Volume 35, Issue 27 - April 4, 2013

April 4, 2013

Volume 35, Issue 27

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Runners Atlanta-bound for national title MetNews Clothesline Project raises awareness

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MetroSpective Visiting author Gish Jen talks East versus West 10

Rants+Raves “Bioshock Infinite” lives up to name

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InSight Congress wrong to cut GI tuition assistance

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MetSports NCAA Division II semifinals special section

Metro junior guard Brandon Jefferson is fouled from behind by West Liberty guard Shawn Dyer during the NCAA Division II men’s basketball semifinal March 30 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Photo Courtesy of MSU Denver alumna Rachel Fuenzalida

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RTD Fee Vote Info Sheet The Auraria Board of Directors, at the request of the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board (SACAB), has approved a referendum to support renewal of the fee to provide for the RTD Bus & Light Rail Pass Program.

Continuance of the program will require an increase in the RTD Pass Fee. What does The RTD Fee Pay?

Your RTD CollegePass Smart Card acts as an RTD Pass. RTD services which will continue with the passage of the referendum include: -Free Local, Express, and Regional Bus and Light Rail Service -Free Boulder Local Service -Free Call-n-Ride Service -$5.00 discount on all SkyRide routes to and from DIA -The pass program does not include specialty services such as Rockies Ride, or Access a Ride.

Referendum Question:

When & Where Do I vote? https://eballot4.votenet.com/ Auraria 8th

April – 14th 2013

“Shall the students of the Auraria Campus (the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver at the Downtown Denver Auraria Campus) authorize the Board of Directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to collect from each institution a supplemental student fee not to exceed $77.00 per student per semester plus the established institutional collection fee, from August 19, 2013 through August 17, 2014, for the purpose of establishing an extension of the College Pass Program (Student Bus and Light Rail Pass Program)?”

For further information on the referendum, contact the RTD Referendum Board at SACABEiections@ahec.edu

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Tivoli strung with clotheslines of awareness Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu Domestic violence and sexual assault against women is not something people consciously think about all the time, but the Clothesline Project is hoping to raise awareness and create a ripple effect of change.

On April 1, colorful t-shirts were hung up on clotheslines in the Tivoli atriums, not as an April Fool’s Day joke, but as testaments to the issue of abuse against women. The tri-institutional project has been ongoing since 2010 for April’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Throughout the month of March, students were asked to decorate shirts at the Phoenix Center at Auraria (PCA), MSU Denver’s Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, and UCD’s Women’s Resource Center/Student Life.

A closer look at the shirts reveals statements such as “Love shouldn’t hurt,” “Liberate yourself,” “If you aren’t a DV victim then you have met one,” “For my Katie,” and “We deserve better.”

Stories of surviving knife attacks, being asked to perform sexual favors at age 12, and children being protected from their fathers by their mothers are also powerful statements that now hang high in

the Tivoli.

Lisa Ingarfield, assistant director of PCA, said students and teachers who walk among us on the Auraria campus quietly experience domestic violence, stalking and rape, and that these issues are unfortunately glorified in the media. She cited the “Twilight” movies as one example.

“If you realize how widespread the issue is and how many people have been harmed or hurt and in some instances killed, then maybe you have a more educated perspective on life and maybe would be less likely to A: perpetrate the crime and B: if you see a friend who’s in a sticky situation or in an unhealthy relationship, you might be more apt to say something which would reduce the likelihood of harm,” Ingarfield said.

Ingarfield said leaving abusive relationships is no easy task, and that people can’t judge the situation until they are in one themselves. A few common factors cited in the “50 Reasons Individuals Don’t Leave Abusive Partners” worksheet are family death threats, no money, family or access to help, a manipulative partner, and children.

Mike Fabriciqs, an MSU Denver senior, said domestic violence

A clothesline with purpose

Members of the MSU Denver community in part with The Clothesline Project decorated shirts and hung them across the Atrium of the Tivoli Student Union, in order to bring awareness to violence against women.

Photos by Katie Avery • kavery1@msudenver.edu

is something we should always be aware of, not only for one month a year.

“Society is so patriarchal, so it stems with how we treat women in general—how we treat our moms, sisters and grandmas,” he said.

“The music we listen to, like in rap and hip-hop, is all about degrading women, so all of that has to change. We have to start treating [women] more as equals.”

According to the latest findings from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Na-

The Clothesline Project started in a women’s group in Cape Cod, MA in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women.

Inspired by the AIDS quilt, the women used it as art therapy to express their emotions and honor victims. The shirts were then hung up on clotheslines— an old symbol for women socializing and women’s work—to publicly attest to the problem.

Magazines, foundations, and ad agencies promoted the project and it is now represented in 41 states and five other countries.

For more information go to www. clotheslineproject.org.

tional Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, more than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the U.S have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.

“By focusing on why women stay [in a relationship], we miss the more important question: Why do men and in some cases women think it is okay to abuse their romantic partners?” Ingarfield said.

“Only then will we make strides to prevent relationship abuse, sexual assault and stalking.”

Word on the street: What does the Clothesline Project Interviews by Collene Lewis • Photos by Daniel Fairbairn

clewis66@msudenver.edu • dfairbair3@msudenver.edu

mean to you?

The need to raise awareness Do you know what the Clothesline Project is?

The Clothesline Project is a globally recognized, month-long project that visits the Auraria campus yearly. The t-shirts crisscrossing the Tivoli tell stories of strength and sadness.

Brightly colored garments give courage in the face of sexual assault and abuse. But 82 percent of students polled on the Auraria campus said they didn’t know what the project was.

The purpose of the Clothesline Project is to raise awareness to the reality of sexual abuse and domestic violence committed against women.

“It brings our voices out and lets other people see that people are having problems and their problems are all right to share.

It’s all right to get help.”

“I honestly thought it was cool. I actually took my time and read the shirts.

My favorite one was a white shirt that was like “help your friends”

“As somebody who’s a professor here and also a survivor of rape, it is really, really important for people to know that it happens and that they’re not alone.”

“It’s a good representation that we’ve got a civil problem that’s still not being brought to awareness as strongly as is could be.”

-Elaine Casey MSU Denver junior

-Melina Khat UCD sophomore

-Jennifer Goodland MSU Denver professor

-Jason Dirgo MSU Denver senior

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STEM panel offers encouragement to female students Sara Beets sbeets@msudenver.edu A panelist our Auraria students offered words of wisdom as a STEM panel conducted as part of the campus’ honoring of women’s history month on campus.

The panel on STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — started at 2 p.m. March 21 in the Science building on Auraria campus. The event was put on by the Institute of Women’s Studies and Services (IWSS) for a week of activities themed “Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.”

There were eleven people in the audience.

The panel members were MSU Denver seniors Caitlyn Hanley and Jackie Billotte, UCD graduate student Jennifer Diemunsch and CCD freshman An Alire.

The women were asked a few questions, such as how they gained interest in their field and problems with work discrimination.

“Fellow students are always inspirational,” Diemunsch, mathematics graduate student, said, responding to a question about what motivates her to continue through school. “We didn’t get here by luck but by our hard work.”

