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January 31, 2013

Volume 35, Issue 19

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Colo. comedian Thea Deley pokes fun at the concept of Immaculate Conception during her comedy show “Jesus Loves You! (But Hates Me)” Jan. 26 at The Bug Theater in Denver. Her show explores her journey “from believer to blasphemer.” Photo by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

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National speaker talks academic cheating Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu MSU Denver’s first ever Academic Integrity Week kicked off with a keynote address from national speaker and academic integrity researcher Dr. Don McCabe of Rutgers University. At the Tivoli Turnhalle Monday morning, McCabe discussed with teachers and students the importance of being academically honest, as it is not a “victimless crime.” He went over national cheating statistics, when and why students cheat and what MSU Denver can do to combat the problem. “In the elementary school level, their biggest issue is cheating in kickball,” McCabe said. “By the time you’re going to junior high it’s a very different story. Students are starting to talk about cheating on tests and the numbers keep on growing on through high school.” According to his research, over 80 percent of sampled students from public, private, home and parochial schooling had cheated. Serious test cheating occurred

in 47 percent of private schools and 70 percent of public schools. McCabe attributes gap this to differing honor codes. Although high school cheating has gone down nationwide over the last 12 years, from 71 percent of students to 52 percent, McCabe is not impressed because cheating usually goes unreported from students and teachers. Students start cheating to remain competitive in their grades and for the sake of their future, McCabe said. The two most common forms of cheating he has seen are collaborating with peers and stealing phrases from Wikipedia. McCabe does not blame the invention of the Internet for misconduct, but rather the student as well as lack of motivation and authority from teachers and parents. “If you cheat, you get an A rather than the B you deserve, somebody [else] is being knocked down for that,” McCabe said. “When it comes to anatomy and physiology, [nursing students] have no problem cheating because they feel the course is harder than it

should be. So I would suggest their future patients are victims.” McCabe argued that teachers can also become victims because they will falsely assess their coursework. Although McCabe admitted cheating will never go away, he wants academic honesty to outweigh final grade and suggested a few ways to accomplish this: stricter guidelines for online classes, training sessions, a cheating awareness day, resources from the administration and alumni and keeping students involved and motivated. Stephanie Tompsett, a postbaccalaureate student in art education at MSU Denver, feels that even though cheating would be less prevalent in an art room, it is still something that she will address. “You still have tests, you still have art history in the curriculum, assessments and papers,” she said. “It makes me realize that students need opportunities to succeed. Not to just go easy on students, but to give them that support to be successful in your classroom is important.”

Lunden Macdonald, a professor in MSU Denver’s department of modern languages and interim director for the center of faculty development, wants to bring the conversation on academic integrity back into her classroom and among students. “There is really a web of responsibility, and it’s about creating a culture that values integrity and

that sees the value currently and in the future of what academic integrity means,” she said. “It needs to be repeated, for example, on the homepage of the Metro website, it needs to be repeated by the administration at various levels, or in Dr. Jordan’s “welcome back” speech. Things like that to make sure were really creating a complete environment of integrity.”

Dr. Donald McCabe, a national speaker and researcher at Rutgers University, addresses concerns and questions academic integrity during a follow-up to a Q&A session. Photo by Nate Hemmert • nhemmert@msudenver.edu

Word on the Street: College and cheating

Have you ever cheated on any of your work at college? Collene Lewis • clewis66@msudenver.edu Photos by Daniel Fairbairn • dfairba3@msudenver.edu

“No, not as of yet. Hopefully it stays that way.”

“No, I only cheated when I was in elementary. It was once and they whipped it out of me because I got caught.”

“Yes. It was actually an online assignment, none of that in the classroom stuff.”

“I don’t think I have ever cheated in college, but I’m in teacher certification so I don’t know how you cheat that.”

“Yeah, hasn’t everybody?”

>Nicholas Springer, MSU Denver junior

>Breanna Siles, MSU Denver junior

>David Gonzales, CCD sophomore

>Alexi High, MSU Denver senior

>Michael Stankiewicz, MSU Denver junior

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MSU Denver places second at challenge Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko

ktomko@msudenver.edu It was a first for MSU Denver, and they came in second. The CFA Global Research Challenge is a competition hosted by the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute for university students majoring in business and finance. Termed the “Investment Olympics” by the CFA Society Colorado website, the challenge offers students the opportunity to study a publically traded company and provide an investment recommendation to CFA judges. MSU Denver’s team, new to the challenge, faced off against teams from returning universities. The competition came from the University of Denver, Colorado State University, University of Colorado-Boulder and University of Colorado-Denver Each team had faculty advisor and a CFA mentor to guide them, but the bulk of the work was done by the team on its own. MSU Denver’s faculty advisor was finance professor Adrian Shopp. “This was a lot of work for them,” Shopp said. “A semester is 16 weeks, but they’ve been working for 20 weeks on top of going to school.” Shopp said that his attention was drawn to the CFA challenge last year by a friend. Impressed by what he saw as a real-world learning experience, he took the idea of a MSU Denver team back to the university finance department. “There was a great interest in the challenge,” Shopp said. “We had students writing essays and narrowed it down to five.” The final included seniors Marcelo Alaniz, Adam Peters and

Hiro Nakakura. Two other members had started with the team but dropped from the challenge as the semester progressed. This year’s challenge was a research analysis of Broomfield company Ball Corporation which manufactures metal packaging for beverages, foods and household items and provides aerospace and technology services. Teams studied Ball’s industry, competition and finances and presented a research paper and slide presentation to the CFA Jan. 9 before they made their final presentations Jan. 23. “The competition was tough,” Alaniz said. “Some of the teams had grad students. And we heard that Jerry Paul was going to be here, and he’s pretty prominent.” Alaniz, who graduated in December, said that the team had a set time to work each week as team members also had school work. During vacations, he said, they worked on the project ten to twelve hours a day and spent their downtime “searching the cans of our favorite beverages for [Ball’s] trademark.” The third team to present their research, Alaniz, Peters and Nakakura surprised those in attendance by giving their presentation without their slides. “We changed too much in our research after we turned in our slides,” Peters said, adding that they had only decided the night before the presentation to go without the slide show. The team lost a few points from their score for the decision, but not enough to have made a difference in their placement. The presentation still garnered praise from at least one judge. “They had their numbers

down,” said Jerry Paul, CFA and wealth management consultant. “They quoted them off the tops of their heads.” Shopp is happy with the judges’ decision. Both CU-Boulder and DU had won challenges in the past few years, but MSU Denver outscored them to take second place behind CSU. It was an impressive accomplishment for a first time entry. “Metro State should be proud,” Paul said. “The team represented them well.”

