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Protesters gather outside of Sports Authority Field at Mile High several hours before the Denver Broncos vs. Washington Redskins game on Oct. 27 in efforts to help change the Redskins’ name. Photo by Courtland Wilson • cwils104@msudenver.edu
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Campus program hosts recycling event Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu @kelli_themet Students were able to see their sustainability fee in action Oct. 23 at Auraria. The Auraria Sustainable Campus Program sponsored an electronics recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tivoli Square outside the King Center. Students, faculty and staff were encouraged to bring used computers, televisions, office equipment and batteries to be properly disposed of and recycled. “This is part of what students get for that sustainability fee that they see on their invoices,” said Jon Bortles, sustainability coordinator for the Auraria Higher Education Center and advisor for the sustainability program. “The program actually works in several different areas like energy, water conservation, food and gardening, recycling and outreach.” Jerry Mason, AHEC student facilities and services director and also advisor to the organization, credited the students with the sustainability work that was being done on campus. “When the money comes in, they make the decision how it’s spent,” Mason said. “They are the ones that make this work.” According to Loki Jones, UCD Senior, the student members of ASCP investigate possible uses for the sustainability fee that would best benefit the campus. “We proposed the B-Cycle station at 9th and Curtis,” Jones said. “And we voted to bring in the bins in the food court in the Tivoli for recycling and compost.” Dan Barrientos of Metech Recycling was on site at the electronics recycling event to take
the discarded items to Metech’s Denver site for proper disposal. “There’s more here than in past years,” said Barrientos, who has participated in the program’s recycling event for four years. “I may have to run a load in and come back.” Barrientos said that each item would be taken apart by hand and the components individually recycled. “We’ll send the plastic parts to a plastics plant,” Barrientos said. “The metals will be sent to proper recycling plants.” Barrientos said that data on computers and other personal devices would be securely destroyed. He said Metech also retrieved electronics from landfills for recycling. “A lot of people don’t realize that putting electronics in landfills is illegal in a lot of states.,” Barrientos said. Andris Berzins, MSU Denver junior, said that he would like to see more students active in a sustainable campus. “You don’t have to be part of the organization to suggest ways to use the sustainability fee,” Berzins said. “We would love to have input from other students.” Jones agreed that he would like to see proposals from students outside of the organization. “We’d like them to know that one student can make a difference here,” Jones said.
Students can submit an idea or proposal for sustainbility projects at ASCP’s websits www. sustainableauraria. org.
Top: Auraria Higher Education Center employee Tony Medina lifts a computer processor to be recycled Oct. 23 during the electronic recycling event, sponsored by the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program. Above: Bryan Ferguson, assistant director at Campus Recreaton at Auraria (left), and Dan Barrientos, of Metech (right),, unload electronics at the electronic recycling event. Photo by Philip Poston • pposton1@msudenver.edu
Student program helps clear money questions Bailey Mesch bmesch1@msudenver.edu A new resource is now available at MSU Denver that will assist students in making financial decisions regarding student loans. The SALT program was recently implemented when the university partnered with a nonprofit organization called American Student Assistance. The SALT program provides students with the tools needed to organize their student loan debt
and create a plan for future payments. Students in the program receive access to student loan information, one-on-one repayment counseling with experts, an online budgeting calculator and more. It takes only a few moments to sign up online, and the service is provided free to students and alumni. “We are always looking for ways to help increase awareness and educate students with financial literacy,” Brian Hultgren, associate director of financial aid at MSU
Denver, said. “With this partnership with ASA, we can add to our efforts in providing more tools and services for our students.” The program goes beyond loan repayment tips. It offers SALT members advice on career planning, internship success, easy ways to save and insurance policy information. It breaks down all of the complicated financial information so students have a clear understanding of the money they owe. “It provides a great deal of information on the different
repayment options and estimated payment options,” Hultgren said. “This really allows students to plan and budget better for the future and makes them cognizant of their debt amounts.” According to their website, ASA’s mission is to “empower students and alumni to successfully manage and repay their college loan debt.” The organization’s vision is to allow students to use their student loan reception as a learning experience and to become “more proactive and, financially
savvy consumers who truly own their student loans and finances.” Students who sign up for the program will be provided with endless financial guidance and resources. “Because of its robustness, the sky is the limit in how the student wishes to utilize SALT,” Hultgren said. “There are ample resources, information and educational benefits within the program that will help students stay financially focused.”
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Coffee blend helps fund scholarship Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@msudenver.edu @kelli_themet
Roadrunners in need of a caffeine fi x can find their own personal flavor on store shelves. Dazbog’s Roadrunner Blend is available to night owls, early risers and everyone in between at King Soopers and City Market stores statewide in addition to Dazbog stores that wish to serve it. “It’s a good medium roast,” said Marit Langley, shift supervisor at the Dazbog on
campus near the Student Success building. “It’s a nice change from the dark and light roasts we usually serve.” The Denver-based franchise with a Russian flavor opened the shop on the campus in the fall of 2012. The blend is also available in some Good Times restaurants. Langley said the coffee, which is a blend of Indonesian, South American and African beans, was created for the on-campus location when the store opened. “It’s a big to-go order,” Langley said. “If
someone is having a corporate meeting and orders boxes of coffee, the Roadrunner Blend is what we serve.” The coffee usually sells for $10.99 a pound but is on sale for a more studentfriendly $7.99 until Jan. 7. To sweeten a purchase of Roadrunner Blend, a portion of every sale goes back to MSU Denver to help fund the Dazbog Coffee Entrepreneurial Scholarship. “It’s a scholarship that will be open to students who are majors or minors in hospitality, tourism or business,” said Jake
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R.I.P. Lou Reed: A fan’s tribute Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu @tobias_themet Lou Reed, the singer, songwriter and guitarist of the ‘60s rock band The Velvet Underground, died at age 71 this past Sunday. The cause of death was liver disease. After a liver transplant earlier this year saw Reed in ailing for months. For years Reed lived life on the wild side, partying harder, longer and faster that many of his counterparts. I’ll admit, I first discovered The Velvet Underground after Phish, a band I used to follow around the country, performed Loaded in its entirety for their annual Halloween performance. Phish plays a different album every Halloween night and previous years saw the band covering The Beatles, The Who, the Talking Heads and then, on Oct. 31, 1998, the boys from Vermont performed a spot-on tribute to The Velvet Underground’s 1970 cult classic. I was a freshman in high school at that time in my life, I spent my nights surfing the Internet and looking for people to trade Phish tapes with. I remember vividly coming home from school one day and getting two grey Maxell XL II 90 tapes in a little yellow envelope. I ripped it open, ran up to my room and pressed play. My mind was blown and my life had changed. This band I had never heard before opened my eyes
