Volume 35, Issue 16 - Dec. 6, 2012

December 6, 2012

Volume 35, Issue 16

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InSight Denver doomsday bucket list Metro State’s Mitch McCarron goes for a layup against Regis University’s Demitrius Owens in an 88-65 win Dec. 1 at Auraria Event Center.

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Changes and challenges

Aug. 8

Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu

The Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center officially opens. The building houses the Marriott’s SpringHill Suites, Red Robin’s BurgerWorks, and the MSU Denver hospitality department.

In the past six months, we’ve become a university, lost one of our own, and survived another election.

While the school worked toward progress with the passing of the Colorado High School/GED tuition rate for undocumented students, the state was on fire.

The entire country watched as MSU Denver mourned a student and Colorado grieved after one of the worst shootings in state history.

The school has received acknowledgments and accolades, all while the Auraria Police dealt with sword-wielding foes and wang-dangling joes.

As the semester comes to an end and a new year approaches, The Metropolitan looks back on the trials, the tragedies and the triumphs.

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June 7

July 2 Metropolitan State College of Denver officially becomes Metropolitan State University of Denver.

June 12

The MSU Denver Board of Trustrees votes 7-1 to approve a new, lower tuition rate for undocumented students. With the Colorado High School/GED tuition rate, MSU Denver becomes the first school in the state to implement this type of policy.

July 26

Former MSU Denver basketball coach Mike Dunlap is hired as the coach of the Charlotte Bobcats.

Auraria holds a vigil in remembrance of Ghawi, Alex Sullivan, a CCD graduate and Veronica Moser-Sullivan, a 6-year-old who attended daycare at Auraria.

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June 9 The High Park fire begins in Ft. Collins.

Over the course of the next 22 days, the fire would grow to destroy 259 homes and displace thousands of people.

June 23 Title IX, which was passed in 1972, turns 40. Thanks to Title IX, women have access to athletics in education.

Aug. 9 MSU Denver’s TRiO Upward Bound program receives funding for an additional five years after being in danger of having to close their doors.

Aug. 8 Mark Worthington, who attended MSU Denver from 2001-2005, plays for the Australian Olympic Men’s Basketball team. The Aussies lost to the U.S. in the quarterfinal in London.

Sept. 14 After three on-campus incidents of indecent exposure in as many days, Auraria police arrest and charge a suspect.

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July 20 At the Century 16 Theaters in Aurora, 12 people are killed and 58 are injured by shooter James Holmes. Among those killed is Jessica Ghawi, a broadcast journalism student at MSU Denver.

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Aug. 8 President Barack Obama visits the Auraria campus to discuss women’s health issues.

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Nov. 16 MSU Denver women’s soccer faces off against Colorado School of Mines in the South Central Region championship game. The Lady Runners lose 2-1.

Oct. 3 The University of Denver hosts the first presidential debate of the 2012 election.

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Nov. 1 The Policy Development and Shared Operations Committee adopts a policy that limits when and how many food trucks can appear on campus. Only three food trucks can appear at a time, and they are permitted on Mondays only.

Nov. 10 Officer Robert Burnett with the Auraria Police Department is attacked by Jeffrey Albert Musick, 38, who was wielding a samurai sword between the Student Success Building and the Tivoli. Burnett shoots Musick, who dies on site.

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Nov. 28 MSU Denver men’s soccer player Marc Herschberger is awarded the title of Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for NCAA Division II. Earlier in the year, he became the first person to win the Rocky Mountain Atheletic Conference Academic Player of the Year award twice.

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Oct. 5 Jessica Ridgeway, an 11-year-old from Westminster, is kidnapped while walking to school. She is missing for eight days.

Oct. 10 A body is found in a field about seven miles from Ridgeway’s home. The body was not intact.

Two days later, it is confirmed that the body was in fact Ridgeway. Austin Reed Sigg, 17, is arrested for the murder in the following weeks.

Nov. 8 MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan receives the NEWSED Civil Rights award for his efforts to make the school accessible and friendly for students of color.

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Nov. 4 President Barack Obama is reelected to office. He defeats former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in both the popular vote and electoral college. Leading up to the election, CoPIRG registered over 1,000 Auraria students as voters.

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Nov. 17 MSU Denver has two runners go to Nationals for Cross Country: sophomore Nick Kadlec and freshman Janelle Lincks.

Lincks placed 52nd and Kadlec placed 57th.

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Flight team soars to national competition Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu

that they perform and that they’re in an The MSU Denver Precision Flight airplane, they’re paying for it out of their Team has again earned an invitation to the own pocket. For as expensive as it is and national SAFECON competition held by the how important it is for them and the limited National Intercollegiate Flying Association. amount of flying they do get, they do amazThe competition each May tests the ing.” aviation skills of competing college flight The regional competition showcased teams from around the country. Of 84 teams what is to be expected at SAFECON. Stunationwide, 30 are chosen to compete. dents will test their efficiency in three main In October, in the Rocky Mountain events: pre-flight inspection, message drop regional division — which is comprised of and precision landing — Falgouse’s favorite eight schools from Colorado, New Mexico, event.

Utah, Nebraska and Montana — MSU DenFor precision landing, students will atver took second place behind the Air Force tempt to land planes in a 300-foot box while Academy. They will advance to SAFECON, alternating power on and off. which will be hosted by Ohio State UniverIn message drop, student pilots drop a sity next year.

5-ounce piece of plastic foam on a circu“I was kind of expecting it. We normally do [place] and I knew we had a strong team,” lar target from 1,000 feet in the air. In the pre-flight inspection event, students will said Josh Falgouse, senior and co-captain have to figure out up to 50 things wrong on of the flight team. “[It’s all about] practice. a pre-sabotaged plan and fi x them all before Anyone can tell you what numbers to fly, elow what Ad and is power on Following taking off. air speed settings. But it’s Page In the past two years, MSU Denver has really a feel for the airplane.” placed 14th and 15th respectively for the The MSU Denver Precision Flight Team National Championship Trophy. has been practicing for the big event at Erie In addition to having a place at the Airport.

Coach Tanya Gatlin said the team has an SAFECON competition, the MSU Denver edge being the mile-high school and practic- Precision Flight team was also awarded the Loening trophy for 2011 — the “Stanley Cup ing with a mountain range as their backof collegiate flying,” Gatlin said. The trophy, drop. She is proud of her team, considering awarded by NIFA, was first given in 1929 by all the extra challenges they have to face.

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“We don’t own our own fleet of airDavis Caldwell, an MSU Denver senior planes,” Gatlin said. “Every minute of flying

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and ATV4, or professional pilot major, will be competing at SAFECON in all three main events.

“Since I was a little kid I’ve always enjoyed flying,” Caldwell said. “My uncle was an F-16 pilot so he inspired me to go the aviation route. [The competition] will be exciting. It’ll be my second nationals. I heard Ohio runs a pretty good national.”

Other competitions will take place at SAFECON, including navigation, collegiate progress and ground trainer.