Right: Adrian Shopp discusses a team’s performance with a colleague at the CFA Challenge at Denver’s own University Club on Wednesday January 23, 2013. Below: Judge Jerry Paul [far left] discusses a teams performance after their turn during the competition at the CFA challenge hosted by Denver’s University Club on Wednesday January 23, 2013. Photo by Daniel Fairbairn • dfairba3@msudenver.edu

Students can benefit from resume software Collene Lewis

clewis66@msudenver.edu Building a resume just got a lot easier for MSU Denver students. Students can access a stepby-step resume builder, over 900 practice interview questions and create a personal website through the Optimal Resume software. Implemented through MSU Denver Alumni Relations, the software is completely digital and accessible from anywhere. Plus, it’s free to all MSU Denver students and alumni. Lindsey Day, Alumni Career Specialist, said the Optimal Resume software provides resume templates tailored to different majors, and addresses formatting problems found when students build resumes from scratch.

“Microsoft Word has quirks that make it hard to edit,” Day said. “This (Optimal Resume) eliminates that.” Day said the Optimal Resume system cost nearly $20,000 to bring to students and alumni in October of 2012, as a gift through the Alumni Association. No student fees were used to bring this software to campus. In addition to no cost to students, Day said the software is user-friendly and makes yourself searchable to employers through personal website creation and link-

ing your resumes or cover letters directly to social media. “Students get services that you can use to save a lot of time,” Day said. As the Optimal Resume software is available to over 100,000 students at MSU Denver, Day said Alumni Relations is seeking other campus partners, such as the MSU Denver Writing Center to get the word out to students. Denise LeMert, Tutoring Intern at The MSU Denver Writing Center, said the technology would

“Everyone who is going to apply for a job can benefit from this.”

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be useful because many students request resume help when visiting the Writing Center. LeMert said the practice with interviews and resumes would help to shape selfassurance in students. “It would be a confidence builder for students first going out and getting their first professional job,” LeMert said. LeMert said the Optimal Resume software was not only applicable to the services provided at the Writing Center, but also applicable to what students do in the long run. “Everyone who is going to apply for a job can benefit from this,” LeMert said. With other partnerships on the horizon, the Optimal Resume is currently promoted to students through two offices- Alumni Rela-

tions and Career Services. Nick Shaklee, Career Counseling Intern at MSU Denver Career Services, said not only does the office recommend the software to students, but it adds to the services currently provided at Career Services. “It’s kind of a complement to the career counselors and peer mentors to do general reviews and critiques,” Shaklee said. In addition, Shaklee said the Optimal Resume software was a good tool to use in the comfort of your own home, especially when it’s a high traffic time in the Career Services office. “You don’t have to schedule an appointment two weeks or a week out because of how busy we are,” Shaklee said. “It allows to the student to do it at their own pace.”

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It’s 2013, and high tech is still wrestling against low tech. There are those who are concerned about the long-term repercussions of Internet use. The rising controversy is the amount of energy that is used because of the Internet, but what are the alternatives, and are they better for the environment? There are few alternatives to the technological world that has been created by the Internet. One proposal that has been made to cut down internet and computer use is that of reverting back to paper. Using paper instead of computer databases would save the energy used by the computers—roughly two percent of the world’s energy use, according to New Scientist Magazine. Although paper production uses less energy, according to National Geographic Magazine, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that out of 71 million tons of paper, about 60 percent of it is recycled, while the other 40 percent is incinerated—causing air pollution—or it occupies space in landfills. On the Auraria campus in 2011, over 689 pounds of trash were recycled, about 40 percent of that diverted to landfill, according to the Auraria Campus Waste Diversion. Some, like those at waste-managementworld.com, think that paper production should not be as demonized. Paper is carbon locking, meaning that paper retains carbon dioxide, just as if it were still a tree, the website reports. The paper industry plants more trees than it harvests. Only one-third of paper is made from cutting trees. Another third is made from sawmill waste and another third from recycled paper. But paperwork has been revolutionized by the Internet. Documents can be found and filled out online, eliminating the need for waste and providing easy access to everyone. According to a feature in “The New York Times” September 2012, entitled “Power, Pollution, and the Internet,” data centers can use more than 90 percent of the electricity they pull off the grid because they will run their facilities at full capacity around the clock. Worldwide, digital warehouses use about 30 billion watts of electricity, equivalent to the energy output of 30 nuclear plants. To guard against power failure, they further rely on banks of generators that emit diesel exhaust that have increasingly been cited by the authorities for violating clean air regulations. Rick Beck, MSU Denver’s IT director of application services, estimated that each of the 3,500 computers on campus result in $26 every year in energy costs, for a grand total of about $91,000 annually. It comes down to weighing out the consequences of each of the options. Both, respectively, can cause air pollution. The con, one side complains, is that the Internet is using too much energy. Those on the other side are concerned about the irreparable damage caused by the logging of the rainforest.

Includes research and contributions from staff writers.