1942-2013 to something other than Phish. Reed and The Velvet Underground opened a can of worms and helped shape the way I thought about music. I wanted more. That very night, I rode my little BMX bike down to the used record store and picked up The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/
White Heat and Loaded on CD. I ostensibly listened to these albums over and over. I became obsessed with everything about The Velvet Underground, but more importantly, I became obsessed with Lou Reed. He was and will always be the punk poet of rock ‘n’ roll. Reed and The Velvet Under-
ground basically created indie rock in the late ‘60s. And although their first album wasn’t considered a success at the time, it paved the way for generations of musicians to come. Reed never achieved mainstream rock star status, but owned the underground music scene for decades. His solo work after The Velvet Underground, caught on quickly with the release of the 1972 album, Transformer, which just so happened to be produced by the one and only David Bowie. He saw some commercial success from “Walk on the Wild Side,” but remained a modest and outspoken musician unafraid of shocking the world with his behind the scene vices. Over the years Reed lent his brilliance to bands like U2, Metallica and Damon Albarn’s electro hip-hop project, The Gorillaz. As RIP LOU REED was plastered everywhere on the Internet, bands, musicians and everyone and anyone dedicated whatever they did to Lou, we must remember that even tough he’s no longer with us, his spirit, art and musical genius will live on forever. Reed created a subculture of interesting people, art and experimental lifestyles that gives young angsty teens something to live for. So here’s to you Lou, thank you for all that you have given this world. You left us with so many beautiful memories and enough music to fill our souls.
End the mistreatment of pumpkins Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu @kayla_themet Every October, millions of innocent fruits are massacred for the sake of decoration. Americans find the art of pumpkin carving to be a funfilled way to bring in the fall and celebrate Halloween. Yet, while they laugh and enjoy themselves, pumpkins silently suffer. For these innocent squashes, October is comparable to a horrific slasher film. As their better looking friends and family are picked from the patches and grocery store bins first, these lonely orange plumps must wait for their gory fate.
Instead of being taken in by a family who will love and adore them, pumpkins are placed in front of sugar-filled children with sharp tools waiting to go to town. After being laid on a blanket of newspapers and tattooed with a Halloween design, the horror begins. Wannabe vegetable artists dig a knife into the top of these poor squashes’ crowns. Then, with bare hands or sharpened spoons, they gut the poor bastards. For so called “pumpkin lovers,” their insides are usually separated into guts and seeds. The seeds are then placed in the kitchen inferno that is the oven and slowly roasted before being eaten. Humans ridicule the squashes
further by placing them on the steps of their homes where they are forced to house a burning candle for the days leading up to Halloween. And that’s when the real “fun” for our orange friends begins. After the candy bowls have been emptied and outside lights turned off, malicious teenagers take to the streets, steal the pumpkins from their homes and toss them in the streets. They laugh as they shatter into pieces and are left to rot. Where is the humanity? Aside from the massacres they face on kitchen counters and floors, a large portion of the pumpkin population go into making the edible world a little squashier. It seems once the first
leaf losses its green, pumpkin flavored everything hit the shelves. From pumpkin lattes to the classic pumpkin pie, the beloved squash is even used to flavor marshmallows and vodka. It seems every year there is a new food or drink created to humiliate the very existence of these harmless fruits. We need to put aside tradition and regain our humanity. The pumpkin is a native to North America and should be treated with respect and care. We should not be a country set on the destruction and torture of innocent squashes. Now that that rant’s out of the way, I’m going to go enjoy some pumpkin pie.
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Luke Caudillo takes in the colorful flare of Victoria Bradbury’s “Unicursal” Oct. 25 at the Center for Visual Arts. One of many senior thesis artists, Bradbury’s attention grabbing installation was one of the largest pieces featured. Photo by Scott Lentz •slentz@msudenver.edu
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Abstract paintings, vivid colors, controversial photographs and installation art took over MSU Denver’s Center for Visual Art on Oct. 25. Graduating fine art students unveiled artwork in a two week Bachelor of Fine Arts thesis exhibition titled, “Level Up.” The class — Senior Experience: BFA and Portfolio Exhibition — is the capstone course for graduating art majors at MSU Denver. It highlighted the work of 14 students, who used a various amount of mediums. The exhibit featured paintings, interactive art, spatial media, digital and photography. Each room throughout CVA had something distinctive to share. Jennifer Garner, associate professor of the Department of Art at MSU Denver, teaches the course and supported the students throughout the extensive process of putting together the event. The exhibit was one of two this semester. The first, “Unknown Origins,” featured 12 different
students. “The students have been working on their thesis artwork for at least a year, for some students, more than that,” Garner said. “When they register for the class, they begin writing their thesis paper and start planning all the components of the exhibition.” A wide variety of art was available for sale. Senior Tim Arndt was one of the first to sell his painting titled, “Chrysopylae Orcinos Orca.” The painting was one of two of Arndt’s, both were based off of his passion for San Francisco. The painting sold was a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge, with an Orca whale in the right corner, looking like it was floating in the sky, surrounded by fog. “I feel like it was executed so successfully,” Arndt said. “I made that fog, that push-pull feel of the fog, you really have to be in fog to experience fog. If you haven’t, you just don’t know. But like, I feel like this just encapsulated that feeling and this guy was like, ‘I love this.’” Arndt’s other piece was based off of the Bay Area, which he was extremely proud of as well. It was titled “Franciscopolis Giraffa Ca-
melopardalis,” and was a lot more vibrant and diverse. The piece showed a giraffe body with a telephone pole as a head. It was made with acrylic paint on linen and like the other, took him over a month to paint. It displayed a normally busy street with no society in sight. “I really wanted to kind of take away any cars, people, make it kind of a naked city scene in that sense. You know emphasize the fact there’s creatures here, it’s present, it’s learned to evolve into this new species,” Arndt said. “I feel that it’s kind of plausible in a sense. Hey, we could all be a bunch of connected giraffes in the city, connected to wires and sending messages to another. That’s how they’re communicating.” Beside each piece of work was the thesis paper that the student was required to write for the course. Visitors of the exhibit were given the opportunity to understand what the student was trying to express in their work. Throughout the course, students aren’t able to just show the work that they want, even though they are in charge of putting it all together.