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Jordan recognized for civil rights work

Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu

MSU Denver and its president, Stephen Jordan, were honored for their dedication to students of color during NEWSED’s 21st annual presentation of civil rights awards.

NEWSED, an organization that works to promote and develop income, educational and political levels in West Denver, presented the awards on Nov. 8 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Jordan was presented with a plaque that praised him for “paving the way for a new generation of students despite their background and dominant political obstacles.”

Veronica Barela, president and CEO of NEWSED, said that the organization’s attention was drawn to Jordan and MSU Denver because of the level of community cooperation that the president’s office has shown in helping to change the fate of Denver’s people of color.

“Steve Jordan works well with the community,” Barela said. “He makes sure that we are part of any issues that may affect us.”

On June 7, the university approved a dis-

counted tuition rate for undocumented students who have grown up in Colorado and have graduated from Colorado schools. The athletic fields that will be built on the other side of Colfax have been offered for community use when the university isn’t using them. When community leaders suggested that seniors in the neighborhood would like a track to walk on, developers were asked to add the trail to the athletic field plans.

“No other college has done anything like that,” Barela said.

Jordan understands demographic shifts, and in 2007, he organized a task force to work toward becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution. A federally recognized HSI must have a 25 percent Hispanic undergraduate population. While most institutions wait until they have the 25 percent population to figure out how they’re going to best serve that population, Jordan and his task force have been proactive in their efforts.

“We were not prepared for the racial angst about the decision to become an HSI,” Jordan said. “Looking back, I’m glad we were smart enough to include the community in our planning.”

The Hispanic student population is now at 19.5 percent of the total enrollment

“I want this to be a place of opportunity for students of color. I believe it is a reflection of the campus ethos.”

—President Stephen Jordan

of 24,000 students. And it is not only the Latino students who are benefiting from the university’s initiative — Jordan said that as the Hispanic student population is rising, the African American student population is rising proportionally.

“We had hoped that all boats would rise together,” Jordan said. “That seems to be the case.”

Cathy Lucas, associate to the president for marketing and communications, said that diversity is a key element as the school continues to establish a brand presence.

“We are focusing on strengthening diversity,” Lucas said. “We are working to make the campus known to students of color, LGBT and the disabled.”

The focus appears to be working. MSU Denver has appeared on a list of the 100 best schools for African American, Hispanic and LGBT students.

Enrollment is not enough, though, and Jordan would like to increase the number of minority students to graduate with their undergraduate degrees. He has been encouraging the continued efforts of organizations like First Year Success to give freshmen a great start to their education.

He said he is proud of the progress the school has made so far.

“I want this to be a place of opportunity for students of color,” Jordan said. “I believe it is a reflection of the campus ethos.”

Still, in a school that is working to help its students obtain the best possible educa-

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MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan speaks at the vigil held for the victims and families of the Century 16 Theater tragedy in the Tivoli Commons on July 26 at Auraria.

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tion against the odds, there is always something more to do.

“I’d like to see us do more for our veterans,” Jordan said. “We’re already working on an initiative.”

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Campus Village to host first blood drive

Kathlyn Meyer kmeyer22@msudenver.edu

The Campus Village at Auraria, in conjunction with the Children’s Hospital of Denver, is hosting its first blood drive.

The blood drive will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7th. Brian Strongreen, UCD student and Senior Resident Assistant at Campus Village, spearheaded the event.

“Brian’s been working pretty hard on this for a long time,” said Amber Schwartz, UCD graduate student and Campus Village Resident Director. “It’s been a work in progress.”

Strongreen’s goal for the blood drive is that, “it would be full from start to finish.”

The Children’s Hospital at Denver will be providing a “bloodmobile,” a blood donation center on wheels, and trained phlebotomists.

With the capability to take 32 donations every 15 minutes, the Children’s Hospital could attain more than 500 donations of blood for the day.

According to the Auraria Higher Education Center website, Auraria Campus has over 40,000 active students.

With a population so large, the day holds potential for a good turnout. Strongreen and Swartz are both hopeful regarding the number of participants.

Strongreen also used the upcoming holidays as an opportunity to bring students and the community together.

“We figured the holiday season would be a good time to catch students in the holiday

Brian Strongreen, UCD student and senior resident assistant at Campus Village, and Amber Swartz, UCD graduate student and Campus Village Resident Director, are working with the Children’s Hospital of Denver to host the Campus Village’s first blood drive on Dec. 7.

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spirit,” Strongreen said. Strongreen is hopeful that Auraria students will band together to come to the aid of the Denver community.

Strongreen also said that although he initially intended the event to be mostly focused on students living at Campus Village,

his goal for the blood drive has since grown.

All students welcome to come donate blood, bring a friend and register online for specific appointments. As a special “thank you” to those who come to donate blood, Chik-Fil-A will be catering lunch.

Campus Village is located on the NorthWest side of campus, at 318 Walnut St. Students or friends wishing to donate blood can check in at the front desk of Campus Village.

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BOT talks school brand, budget Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu

The MSU Denver Board of Trustees held a public meeting Nov. 29 in the Student Success Building to reflect on the past semester and to prepare for the future.

Topics included the new tuition rate for undocumented students, the MSU Denver brand, legislative reports from Washington D.C and the state, the budget, and faculty and student progress.

According to Sector Brands, a branding consulting firm that helps boost companies’ images, 70 percent of the internal community thought the MSU Denver name change enhanced the school.

About half of the external community thought the same.

While many know MSU Denver for accessibility, inclusiveness, pride, and fuel for the economy, Sector Brands showed that less than half of the external community thinks it is a place for a high quality education.

Sector Brands concluded that to change this perception, it is important to highlight student and business success stories and emphasize the award winning programs like teacher education, criminal justice, aviation and the Hospitality Learning Center.

“There is a connection — people associate quality with higher cost,” said President Stephen Jordan. “We’ve put a lot of work and effort into [graduation and retention rate], but until we really demonstrate a different outcome, the question of quality is going to

be a problem.”

The board next discussed legislative reports which showed next year looking to favor the passage of the ASSET bill and DREAM Act which would boost school revenue, according to Mike Dino of Patton Boggs, a Washington D.C public policy law firm.

However, Dino said if predicted budget cuts go through next year, higher education will lose $153 million across the board and the Federal Direct Student Loan would take a $90 million hit.

“By the congressional budget office’s opinion we’ll tend to back into another recession,” Dino said. “The flipside is if we don’t make these cuts the deficit will continue to rise. Pell grants and student reserve loan funds are not part of sequestration so that’s a good thing.”

Dino recommended eliminating tax exempt municipal bonds, while Trustee Dawn Bookhardt said the HLC would not exist without them.

The MSU Denver Audit and Joint Budget Committee will be held Dec. 13 and 18.

The meeting also included remarks from representatives of Jared Polis and Diana DeGette who thanked MSU Denver for taking the initiative to provide undocumented Colorado students a chance at a higher education.