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Filibuster still rules after Senate Democrats wuss out again J. Sebastian Sinisi sinisi2@msn.com Nice going, Harry! While Republicans freak out over President Barack Obama’s newly aggressive stance on pushing needed reforms – either through the U.S. Congress or via executive action U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) did much to pull the rug out from under Obama last week by timidly wussing out. Again. This time, Reid caved in on changing fi libuster rules with a half-hearted tweaking of those rules. The stale compromise – Democrats, under Reid’s Senate leadership, are good at weak compromises – promises to ensure continued congressional gridlock with a virtual blank check for the House Republican bloc to keep on blocking anything Obama and Democrats support. Under the Reid-backed compromise – said to more efficiently

speed up bill passage and appointment procedures – little will actually change. Republicans can still block any legislation they don’t like with a marvelously simple process. All that’s needed is to inform Democrats that approval calls for “yes” votes from 60 of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Democrats control 55 Senate seats – more than a simple majority, but not quite enough to reach the 60-vote level without some Republican support. The watered-down compromise passed in the U.S. Senate on January 24. Since Reid again failed to push for a simple majority rule, the minority party in the U.S. Senate continues to rule. The 60-vote device has, in the recent past, blocked legislation running a gamut from tax increases for the very rich, to debt ceiling and budget bickering, to regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. That gridlock and inaction has caused Americans to give the last Congress, the 112th, some of the lowest approval ratings in history. Now, we can look forward to more of the same. Filibusters have a long tradition in American politics and have been used to stall or block legislation running from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s to civil rights laws in the 1960s. Time was

when fi libuster users could “talk to death” a measure and block a vote by simply holding the Senate floor for hours. Opponents could, and have, held the floor by reciting recipes, or reading from Shakespeare or telephone books. The still-standing record fi libuster time of 24 hours and 18 minutes is held by noted segregationist Strom Thurmond, during a 1964 debate on the Civil Rights Act when Thurmond was a South Carolina Democrat. He later switched to the GOP fold. So did most of the onetime Democratic “Solid South” after the Civil Rights bill was passed. Now, no exhaustive efforts are needed. A phone call can inform the Senate leadership’s office that the 60-vote fi libuster rule will be invoked, with no need for tiresome debate. It’s been done ad nauseum – leading to 73 votes to end fi libusters, also called “cloture votes,” in the last Congress, after 91 and 112 times in each twoyear Congress prior. Each total far exceeded cloture votes in any previous Congress and took place when Republicans each time held the Senate minority. Majority rule? Forget about it. And what do these far-away deliberations – by old men wearing suits – have to do with those of stu-

dent age? Everything. What does and doesn’t get done in Congress affects everything from financial aid to education, student loans and immigration reform to the notfar-future America you’re going to inherit. It also affects whether America will go further down the path, not to the “Socialist paradise” invoked by some, but to an oligarchy of complete corporate control of government for the benefit of guess who. Pay attention. You still have some choices left. But they won’t last if Republican rear-guard policies of “bless the rich and screw everyone else” prevail through congressional chicanery. A faint glimmer of a hopeful sign came this week when Senate Republicans agreed in principle to a less-rigid stance on immigration reform that could offer a long-delayed “path to citizenship” for undocumented Americans and their children. It’s another compromise, but at least a start. Maybe the fact that Latinos voted 3:1 against Republicans in 2012 had something to do with that shift. The GOP may yet get a clue someday. Maybe in your lifetime. But not likely in mine.

Colorado tunes make for groovy times

Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu Last Thursday I was hypnotized by a performance from local band Rubedo. Colorado is a musically rich and artistic state; from the Art District on Santa Fe Drive to the various venues and local acts, there is always somewhere in Colorado to connect to your inner artist and musician. One of these great places is

Unit E, a gallery, recording studio and venue located on Santa Fe Drive. It’s smaller in size, but that doesn’t stop it from being a radical local hot spot for music and art. I’d never been to Unit E until last week. I was blown away, both by the sound system and the musical performance. The band headlining their Jan. 24 show was local act Rubedo. They classify themselves as “psychedelic alchemical pop rock,” which is fitting considering “rubedo” is a term used by alchemists in the process of creating a philosopher’s stone (a way to achieve immortality, for those non-Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist fans). Rubedo is a trio, but during their Thursday performance were fortunate to play with keyboardist Isaiah “Ikey” Owens, most famous

for playing with The Mars Volta and Jack White. Owens’ interesting combination of jazzy and disordered playing melded perfectly with Rubedo’s psychedelic sound. The band played for hours, blessing the crowd which was cramped shoulder-to-shoulder with groovy beats that literally shook the place. Seriously, the floor of the venue was bowing with the weight and movement of the crowd. To put it simply, Rubedo knows what they’re doing. The energy of their music is similar to the power of a symphony orchestra made up of hundreds of musicians, except they captivate the same musical story with only a few instruments. I can’t remember the last time I heard a band, on the mainstream or local level, that was able to evoke such emotion in its music. Being

a fan of instrumental acts like Animals as Leaders and East of the Wall, I felt the same power behind the music with Rubedo, only they were able to add perfect vocal harmonies and lyrics to the mix. Every moment of the performance tore into the chest of audience members, stealing their hearts. Having never heard the band before, I was completely taken aback that such a magical ensemble existed in Denver. For anyone looking for a band to carry their mind away from the real world on a cloud of vivacious sounds and metaphysical lyrics, Rubedo is the band you’re looking for. It is venues like Unit E and bands like Rubedo that make me content to be part of such a musically and artistic state.