With only 20 percent of degree-earning women choosing STEM fields, there can be problems with discrimination in a male dominated workplace. Diemunsch said that she had not experienced any discrimination herself, but the other women on the panel said they had.

Alire, a computer science major, had also experienced age discrimination at school. When trying to speak up in class one day, a fellow classmate told the class to “let grandma speak.”

“I told him that I was a student too and that he needed to respect me,” said Alire. She said that people don’t expect her to be in this field, but that she has learned how to express herself while in college.

Alire was not the only panel member who encouraged self-expression and passion for a chosen field.

“Be vocal about your interests and explore your interests openly,” said Billotte, a biology and premed student.

The panel offered advice on how to decide if graduate school was the right choice and how to say no if it wasn’t. They also offered suggestions on investing in a good support system both on and off campus.

“If you need help, seek help,” said chemistry student Hanley. She recommends students take full advantage of the guidance and academic support of tutors, professors, and office hours on campus.

Desirae Sarabia, the events coordinator for IWSS, said that the women of the panel “open eyes to show that if you are determined, nothing can stop you.”

Each woman had her own unique story to why she chose to go into a STEM career.

When Billotte was a child, her father bought her an experiment book and a microscope which sparked her interest for the sciences.

Hanley was inspired by a high school chemistry teacher, and Diemunsch, who grew up in a science and math oriented family, switched her career path from education to math. Alire, who once ran restaurants, has continued her education to pursue her

dream of starting mobile STEM camps for girls and inner city children.

“All of you have the ability to change the world but it must be in your heart to do it,” said Alire. “I want to change the world.”

MSU Denver student Jackie Billotte (right) tells about how her father got her interested in science at a young age. Billotte, a UCD graduate student, was part of a STEM panel sponsored by the Institute of Women’s Studies and Services to answer questions about STEM education March 21 in the Science Building on Auraria campus.

Photo by Sara Beets • sbeets@msudenver.edu

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April 4, 2012

InSight

Repeal of active GI tuition is wrong Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu Teenagers can cross the sea and die for our country, but they can’t get a few bucks of patriotic gratitude to help them through college.

No one is happy with the sequester, but defense spending has taken a bigger hit than other areas have—a whopping $42.7 billion. While veterans have been reassured that the GI Bill isn’t taking any hits, tuition assistance has been abolished.

Let me explain the difference. When a member of the military has served his or her stint in the service and walks away with that honorable discharge, said member of the military can enroll in college and not have to worry about much with the GI Bill other than grades.

When a member of the military is on active duty, college was formerly paid for through tuition assistance. No more, though. The sequester has effectively ended that opportunity.

I have two college-aged children and one who will be there in just a few more years. My two older children have approached me in the past for advice about joining the military. Though I am a steadfast supporter of our military, I advised them against joining if they were only doing it for the tuition money.

My advice had been given because I didn’t want them joining the military unless their heart was completely in it. I couldn’t have foreseen the sequester three years ago. If they had joined—and had joined only for the tuition—they’d have been screwed. They would be fighting and possibly dying for a broken promise and nothing more.

Few people serve their country quite the way our service men and women do. The idea that they, or anyone out there, should be struggling for money to pay for college is reprehensible. How can a government ask so much of people who serve and then treat them with such disregard?

It has not escaped my attention (or the attention of many other disgruntled Americans) that no congressman has taken a pay cut. Obama isn’t returning his paychecks. But not a single one of them have a problem cutting benefits to the people who dedicate their lives to protecting this country.

Don’t get me wrong: I am all for cuts in the proper places. I have a decidedly libertarian view of government assistance. But we owe so much to our service men and women and to our veterans. Destroying such an opportunity for those who have done so much to earn it is more than an ethically questionable move. It’s just plain wrong.

It leaves me curious. When the sequester doesn’t work, when it doesn’t jumpstart the economy the way it should, what else is Congress going to cut?

They’ve already proven that it won’t be their paychecks.

Rockies offer some hopeful glimmers, but time will tell

J. Sebastian Sinisi sinisi2@msn.com The Colorado Rockies’ real season, on the heels of spring training in Arizona, has begun — some say already badly — while others see glimmers of hopeful signs.

Two road games are hardly the basis for a full-season forecast, but the glimmers were there — even in a 10-inning loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener. Troy Tulowitski looked good in his first real season game in 305 days after missing the final four months of last season while the Rockies lurched to their worst season ever, with 98 losses.

Last Monday, in Milwaukee, Tulo was flawless on the field at shortstop and went 2-for-5 at the plate, including an early two-run homer. Carlos Gonzalez also homered. And while Todd Helton was 0-for-3 in his 16th openingday start, Rockies’ starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin delivered 6 2/3 quality innings in sharp contrast to his dismal outing in last year’s home opener at Coors Field when Chacin couldn’t find the strike zone with a map against the San Francisco Giants.

Spring training games don’t

count for much in the real world, but Helton — widely expected to retire at the end of this season — did show glimmers of his old self in one Arizona game when he delivered four hits against the Cleveland Indians and showed no sign of the nagging back problems that have plagued him in recent years.

Which serves as a reminder that, prior to this Friday’s home opener at Coors Field against the San Diego Padres, the 2013 Rockies have more question marks than a CSAP test. Last season, their pitching was the worst in all of baseball and the starting lineup suspect.

Over the winter, while other teams in the National League West improved, the Rockies’ front office did what it’s very good at: nothing.

That fueled further fan suspicion that this “transition” year may not be much different from last year’s disaster.

But the Rockies’ management — the real root of the Rockies’ problems and another story entirely — knows that it need only open Coors Field’s gates and nearly 3 million fans will pay, no matter how dismal the on-field product.

So why improve by spending money or making smart trades?

But spring is the season of hope;,realistic or not. And hope — complete with illusions — is what spring training is about in the Arizona sun, where a pre-Cubs game PA announcement said a lot with:

Temperature here, 79 degrees. In Chicago, 34.

For baseball fans of a certain age — like mine — with memories going back five decades to the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, baseball still lives in an illusory amber of leisurely summer afternoon and lilac evening games in human-scaled and long-lost ballparks where the game itself was more than enough.

Today’s baseball reality is a bit different, with steroids and overpaid players who wouldn’t be caught dead living in a neighborhood of the real fans who pay the freight. And the slow-paced and pastoral game we think we remember, that actually used to end in early October, is long gone in favor of late-October playoff games that can end in snow after midnight in the East when TV money calls the scheduling shots.

But we need illusions. And spring training nurtures those illusions, even though the serpent of greed long ago entered that garden of Eden. Consider the loveable-loser Chicago Cubs. Since their spring training field at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, Arizona, was rebuilt in 1997, 2.6 million Cubs fans have passed through its turnstiles as the most loyal fan base in the Cactus League, setting attendance records with some years having nearly every game was sold out.