The board also thanked the representa-

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President Jordan then ran down a list of upcoming events including the commencement ceremony for December, which will honor Aurora shooting victim Jessica Ghawi with a posthumous degree in broadcast journalism.

He also acknowledged teacher and student national achievement awards for the semester and the MSU Denver’s ethics team win at the Rocky Mountain Regional Ethics Bowl.

Jordan also mentioned the school receiving a civil rights award from the NEWSED Community Development Corporation.

Faculty and student government spoke next about their progress on the new grading policy for next semester, auditing summer classes, plans for possible future designated smoking areas and more affordable parking for students.

The meeting ended on an optimistic note with a review of the Hospitality Learning Center being ahead of its projected revenue and maintaining 60 percent occupancy. No questions or comments were given from the public.

Student fee policies were not addressed as they still now meet requirements according to Trustee Ellen Robinson, but will be brought up again in May.

Auraria officer cleared in campus shooting Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu The Denver district attorney has cleared an Auraria officer of wrongdoing in a decision regarding the shooting that occurred on the Auraria Campus Nov. 10.

Officer Robert Burnett responded to a call about a sword wielding man near the Tivoli at 5:55 a.m. When Burnett arrived at the Tivoli, he approached Jeffrey Allen Musick who was dressed in “ninja-style clothing” and wielding a large samurai sword, according to a report issued by the DA’s office.

Burnett reported that he was not initially concerned about Musick, but said that Musick began flailing the sword and threatening attack. Burnett said that he “put distance” between himself and Musick but did not draw his gun.

Despite warnings to drop the sword, Musick continued to swing the sword and advance toward Burnett, nearly severing the Burnett’s left index finger as Burnett called for assistance. The officer was finally forced to fire on Musick, shooting him twice and then a third time when Musick continued to attack.

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Don’t cut food stamp eligibility for four-year college students MetStaff Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu Within the next few months, if not by the end of the year, Congress is likely to cut food stamp eligibility for thousands of already-struggling college students.

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, also known as the Farm Bill, expired as of October of this year, and Congress has yet to pass an updated version. The Farm Bill regulates a number of different things related to agriculture, food, nutrition, commodities, forestry, and more, but the section of it that I am paying the most attention to concerns nutrition education and SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as “food stamps”).

If the bill passes as it stands right now, among other proposed changes, SNAP eligibility for college students would be limited to those “participating in technical and vocational education programs, such as 2-year colleges, remedial course work, basic adult literacy, and English as a Second Language instruction,” therefore leaving out anyone attending a four-year college or doing nonvocational work.

Currently, the eligibility guidelines include college students who are either on federal work-study or who are working at least 20 hours a week (as well as certain TANF [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] recipients, certain students who have dependents, and students who are disabled or over 49).

My interpretation of this exclusion — of what would otherwise be qualifying SNAP recipients — is that they want to limit SNAP to only those students who fit the image of being “classically poor,” as far as the general public would perceive.

However, this agenda fails to take into account the fact that there are many low-

income students, “non-traditional” or otherwise, who are attending four-year colleges, and who would very much benefit from SNAP. In addition to some “college aged” students whose families can provide only limited support, there are plenty of older students, including those with dependents, who are going (back) to college, because of the economy or other reasons — students who are often putting themselves through school on low-paying part-time jobs and are not being supported by their relatives.

I don’t even have to tell you that this would impact a ton of MSU Denver students.

I’ve spoken with numerous students who have considerable financial difficulty meeting their nutritional needs — MSU Denver, which has its own, well-used, food bank, is well-known for having a relatively high percentage of students who are low-income and not supported by their parents.

Furthermore, I don’t get the impression that there is much in the way of misuse by college students, as I think is what this section aims to prevent. In fact, my impression is that few eligible students even realize they are eligible, even the ones who need it the most. It’s fairly well-known that most college students, particularly ones who are not on a residential meal plan, have poor nutrition.

(Ramen anyone?)

It’s important to note that, contrary to popular belief, food stamps don’t constitute a “hand-out” for people who are too “lazy” to earn enough money for food. Taxpayers are not paying “extra” so that those on food stamps can get this assistance. Rather, SNAP eligibility is designed to prevent societal problems from people not getting proper nutritional intake, help farmers, and stimulate the economy, and is generally considered worth the money that is allocated to the counties to administer it. In other words, it helps everyone and nobody’s paying an extra

tax to fund it.

The current eligibility guidelines are designed to prevent receipt of SNAP by people who would otherwise not be able to afford enough food to meet all of their nutritional needs, and without SNAP would just not be buying as much food. I see no reason why (type of) student status alone would affect one’s ability to afford food — so long as the current guidelines continue to be enforced, then there shouldn’t be a problem.

In this day and age of recession, foreclosures, and joblessness among people of a wide variety of different backgrounds, poverty is becoming more and more complex and has an increasingly diverse face.

Disqualifying an additional group of people, who would otherwise meet the same eligibility requirements as everybody else, seems unnecessary and unhelpful, and could even be seen as punishing academic achievement and ambition (although I want to make it clear that I don’t think there’s anything less valid about two-year and vocational institutions).

And since students are often eligible for Pell grants, scholarships, and other tuition assistance, and two-year or vocational institutions may meet the needs of some but not all students, I don’t think it would be fair to reason that if students can “afford” a 4-year college then they must also be able to afford enough food.

If this issue impacts you personally, or if you just feel strongly about it, please write to your congress-person and tell them to remove Section 4003 (“Eligibility Disqualifications” [for college students]) from the Farm Bill.

To call/write to your congressperson: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ See the Agriculture Reform, Food & Jobs Act of 2012, S. 3240 (access at www. ag.senate.gov/issues/farm-bill)

It’s the end of the world as we know it and Denver feels fine

Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu

The end is nigh — again.

Dec. 21, 2012 is the day the Mayan Calendar and, depending who you ask, the world will end. Whether it is via zombies, fire and brimstone or maybe just a really bad Charlie Sheen freak-out, few logical people still believe the world will go ka-boom in a few days. But just in case, we’ve got a few weeks to have some adventures.

This is your guide to life before “the end.” With something for each day between now and the 21st, here are 15 things to do in the Metro area before the world ends.

1. Do the robot with “The Afrobot” on the 16th Street Mall. His name is actually Mike, or Robot Mike. He’s a pretty funny dude.

2. Do a handstand on the yellow bench in front of the yellow wall on Curtis and 14th Street. If you can’t do a handstand, do the worm, or the hokey-pokey. Just let the bright, funky pattern of the wall inspire you

to let loose.

3. Pretend you are in a rodeo and try to mount one of the painted cows on 16th Street. First, ogle the gorgeous handiwork displayed all over the inanimate animal, then cowboy up.

4. Do a brewery tour. Or ten. See why Denver is the best city for beer.

5. Throw a toy car off of Lookout Mountain. Legend has it that back in the day (like … the 80’s … ) kids used to take junk cars up the mountain and push them off the side.

I don’t quite condone anything that drastic, but some 99-cent Hot Wheels will do the trick.

