Volume 35, Issue 7 - Sept. 27, 2012

September 27, 2012

Volume 35, Issue 7

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Patch Adams speaks fervently to a full crowd, while emphasizing his message about “Living a Life of Joy” Sept. 19 in Tivoli Turnhalle. Photo by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@msudenver.edu

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Fracking expert presents on campus Melanie J. Rice mrice20@msudenver.edu MSU Denver got to the fracking point during a presentation on Sept. 20 in the Tivoli.

More than ninety people attended the lecture by Peter Ornstein, former Deputy Regional Counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency, sponsored by the One World, One Water Center.

Hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, is a way of extracting oil and gas from rock by injecting the rock with highly pressurized water, sand or gravel and chemicals, which creates fractures, allowing the gas or oil to be pumped to the surface.

Ornstein identified national security, environmental and economic issues surrounding the practice of hydrofracking.

“We need to have a policy discussion, perhaps at a national level, to align these issues together because they’re not necessarily incompatible with each other,” Ornstein said.

Ornstein described environmental issues associated with hydrofracking and said that Congress exempted the hydrofracking industry from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Weston Wilson, a former scientist for the EPA and whistleblower featured in the movie, “Gasland” said he questioned the impartiality of the 2004 EPA study which

said hydrofracking posed no threat to drinking water. Wilson said the study was in part responsible for the industry’s exemption from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The situation has gotten worse since then, Wilson said, but he doesn’t think any action will be taken.

“Neither the democrats, nor the republicans, because of who’s in charge, will investigate the oil and gas industry,” Wilson said.

Wilson also said the academic audience should be concerned about “‘fracademia,’ the undue influence by the industry on the academic process.”

Gary Herman — president of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District in Greeley and a landowner with active wells on his Weld County property — also spoke on hydrofracking. Herman cited an ethical dilemma involved with allocating water for hydrofracking instead of corn.

“It’s gone for use elsewhere,” Herman said, as he explained that water is supposed to be recovered within the lifetime of a well — which can last for twenty years and the water is not in the same condition as when it went in.

“Do you irrigate two acres of corn, or do you frack a well?” Herman asked. “The biggest danger in selling off your mineral rights

Former Deputy Regional Counsel for the EPA, Peter Ornstein, lectured at the Tivoli Thursday on hydraulic fracturing. Ornstein called for a national dialog and industry regulation but raised further questions for some in the audience. Photo by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@msudenver.edu

is not about oil and gas, it’s about water.”

The lecture was part of the One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship’s fall 2012 speaker series designed to educate people on respon-

sible water usage.

“There doesn’t have to be much of an impact if it’s well regulated,” Ornstein said.

“Hydrofracking is a tool. There’s nothing inherently bad or evil or good about it.”

MSU Denver students study water system Maalikah Hartley mhartle8@msudenver.edu Multidisciplinary MSU Denver students and faculty visited the farms of the San Luis Valley in southern Colorado on Sept. 21 to research the 400-year-old Acequia system.

The Acequia system is a community governed irrigation system where the water is not “owned” but rather local farmers have usage rights to it.

“The ‘use-rights’ holders are known as ‘parciantes,’” according to a report by Devon Peña, MSU Denver’s 2012 Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professor. “A customary norm of Acequia governance is the principle of ‘shared scarcity.’ In times of drought every farmer uses less water so that all can share in the resource.”

The research trip kicked off when Peña asked Ramon Del Castillo, Chair of the Chicano Studies department, to head up a team in Colorado to do research on the Acequia system. Peña would then present the data to the Colorado Congreso de Acequias on Oct. 19 in San Luis.

“Information is always important,” Castillo said. “What [Peña] will use it for is to probably make inter-organizational

policy decisions and develop strategic plans on what [the farmers] want to do. Let’s say there are [water wars]. He can come in with his information and say to policy makers ‘look, here is what we have,’ just like he did the law.”

The law Castillo is referring to is HB 1233-09, which protects and preserves the Acequia. According to Castillo, Peña’s research was instrumental in passing the law in April ‘09.

The five MSU Denver students who headed up the research team come from different areas of study such as civil engineering, Spanish studies, Chicano studies, and water studies. Last weekend’s trip to the San Luis Valley was the first of three. They will go back on Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. The students will be collecting data on the farms, retrieving information on how many acres of land the Acequia can irrigate, if that number has changed over time and why. They will also find out what crops the farmers are rotating and using, and will ultimately will study the Acequia operation in order to help preserve it.

When the students returned from the first trip, they debriefed on what they learned so the next trip will run more smoothly. Because the research is highly confidential — due to the fight over water — the students could not be contacted for comment.

“The methodology is for the students to learn and have the experience of doing original research,” Castillo said. “The product would be the information that is aggregated and analyzed in a report that [Peña] is then going to give to the Congreso and say ‘Here is what the research is saying. Here is some qualitative analysis on why this is happening.’”

Tom Cech, the director of the One World One Water Center (OWOW) signed on to the Acequia project and was the first faculty member to accompany the students.

“Saturday night the sun was setting and we were out in the field of corn helping harvest it and it was just a beautiful experience,” Cech said. “Many of the farms in the area go back multi-generations. The Acequia owners were so welcoming to us and quite often they

used the word ‘love’ when they referred to their land and to the water. We made a lot of friends on the trip.”

Students watched the Aspen leaves turn, heard coyotes in the distance and watched the sunrises and sunsets while eating sopapillas and coffee cake brought to them by the parciantes, Cech said.

The oldest ditch in the area is from 1852, the “San Luis People’s Ditch,” according to Cech. There are many Acequia systems in operation in the U.S including parts of New Mexico and central Colorado; places once occupied by Spain or Mexico.

Over the next two weekends, Dr. Adriana Nieto of the Chicano studies department and research assistant Richard Gould will be accompanying the students on the trip.

“I’m going to define success as students increasing their research skills and competencies in the process. And two, being able to develop a final product that will be of value to the Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association,” Castillo said.

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Amendment 64 lights up ballot Colorado sees green over marijuana legalization Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu This November, put aside the blue book — Colorado’s thinking green.

Amendment 64, the amendment to legalize marijuana and regulate it like alcohol, has been creating buzz on the state level and beyond. According to an early September poll from Public Policy Polling, the amendment is leading in favor with voters 47 percent to 38 percent, with 15 percent of voters still undecided.

“Amendment 64 makes the use, possession, and limited home-growing of marijuana legal for adults 21 years of age and older, establishes a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol, and allows cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp,” according to the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.

There are certain limitations associated with legalization, however. Personal possession is limited to one ounce, and the homegrowing of up to six marijuana plants.

On Sept. 12, Gov. John Hickenlooper announced his opposition to the amendment in an official press statement.

“Colorado is known for many great things — marijuana should not be one of them,” Hickenlooper said. “Amendment 64 has the potential to increase the number of children using drugs and would detract from efforts to make Colorado the healthiest

state in the nation. It sends the wrong message to kids that drugs are OK.” For Betty Aldworth, advocacy director for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Hickenlooper’s statement came as a disappointment.

“For someone who made his fortune selling alcohol, we’d hoped that Gov. Hickenlooper sustained a clear parallel between why people choose marijuana and why people choose alcohol,” Aldworth said.

“To us, it only makes sense to treat them similarly under the law because people use them similarly.”

There have also been concerns in the medical marijuana community about the impact this measure could have on business.

Kayvan Khalatbari, 29, is the owner of Denver Relief, one of Denver’s first medical marijuana centers. Though he acknowledges the dissent from others in his business, he said the distinction between medical and social use will prove important.

“A lot of people in the medical industry are opposed to it because they think it’s going to crush their business or it’s going to bring unwanted federal attention to the state of Colorado,” Khalatbari said. “I would say that it’s probably true to an extent, but if it does pass, [Denver Relief] would not go to social use. We would stay medical, because

it’s got that feeling of protection, because we’re helping people that are sick as opposed to just people who want to get high.”

For Khalatbari, Amendment 64 is an important step to encouraging the federal discussion over legalization.

“Long term, I think it’s a great thing, because it’s that big step into the national conversation,” Khalatbari said, “I think if you can equate that to social use, and say that it’s okay to use, you’re going to have so many more people come out, and those stigmas are going to be dropped.”