So what happens? Cubs’ ownership decides that homey Hohokam

wasn’t good enough and decides to build a new playpen — with mostly public money;,narrowly approved by voters — scheduled to open next year. Maybe the Cubs’ new park will include luxury boxes priced around $90 per game, for corporate-guest “fans.”

During the past spring training season, when I caught seven games in four different parks, the Cubs — who drew a total of 158,000 to Hohokam — were still an extremely tough ticket. For a sold-out weekday game, I had to resort to a scalper — not my usual style — and paid $25 for a $9 face-price ticket for a grass “seat” beyond the outfield fence, though I sat in my usual perch a few rows above third base. The Cubs lost, 9-3, to the Giants. But watching the game while drinking Old Style beer and talking to real fans who know baseball in final-season Hohokam made on-field play irrelevant. Being there, and not the game, was the real point.

At three-season old Salt River Fields north of Scottsdale, the Rockies also lost to the Giants but — again — the game outcome is never the point.

During opening week of the real season, fans and even local scribes have doubts, and only eternal optimist owner Dick Monfort seems hopeful.

Regular-season reality will intrude soon enough.

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Nonprofit brings ingenuity, charity to students Compassion by the Book offers new way to sell textbooks Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu A desire to give back to the community sparked eight friends to gather and sell 23 textbooks in 2009. Twelve hundred dollars later, something had truly begun.

In the time since, Kurtis Griess, one of those eight friends, started Compassion by the Book, a

nonprofit aimed at both textbook fundraising and spreading a mindset of philanthropy among college students.

“I started Compassion by the Book officially in 2010, shortly after graduating with my Masters [from Colorado School of Mines], but the idea came in 2009 when I suddenly realized the value of the textbooks I had collecting dust

on my bookshelf,” Griess said. “It struck me that they were wasting away and there were opportunities to put them to good use.”

Griess, 26, is the founder and executive director of Compassion by the Book, which has been active in textbook fundraisers at several universities in both Colorado and Wyoming.

“It started with this idea around textbook fundraising, and ultimately, it was just an idea that I thought was so great it needed to be shared,” Griess said. “College students have a resource readily available that they can convert to financial support for any organization that they want,. You don’t have to wait until you graduate and start making lots of money to make an impact in your community.”

For the textbook fundraisers, Compassion by the Book gives different campus organizations starter kits to gather books to sell on half.com.

For books that can’t be sold, Compassion by the book holds free book drives where students can come and take materials that can help in their education.

Since its initial founding, Compassion by the Book has expanded from an organization that helps students raise money for organizations through selling textbooks to setting up chapters with lasting legacies on the Regis University and CU Boulder campuses.

Now, they are looking to branch out to all the schools in the state.

“The real goal behind the chapters is to

create something sustainable on every campus, that you have groups of dedicated students who are bringing in other like-minded students to learn about philanthropy and really start addressing the community’s needs creatively,” Griess said.

The first installation of the chapter program began at Regis University, where freshman Agnes Pham, 19, works for Compassion by the Book as the accountant and executive assistant.

“Here at Regis, it’s the first chapter that we have, so we’re starting to get students involved in our chapter — our official Compassion by the Book club, “ Pham said. “Our idea is to bring in nonprofits to talk about the grantmaking process and to learn about the best ways that we can get funds and allocate them to the proper places. We’re also working to find the needs at our community and find what we can do to meet them.”

During the spring semester of 2012, the organizaton worked with MSU Denver’s T.I.A.R.A. Multicultural Sorority Intrest Group.

“T.I.A.R.A. stands for Togetherness, Independence, Academics, Respect and Achievement. The T.I.A.R.A. Group is the official interest group of Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc. As an active T.I.A.R.A. group, we have the opportunity to get an in-depth look at the MSU [Denver] sisterhood,” read a statement on T.I.A.R.A.’s website.

With the help of Compassion by the Book, T.I.A.R.A. used textbook fundraising at Auraria to raise money for Love146, an organization that aims to abolish the trafficking and exploitation of children.

“With the T.I.A.R.A. group, the result that they came out of it with, hopefully, was that they were empowered to make a difference and they saw the result that came of their hard effort,” Griess said.

“They were able to financially support an organization with a significant sum of money that they wouldn’t have otherwise maybe even thought they could do.”

This collaboration for textbook fundraising is only the beginning for Compassion by the Book, though. With their chapters Graphic copyright © 2010 Compassion by the Book. cDesigned by Joseph Garcia.

program, they hope to create a permanent spirit of philanthropy among college students.

“The possibilites are endless, and really, if you can get multiple institutions involved, your reach is so much bigger,” Griess said.

“Long-term, I really hope to see Compassion by the Book chapters potentially on campuses across the United States. I see dedicated students who are learning philanthropy, and basically really seizing their opportunities as college students and engaging their fellow classmates, and helping to teach and spread this across the country.”

For Pham, who has only been involved with the organization for a semester, Compassion by the Book offered insight into something that many find inaccessible.

“What I’ve been surprised at by this whole process is how accessible it’s made giving to a lot of people who initially think they don’t have anything to give,” Pham said. “Not only is it eye-opening to see the potential that each and every student has, it’s also really nice to be in a community of people who passionately care about making a difference in the world and improving these problems they’ve identified locally and globally.”

Though everyone has their own histories, lifestyles and capabilites, Pham said that it’s this diversity that makes the program work.

“It’s people from different backgrounds who come from different worlds, essentially, but they all believe in this one cause of giving their time, giving whatever they have, realizing that they have something to give, and then giving it,” Pham said. “That’s what I love about it. It’s not just making a difference — it’s so substantial.”

For Griess, Compassion by the Book really is about giving students the chance and the tools simply to give.

“Every college student is capable of doing this, even more,” Griess said.

To learn more about textbook fundraising or how to begin a Compassion by the Book chapter, contact Kurtis Griess at kurtis@compassionbythebook.com

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10 Reasons the FHSU MBA is the Right Choice for You. Seriously.

10. You may have fallen off the applecart yesterday, but it

wasn’t late last night. You know real value when you see it.

Here’s a handy equation you can use to compare schools and programs (high score wins, naturally). Spoiler - FHSU almost always wins: Value = Benefits/Cost.

9. Rachel Dolechek is a terrific advisor. While she would be

great at lots of things, her sole job is to make sure that FHSU MBA students get all the support they need to be successful in a rigorous online program. She can also help you with the equation in Reason 10.

8. We recognize that a generic MBA may not be what you

want, so we offer 11 different concentrations to challenge you and give you the skill sets you need to win.

7. Gasoline is expensive, and cars aren’t getting any cheaper.

An FHSU online MBA program can save you a lot of money, and you can use the time you save commuting to spend time with family and friends. Or study. Or both!

6. There are 24 hours in a day, and if you’re like most folks,

you have lots of commitments. An FHSU MBA lets you pick which of those 24 hours you’ll use for school. It’s all about control in life. To a great extent, you’re in control. Nice.

5. We’ve already mentioned value. How does tuition of $400

per credit hour sound? If you have the basic undergraduate business core already, total cost is $12,014 (plus books and a few incidentals). Not a business major? You’ll need the foundation courses, so cost would be $14,910 (again, plus books and a few incidentals). Rachel can give you the details.