6. Eat at the original Chipotle down in the DU area. There’s a reason the burrito revolution started here. Extra guac is a must.

7. Feed the ducks at Webster Park. Be ready for some new pets!

8. Volunteer at the Grant Street Soup Kitchen. Share the love this holiday season, and pass out some brothy goodness to your brothers in humanity.

9. Crowdsurf at the Marquis to a local

band you’ve never heard about. Get kicked out. Make sure you grab a slice of pizza before you go.

10. Get white-girl-wasted on Colorado Bulldogs at LoDo’s bar. Enough said.

11. Try every flavor of hard candy at Hammond’s Candy Factory. This little known gem is one of the sweetest things in Denver. Don’t believe me? Take a Santa Claus tour.

12. Wear a top hat to the Celestial Seasonings factory. Get your sophistication on at the factory that serves up the ingredients for 1.6 billion cups of tea per year.

13. Eat gourmet pancakes at Snooze, an A.M. Eatery. Try the pineapple upside down or the red velvet. Wear yoga pants, it’s going to be heavy.

14. Cruise around on Colfax — and no, not in that way. Colfax Avenue is the longest continuous street in America. Take the time to see its story.

15. Do the grapevine at the Grizzly Rose. Cowboy boots AND hat are required.

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Artists fight AIDS stigma with HLC show Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu Auraria artists came together to showcase work that brought awareness to HIV and AIDS for the campus’s seventh annual World AIDS Day Exhibit.

A small batch of balloons marked the entrance at the Hospitality Learning Center, with more leading up the stairs to the student lounge and hallway where the art is displayed this year. Typically the exhibit is in the library, but it could not be held there this year because of construction.

Red was the theme with red cupcakes in the shape of ribbons for the opening event and prize give away.

Some participants and attendees at the opening were wearing red ribbons with gold pins. The red ribbons are a symbol of AIDS awareness, celebrated every Dec. 1 since 1988.

“It brings awareness to important issues,” said Breana Matthews, an MSU Denver student and first time event attendee.

The exhibit is tri-institutional, with art from students from all three schools. One of the pieces, titled “It’s HIV” by Gabriel Ortega from CCD, specifically challenges the stigma that people with HIV or AIDS often face on a regular basis.

Ortega’s work is mainly in grayscale with the upper torso of a male figure being hung

by a red ribbon. On the man’s chest is the word “stigma” in red with a blue positive symbol above it.

The idea largely came from Lucas Macias, a friend of Ortega’s who has been HIV positive since 1999.

“It’s about the stigma more than HIV and not judging people,” Macias said. “It covers everything from age, to race, to sexual identity.”

HIV and AIDS stigma takes many forms, and sometimes results in discrimination against people with the virus.

This stigma not only hurts people who already have the virus, but creates fear in people about getting tested, or coming back for test results.

The event has several sponsors, including the Auraria Campus Bookstore, the Denver Art Museum, the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, Meininger art supply store and Museo de las Americas.

It is because of the sponsors that every participant was able to get a prize this year instead of just the top three, said Rosemary Evetts, who helps put together the event.

The top three winners this year were UCD’s Laura Phelps Rogers with her 3D piece “The Tight Wire Between Life and Death.” The piece was two sculpted nude

“It’s about the stigma more than HIV and not judging people. It covers everything from age, to race, sexual identity.”

—Lucas Macias

Gabriel Ortega, a CCD freshman and World AIDS Day artist, contemplates works from another AIDS Day artist at a reception held Nov. 28 in the student lounge of the Hospitality Learning Center.

Photo by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

male figures, one black and one white, connected by a wire.

Second place went to “Microscopic,” a bright painting by Karina Bernal from CCD. The painting depicts a view of exactly what cells affected by the virus look like. The black and white cells form a stark contrast from the brightly colored background.

The third place prize went to a two-piece photography series by UCD’s Alicia Patterson entitled “Affected Innocence.” The photos were in black and white which show a child in a graveyard in each photo. Neither

child is looking at the camera, creating a disconnect between the piece and the viewer.

The event was put together this year by Beth Sandlin, the health education and outreach specialist on campus. It was her first year to do it, and because of an initial lack of space, it almost didn’t happen. This created a tight deadline once they did come up with the space, Sandlin said.

During the event, Ortega reflected on the inspiration for his piece.

“It started with no meaning, and came out with meaning,” he said.

Former student with HIV shares his story Collene Lewis Clewis66@msudenver.edu

Scott McGlothlen speaks about his personal experiences in coming out and living with HIV at World AIDS Day - Pizza, Popcorn and Prevention,hosted in the Tivoli Multicultural lounge Nov. 29.

Photo by Tim Hurst • thurst3@msudenver.edu

Nearly 3,000 Coloradans are unaware they have HIV. Auraria came together for pizza and education about HIV and AIDS in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge Thursday, Nov. 29 in recognition of 2012 World AIDS Day. Held through MSU Denver’s Office of Student Activities, MSU Denver alumni and community resources gave attendees a better idea on how to address HIV and AIDS. Scott McGlothlen, a 2004 MSU Denver graduate living with HIV, spoke to attendees on his experiences. McGlothlen said he had always taken preventative action with safe-sex and a healthy lifestyle, but was shocked by his HIV diagnosis in 2007.

“In that moment, everything in my life was obliterated,” McGlothlen said. “Everything changed.”

A year after his diagnosis, half of McGlothlen’s immune system had been compromised. His HIV-infected immune system cells had risen from 36,000 to 300,000. If he had waited another year for medication, he would have died at 27.

Many people avoid getting medication because HIV and AIDS are not only bodily viruses, but ‘social diseases’ as well, McGlothlen said.

“If nobody is talking about it, nobody realizes it’s happening,” he said.

The Compassion Campaign was one of the many resources available to students at this year’s event. Aimed at ending the stigma around HIV and AIDS, the campaign focused on the facts. There are 406 people diagnosed with HIV in Colorado each year.

There are also 11,582 people with HIV in the state and an additional 3,000 unaware they are living with HIV, according to Compassion.

The information from this campaign impacted at least one attendee. Mariah Master, an integrative therapeutic practices major at MSU Denver, appreciated the resources at the event and felt that the stigmas around HIV and AIDS were “ridiculous.”

“They shouldn’t have to feel scared,” Master said.

The stigmas on HIV and AIDS result in 36 percent of people being uncomfortable with an HIV-positive roommate and 29 percent of people uncomfortable having their child in a classroom with an HIV-positive teacher, according to Compassion.

Allison Riley, a journalism major at MSU Denver, feels these stigmas are a reality for people living with HIV and AIDS, but it doesn’t make them different from others.

“People that have HIV and AIDS are still people,” Riley said.

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‘Tis the season for sharing, good food and tacky sweaters Get your ugly on

Auraria shares holiday cheer

Caitlin Sievers csiever2@msudenver.edu Everyone loves a tacky Christmas sweater, whether it’s your grandma who genuinely adores her sparkle-covered-ribbon-laden shirt, or your hipster friend who wears everything ironically.