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CVA artists aim to blur lines of reality Ian Gassman igassman@msudenver.edu From erecting a formal 17th-century garden inside an art gallery to transforming many small egg timers into lemons, Kim Dickey and Humberto Duque are trying to make their audience question reality in very subtle ways. At 6 p.m. Jan. 25, the world-renowned artists spoke to a handful of students and art enthusiasts in an insightful question-and-answer session as part of the center’s ongoing “Artist Talk” series at MSU Denver’s Center for Visual Art. Both Dickey and Duque were asked to participate in the discussion on behalf of the current “In Situ” exhibition at the CVA, which highlights the work of Dickey and Duque, as well as two other artists, Isabelle Hayeur and Ximena Labra. The four were also chosen to display pieces at the Denver International Airport until July 2013. “[DIA] sent out a call to upwards of 60 artists internationally and invited them to submit for this temporary public art commission installation,” Dickey said. “Four of us were chosen in April. In June, at different times, we all had site visits and decided where our artworks might live.” Dickey, who grew up in New York and attended the Rhode Island School of Design, came to Boulder in 1999 to teach at the University of Colorado as an assistant ceramics professor. “When I took my first ceramics class in middle school, it was a visceral experience of falling in love,” Dickey said. “The thing that keeps me engaged in ceramics is that it is so multifaceted — from functional objects to design objects, to figurative sculpture and old arts. It has a wide range that it engages.” Such a wide range lends itself to Dickey’s current work, which simultaneously re-creates and deconstructs a structured garden using mostly clay, aluminum and green glaze. According to Dickey, one of the main pieces at the CVA, entitled “Inverted L-beam,” should make

Above: Humberto Duque spoke about his “lemon timers” piece during the “In Situ Artist Talk” held at the Center for Visual Arts Jan. 25. Right: Kim Dickey poses next to some of the pieces in her “All Is Leaf” series at the Center for Visual Arts, In Situ Artist Talk. Duque’s and Dickey’s work will remain on display at the CVA through Feb. 9. Photos by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

viewers think about details in nature’s design, as well as the fact that landscapes have an implied “theatricality.” Structured gardens, for instance, can expose this. “I’m trying to make another layer to this work that references back to these ideas of ‘in between,’ of site that’s neither outside nor inside, natural or man-made,” Dickey said. Duque’s work at the CVA serves the same purpose, but in a more direct, repetitive and absurd way. Duque, who grew up and resides in Mexico City, has traveled and exhibited his art all over the world, including residencies and solo shows in Austria, Taiwan and Japan. Overall, his pieces have shared one main goal. “Confronting or being in front of something that you see everyday, that might not be special, but

“When I took my first ceramics class in middle school, it was a visceral experience of falling in love.”

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then there’s a little ‘twist’ implied and you see it — even though it’s monotonous or repetitive, there’s something that will stand out and make you realize that you’re looking at something different,” Duque explained, referencing his intriguing “lemon timers,” which are essentially plastic lemons turned into brightly colored, audible alarm clocks. Although the CVA has held artist discussions in the past, Talya Dornbush — the educational director of the CVA — wants them to be more frequent and hopes to host one for every exhibit that passes through the center. “The artist’s perspective all comes out in the talks,” Dornbush said, noting that hearing artists like Dickey and Duque speak about their respective work is one thing, but being able to engage them and ask them questions, no matter how detailed, repetitive or absurd, “enriches the visitor’s experience.” The “In Situ” exhibit at the CVA has been running since Jan. 4 and will run until Feb. 9.

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Welcome Week overtaken by food truck return Nate Hemmert nhemmert@msudenver.edu For many students, Auraria’s Welcome Week seemed more like the “Return of the Food Trucks.” “It was nice to have some options on campus again,” said Allison Wright, an MSU Denver senior. “[Food trucks are] a little more expensive, but it’s better than Taco Bell or McDonald’s – at least for me.” Welcome Week took place in various locations on campus Jan. 22-23. With the new food truck policies in place (see sidebar), students were taking advantage of the mobile dining options and the accompanying warm weather during Welcome Week. Quite a few people enjoyed their meals outside on the folding tables and makeshift chairs around the trucks in the Tivoli Commons. Bryson Thomas, a junior at UCD, said he always makes sure to stop by the Pink Tank when it’s on campus. “You know, the one with the flame throwers on it? It’s the best food truck ever. Hands down,” Thomas said. “Their chicken and waffles are worth every last penny.” Theresa Searcy, the aunt of one of the Pink Tank’s owners, was near the truck after getting some

Food Truck Policy • Policy Development and Shared Operations Committee created the policy to create more free space on campus and to promote growth between competing food truck owners. • Food trucks are allowed to be on campus on Mondays only. • The trucks are only allowed on St. Lawrence Way between St. Cajetans and the King Center.

David Mueller, Pink Tank’s general manager, lights his food truck’s flamethrowers to attract crowds of students at Welcome Week Jan. 23. Photo by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@msudenver.edu

grub of her own. “All of those days ditching school to cook paid off,” Searcy said with a laugh. “It’s been a real success for him.” There was a variety of food trucks participating in Welcome Week, with as many as eight at a time crammed into the Tivoli

Commons. Students looking for something healthier or just a quick snack had different options available. The trucks present over the two day event were Saj Express, Mike’s Kitchen, Epicurean Catering, Lost Coffee, Gigi’s Cupcakes, Manna from Heaven, Good Food, Pink

Tank, Bistro Colorado, SweetNess and Los Molinos. With prices ranging from $2.50 to $10, students were able to enjoy anything from cupcakes and frozen lemonades to tortas and smothered burritos.

• There can only be four there at a time. • Food trucks are a fundraising opportunity for student organizations. There is a lottery every three weeks for student organizations to reserve one of the food trucks.