4. We have really great faculty. They are interesting, engaging, and committed to your success. Almost all of them are the same highly qualified professors who teach on campus.

3. You’re probably getting the message by now that we want

you to succeed. We have everything in place for that, from superior advising (another shameless plug for Rachel), to online tutoring, to extensive and comprehensive online library services. If you need it, chances are FHSU provides it.

2. Fast-Track Admission can offer MSU Denver business

graduates automatic admission to the MBA program at FHSU. Go to http://www.fhsu.edu/mba/ and click on the MSU Denver logo for all the details.

1. We’re talking about your professional success here. We’ve

been preparing students since 1902, and we’ve gotten really good at it. Plus, if you’ve looked at the other 9 reasons, how can you go wrong with an online MBA from Fort Hays State University?

See you at the MSU Denver Career Fair, April 4, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Tivoli Turnhalle!

Contact us: Rachel Dolechek, MBA Coordinator Phone: (785) 628-5696 Email: rldolechek@fhsu.edu Web: www.fhsu.edu/mba/ FHSU Graduate School Phone: (785) 628-4236 Web: www.fhsu.edu/gradschl/

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Cultural identity explored by “Tiger Writing” author Nate Kenworthy kenwortn@msudenver.edu Cultural identity took the forefront at author Gish Jen’s talk on March 20.

The talk, titled “Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the East/West Divide,” took place in the Tivoli Turnhalle and was about Jen’s newest book, “Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self,” and her ideas regarding the differences in Eastern and Western philosophies of identity.

Jen’s parents emigrated from China in the 1940s and settled in Westchester, N.Y., where Jen was born in 1955. As a child of immigrants living in the United States, she was influenced by both Eastern and Western cultural ideas. “[In New York] standing out and daring to be different were always emphasized,” Jen said. “This was very different than the culture that I was in, in my home.”

Generally, Eastern culture is more collectivist and interdependent, and Western culture stresses individualism and independence, Jen said.

“The individualistic Western idea of a bounded, authentic self, whose inner spark is precious and unique, and whose expression is sacred, is simply not shared by everyone,” Jen said. “It was certainly not mine, growing up, and in fact, in the global point of view, it is not even shared by that many. We all frequently see signs that the East

does not generally view individuality and originality the way we do in the West.”

There is also a difference in the way Eastern and Western cultures view art and creativity. In Asia, a work of art might be copied as homage to the artist. But in Western culture, creating something new and unique is valued.

Jen stated that there is a tendency in Western culture to link real humanity with art, and real art with individualism.

“One has only to think of how many times people with interdependent selves are characterized as robots or sheep, to realize that people with independent selves too often feel themselves superior and more human,” Jen said. “I think real art is produced by both sorts of selves. There really is no correlation whatsoever, I think, between one’s brand of selfhood and art or between one’s brand of selfhood and humanity.”

Jen said that people in some countries see some negative aspects of too much freedom. In Egypt, for example, some consider it depressing that many Americans live alone, and many in China are horrified when they learn that elderly Americans often live away from their families in nursing homes.

She added that some immigrants find the U.S. to be cold and impersonal after leaving a more interdependent culture.

Jen’s upbringing gives her a perspective to comment on the

Gish Jen speaks to an audience about her book, “Tiger Writing: Art, Culture, and the Interdependent Self,” and the cultural differences between the East and West March 20 in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

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differences between Eastern and Western cultures.

“I am very much a hybrid writer,” she said. “I think both models yield truth.”

Grace Jimenez, a freshman at CCD, enjoyed the lecture, and agreed that different cultures see things differently.

“There’s just really different mindsets,” Jimenez said. “Some

people like to be more individual.

It all depends where you are and how you see things.”

Denver resident Dave Junta found Jen’s talk particularly relevant because he is married to a woman of Chinese descent.

“At my house, we have a lot of discussions around the East versus West way of thinking and looking at things, so it was especially in-

teresting to hear someone address that exact issue,” Junta said.

Although culture and society influence an individual’s sense of self, there is a wide variety of interdependence and independence in those groups, Jen said.

“Within any society, culture gives you a template,” Jen said.

“Many people will accept it and many people won’t.”

MCA exhibit brings mother, son entertainment and escape Daniel Fairbairn dfairba3@msudenver.edu Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art may not be the first place that comes to mind for a family outing, but it is for Marie Adams and her young son Luke.

Adams and her son are frequent patrons of the museum, and on March 21, the mother and son found particular delight in the “Bubble Garden” exhibit created by architect Paul Anderson of !ndie Architecture.

The MCA, located at 15th and Delgany downtown, is a unique gallery that offers a non-traditional experience in viewing contemporary forms of art.

According to its website, “MCA Denver was founded in 1996, when philanthropist Sue Cannon and a group of volunteers created the first dedicated home for contemporary art in the city of Denver.

For seven years, MCA Denver occupied a renovated fish market in Sakura Square in lower downtown Denver.”

“We try and see all the exhibits.

Usually I come do a quick scan to make sure he [Luke] can see them,” Adams said. With good reason, as some of the exhibits are intended for mature audiences.

The MCA Denver partnered with Andersen to create The Bubble Garden, which is an unusual display of plastic spheres on a plane of Astroturf. This exhibit is interactive and grants children a chance to play and explore the artistic elements of their imaginations.

“It’s cool with contemporary art and kids because there is nothing to get, they just enjoy it and experience it, which is what makes it so cool,” Adams said.

According to the MCA’s website, the spheres are made of the same materials, and are produced in the same manner, as equipment from playgrounds. The goal of these bubbles is to create “an immersive, artificial garden.”

According to Adams, she is a city girl at heart and used to live downtown, but moved to the suburbs when Luke was born. She

Marie Adams and her son Luke play in the “Bubble Garden” March 21 at Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Photo by Daniel Fairbairn • dfairba3@msudenver.edu

used to work at the Denver Art Museum before she was pregnant with Luke.

Then, she was a docent, aqualified educator, at the MCA until he was born. Since then, she has spent her days as a stay at home mother

raising Luke. “I’m sort of an unusual person, because I’m always with him.

“We usually come down, check out the art, play in the bean bags, and head out to the café. I also like the size of the museum. It’s more

intimate,” Adams said. “It just makes for a really nice outing.”

The “Bubble Garden” is open during business hours and is free with museum admission.

Roadrunners shoot for championship Metro men’s basketball heads to Atlanta to compete against Drury University (Mo.) for the NCAA Division II national title

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Championship Match What: NCAA Division II National Championship No. 1 Title

Who: No. 3 Metro State vs.

No. 7 Drury (Mo.)

Where: Philips Arena Atlanta, Ga.

When: Head coach Derrick Clark talks strategy during the NCAA Division II men’s basketball semifinal match against West Liberty March 30 at the Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Metro now advances to the national championship in Atlanta, Ga. April 7. Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

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Metro celebrates after winning the NCAA Division II men’s basketball semifinal match against West Liberty March 30 at the Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

Runners contain sharpshooting Hilltoppers Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu Poise and preparation – that’s how Metro men’s basketball won a shot at the national title.