Ugly sweater parties have become so prolific that — in the weeks before Christmas — one can find their local goodwill jammed with young people listening to Foster the People on their iPods whilst desperately searching for a reindeerdecorated garments smelling faintly of old man and cigar smoke.

While the first stop for ugly sweater shopping should always be a thrift store or a grandparent’s closet there are other choices. A handful of websites sell ugly Christmas sweaters exclusively, such as http://www. myuglychristmassweater.com, which sells Christmas and Hanukkah garb. You have to be pretty hardcore about your sweater needs to buy from this site, since some of their wear goes for more than $90, but it’s a fun place to get ideas.

For a cheap, possibly more outrageous alternative, make your own sweater. Pick up a plain sweatshirt and head to your local craft shop. Stock up on glitter, sequins, bells and fabric paint and get craft ing. You could even have an ugly-sweater-making-pre-party, preferably not right before the actual party since you need to leave time to let your paint dry.

Other options include checking out your local old-lady store — they still stock those monsters full of brand-spanking new senior wear. Check out the “misses” section at Walmart, JCPenny or any typical store your unfashionable great-aunt might shop at.

Remember, the uglier and tackier the better.

Reeanna Lynn Hernandez rherna60@msudenver.edu This holiday season, the Auraria Office of Student Life will honor a 19year campus tradition with “Auraria Shares.”

Brittany Richardson, a UCD senior and this year’s event programmer for UCD Student Life, encourages all students to take part in the spirit of giving.

“This program really gives students a sense of doing some sort of good in the world for the holiday season,” Richardson said. “When you donate you don’t have a sense of a connection within the community. With the ornament you take, you will know who is getting the toy and benefiting from your generosity; that is a great feeling.”

Auraria Shares is a simple way students can give back and help children in need experience the joy of receiving a gift on Christmas day. Interested students can stop by Auraria Shares Christmas trees located on campus and take an ornament.

Inside the ornament, students will find a piece of paper with the gender and age of a child. They can then take their ornament and bring back a present to the tree wrapped for the child on their ornament. On Christmas Day, Student Life will take the presents to Denver’s Non-Profit Charity, Jeffco Action Center and the Denver Inner City Parish. The presents will be delivered to the children by none other than “Santa” himself.

Robert Lewis, a senior at MSU Denver, said that he is glad to have the opportunity to spread a sense of “holiday cheer.”

“I like kids, and I love the idea of being able to give them a toy that will make their holiday something to look forward to,” Lewis said. “It is really nice to have an event like this that the entire campus can participate in and that those who are fortunate enough can give back to those who truly need it.”

Over the years, Auraria Shares has become a significant tradition. Last Christmas the program donated nearly 200 gifts. This year they hope to reach a goal of 300.

Kyle O’Connor, an MSU Denver Sophomore said he thought the event represented all the good the holidays can bring.

“This event is what Christmas is all about,” O’Connor said. “I was very fortunate as a kid. My parents always made sure to give us kids as much as they could at Christmas time and just make it something special for us.

All children deserve that same sense of feeling like Christmas is something special.”

For those looking to become involved in the spirit of giving, Auraria Shares’ Christmas trees are located in the Tivoli Atrium as well as the North Classroom Atrium, and are accepting donations through Dec. 14.

High-altitude Gingerbread Makes 9 servings Ingredients 2 ½ cups all-purpose (white) flour ¾ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ¼ tsp. cinnamon ¼ tsp. nutmeg ¼ tsp. allspice 1 ½ tsp. ginger ½ cup butter or margarine, room temperature ½ cup sugar 2 eggs ¾ cup molasses 2/3 cup boiling water

Adapted from the Joy of Cooking

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Directions 1. Mix together first seven ingredients and sift well.

2. Beat the butter or margarine with electric beaters, gradually adding the sugar, and beat until light and fluff y.

3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each one.

4. Beat in the molasses.

5. Add about a quarter of the dry ingredients and beat 20 times with a sturdy spoon or spatula. Add about a quarter of the boiling water and beat 30 times. Repeat this process three more times, until the dry ingredients and water are used up.

6. Grease and flour a nine-inch layer pan, or eight-by-eightinch square pan, and pour in batter.

7. Bake for about 45 minutes in an oven preheated to 350 F, until a knife or skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool.

8. Garnish with chopped crystallized ginger, or glaze with an orange-ginger glaze.

Variation: Poke holes in the cake and drizzle rum, brandy, or orange liqueur over it while it’s still warm.

Hot Holiday Cranberry Punch Makes ~ 10 servings Ingredients

Directions

4 cups cranberry juice (not cocktail, if possible, just straight-up cranberry juice) 3 cups apple cider or apple juice 3 cups orange juice 2 T. honey 1 T. fresh squeezed lemon juice (if using cranberry juice cocktail only) 1 stick cinnamon 10 whole cloves 1 piece of fresh ginger the size of your thumb, slightly crushed (opt.)

12 allspice berries (opt.)

6 pink, red, or white peppercorns (opt.) dash of nutmeg (opt.) orange slices, for garnish (opt.)

1. Mix all ingredients except nutmeg and orange slices in a large (four-quart) pot with a lid. Bring to a boil over medium heat.

2. lmmediately reduce heat, cover partially with a lid, and simmer for anywhere between 20 minutes to an hour and a half (make sure it doesn’t boil over).

3. Taste and add sugar, more honey, or more lemon juice, if desired.

4. Strain into warmed glasses or mugs.

Garnish with an orange slice and a clove or cinnamon stick from the pot, if desired.

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Interesting December holiday facts Norwegian scientists have hypothesized that Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a parasitic infection of his respiratory system.

In 1962, the first Christmas postage stamp was issued in the United States.

There are 16 different ways to spell Hanukkah, or Chanukah, or Xanuka, so take your pick.

Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday in celebration of African-American culture.

The Germans made the first artificial Christmas trees out of dyed goose feathers.

Kwanzaa means “first fruits of the harvest.”

One origin of Boxing Day was when donations were paid into a locked box on Christmas day. The box was then opened on Dec. 26 and the money was distributed to the poor and needy.

Boxing Day was traditionally known as Saint Stephen’s Day. The December Solstice is the darkest day of the year for the northern hemisphere and has the fewest hours of sunlight.

Hanukkah is Hebrew for “dedication.”

The word Solstice comes from two Latin words: “sol,” meaning sun, and “sistere,” meaning to cause to stand still.

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If you eat potato latkes this Hanukkah, they probably originated in Idaho or Washington which are the nation’s leaders in growing spuds.

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Hanukkah (2012): December 8th-16th Winter Solstice: December 21st Christmas day: December 25th Kwanzaa: December 26th Boxing Day: December 26th

Christmas trees have been sold in the U.S. since 1850.