“During the course of the exhibition, students will have an oral defense with a faculty committee,” Garner said. “This is essentially them articulating their research and discussing their path as artists.” When the exhibition at CVA is complete, the class then moves on to the professional practice stage. In that, they work on a portfolio where they show all their documents that help them transition into the working world. Victoria Bradbury, an MSU Denver senior, had one of the largest and most attention grabbing pieces of the exhibition. The piece, called “Unicursal,” was a spatial media piece that consisted of strips of brightly colored chiffon fabric, red mulch and white marble chips. “I wanted to create a space that was about sensory experience,” Bradbury said. “Something you could walk into and interact with. I love working with color and that was really, really important for me to include and that’s where it started.” Her piece took four days to complete and was constructed in the gallery itself. She chose the ma-
terials because she wanted people to step into her artwork and not just look at the piece, but smell and feel it as well. The “Level Up” exhibit is the next step to graduation for the 14 seniors of MSU Denver. The CVA was packed with people who came to support the hard work of the students. CVA will be hosting the exhibit until Nov. 8.
Coming up at CVA For Love or Money: Art Collecting 101 Panel Discussion - Wednesday, November 6, 6 p.m. Playing with Wax Encaustic Workshop, led by Adrienne DeLoe - Thursday, November 7, 6 p.m. “Level Up” is the second set of graduating MSU Denver BFA Students. It is running until Nov. 8 “Creative Impulse,” an Immersive Art workshop and Pop-up Shop will run until Nov. 8 as well.
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Newest Gig Series features soft acoustics Brandon Hart bhart14@msudenver.edu Students were serenaded in the Tivoli Atrium during the latest installment of MSU Denver’s Gig Series. Brenna Pritchard, a history major, filled the atrium with soft singing and acoustic guitar playing, a hobby she said she keeps on the side. Brenna’s mother, Mary Pritchard, took a break from work on Oct. 24 to see her daughter play. According to Mary, her daughter has been playing the guitar since she was 11. The Tivoli Atrium is an excellent place to play music. With its three stories and open spaces, sound is able to bounce off the walls, windows and doors within the main part of the Tivoli. Students eating anywhere in the Tivoli’s lunchroom can enjoy the music. “When acoustics are played live, especially in a space like this, they sound better and more fresh,” said Cin Mitchell, a CCD Student. Since the Tivoli is used by all three schools on Auraria, it was easy for students from all over to enjoy Brenna’s soft vocals. “Gig Series is good not only for students who play music to step out of their shell and share their music with people, but for students to experience good music,” Mitchell said. Brenna received a warm reception from the people enjoying their lunch. “Any live music is beautiful. I heard the music so I came over here to check it out,” said Mikael
Speth, a CU Denver student. Jessica Willis, a CU Denver student and self taught guitarist, was getting her food when she heard it, and decided to check it out. “I will definitely come again,” Willis said. Gig Series highlights the musical talents of Auraria students and gives them a space to be heard. The Student Activities office, where Brenna works part-time, puts on the monthly sets. Brenna started her journey into music when she was four by first learning to play the violin. She writes folk and indie pop style music. For the songs themselves, she draws from the experiences in her own life for lyrical inspiration. “All of my songs are events that have happened in my life,” Brenna said. In addition to her own material, she covered artists like Sara Bareilles, the Jackson 5 and Ingrid Michaelson — artists she sometimes draws style inspiration from according to Mary. Music has always been a part of Brenna’s life. Since her parents met in a musical, she said music was “hard to avoid.” Brenna also participates in MSU Denver’s theater productions. “I have been performing on stage since I was 5 years old, I was in ‘Hair’ last year,” she said. Viewers like Mitchell think that the Gig Series is an important part of Auraria Campus. “It would be a bad thing if it went away,” Mitchell said.
MSU Denver senior Brenna Pritchard performs songs from various artists as well as some of her own at the Gig Series Oct. 24 in the Tivoli. Photo by Sara Beets • sbeets@msudenver.edu
Historical haunts Kayla Whitney kwhitne2@msudenver.edu @kayla_themet Nestled just a few blocks from the Capitol building, surrounded by dying leaves, the Molly Brown House Museum has been busy celebrating Halloween. Adorned in Victorian and Halloween décor, the museum celebrated 20 years of “Victorian Horrors.” The event offered visitors a tour of the house while actors dressed as various authors performed readings from popular horror novels. Such authors included Mary Shelley, H.P. Lovecraft and Edger Allen Poe. “What are the chances of getting to do this in such a legendary place? I feel like I haven’t done Halloween if I haven’t done this,” said “Victorian Horrors” actor Jim Hunt. Hunt also took part in the performances last year. Tours were held Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26 and lasted about an hour for three hours of the day..
Above: Denver actor Jeffery Atherton does a reading from a H.P. Lovecraft novel Oct. 25 during “Victorian Horrors.” Left: The Molly Brown House Museum, located in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, hosted a “Victorian Horrors” tour that took visitors through the house while experiencing actors’ readings from Halloween-themed novels. Photos by Tim Hurst • thurst3@msudenver.edu
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A detail of Claude-Joseph Vernet’s “The Storm” painted in 1787 on display at the DAM Oct. 27 through Feb. 9.