The No. 3 Roadrunners advanced to the NCAA Division II national championship in Atlanta, Ga. after beating No. 1 West Liberty University 83-76 March 30 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. “One of the things we talked about, and we talked about it every game, was poise, because you know a team like that is going to make a run,” Metro head coach Derrick Clark said. “These guys are trained for this, that’s why we make practices the way we make practices, that’s why I put as much pressure as I can on them, so they can shine in these moments right here.”

The Roadrunners were able to do something no other team was able to do – contain the shooting of the top scoring team in Division II. The Hilltoppers averaged 103 points a game this season, but a combination of the Roadrunners’ early lead, and the Hilltoppers shooting 6-of-20 from field goal range and only 30 percent from outside the arc during the first half, paved the way for the Runners win.

“I thought we hit a lot of the marks that we tried to hit — to hold a team like that to 76 points was a heck of an effort,” Metro head coach Derrick Clark said. “Our guys were levitating the play of the game, and they got off to a start that was unbelievable. I couldn’t have scripted it any better; the way we guarded early in the game – that’s what got us our lead.”

The Hilltoppers scored first, off a jump shot by junior guard Cedric Harris, but the Roadrunners responded with a 15-point run, going up 20-4 partway through the first half. Although the Hilltoppers were able to reduce the lead, the Roadrunners headed to the locker room up 41-28.

Sophomore forward/center Nicholas Kay and senior forward/center Jonathan Morse led the Roadrunners with 17 points and nine rebounds each. Eight of Kay’s rebounds came in the first half, which proved to be key in shutting down the Hilltoppers’ leading scorer, senior guard Alex

Falk. Falk, who averaged 20 points a game this season, was held to six points and two rebounds in the first half. “[Clark] said in the locker room at the start of the game, that everyone has to be aggressive,” Kay said. “All five of us are looking to score, but we are an unselfish team. We penetrate and kick out for each other, and try to hit the guys that are feeling it, the ball. We are a tough team to stop. I just fed off other guys.”

In the second half, Falk hit back-to-back threes with 15:35 left in the game and pulled the Hilltoppers to within nine points, at 52-43. The Runners maintained a 10-point lead with just under 11 minutes left in the game, but the Hilltoppers went on an 8-0 run in a little over a minute, and came within one point at 64-63 with 5:43 left. The Roadrunners made 5-of-6 free throws over the next minute to lead 69-65 with 4:26 to play.

“We weren’t going to have a 16-point lead the whole game,” Clark said. “When they got it to one point, I don’t think anybody on our bench was panicked, thinking we’re in trouble — it was just time to make a play.

We continued to answer any kind of run that they made. Again, that’s credit to our guys and their toughness.”

After the Hilltoppers cut it to one point again, Metro junior guard Brandon Jefferson, who had 17 points for the game, scored from outside the arc, to put his team up 72-68 with 2:37 left.

“We went into the game, and we were confident that we could get the job done,” Jefferson said. “We knew it was going to be a scramble, but everybody came together, and that’s credit to the coaching staff for getting us prepared, and everybody was ready to play.”

Some may have seen the win as an upset, but Clark always plays to win and has confidence in his team.

“They were a hot team, I respect their tradition, but if you go through the record books, we got a little tradition too, and we’ve had these opportunities playing in big games,” Clark said. “What I expected was for it to be exactly the way it was: one team make a run, next team make a run, and whoever makes plays down the stretch is going to win the game — and that’s the way it unfolded.”

Above: Metro senior forward-center Jonathan Morse drives the ball against West Liberty forward Chris Morrow during the NCAA Division II men’s basketball semifinal match March 30 at the Freedom Hall.

Left: Metro junior guard Brandon Jefferson lines up a shot during the NCAA Division II men’s basketball semifinal match March 30 at the Freedom Hall. Metro won 83-76, advancing them to the the Championship in Atlanta, Ga. Both photos by Trevor Davis • tdavis84@msudenver.edu

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Say hello to Columbia and farewell to sanity Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu This game will drive you crazy, in every way imaginable.

Crazy like, “holy bologna, Batman, that was the most epic game I’ve ever played.”

The graphics are killer, the storyline absolutely mind-blowing, the characters magnificent, and the ending ... oh that glorious ending.

The third instillation in the “BioShock” series, “BioShock Infinite” was finally released last week after a lengthy delay. It was well worth the wait.

The game starts with a lighthouse — stop me if this sounds familiar to you hardcore “BioShock” fans, since this was how the first game began.

There is a note on the door that reads: “DEWITT – BRING US THE GIRLS AND WIPE AWAY THE DEBT. THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.” Instead of descending to the watery city that is Rapture, you — being Booker DeWitt — ascend to

the top of the lighthouse and take a ride in a rocket up into the sky.

Once the clouds, clear you see it — the magnificent floating city that is Columbia.

The city was founded by Zachary Hale Comstock, who is considered the prophet of the city in the clouds. Columbia is not as “steampunky” as Rapture, but deals with similar issues like politics and morality.

The city has a very nationalist, racist and religious foundation with a postcolonial vibe. Founding Fathers are prayed to, patriot robots try to gun you down, and everyone tries to kill you because you have the brandings of the false prophet.

And let’s not forget about Elizabeth, the girl trapped in the city since she was a child and the girl you came to collect. She ends up being an angel in the clouds, throwing you necessary items during fights, reviving you and opening portals to different worlds.

These portals, which are referred to as tears, are ridiculously handy dimensional rips in time

and space. If you need a turret in the sky , Elizabeth can make it appear, a box full of med packs or guns, done deal. You can even open a tear that reveals a theater showing “Return of the Jedi.”

Similar to the Plasmids and Eve used in Rapture, Booker uses Vigors and Salt. Salt powers the different types of Vigors you acquire through the game, some of which give you the ability to befriend machines, send a group of enemies airborne, or grab and hold an enemy with a jet of water.

Of course, these magical powers are paired with an arsenal of handy weapons, like the trusty machine gun, a pistol and the iconic shotgun.

For those gamers that love first-person shooters and are not already hooked on the “BioShock” games, it’s time for your reckoning.

You may want to consider taking a few metaphysics and philosophy classes before playing it so that your mind isn’t completely blown.

So put your hands together and pray you make it out with your sanity.

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Electrifying moral ambiguity Devastation in “The Place Beyond the Pines” Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu “Rogue” is not your typical cop show.

DirecTV’s electrifying new drama, created

by Matthew Parkhill, starts with undercover cop Grace (Thandie Newton) working on a drug smuggling operation with Jimmy Lazlo (Marton Csokas).

The next day, the deal is busted by the police. The officer “arresting” Grace lets her know that her 7-year-old son has been killed in a drive-by shooting.

Four months later, Grace is still devastated and cannot let her son’s death go. A new lead in the case reconnects her to the Lazlo crime family.

