Volume 39, Issue 27 - March 29, 2017

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Volume 39, Issue 27

March 29, 2017

Student journalists receive mark of excellence

By Madison Lauterbach mlauter1@msudenver.edu

Metrosphere, Met TV and the Metropolitan won bragging rights on top of several awards on March 24 in Salt Lake City Utah at the Society of Professional Journalists awards. Photo provided by Dayna Himot • dhimot@msudenver.edu

Young conservatives gather in downtown Denver.

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It is safe to say that the SPJ Region 9 Mark of Excellence Conference was a success and 2016 was by far the year with the most nominations and awards for Met Media.

First-place winners will go

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on to compete at the national level among other regional MOE winners from the 12 regions.

The national winners will be recognized at the Excellence in Journalism conference in Anaheim, California. According to the SPJ, MOE entries are

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judged by professionals with at least three years of journalism experience, who are directed to choose entries they felt were among the best in student journalism. If there was no entry in the category that rose above the others, no award was given.

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and Alyson McClaran. Abreham Gebreegziabher won the award for best general news photography, and was a finalist for sports photography. Michael Ortiz was a finalist for general news photography and McClaran received two finalist awards in

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Hard work and dedication are the main reasons why the Region 9 Mark of Excellence Conference in Salt Lake City greeted the students of MSU Denver with just desserts of over 19 awards; 11 finalists and eight wins.

Metrosphere took the award for best student magazine.

Metrosphere photographer Brandon Sanchez won the award for best feature photography.

Victoria Edstedt and Dayna Himot were finalists in the nonfiction article category.

MSU Denver’s Spanish newscast, Noticiero TVMET was awarded best all-around television newscast for their broadcast on Nov. 18, 2016.

Their sister channel, The Met Report, took home a finalist prize for the same award for their broadcast on Nov. 4, 2016.

Several members of Met TV were winners in their categories: Jhocelyn Avendaño for best feature reporting, Miranda McHodgkins for best in-depth reporting and John Madden for best sports photography. Met TV staff members were awarded finalist prizes as well: Melanie Townsend for breaking news reporting, Josh Cozart for feature reporting, Ashley Craven for general news reporting, Andrea Herrera for in-depth reporting and Anthony Rodriguez for sports photography.

The Metropolitan won best use of multimedia for content produced by Mary-Kate Newton

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Roadrunner Kyle Miller continues lacrosse dream.

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Young conservatives discuss school choice News Briefs

By Devyn Deeter

MSU Denver >> Fires on Auraria campus On March 17, four fi res were set on Auraria Campus. All fi res were set to landscape or grass, and were contained before injury or damage took place. The identity of the arsonist is unknown, however is described as a thin, AfricanAmerican male with a shaved head, in all black clothing wearing a gray backpack.

>> MSU faculty member and former student dies Chelsie Worth, MSU faculty member at CAVEA and former student, unexpectedly passed away on March 10. The cause of death is unknown. Services for Chelsie are undetermined at the moment, but will be released as soon as there is more information. A scholarship fund has been made in memory of Chelsie. Checks can be made out to MSU Foundation with reference to Chelsie on the memo line.

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ddeeter1@msudenver.edu The Mountain West Regional Conference came to the Grand Hyatt in downtown Denver on March 18. The conference was intended for young conservatives and was sponsored by Turning Point USA, a nonpartisan group.

TPUSA focuses on specific, usually more conservative issues. Their platforms include school choice, capitalism over socialism, smaller government, and what they call the Game of Loans, which has to do with higher education.

“Turning Point USA educates students about the importance of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government. Through non-partisan debate, dialogue and discussion, Turning Point USA believes that every young person can be enlightened to true free market values,” reads their mission statement.

The event lasted all day on Saturday. It was capped off at 5 p.m. with a social hosted

by Prager University, another prominent internet platform created by Dennis Prager.

Speakers throughout the day included Charlie Kirk, the founder of TPUSA, and Brent Hamachek.

Kirk’s segment focused on the platforms associated with TPUSA. He spent his time speaking mostly about school choice and the

virtues of capitalism over socialism. School choice is something that everyone should support, Kirk said, because it helps children by creating more competition. Allowing more competition allows for better teachers and ultimately better students.

Kirk’s idea is that parents being able to choose which school their children go to will give them the chance to choose a better performing school over a poorer one. He said that when conservatives argue with more left-leaning people, conservatives should reply to liberal arguments with, “A child’s zip code shouldn’t decide their future. You’ll find a lot of people won’t disagree with that.”

He encouraged his audience to adopt that as a tagline.

He also cited the popular documentary “Waiting For ‘Superman’” and how a featured source, Michelle Rhee, supports school choice. Kirk recounted how Rhee gathered all 6000 teachers from the D.C school district and asked them if they would like the chance to earn more money in exchange for less job security. Eighty-five percent were in favor of making more money.

“Now we know which 15 to fire,” Kirk said.

The other big speaker was Brent Hamachek, the creator of Segueway Solutions, Inc. and author of “Time for a Turning Point.” He detailed the history of the terms left and right and how it came to mean communism and fascism. However, his

view is that the real spectrum runs between individualists to collectivists. He said that the extreme ends of this spectrum were anarchy and dictatorship.

“These people you’re arguing with on campus you’ll find aren’t that different from you. Most people you will find end up in this area here,” he said, referencing the moderate area between individualist and collectivist.

Antifa, a group dedicated to promoting Anti-Fascism, gathered outside the Hyatt.

There they held signs that said, “America was Never Great” and “Charlie Kirk is a Jerk.”

Police were present to protect attendees and when the officers stopped protesters from getting too close, protesters chanted, “D.P.D protects Nazis.”

MWRC attendees staged a quick counter protest, holding signs that said “triggered” and “Communism Kills.” One member from TPUSA was holding a sign that said “Only commies rip signs.” It was ripped from her hands by protesters, prompting two arrests.

“They are truly the ones treading on everyone’s social liberties by assaulting, cyberbullying others in the name of political resistance and being too spineless to step out from an echoing chamber,” Graysen Spiller, an attendee at the conference said about the protesters.

The hotel staff asked that any protesters please leave the premises, prompting TPUSA to go back inside. The Antifa protesters stayed outside the venue a short while longer.

How a bill fails: American Health Care Act

>> Convention Center expansion Sixteen months ago, Denver city officials passed a vote to add a rooftop expansion on the Convention Center. The potential expansion would roughly cost $104M, which has city officials rethinking the project. Even with the tax money from the influx of people coming into the state, it’s not enough to cover. Officials are back to the drawing board to figure out how to either make the cost cheaper, extend the deadline of the project or scratch the project overall.

>>Sanctuary City On Monday, Donald Trump announced that he plans to defund sanctuary cities. Denver is a sanctuary city along with New York and San Francisco.

Denver City Councilman Paul Lopez wants Denver to take an aggressive approach to protecting undocumented immigrants even if it means losing funding. Denver has joined a court challenge regarding Trump withholding funds.

Donald Trump R-President President Trump has expressed that it could take until 2018 to properly repeal and replace the current health care law.