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“Passport to Paris” exhibition collects French masterworks Chelsee Stevens csteve43@msudenver.edu Kailyn Lamb klamb6@msudenver.edu @kailyn_themet The Denver Art Museum transports viewers to France in its newest exhibition “Passport to Paris,” a vast collection of some of the world’s most famous painters. The exhibition opened on Oct. 27 and will continue to run until Feb. 9, 2014. In a press event on Oct. 24, DAM’s Christoph Heinrick, Frederick Mayer and Director Jan Mayer began with lectures about the exhibition “Passport To Paris,” which was split into three different sections. “Court to Café” is split in four themes to show how art reflected the cultural shifts of the time, “Nature as Muse” is a collection of Impressionist landscape paintings and “Drawing Room” features sketches from many of the featured artists. Jan explained the different paths the sections are supposed to take viewers on. “We want our guests to follow their own stories through these paintings,” Jan said. “That is why,
for an example, in our ‘Drawing Room,’ you will see groups of sketches done by different French and Italian artists that are loosely grouped together.” After the introductory lecture, Angelica Daneo, assistant curator of painting and sculpture at the DAM and the assistant curator of “Court to Café” and “Drawing Room,” led tours of both. “‘Passport to Paris’ is really a celebration of 300 years of French art,” Daneo said. Artists represented in the exhibitions include Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Pierre Augustus Renoir, Daneo, among others. “All art is not just created and put at a standstill. Each work of art is dependent upon the social conflict, political situation and cultural differences in which it arose,” Daneo said. For this reason, the art on display is supplemented with the history of 17th through 20th century French art. French and Italian paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries were two of the most featured artistic eras at “Passport To Paris.” The sections focus on several different artistic eras such as Romanticism (focusing on feelings
and expressions of the artist, it also had a strong focus on nature), Realism (accurately depicting the subject), Impressionism (stronger focus on light and how it affects the subject, it often had thicker brush strokes), and Post-Impressionism (the period following Impressionism with a focus on line and structure). The DAM has a large collection of works featured at the event, but 11 of the pieces featured are from Monet, who created the Impressionism movement with his painting “Impression, Sunrise” Included in the “Drawing Studio,” were tables arranged with chalks, paints and other drawing utensils for the public to show their own creative side. DAM employees such as Daneo still “can’t help but stress the importance of enriching yourself in European art history.” Tickets to “Passport to Paris” are $12 for adult, college and senior DAM members and $22 for adult nonmembers. Non-member senior tickets are $20, and non-member college students are $18. Youth tickets for ages 6-18 are $5 and ages 5 and under are free.
Louis Anquetin’s “Avenue de Clichy” painting portraying the streets of Paris in 1887. Photos by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@msudenver.edu
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Distant Correspondent kick tour off with a bang Tobias Krause tkrause3@msudenver.edu @tobias_themet
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As leaves of orange, yellow and brown fell upon the ground, strings of silver and gold were plucked and strummed with a thunderous roar inside the Walnut Room Oct. 23. Local indie-pop rockers Distant Correspondent celebrated the release of their self-titled debut album in style as pizzas were tossed and music fans seeking cheap PBR instinctively flocked to the Walnut
Room like the salmon of Capistrano. Distant Correspondent consists of David Obuchowski of the critically acclaimed metal band Goes Cube, multi-instrumentalist Michael Lengel on drums, Tyler Wilcox on bass, the vocals of Drag City recording artist Edith Frost and Emily Gray from Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia. This variation of Distant Correspondent featured Margaret Darling on guitar and vocals. Darling is most known for being one third of the Cincinnati based pop band,
The Seedy Seeds. The night also marked the start of a 15-date tour across the country over the next two weeks. “We were thrilled about starting the tour at the Walnut Room. The sound here is incredible, and it’s kind of the perfect sized room for us,” said Obuchowski. As the band warmed up with the ambient dream-pop version of “Forward,” from their recently released album, people quickly filtered into the venue section of the Walnut Room. Obuchowski’s solid six-string
David Obuchowski of Distant Correspondent strums his guitar Oct. 23 at the Walnut Room during their self titled debut record release party. Photo by Scott Lentz • slentz@msudenver.edu
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Move over Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, because White Denim from Austin, Texas is here to stay. Those of us patiently awaiting The Black Keys to “un-sell out” need not wait any longer. White Denim has been constantly evolving from the progressive, psychedelic rock trio that was formed by front man James Petralli back in 2006. The group has since called upon Austin Jenkins to round out the final piece of the puzzle. Their latest EP, Corsicana Lemonade, is 10 fantastic tracks that showcase each and every sound, style and direction that White Denim has taken over the last
seven years. The album opens with “At Night in Dreams,” a harmonic guitar masterpiece as Petralli and Jenkins play along in a pristine manner as Josh Block’s tight drum fills balance out bassist Steve Terebecki repetitive walking bass lines. Halfway through the album comes, “Come Back,” the bluesy reverbed track that features toned down, lo-fi funky vocals from Petralli and Terebecki. The band has been gaining a lot of attention in the Internet’s blogosphere for most recently following around the Australian indie rockers Tame Impala, but more importantly they caught the ear of one Jeff Tweedy, the front man of the famed alt rockers, Wilco. Tweedy produced and mixed two of the tracks on Corsicana Lemon-
ade, the first being “Pretty Green,” the album’s eighth track. “Pretty Green” is a strong Deep South catchy rock song that continues the album’s momentum with a hard pounding beat. Petralli’s voice screams of a swampy, whiskey chugging bluesman that is up to no good. “Pretty Green” captures White Denim at the top of their game, in a classic rock sort of way a-la the White Stripes. The last song of the album, “A Place to Start,” flows like a heartfelt jazzy pop late ‘70s R&B tribute to Steely Dan, while Petralli’s passionate vocals sound like that of a modern day Bee Gees-esqe track. Corsicana Lemonade is a perfect album that encapsulates all that White Denim can do. It showcases the band tapping into countless genres while still remaining true to their rock ‘n’ roll roots.