The show drags you in with the crazy and often obsessive way Grace works to find her son’s killer, even with her life and marriage falling apart around her.

Audiences are also introduced to the rest of Jimmy’s crew, including his power-hungry son Alec (Joshua Sasse). Alec is caught in the middle of wanting to please his dad and his manipulative wife, Cathy (Leah Gibson), who often

twists his arm into the power struggle.

“Shows like this don’t come around very often,” said Sasse in an interview on the Auraria Campus on April 1. “As an actor, it’s a huge opportunity in a lot of areas.”

Though the series started off slowly, by episode three I was hooked in by the characters, and I wanted to know how their insane story would play out. With blurred definitions of good and bad, I found myself rooting for flawed characters like Alec, who is murderous, but also an attentive father.

You also question their motives. With Grace, you wonder at the level of grief that drives her, and with Cathy you wonder how she became the wife of the mob boss’s son.

“Just reading it, ink on the paper, it was really clear to me that, just the way it was put together there was a lot in between the characters that was unsaid, there were a lot of unspokens,” Gibson said.

“I knew there was so much more below the surface. The ability to play a character inside a story like that is such a delicious way to flush it out.”

Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu If you like disturbing movies that tie your stomach in knots, then Derek Cianfrance’s new fi lm “The Place beyond the Pines” is certainly for you.

For myself, I would not typically pick this kind of movie. But after hearing director and former CU Boulder student Cianfrance talk about the realism of his fi lm, I had a newfound appreciation for this devastating flick.

The beginning of the fi lm is about Luke (Ryan Gosling), a stunt motorcyclist for a circus. He has just finished a performance in Schenectady, N.Y. when ex-fling Romina (Eva Mendez) meets him after a show. Luke visits her house the next day and finds out that she gave birth a year ago to their son, Jason— something she neglected to tell him.

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Luke then quits the circus and tries admirably to help support his son. However, it is his newfound friend in the city, Robin, (Ben Mendelsohn) that puts the idea of bank robbery into his head and sends Luke down a twisted path he doesn’t come back from.

The baton is then passed to

Avery (Bradley Cooper), the police officer who catches Luke, following his internal struggle in a corrupt police department.

Cianfrance uses his script to show viewers the winding paths of life and how they can sometimes overlap with those of other people.

The third and final part of the triptych is about the men’s sons and how their lives have been impacted by their father’s decisions.

There are moments in this movie where you will feel shocked and sometimes sad. There were even moments where I felt the utmost disgust with the characters.

But it is all part of Cianfrance’s world, his method for making movies real life.

“I’m trying to find a place where acting stops and behavior begins,” he said in an interview with Denver Film Society and former Rocky Mountain News fi lm critic Bob Denerstein at a screening event for the fi lm.

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New “GOT” season brings dragons, threats and gore Season 3: The Players Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu

House Stark “Winter is coming.”

The Stark family is the nobility of Winterfell, the northernmost kingdom of Westeros. They pride themselves on their high honor, but after the unjust execution of the Lord of Winterfell, Eddard Stark, the Stark family is spread all over Westeros and are all fighting for their survival.

The eldest Stark son, Robb, has been declared “The King in the North,” while Eddard’s bastard son, Jon Snow, now serves on the Night’s Watch, a brotherhood of protectors of the realm.

It’s been a long, long time.

HBO’s hit show “Game of Thrones” returned for its third season March 31 after more than nine months since the second season’s finale.

The first episode drew in record numbers for the series — 6.7 million total viewers on the night of its third season premiere.

It also broke records for piracy. More than 1 million people pirated the episode the day after it aired. At one point, 163,000 people were viewing one torrent at once, which broke the former all-time record,

according to CNN. And after having seen the wonder that was the third season premiere, these numbers aren’t surprising. In this episode, viewers caught up with the majority of the main characters in the increasingly complicated plot.

To summarize: the Lannisters are still plotting against and hating everyone, Stannis Baratheon is still the dullest part of the show, Robb Stark still looks mighty fine in armor, and Jon Snow is still cold. Oh, and there are dragons — big, flying dragons.

As with any first episode of the season, it had a gratuitous amount of conversation, but lordy, were some of these conversations amazing. Most notably, the exchange

between father and son Tywin and Tyrion Lannister was a pinnacle of how unbelievably cold some characters can be. It provided a look at the family dysfunction yet to come in the season.

This episode also contained one of the most disturbingly gory scenes thus far in the show: nipple, meet knife.

Overall, the third season started off unbelievably strong, especially for the first episode. Yes there was talk but no idle, unnecessary chatter was present. After counting down to this season for so long, I was prepared for a letdown — but, nay, I say.

Nay. I can’t wait until next Sunday.

House Lannister “Hear me roar.”

The Lannisters are the richest family in Westeros.

Originally from Casterly Rock, this powerful family has members in high places. Cersei, the eldest daughter of Lord Tywin, is the Queen Regent of all the land. Tywin now serves as the Hand of the King to his grandson, Joffrey, the cruel young ruler of Westeros. Jaime, Cersei’s twin brother, is an infamous knight currently being held captive by the Stark family, and Tyrion, Tywin’s youngest son, is a dwarf who uses his cunning to outplay nearly all the other characters.

House Targaryen “Fire and blood.”

The Targaryen clan used to rule the seven kingdoms of Westeros, until they were overthrown by Robert Baratheon. Now, only one member of the family remains: Daenerys.

After her family was overthrown, she and her brother fled for their lives across the sea. After Daenerys lost her brother, her husband, and her unborn child, she stepped into the fire of a funeral pyre while carrying three fossilized dragon eggs she was given as a wedding gift.

When the fire burned out, Daenerys was alive, holding three baby dragons. Now, she is gathering an army and preparing to return to Westeros to take what is rightfully hers.

House Baratheon “Ours is the fury.”

Robert Baratheon was the king of the seven kingdoms until he died in a hunting accident. Following his death, rumors surfaced regarding the paternity of his son, Joffrey. In the wake of these rumors, Robert’s two younger brothers, Stannis and Renly, both rebelled and tried to claim the throne. Renly was killed by one of Stannis’ minions, and Stannis was defeated by both the king’s armies and Tywin Lannister’s armies in battle. Now, Stannis waits, while under the influence of a sorceress, for another shot at the throne.

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“G.I. Joe”: a 3D thrill Erik Gallion egallion@msudenver.edu “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” provides viewers with unexpected quality and 3D thrills.

First off, let me say that in the world of sequels, this one strays from the typical sequel fate. It’s much better than the “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” for two reasons: first, they took out a lot of the corniness the first one had, and it also has a better storyline. The Joes have to redeem themselves after an imposter president sets them up.

This movie brought male audiences simply to see childhood cartoons and action figures come to life. And it invited female audiences because they got to watch Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson in action.

As for aesthetics, the special effects were what you expect from an action movie, and quite enjoyable.

I wanted to swat the 3D robotic fireflies because I thought they were in the theater. Luckily I didn’t make a fool of myself.

