org and register. You’d better hurry, though, because I totally have a 23,000-word head start.

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Faithful performer plays tranquil tunes

Phillip Mark Heifferon performs some mellow songs during the GIG Series Nov. 8 in the Tivoli Commons.

Photo by Dan Fairbairn • dfairba3@msudenver.edu

Reeanna Lynn Hernandez rherna60@msudenver.edu Phillip Mark Heifferon is an acoustic musician and teaching volunteer who is hoping to pursue musical ministry in South America.

For now, though, he is content to

perform on campus. Heifferon, a UCD sophomore, was the latest entertainer in the GIG Series, a student activities event that showcases local and national talent as well as student musicians.

Heifferon, a 19-year-old music major, performed for students Nov. 9 in the Tivoli Atrium.

He played a few cover songs like Jason Mraz’s “I Wont Give Up,” but many of the tunes he played were his own compositions.

His style was similar to popular artists such as Jack Johnson and James Taylor, two musicians who Heifferon says inspire him.

His acoustic music and mellow vocals provided a calming background for some students to eat lunch and study while others took the time to just sit and listen to Heifferon perform.

Heifferon is not only a dedicated musician — he is also a volunteer who uses his education in music to inspire the lives of others. He recently volunteered for an Urban Leadership Development program where he assisted music teachers at different elementary schools.

He was compelled to volunteer and pass on what he has learned so far as a music major to children who are in schools where music is not made a priority, Heifferon said.

“Music programs at these schools are not well-funded,” he said. “I was able to take all that I am learning here at the university and pass it on to them and hopefully be an encouraging and positive influence to the kids. Seeing all the kids so excited to be expressing themselves through music was an awesome thing to be a part of.”

Heifferon’s music, he said, is rooted in his Christian faith. He has already produced a currently untitled EP with some original songs.

“I’ve gotten the inspiration for many of my songs because of the balance I need to live out my faith and life in a college environment,” Heifferon said. “Sometimes I find myself wanting to live the typical college life,

like wanting to party or whatever else goes along with that, but because of my faith I feel like my life is meant to be more than that. I say I’m a believer. My life and music should be a reflection of it.”

Students who attended the GIG Series found Heifferon’s style of music refreshing.

“I work in the student offices in the Tivoli and we usually call the concert series ‘noisy Thursdays’ because the music can often be so loud it distracts from our work,” CCD student PJ Patterson said. “This guy, though, is different. His music isn’t loud, it’s calm. We don’t mind it at all.”

Jake Doe, a UCD senior, felt a similar sense of calm while listening to Heifferon play.

“I usually listen to a lot of death metal,” Doe said. “This is a nice change of pace. It’s a lot easier to study when I’m listening to this guy. I like it.”

Some students enjoyed Heifferon as a performer.

“I admire how confident he is,” Hibba Sassi, a UCD sophomore, said. “I could never do that. He seems so comfortable singing and I love how well he plays the guitar. It’s intriguing.”

After he graduates, Heifferon wants to continue pursuing his passion for faith and his love for music.

“When I graduate from UCD I would love to travel,” Heifferon said. “Maybe to South America and use my music to do ministry there. I want to get out and share this with the world. As long I can pursue this dream, follow my faith and do what I love.

That to me is truly living life.”

Reptile rescuer warms up to cold blooded creatures Nate Hemmert nhemmert@msudenver.edu Brett Neilsen is a Nebraska native, a student of the fine arts and a reptile rescuer.

“I grew up always interested in dinosaurs and Ninja Turtles — ­ typical stuff like that,” Neilsen said.

His love of ancient and cartoon reptiles turned into much more as he grew up.

Neilsen now runs Rocky Mountain Reptile Rescue, founded in 2009, which serves Colorado through education, adoption and reptile rescue, according to the organization’s Facebook page.

Neilsen’s love for reptiles didn’t necessarily come naturally.

“I actually grew up with a family that hated reptiles,” he said. “I started with a fear of snakes and lizards. I was terrified.”