reverb work was met by Darling’s effervescent vocals as the night got off to a banging start. Lengel sat behind his drum kit like a sultan as his pulsating drum beats echoed from wall to wall atop Wilcox’s punchy attacking basslines. The luscious red haired Gray slowly emerged upon the stage to display her poetic spoken word contribution to the evening. With a semi-full drink in hand, Gray presented herself in a passionate and mind enticing manner. “It was hard to take my eyes off of her,” said Meredith Brown. “I drove all the way down from Ft. Collins to see these guys, they blew my mind, [Emily] Gray was fantastic up there.” The band debuted an unreleased track, “Badlands,” that featured a plush alt-rock guitar duo from Darling and Obuchowski as Gray intently spoke her mind with lyrics like, “Death is not an option, that I can afford.” Lengel’s consistently tight and dry sound was reminiscent of Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley or Murph of Dinosaur Jr. Throughout the 45-minute set, the band put their monochromatic songs to the test, proving that a toned down reverb sound meshed with spoken word vocals atop an escalating rhythm section can still be exciting. Obuchowski colored a little outside of metal rooted veins on “Merge.” His harmonic finger picking filtered up and down his hollow bodied fret board with an explosive
chord progression as Darling and Gray’s carefully chosen lyrics wove through each and every beat from Lengel and Wilcox. Gray patiently sat in front of Lengel’s bass drum on “Cyclone,” as the rest of Distant Correspondent took over. With Darling back on guitar, the group played through their ambient shoegaze song in a perfectly constructed manner. Distant Correspondent’s set was closed out with “Shatter,” a solid harmonic melody showcasing the many talents and skills the band encompasses. The evening opened up with the power trio, Eye and the Arrow followed by an interesting set from Fingers Of The Sun. “I thought the Distant Correspondent show was fantastic, all the bands were really great,” said Lucas Johannes, founder of Hot Congress Records. Distant Correspondent’s selftitled debut album is out now on Hot Congress / Old Flame Records. Excited about hitting the road after stellar performance, Obuchowski said of the night, “It was a blur. I’m told we sounded very good and performed really well. It was so much fun to see everyone and it was awesome to play and to have the album come out. But with all the excitement it was just a blur.” The consistent sound throughout the evening was mind-blowing, proving that Distant Correspondent is here to stay.
Protest The Hero’s audial drama Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet
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On their new album Volition, Protest the Hero takes on the fast and
theatric. Volition is the band’s fourth studio album since their start in 2001. Unlike the first three records, though, Volition was crowdfunded through Indiegogo, where the band met its fundraising goal in an hour and a half, eventually tripling its initial target. The guitar work is comprised of impressively speedy fretwork and is over-punctuated with caffeinated arpeggios. The vocals, in true Protest the Hero form, are massive, dramatic and frenzied. It’s huge, it’s loud, and when it hits — it doesn’t stop.
Frontman Rody Walker’s performance, as it always has been, is nothing if not interesting. Wacky pronunciation, major tonal variation and a killer pair of lungs layer over every song histrionically, punctuated by growling screams and the occasional female guest vocal. The track that stood out the most on the album was “Clarity,” the opening song, which featured sticky lyrics like “Adorn the walls with mirrors and misdirection, and let it go.” However, this might be because the album falls into the prog, post-hardcore rut of all sounding too similar. It’s an entertaining jumble, but, it can be hard to tell when one track ends and a new one begins. For some heavy-hitting megamelody, Protest the Hero is a good bet. For variety, look elsewhere.
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“The Counselor” tries for poignant but fails Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet
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“The Counselor” can be summed up in two words — confusing and
vague. Under that banner, subheads would include over-archetyped, flashy, forced, wordy and bloody. The plot, no matter how murkily executed, was simple. The fi lm is based mostly in the Mexico-United States border area, alternating between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Here’s the basis: Lawyer gets involved in a cartel-based drug smuggle. Deal goes bad. Drug ring disintegrates. Overall badness ensues. This was the first adventure into scriptitude for renowned author Cormac McCarthy, but director Ridley Scott has been around far too long to let a fi lm slip this badly. It should have been better, but instead, was blurry and unfortunate. The story’s protagonist is only
ever identified as “The Counselor” (Michael Fassbender). Both he, and secondary character Reiner (Javier Bardem) have very foggy, undefined roles in the drug deal, though we know they’re involved — kinda. Their detached, yet advicefi lled middleman, Westray (Brad Pitt) shows up, equipped with fabulous hair and a tacky suit. There’s a dude on a motorcycle too — he’s important, so try to follow his wack storyline if you can. Fassbender is slick, striking and believable, from seductive pillow talk to snot-flying grief. Pitt is cold and sharp — yet authentic — in his pristine white cowboy hat and repeated assurance that if the drug deal blows, he won’t bite the dust with the rest of them. Bardem is goofy, porcupine-haired, likable and tragically naïve. Then there are the women. Penelope Cruz play Fassbender’s fiancé - beautiful and reserved, but not particularly noteworthy. In contrast, the role of Malkina (Cameron Diaz), Reiner’s exotic and fierce lover, is shockingly
unforgettable. She is explicitly sexual and obviously fatal. Diaz delivers as the villainess, all sharp facial expressions and well-snarked delivery. Though, she does do some weird shit to a car that I’d sooner forget than discuss — an example of the movie’s fascination with throwing sex in just for the sake of, well, you know — sex. Though the acting was solid, the imagery of the fi lm is straight hokey. It is apparent just from her portrayal that Diaz is supposed to be a predator. Instead of trusting the audience to pick up on the performance cues, though, the fi lmmakers rely on blatant symbolism like cheetah spot tattoos, silver, claw-like nails and literal pet cheetahs. It is clear who the good and bad guys are — there is no need for the protagonists to have white houses and antagonists to have black cars. All this said, the movie tries and ends up coming very close, to highlighting a very important issue — the ruthlessness and violence that plagues Ciudad Juárez. The
fi lm goes about it in a creatively bloody way, exposing the cruelty around that area. At one point, Fassbender even stumbles upon a protest calling for the end of the violence and murders. If nothing else, “The Counselor” is icktastically intelligent in the ways it brutalizes nearly all of its characters. Many people lose their heads, falling prey to high-speed beheadings, threatening snuff fi lms starring decapitation and artery-
cutting, auto-tightening, cuttyhead-off y devices. In addition, with McCarthy’s ever-wise and verbose style, nearly every character is a prophet, even down to miniscule characters who aren’t even important, relevant or lasting. Filled with strong performances and amazingly poignant violence, “The Counselor” had a chance. The lack of cohesion, spacey script and confusion left it barren, broken and just plain bad.