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Arvada exhibit lights Rocky Flats’ secret nuclear past

J. Sebastian Sinisi sinisi2@msn.com Most of today’s media mention of nuclear weapons is built around fears that Iran may develop them. And for most folks of student age, nuclear weapons are a Googlefootnote appendage to the United States vs.

Soviet Union Cold War that was over by 1989, before many of them were born.

But for many older Coloradans, the Cold War and the nuclear weapons that helped fuel it are vivid memories, along with the top-secret facility at Rocky Flats. Only 15 miles northwest of Denver, the facility built 60,000 plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs from 1952 to 1989. Rocky Flats plant employed a total of 18,000 workers; with 8,000 at its peak.

That era of international nuclear development, Rocky Flats’ role and the human cost is the focus of the “Behind the Atom Curtain: Life and Death in the Nuclear Age” photo and artifacts shown at the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum in Olde Town Arvada — a show extended through Dec. 15.

“This piece of local history ties in with a much larger national story of a nuclear era that is far from over,” said Rocky Flats Cold War Museum president Ann Lockhart.

“Even though Rocky Flats is gone, the story goes on,” she said.

Engineer “Murph” Widdowfield, who helped organize the Cold War Museum and did contract work at Rocky Flats, was of two minds on its legacy.

“I personally hate nuclear weapons and most of the people who worked at Rocky Flats hoped they’d never be used,” said Widdowfield, who’d seen the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 when stationed there with the U.S. Army. “But the Russians had them, so secrecy was necessary.”

Organized by the Atomic Photographers Guild, an international collective organized in 1987 to pool images of a vast but secret subject they considered too important to remain hidden, the Arvada show displays the work of 30 photographers who chronicled the unfolding nuclear age. It began with the “Trinity” U.S. atom bomb test at Alamogordo, New Mexico, in July of 1945. Trinity was the dress rehearsal for two nuclear bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a month later to force Japan’s surrender to end World War II. Devastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki — 150,000 civilians dead in one city and 75,000 at the other — was on a scale never seen before.

Staunchly defended as necessary to save perhaps a million American lives in an invasion of the Japanese home islands, President Harry Truman’s decision to drop two atom bombs later became controversial. The verdict of later historians argues that the second bomb and its carnage was unnecessary and meant more to impress the emerging-threat Soviet Union than the Japanese.

In 1945, U.S. military experts predicted it would be 20 years before the Soviet Union developed its own atom bomb. Instead, the USSR had a bomb by 1949.

With a nuclear arms race well underway, secret testing became rampant with lies fed to citizens to assure those near test sites and nuclear facilities that all was well. Few knew the deadly effects of radiation and the dangers of radioactive wastes and fewer still

talked about them.

Against that backdrop, the Rocky Flats plant was announced in 1951 with a page-one Denver Post headline that heralded “Good News! A-Plant Coming Near Boulder.”

American photographer Berlyn Brixner, who captured the Trinity explosion, and Japanese photographer Yoshito Matsushige, who got the only images from inside Hiroshima, are both in the Arvada show. Also shown are photographers from Australia, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Russia and Canada.

The exhibited work by people who are masters of their craft isn’t about the art of f/ stops, light values or degrees of contrast.

Instead, the stark images – especially of nuclear victims – are straight-on and unvarnished. They echo the documentary images by photographers who chronicled the lives of 1930s Dust Bowl refugees and American rural sharecroppers for the New Deal’s Farm Security Administration agency.

Colorado photographer Carole Gallagher helped co-found the Atomic Photographers Guild with Canadian photographer Robert Del Tredici, who documented the aftermaths of nuclear-plant meltdowns at Three Mile Island (Pennsylvania), Chernobyl (in the former USSR) and Fukushima in

This glove box was used in training areas at Rocky Flats. Workers used chemical-resistant gloves to assemble materials inside the boxes. It is on display at the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum in Arvada, Colo. in conjunction with the “Behind the Atom Curtain” exhibit.

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

Japan.

Gallagher, who grew up in New York City, spent a decade on her book “American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War,” published in 1994 by Random House. Praised by the New York Times as being in the tradition of FSA photographers in the 1930s, her people in Utah and Nevada are nuclear victims who lived “downwind” from atomic test sites and were never told about the dangers – that include cancer, bone disease and birth defects – of radioactive fallout.

“We were used as guinea pigs,” said a Carson City, Nev., woman pictured in the book. A woman in St. George, Utah, said, “I feel like we were really used. But people who questioned it were considered eccentric.”

Ten of Gallagher’s photographs from the book are in the Arvada show. Most of the people pictured, she said, died prematurely.

Metro history professor Dr. Tom Altherr, who is married to Gallagher, took his Environmental History class to the show in November. He said plans were underway by curator Del Tredici to have the show – already seen in Philadelphia, Seattle, Vienna, Rio de

Janeiro and Perth, Australia – for showings in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, in 2013.

Gallagher moved to Utah to do the research.

“I had no idea what I was getting into,” she said. “We couldn’t do internet research then, people were reluctant to talk, and I could never tell anyone I was from New York.”

She got a morale boost with a grant from the MacArthur Foundation and from famed Chicago author Studs Terkel, who encouraged her. Terkel called the finished book “more than a cautionary tale…the Soviet Union was condemned by the world for keeping Chernobyl a three-day secret. Our nuclear bomb tests in Nevada were kept a thirty-year secret.”

Not nearly as pretty as the Van Gogh show at the Denver Art Museum, the “Atom Curtain” show is important because it throws light on a nuclear danger that continues. Museum hours are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Admission: $5. rockyflatsmuseum.org or facebook.com/ RockyFlats Museum.

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Red Bull Bikers rampage Mike Fabricius mfabrici@msudenver.edu

Brendon Semenuk gets air from hitting a jump at the Red Bull Rampage Oct. 7.

Photo by Mike Fabricius • mfabrici@msudenver.edu

In October the world witnessed one of the biggest free ride mountain biking events.

Just outside of Utah’s Zion National Park lies the town of Virgin, home to some of the best big-mountain terrain in the world. The event is similar to freestyle skiing and snowboarding — 20 competitors are judged on their choice of lines down the course, their technical ability and the complexity of their tricks.

“It’s great for the sport, an event like this draws a lot of spectators and future riders,” said D.J. Morisette, co-owner of Over the Edge Sport in nearby Hurricane.

This event can be detrimental to the landscape.

“The land is going to erode anyway, so we teach the

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ethical way to downhill mountain bike,” Morisette said.

The athletes competed hard, traversing down 1,500 feet of vertical terrain at high speed while maintaining the control needed to hit jumps and obstacles. Riders and their teams had two weeks to design and build their ultimate runs.

“It still scares the shit out of me, but I’ll be back next year,” said veteran mountain biker Cam McCaul.

Kurt Sorge of Canada took home first place, while rookie Antoine Bizet of France took second and local Utah rider Logan Binggeli came in third. NBC is going to broadcast all the best action from the event that was originally shown via live web stream on Saturday December 8th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET

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Ski Club has killer perks Jeremy Rodriguez jrodri45@msudenver.edu Free loot, discounts, friends, good times and powder are what students can expect this winter with the Auraria Ski & Ride club.