If passed, Amendment 64 will enact a 15 percent sales tax on the sale of marijuana for social use. The first $40 million of revenue from the wholesale annually will feed into Colorado’s public schools by contributing to the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Fund.

Despite the potential increase in funding, though, the Colorado Education Association came out against Amendment 64.

“We remain incredibly concerned about the impact of having additional access to marijuana would have on our students and our schools,” said Kerrie Dallman, president of the CEA. There has recently been controversy over the content in the blue book regarding the amendment. Three sentences, including “the use of marijuana by adults may be less harmful than the use of alcohol or tobacco,” were removed from the section listing the arguments for 64.

When the blue book is disseminated to voters, there will be 208 words listed in support of the amendment, and 366 words listed in dissent — a 75 percent differential.

“This was not a loss for our campaign; this was a loss for the people of Colorado, who will not receive the fair and impartial

election information promised to them by our state constitution,” said Mason Tvert, co-director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.

“This is just the latest example of government officials skewing information about marijuana and deceiving the public in order to maintain the wasteful policy of marijuana prohibition.”

Others, including MSU Denver junior Rodney A. Dean, feel that no matter the wording, this amendment would just be introducing unnecessary government interference.

“I don’t think it’s one of the smartest things we could do,” Dean said. “I think there are other ways we can really promote the medicinal uses for marijuana that would not involve so much government intervention.”

For both sides of the debate, however, the status of federal legality remains a concern.

“We’re going to have to wait - we don’t know what the political climate is going to be like,” Khalatbari said. “Whether it’s Obama or Romney, neither of them have been too kind to the medical marijuana industry.”

Left: Kayvan S. T. Khalatbari, a licensed medical marijuana grower stands in front of a bed of 90 day old marijuana plants in his legal grow facility. Kayvan said the plants are ready to harvest at 90 days and once harvested, they are destroyed.

Photo and graphic by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@msudenver.edu. Top photo courtesy of Laura Leathem.

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Auraria WiFi undergoes changes, issues Nicholas Roper nroper@msudenver.edu The MSU Denver Technology Department is working to fi x recent Wi-Fi outages and is encouraging students and faculty to comment on problem coverage areas.

The university added two Wi-Fi networks this semester to offer secure access and greater reliability, but the networks have experienced outages.

Some reasons for the outages include user authentication errors, the amount of users and rogue access points, said Mike Hart, director of security, networking, asset management, procurement and infrastructure.

“A rogue access point could be a department with its own access point. In the past, those incidences were not really an issue because there may not have been sufficient coverage in that building to begin with,” Hart said. “Now that we have 100 percent coverage, it is happening more frequently.

We have to locate the department and inform them that the access point is causing an issue.”

The networks were added because the Auraria Campus Wi-Fi has a lot of user traffic, which decreases bandwidth and is unsecured so anyone can see the user’s personal information.

One of the new networks is the “MetroState Service Set Identifier (SSID)” and

is exclusively available to MSU Denver students, faculty and staff. This network is authenticated which means students need a university account to connect. It is secure once you connect and it has greater bandwidth, which allows more information to be downloaded faster.

“The Wi-Fi is actually a lot better than it was last year because I can get service in the library and everywhere else,” said Chloe Scheer, an MSU Denver senior. “I have to do research papers for class which requires me to get on the Internet and it was really difficult last year when I couldn’t find decent Wi-Fi.” The other network is the “Test_ MSUDenverSecure (SSID)” which is the secure Wi-Fi for MSU Denver students, faculty and staff. This network is still being tested and will be periodically shut down for maintenance, Hart said.

Hart estimated that the secure Wi-Fi will be fully operational sometime next semester and wants students and faculty to go directly to the IT help desk in either the Administration building or the West classroom if they experience any connectivity problems with the new networks.

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Vending machines get healthy, save energy Austin Kramer akramer8@msudenver.edu Auraria is being invaded by green machines.

The Sustainability Campus Program, a subcommittee of Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, is responsible for everything “green” on Auraria Campus, and has started a program to bring more ecologically friendly and healthy vending machines to campus.

The 2bU vending machines will provide a healthy alternative to your typical snack machine. According to the Office of Marketing and Communications, a total of six machines are expected to be on campus by the end of the year to give students snack options with “all-natural organic ingredients—no trans fats, no artificial flavors or sweeteners”.

Using cash or a debit card students can purchase items like Larabars, organic tea, Izze Sparkling Juice and dark chocolate.

Local/regional, organic, kosher, vegan and gluten-free options will also be available.

“I think it’s a great idea to reinvent the idea of cheap, unhealthy food with a healthier, fast option,” said Eva Price, MSU Denver student.

One machine is on the first floor of the Science Building, and the other is in South Classroom. Four new machines will be arriving in the King Center, West Classroom,

North Classroom and Arts buildings.

The 2bU machines also provide a more ecological alternative to traditional vending machines, as they are energy efficient.

The machines power down when not in use, utilizing technology which the SCP hopes to incorporate into the Pepsi machines campus-wide. According to the Office of Marketing and Communications, the energy savings cost of implementing this technology will save over $7,000 a year, and prevent 76 metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution annually.

“The self-sustaining aspect is also good to replace the idea of a vending machine full of nutter-butters and cheetos that can also cut back on the carbon footprint,” Price said.

The new machines are not the only green change at Auraria, as the campus is looking to become the Colorado leader in sustainability, according to John Bertles, the Sustainability Officer for Auraria campus in charge of the SCP “Sustainability is truly a “win-win” philosophy,” Bertles said. “Through this lens, people, planet and profit are balanced in an equitable manner that insures prosperity for generations to come. On the Auraria Campus for example, sustainability serves as the means to cut costs while protecting the environment – all while educating future

leaders of our community on some of the most pressing issues of our time.“ Since the SCP is a studentfunded and student-driven program, Berltes encouraged any of the students who are interested in the sustainability program to visit www.sustainableauraria.com to see when the latest events, meeting times, and opportunities to help out are available.

“Last semester, the SCP approved funding for a “Green Kiosk” that will display resource consumption (i.e. electricity, water, steam) by campus buildings,” Bertles said. “By monitoring and displaying this data, the SCP will be able to educate the community on our collective environmental “footprint” and provide ideas on how to take action. The kiosk will showcase various projects that have been funded by the program to-date, highlighting the positive impact that the students of the Auraria Campus have had on the community.”

Becca Raloff, a MSU Denver junior majoring in biology makes a selection from the new 2bU energy efficient vending machine in the Science Building. Becca said she was not aware the machine was energy efficient, but that she appreciated the machine’s healthier offerings. Photo by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@msudenver.edu

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New breastfeeding rooms appear on campus Chelsee Stevens csteve43@msudenver.edu

Employers and organizations nationwide have been pressured by mothers and other supporters to create rooms for working mothers to conveniently breastfeed their infants.

According to the MSU Denver Office of Marketing and Communications, there are three buildings which have “quiet rooms” that serve this purpose on campus — the Student Success Building, the Women’s Studies Department and the Science Department.

MSU Denver alum Mary Powers was pleased to hear that these new Quiet Rooms were built.

“I went to Metro for 11 years, and they have always provided me with all the facilities I needed to succeed,” Powers said, explaining that, with these “quiet rooms,” women “can be the mother they always wanted to be, which is the all-natural mother. But it is up to [institutions] to accommodate these women.”

The Women’s Studies Department initially met with the Student Success Building and the Science Department faculty and staff when this issue arose.

“Metro was receiving complaints from students about not having a clean, safe, sanitary place to get milk out for their babies,” said Leslie Bailey, program assistant of the Institute for Women’s Studies & Services.

Bailey uses the “quiet rooms” and is a mother of two, a 6-month-old, and a 4-yearold.

“We have been striving hard to broadcast the ‘quiet rooms’ to the public,” Bailey said.

“One way that we do so is by using signs posted outside of our building of the international symbol for breast-feeding mothers.”

This symbol can be found on the white signs outside of the Institute for Women’s Studies & Services building. The signs have a blue box in the middle with a solid white mother and a solid blue baby in her arms.

Bailey said that mothers can get access to any of the rooms on campus by requesting a key from the Human Resources Department in the Student Success Building Room 321, or by asking for one from the Science Building or the Women’s Studies Department.