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“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” anything but bad Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu
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The creative minds behind the “Jackass” trilogy have done it again, knocking it out of the park as Johnny Knoxville delivers laughs in his most recent role. In this latest installment, the crazy stunts combined with a scripted story help the authentic reactions from everyone that is caught in the crosshairs. Centered around a dirty old man and his young grandson, comic anarchist Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures
Knoxville plays 86-year old Irving Zisman, who at the beginning of the fi lm just lost his wife of 46 years and reacts with joy as he has his freedom. At his wife’s funeral, his estranged daughter shows up and leaves her son Billy (Jackson Nicoll) with Irving and tells him he needs to take him to his father in Raleigh, N.C. Thinking that the kid will cramp his bachelor lifestyle, the two go on a wild road trip. The movie not only has a way of crossing every moral boundary possible, but it captures moments that you wouldn’t expect from people. Whether it’s running over
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a penguin or ruining a beauty pageant, the responses are lewd, crude and hilarious. “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” deals with the more plotdriven relationship between the two characters while the pranks sometimes go over the top and the people are unaware that they’re in a movie. Knoxville truly commits to his role as he develops sentimental feelings for his grandson and even as the pranks become more outrageous, he still commits to the 86-year old persona. Nicoll is the true reason to see this fi lm. He plays off Knoxville in
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The Weeknd, “Gone” “I love his stuff, he’s incredibly creative.”
a way that gets you laughing and he even upstages him at certain points as well. He uses his childlike charm to trick people in a way that you wouldn’t think could happen and add in the raunchier side of Irving and you have comedy gold. The movie has it all from Jackass: pranks, raunchy behavior, language and gut wrenching laughter. So if you’re looking for a movie that will leave an impression, then “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” isn’t a bad choice. Although, you’ll see Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” in a whole new light.
David Hinojosa MSU Denver, freshman Weezer, “Why Bother” “I like how they write their music. I can relate with their songs on a personal level.”
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Runners Wrap-up Men’s soccer Men’s soccer won 2-1 in double-overtime at Colorado State University-Pueblo Oct. 25. Sophomore midfielder/forward Clyde Glastetter netted the game-winner two minutes into the second OT. Senior midfielder Brenden Hughes assisted on the game-winning goal. Hughes also scored the tying goal in the 56th minute and tallied three total points for the game. Metro outshot CSUP 22-6. The Runners defeated Fort Lewis College 3-0 on the road Oct. 27. Tied 0-0 at halftime, freshman forward Jack Mayfield, freshman midfielder/defenseman Michael Jordahl and senior midfielder Andy Lopez all found the back of the net in the second half. The men’s team is now ranked No. 25 in Division II.
Women’s soccer Fort Lewis College knocked Metro women’s soccer from the ranks of the unbeaten. The No. 10 Roadrunners fell to the Skyhawks, 2-1, in Durango Oct. 25. Trailing 2-0 in the second half, senior midfielder Becca Medina rang her penalty kick off the post but scored on the rebound in the 84th minute to help Metro avoid being shut out. The two goals allowed were a season-worst for the Lady Runners.
Volleyball Volleyball dropped a five-setter to Fort Lewis College in Durango Oct. 25. Leading two sets to one, 20-25, 25-21 and 28-26, the Roadrunners lost the final two, 2125 and 12-15. The Skyhawks’ 20 blocks were the most for a Metro opponent since 2003. The Roadrunners traveled to Colorado Mesa University Oct. 26 and won 25-27, 25-23, 25-13, 23-25 and 20-18. Senior outside hitter Alysa Heath had 25 kills, while junior right side Lauren Quijano added 15. For coverage of the Oct. 29 game versus crosstown rival Regis University, visit metnews.org.
Jablonski: skill and confidence in the net Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu @angel_themet Nicole Jablonski isn’t big physically. At only 5 feet 5 inches, she doesn’t take up much of the net, but this freshman goalie can play big. The four-year letter winner from Walled Lake Northern High School in Commerce, Mich. is a two-time all-conference and all-district player. As Games played team captain, she was Games started part of city champion Minutes teams her junior and Goals allowed senior years, and Saves division champions Save percentage as a senior. Jablonski had nine shutouts as a junior and eight as a senior. Before leading her Vardar Michigan U17 team to the Elite Clubs National League Elite 8, where she met Metro women’s soccer head coach Adrianne Pietz, Jablonski didn’t consider Colorado or Division II. “This was actually the only Division II school I considered,” Jablonski said. “The team was really successful when I was looking at them, and they still are, so that was another big reason I wanted
to come here.” Jablonski said her love for the game came at a young age, starting out at midfield and forward, but she found her success in the net while in middle school. “I like making big saves,” Jablonski said. “How other players feel when they score a big goal, that’s how I feel when I make a big save — that kept me in it.” Being a leader is part of the goalie’s job, and the 18-year-old is com11 fortable with that, even 7 as she settles into the 750:46 Division II level of play. “They expect you to 4 27 talk in the back and lead .871 by directing, and over the years I have learned what works and what doesn’t,” Jablonski said confidently. “It was a little intimidating at first, but the team was pretty good at bringing me into it.” Pietz said she is pleased with how Jablonski has done this season and with her contribution to the team. “I think for her, it’s hard to come in as a freshman and play at a high level right away, but she’s done a good job,” Metro women’s soccer goalkeeper Nicole Jablonski chose Metro and Pietz said. Division II over numerous Division I offers. continued on page 13 >> Photo by Danielle Shriver • dshrive2@msudenver.edu
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Cowgirls hand Roadrunners second loss of season Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu @angel_themet There was a stampede as the New Mexico Highlands University Cowgirls rode into town and roped a 3-2 victory over Metro women’s soccer, handing the No. 10 Roadrunners their second loss of the season Oct. 27. The Roadrunners fell to 11-2-3
overall and 9-2-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and sit in the second spot behind Colorado School of Mines. In a game that had both teams vying for a chance at home-field advantage in the upcoming RMAC tournament, the Cowgirls controlled the game offensively, while various injuries on the Roadrunner’s team had an effect on defense, giving the Cowgirls an edge.
Cross Country Women’s cross-country placed third at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships Oct. 26, while the men’s team came in fifth on the same day. Sophomore Janelle Lincks finished second overall for the women and junior Nick Kadlec came in eighteenth for the men. The South Central Region Championships begin Nov. 9 in Canyon, Texas.