That all seemed to change when he got a job at Petco.

“I got a gecko and kind of just worked my way up from there,” Neilsen said.

His affection for reptiles continued to grow and eventually everyone knew him as

the “reptile guy.”

“People got to know who I was, and so it got to the point where they would just drop off or give me different reptiles,” he said. “I was basically forced into the rescue.”

Running a non-profit rescue organization isn’t just scales and tails — it comes with challenges too.

“We spend about three or four hundred dollars a month in food costs, electrical bills, gas, everything to properly take care of the animals,” Neilsen said.

Dealing with sick animals also causes a strain.

“Our biggest cost, of course, is vet bills,” he said.

It’s not just money that’s an issue — time comes into play as well. And it doesn’t look like it will be getting better for Neilsen any time soon. Between a family, school and operating the rescue, time is tight.

He doesn’t handle all the stresses of life by himself, however.

“My fiancee, she is all about it,” Neilsen said. “She knows it’s one of my passions.”

Meghan Hartmann, Neilsen’s fiancee, is

on board with the reptile rescue too “It’s definitely new for me,” she said.

“I’ve never really dealt with reptiles or knew about them. It’s actually a lot of fun. I was surprised.”

Hartmann didn’t seem to be put off by the reptiles in their home either — even with a one-year-old baby in the house.

“It doesn’t bother me,” she said. “I know that they’re caged properly. They’re in locked cages that were specifically built for reptiles.”

A supportive home is definitely important when taking on so much responsibility.

Neilsen, who already has a bachelor’s degree in theater, is working on a second degree in fine art photography, but it won’t end there. He plans to continue his education and obtain a master’s degree, possibly from Colorado State University, he said.

“I want to eventually be able to teach college-level arts,” Neilsen said.

Neilsen has a lot on his plate. He deals with a unique set of struggles, but Neilsen has always considered himself a “jack-of-alltrades” and he’s definitely living up to his own expectations.

Brett Neilsen, founder of Rocky Mountain Reptile Rescue, shows off one of his snakes during the reptile expo in Denver Nov. 10.

Photo by Nate Hemmert • nhemmert@msudenver.edu

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History haunts the halls of museum Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu

The marble Female bust, a copy of an earlier Greek statue will be displayed through Jan. 13, 2012 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

A Day in Pompeii, The Denver Museum of Nature and Science’s latest exhibition shows viewers the daily life of the ancient Roman people before their tragic end.

The forgotten city was excavated in 1748, 16 centuries after it was buried under 12 feet of ash and rock on August 24, A.D. 79, the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted.

For the most part, it walks viewers through the daily lives of residents who lived in the Roman city of Pompeii, just off the coast of the modern city of Naples.

The exhibit has numerous artifacts from the ancient city. It’s housed in the Phipps Special Exhibits gallery and includes examples of art, furniture, tools and entertainment with lots of information in between.

There are even carbonized food items that were perfectly preserved in the chaos of the disaster.

“Inside the city walls was half the size of City Park with a population of 20,000 people,” said Steve Nash, the museum’s curator. “Take the student body of MSU Denver and stuff them into an area half the size of City Park and you get to know your neighbors really well.”

Throughout the different rooms of the exhibit, viewers learn about the various aspects of life in first century Rome.

The museum shows videos that talk about the bathing and laundry habits of the people, something technology has made the modern person take for granted.

Without modern bleach, they used the only form of ammonia that they had — urine. In the streets they kept vases where people could relieve themselves. The urine collected from these vases was used to clean their white clothes.

John McCallum, a Denver resident who often donates to the museum, enjoyed the

jewelry displays, which he found “tantalizing.”

“I’m really amazed at the craftsmanship,” he said.

When it came to medicine, the people of Pompeii considered it half science and half magic. However, they still had a basic knowledge of how to boil used rags to remove germs. They could also perform minor surgeries to remove moles.