“I feel that this impacts women already that I know of on campus, so to me, the need for these ‘quiet rooms’ is definitely out there,” Bailey said. “Our mission is to support those working mothers, even outside of our office, who need a parenting space to call their own.

Bailey said about 15 women she knows personally are taking advantage of all of the “quiet rooms,” keys, and sign- up sheets on campus.

Before the rooms were built new mothers barely had the time to make it to and from

There are currently three lactation rooms on campus available to breastfeeding mothers. They are located in the Student Success Building, the Science Building, and the Women’s Studies Department, as shown above. Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

class and work because they had to use their car or a restroom to supply milk for their children, Bailey said.

Not only are the “quiet rooms” supported by on-campus mothers, but off-campus educators and employers as well, such as former MSU Denver professor Cristine Milto, who is now a Cultural Geography professor

at CU-Boulder.

“As for [the question of] should there be ‘quiet rooms,’ yes, there should,” Milto said.

“We ignore motherhood needs in a shameful way in this country.”

MSU Denver students caffeinate, overload Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu Drop that cup of coffee. And the energy drink.

Studies by the Center for Disease Control reported that the average American is taking in as much as 300 mg. of caffeine every day.

For those who don’t drink coffee, that’s three No-Doz pills.

Jordan Lowe, an MSU Denver junior, said that he regularly drinks three 8-ounce cups of coffee per day. He said that he goes through withdrawals as the caffeine wears off and considers himself an addict.

“I got hooked really young,” he said. “I was 15 months old and my family lived in Mexico. The water wasn’t safe to drink and I was allergic to milk. Coffee was made with boiled water and was safe to drink.”

The owner of a drip coffee maker, an espresso steamer and a French press, Lowe said that his record intake was 17 cups in one day when he visited a coffee plantation in Panama.

Today’s average caffeine intake was increased by 300 percent increase compared to the average intake of the 1950s. Coffee is no longer the only culprit. Energy drinks are storming the market, dropping the age of caffeine imbibers to the 12 to 14 year-old range.

Dr. Mary Claire O’Brien, an associate professor at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center, is on the board of the Journal

of Caffeine Research. She notes that the medical community is becoming alarmed at the amount of caffeine that children and adolescents are drinking.

“If you suggest putting an espresso machine in a middle school, people would think you are out of your mind,” she said.

“But people don’t think twice about them consuming energy drinks and soft drinks.”

A new twist on the caffeinated energy drink is the “CAB”’ or caffeinated alcoholic beverage. The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services recently released an information sheet warning against the use of CABs, particularly by under-aged college students. Twenty-six percent of college students consume caffeine and alcohol together, according to the CDC. Alcohol does not have to be mixed with caffeine for caffeinated beverages to become health problems. O’Brien said that adverse reactions due to caffeine abuse increased tenfold between 2005 and 2009. The average age of the abuser was twenty-one.

Kelly Steward, MSU Denver senior, drinks only one cup of coffee a day at most, she said, and sometimes goes a few days without drinking any coffee at all.

“I get cranky if a go a few days without coffee,” she said. “But I don’t think I’m addicted. I think I just like coffee.”

Phylicia WIlliams, MSU Denver student studying Mechanical Engineering, worked during an in-between class rush at the Starbucks coffee stand in South Classroom. Photo by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@ msudenver.edu

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Legalizing pot might not be merely a pipe dream Brian T. McGinn bmcginn3@msudenver.edu

Support for Colorado’s Amendment 64 to legalize and regulate marijuana in the same way as alcohol, is leading in recent polls. According to the poll conducted by the Denver Post, 51 percent support Amendment 64, with 40 percent opposed and 8 percent undecided.

Register to vote and get your facts straight before voting on Amendment 64 in November. Then consider the economic consequences of legal pot.

Regulating and legalizing this sustainable plant opens the door to countless resources and legitimate tax-paying business opportunities. Instead of taking from the community, regulation would give back and redistribute funds to local Colorado

businesses. Amendment 64 offers a vote on a safer alternative to alcohol.

Marijuana is a non-addictive stimulant that doesn’t cause cancer. There are no deaths attributed to cannabis use alone. It is common sense to not operate machinery or drive a car while on the medicine prescribed.

Gov. John Hickenlooper opposes Amendment 64 and the potential benefits it could bring to the state, saying it could end up in the hands of children.

Safeguards must be in place for children, who won’t be able to obtain marijuana if the state controls the sale of the product. Treating marijuana resources like more harmful substances such as alcohol or tobacco to create state tax revenue is reasonable.

It is absurd for Hickenlooper to think increased regulation on the proper sale of

pot would get more drugs in the hands of children. Parents everywhere need to take responsibility for raising their children and educate them about drug use.

Remember 4/20 in Boulder this year, when three students were charged with trespassing? Charges were dropped last week after the trio volunteered to perform community service. And they are -- for SAFER, a non-profit supporter of Amendment 64.

Due to it’s prohibition, reefer has been considered a “gateway drug” which is linked to black market suppliers. Illegal commerce in pot strengthens organized crime and boosts bank accounts of dangerous drug cartels. Legalization would promote businesses that could profit, hire people and pay taxes, which could benefit the economy tremendously.

Romney Campaign Copes with Game-Changer. Badly.

The screeching sound you may have heard last week could be the wheels coming off Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

And there’s no need to ask when the real Mitt Romney will stand up. He already has.

While Romney and smirky running mate Paul Ryan insist all is well, the evidence strongly suggests otherwise. Conservative columnists are blasting Romney, and former supporters are taking big steps back from being linked to Romney – especially in tight U.S. Senate race states like Massachusetts, Connecticut and Nevada.

Republicans may now be in panic mode as the campaign seems to become more disorganized – some say dysfunctional - with little correlation between campaign staffers and the top man, who Republican candidates further down the ticket fear could drag them down with him.

Taken together, recent events could add up to, borrowing from Winston Churchill, the beginning of the end rather than the end of the beginning for once-bright GOP 2012 hopes.

Only a month ago, Romney’s prospects seemed bright. He was running neck-andneck with Obama who had disappointed lots of people, often owing to an obstructionist GOP-majority U.S. House of Representatives. The House included more than 60 Tea Party zealots elected in 2010, whose sole goal was to defeat Obama. For a while, it seemed that all Romney had to do was add to an existing GOP base to put him over the top in a close race.

Then we started finding out things about Romney that we weren’t supposed to know.

It wasn’t pretty.

Unless you’ve lived under a rock or, worse, in a Broncos blog fog for the past two weeks, you know the details. First, Romney accused Obama of being “sympathetic” to the mobs who killed four Americans in Libya, including the U.S. ambassador.

Then came what NFL broadcast geeks call a “game-changer.” In a secretly-recorded tape released last week, we have Romney, at a private fund-raiser of high-roller donors

J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com in Florida last May, calling 47 percent of Americans – or those who voted for Obama in 2008 - tax-dodgers totally dependent on government. That same 47 percent, he said, believe themselves to be “victims” entitled to an endless gravy train of government handouts, who could never “take responsibility and care for their lives.”

Apart from the sneering elitist condescension, Romney didn’t even have his facts straight. Many in that 47 percent, in fact, DO pay state, local and payroll taxes. And those who pay no income tax include men and women in the U.S. military, retirees, low-paid veterans and people earning less than $20,000 a year.

No matter. Romney, unable to admit a mistake, stood by his gaffe. But the damage was done. And Americans can now wonder whether those arrogant comments delivered to fat cats were a simple slip. Or, as columnist Jonathan Chait put it in NYMag.com, we’re now seeing Romney as a “sneering plutocrat,” with genuine contempt for senior citizens, the working poor and nearly half the nation he seeks to lead.

It’s more than ironic that Romney should even mention taxes. His finallyreleased and carefully-manipulated 2011 returns – and don’t expect to see any more – show that Mitt and Ann paid an income tax rate of 14.1 percent. Many Americans, who don’t employ platoons of lawyers and accountants to doctor their returns (job creation?) pay twice that rate.

Don’t think the 47 percent of freeloaders

doesn’t include students who would benefit from legislation Republicans have repeatedly shot down in the U.S. Congress and in Colorado. Students aren’t exempt from the disdain of “on your own” thinking. Can’t afford tuition increases? Hit your parents for more money. What? They can’t afford it, either? Why can’t they be rich like the people Mitt hangs with?