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Metro junior midfielder Marie Ipock scores a game-tying goal against New Mexico Highlands Oct. 27 at Auraria Field. Photo by Charlie Hanson • chanso12@msudenver.edu
“All around defensively, our one vs. ones all over the field, just wasn’t good enough,” senior midfielder Nicole Pollack said. “It hurts that we don’t have Jade [Ryals] in the back, but at this point, everybody has injuries.” The Roadrunners beat the Cowgirls 4-1 Sept. 29 in Las Vegas, N.M., and looked as though they were on the same track when Pollack opened up the scoring in the 9th minute of the game, off a cross in front of the box from junior midfielder Marie Ipock. Freshman forward Anyssa Dagnino tied things up for the Cowgirls heading the ball past freshman goalie Karisa Fernandez in the 18th minute, and got the first of her three goals in the game. Dagnino gave the Cowgirls a 2-1 lead in the 22nd minute, taking a pass from teammate Andrea Duke and dribbled downfield, getting another easy shot from inside the box. “Highlands, they’re quick, and we were standing flat-footed a lot,” Pollack said. Ipock tied things up in the 41st minute and the teams finished the first half 2-2.
“Carly [Nelson] dribbled up the line and did a really good job of getting past her defender, and sent the ball in, and me and the defender went into a tackle and I just happened to get in and finish,” Ipock said. Dagnino scored the final goal 33 seconds into the second half, scoring on a breakaway as the Runners defense was unable to keep up. “I think for us, it’s sorting out our center backs — that we have coverage at all time. I think for us, the little bit of athleticism that Highlands had, [Dagnino] was able to run through us,” Metro head coach Adrianne Pietz said. Ipock said the team talked about the lesson from the two losses over the weekend. “We talked about not forgetting the weekend, but growing from it,” Ipock said. “It makes us a better team to have lost, and we are going to learn from it.” Pietz agreed. “I think the big thing is, that these girls have to learn how to respond. We have been up a lot this season and we haven’t been put in these situations.”
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<< continued from page 12 “She’s a confident goalkeeper, she has a great work ethic, and I think she continually improves on the things she needs to improve upon.” Coming into the season, Jablonski said that she is happy with how things have worked out. “I just expected to get some play time in and do my best,” Jablonski said. “I was pretty lucky to start as many games as I did. It was a surprise to me and I am happy with how I came in.” Jablonski has no delusions about staying in the starting lineup, especially with fellow freshman Karisa Fernandez on the roster. “Karisa is really good, so we are both constantly trying to get each other to play better at practice and on the field,” Jablonski said. In talking about Jablonski’s future on the team, Pietz only had positive things to say. “She has a tremendous work ethic, and I think she is going to continue to improve,” Pietz said. “Regardless of who’s starting a game, I feel like they are both being supportive of each other, and in there pushing each other to be the best they can be for this team.”
National protest hits Denver sports scene Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet This week, the Denver Broncos game was about more than touchdowns, tackles and tailgates. For the group of about 75 protesters at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, it was a battle for their culture. “I’m a human being, not an animal, nor a mascot,” read one of the protester’s signs. The protest at the Oct. 27 game versus the Washington Redskins was organized by the Colorado American Indian Movement and Idle No More Denver. “We’ll no longer be sitting by and idle. We will be heard,” said Gerald Montour, one of the leaders at the protest. David Weiden, assistant professor of Political Science at MSU Denver, was among the protesters who gathered in front of the Tivoli to march over to the stadium. A member of the Rosebud Lakota tribe, Weiden protested to stand up against language he said is offensive to Native Americans.
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“The ideology of it was to try to bring awareness to the fact that the use of Native sports mascots is highly offensive to Native people,” Weiden said. “Especially the term ‘redskins,’ which is the equivalent of what is commonly known as the ‘n-word.’” At the stadium, the group protested near the Redskins’ busses and then spread their message among the Broncos fans. “I thought it was a really positive thing,” Weiden said. “Everybody came together in the community. There were Natives there, there were non-Natives, and everybody was really cooperative and happy and they were united in the cause, but in a positive way. The only time we had a bad reaction, some Washington fans drove by and curse at us and spat at us, called us effing idiots,” Weiden said. “That was distressing, but everybody kept their cool.” Though the protesters gathered to voice their opposition to the Washington team’s name specifically, he emphasized that the discontent spreads beyond just one team.
“The argument that always gets made is that, well, Native sports mascots honor Natives,” Weiden said. “Natives do not feel that way. We do not feel that having a team called the Cleveland Indians or the Washington Redskins — we don’t feel that it’s a term of respect.” Jesse White-Feeney, an MSU Denver senior of Native American heritage, said though the name of the Redskins doesn’t bother him,
he can understand its impact. “Personally it doesn’t offend me, just because I’ve never personally experienced someone calling me that name in a derogatory way,” White-Feeney said. “But I don’t think it’s a great name and I can understand why plenty of people are upset and offended by it.” Additional reporting by Kayla Whitney and Courtland Wilson.
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Roadrunners lose first round of NIT to R.I. Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu @angel_themet Division II’s top-ranked Metro men’s basketball team lost 66-63 to the University of Rhode Island Rams in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament Season Tip Off Nov. 18 at McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. The exhibition game does not affect the Roadrunners’ record, which is now 2-0 after defeating Texas A&M-Kingsville 73-44 Nov. 15, and a 65-50 win over West Texas A&M Nov. 16 at the Al Kaly Shrine Classic in Pueblo. Despite a 40-30 half-time lead over the Division I Rams, and forcing 12 turnovers for the edge, it was the Roadrunners’ rebounding struggles in the second half that let Rhode Island back into the game, getting outrebounded 42-27. “We pride ourselves on defense so we had to get to them early and created easy baskets for ourselves,” junior guard Mitch McCarron said. “They are a great rebounding team; we knew that coming in, it was probably the area that let us down.” McCarron started the game with a 3-pointer, and scored a game-high 19 points, hitting 8-of-
11 from the floor, while pulling down 12 rebounds. “It was good to see where we measure up, but at the same time, we went in thinking we could win. That was very important early,” McCarron said. Metro head coach Derrick Clark said his team executed the game plan — which was to give themselves an opportunity to win. “We competed at a high, high level tonight against a team that is going to be pretty good in the Atlantic 10,” Clark said. Another part of the plan was to rebound and finish possessions, something Clark said didn’t get done in the second half. “We just couldn’t finish possessions. There was probably four or five, inside of five, where we got them to miss shots; we just couldn’t get that big rebound,” Clark said. The Rams opened the second half with a 21-5 run, taking a 51-45 lead in a 10-minute span. The Roadrunners were able to tie the game with 4:47 left, but never regained the lead. A bright spot for the Roadrunners was the play of freshman forward/center Harrison Goodrick, who came off the bench for fellow newcomer junior center Will
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Sinclair, who got into foul trouble early on. Goodrick scored 16 points and had four rebounds. “I think he was aggressive. It’s a good sign for us to see a freshman coming in, playing big minutes, battling with the big boys,” McCarron said.