Paul Ryan R-WI The House Freedom Caucus and other Republicans blamed Paul Ryan for not consulting with them about the bill.

Mark Meadows R-NC

Susan Collins R-ME

Chuck Schumer D-NY

Nancy Pelosi D-CA

Mark Meadows is the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and refused to vote for what he referred to as “Obamacare lite.”

Republican in favor of keeping Obamacare.

Moderate republicans didn’t want to scrap the health care law due to anger from constituents.

Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer was one of the Democrats blamed by Trump for the bills failure through comments made March 26.

The house minority leader will be one of the Democrats Trump must work with if he wants to reform the healthcare law.

Collins, a key Republican vote on the American Health Care Act, comes out as a “no.” She was one of only two votes the measure could afford to lose and left the bill one vote away from death. Collins was one of 18 Republicans expressing doubts about the AHCA. March 20

Ryan rushed to the White House to inform the Trump administration the bill would not pass. President Trump and Ryan decided to pull the vote on Friday as a result of strong opposition from Republicans.

The President is now pointing the finger at the Freedom Caucus for tanking the bill.

Without any Democratic support, the bill’s success looked increasingly dubious after a number of Republican defections. Pelosi said that eliminating “essential health benefits means Republicans are making being a woman a preexisting condition.”

March 21 Trump meets with House Republicans, including Meadows to negotiate a “yes” vote. The President threatened political repercussions if the Reps. voted “no” on the bill.

However, on Thursday the Freedom Caucus told Trump “no deal.”

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GOP leaders postponed the vote until Friday afternoon.

President Trump demanded a vote from the House or he would table healthcare for the foreseeable future.

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Tablescape competition sets the mood

By Rita DeCamilli rdecamil@msudenver.edu The Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Events conducted their sixth Tablescape Championship as the midterm project for the Event Catering Strategies course on March 9.

Tablescape is a term that is used to describe the top of a table containing linens, tableware, a centerpiece and other trending décor to set a mood.

According to their mission statement, the HTE Department’s goal is to “provide demonstrated leadership and excellence in its baccalaureate, professional and technical programs and to render service to the students, citizens, and hospitality industry of the State of Colorado.”

Professor Andrea Peterson is the brainchild that developed the class and the midterm competition. The students are formed into groups and are given a $75 out-of-pocket budget to produce a themed food and beverage table for a fictitious nonprofit event.

“It was designed as a group project to bring together major components of learning fostered so far in the course, allowing the students to exhibit what they have gleaned from studies and guest speakers.” Peterson said. She explained that students must display creativity, teamwork and ingenuity as they fit items into their theme.

The Tablescape Competition is judged

by faculty members and staff of the HTE department. For Department Chair Carol Krugman it was difficult not to smile.

“Next to graduation, this is my favorite day of the semester.” Krugman said.

Judging the competition is based on six categories: theme, incorporation of unique items, proper description of event, use of

color, visual interest and a cohesive menu that fits the theme of the engagement. Each category is scored on a 1-10 Likert scale. Fifty percent is calculated by the instructor and the other 50 by the visiting judges.

Each table was given one hour to set up for the show. Calculations take a week after the competition is finished and winners are

The winning table of this semesters midterm was group four’s creation, “Alice in Wonderland Tea Party.”

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announced. Students Cynthia Davis, Ariel Keener, Lauren Elden and Mikayla Hudak were announced as the winners with an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party themed table.

The largest prize is having “bragging rights,” for first, second and third place, which includes a certificate. There are also “best of” categories issued to most participants. All these certificates define a passing midterm grade, chance to present the skill based test in a portfolio for themselves and an opportunity to work with professionals the second half of the semester.

“Typically, two to three groups are chosen by a member of the HTE food and beverage faculty to work with them exclusively on events,” Peterson said. “It is a huge honor and opportunity to showcase our department and all it has to offer.”

The competition is legendary in the HTE Department. It is a great opportunity for students to exhibit their creativity, talent and knowledge.

“This provides tactical learning and gives them a chance at real-life exposure. The goal here is how to use a budget and communicate a concept within a team.” Peterson said.

The students did just that. Everyone can breathe and the semester continues with guest speakers from the industry and valuable lectures from Professor Peterson, in her event catering strategies class.

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Bartenders fight climate change with whisky

By Madison Lauterbach mlauter1@msudenver.edu On March 27 at The Way Back bar, Jack Daniel’s presented a hand-picked singlebarrel whisky in partnership with the Colorado Bartender’s Guild.

The unveiling of the special edition barrel, which will be bottled in Colorado, raised money and awareness for the charity Protect Our Winters. The organization was founded by professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones in 2007. It is a worldwide network of professional athletes, ski resorts and winter sports companies that take organized action to address climate change.

The event is timely, given the Trump administration’s Tuesday executive order ending Obama-era environmental regulations.

The order keeps the President’s campaign promise to support the coal industry, but calls into question the future of the U.S.’s role in From Left, Tim Dotson, Shaun Motoda and Al Monteilh enjoy signature Jack Daniel’s single-barrel the global fight against climate change and the cocktails at The Way Back bar on March 27. Photo by Madison Lauterbach• mlauter1@msudenver.edu Paris Agreement, which has been signed by “We’re a state basically built around the ski “Them using their notoriety as celebrities 194 United Nations members. industry, and climate change directly affects to actually do some good for the planet and According to Reuters, the order reverses that.

It affects all of us,” said Christopher climate change was huge,” he said. The money bans on coal leasing on federal lands, undoes Hoffman, an attendee at the event. that was raised from the $20 admission fee rules to curb methane emissions from oil The Way Back and the COBG have and any profits made from the event will go and gas production and reduces the weight partnered with POW for numerous other toward the charity. of climate change and carbon emissions in events. President of the COBG and owner of “It’s a great cause,” George said. “It appeals policy and infrastructure permits.

The Way Back, Chad Michael George, said to not only myself and my partners, but the The rollback of regulations has global he’s always looked up to Jones and other type of people that come to The Way Back.” implications, and many Coloradans are snowsport athletes.

The whisky was chosen in January by 10 worried about how the state could be affected.

“We’re all in this together, and if we can grow our friendships with each other and make the world a better place, I’m all for that.”

-ET Tecosky members of the COBG, who worked with Assistant Master Distiller Chris Fletcher to pick the perfect barrel. Jack Daniel’s Brand Ambassador, ET Tecosky, said that the company gave the bartender’s guild the choice of charity to support.

“We really wanted to show support for the bartender’s guild and let them be individuals and pick their own barrel. It’s their barrel, it’s their city, let them choose their charity.”

Although POW has a greater influence over Colorado than Tennessee, where Jack Daniel’s is headquartered, Tecosky supports any charity that will help someone.

“We’re all in this together, and if we can grow our friendships with each other and make the world a better place, I’m all for that,” Fletcher said.

Despite the executive order, The Way Back and the Bartender’s guild will continue with their efforts to raise money and awareness for POW and climate change action.

“We as human beings have a huge impact and we could change the course of action,” George said. “We’re already behind the eight ball and it’s now or never.”