Romney supporters are now re-thinking priorities. And while casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has set a single-donor record of $70 million to the Romney campaign, Karl Rove’s Crossroads America Super- PAC is hedging bets and shifting funds from the presidential to U.S. Senate and House races.

What ammo does the Romney campaign have left? Not much. It exhumed a 14-year-old audio clip showing Obama, then an Illinois state senator, favoring “redistribution.” The campaign used that as evidence that Obama harbors socialist views, and worse.

That failing, the failing campaign can depend on voter suppression – with students targeted among the suspects likely to vote Democratic, along with elderly and minority voters – that Republican attorneys general have pushed in more than a dozen states, including Colorado.

Or we can go to war with Iran that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps urging, while interfering in an American election, with Romney’s apparent blessing. Another unwinnable war. That’ll fi x the economy. Any more bright ideas, Mitt? Better yet, any ideas at all – other than the tired slogans we’ve heard for months?

Students have a bigger stake in this than oldsters. So pay attention as the campaigns unfold down the stretch. What happens in this election is a tad more important than the Broncos’ defense or Peyton Manning’s passing percentage. We still don’t know much about the specifics of what Romney would do to fi x the economy, cut the deficit and rescue America from Obama socialism. But we now have a better idea of who Romney IS.

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Corn Mothers exhibit creativity and wisdom Story and photos by Melanie J. Rice mrice20@msudenver.edu

Krystle Henley of Denver (left) and Crystal Reed also of Denver view “Little but Mighty” by Corn Mother artist, Amy Baker. Henley and Reed attended the “Return of the Corn Mothers” exhibit opening Sept. 20 at the CVA.

Burning hot playlist Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu Amendment 64 has the political world in a fog of debate, but the music world has been embracing marijuana in its lyrics for years.

From reggae to hip hop many genres have added a little green to their tracks Here’s the best playlist to groovy to while thinking about your stance on Amendment 64 .

1.

Peter Tosh “Legalize It”

More than 100 people drank in the words shared by healers, artists and social activists as they discussed “Corn Mothers’” contributions to their communities.

Corn Mother is a concept based on a Pueblo myth and is synonymous with Mother Earth. It symbolizes growth, creativity and feminine aspects of creation.

“I was raised by Corn Mothers and so wanted to see this exhibit,” Chochehenia, an exhibit attendee, said.

The crowd at MSU Denver’s Center for Visual Arts came together because they are Corn Mothers or have been influenced by Corn Mothers.

“My Aunt Lucy Lucero was the first Corn Mother. She had raised all these kids down in the neighborhood on the west side (of Denver),” said Dr. Renee Fajardo, curator of the “Return of the Corn Mothers” exhibit at the CVA. The evening of Sept. 20 at the exhibit’s opening, visitors mingled at a panel discussion and reception. The CVA, in conjunction with the Colorado Folk Arts Council, will be hosting the award-winning anthology through Nov. 2.

More than just visual art, “Return of the Corn Mothers” features photos of the women in their own environments by award-winning photographer Todd Pierson.

The exhibit also includes a documentary short, artwork commissioned for the exhibit that was created by Corn Mothers and stories about the Corn Mothers.

The exhibit was given life by Dr. Fajardo’s desire to tell the stories of women she considers remarkable and who are relatively unknown by society at large. A source of pride for many at MSU Denver, the exhibit represents a collaborative effort of many departments, including the art, African American studies, women’s Studies, Chicano studies, health professions and diversity departments, said Dr. Fajardo. The project was awarded a grant in 2007 by the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute.

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“Legalize it, don’t criticize it Legalize it, yeah, yeah, and I will advertise it”

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Bob Marely “Kaya” “I feel so high, I even touch the sky Above the fallin’ rain”

Sublime“Smoke 2 Joints” “REEFERS ... ”

4.

Afroman “Because I Got High” “It’s Like, I don’t care about nothin man, roll another blunt, Yea”

The Corn Mothers come from diverse cultures, have unique talents and are multigenerational. They represent the enduring contribution women have made to society since the beginning of time. The exhibit tells not only the story of the 32 Corn Mothers honored, but shares each of their unique philosophies and the stories of their own mothers who influenced them. It embodies women’s time-honored tradition of passing wisdom from generation to generation.

“What they do have in common is the respect and admiration of the people in their community,” Dr. Fajardo said.

Talya Dornbush of the CVA helped visitors weave their own stories of Corn Mothers into a backstrap loom, creating a textile testament to women who influenced them. As the evening drew to a close, a smoky scent drifted through the air while the Huitzilopochtli Aztec dance group performed a smudging, or ceremonial cleansing ritual.

“It’s really given back to me as much as I’ve given it,” Pierson said. “It’s not my vision; it all revolves around who they are in their story.”

One may leave the “Return of the Corn Mothers” exhibit with a sense of respect and admiration for Corn Mothers and an awareness of the threads woven through the fabric of society by unsung heroines in their own lives.

“Human beings should be honored while here on this earth,” said Dr. Ramon Del Castillo, chair of the Chicano studies department at MSU Denver.

Dogg 5. Snoop “Gin and Juice” “Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice. Laid back”

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Patch Adams: the clown gets serious Caitlin Sievers csiever2@msudenver.edu The silver mustachioed Patch Adams wore whimsical clothes, but shared a serious message with Auraria students gathered to hear the doctor speak Sept. 19.

Adams wore an “Operation” tie with a wildly patterned purple and green shirt while he spoke about the U.S.’s healthcare system, capitalism and maintaining happiness in everyday life.

“I propose the idea of never having a bad day again,” Adams said during his talk, “Patch Adams: Living a Life of Joy.” The board-certified medical doctor stressed that happiness is a choice and that everyone can achieve it if they try.

“I’m not talking about inner peace,” Adams said. “I’m talking about you’re so damn happy it shows.”

This message resonated with some students attending the presentation in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

“I thought it was really interesting,” said Tegan Feret, a freshman in pre-medicine at UCD. “He talked a lot about things I really value but I don’t know how to demonstrate in my own life.”

Adams was born into a military family and moved around a lot. He was 16 when his father died and his family moved to the segregated South. The injustice he saw between blacks and whites in the 1960s helped him discover some hard truths for himself.

“I realized my country was fake and religion was fake,” Adams said.

He refused to back down from his beliefs and was beat up almost every day of high school as a result of this. After being hospitalized several times for depression, Adams realized that it was his choice to be happy and he believes everyone can make that choice if they wish.

“If you have food and a friend, what are you bitching about?” Adams said.

Adams promotes communal living and thinks that television was the worst invention of the 20th century.

A medical doctor for the past 42 years who has never charged a patient, he believes that most people in the healthcare system value money over compassion.

Adams thinks that doctors should spend more time with their patients and that the U.S. should take care of its sick.

“No medical school in the world teaches a class in compassion,” Adams said.

Adams is working to build his own hospital that will be a communal eco-village.

Building began on the hospital in 2011 but will not be completed until Adams receives more funding. He hopes to eliminate 90% of costs and get rid of the hierarchy between doctors and other members of staff.

“I’m a communist like Jesus was a communist,” he said.

Adams travels with clowning groups to war-torn and impoverished countries all over the world.

He described what it was like to hold a child dying of starvation who was so malnourished that they could no longer speak.

Adams’ voice broke and he began to cry.

“Here you can see the hell it is for me,” Adams said.

Because of what he’s seen, he believes that the rich should be taxed at 95%.

Above: Patch Adams shared his opinions with students in the Tivoli Turnhalle Sept. 19.

Below: Patch Adams speaks to a crowd of students and faculty.

Brent Jaster, a family physician in the Denver area who did his residency at UCD, attended the show in clowning gear. Jaster worked with Adams when he was a medical student, volunteering with him in Virginia in 1998.

“It’s sad to know that 14 years later, we’re still working and repeating the same message,” Jaster said.

Adams opened up a question and answer session to the audience for the last portion of the talk. Some members agreed wholeheartedly with Adams’s views and some adamantly disagreed. Many of the things Adams discussed were a shock to students in attendance.

“I was surprised,” said Jorge Torres, a junior studying sociology at UCD. “It was a lot more political than I thought it’d be.”

Student activities was the MSU Denver sponsor for the event.

Photo by Christopher Morgan • cmorga37@msudenver.edu Photo by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@msudenver.edu

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Oktoberfest brings a hoppy end to September

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Two Oktoberfest attendees participate in Keg Bowling during Sept. 22 festivities.