I was really impressed with the costume design. It brought out the inner cosplayer in me and made me think to myself, “I could wear that for Halloween ... no that for Halloween ... no that! I’ll wear that

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to Comic Con!” Normally I don’t like 3D movies simply because I have to wear glasses over my glasses. But for this fi lm, it was worth it.

From a veteran’s standpoint, I’m not surprised to see the military inaccuracies. I think every veteran watches out for them with every military movie. No one can wear a goatee on active orders, even if they have a shaving waiver.

Also, I’ve never heard an officer tell an enlisted person “you’re our leader now.” But since this is a movie, I just shook my head in silence and let everyone enjoy the fi lm.

Overall, the movie wasn’t half bad.

The Strokes are back Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu Thirteen years after Is This It?, Julian Casablancas and the boys are finally getting back to their rock saving roots.

When the album came out in 2001, rock ‘n’ roll fans across the country thought The Strokes were the next subdued incarnation of Iggy and The Stooges or The Velvet Underground.

After a few “attempts” and “experiments,” with other albums, The Strokes’ fift h studio album Comedown Machine sounds like they finally made an album they can stand behind.

It’s an emotional roller coaster —in a good way— that sounds like it could be a soundtrack to a John Hughes fi lm.

The aggressive rock guitar from Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, Jr. has the grungy, psychedelic pop sound that made the band popular in the first place.

The homogeneous rhythm section between bassist Nikolai Fraiture and drummer Fabrizio Moretti sounds as consistent as they once were playing small rock clubs throughout New York City in the late 90s.

Sevendust brings on the rock

Comedown Machine is full of tracks that sound like the boys we once knew, and came to expect.

Instead of trying to be like the millions of bands they once inspired, they show off their talents by once again providing listeners with a solid record from start to finish.

When word spread across the Internet about the lead single “All The Time,” fans went nuts.

The album’s second track is as stripped down and gentrified as The Strokes rock ‘n’ roll sound can get.

Backed by the always beautiful Casablancas lyrics, it gives you a feeling of seeing and listening to a real rock band in an 80s dirty dive bar basement somewhere in New York City.

Weaving through the 11 tracks, you eventually find yourself left with “Call It Fate, Call It Karma,” an artsy attempt at reaching out to the hipster genre music fans. It sounds like something out of the 90s television show “Twin Peaks.”

The harmonies hit a number of different levels that leave the listener with a smile. It sounds like something you would have heard in a cigar lounge while sipping on cocktails in the 1920s flapper-girl, speakeasy jazz era.

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that Sevendust are veterans of the hard rock scene.

Formed in 1994, their impact on hard rock has been monumental. Their lineup has remained almost constant since their incarnation, save for a few years when lead guitarist and primary songwriter Clint Lowery left the band.

The three albums Sevendust released during the years without Lowery in the band were met with harsh criticism, as it seemed a crucial ingredient in the Sevendust recipe was missing.

Lowery rejoined in 2008, and in 2010 Sevendust unleashed arguably their strongest and most popular record yet, Cold Day Memory.

Now, the Atlanta rockers are back with the highly anticipated Black Out the Sun, and the question is: does it live up to the hype?

The quiet acoustic intro “Memory” leads perfectly into the crushing album opener “Faithless,” a song which is stamped with all the standard Sevendust trademarks — hooks, heavy riffs, groovy drums, and soaring melodies.

They keep this momentum going with what is perhaps Sevendust’s heaviest song to date, “Till

Death.”

“Mountain” is unlike anything Sevendust has done before, but it works perfectly and keeps the energy coming.

“Black Out the Sun” is a powerfully emotional ballad and one of the Dust’s strongest songs to date, one that begs to be listened to on repeat.

Black Out the Sun is chock-full of some of the best songs Sevendust have ever written.

Vocalist Lajon Witherspoon’s voice remains as strong and passionate as ever, and his melodies just as catchy. Groovemaster Morgan Rose keeps things deep in

the pocket behind the kit, but also shows off more than he ever has before.

The whole album is a throwback to Home- and Animosity-era Sevendust, which many consider to be one of Sevendust’s best albums.

This is especially evident on the opening bounce of “Dark AM” and album closer “Murder Bar.” However, it is not a perfect album. There’s a brief lull midway through, before it picks up again with “Decay.” Despite this minor misstep, Black Out the Sun might be Sevendust’s strongest and most diverse effort yet.

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Julian Lynch an ear pleaser with Lines Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu Julian Lynch’s increasingly popular “bedroompsychedelic-pop-rock” has been gaining the attention of music fans around the world.

After his breakthrough album Terra was released in 2011, critics and online music junkies knew he was destined for something big.

With the release of his latest album, Lines, the New Jersey native has produced another eardrumpleasing record that is seen by many as the breakout record we were waiting for.

From start to finish, Lynch’s musical talents are shown tried and true through a seamlessly flowing album from start to finish.

Lynch divides his time between working on a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology —the study of various cultural and social approaches to the study of music— at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and recording his own music at night.

Lines is a precise and well thoughtout arrangement of multiple instruments layered over one another to produce a heart-fi lled folk album packed with emotions.

The opening track “Going”

sets the precedent for the rest of the spaced-out album by providing listeners with a harmonic soundtrack backed by what seems to be something out of psychedelicindie music greats Real Estate’s music catalog.

The various segments moving from different string arrangements to the ever pressing-rhythm

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sections take you on an indie-pop rollercoaster.

For now, Lynch may be off the radar to most, but with his academic determination and classical training, he is sure to be a household name sooner rather than later.

The intense lo-fi sounding album keeps the listener on edge and asking, “what’s next Julian?”

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5/04–5/11

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34718

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4/20–4/27

I-25 & Orchard

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CRN

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DATES

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Self Esteem

34723

S, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

4/20–4/27

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Multi-Level Wellness

34732

S, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

4/06–4/13

EDU 4300

Acting Like a Teacher

33397

S, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

4/13–5/18

HSP 4290

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34495

FS, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

5/10–5/11

SPE 4300

Acting Like A Teacher

33398

S, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

4/13–5/18

THE 4300

Acting Like A Teacher

33399

S, 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

4/13–5/18

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MetSports Softball Wrap-up

Baseball Wrap-up Colorado School of Mines vs. Metro Metro baseball split a doubleheader versus Colorado School of Mines in Golden March 22. The Roadrunners lost game one, 9-1, and won game two, 3-1.

Game 1 Junior third baseman/pitcher Sean Reeves scored Metro’s lone run of the game on a single to right field by sophomore center fielder Mitch Gibbons, with two outs in the top of the second inning. CSM scored one run in the third inning, two in the fourth, four in the fifth, and added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, extending its lead to the eventual 9-1 final.

Metro sophomore starting pitcher Patrick Gojan took the loss. Gojan went 4.1 innings, giving up seven runs (five earned) on six hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. The loss broke his streak of back-to-back complete game wins.

Game 2

Metro junior catcher Kelsey Tillery, hits the ball into left field in the bottom of the sixth inning in a 3-1 win over Western New Mexico University March 30 at Auraria Field. Photo by Amanda Sutherland • asuther6@msudenver.edu

Metro softball won three of four games versus Western New Mexico University, March 29-30 at Auraria Field.