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Art: The mark of a civilized society

By Avery Anderson aande133@msudenver.edu Nothing is more magical than a live performance. Nothing is more therapeutic than an emotional piece of art. And nothing is a better benchmark for a society then its art scene. Art is a universal force that is able to bring together people of all races, genders and ages.

So when President Trump released his new budget plan two weeks ago, among the many cuts proposed the most significant was the complete elimination of the National Endowment of the Arts and the

National Endowment of the Humanities.

I was completely shocked and appalled.

Maybe I was not completely shocked, but this was the fi rst time ever that a president directly sought the complete elimination of these groups. Originally started by President Johnson, the NEA and NEH serve as a funding agency for arts and culture groups across the country.

They provide much needed funds and resources to groups that could not support themselves on their own.

Locally, the NEA and NEH fund organizations and events such as the Denver Art Museum and annual Dragon Boat Festival. Along with these cuts, Trump has also proposed a cut to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the main source of funding for PBS and NPR. Losing these programs would be detrimental for any society, especially one as tense and divided as ours. No stronger have the two parties opposed each other than now. Art can bridge that gap and bring us together, but with the cuts to these programs it will be much harder to do that.

Th is is not the fi rst time the Arts have been attacked. Nixon tried to drastically cut the NEA and NEH, but was stopped by every Americans neighbor, Mr. Rogers. Rogers made such a compelling presentation to Congress that they decided not to touch the budget.

More recently, Mitt Romney took aim at PBS during his presidential run saying he would give big bird the pink slip. Once again, the country was able to come behind a cultural icon to defend the arts and PBS. Th is raises the question though of who can be the cultural icon to save the arts this time round. Mr. Rogers is no longer with us and Big Bird and his muppet friends have already moved on and found a new home on HBO. Art will never disappear. Art has been a part of society since the beginning of time. Humans will always need a way to express themselves and art is the perfect way to do that. But there is a real warning when a modern society does not place a value on art.

Fake news: A tumor in the brain of America would be the news about his relationship with Russia. He insists that the media is producing fake news about his ties to Russia and how they played a role in the election, when in reality he just seems to be upset that there is this accusation against him.

By Erika Foster efoste12@msudenver.edu Let’s talk about fake news, starting with saying that I’m sick of hearing about it.

It seems that ever since election day, fake news has popped up everywhere all because President Trump claimed that a particular news story was fake.

In what has become a trend, people who use the term seem to be the ones who don’t agree with what the world of journalism is producing. Hear news you don’t like or agree with? Fake. Hear news that opposes your views? Fake. Hear news that makes you look bad personally? Fake.

Let’s look at President Trump, for example. He has claimed several news outlets have been producing fake news about him. The most prominent right now

“There are bad apples in every profession and it’s time that news skeptics start to understand that.”

Basically, any news can be fake nowadays. I’m not sure what’s going on, but it’s annoying. I for one, do not produce fake news and neither do any of the other wonderful journalists I’ve come to know.

As journalists, we have a responsibility to make sure there is no fake news. We are the ones who deliver truth to the public whether it’s good or bad. It’s our job to research and report. We don’t have time to apologize if people don’t like what they hear, because our priority is to get the news out there.

It’s not fair for people who don’t

have the credentials to second guess our profession and try to delegitimize the career of journalism.

Yes, there are some “journalists” out there who deliver false news in hopes of hitting it big. But let’s be real, those are the people that are often caught and whatever “news” they are trying to produce isn’t how all of us do this job. Those people do not represent all of us. There are bad apples in every profession, and it’s time that news skeptics start to understand that.

Journalists enjoy what they do or else we wouldn’t be doing it. There’s no reason for the majority to report fake news just for the hell of it. It literally benefits no one.

I enjoy reporting the truth. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. I do not enjoy defending my work and myself as if I am not credible enough. My credibility comes from the Metropolitan State University of Denver.

It comes from the hard work I put into not only my schoolwork, but also the newspaper.

It comes from the professors and editors who put their trust in me to complete the daily tasks that journalism requires.

Fake news is not me or any other journalist I know personally. Fake news accusations come from those who don’t want to believe the truth, not from the journalists who try to make this world a better place.

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Annual drumbeat marks native ties

By Maria Muller mmuller4@msudenver.edu The hypnotic beat grew louder, drawing attention to the arena below. THATHoom THATHoom THATHOOM. The pulsing drums set the pace for dances performed at the 43rd Annual Denver March Powwow.

Each had its own speed and rhythm. They resonate a feeling of pride and excitement.

A feeling of home.

“The first heartbeat you hear is your mother’s in the womb,” Drummer Doug Goodfeather said. “The drums represent the heartbeat of mother earth.”

Goodfeather has been dancing since he was three years old. He explained that powwows are a place to make friends and relatives and meet brothers and sisters.

Goodfeather has been coming to the event since he moved to Denver 17 years ago.

“I missed a few times. I’m former military and was stationed in Iraq four years,” he said.

The Denver March PowWow, held at the Denver Coliseum March 24 to 26, was the

A young dancer performs traditional native dance during the Grand Entrance at the Denver March Powow at the Denver Coliseum on March 25.

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kickoff to the powwow season.

Lawrence Baker has been the emcee for 14 years, a tradition that began with his grandfather who was the Denver March PowWow’s first announcer.

Baker, who travels every year from North Dakota, said the powwow provides the opportunity to interact with nonNative Americans.

“It gives them a chance to understand us as a culture,” Baker said. “You want to find out about our people, it’s not enough to watch a movie or read about us.”

Tanya Tootoosis came from Saskatchewan, Canada with her partner, she is Plains Cree and danced Old Style Jingle this year.

Her partner is Nakota tribe and danced Traditional style.

The powwow had different dance contests for men and women, categorized by age and style. Each dance has its own regalia and contestants must make sure that what they wear is suitable for their division.

Tootoosis’s family did the beadwork on her outfit. The Plains Cree flowers are represented with the colors. The regalia for Old Style Jingle consists of metal cones often made from chewing tobacco lids. There can be over 100 cones on one dress. The sound they make during the dance is much like the burst of a summer shower pelting a metal roof. It grabs the Wisconsin native Nick Shepard performs in the grand audience, mesmerizing with its entrance on March 25. legendary healing abilities.

blessing. We want to share what we have as Tootoosis and her partner arrived in a people.”

Denver on Friday. They travel to different Goodfeather hopes that people who areas, attending various powwows. attend the powwow will see that everybody “We exchange information and share has a story. stories,” she said. “We take those stories “Don’t read between the lines,” he said. and go back and share them to people that “If you want to know us, ask somebody stayed home. Not everyone gets to travel. who lives this. We’re here. We don’t live in It’s about teaching each other.” teepees. We live in regular houses. We’re The Pow Wow is also an opportunity to regular people. Look at us as your relatives.” show off new regalia. Bright colors surrounded the arena. Every outfit had unique handmade designs. Eagle and hawk feathers adorned many of them in different patterns. They were especially noticeable on regalia that had a bustle, part of a man’s outfit that consists of a string of feathers attached to a backboard in the shape of a U. Goodfeather, who competed in the Fancy dance, had two bustles with feathers the color of fresh clover as part of his regalia.