Photo by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@msudenver.edu

Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu It’s not October, but the festive beer drinking has begun.

Lederhosen, the smell of bratwursts and puddles of spilt beer occupied 20th through 22nd streets down Larimer during Denver’s opening weekend of its 43rd celebration of Oktoberfest. Those who weren’t able to attend last weekend shouldn’t fret, the iconic festival still has one more weekend of binge drinking left up its stockings.

Denver’s Oktoberfest attracts more than 350,000 people during its six days of festivities and has been quoted by USA Today as “The Best in the United States.”

“I like how fun it is to celebrate something in September that’s not ‘til October,” said Air Force member Luis Sotu who was working at one of Samuel Adams’ “Raise the Stein” tents. Members of the Air Force worked hard to trade costumer’s tickets for beers and commemorative steins at the tents this year as they’ve done in years past.

Attendees looking to drink are required to buy tickets at $5 each. One ticket gets a beer, while four tickets get a commemorative stein filled to the brim with the customer’s choice of Samuel Adams brew.

Opening weekend kicked off with Boston Beer Companies Brewery Manager, Jennifer Ganville, tapping the first keg.

“Drink up and tip up. And please drink responsibly,” Ganville said to the crowd. She then joined, Walter, singer for the Westminster band “Austrian Connection’s”in a toast said in German.

Soon after opening, the street became jam-packed with people of all ages carrying turkey legs, pretzels, and beer (for those 21 and older of course). Fireworks from the Colorado Rockies game lit the sky on Friday giving attendees a fun and smokey show that added to Oktoberfest’s fun.

Booths offering many kinds of drinks and German foods lined the street while giant canopies sheltered tables for tipsy and hungry attendees to sit, relax and escape from the boozy, crowded battleground.

Pre-qualifiers for the Stein Hoisting Competition, carried on during the first weekend, were groups of men and women who had two full 1.5 liter steins that they had to hold straight out for as long as they could. The championship will be held on Sept. 29 and male and female winners will be awarded an all expense paid trip to Boston for two, compliments of Samuel Adams.

A variety of bands performed on the German and Rock Stages while different groups of dancers entertained, including Castle Rock’s Chalet Dancers, who performed in the middle of the festival on 21st and Larimer. Friday featured orange spacesuit wearing entertainers, the “PolkaNauts,” who played polka rock music for the crowd. Many bands, including the “Summit Concert Band,” “Dirk Quinn Band” and “Reckless Red” will be performing during the festival’s last weekend.

Oktoberfest offers entertainment and fun even for those not old enough to imbibe adult beverages.

Above: Boston Beer Company Brewery Manager Jennifer Ganville taps the first keg during Oktoberfest’s opening ceremony on Sept. 21.

Photo by Elyssa Ruff • eruff1@msudenver.edu Far Left: A server from the Air Force works on filling and handing off steins and beers during last Saturday’s Oktoberfest.

Left: One of the accordion players from the polka/metal/surf band Polkanauts entertains the crowd while rocking an orange spacesuit during Oktoberfest on Sept. 21.

Photos by Ryan Borthick • rborthick@msudenver.edu

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Who’s got the best beans on campus?

Dazbog Coffee

Dazbog opened on Sept. 21.

Located in the South Classroom inside the middle doors from the west courtyard.

UCD student Kyle Olson keeps busy at South Classroom’s cafe.

Average cost per medium drink: $3.62

Popular drinks: Caramel Macchiato and White Mocha Averagee cost for a medium drink: $2.98

Coffee (Verona Blend): 3.5

Black coffee: 2.75

Caramel Macchiato: 4.5

Karamel Kréme: 4 White Russian Chai (iced): 3.75

TAZO Chai (iced): 3.75

Courtyard Café

Einstein Bros. Bagels

Located on the west end of campus near West Classroom and Arts Building.

Inside the north classroom on the south end

Popular drinks: Drip coffee (regular/house coffees), Caramel Macchiato and Chai.

Barista Diana Duenas takes UCD student Ryan Johnson drink order.

Coffee ratings out of 5

South Classroom Shop

Outside the Student Success Building

Popular drinks: Karamel Kréme Latte, White Russian Chai, and the One Skee (specially brewed individual coffee, 12 different drinks that rotate throughout the week)

Story and photos by Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu

Popular drinks: Caramel Blender and Vanilla Hazelnut Latte Average cost pe per medium drink: $2.90

Average cost of a medium drink: $2.91

Barista Rhiana Knezevich brews up some drinks.

Drip Coffee: 1

Black coffee: 3.5 Caramel Macchiato: 5

Caramel Macchiato: 3.25

Chai Latte (iced): 3

Chai (iced): 3

Brewing your own can save you a bundle Brewing coffee:

Kate Rigot krigot@msudenver.edu

In previous weeks, this column has looked at ways to save money on food — by making your own dinners instead of eating out, for instance. But getting into this habit works for coffee (and tea!), as well. Even though a cup of coffee usually costs much less than a full meal, it can quickly add up — especially if it’s a daily ritual.

Making your own coffee might seem like a bit of a hassle. But, just like cooking, it’s a matter of figuring out what works for you, and then getting into the habit of doing it. The following are some tips to get you started. Price estimates are based on amazon.com prices (not including amazon marketplace), and average monthly costs presume a pattern of one cup every weekday (multiply by 7/5 if you are a once-every-day drinker). Exact directions may vary based on product model.

Where to get coffee beans Here are a few places to get your coffee.

Note that some of these may have discounts for buying larger amounts.

The chains:

Caribou: $12.99-$19.99/lb.

Daz Bog: $12.95-$13.95/12 oz.

Peet’s: $12.50-$16.95/lb.

Starbucks: $11.95-$12.95/lb.

Bean grinders:

The locals:

Kaladi Brothers: $14.50-$16.50/lb.

Pablo’s: $12/12 oz.

Paris on the Platte: $11-$12/lb.

Fair-trade:

Café Campesino: $12.95-$13.95 /lb. (cafecampesino.com) Coda Coffee (also local): $12.95/12 oz.

Equal Exchange: $9-$9.75/12 oz. (equalexchange.coop)

If you don’t want to go with buying pre-ground coffee beans, you’ll need a coffee grinder. But note that you can often pick one up from any thrift store for just a few bucks – there tends to be plenty to choose from, and they’ll usually let you test them first to make sure they work. Although if you’re drinking coffee more for the chemical stimulation than the taste, buying ground beans and keeping them in a sealed plastic bag in the freezer should be just fine.

If you are a single-coffee-drinker household, you probably don’t want to deal with brewing a whole pot of coffee just for yourself. And brewing smaller batches in a conventional coffee pot often doesn’t work out so well. Here are a few options for one-cup-at-a-time brewing, ranked by cost.

1. Plastic filter cones How to use: Just set this simple cone-shaped device on top of your coffee mug, insert a cone-style fi lter, measure in a few tablespoons of ground coffee, pour in a cup of boiling water, and wait a few minutes for the coffee to strain.

Pros/Cons: Quick and easy, with minimal clean-up. Many people don’t feel the quality of the coffee this makes is up to par, but this tends to be my preferred method, and I find it to be more than adequate if I’m just trying to get caffeine into my bloodstream on my way out the door to class. Note that you’ll have to use fi lters with this style, but if you’re a composter, you can compost them along with the coffee grounds.

Cost: $6 -$15, + ~$2.70/month for filters + ~$14-$21/month for the coffee 2. French press How to use: Look for a 12-to-16-oz. (or 3 cup) French press. Measure in about 2 tablespoons of ground coffee, pour boiling or nearly-boiling water up to the top, let the coffee steep for at least four minutes, press the plunger down, and pour into a mug.

Pros/Cons: Clean-up can be a pain if you don’t have a garbage disposal, and there are those extra minutes of brewing time. But pressing is many coffee-aficionados’ preferred method of brewing, and this method doesn’t require fi lters.

Cost: $12 -$20 + ~$14-$21/month for the coffee 3. Personal coffee maker How to use: These are operated just like regular large coffee makers, but are set up to brew a single cup of coffee right into a travel mug. (Avoid K-cup style coffee makers.)