Metro won game one 3-1. Junior catcher Kelsey Tillery sent a two-run home run to left field in the bottom of the first, putting Metro up 2-0. Susie Oury scored on a throwing error in the bottom of the third inning. The Roadrunners took a 3-0 lead into the top of the seventh inning when Western got on the board with an RBI double off junior starting pitcher Monique Hernandez, who earned her third win, giving up one earned run on six hits over seven innings. The complete game was her second of the season.

Metro fell 5-4 in game two of the March 29 doubleheader. Oury tied the game at three in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-run single to center field. Metro claimed the lead two innings later on sophomore left fielder/catcher Mary Towner’s solo shot to left field. Western scored two runs in the top of the seventh, tilting the score in their favor, 5-4. Three Roadrunner fly-outs in the bottom of the seventh inning ended the game. Senior starting pitcher Brittany Moss tossed all seven innings for Metro and received the loss.

After giving up three runs in the top of the first inning in game three, the Roadrunners tied the game at three in the bottom of the fourth on a Towner RBI single down the left field line. Sophomore infielder Amanda Taney broke the 3-3 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-out, two-run, walk-off home run to right-center field, securing the 5-3 Metro win. Hernandez recorded her third complete game of the season with the win.

The Roadrunners won the series finale in comeback fashion for the second straight game. After both teams posted four runs each in the first inning, the visiting Mustangs tacked on one run in the second, and two runs in the fourth inning, making the score 7-4. Metro pulled within two runs on a sacrifice fly to left field by Taney, and took the lead with a towering three-run home run off the bat of Oury in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Hernandez got the win for Metro, pitching 6.1 innings in relief of Moss.

Hernandez logged 20.1 innings on the mound over three games. The Las Vegas, Nev. native recorded two complete games versus the Mustangs. The Roadrunners are 8-6 at home, 12-17 overall.

Compiled by Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu

Track & Field Wrap-up Metro track had a spectacular showing at the Tom Benich Invitational March 22 in Greeley. Sophomore Kirk Harvey and freshman Janelle Lincks each took first in the men’s and women’s 1,500-meter runs. Harvey finished first in a field of 20 runners for the men with a time of 4:04.16.

Junior Jon Clarke finished second in the 100-meter with a personal best time of 10.90 seconds.

Lincks finished the 1,500-meter run first in a field of 13 other runners. She finished with a time of 4:56.57. The women’s 4x400 meter relay team finished third, with a time of 4:09.92. The team consisted of Lincks, junior Belle Kiper, redshirt freshman Breanna Hemming, and senior Briana Suppes.

Seniors Jessie Hecht and Bri Richards both ran personal best times in the 3,000-meter run.

Compiled by Zee Nwuke znwuke@msudenver.edu

Metro defeated CSM in game two, 3-1. The Roadrunners’ offense was aided by freshman infielder/pitcher Andrew Paust, who went 1-for-2 from the designated hitter spot and collected two RBIs. The first came on a sacrifice fly to left field, putting Metro up 1-0 in the top of the first inning. The next RBI came on a single to right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth inning. Sophomore first baseman Danny Miller added an insurance run with a single to left field, scoring senior outfielder Alex Schrupp in the sixth.

Senior pitcher Justin Arceneaux got the win, sacrificing one unearned run on only three hits in seven innings of work.

The Roadrunners are 8-13 on the season, fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (Plains Division).

Metro vs. Regis Univeristy Metro baseball split four games against the Regis Rangers March 28-30 at Auraria Field.

Game 1 The Roadrunners began its four-game set with an extra-inning, walkoff win. Metro trailed 5-4 entering the bottom of the 11th inning when junior middle infielder Zac Baldini hit a three-run home run, his first as a Roadrunner. Baldini went 3-for-6 with four RBIs. Senior third baseman/ pitcher Jacob Nelson went 3-for-4 with four runs scored in the contest.

Sophomore starting pitcher Patrick Gojan carried a no-hitter into the fifth, but left with a no-decision after nine innings.

Game 2 Metro fell 5-3 in game two. The Roadrunners trailed 5-0 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, and then scored three unearned runs. Senior pitcher Justin Arceneaux gave up seven hits and three earned runs over five innings, with five strikeouts and no walks. The loss dropped his season record to 2-3.

Game 3 The Roadrunners carried a 5-1 lead into the top of the sixth inning in game three before Regis hung four runs in the inning to tie the game at five.

Senior outfielder Alex Schrupp sent a fly ball to right field in the bottom of the eighth inning, deep enough to score senior shortstop Erik Cammall from third base for the 6-5 walk-off win. Nelson cranked two two-run home runs in the game. His first gave Metro a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, and his second round trip put Metro up 4-1 in the third. Senior pitcher Carlos Luzon earned the win in relief of sophomore starting pitcher Mike Thill, who faced 22 batters over five innings.

Game 4 Metro lost 2-0 in the fourth and final game versus Regis. Tied 0-0 entering the top of the 10th inning, junior pitcher Kevin Hand surrendered two earned runs on two hits in relief of sophomore starting pitcher Nick Hammett, who threw nine shutout innings, facing 34 batters and striking out five in his no-decision outing.

The Roadrunners are 6-5 at home, 10-15 overall.

Compiled by Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu

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StudyBreak

Sudoku

Horoscope

By Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@msudenver.edu

Taurus

Capricorn

If you don’t check behind the shower curtain when you use the bathroom, you may want to start — immediately.

If you had a nice relaxing spring break and did nothing but chill out and sleep, you may fi nd this next week extremely stressful because you should have been catching up on all your homework.

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March madness isn’t over: embrace the April madness by rooting for the Roadrunners on Saturday.

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Comic created by Robert Shea • rshea5@msudenver.edu

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Last issue’s answers (top to bottom): Robin Hood, For Once In My Life, 2 Little 2Late, Turn The Other Cheek, Heart To Heart

4.5 Colorado Ballet Student Performance - Assemblance & Disguise: A Dance Experiment Center for Visual Art @ 7 p.m.

4.6 Visiting Artist Series: Boulder Brass King Center Concert Hall @ 7:30 p.m. $5 - $10 4.8 Be Well Nutrition Expo 10th Street Mall (between Plaza and PE) @ 10 a.m.

4.9 Lunch with Lawmakers: Intellectual Property Tivoli Multicultural Lounge @ 12:30 p.m.

4.10 Red Flag Rally Tivoli Turnhalle @ 12 p.m.

Campaign for awareness effort aimed at stopping relationship violence on college campuses

Events Around Denver 4.4 The Airborne Toxic Event Ogden Theatre @ 8 p.m. $23 - $25 4.5 Colorado Rockies Home Opener Coors Field @ 2:10 p.m. $5 - $150 4.5-5.26 Sense & Sensibility The Musical Stage Theatre (Speer & Arapahoe) Performance times vary each day $55 - $65 4.9 A Day to Remember Ogden Theatre @ 7:30 p.m. $33

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