Substance abuse meetings offer resource to Auraria Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu Every week at MSU Denver, there is a safe place for students to talk about substance abuse issues. These meetings are open to both those struggling and those who have loved ones struggling with substance abuse. At 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Library Room 206, these meetings take place with facilitator and teacher G.C., who did not want his name published due to the anonymity of the meetings. G.C. started attending the university in 2009 and was attending meetings similar to Alcoholics Anonymous around Denver. Looking for something similar on campus, he fell into doing what he calls “service work” and facilitating the meetings here. “I gear it like AA because that’s what I know best. I’m not substance specific, so I don’t choose to have a meeting that’s substance specific,” he said. “We can have whatever kind of meeting you want, it’s everybody’s meeting — not mine.” His goal is to create a safe environment where people can continue their talks from AA, or

they can start to discover they want to help themselves. According to G.C., one of the most important things to realize in the beginning is that one doesn’t have to pick up another drink or do a drug. Even when one has finished the program, it is important to focus on working on staying sober for 24 hours at a time. “Once yesterday is gone, that’s it,” G.C. said. “You were either sober yesterday or you weren’t. What are you going to do today? And you have no idea what tomorrow’s going to bring.” Both AA and Narcotics Anonymous are 12 step programs, and the steps are largely the same in both. The first step is for addicts to admit they are powerless over their addiction. Throughout the steps, addicts make a spiritual connection to a higher power or “God.” This connection helps addicts to overcome their illness. The program is not necessarily religious, but spiritual, G.C. said. “The program is about finding your own understanding of God — helping people find a power greater than themselves in their lives, because obviously they’re pretty weak on their own,” he said. “Otherwise we’d stop drinking on our own.

Graphic courtesy of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

Why would we need the program if we were powerful enough to overcome the disease?” AA, however, is originally rooted in a religious program. One of its founders, Bill Wilson, started attending a group known as the Oxford Group, which was a religious movement that used self-examination, meditation and

prayer to help people with selfimprovement. In December 1934, Wilson had a powerful spiritual experience which caused him to stop drinking. He worked the rest of his life to bring that same message to others. For more information on AA, visit www.aa.org. For information on NA visit www. na.org.

For the MSU Denver meetings in particular, G.C. wanted to stress that it is a safe environment where people do not have to admit to being an addict if they are not ready. “We are not bad people trying to get good,” he said. “We are sick people trying to get well.”

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“H&G” more nightmare than fairy tale Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu

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“DmC” slays Brent Zeimen bzeimen@msudenver.edu Slaying demons has never been so smooth as in Ninja Theory’s “Devil May Cry” reboot, titled “DmC Devil May Cry.” The series has been going since 2001, and the latest installment tells the origin story of the series’ long time protagonist and devil hunter, Dante. The story makes sense in its own odd way, but isn’t really the reason players come to the series in the first place. The real reasons why players go to the series are the stylish combat and punishing difficulty. In “DmC,” the combat feels smooth and fluid, unlike the combat in previous entries in the series. In earlier versions, the player was limited on how to close the distance to a target without their style meter expiring. They could use stinger, Dante’s trusty dashstab attack, but that often knocked an enemy even further back, which means it only delayed the combo expiring, not allowing a player to chain together a larger string of attacks. In “DmC,” the player has the demon pull and angel lift abilities starting fairly early in the game. The player can lift to an enemy or pull an enemy to them at any time in a combo without losing precious style meter or points. This goes a long way to alleviate the distancing issue previous games had. The combat changes are just one of many examples of how this new game improves on the formula from when “Devil May Cry” first made its way onto the PS2. The camera, the world, even the character development — all of these fit well together and make “DmC” the best Devil May Cry yet.

Fairy tales don’t do so well when they’re rated R. Chances are, every child has heard the sweet tale of siblings Hansel and Gretel who are tempted by an evil witch with her house made of sugary walls and delectable treats. But leave it to Hollywood to make the duo into gun-wielding orphans with a personal vendetta against every witch in the land. Adult Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) must face the evil Muriel (Famke Janssen) as the Blood Moon approaches and her sinister plot unfolds. Sounds basic enough.

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Director Tommy Wirkola had good intentions — take a classic children’s tale and make it appealing for an adult audience. He did this by adding fire, lots of weapons, brutal deaths, a naked woman and a few fucking curse words.

But his good intentions fell short with basic fi lmmaking errors. Fight scenes, which make up a lot of the movie, were ruined by quick camera shots and changes that give the audience headaches instead of adrenaline rushes. There

is also a faulty storyline that tries — and fails — to carry the movie. The story is so clichéd and predictable is just becomes absurd. The hunters become the hunted and their unknown past slowly unfolds before them — who saw that coming? It is also very interesting to see that during what’s presumed to be the Middle Ages, the characters have to lug their semiautomatic machine guns and steampunk style weapons on horseback. The biggest question is whether this movie is a serious fantasy flick or a humorous parody, but either way, it fails. Another question that arises — does Hansel really have diabetes? Really? The answer is yes, yes he does.

“The Painted Girls” spins historical to heartwarming Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu Cathy Marie Buchanan weaves a tale of ballerinas, murder, and poverty in her historical fiction novel about the late 1800s Paris in “The Painted Girls.” The story follows the van Goethem sisters, a trio of young girls struggling to survive after the death of their father and with the drunken laziness of their laundress mother, who is addicted to absinthe. Antoinette, the eldest, is already working as an extra at Paris’s grand opera house. Once their father dies, it is time for the two younger sisters, Marie and Charlotte to also work at the Paris Opera, by joining the school for ballet. Although at age 11, Marie is considerably older than the starting ballerinas, she tries out anyway. “Petit rats,” children of the Parisian ballet, are paid 70 francs a month and the family is three months behind in paying the rent. This tragic beginning is set in 1878 and Buchanan follows the sis-