Pros/Cons: These generally come with reusable mesh fi lters, so you don’t have to buy disposable ones. But they take up a little more counter space and you have to wait for the coffee to percolate. Higher tech means more things that can break or wear out with use.

Cost: $15 - $25 + ~$14-$21/month for the coffee

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Borderlands 2 is a gamer’s vault of value Brent Zeimen bzeimen@msudenver.edu

In Oct. 2009, 2K Games and Gearbox Interactive released Borderlands, an interesting cross between a shooter and action role playing game. The mechanics borrowed heavily from the action RPG genre, piling randomly generated weapons and gear onto players while also allowing them to upgrade their skills as they gain experience from completing missions and defeating enemies. These action RPG mechanics were dumped onto the framework of a first person shooter. The resulting game was a fast-paced cooperative shooter with a heavy emphasis on unique character builds and gear.

The sequel, which was recently released on Steam, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3, holds true to the extreme variety in character and gear customization, even claiming in advertising to feature “over 87 bazillion” guns.

The way these many unique items can exist in a game is simple to explain. The weapons, shields, class mods, relics, and even grenade mods are all randomly generated. All of this unique gear means no two times through the game will ever be exactly the same. As the player progresses through the game, the base level of gear that appears in shops and drops from enemies increases. Generally speaking, this offers a fairly steady progression as the player finds new weapons and other items that are better than the equipment they are currently using. As players progress, they’ll

find more rare and powerful items.

The game pushes cooperative play, even in advertising, with the phrase “Mayhem awaits. Bring friends” displayed prominently on the available platforms. In the main menu, the game displays friends playing the game, their character level, and if they’re currently in a game with others.

By default, when connected to the Internet, new sessions are up so that other players on one’s friends list can join the game without an invitation, but the Internet at large cannot. This can be changed at any time by going to the pause menu and selecting “network options” there. Games can be set Bring friends to Borderlands 2’s mahem-filled glaciers and bandit-ridden deserts. Image courtesy of Gearbox software to offline, friends only, invitation only, public or local area network.

Those who played the original “Borkeep their level, cash, items and skills, and The game uses each platform’s system wide derlands” to completion are also probably start the game fresh with even more difficult friends list to allow friends to play with each worried about the story. The first game did enemies. The maximum level in the game other, meaning there’s no second layer of have a bit of a story deficit, especially in the right now is 50. This will undoubtedly be friends list management. last third. The sequel easily outclasses even raised when the downloadable content starts The push for co-operative play is just as the best parts of the “Borderlands’” story getting released, as it did with the first game. present in the game’s mechanics as it is in in the first half. Going through the entire The game is a good value proposition advertising. This is no surprise to “Borderstory will probably take players about 30-35 as far as games go, with 30 or more hours lands” veterans. When a player is defeated, hours. More if they want to do many of the of play time for $60 as just one of the four they go into a downed state, where they can side missions, or play with friends who are character classes. Each can be used with get back up if an ally revives them or if they behind where they are to help them catch any number of different skill builds, not to defeat an enemy within a limited time. This up. Even after finishing the story, there’s mention the extra play-throughs available means the game is playable alone, but having more to do in the game, since there’s a “True with characters that have already beaten the at least one ally is very advantageous.

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Alysa Heath plays the ‘killing’ game Shawn Martin smart199@msudenver.edu

In a sixth grade gym class, a star was born when Alysa Heath was handed a volleyball.

MSU Denver junior Heath is considered a powerful force as an outside hitter for the 14th ranked MSU Denver Roadrunner’s “She is our most physical kid—a big

File photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

presence at the net—both hitting and blocking the ball,” MSU Denver head coach Debbie Hendricks said.

It showed this past weekend just how physical Heath was, on consecutive nights she had career highs in kills. On Sept. 21 against No. 16 Colorado Mines she produced 17 kills, and on Sept. 22, she finished with 19 in a Lady ’Runners victory.

Heath isn’t just improving as a volleyball player on the court every night, but according to Coach Hendricks Heath’s confidence has skyrocketed since coming to MSU Denver after playing at Wichita State.

“Our first goal with her when she transferred here a year and a half ago was to build up her confidence, she has allowed us to take her that way but ultimately she has had to do the work,” Hendricks said.

On the court spectators see how great of an athlete Heath is. But her presence off the court is impactful for all of her teammates— with help from her family.

“Alysa has an awesome family. Since her family is the closest to all of us in Littleton, they allow us to have a lot of team stuff over there and it’s like they are a second family to all of us girls,” MSU Denver senior setter Vanessa Gemignani said.

Heath has a short-term goal—to win a conference championship this season.

“It’s been since 2003 since the last time we won a conference championship and I think we have the talent and the skill to

MSU Denver junior outside hitter had her second career high game Sept. 21 with 19 kills to lead her No. 14 Roadrunners to a 25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22 win at Colorado Christian. Photo by Derek Broussard • dbrouss2@msudenver.edu

do that,” Heath said. “I know it is a tough conference because anyone can take it but if we continue to play how we know how, we can win.”.

A long term goal for Littleton native

Heath is to work in strength and conditioning for professional athletes even if that means leaving Denver. She is studying Adult Fitness & Exercise Science as well as a minor in Nutrition.

’Runners cage Cougars Matt McVey matt.mcvey49@gmail.com MSU Denver volleyball pulled out a close four-set victory at Colorado Christian University Sept. 22.

The Roadrunners’ win over the Cougars was hard fought, as they worked to overcome some questionable calls by the referees the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is using during the lockout of conference volleyball officials.

“You know we are going to have a little bit of a struggle with the officiating all year, because these are replacement officials and we got to live with it,” head coach Debbie Hendricks said. “I think that the officials that don’t have as much experience will get better through the year and we’re all on the same playing field in that regard.”

Despite the struggle with officiating, the Roadrunners jumped out to a good start in the first set with a comfortable 14-7 lead.

The women fought hard to gain the lead only to see the Cougars come back to tie it at 17.

Freshman outside hitter Kylie Haun stomped out the Cougars run with a big spike to get the momentum back for her team. The Roadrunners won the set 25-21.

The second set was a struggle for the lady Roadrunners as the Cougars came out strong jumping out to a 14-9 lead that the Roadrunners would never find a way to catch up to, losing the set 25-21. The lady Runners actually had a decent set as they posted a good .360 hitting percentage to the Cougars’ .257. The problems stemmed from their inability to get consistent blocks.

“Blocking, we were kind of hit and miss.

I think early on we weren’t finishing up top.

We got pushed through and lost our hitters up top,” Hendricks said.

The third set was a defining moment for the night as the Roadrunners found a way to win. The women came out slow, letting CCU jump out to an early 11-7 lead. It was back Alysa Heath of MSU Denver kills one in Sept. 22 win over Colorado Christian University. Photo by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@msudenver.edu and forth the whole set, with MSU Denver never finding a way to take the lead until as a team and what they do best. The team ter at the time set an amazing ball and I just there was a nice block by sophomore setter made little to no adjustments throughout the hit it. It felt awesome,” said Heath about her Betty Van Lith and junior middle blocker game. set-winning spike.

Daleah Whitaker. The match was put away “For the most part we just stuck with the The Cougars were not about to give up, with a huge spike by junior outside hitter game plan. We changed our block up a little as the final set was much like the first three Alyssa Heath, who ended up with a new bit for a couple of the hitters,” said Haun, where it was back and forth the whole game. career high with 19 kills, after setting it the who had 11 kills on the day.

The Roadrunners would eventually put the night before with 17 kills. She also got in on Cougars away in a 25-22 win. four blocks. The Roadrunners won on that Despite the close scores in the sets, the point 25-22.

>> Continued on page 15 Roadrunners were confident in their ability “We had a great pass, and Betty, our set-

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>> Continued from page 14 “I definitely think we can start playing more consistently and I know coach is going to make practices a lot harder and she is going to get tough on us.”

The Roadrunners suffered a disappointing loss Sept. 21 to Colorado School of Mines. MSU Denver lost in four sets to the No. 23 Orediggers, 13-25, 25-20, 22-25, and 23-25.

The lady ’Runners once again struggled with keeping their errors low on the game as the team came away with 25 total—11 from service errors.

“Too many unforced errors. We have struggled all season to keep our errors low.

We have done a good job when at home, but we need to really clean up the errors on the road,” Hendricks said.