He designed the outfit and his friends created it. Depending on its complexity, it can take up to two months to make one of these outfits. He said everyone at the powwow is very competitive, but at the end they are still all friends.

The Denver March PowWow included all walks of life, gathered to learn about a culture that withstood much abuse. Baker noted that there is a lot of hate in today’s world.

“We’re not haters, we’re Singer-songwriter for the Professional Powwow Association survivors,” he said. “Everyday is Darwin Goodwill performs with his son at drum 20 while the native junior dancers perform. a creation of life, and it’s such a

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Cursing, cross-stitching and craft beer at Grandma’s Photos and story by Madison Lauterbach mlauter1@msudenver.edu Sundays are typically reserved for finishing up that homework assignment you forgot about until the last minute or football and day drinking to forget about the anxiety of the upcoming week. Thanks to Grandma’s House brewery, the latter of that can be achieved, either curled up on the couch or at one of the old dining room tables with a craft beer and crossstitch hoop in hand.

Grandma’s House hosts a weekly Foul-Mouthed CrossStitch gathering, where people of all ages and genders can enjoy one of their craft brews and cross-stitch playful designs.

Among the works of art were pieces that said “Nope” and “Nasty Woman,” along with other deisgns with varying levels of profanity. Recently, activities typically thought of as elderly activities, like cross-stitching and bingo, have been adopted by younger generations. The profanity is an odd matchup with the ages old craft, but the juxtaposition has become popular in the last few years.

Ashley Nelson, a regular at the event, stitched away at a piece

that will say “Eat S**t and Die.” “We’re not our grandmothers obviously, and I don’t know, I’ve got a bad mouth,” she said.

The cozy environment provides a relaxing getaway for stressed out college students, or members of older generations who wish to reconnect with their hobby. The bar feels like your grandmother’s house, decorated with antique toys and a bar top made from an old quilt. The tap handles have knitted sleeves, like the itchy sweaters your grandmother makes for holidays.

“I wanted it to be a relaxed, homey, comfortable vibe,” said Matthew Fuerst, owner of Grandma’s.

Patrons can order one of the many local craft beers and stitch away, without feeling self-conscious about their crafting skills.

“It’s a chill atmosphere,” Nelson said. “It’s just kind of a place to do what you do, hang out with friends and catch up.”

Grandma’s House has been open for two and a half years, and hosting the cross-stitch events since the beginning of football season.

“Football on Sundays has never been particularly good for breweries in general, and it certainly wasn’t for us,” Fuerst said. “I spent a year promoting it as a place to watch football and

Bartender Kelly Peterson pours draft beer at Grandma’s House brewery during the Foul-Mouthed Cross-Stitch Sunday event on March 26 in Denver.

Rory Fry works on her cross-stitch piece at Grandma’s House brewery during the Foul-Mouthed Cross-Stitch Sunday event on March 26.

it didn’t work. I decided to scrap that entirely and to give this a shot and it took off beyond what I could have expected.”

Sundays are typically slow days for breweries and bars, however, only a few empty seats remained once the event got into full swing.

Many women can feel intimidated at bars and breweries, as craft beer drinking has been considered a maledominated activity. Despite that, Grandma’s has grown to be a favorite of the local brewdrinking ladies.

“Our vibe is more friendly to female craft beer drinkers. We have significantly more female followers than men followers, which is pretty abnormal in the beer industry,” Fuerst said.

The brewery is also welcoming to those who don’t

Beer, thread and a program were the tools for a Sunday at Grandma’s House brewery.

drink, said Shy Yant, who’s been attending the weekly gatherings for three months.

“I don’t drink, and I don’t feel like I need to to fit in at all. The staff here are really friendly and everybody is just nice. It’s just

Patrons enjoy beer and friends at Grandma’s House brewery on March 26.

calm here.”

Foul-Mouthed Cross-Stitch Sundays are held from 12 to 3 p.m. at Grandma’s House brewery, located at 1710 South Broadway in Denver. Admission and supplies are free.

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Executive Director of Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Lara Kiswani. AROC organized the protest and is one of the four nonprofits handling the dispatch of calls to the hotline.

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Sharing a post about an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raid on social media may seem like an efficient way of helping immigrants in the community. In reality, it spreads fear among the community due to misinformation proliferating into cyberspace.

A 24/7 local rapid response network hotline was established in San Francisco by a group of 21 local nonprofits on Feb. 10. The goal is to help verify ICE raid rumors that can cause panic and unrest in the immigrant community. This hotline is not the first of its kind in San Francisco, but the need for it re-emerged due to the fear over the stated goals of the new presidential administration.

Marisela E. Esparza is the program manager at San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network and Dolores Street Community Services. She acts as the media coordinator for the hotline. The hotline is mainly run by four main nonprofits who are handling the dispatching of the calls. Even sightings of transit police on the San Francisco Municipal Railway can cause misinformation to spread.

“People are afraid and rumors are spread and misinformation. We’ve seen instances, where people say that ICE was on the Muni buses here in San Francisco and it turned out to be Muni police checking fares,” Esparza said.

The San Francisco Rapid Response Network is a collaboration between the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network and

the San Francisco Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative. According to SFILEN’s website, the network was created in response to the heightened enforcement actions of ICE. “We created this hotline, really, to let the community know that we are here for them and that San Francisco is going to continue being a sanctuary city and that we are here to resist,” Esparza said.

The hotline has received over 800 calls, though it cannot be verified how many of those calls were solely to report ICE raids and activity.

The system consists of three components with the first being the 24/7 hotline. The hotline’s number is 415-200-1548 and has language capacity for Spanish, Arabic, English and both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects of chinese.

At present, there is only one dispatcher manning the hotline at all times. The second component is raid verification, where a trained employee or volunteer will physically verify rumors about ICE raids. The third component is attorney activation, in which individuals detained during ICE activity will recieve an attorney for representation in immigration court.

According to Esparza, the second and third component has only been activated once since the hotline was established.

Sergio C. Garcia, a lawyer who was formerly undocumented, expressed his admiration for the hotline and the collaboration. Garcia was also the first lawyer allowed to practice law as an undocumented immigrant. He understands the need for verification of ICE raids and activity in metropolitan areas. He has received calls from

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Leader, Sergio C. Garcia owns new office space in Chico, California, which serves as the headquarters of his growing law practice. He waited 20 years to get a green card through formal immigration channels. Photo by Esteban Fernandez • eferna14@msudenver.edu

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“I think it’s a wonderful idea to make sure that what information does get out there is accurate information,” Garcia said.

Lara Kiswani, The Executive Director of Arab Resource and Organizing Center, one of the four nonprofits manning the hotline, said it was important to build trust within the community as the hotline develops.

“We are trying to make sure that everyone who is targeted by the Trump administration and any potential ICE raids has access to the support and legal defense that they need,” Kiswani said.