“I learned about Pompeii as a child,” said Lee Erickson, 23, from Loveland, “but I’ve never been this close to the past.”

The museum has seven different professional actors playing 14 different character parts from Pompeii, Nash said.

The actors talk to attendees about the Greek and Roman gods the people worshipped, or show them spices the people ate, making it hard not to become immersed in a world that was lost.

Then comes the moment where the exhibition reminds the viewers of the tragedy.

When rounding the last corner of the exhibit, viewers are greeted by plaster cast figures that lay in beds of lava rock. It is because of this great natural disaster that there is such a preserved example of what life was like in the first century.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Tickets for adult members are $12, and tickets for member juniors/students and seniors are $8.

For non-members tickets are $26 for adults, $17 for juniors/students and $19 for seniors. For the holidays, the museum will be open for extended hours and has different rates for evening tickets.

For more information on the exhibit, holiday hours, and ticket pricing their website is www.dmns.org. The exhibition runs through Jan. 13, 2013 and will return to Italy after that.

A statuette of a dancing lar and other Greek and Roman goddesses, often found gracing the entrance of Pompeian homes, at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Resin cast of Pompeian “Young Woman” will be displayed at “A Day in Pompeii” through Jan. 13, 2013 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Photos by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

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Vet celebration lights up cold night

Fireworks show honors former service members despite bad weather Collene Lewis clewis66@msudenver.edu Fireworks mixed with snowfall marked the Nov. 10 Denver Veterans Day Celebration at Auraria.

Patriotic decor, Starbucks coffee and music from 98.5 KYGO helped attendees remember the courage of veterans. In addition to the festivities, veterans were honored with presentations called Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 Forgotten Heroes and Remembering the Fallen.

This respect for veterans struck a chord with one guest. Jose Morgan, specialist for the US Army Unit 994, said it was great to see recognition for generations past. Morgan has attended the Denver Veterans Day Celebration for three years now, and said the event was a way for him to consider the history of the military.

“It’s not just about what’s going on right now or overseas,” Morgan said.

Turbulent winds and sleet moved the Forgotten Heroes Presentation to the Turnhalle. Following the presentation, brilliant streaks of light shot across the sky during the fireworks show and reflected color off a new layer of snow.

After eagerly waiting for the fireworks, one guest said that the event was important for people to attend. Fran Robles brought her son, a veteran who has been in Iraq twice, with her to this celebration.

“We tend to forget,” Robles said. “This is

The Veterans Day events that took place on campus Nov. 10 concluded with a fireworks display. The rest of the event was moved inside due to bad weather.

Photo by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

a good reminder.”

Attending the Veterans Day celebration was both a professional and personal matter for another guest. Amber Longoria, assistant secretary at CU’s Office of Veteran Student Services, provided information on support

for student veterans while also identifying as a veteran herself.

After serving four years as a Spanish Linguist for the Navy, Longoria said that all veterans deserve to be respected and treated with love. The Denver Veterans Day

celebration offered a way for the community to come together and care for veterans, Longoria said.

“Even though we served in different times and in different countries, we’re family,” she said.

Former Marine still serves community Caitlin Sievers csiever2@msudenver.edu

Former Marine Gianni Tanza now works in MSU Denver’s financial aid department. He also volunteers VFW Post 1 and is involved with Student Veterans at MSU Denver.

Photo by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@msudenver.edu

Former Marine Gianni Tanza lost his military benefits, but not his love for service.

Tanza, 28, grew up in an Italian-American family in the Los Angeles area. He joined the Marine Corps when he was 18 to keep himself out of mischief.

“It was a combination of things,” Tanza said. “I had nothing else to do and I was a troublemaker.”

During his four years in the Marines he traveled to Kuwait and Iraq and was involved in the very beginning of the Iraq war.

While deployed, Tanza worked as a low ranking infantryman.

“We did raids of high value targets,” he said.

In addition to that, his team did counter roadside bomb operations. They kicked in doors during the middle of the night, went on patrols and also made sure people weren’t stealing equipment or money.