Heath led the way with 17 kills, followed

by Haun with 12 and sophomore right sider Lauren Quijano with 11. Senior setter Vanessa Gemignani led the way in assists once again with 42. Junior defensive specialist Alex Green came away with 15 digs and Amy Wong came away with 11.

The Roadrunners are now 8-4 on the season and hold a 3-1 RMAC record.

No. 14 MSU Denver fell to No. 23 Regis University 19-25, 31-29, 25-21, 25-19 at Auraria Event Center Sept. 25. Sophomore Lauren Quijano, number 16, and junior middle blocker Daleah Whitaker go up for a block against Regis player Makayla Higgins. With the loss the Roadrunners fell to 8-5 on the season and 3-2 in conference play while the Rangers improved to 9-6 and 3-2 in conference play. Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@msudenver.edu

64 could impact Auraria student-athletes As the controversy continues to light up around Amendment 64, I can’t help but wonder the implications for student-athletes and drug-testing in the National College Athletic Association.

The amendment would legalize the purchase and use of marijuana up to one ounce and regulate it like alcohol. The problem for student-athletes will be that the NCAA currently classifies marijuana as a street drug and has listed it as a banned substance.

If Amendment 64 passes in Colorado, what action, if any, will the NCAA take?

And beyond the NCAA, what about MSU Denver? How will the athletic department respond if an athlete tests positive for marijuana?

Although positive drug tests have not been an issue at MSU Denver, Athletic Director Joan McDermott said the university is currently researching if an institution drugtesting plan would be a good fit.

“There are a lot of variables to consider before we can make a decision,” McDermott said.

Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu Variables include how to enforce the drug-testing plan and what type of disciplinary action to take.

If the university chooses to establish a progressive disciplinary action into the plan, does that leave athletes with multiple chances to fail drug tests before losing their scholarship? This is what other NCAA member universities do. But has it proven

effective? I don’t think that is a message a university should be sending to the studentathlete.

According to the 2009 National Study of Substance Use Trends Among NCAA College Student-Athletes results published in January by the NCAA, about one in five respondents admitted to using marijuana within 12 months prior to the survey. This is a 1.4 percent increase since 2005. More than half of the respondents reported using the drug less than once per month—mostly during their off-season.

The primary objectives are to use the data to update NCAA policy and to analyze why student-athletes do or don’t use specific drugs.

NCAA currently tests at championship events throughout the divisions at least once every five years and some other teams are tested annually. The association also conducts random drug-testing of about 11,000 Division I and II student-athletes each year.

Some NCAA institutions and some conferences conduct their own testing programs,

which are not governed by the NCAA. According to the NCAA, about 90 percent of Division I, 65 percent of Division II, and 21 percent of Division II schools conduct their own drug-testing programs in addition to the NCAA’s.

MSU Denver student-athletes do participate in the two levels of drug-testing conducted by the NCAA. According to McDermott, some athletes were selected as part of the random NCAA testing at the beginning of the fall semester.

Even though marijuana is linked to things like respiratory damage and shortterm memory impairment, doctors do prescribe the drug for certain medical conditions. If Colorado legalizes marijuana, would the use among student-athletes increase?

I think legalizing the use of marijuana in Colorado would have a negative impact on student-athletes and the colleges they play for because there are too many variables and no concrete answers.

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Denver’s five-year slump In 2007, the Colorado Rockies were getting ready to start the most important series in franchise history — one in which the hometown heroes would win a one game playoff against the San Diego Padres to make it to the postseason. As Colorado sports fans know, The Rockies eventually swept the Diamondbacks, then made it to the World Series. There was so much hope for the Rockies. The sad part is, nothing this good has happened since — not to The Rockies or any other Colorado team.

So, lets start with The Rockies. Before they got swept, a lot of people thought this was the beginning of a new baseball era in Colorado and that Denver would be considered a baseball town, similar to New York or St. Louis. That never happened. The Rockies did make it back to the postseason in 2009, but have fallen off the cliff since. The 2010 squad almost made it back to the playoffs but faded in the end. And the 2012 Rockies have probably turned-off any potential baseball fans in the mile-high city.

Five years ago, the Denver Nuggets had two stars in Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson. Nuggets fans were hoping this new duo could lead the Nuggets to their first NBA title in franchise history. In Spring 2008, the Nuggets won an outstanding 50 games; yet, were an 8th seed in the playoffs.

They got swept by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.

After the playoff debacle, Iverson was traded and Chauncey Billups returned to Denver. Billups’ impact on the franchise

Nick Ohlig nohlig@msudenver.edu skyrocketed the Nuggets to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, where they went all the way to the Conference Finals and sadly fell to the Lakers again.

Then in February 2011, ‘Melo and Billups were traded. Since the infamous trade, the Nuggets have had a respectful record but have done little in the postseason to exercise any demons that haunted the Nuggets of old.

This season could be a rehash of years past, with such poor performance in the postseason.

Then, the Colorado Avalanche — the last franchise to bring a championship home.

The start of the 2007-2008 NHL season was supposed to be promising. After missing the playoffs for the first time since 1993, although the team was in Quebec at the time, the Avs reloaded. They got Ryan Smyth and were able to bring back the great Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote. The Avs, however, faded in the playoffs as they got swept by the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference quarter-

One Rockies’ season gave fans hope, the last fi ve years haven’t. File courtesy of baseball-reference.com

finals. After a rough couple of years the Avs appear ready to make a push into greatness again with their future stars in Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene. But there is one problem. There will be a lockout this season and I highly doubt we will see the NHL drop the puck anytime soon.

Finally, there is the king of Colorado sports the Denver Broncos. In 2007 the Broncos had a young quarterback in Jay Cutler and a young nucleus of stars that included Brandon Marshall and Tony Scheffler. The Broncos struggled that year. But a lot of Broncos Nation had hopes they would rebound in 2008. They did to an 8-5 record before they collapsed. After Mike Shanahan was given the axe Josh McDaniels was given his opportunity to shine. After 28 games, he was fired. Then comes John Fox and some quarterback named Tim Tebow.

What Tebow did for this franchise was

unbelievable. Taking a team that was 1-4, going nowhere, leading them to a playoff victory over the No.1 ranked defense. Yet he was a lighting rod for controversy. No matter what he did the haters would not be satisfied. So Vice President of Football Operations John Elway (who was a hater himself) wanted to get Tebow out of Denver. Luckily for him, Peyton Manning happened to be cut from the Indianapolis Colts and was available.

Of the all the games, of all the moments, the best sports scene since The Rockies took on the Boston Red Sox in 2007 was revived when Peyton Manning signed with the Broncos back in March. It’s sad but true.

There have been playoff failures and season failures, so when Manning took his talents to Denver, it almost took the sting out of the incompetent play that we have seen over this five year span. Almost.

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Balancing youth and experience for a win Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu MSU Denver men’s soccer split two over the weekend improving their overall record 5-3-0 and 2-2-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Roadrunners are moving in the right direction through the conference, but the consistency in play is a work in progress as the team tries to balance youth and experience.

The Roadrunners defeated the Colorado State-Pueblo ThunderWolves 4-3 Sept. 23 at the Auraria Fields, a welcome win after getting shut out 1-0 by the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers Sept. 21.

The Roadrunners controlled the pace the first half of the game both defensively, holding the ThunderWolves to only one shot on goal and three shots total, and offensively, netting two goals out of their five shots on goal.

Freshman forward Danny Arrubla scored at 18:46 off a long pass from junior defender Andrew Mejia into the top of the box, giving the Roadrunners an early 1-0 lead.

The Roadrunners made it look easy as senior forward Marc Herschberger scored the team’s second goal at 31:36. Herschberger received a pass from freshman forward Arek Raclawski from the left corner and put the ball in from the center of the box, taking the Roadrunners 2-0 into the half.

The ’Runners shut-out was short-lived as the ThunderWolves struck quickly scoring

their first goal at 46:03 off a breakaway by Thunderwolves forward Jonny Sawyer.

“We told them at halftime that this was a team that we did not want to tangle with, and that a 2-0 lead was not going to be a comfortable enough and to keep the foot on the gas pedal and go forward,” head coach Ken Parson said. “We knew as a coaching staff that there was a potential for that to happen.”