Inside a conference room in Dolores Street Community Services, Esparza expressed her frustration with the unexpected negative attention that the hotline has received. While many in the community are appreciative of the hotline, there have been harassers. Some of the harassing calls have been intense. According to Esparza, the harassers will call back and take over the line. The harassment varies widely, some are prank calls while others are serious inquisitions about the morality of reporting ICE. “We weren’t necessarily prepared for it, and we’ve had to readjust the system to account for that,” Esparza said.

Media coverage of the hotline is essential for increasing awareness of the service and to get community members to report ICE activity.

However, as media coverage of the hotline increase, the harassment also increases in frequency. Esparza hopes that as more hotlines

emerge the negative attention will diffuse.

Esparza and Kiswani stressed that the hotline only be used for reporting ICE activity.

“There’s a lot of fear in the community, we’ve gotten several calls just wanting information.

The hotline is intended to be for ICE raids,” Kiswani said.

Since there is only one dispatcher, calling the hotline for information can lead to ICE raids and activity not being reported in a timely manner.

Information or legal resources for undocumented immigrants can be found on the SFILEN website.

The intended goal of the hotline is to help undocumented immigrants by verifying ICE activity. Misinformation about ICE activity can cause panic and they may not continue with daily activities like work and school for fear of deportation.

While there are no concrete plans to increase the number of dispatchers, Esparza acknowledges that it is a possibility in the future. Since this is the first hotline of its kind, adjustments will be made as the success of the hotline is reassessed.

Esparza recognizes the value of sharing how they implemented this hotline. Since Esparza cannot personally reply to each inquiry, she is working on a solution to this issue.

“I am working with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, ILRC, and they are going to be creating a webinar on this. So that people can refer to that for any questions,” said Esparza.

The hotline has received calls from other counties and cities that want to establish their own hotlines.

Demonstraters hold Anti-fascism signs high during a protest against the Muslim Ban held in front of the San Fransisco State Capitol on March 17.

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By Norjmoo Battulga nbattulg@msudenver.edu Sergio C. Garcia worked hard to earn the title of attorney.

He worked tirelessly to pass the bar exam, but unfortunately in 2010, the State of California snatched his dream from him for being an undocumented immigrant.

In 2009, he passed the bar exam. He practiced law for two weeks and had 15 spanish speaking clients. However, federal law bans undocumented immigrants from holding an attorney’s license. When the California bar realized his immigration status, they denied his license.

This was not a new experience for Garcia. After graduating high school, Garcia was offered full-ride scholarships to several prestigious universities in 1996.

However, much like California would do later, those schools rescinded their offers over his immigration status.

Three years after being admitted to the bar, Garcia now has a successful practice and a green card. Garcia shared his experience of opening his own law practice.

“I built my office from scratch and started renting a very small office. I opened my door like that. In a very, very modest way with 80 percent of the items in my office donated to me,” Garcia said.

Garcia practices personal injury law and has helped many people that could not afford services otherwise.

Practicing law was never about the money for Garcia, but about the ability to help others change unfair situations.

“People say you’re so lucky, but it seems the harder I work, the luckier I get. Most people don’t get that,” Garcia said.

Instead of giving up, Garcia pursued his education the best way he could. He worked full time in a grocery store and took as many classes as he could afford at the local community college.

For years, Garcia fought for his right to practice law. In 2013, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1024.

The bill allows undocumented immigrants to be admitted into the state bar as attorneys. Garcia’s journey to the state bar was one of the inspirations behind the bill. On Feb. 1, 2014, Garcia was officially sworn in as an attorney in front of the State Capitol building in Sacramento.

Garcia’s wife Amairani Garcia has noticed little change in him since being sworn in.

“He is still Sergio, humble, continues helping people, the only change now would be that he can help more people, help our community,” she said. “Now

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he can pay taxes and now we can concentrate on building our business. We can hire people. We can help students with scholarships.”

Adam Sorrells, a colleague and previous employer of Garcia, has noticed a change in maturity since Garcia was sworn in. Though Sorrells insisted that there was little change in Garcia’s work ethic, compassion and character.

“It’s a typical American story of work hard, stay focused, and strive for your dreams and things will happen,” Sorrells said.

In May of 2015, after two decades of waiting, Garcia received his green card, making him a legal permanent resident holder in the United States. Since Garcia was not able to travel legally for decades, entering the United States after vacationing with his wife is a special privilege for the couple.

“Stepping back into the United States and the federal officer telling me ‘welcome home sir’ is such a huge thing for me,” he said. “It makes me feel welcome for the first time in my life in a country where I’d been threatened, where my life has been threatened.”

For Garcia, finally obtaining a green card was a pivotal moment that allowed him to think about what he wants to accomplish next. He hopes to become a U.S. citizen in order achieve his next goal.

“My new dream is to govern California one day. I would love to run for governor of the state eventually,” Garcia said.

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Sister Isabella preparing a small apple pie for the soup kitchen’s bakesale on March 17 at the Fraternite of Notre Dame Mary of Nazareth in San Francisco’s Mission District.

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In the end, it is said that all you need is prayer. But what about love, hope or soup? Cooking up and serving out heaping portions of each are Sisters Mary Isabelle and Mary Benedicte, two Traditional Catholic nuns of the Fraternité Notre Dame who, for its entire nine-year existence have operated the order’s local community soup kitchen, located in the belly of San Francisco’s troubled, though improving, Tenderloin district.

Within their ardent faith lies the notion that from the consumption of a hearty mixture of compassion and optimism, combined with a hot and healthy dose of nourishment, comes not only the experience of a life altering change but a shift in attitude as well.

“Feeling better is what it is all about,” Benedicte said. “The improvement of the homeless, helps the improvement for the whole neighborhood.”

Over the past year, Fraternité Notre Dame suffered through uncertainty regarding their still-current residence, located on 54 Turk St, when they were informed via landlord of a rent increase that would have been impossible to meet.

Opening a soup kitchen for the hungry and homeless beneath a residential building in an ever-gentrifying neighborhood is bound to leave a bad taste in the mouths of tenants. The residents’ fears and concerns regarding alleged criminal and illegal drug activity have given way to what Sister Mary Benedict feels is an undeserved reputation being forced on the kitchen’s patrons. The clash and conflict has inevitably placed the well-intentioned establishment at a crossroads with the less than welcoming residents of the community in which both sides call home.

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“Nice breeds nice,” Benedicte said. “We did not want fight.”

Faced with the difficult task of relocating to a new location, the sisters received the blessing they had repeatedly prayed for. Now equipped with the business acumen, and most importantly the financial backing from a few wealthy celebrity supporters, Fraternité Notre Dame will continue their mission to, “feed everybody” who cannot feed themselves.

With new change, there will undoubtedly be new challenges. Sister Mary Benedicte is eager to move forward and away from the burdens of the kitchen’s trying, though just as rewarding, past. This becomes no more apparent than the moment the conversation turns in the direction of the future where a palpable excitement and optimistic enthusiasm reveals itself as part of her reserved yet gleeful demeanor.

In addition to the relocation efforts that are currently underway, Fraternité Notre Dame plans to expand upon an already successful after-school program targeting kids from broken homes and needy families. The creation of a food bank program for the disabled, malnourished and underfed is another future endeavor with hopes of fruition.