He was one of the soldiers in charge of guarding those now infamous giant stacks of cash the U.S. government sent to pay for things like electricity and contractors. Billions of dollars in cash were stored in lockers and out in the open in Iraq during the first two years of the war and were spent with little oversight, according to CBS News.

He could’ve snagged a pocketful and

have been set for life, but he didn’t, Tanza said.

“I had integrity, and probably shouldn’t have,” he said.

Even though he thinks the U.S.’s reasons for being in Iraq were questionable, Tanza still supported their mission.

“We went in under false pretenses, but I had no opinion about it,” Tanza said. “I wanted to be there.”

When he joined the Marines he saw people using steroids and meth for the first time.

“There was a lot of drug use,” he said.

Tanza described his time in the Marines as “lovely” and said he would have liked to continue serving, but he can’t because he got caught smoking marijuana.

“I went to the brig for a month and lost my GI bill,” Tanza said.

Tanza isn’t bitter over losing his benefits, even though he was one of the few who got caught out of many in his unit who used drugs.

“I love the military still. I don’t care,” he said.

Tanza moved to Denver in 2007 after he got out of the Marines because the rent was cheaper here than in the L.A. area. He decided to come to MSU Denver to get out of a bad relationship. He thought if he came to school and was around a lot of other women, his girlfriend at the time would get jealous

and break up with him. It worked.

Tanza is now a junior at MSU Denver working on a double major in political science and linguistics.

His life is very different now than it was before he joined the military.

“I have a different worldview now that I’ve seen Third World countries,” he said.

He thinks that most Americans want to respect their veterans, but probably don’t.

“Conservatives use it as a badge of patriotism because it makes them look good,” Tanza said. “I think a lot of them resent us secretly.”

Tanza’s time in the military inspired him to follow a life of service, so he now volunteers at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 and is involved with Student Veterans at MSU Denver. He practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in his free time and also coaches the sport.

Tanza also keeps busy by working in the financial aid office for MSU Denver and said he’s a “general bar person” at Old Curtis Street Bar. With no family nearby, two of his former platoon members that live in the area are like his family now, he said.

Abby Wilson, a psychology major at MSU Denver, has worked with Tanza in the financial aid office for around a year.

“Gianni is definitely full of life,” Wilson said. “He’s really entertaining and always has something funny to say. I don’t know anyone in our office who doesn’t like him.”

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Pumpkin cookies: a fun, tasty pie alternative Directions

Ingredients

1 cup shortening 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 can pumpkin 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon salt

For optional glaze 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar 3 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Tunes to be thankful for A fun Thanksgiving playlist Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu Thanksgiving Song” 1. “The

By Adam Sandler “Thanksgiving is a special night, Jimmy Walker used to say Dynomite”

You” 2. “Thank

By Led Zeppelin “Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one”

It” 3. “Eat By ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic “Don’t you tell me you’re full, just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it”

Food” 4. “IByLike The Descendents “I like food, food tastes good!

I like food, food tastes good!”

a Lot” 5. “Thanks

By Johnny Cash “You say I’m happy, but you know I’m not; thanks a lot, thanks a lot, thanks a lot”

Turkey Trot” 6. “Flying

By REO Speedwagon Instrumental Track

7.

“November”

By Tom Waits “In a pile of dead leaves and a moon that’s the color of bone”

Troika” 8. “November:

By Tchaikovasky Instrumental Track

Thanks & Praise” 9. “Give

By Bob Marley “Oh take that veil from off of your eyes; look into the future of realize”

a Wonderful World” 10. “What

By Louis Armstrong “I see friends shaking hands, sayin’ how do you do; they’re really sayin’ I love you.”

Photo and recipe by Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit 2. Cream shortening and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat in eggs one at a time, and then add vanilla extract and the can of pumpkin.