“Auraria Ski & Ride roots aren’t very deep, but the seed of growth has been firmly planted on campus with time and dedication,” said club president Jesse Pulido. “The club will gain even more momentum as each semester passes.”

Pulido managed to gain the sponsorship of a handful of local businesses that provide discounts on merchandise, food and free goodies like T-shirts, lanyards and decals.

This year the club is in partnership with Vail Resorts, allowing members and anyone else on campus to buy a season pass through the club, making it a little more convenient for students to purchase on campus, rather than making an extra trip to a local outlet.

Never Summer, a Denver-based snowboard manufacturer, is the most prominent sponsor for the club, offering the biggest direct discounts of 30 to 50 percent.

“Dealers don’t offer discounts on Never Summer snowboards very often, and never so much,” Pulido said.

“Basically I wanted to model the club after Colorado University’s ski club, Boulder Free Ride, because they have the largest ski club in the country,” Pulido said.

Boulder Free Ride has a membership of roughly 4,000, a number that Pulido aspires to meet. He understands it’s unlikely during his time at Auraria but thinks it’s possible to follow their lead.

With the friendly, non-judgmental attitude that new member Ryan Farmer says Pulido and the rest of the board bring to the club, they hope to have their best season this year. They have 90 paying members, and are still growing.

“I love snowboarding and mountain life in general, so I went to a meeting with friends who heard about the club, and I’m impressed with the friendly atmosphere,” Farmer said. “It’s too expensive to take a weekend trip or to drive up the mountains alone — being able to connect with other students to carpool and share the cost of a trip will make my season a lot better.”

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Roadrunners rough up Rangers, go 5-0 Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu The Roadrunners used every weapon in their defensive arsenal to defeat the Regis University Rangers 88-65 in the RMAC conference opener Dec. 1 at Auraria Event Center.

At one point, the No. 3 Runners led by 31 points, challenging them to stay focused.

“The one thing we’ve been talking about is trying to be disciplined when you get the leads, and continue to do the stuff you did to get the lead,” Metro head coach Derrick Clark said. “That’s just part of maturity — learning to play with leads.”

Metro junior guard Brandon Jefferson said that it’s not hard to stay motivated with Clark on the sideline.

“Whenever coach subs in and out, he says to keep the pressure up,” Jefferson said. “He says ‘this isn’t trash time and everybody has a job to do.’”

How did they do it?

Defense: The Roadrunners controlled the paint, holding the Rangers to only 24 points inside the key. The Runners’ big defense pushed the Rangers outside the arc, where they were even less successful, making only 6 of 16. Regis guard Dylan King sunk three of his 3-pointers, for nine of his 12 points. Metro guard Brandon Jefferson had 20 points against Regis, six of them from behind the arc.

Turnovers: Last season the Roadrunners led the RMAC with a +4.50 turnover margin, so it was no surprise that they scored 33 points off of Ranger errors. Jefferson had five steals on the stat sheet, for the third time in his career. As a team, the Runners had 16 steals against the Rangers. Sophomore center Nicholas Kay and senior guard Demetrius Miller had three each. Senior forward Johnathan Morse had two, while senior guard Derrick January, sophomore guard Mitch McCarron and freshmen guard Jourdon Hunter each had one. In 2011, the Runners were ranked 7th in the RMAC for steals, with an average 7.0 per game.

Rebounds: Morse led the Roadrunners with 11 rebounds and 22 points, his third double-double of the season. The Runners only outrebounded the Rangers 35-32, but more importantly, they pulled down 23 defensive boards to the Rangers 18. Junior guard Jamal McClerkin had seven defensive rebounds.

“Jamal is probably one of our best defenders, but the thing he can do as a perimeter player is he can really rebound,” Clark said.

Off the bench: The Roadrunners have depth off the bench, and Moorpark College transfer McClerkin was workin’ for a spot in the starting lineup. In addition to his rebounding, McClerkin was 2 for 4 shooting.

“I feel great. I feel like finally I am in a groove. I feel like I am playing basketball like I know how to,” McClerkin said. “I am really working hard in this new program. It’s been difficult at times, but everyone’s working with me, and I’m starting to get a rhythm again.”

Clark said he expects McClerkin to become a part of the regular rotation.

“He’s been having better practices, so we worked him in there earlier. He just plays with great energy,” Clark said.

Jefferson is happy with the addition of McClerkin.

“He brings toughness to the program and great defense, and he can guard a bigger guard,” Metro junior center Nicholas Kay, left, dunks the ball in an 88-65 win against Regis University Dec. 1 at Auraria Event Center. It was Jefferson said. “Me and him on top are deadly when Kay’s fourth dunk of his career, and the win puts the Runners 5-0 on the season. Above, senior Jonathan Morse takes a shot over we press.”

Regis player Greg Lee. Morse led the Roadrunners with 22 points and 11 rebounds, his third double-double for the season. Photos

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lose to Regis in last two minutes Zee Nwuke znwuke@msudenver.edu

Roadrunner freshman forward/guard Janessa Burke fights for a jump ball with Regis University player Brandi Collins in a loss 65-62 loss to the Rangers Dec. 1 at Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners are 0-1 in conference and dropped 2-4 overall. Photo by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

Metro women’s basketball lost a nail biter in their first conference game against Regis Dec. 1 at the Auraria Event Center.

Both teams played hard until the last minute, but Regis hit some crucial free throws for a 65-62 win.

“I felt like we were ready. We played a really good Regis team and it just came down to the last two minutes,” head coach Tanya Haave said.

The Rangers out-rebounded the Roadrunners 31-22 and hit 93 percent of their free throws compared to the Roadrunners 50 percent.

Metro had a slow start to the game, and Regis came out firing and took an early 9-3 lead. The Roadrunners started making some shots later on, but the Rangers were playing good defense.

“They came out ready,” senior guard Kristin Valencia said. “They are always very prepared to play us, so they came out ready and firing and we just needed to weather that storm.”

Metro made run after run to close the gap, but Regis was making some tough shots to keep the lead. Senior guard Emily Wood hit a big three-pointer, making the score 2122. Metro had a couple of bad possessions, and gave Regis some easy points, but then made one last run before the half ended to bring the lead within five.

“We were working as a team, cutting each lead down a play at a time and getting

back in the game,” senior guard Emily Wood said. The score was 29 to 34 at the end of the first half.

The Roadrunners started the second half aggressive defensively, and brought the lead back down to one after a jump shot from Amy Nelson. The score was 35 to 36. Metro and Regis traded shot after shot, but Regis would not give up their lead.

The Roadrunners made more threes than the Rangers – 7-3.

Kristin Valencia found Kya Degarma open for a big three with 11 minutes on the clock to tie the game up at 43. Metro was gaining momentum, but Regis made a few good stops and regained the lead. Metro tied the game up at 58 after a three from Emily Wood. The next possession, Valencia hit a jump shot to take the lead.