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ters, going back and forth between Marie and Antoinette’s perspectives until 1881. The novel has its high points, like Marie’s little victories of being accepted into the ballet and then being quickly moved into the class with girls her own age. The plot also has its lows, like Antoinette’s struggle between being there for her sisters and being with her sweetheart. The sisters are not the only characters with historical inspiration. When reading Antoinette’s passionate and often sarcastic narratives, we are introduced to Émile Abadie, her future sweetheart and a Parisian murderer. It was here that I struggled with Antoinette, forgiving her for falling for the “bad boy” at first. That is, until it became clear that Abadie is much more than the average no-good boyfriend. When Antoinette finds out Abadie is accused of murder, I wanted very badly to stay on her side and believe with her that it wasn’t true. It is in the advanced class where Marie meets Edgar Degas, the famous painter. The artist’s

world famous sculpture, “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” is a model of the real-life Marie van Goethem. I have always been a fan of Degas’s work, so reading a book about the subjects of some of his works — albeit a fictionalized one — was as pleasant an experience as looking at his paintings. Degas was part of the impressionist movement in art, where capturing moments was more important than getting every single detail just right. Buchanan’s book is a very similar idea put into literature. Instead of focusing on getting every historical detail just right, she captures the feel of the time. A good example of this is that there is no evidence to tie the sister to Abadie. But the way Buchanan captures Antoinette’s inner battle between caring for her sisters and falling for Abadie, the reader feels every loving moment and every disappointment with her. Buchanan’s triumph is creating believable characters. Her characters make bad choices, they heal, they love, and they occasionally hate themselves for their choices.

Photo courtesy of Cathy Marie Buchanan.

Reading this book I was willing to follow those characters through it all, to see them succeed in the end. Through their struggles and their pain, Buchanan creates an engaging tale of three sisters. Like all sisters, they sometimes don’t see eye-to-eye, and may not even like each other. In the end, this story is one of love and strength, and how the sisters saved one another.

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Jesus Loves You! (But Hates Me) Irreverent humor from Colo. comedian evokes laughs, damnation Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu Dildo pistols, fake orgasms and Jesus puppets have reserved Thea Deley a place in hell. Deley’s comedy show, “Jesus Loves You! (But Hates Me),” performed Jan. 26 at The Bug Theater in Denver, proved that laughter can heal, as she told of her journey giving up religion. Many people are introduced to religion as children by their parents, and the same can be said of Deley. She began the show by telling the audience the meaning of her name. “My mother named me Dorothea, which means gift from God,” she said. “My mother also tells me that I am going to hell.” From there, Deley went through the details of how she went from “believer to blasphemer” over the course of her life. Doing an impression of her mother, with crossed arms and a scolding voice, she explained that as soon as she stopped believing, she was doomed to damnation as far as her mother was concerned. The show was a wild ride through Deley’s childhood, during which she lived in 11 places by age 14. In addition to well-acted tales of her childhood, like how she broke nine of the Ten Commandments in one day at age eight, the show included video clips. In addition to the multimedia aspect, Deley relied on audience participation in fake game shows like “Bible Feud” and “Who Wants to be a Virgin.” In “Bible Feud,” Deley quizzed two teams of three about different excerpts from the Bible, with the losing team being “stoned to death.” The three female contestants of “Who Wants to be a Virgin” were asked to give their best fake orgasm. “I’m sorry, it’s been too long,” said a contestant coincidentally named Virginia. For Pascale Fried, an audience member from Broomfield, these interactions brought liveliness to the show. “I think the game show is very funny,” Fried said. “It doesn’t seem set up, it looks very real.” Through characters Deley has fictionalized, like “Mrs. F,” a pro-sex teacher who is teaching an abstinence class, and “Pastor Irv,” a pedophile, she put Christianity under a magnifying glass. She also questioned the necessity of religious conflicts and even passages of the Bible itself. In her skit with a Jesus puppet, she ques-

tioned the puppet on his teachings in the book, with him responding that people have been putting words in his mouth for years. The show was separated into two acts, with the first revolving mostly around why Deley abandoned religion, and the latter being more about what she now wants instead. In the second act, she brought her show to a climax by putting on her own sermon for the “church of personal responsibility,” telling the audience that love is the most important thing. The Jan. 26 show was the kickoff of Deley’s tour. There are currently no dates, times, or places for other shows listed on the website. There is, however, contact information for booking, as well as video and blogs from the show. For more information, visit www.jesuslovesyoushow.com. The site includes a section where people can share their personal horror stories about religion. “If we buy the illusion that any doctrine—including Christianity—is sacred, we won’t question it,” Deley said on her website. “I think that’s dangerous, irresponsible even.” It takes a lot of guts to push something as big as Christianity under the bus. It takes even more when you’re relating your personal battles to a packed audience. I found myself questioning Deley in the beginning; religion bashing is not something entirely new — what’s different about her experience? It was through all the laughter and the videos that I realized that for Deley, this show is not entirely about giving up religion. It’s about closure, and the healing that comes with laughing at yourself. With all her short video clips, Deley showed the audience how we are constantly bombarded with commercials and how we often don’t take the time to question what we are shown. Although I considered it the cheesiest part of the comedy, I can

also appreciate Deley’s message of love. It is not an everyday occurrence that I go to a comedy expecting religion-bashing and instead find myself healing my own grievances against religion.

Above: Thea Deley prepares to spray down the winner of “Who Wants To Be A Virgin” with this “adult-friendly” squirt gun as a part of her Jesus Loves You! (But Hates Me) comedy show Jan. 26 at The Bug Theatre in Denver. Bottom Left: Deley questions the Bible and the teachings of Christianity by interrogating a Jesus puppet. Bottom Right: Deley mocks the Immaculate Conception during her comedy act. Photos by Heather Newman • hnewman3@msudenver.edu

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Runners Wrap-up Men’s basketball Metro 64, Colorado Mesa 52 No. 1 Metro State improved to 12-0 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play and 16-0 overall, as Metro used a 19-4 run in the final eight minutes to defeat Colorado Mesa University. Metro junior guard Brandon Jefferson and Metro senior forward/center Jonathan Morse each had 12 points. It was Metro’s first win in Grand Junction since Jan. 2, 2011.

Metro 75, Western State 70 Junior guard Brandon Jefferson scored a season high 25 points, as Metro survived a late run by Western State University. The Roadrunners had a 21-point lead at halftime. In the second half the Mountaineers had a 25-12 run to cut the deficit to four points. The 17-0 start is the best in school history. Metro has won 16 of 17 games against Western State.