3. Add remaining dry ingredients and mix well.

4. Lightly spray baking sheet with non-stick spray. Scoop mix with a tablespoon and drop on baking sheet. You can make the cookies smaller, if desired.

5. Place baking sheet in oven and bake for 15 minutes. When the bottoms of the cookies are a golden brown, remove from oven, transfer to a cooling rack and let cool for 5 minutes.

6. To make a glaze to drizzle over cooled cookies; whisk together 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a small bowl. Add an extra splash of milk for a thinner consistency for easier drizzling.

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Nominations should address each of the following points: community activism, advocacy and depth of involvement.

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Zee Nwuke znwuke@msudenver.edu

M

etro women’s basketball has a lot to look forward to this season, and a lot to live up to.

Last year the Roadrunners finished 27-4, won their second consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship, and made it to the NCAA Sweet 16.

This season, the lady Runners were ranked No. 7 in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association preseason poll and picked in the RMAC preseason coach’s poll to win the conference. These early predictions make the Roadrunners the team to beat this season, but it’s a challenge they are ready for.

“We want to win another conference championship,” head coach Tanya Haave said. “We want to be in the hunt for a national championship. But beyond some of those tangible goals, I want for this team to just meet its potential, so we can try and get better every day.”

The team could have a tough season ahead of them, replacing All-American guard Jasmine Cervantes, who led the Roadrunners in points and assists last season, and all-RMAC Caley Dow, who averaged 10.5 points and 7.2 rebounds a game. Returning seniors Brandi and Kristin Valencia will help to fill the gap.

“They are going to have to do a lot of the load of scoring, their leadership, and rebounding,” Haave said. “Kristin I feel like is the best defender in the conference, if not in the country. She’s going to have to do it all for us, and so is Brandi. She is an unsung

hero in her scoring, defending and rebounding.”

There is some expectation for the Valencia twins, who were selected to the RMAC preseason all-conference team.

“I think it’s an honor and I think it had a lot to do with the team also,” Kristin said.

“It’s also a team award. It’s great to be picked though.”

“We’re down a little bit, but I still feel like we should be able to compete with everybody else,” Brandi said.

Haave is also expecting a lot from junior centers Amy Nelson and junior college transfer Tai Jensen from Walla Walla Community College.

“Amy Nelson, you’re going to see a tremendous year from her,” Haave said.

The Roadrunners have added four new freshmen to the roster this year, and Haave is expecting a lot from the new additions; Britney Warren, Autumn Chidester, Elena Velaquez, and Mikayla Bragalone.

Some of the players are recovering from injuries, but they are all working into the college game well.

“It’s a huge transition from high school to college, so they’ve done a good job with that,” Haave said. “I really expect great things out of a lot of them.”

The starting lineup for the lady Runners will be Cassie Lambrecht, Kya DeGarmo, Emily Wood, Kristin Valencia, and Amy Nelson. Brandi Valencia will give the Roadrunners a spark off the bench.

“That’s going to be our lineup,” Haave said. “I feel like we have six starters, so you’ll probably see a lot of different lineups.”

Metro senior twins Kristin, left, and Brandi Valencia were selected to the preseason Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-conference team. The lady Roadrunners were ranked No. 7 in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association preseason poll. Photo by Christopher Morgan • cmorga37@msudenver.edu

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Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu

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oadrunner men’s basketball is the only Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team ranked nationally.

The Roadrunners were ranked No. 5 in Division II by the National Association of

Basketball Coaches, and were predicted in the 2012-2013 preseason coach’s poll to win the RMAC. They lived up to their preseason ranking by defeating Minot State 75-54 in their 17th consecutive home opener win Nov. 9 at Auraria Event Center. And the win gave fans a preview of what the Roadrunners are capable of this season.