Accompanying her unwavering dedication and love for God is a willingness, to never rest from her duties. “As long as I am here, I will serve God, and if it is not here, then it will be somewhere else,” Benedicte said.

Under the leadership and tutelage of someone she describes with reverence as a mentor, Bishop Jean Marie, founder of Fraternité Notre Dame, Sister Mary Benedicte is instilled with a supreme confidence in his direction as well as his guidance. As well she should be, the Bishop is after all, in her belief, receiving his edicts direct from a very well-known and respected authority.

“God speaks to us through him,” Benedicte said.

El Tecolote aims to be a voice for The Mission

By Javier Mancha jmancha2@msudenver.edu As one walks down the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, spanish conversations can be heard all around. The district is home to a large hispanic community. Mexican restaurants are found on most blocks and the scent of fresh Hispanic pastries fill the air.

To the residents of The Mission District, community plays a big role in their daily lives. Nestled between a record shop and a bakery in of the mission lies Accion Latina. It is the headquarters for the local newspaper, El Tecolote, a local non-profit newspaper. El Tecolote acts as the voice for those who live there. In a sense, Accion Latina creates the opportunity for this community to be heard. Hanging near the entrance to Accion Latine are paintings depicting artistic criticism to topics like the Dakota Access Pipeline and President Donald Trump.

Editor-in-chief Alexis Terrazas works toward the back of the building. Along with two reporters, he discussed the stories to be covered in the next issue of El Tecolote in the newspaper’s office. Behind him, owl statues adorn the windowsills of his office. “Tecolote is the indigenous term in Spanish for owl,” Terrazas said.

El Tecolote was started in 1970, after Juan Gonzales, an Ethnic Studies professor at San Francisco State University noticed that minority groups were not being represented in the media. Gonzales created El Tecolote as a final assignment for his classes and on Aug. 24, 1970 the first newspaper was published. Since then,

El Tecolote has stood as the newspaper whose mission is to report on stories about minority groups that aren’t traditionally covered in other papers.

“I like some of the graphics, I like some of the stories.” says Hugo Nahuel, a resident of San Francisco since 1975.

“On the surface, it’s a community newspaper, bilingual, still trying to tell the story, but really it’s a community institution,” Terrazas said, “It’s also a community resource. We don’t pretend to be objective, so to speak, we certainly have a point of view.”

El Tecolote prides itself as a progressive newspaper. It sees itself as a newspaper that wants to advocate for the human rights of all people.

El Tecolote has always run as a nonprofit, relying on volunteer work from the members of its community.

Tecolote volunteer Johnny Garcia delivers all 10,000 papers to businesses across the mission armed with only his truck and trolley. Terrazas claimed that he also had Sirron Norris, artist for the Fox television show Bob’s Burgers, reach out to him asking to print Norris’ comics in El Tecolote.

Terrazas’ goal is to have El Tecolote become the voice for the community.

“Our focus, obviously, is still Latinos, covering issues that are important to Latinos,” Terrazas said, “but I want to be as inclusive as I can, covering other communities of color.”

El Tecolote can be found in the many stores and restaurants around The Mission District.

El Tecolote’s Editor-in-chief, Alexis Terrazas, holds the latest edition inside the Accion Latina building in San Francisco on March 17. Terrazas has been the Editor-in-chief since June of 2014.

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By Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu Masters of sex Virginia Johnson, William Masters and Alfred Kinsey revealed the depth of carnal desires within the human soul in the ’60s. During their historical moment, America was experiencing its own sexual revolution, perhaps inspired by their work. San Francisco was a mecca for sexual adventure, where hippies and free love helped define the Golden City’s sun-drenched streets.

The counterculture movement created a city where an individual with unique sensibilities could find a community to belong to. Among them settled Kink. com, a pornographic studio dedicated to demystifying the BDSM community through hardcore film productions.

However, San Francisco’s culture is changing due to the startup boom. Even chains, whips and ballgags may not be enough to stop the encroaching wave of gentrification that’s slowly changing the City by the Bay for good.

“The Armory, from the start, had that sort of gritty character. It had that feel of a castle. For a lot of people in the BDSM community there’s always this sort of fantasy. This sort of, BDSM Downton Abbey. The armory fit that bill,” said Mike Stabile, media relations for Kink.com.

The San Francisco Armory is the headquarters for Kink.com. The hundredyear-old armory is registered as a landmark

Kink.com tour guide Rowan stands on the set used for the website, in San Francisco on March 19.

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on the National Register of Historic Places and has served several purposes before Kink.com bought it in 2006 to use to produce their content.

The Armory is located in San Francisco’s Mission District. The district exemplifies the tide of gentrification best. A weekly flea market held on Sundays spills beyond the chainlink fence covering the lot onto the sidewalk bordering Mission Street.

Walk one block east to Valencia Street and the scene changes completely. Well-kempt millennials lounge at trendy restaurants and bars.

“Like a lot of San Francisco, it’s pretty

unbelievable. I don’t think that when we moved into that area in 2006 that we would ever have imagined that there would be high-end condos going up on either side of us,” Stabile said.

People and money have flowed into the city as a result of the second tech boom, he said, and it’s been a challenge for people who have been in the area for generations to deal with the influx of the very wealthy.

In January, Kink.com announced that they would cease film production at the Armory. The company made it clear that they would keep its headquarters in the building, but would move film production

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out to Los Angeles.

“There’s a lot of laws that they had to fight. It’s basically been a fork in the road, year after year after year for them.

Essentially they outsourced and went to different states like Nevada and whatnot, so that they didn’t have to deal with restrictions,” said Cameron Balliett, bartender at Kink’s Armory Club. Inside the bar, patrons sit in front a wood paneled bar. Expensive liquor sits on a backlit shelf.

It looks like any other trendy bar, except that oil paintings of scenes from Kink. com’s films hang on the walls. The choice of decoration does not stop patrons from coming through the door.

Although film production is moving out of the Armory, the company is repurposing the building to serve as a sexpositive center. The company plans to use it to host mainstream concerts and events.

Stabile said that one of the company’s goals was to be transparent in what goes on inside the Armory and be a good neighbor to the community.

While Kink.com may be able to adapt to San Francisco’s ongoing changes, the neighborhood it is in may not be so lucky.

Anjeza and Shane Anderson were both visitors at the Armory Club. Anjeza Anderson grew up in the area. She said that the Mission had lost the art flair it had when she was a child. The city was losing old hardwood structures as buildings were modernized.

“Rich people want change,” Shane Anderson said, “and the poor don’t know how to deal with it.”

Street performers descend upon San Francisco

By Javier Mancha jmancha2@msudenver.edu At the bottom of Nob Hill, just past the loading zone for San Francisco’s cable cars, you might just catch Edward Jackson and Moustapha Thiam. They are performing a tap dance improvisation to Bruno Mars’ 2016 hit, 24K Magic. Anyone might consider this a method of panhandling. This dancing duo see it differently. Jackson and Thiam’s story goes back as far 19 years, and expands far outside of the United States.

For Jackson, it all started with a six pack of beer.