Women’s basketball Colorado Mesa 73, Metro 67 No. 4 Colorado Mesa University survived a late run by Metro. The Mavericks lead by as many as 19 points, but a 9-1 run in the second half cut Colorado Mesa’s lead to one point. With 3:21 remaining, Metro went scoreless on their next five possessions. Metro senior guard Kristin Valencia had her fourth double-double in five games. Colorado Mesa made 27-33 free throws, while Metro only attempted four.

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Forty-five student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll this fall semester. To receive this honor, student-athletes must obtain a 3.5 GPA or better. Six Metro State teams were able to obtain team GPA’s of 3.0 or higher. The women’s tennis, volleyball, soccer, and basketball teams made this achievement. The men’s soccer, basketball and baseball teams reached this goal as well. Coach Tanya Haave’s women’s basketball team had the highest average semester GPA at 3.41. She said she is very proud of her players. “It’s just how we’ve hung together,” Haave said. “We’ve had some adversities as far as numbers, how hard we work every day in practice, how we’re working to get better every day. They’re just a lot of fun to coach and they are student-athletes, so it’s the whole package.” Seven student-athletes obtained a 4.0 GPA or better for the fall semester. Autumn Chidester (women’s basketball), Marc Herschberger (men’s soccer), Ryan Joyce (men’s tennis), Amy Nelson (women’s basketball), Allyn

Parrino (women’s soccer), John Qualls (men’s tennis) and Sam Schall (women’s tennis) excelled in their schoolwork as well as in their sport. “My parents really instilled the work ethic in me for school, as well as soccer, so they always made sure I was doing my schoolwork before soccer. That carried over into college, and I’ve been doing it ever since,” senior forward Marc Herschberger from the men’s soccer team said. Earning a high GPA isn’t easy to do. School takes a lot of work, but with the pressures of winning games and producing in their respective sports, that can be challenging at times. It takes dedication, hard work, time management and a little bit of luck to receive a 4.0 GPA, but these players were able to achieve this despite many obstacles keeping them from their goals. “I think that it’s really important to remember that we’re students before athletes, so school is important to me,” junior center Amy Nelson, from the women’s basketball team, said. “I try to put that above everything else no matter how crazy practice gets. I always make time to get my studying in.”

Baseball Mitch Gibbons 3.78 Nick Hammett 3.96 Carlos Luzon 3.71 Reilly Mau 3.86 Danny Miller 3.53 Gavin Purvis 3.52 Derek Stimpson 3.65 Men’s Basketball Nicholas Kay 3.91 Mitch McCarron 3.78 Men’s Cross Country & Track Kirk Harvey 3.70 Kevin Huffman 3.69 Jesse Thomas 3.65 Michael Warburton 3.75 Men’s Soccer Tyler Gillaspie 3.71 Marc Herschberger 4.00 Kevin Pocalyko 3.50 Men’s Tennis (2) Ryan Joyce 4.00 John Qualls 4.00 Softball Brittany Moss 3.67 Chelsea Brew 3.79 Annalyse Garcia 3.77 Aubree Maul 3.59 Kelsey Tillery 3.69 Women’s Basketball Amy Nelson 4.00 Autumn Chidester 4.00 Cassie Lambrecht 3.71 Brandi Valencia 3.61 Kristin Valencia 3.72 Women’s Cross Country & Track Shaneis Malouff 3.82 Women’s Soccer Taylor Campbell 3.56 Brandi Farley 3.63 Tess Hagenlock 3.67 Allyn Parrino 4.00 Camilla Rodrigues Abby Rolph 3.89 Shursteen Sharpe 3.75 Women’s Tennis Nikki Amos 3.74 Sam Schall 4.00 Kelly Vu 3.98 Volleyball Savannah Garcia 3.60 Vanessa Gemignani 3.50 Alex Green 3.73 Kylie Haun 3.76 Tammy King 3.75 Amy Wong 3.89

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Metro 78, Western State 61 The Roadrunners improved to 10-3 in RMAC play and 12-6 overall while Western State University fell to 1-12 in RMAC play and 1-16 overall. Senior guard Emily Wood scored 16 points for the Roadrunners while junior center Tai Jensen scored 12 points off the bench. A 9-0 run late in the second half gave Metro a 16-point lead. The Runners outrebounded the Mountaineers 38-29. Metro has not lost in Gunnison since December of 2009.

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Metro distance runners freshman Janessa Villanueva and sophomore Lorraine OrtizLopez competed against runners Jan. 23 at the Air Force Invitational. Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

Metro State freshman Breanna Hemming from Kiowa, Colo. broke the women’s school record for the mile and hit a provisional qualifying time Jan. 23 at the Air Force Invitational. She was recruited from Ponderosa High School. In her first collegiate meet she won the women’s mile with a time of 5:06.34. She was first in a field of 32 runners. She beat Carissa Sinda’s previous record by a total of 15.56 seconds, which was 5:22.30. Janelle Lincks finished eighth in the mile with at time of 5:25.60. The 4x4 40-yard relay team finished fift h with a time of 4:18.54. For the men, Jon Clarke finished sixth in the 200-meter finals. His time was 22.42 seconds. In the 3k, Kirk Harvey finished fourth behind two Division 1

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runners and a professional runner. He finished with a time of 9:02.00. Eiger Ericson finished sixth with at time of 9:08.68. Kraig Kleiner finished tenth with a time of 9:14.81. The Roadrunners will compete again on Feb. 1 at the New Mexico Invitational.