Junior guard Brandon Jefferson, left, and senior Demetrius Miller, right were named preseason allconference, and senior forward/center Jonathan Morse was named RMAC preseason player of the year and defensive player of the year. The Roadrunners were ranked No. 5 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Photo by Ryan Borthick • rborthick@msudenver.edu

The Roadrunners return four starters, including Jonathan Morse, RMAC preseason player of the year and defensive player of the year. Morse had his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and was four for six shooting with three blocked shots. Senior guards Demetrius Miller and Brandon Jefferson, who were named preseason all-conference, had 11 points each against the Beavers.

“It was good for the team to get out and get this win, offensively and defensively,” Morse said. “As far as the personal stuff goes, that’s the way the game unfolded, and that’s what I need to do every single game for my team to be successful.”

The Runners are a defensive team – they pride themselves on it — and applied the full-court press 28 times against the Beavers, and scored 16 points off of turnovers.

“That’s every game. That’s what we do.

We press teams to force turnovers and get them out of their offense,” Morse said.

Freshman Mitch McCarron may be one part of the offensive equation to make up for the loss of All-American guard Reggie Evans, who led the Roadrunners scoring for the last three seasons. McCarron led the Runners with 21 points, seven rebounds and one steal against the Beavers. Although the Roadrunners lost 87-67 to Division I Colorado State University in exhibition play Oct. 28, McCarron proved himself worth the starting spot with nine rebounds and seven points.

“It was pretty important to do well tonight because I wasn’t too happy with how I played against CSU,” McCarron said. “The game freed up and my teammates are unselfish and I just took the right shots tonight.”

Head coach Derrick Clark was happy with McCarron’s performance.

“Mitch is just a good all-around player who can do a lot of things on the basketball floor,” Clark said. “The thing I like, forget the 21 points, is that he had seven rebounds — that’s a perimeter guy doing that.”

Veteran players leading the Runner offense include Miller, who averaged 11.9

points in 2011-2012 regular season and 18 points a game in postseason and Jefferson, who led the team from the perimeter hitting 54 3-pointers.

Forward/center Nicholas Kay joins the seniors in the starting lineup. The 6-foot-8 Kay earned a starting position at the end of last season adding some more size to the lineup. Kay had six points, four rebounds, and a steal against the Beavers, which is consistent with his game averages from last season.

Although the Roadrunners started out with a 13-point lead over the Beavers, and never gave up the lead, they went into halftime up 35-29. The Beavers pulled within two points with 17 minutes left in the second half, but the Runners went on a 30-5 run and ended the game up 21 points.

“That’s when you learn about your team.

Do we have poise?” Clark said. “Sometimes you are going to have close games where you are going to have to play from behind, and we always talk about poise.”

There doesn’t seem to be as much of a gap as some people have thought without Evans on the court as the Runners had 10 points from 10 players against the Beavers.

“We’ve got the kind of team that is going to be different guys on different nights because we have depth. The young players went in there and did their job,” Clark said.

“Everybody was ready to play and it was nice to have a game where everyone on roster gets quality minutes.”

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Runners Wrap-up Compiled by MetSports staff Women’s Basketball Missouri Western 66, MSU Denver 55 No. 7 Metro opened its highly anticipated season with a 66-55 loss at Missouri Western on Nov. 10.

An opening night loss to unranked MWSU was not in the plans for improving on last seasons Sweet 16 appearance, and was the team’s first 0-1 start under head coach Tanya Haave.

The Griffons were the first to 10 points and led for the remainder of the game and took a 12-point lead into halftime.

MWSU took their biggest lead of the game at 17 points, a little over five minutes into the second half. Metro began to chip away as senior guard Emily Wood scored six of her nine points in the second half.

Going on a 10-1 run, the Runners cut the lead to six points with three minutes left.

MWSU’s defense held MSU Denver scoreless for the rest of the game and expanded their lead back to 11 points, winning 66-55.

The Roadrunners were out-rebounded 4937 and shot just 33.3 percent from the field.

MSU Denver will host the Holiday Inn Select Classic this weekend. The Roadrunners will play Lubbock Christian on Nov. 16 and Colorado Christian Nov. 17.

Women’s Soccer

ship game. The win improved their record to 15-5-2.