Prior to his career as a street performer, Jackson’s parents had pushed him to study Political Science. At the time, he lived in Detroit, Michigan. After his father Martin Upshire passed away, 19 year old Jackson began to study entertainment.

“Ironically enough, my father sang with The Contours,” Jackson said, with a smile lining his face.

Jackson’s career path lead him to meet Alfred Robinson in Oakland.

“He trained me in his kitchen for a number of years while he was cooking soul food,” Jackson said. “He wouldn’t let me dance to Michael Jackson. It was all Jazz.”

Robinson passed away Jan. 28, 2010 at the

Edward Jackson and Moustapha Thiam perform on the streets of San Franciso while a passerby joins in the action on March 17.

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age of 88.

Under Robinson, Jackson started learning how to tap dance. However, Jackson did not come to learn under Robinson’s tutelage by looking him up in the phone book.

“I couldn’t afford a studio space, so I was in the BART station and found a little corner and a small piece of plywood. I was working on some steps and his daughter walks by and

says ‘you look like you could use some help.’”

Jackson intially took offense to her statement until he learned that she was Robinson’s daughter.

“He never charged me any money” Jackson says. “I asked him what I should bring and he said ‘bring me six of them Budweiser beers.”

Thiam started working with Jackson

in 2006.

“I’m from Senegal, West Africa. I moved here in 2000, right before I started,” Thiam said, referring to his tap dancing.. “I used to play drums.”

Many members of the community who see Jackson and Thiam perform have gotten to know them personally. Throughout the day, the street performers and local pedestrians have conversations with each other. .

“They are the culture of San Francisco,” said Michael Stewart, a San Francisco resident. “A lot of people come to see the cable cars, but they overlook the things that go with the cable car.”

Jackson and Thiam have also performed outside of California, even as far as Australia, Paris and London as well.

Jackson said that the concept behind performing is freedom.

“The freedom to express yourself, freedom financially and independently,” he said.

Jackson doesn’t mind the perception that some may have towards street performers.

“There might be artists who are substance abusers or panhandlers, but that doesn’t mean all street artists are hypochondriacs,” Jackson said, drawing a laugh from the small crowd around him.

“Get to know the artists. We live in the city, we live in the community, we support the city and the people in the city,” he said.

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Young minds shaped by the sound of the orchestra

By Jamel Jones jjone273@msudenver.edu Inside the Orchestra delivers an auditory definition to the meaning of cognitive learning for the younger minds of Denver. Through an immersive experience called The Tiny Tots Program, children ages six and under are prove to get more than just momentary entertainment.

The design of the program places budding attendees and proud parents in the center of the 30-piece orchestra that includes an interactive opera singer and interpretive dancers. Among the activity, the music director walks around the audience while conducting the orchestra, encouraging all to envision and act out different emotions.

Inside the Orchestra, established in 1958, expanded to the Tiny Tots Program in 1979. It became an autonomous, independent organization of its own, applying for nonprofit status in 1983. The organizers felt the need to provide families with the opportunity of exposure to orchestral music in a way that they would not otherwise receive it.

Other than the unique design of the performance, cognitive learning plays an immense role on the minds of the still-developing listeners. The Tiny Tots Program utilizes memory retention, thinking skills and perception of learned material by influencing the pupils in attendance to interact with the music.

Whether or not the music director prompts the reaction, there is an apparent sense of acknowledgment toward the music they are hearing. This level of feedback is exactly what the folks behind the scenes of Inside the Orchestra are looking to provoke.

Several members of the organization stated that their motive is to inspire the listeners’ minds through the performance.

The purpose is to plant specific sounds in the memory banks of the young audience, which could result in a higher level of creativity, innovative train of thought and the mental birth of future musicians.

Since 2010, a multitude of studies

Children experimented with instruments prior to the Tiny Tots: Inside the Orchestra event at the History Colorado Center on March 18. The event is designed to introduce and teach young children about various musical instruments and concepts. Photos by Kenny Martinez • kmart143@msudenver.edu

show that musical variety supports child brain development, which comes with life-related benefits such as language proficiency, spatial awareness, temporal reasoning and emotional intelligence.

Through an early exposure to the arts, a different level of learning is set in place and will continue to expand as time goes on, leading the subject at hand to achieve a higher level of intelligence in many different facets.

Executive Director Shelby Mattingly and Music Director Tom Jensen can attest to the reality of this research as both were heavily involved with the arts during their separate childhoods and vocalized the importance of it in their adult lives.

Mattingly, who holds a degree in fine arts from Denison University, gave some insight as to how education in the arts has sculpted her adult life for the better.

Families admire the musical performers during the Tiny Tots event at the History Colorado Center on March 18.

“Our purpose is to engage young children in orchestra music and in the world of the arts and promote them being passionate about the arts as audience members or as musicians themselves,” Mattingly said. “We get a lot of people telling us that their kids started playing instruments after attending our events.”

Director Tom Jensen is aware of this and does his best to help the children formulate memories with his bold style of conducting.

“It’s easy for me because I can relate to these kids,” he said. “What I try to do is seed as many melodies in their minds as I can in 45 minutes.”

Jensen has an extensive background in music with a degree in Music and Conducting from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. He understands that music is a universal language that can serve as a point of mental stimulation.

“When I was three years old, I was watching cartoons on a Saturday morning, and I heard a piece from Felix Mendelssohn,” Jensen said. “I didn’t even know what an orchestra was or who he was at the time. I heard it again 15 years later and thought, wow this reminds me of when I was three.”

The children take well to the music director and his courageous style of conducting but there is one specific instrument that notably receives more attention than any other in the 30-piece set.

The children as a whole are absolutely enthralled by the percussion section of the orchestra. Percussionist Peter Cooper is a living example of how nurturing interest at an early age can create a lifelong relationship with music. Alongside his involvement with Inside the Orchestra, Cooper has served as a timpanist and percussionist with two different orchestras

here in Colorado and is an instructor at MSU Denver. Since he was eight, music has been in his life and has yet to subside.

“I always enjoyed music. As I played more, I became more passionate about it,” Cooper said.

The Inside the Orchestra staff serve as direct examples of what early exposure to the arts, specifically music, can do for a human being’s state of mind as they grow. The Tiny Tots Program is led by people who have benefitted from cognitive learning through music their entire lives. The service that this organization is doing the communities surrounding the metropolitan area is more than just entertainment. It is a positive influence to the children of our locale. We can all expect for the children in the Tiny Tots Program to be very productive, creative and innovative members of our blooming society in years to come.

The Tiny Tots Program might be the movement that will sustain musical leaders in Denver for generations to come.

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The Roadrunners club lacrosse When it comes to any sport, team has improved every season many athletes take some pride in since Miller’s freshman year. knowing how committed their At one point this Roadrunners parents are. For one Roadrunner team was the worst team in the in particular, having his mother be nation, but now they are one of the involved and passionate about the best, coming in with a preseason rising sport of lacrosse in Colorado ranking of 16 in the Rocky makes him feel lucky.

Mountain Lacrosse Association.