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Not all athletes are created equal High participation rate does not mean equality when it comes to these athletes. It was a better for women, who graduated a little more than 80 percent overall. I don’t need a study to see that there are certain sports that the black student-athlete participation rate is higher. The biggest revenuegenerating sports like football, track and field, and basketball are predominately played by black athletes. Several studies have delved into this phenomenon in more depth, and it is disheartening for me to see the statistics on graduation rates in black and white, no pun intended. The NCAA Graduation Success Rate for Division II players was 72 percent overall for male studentathletes, but that success rate varies widely by sport. Let’s look at basketball for example. In 2009, the highest percentage of male basketball studentathletes in Division II was black – a little more than half compared to about 38 percent of white male athletes in the sport, according to the NCAA report. A little less than half of black basketball players

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graduated. So, why are graduation rates not consistent of participation rates? According to a 2012 study in the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, black college athletes still face a variety of challenges, including a legacy of racial ideology. Racism today is not seen through the open segregation of black and white in schools, or on signs in hotels or on buses, but through the academic challenges they face from today’s society, culture, and yes, even from the colleges they play for. According the Journal’s study, academic success is tied to the quantity and quality of the physical and psychological energy the

Metro homecoming starts at Auraria Campus Feb. 8 and ends Feb. 10. The No. 1 Roadrunners men’s basketball will look to continue its undefeated season, while the women’s team will try to continue to dominate at home. Both teams will play Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 8 and Colorado Christian University on Feb. 9. The women play at 5 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m. All Metro State students receive free admission for all regular season home athletic events. Tickets can be purchased online or on the day of the event at the Auraria Event Center. Roadrunner baseball will begin its season with a triple-header at home against Fort Hays State University. The Roadrunners will play the visiting Tigers starting Feb. 8 and run through Feb. 10. Games start at 12 p.m.

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Black History month is upon us, and I can’t help but wonder if black student-athletes are really getting a fair game. I read recently that the participation rate of black collegiate athletes is at an all-time high, but graduation rates are not. This poses the question: is high participation rate a sign that black student-athletes are being treated equally? According to the most recent NCAA Student-Athlete Ethnicity Report from 2010, the highest percentage of male and female student-athletes in Division II was made up mostly of white athletes, about two-thirds and three-quarters respectively. The second highest participation rate was black athletes, about a quarter of men and just about 15 percent of women, up from 19.3 and 10.6 percent in 1999, when the NCAA first published this report. Because only a little more than six out of 10 black male athletes graduated in Division II sports overall, there may be an indication there is still some racial inequality

student invests in their education. In plains terms, the time and effort the student puts into going to class, meeting with faculty, and interacting with their peer group outside of sports, will give them better chances to graduate. There is still a mind-set in society that black athletes are stronger and faster, and they are highly recruited for specific sports and positions. In their own culture, some black athletes see excelling at sports is their ticket out of a bad environment. How many sports profi les do you read about a black athlete where they came from some type of inner-city or drug-infested neighborhood and sports was their salvation? Do you read the same profi les about white athletes? And, as far as the colleges go, we have an athlete here, Darius Reed, who came from a Division I program that overlooked his ADHD and his struggle with academics, and pushed him to excel as a track athlete. Maybe we should dim the beacon on the number of black athletes who are participating in college sports and shine it on the hidden forms of racism that seem to resemble the segregation of the past.

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Roadrunners basketball needs a good loss

I hope the Metro State Men’s Basketball team loses a game. Well, let’s just hope its before the postseason starts. Losses stink. Get too many of them and your season is a failure. With losing seasons coaches get fired and players lose their scholarships. But with losses come learning opportunities. When a team wins, whether it is basketball, football or even baseball, their mindset becomes complacent. Practices aren’t as crisp as before, the players start to think they understand the game. With every victory, their egos get a little bigger. It’s not a bad thing. If anything, it’s human nature. Winning equals complacency. Case in point: during the 2008 Super Bowl, one of the biggest chokes came when the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants. That Patriots squad went 18-0 before their loss. They were heavily favored coming into the game but by the end of the Super Bowl the Pats were in trouble because they weren’t used to being in a highly contested game. The Pats looked lost during the final drive that sealed their fate. In the end, most experts believed a loss earlier in the season would have helped the Patriots learn from their mistakes and maybe the Pats quarterback Tom Brady would

Nick Ohlig nohlig@msudenver.edu have four Super Bowl rings instead of three. Flash forward to 2013 to another team that could have a shot at an undefeated season: MSU Denver. The Roadrunners have been on a roll this year. Their lone loss came in an exhibition game against Colorado State back in October. Since then, the Roadrunners have won 17 straight games and most of them have been over before the second half has started. That is an impressive feature. The Runners are No. 1 in the national polls, and everybody is gunning for them. That is why I hope the Runners get a “good loss.” Winning results in a higher sense of gratification, as well it

should be. When you are the No. 1 ranked team in college basketball, something has worked. But a loss can do amazing things. When a team loses for the first time, their attention to detail goes into focus during practices. A coach can use that loss as a teaching moment. The players can realize they have flaws in their game. A loss can also result in adversity. A champion, however, thrives during adversity. How a team responds during those adverse times can define the heart of a champion. During a long winning streak however, a coach pushes for improvement or attention to detail gets watered down. The players start to think they can just defeat the opposing team because they have a No. 1 ranking by their name. It happens all the time in sports. I understand none of the players or coaches wants to lose. Having a shot at an undefeated season would be special. But if Metro were to go undefeated but then lose in the NCAA tournament, it will be considered a disappointment. As I look at the final eight games of the regular season Metro has two tough games remaining. The Runners have to go to Fort Lewis College and Adams State University. If the Runners win those two games, they will go

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undefeated in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play and they would have an undefeated season. But if the Runners were to lose, it would sting a little a bit. The Runners, however, could learn from those mistakes. This isn’t college football, where a loss this late into a season would eliminate the team from playing in the National Championship game. But during the NCAA tournament, where it

is one and done, a team that folds because a few calls didn’t go their way will lose to a weaker team. The Roadrunners have a legitimate chance to raise another NCAA championship banner. They are the best team in Division II right now — there is no denying that. But a loss before the NCAA tournament would help them in the long run.

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