St. Edward’s Mikayla Engel scored the first goal of the game. Valencia Mobley gave her a pass to set her up for her 16th goal of the season. Engel headed the ball past the goalie to make the score 1-0. St. Edwards ended the first half with the lead.

The Roadrunners came into the second half fired up, and five minutes into the half Metro tied the game. Sophomore forward Karissa Price

headed in a corner kick from sophomore forward Abby Rolph to tie the game.

Both teams fought for possession throughout the second half to gain the lead, and with 10 minutes left in the second half, the Roadrunners found an opening and scored. Junior midfielder Nicole Pollack headed in a pass from Rolph’s corner kick to make the score 2-0.

The No. 3 seed Roadrunners will play No. 4 seed Colorado School of Mines Nov. 16 at Auraria Field.

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Volleyball Metro ended their regular season with two wins on the road, defeating Black Hills State University 3-1 Nov. 9 and Chadron State 3-0 Nov. 10.

The win improved the Roadrunners 18-9 and earned them the No. 4 seed and home court advantage in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

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Chicana/o Studies Department

New Courses for Spring 2013

Elementary Spanish for the Heritage Speaker

Topics in Chicana/o Studies: Oral History Project

This course can replace the SPA 1010. This is an elementary-level course for students who have a cultural connection to the Spanish language and who have acquired some language skills as a result of the “heritage learner experience.” The course builds upon the language base and cultural connection, provides students the opportunity to develop and enhance communicative competence through the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), and explores important cultural aspects of the Hispanic world and the heritage speaker. The Spanish you bring because of your background is not seen as “bad” or of Spanish that is incorrect or needs to be “fixed,” but is a great base to build on and a great oral asset.

Richard T. Castro Special Collection Oral History Project. This course will expose students to historical archival research, oral historical, ethnographic and testimonio.

It is an upper level research and methods course offered as a special topics course working with the recently donated Richard T. Castro papers collection to the Auraria Library. Castro had collected and researched the political influence of Latino/a legislators in Colorado since just after statehood in 1850. Prior to Castro’s untimely death, he had been collecting materials on all Latino/a legislators from 1865 to the year 1983. Students will conduct oral histories with key figures in order to help build the archival collection. There may be a field trip to southern Colorado/northern New Mexico as well. Email anieto1@msudenver.edu with any questions.

Instructor: Jose Quintana SPA 190D/CHS 190D • 5 Credits • CRN 34874 Tuesdays & Thursdays: 11 a.m.–1:15 p.m. • Plaza 310

Borderlands Studies: Tacos, Tamales y Tortillas Instructor: Jose Quintana CHS 250A • 3 Credits • CRN 35683 Mondays & Wednesdays: 2–3:15 p.m. • Location TBA

This course will cover and analyze Chicana/o “food ways” along the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It will look at the historical, social and cultural contexts of the people’s food. Many different cultures have added ingredients to the pot that is Mexican food, and Mexican ingredients have also become core elements in other cuisines. Food knows no borders and while it is well documented the extent to which European ingredients have influenced the Americas, it is hardly mentioned how much the Americas influenced the world cuisine.

Department of Chicana/o Studies

Instructors: Dr. Adriana P. Nieto and Richard Gould CHS 3800 • 3 Credits • CRN 33928 Tuesdays: 12:30–3:15 p.m. • Location TBA

Chicanas & Politics of Gender

Instructor: Dr. Adriana P. Nieto CHS 4210 • 3 Credits • CRN 34993 Thursdays: 12:30–3:15 p.m. • Location TBA The course examines the social construction of gender within Chicana/o and Latina/o communities through cultural texts such as academic production, art, film, popular culture and spirituality. This course is designed as a follow up to CHS 3460 to further the theoretical understandings of Chicana Feminisms. However, students interested in the construction of Latino masculinities and Latina femininities and its impact on everyday lives, and considering graduate school, are encouraged to enroll.

Register via ConnectU.