Parsons called it right, as the ThunderWolves capitalized on the lack of communication between the Roadrunners midfield and defensive line, and scored again 17 seconds later, when CSU-P forward Matt

Marchena tied the game 2-2.

“I think we kind of got caught on our heels a little bit. We weren’t expecting the pressure they were bringing and made mistakes in the center of the field and it definitely cost us,” Meija said. “As a defensive back, we have to cover the center back stepping forward, and when we didn’t do that very well they scored.”

Parsons said that there was breakdown through the midfield and the back line.

“Getting broken down once and getting punished for it was bad enough, but then to not fix the problem and to get victimized on the exact same play less than a minute later

MSU Denver junior defender Andrew Mejia shows some impressive footwork in a 1-0 loss at the Colorado School of Mines Sept. 21 at the CSM Soccer Stadium in Golden , CO. Photo by Timothy Hurst • thurst3@ msudenver.edu

is inexcusable,” Parsons said.

The ThunderWolves made a statement in the 50th minute with a goal by Dustin Geist, giving his team the lead 3-2.

The Roadrunners gained their composure and responded to Geists goal two minutes later when Roadrunners junior midfielder Kevin Pocalyko scored off a pass from Raclawski, his second assist in the game.

“Arek tucked the ball into the middle and I ran up and volleyed it in,” Mejia said.

“It was my first goal of the season and it felt good to finally get on the sheet and to tie the game.”

Mejia scored the Roadrunners’ winning goal with 9:37 left in the game and with his earlier assist, tied a career high with three points.

“I think it was a good counter-attack. I picked the ball off one of their kids at midfield and saw Danny making a run for post,” Mejia said. “Once I saw the middle coming open, I made a run in and Danny found me.”

Parsons said that even though there is some work to do on balancing the youth and experience of his team and improving communication, the bright spot of the game was that his team battled through breakdown to win the game.

“With a team that is a balance of youth and experience, you are going to encounter some youthful indiscretions throughout the season,” Parsons said. “I think the good thing is the response. You don’t see young teams come back from something like that and that’s a good sign.”

Women’s soccer wins two straight games Zee Nwuke znwuke@msudenver.edu Women’s soccer team went undefeated this weekend, beating the Colorado School of Mines and Colorado State University of Pueblo with defensive performances. They improved their overall record to 5-3-1.

The Roadrunners beat Colorado School of Mines 2-1 Sept. 21 at CSM soccer stadium, winning on the road against the best offensive team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, holding the Orediggers to only one goal in the first half with an impressive defensive show.

The game started with intensity by both teams, but the Roadrunners were a step ahead of the Orediggers and six minutes into the game, junior forward/midfielder Tess Hagenlock fired a shot from the top of the box over the heads of defenders and past the goalie.

“It was a great build-up for them,” head coach Adrianne Almarez said. “Tess had a great game tonight and it was probably one of the top goals we’ll see all season.”

After that first goal, both teams matched up pretty well. The Roadrunners were aggressive offensively, but the Orediggers matched them defensively and both teams had a lot of opportunities to score.

Oredigger’s Anna Evans capitalized on the weak Roadrunner defense and scored to tie the game 1-1 ending the first half.

The second half was a battle.

“We knew we needed another goal, so we just kept our momentum,” senior defender Hayley Renko said. “We told each other we have to work for each other, and we had to get that second goal no matter what it took.”

Fifteen minutes into the second half, the Roadrunners got the break they were looking for. A beautiful shot by sophomore forward Brandi Farley gave the Roadrunners the lead.

The Roadrunners locked the Orediggers down defensively to protect their lead. The Orediggers nearly scored within seconds before the game’s end, but senior goalkeeper Jordan Simkins fell on the ball to preserve the win.

“Our defense did a great job today,” Farley said. “We started pulling people back toward the end and we were just super solid.”

“It was huge,” Almarez said. “I think it was important for us to get this result, and I think we grew up a lot as a team tonight.”

Two days later, when the Roadrunners hit the pitch against CSU-Pueblo, they had their mind set on one thing.

“We wanted to have another victory,” Farley said.

The Roadrunners shut out the ThunderWolves 3-0 Sept. 23 at Auraria Field.

The Roadrunners bombarded CSUPueblo goalie Savannah Thompson with shot after shot and couldn’t contain the ’Runners offense.

“It feels good because we’re contending with some of the top teams in the RMAC

that had a really good preseason,” senior Kelci Newlin said. “We just want to keep building from there, working on getting into the tournament, cause that’s always a goal.”

The lady Roadrunners started the game with great defense, dominating the field from the start and kept the pressure on CSUPueblo all game. The Roadrunners came into the game with a lot more confidence than the (1-4) ThunderWolves, and it showed.

Fifteen minutes into the game, the Roadrunners scored their first goal when midfielder Becca Medina set Farley up for a one-on-one situation with the goalie. She shook the goalie and scored to put the Roadrunners up. This first goal gave Metro a lot of momentum as they rode it into the second half. With great teamwork, they broke down CSU-Pueblo’s defense and fired shots at the goalie all night.

Pueblo’s goalkeeper didn’t get a break the entire game. CSU-Pueblo had no idea how to stop the Roadrunners offensive onslaught.

Eleven minutes before the first half ended, junior forward Maggie Rojas got the Roadrunners another goal. She made an amazing shot from the right side of the box. The shot made the score two to zero, and Metro finished out the half with great defense.

The Roadrunners were just as dominant in the second half as in the first. They didn’t let down an inch. The Thunder Wolves struggled to get the ball across midfield.

Metro was close to shutting them out.

With 4:29 left on the clock, Karisa Price

scored off a pass by Newlin for the win.

“Finally a shutout! It’s about time,” Newlin said. “Our defense has been working hard and it seems like we’re finally getting our system down to stop those goals.”

Almarez was pleased.

“I think that we came out here and we played,” Almarez said. “When we had the ball, our feet can do some very good things and we continued to do that for the whole game.”

MSU Denver junior defenderBrittany Cito in the 2-1 win at Colorado School of Mines Sept. 21 Photo by Timothy Hurst • thurst3@msudenver. edu

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Horoscope Libra

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Your bathroom mirror is a great place to practice your funny faces, but with the new Student Success Building that offers windows with very reflective surfaces now you can practice your stuff in between classes.

January 20 -February 18 While crossing through a grass field on campus it is very likely the sprinklers will randomly turn on. It is highly recommend you start carrying around an umbrella or rain suit.

Scorpio

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October 23 -November 21

You are likely to fi nd a fun and colorful new sweater at the thrift store that you feel truly captures your personality for the fall season. Your 80-year-old professor is likely to be wearing the same sweater.

Difficulty: EASY

February 19 -March 20 As a Pisces you are advised to keep a pocket full of fish with you at all times. Exactly 42 fish. Hand them out to those you pass around campus throughout the week.

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May 21 -June 20 A class presentation may test your public speaking skills this week, but no need to fret, the communicative Gemini is on your side. Blow your class out of the water with a dance number, even if your presentations on stock exchange.

Cancer

June 21 -July 22 While sitting at a table eating your lunch and observing passersby, take some time to practice your mind reading powers. Once they become advanced enough it will be a handy tool to use against your professors during tests.

Leo

November 22 -December 21

March 21 -April 19

July 23 -August 22

While riding the Light Rail on your way to class an overwhelming urge to declare a massive dance party on the train may lead you to getting kicked off. Make sure to wear a good pair of walking shoes.

Unexpected construction may cause you to take detour to class where you may fi nd a well-trained ninja with nun chucks waiting to pounce. Take this as an opportunity to practice the moves you remember from your favorite karate movie.

The leader in you will want to take charge of your next group project. Make sure not to overpower your group mates and really make sure to roar like a lion at the end of you presentation to the class. You’re guaranteed to get an A.

Capricorn

Taurus

December 22 -January 19 You may feel like your dress standards are not professional enough now that Metro is a university. Just remember that bowties are a creative way to combine business and class. Bowties are cool.

A songbird on campus is likely to challenge you to a sing-off after class. Don’t be afraid to belt your Taurus’ heart out and show that little bird how it’s done. And remember to record a video to post to YouTube later.

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Virgo

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Choose a classic Shakespeare work (with the appropriate outfit to go with it) and choose a cement block in front of the library to recite your skills. The laughter of passersby will be nothing but appreciation.

I just need to break the 20 coffee cup barrier.

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