NIT game two versus FDU Metro beat Division I Fairleigh Dickinson University 87-76 during the west consolation game of the National Invitational Tournament Season Tip-Off Nov. 19 at McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. Metro junior guard Mitch McCarron led the Roadrunners with a career-high 34 points and 10 rebounds. For the full story go to www.metnews.org.
Metro moves to 2-0 with win over Grand View Vikings
Metro senior forward Amy Nelson, right, is defended by Grand View’s Shelbie Beatty during a women’s basketball game against Grand View University Nov. 16 at the Regis University. Photo by Timothy Hurst • thurst3@msudenver.edu
Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu The Roadrunners moved to 2-0 as they won their second consecutive game, 67-51, Nov. 16 against Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa) at Regis University.
To start the first half, the Roadrunners opened up with a 5-0 run before Grand View answered with four points to cut the lead to one with 15:58 left in the half. Metro was able to maintain momentum throughout the entire game as the Vikings tried every-
thing to slow down the hot shooters, whether with a 2-3 zone or a man-to-man defense. However, Grand View was only able to cut the lead to six near the end of the half before the Runners’ sophomore guard Elena Velasquez sank a three to lead 3626 at half. Leading in scoring for Metro was senior forward Amy Nelson and sophomore forward Fawn Brady with 11 points each, while Velasquez was also in double figures with 10 points. The second half mirrored the first, as Metro kept control of the game and led by five with about 12 minutes left, before going on a 9-0 run to extend the lead to 57-41. The Roadrunners didn’t relinquish it as they came out with the 67-51 win. “We came together nicely as a team. Something we’ve been focusing on is being cohesive and gelling together and communicating,” senior guard Kya DeGarmo said after the game. “We paid attention
to our scout and followed through with it and came out with the win.” The Runners shot 40.9 percent (27-66) from the field and 33.3 percent (7-21) from behind the arc as they held Grand View to just 38.8 percent (19-49) from the field for the game. “I thought we played well. We’re still buying into the defense and still learning the offense,” head coach Tanya Haave said about the win and opening up the season against the number 24 ranked Minnesota State. “We should be excited to open up our season on our home floor so I’m expecting practice to be pretty intense.” Grand View was led in scoring by Mika Rodewald with 15 points and Haleigh Biancalana with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Roadrunners will open up its regular season play when it hosts the Mavericks on Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. at home in the Metro State Classic.
Metro State Classic All games at Auraria Event Center 11/22 Neb.-Kearney vs. UC-Colorado Springs 5 p.m. 11/22 Metro vs. Minnesota State 7 p.m. 11/23 Minnesota State vs. UC-Colorado Springs 5 p.m. 11/23 Metro vs. Nebraska-Kearney 7 p.m. Compiled by Evan Batten ebatten@msudenver.edu
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Metro Events 10.31 Graduate School Conference Tivoli Student Union @ 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 11.1 Colorado Leadership for Equity, Advocacy, and Discovering Social Justice Student Summit Tivoli @ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 11.1 Feminist First Fridays SSB 330C @ 12 - 1:15 p.m. 11.2 MSU Denver Open House SSB @ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 11.4 Bisexual Awareness Day Tivoli 320 @ 12:30 - 2 p.m. 11.4 Romancing the Keys “From Russia With Love” King Center Concert Hall @ 7:30 p.m. 11.5 Volunteer Fair Tivoli 320 @ 10 a.m. -2 p.m. 11.6 Hot Topics: Veterans Affairs Tivoli Multicultural Lounge @ 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sudoku
Horrorscopes Capricorn
December 22 -January 19 Looking for a good horror movie to enjoy this weekend? Just look in a mirror.
Aquarius
January 20 -February 18 Your extreme love of pumpkin will end you up in a hospital from squash overdose resulting in orange tinted skin.
Pisces
February 19 -March 20 Get your butt to the grocery store - STAT. Boo Berry and Count Chocula will be gone soon.
Aries
March 21 -April 19 Tell your friends the best Frankenstein joke you can think of - after bolts of laughter, they will be left in stitches.
Taurus
April 20 -May 20 If you’re in college and have never been something scary for Halloween, you’re not doing it right, Princess.
Gemini
May 21 -June 20 The scariest part of your week is the fact that “Game of Th rones” is still not back on.
Brain Teasers Last issue’s answers (reading from right): foreign policy, party line, covered wagon, back to the future, midwife, off sides, working overtime
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Comic created by Robert Shea • rshea5@msudenver.edu
I told you dude. Toga theme never fails.
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Overheard on campus Cancer
June 21 -July 22 Immediately after a black cat crosses your path, a dog will maul you.
Leo
July 23 -August 22 salmonofcapistrano.com. Somewhere between fascinating and horrifying.
Virgo
August 23 -September 22 You’ll be amazed this week by the amount of requests you get to attend the various DJ events around town that are “Halloween” themed.
Libra
September 23 -October 22 Whatever you do, make sure you and your bros don’t cross streams on your Trick-or-Treat-a-thon.
Scorpio
October 23 -November 21 Don’t even try to dress up as Kim Kardashian without the proper level of butt padding.
Sagittarius
November 22 -December 21 Don’t dress up your pet, dude. Just don’t.
“I want the GPS on my phone to know what lane I’m in.” “I’d give that porn site a ‘B’ in efficiency.” “Five more weeks? I should really start going to class.” “My skin is turning orange from all the pumpkin lattes I drink. At least I’m tan.” “Thou shalt not twerk to Rod Stewart.” “Do you think anyone would notice if I was a nudist for Halloween?” “In this day and age, Halloween is like a free outdoor strip club. All you have to do is wait for the girls to get drunk.” Hear something that makes you laugh? Shake your head? Roll your eyes? Tweet it to @nikki_ themet with the hashtag #overheardoncampus and you may see it in next week’s paper.
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