Regis’s Megan Hollenga hit a layup in the paint and got fouled. She hit the freethrow to take the lead back. The score was 61-60, but Valencia came back and hit another jump shot to put Metro up by one.

After a missed free throw by Metro, Regis capitalized on the opportunity and got fouled. Sarah Feeney got fouled and hit both free throws to take the lead. A couple more free throws by Regis gave them the victory as they finished the game up 65 to 62.

“We both wanted it,” senior guard Valencia said. “I guess Regis wanted it a little bit more. They came out ready.”

Wood finished with a game high 17 points and four assists and Valencia finished the game with eight points, seven assists and four rebounds.

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Metro senior guard Emily Wood defends against Regis University player Nicole Brzeczak. Wood led the Roadrunners with 17 points and was 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Regis had 36 points in the paint and held Metro to 24. Photo by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

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Volleyball season ends Runners lose in five sets to Regis Matt McVey matt.mcvey49@gmail.com Metro volleyball’s season came to an emotional end Nov. 29 against a tough, topseeded Regis University team.

The Roadrunners lost 3-2 in five sets in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

It was an electrifying environment at Regis as the Rangers fans came out loud and passionately to keep the Roadrunners off balance.

“It was a little frustrating at first, but it’s awesome to play in an environment like that.

It’s so cool,” senior setter Vanessa Gemignani said. “At Metro we don’t really have that that much, but it’s really cool even when they are cheering against you.”

The first set was a win for Metro 25-23, as the women came out with renewed energy and enthusiasm after their long break between games. The Roadrunners found themselves in a shootout to start the game until freshman outside hitter Kylie Haun put down a kill to put her team up 12-11. The Runners found their groove after that going up 18-13, and forcing a timeout by the Rangers. Regis found its way back into the set 24-23 but a strong kill by junior middle back Daleah Whittaker put the match away.

Regis was out for revenge in the second set, as they quickly found the lead at 9-4 and never looked back. It was a sloppy set for

Metro as errors piled up and the team could not find a way to get a block. Regis went on to win 25-15.

The third set was once again a loss for the Roadrunners 25-15. Regis kept Metro on their toes throughout the match and never gave them a chance to set up a good pass for a kill.

Metro found its way once again in the fourth, winning 25-21. Metro took the lead on a nice spike by sophomore right sider Lauren Quijano 10-9. Much like the first set, Metro built a lead with enthusiastic play and real fight. Senior outside hitter Amy Wong came away with four kills in the set and eight on the night, after not recording a single one in over a month.

Regis dominated the final set of the night and won 15-10. Metro had no answer for a Regis team that got rolling once again and could not be stopped.

“We are obviously very disappointed and I’m disappointed for a team that fought extremely hard for the two seniors. I think we could have laid over after the two sets we lost and we fought back, and I’m just proud of this team,” head coach Debbie Hendricks said. “If every eight-versus-one seed in the country looked like that, it would be a pretty exciting NCAA tournament.”

Despite the loss, Metro came away with a pretty successful season finishing 18-11 and 13-6 in conference play. The Roadrunners

Metro senior setter Vanessa Gemignani assisted on 59 kills and helped MSU hit .193 as a team, while adding 19 digs on the defensive end, both totals being career highs. The Roadrunners lost 3-2 to Regis in the first round of the NCAA Division II tournament. Photo by Timothy Hurst • thurst3@msudenver.edu

have high hopes heading into next season, as the team will only lose two seniors, Wong and Gemignani.

“I was just talking to the girls through each set, and every time we were down for a little bit, I was like, ‘No regrets girls, we are

not going to leave this gym and have regrets.’

We fought hard and I am upset we lost. But they are a great team and I am not upset at our girls because I know we worked so hard and it was all heart.”

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With all of this Denver Broncos bliss occurring in the Mile High City, don’t credit Peyton Manning or John Elway. Give credit to Josh McDaniels.

Sure, Broncos Nation doesn’t want to hear about the former coach who sent their team into a freefall in 2010. They don’t want to remember the ‘hoodie’ who traded Jay Cutler for Kyle Orton. They don’t want to think about the guy who brought in Tim Tebow. Broncos Nation doesn’t care for McDaniels. It is understandable. But without him there would be no Broncos bliss. Case in point; Peyton Manning. What he has done for this organization is phenomenal.

A lot of people believed Manning came to Denver because of the influence of Elway. Although I am sure he played a role, I am not sold Manning came here solely because Elway happens to work for the Broncos. It makes me wonder what other factors might have played a role in Manning coming to Denver.

It’s possible Tebow could have lured Manning into Denver. He made the Broncos relevant by winning the AFC West and leading them to the playoff victory over Pittsburgh last year.

But what if Tebow wasn’t drafted by McDaniels in 2010 when the Broncos went 4-12? If Tebow wasn’t a Bronco, the team would have won three games. Remember that he beat the Texans in week 16 of that year.

The 2011 Broncos were 1-4 before he took over. Again, no Tebow results in another bad season, probably 4-12 or 5-11, unless Brady Quinn could have stepped up and saved the season. McDaniels would have been given the axe and the Broncos would have to start all over again, which is what happened anyway.

It’s a safe bet the Broncos would have won seven games over a two year-span. When Manning became a free agent during the spring, the Broncos would not have looked good. Its safe to say the San Francisco 49ers, who went the NFC championship game the year before would have looked a heck of a lot better if it weren’t for Tebow.

The McDaniels era also gave us Elway.

After the 28-game disaster, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen needed a talent evaluator that Broncos Nation could trust. Enter Elway.

The biggest Tebow hater out there has done a great job draft ing players and getting some help for Manning. Plus he played a minor role in luring Manning to Denver. Although some people weren’t pleased by the way he handled the Tebow situation, if the Broncos go deep into the playoff or even win the Super Bowl, then all will be forgiven.

After the forgetable McDaniels era, the Broncos landed the No. 2 pick in the 2011 draft. With a need for a defensive playmaker, the Broncos selected Von Miller out of Texas A&M. He is one of most feared linebackers in the league, partially when it comes to the third and long situations. Miller is also an anchor on a defense that has vastly improved since the 2010 defense that was the worst in the league. McDaniels also drafted Demaryius Thomas. Thomas has turned into a solid wide receiver and although I have been somewhat frustrated by the way he drops passes and has a tendency to fumble after he catches the ball, Thomas has potential. He has all of the makings to be a pro-bowl type of player.

Watching the Denver Broncos play during the McDaniels reign was a little bit painful. In 2009 there was the dreaded 2-8 collapse at the end of the season and in 2010 there was the 4-12 fiasco. The Broncos, however, have benefited from it. A new coach in John Fox, a new QB, a new everything. So I only have two little words for Josh McDaniels: “Thank You.”

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Just remember that marshmallows are not the best hot cocoa accessory; Baileys Irish Crème is.

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May 21 -June 20 You may be as unique as a snowflake, but your astrological sign suggests you are very similar to your twin.

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