For more information, contact Dr. Adriana P. Nieto at anieto1@msudenver.edu.

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Evans who?

No Reggie Evans? No problem.

In today’s modern basketball, great things come in threes. And Metro’s men’s basketball might have a big three.

Last season, the Roadrunners had one of the best players in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in Reggie Evans. The guard was “Mr. Everything,” leading in scoring with an average 18.6 points, a total of 538 points, and was second in rebounds, assists and steals.

When Evans played well, the Runners won and when he struggled, the Runners lost. The problem; is Evans graduated.

The big question; who is going to replace Evans? I am looking at three players, Jonathan Morse, Brandon Jefferson and Deme-

Nick Ohlig nohlig@msudenver.edu trius Miller. This “Big 3” might not be as popular as the Miami Heat’s “Big 3” but they can get the job done.

Morse will be the anchor of this team with his great defense and rebounding. Plus, he is an efficient scorer. Last year Morse averaged 13 points and 9.3 rebounds. I expect him to do even better this year because he is the focal point of this team.

Brandon Jefferson is a three point shooting machine. He attempted 171 last season.

His game will make it difficult for opposing coaches to defend him.

Jefferson can go to the rim or shoot outside the perimeter. I expect him to be a bigger factor this year because he is now a veteran and the days of him making freshman or sophomore mistakes should be a thing of the past. Plus Metro was 4-0 when he scored 20 or more points last year.

The final piece of the “Big 3” is point guard Miller. He will be the floor general this season. If Metro’s offense struggles he should get the blame because he is the quarterback of this team. Last season Miller led the team in assists and was an underrated defender. Whenever he scored 20 or more points, Metro was 4-0, so he is also an efficient scorer.

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All of these players are key for a successful season. It might be difficult at the beginning of the season because of chemistry issues, or because none of those players are used to being the “go to guy”. Whatever the case may be the Runners might struggle. Or I could be wrong. I have my doubts because replacing a great player in basketball is tough. There is a reason why teams that lose their best player struggle the next season.

Although I am skeptical of Metro replacing Evans, apparently some national voters are not. The National Association of Basketball Coaches NCAA Division II Top 25 was released and Metro is No. 5. There were also a couple other polls that had Metro ranked in the top eight.

Without Evans, Metro must hope three players can fi ll in the void. It worked in the NBA, so maybe it can work here.

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Scorpio

October 23 -November 21 Try to refrain from putting up your Christmas decorations and lights until you’ve recovered from overeating next Thursday.

Pisces

June 21 -July 22

Since next week is fall break, try and catch up on some sleep. Those baggy eyes really aren’t that flattering.

Even though it is the holiday season, lay off of the pumpkin beer. A six-pack a day will not keep the doctor away. So switch to the apple cider beer instead.

Sagittarius

November 22 -December 21 Avoid going to the bathroom anytime this next month.

Difficulty: EASY

Aries

March 21 -April 19 Don’t expect any thanks this week. Thanks for your understanding.

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Taurus

December 22 -January 19

April 20 -May 20

The stars forecast an intense battle between you and a turkey in the week to come. Perhaps you should skip out on Thanksgiving dinner.

Even though Thanksgiving may be your favorite holiday, try not to eat your entire feast in one day. Leftovers are the best part of the holiday, after all.

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May 21 -June 20

January 20 -February 18 Make the awesome pumpkin cookies on page 12 and really impress your friends and family during the holidays.

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February 19 -March 20

You may want to reconsider your plans to bring your pirate sword into class for show-and-tell. Just bring your puppy instead.

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July 23 -August 22 Avoid the green bean casserole this year. Even if it is your favorite. Fair warning.

Virgo

August 23 -September 22 Your love for cranberries will be rekindled next week. Afterwards, you’ll forget they even exist.

Libra

September 23 -October 22 You may have the urge to indulge in some binge drinking after a week of being with the family. Just try not to puke up your entire Thanksgiving dinner.

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