Kyle Miller is a junior at MSU Every year the team has gotten Denver studying marketing. He some new talent and they feel as if already has an interesting resume. they have something to prove each In addition to playing lacrosse for game to repair their reputation. the MSU club team, he is the owner The team’s biggest rival is the of his own landscaping company Montana State Bobcats, a team named KEM Landscaping. the Roadrunners have not been “I own my own landscaping able to defeat.

The Bobcats have company, KEM Landscape, and I had the Roadrunners’ number in plan to grow that to a point where every match.

With this in mind, the I can focus on other ventures like Roadrunners hope to qualify for the investing, real estate, clothing lines, playoffs, but that will mean taking and an fishing and hunting guide,” on the Bobcats again. They play the Miller said.

Bobcats again when they travel to Miller has had a lot of Montana on April 15 for the last memorable moments in his playing game of the regular season. career at MSU Denver, but one Miller’s interests are not limited moment stands out above the rest to his pursuits on the field. for him.

“My favorite thing off-season to “My favorite moment at Metro do is go to concerts and go camping was scoring my first collegiate goal and fishing.

I love the outdoors and my freshman year against Regis,” he I love music,” he said. said. “It was a man up goal where I Since discovering lacrosse, shot from the right side and scored Kyle attended lacrosse camps all top left.” over Colorado to increase his MSU Denver junior and lacrosse player Kyle Miller competes against Colorado Kyle’s favorite lacrosse program School of Mines on March 11. Photo by JJ Seaward • jseaward@msudenver.edu skills and allow him to play the is the Denver Pioneers. He sport that he loves. began attending their games and making it just about impossible to the game. She started out Throughout Kyle’s career immediately fell in love with the get quality pictures. However, as photographing Kyle when he was with the Roadrunners, his sport of lacrosse. playing club lacrosse, but she did time rolled along and Dianne was mother Dianne has contributed “I started going to games when not know a thing about the sport, able to watch more of Kyle’s games, by supplying photos throughout she fell in love with the sport, too.

Once Kyle hit high school, Dianne was able to film his high school team and then followed him to MSU Denver.

Dianne started out her website as a Facebook page intended for Kyle and his teammates in ninth grade.

Kyle set it up so that his friends and him could communicate and talk about their games.

At the end of 2013, another website approached her about writing for the Denver Outlaws and the Colorado Mammoth, having seen her pictures.

“I was approached by another website the end of 2013 to write for the Denver Outlaws and Colorado Mammoth for the simple reason they loved my pictures,” Dianne said.

“From there on, I became more in love with the game, and since Kyle has been playing lacrosse missed only a handful of his games.”

MSU Denver Lacrosse player runs a school flag up the field before the game against Colorado School of Mines on March 11

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in Golden. The Roadrunners won 15-3. Photo by Lindsey Milburn • lmilburn@msudenver.edu

Nationwide Briefs » Final Four set for men’s basketball The NCAA men’s basketball Final Four is set. Gonzaga, South Carolina, Oregon and North Carolina all won their regional tournaments and secured a place in the Final Four. Gonzaga advanced with wins over South Dakota State, Northwestern, West Virginia and Xavier. South Carolina beat Marquette in the first round, upset Duke in the second round, beat Baylor and then Florida to earn their spot. Oregon advanced past Iona, Rhode Island, Michigan and Kansas to win the Midwest region.

North Carolina topped Texas Southern, Arkansas, Butler and Kentucky to reach their second consecutive Final Four. Oregon is set to take on North Carolina and South Carolina will clash with Gonzaga. The Final Four games will take place on April 1.

» UCONN continues dominance in NCAA tournament UCONN, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Stanford are the four teams remaining in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Undefeated and regional No. 1 seed UCONN advanced to their 10th consecutive Final Four by beating Albany, Syracuse, UCLA and Oregon. South Carolina, another regional No. 1 seed, beat UNC Asheville, Arizona State, Quinnipiac and Florida State en route to their Final Four bid. Regional No. 2 Mississippi State got past Troy, DePaul, Washington and then upset regional No. 1 Baylor during their path to the Final Four. Regional No. 2 Stanford likewise had to upset a No. 1 team in Notre Dame in order to get to the Final Four stage. They also beat New Mexico State, Kansas State and Texas. UCONN will take on Mississippi State on March 31, while Stanford and South Carolina will square off on the same date.

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Roadrunner News » Softball continues to have success on field Since spring break began on March 20 at MSU Denver, the university’s softball team has won five games and lost one. The team played Fort Hays State and New Mexico Highlands over the break. The team swept the short two-game series with Fort Hays State and won 6-2 and then 9-8 in a doubleheader on March 21. They then took three out of four games against New Mexico Highlands.

The Roadrunners lost the first game of the series 1-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on March 25, but rebounded to win 8-0 later that same day. They then won both games of the double header on March 26, 14-4 and 8-3, respectively.

The team remains atop the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a conference record of 18-2, just ahead of Colorado Mesa, which sits at 17-2.

The Runners are now 26-9 overall and ranked No. 9 in the South-Central Regional rankings.

» Roadrunners baseball builds small winning streak After battling through a three-game losing streak, the MSU Denver baseball team is now sporting a three-game winning streak.

The Roadrunners dropped the last two games of their series with Colorado School of Mines March 18-19 and lost the first game of a four game series with Adams State on March 24. They responded to the losing streak by winning the last three games of their series with Adams State 4-1, 17-3 and 11-1, respectively. The Runners are now 13-13 overall and 9-7 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, good enough for fifth place. Junior Cale O’Donnell is leading the team in home runs with 10, and sophomore Javi Vega leads the team in wins with four and has a 4.50 ERA. The Runners next take on local rival Regis at 3 p.m. on March 31 at Regis.

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Legendary fighter Georges St-Pierre returns

By Jake Howard jhowar50@msudenver.edu On November 16, 2013, Georges “Rush” St-Pierre successfully defended his welterweight championship against Johnny Hendricks for the 9th consecutive time in his career. This would mark the last time St-Pierre blessed the octagon with his unmatchable set of skills for over three and a half years.

When St-Pierre announced his retirement after his five round war with Hendricks, he left fans wondering when he would return.

He hasn’t fought since 2013.

All that changed on March 1, when UFC President Dana White announced that St-Pierre will be returning to fight current middleweight champion Michael Bisping for his undisputed belt on a card to be announced.

Before his unexpected retirement, St-Pierre was considered to be one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the

“I’m going to fight at 185 right now. I even know some guys who fight at 155, walk around in the offseason at a bigger weight than I am. I can possibly fight in those three divisions. But I’m back for one reason, I want to make history.”

–Georges St-Pierre world and dominated the UFC welterweight division for more than five years.

With wins over some of the best athletes to ever compete in the octagon, such as Nick Diaz, BJ Penn, Johnny Hendricks, Matt Hughes, Thiago Alves, Jake Shields and Carlos Condit, St-Pierre has cemented his place in the UFC Hall of Fame, but he isn’t finished building his legacy.

Though St-Pierre has been on a three-and-a-half year hiatus, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been training.

“There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist,” StPierre said. “A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection, but I will never reach perfection.”

This mentality has been a

Georges St-Pierre lands a left jab against Johnny Hendricks in his last UFC bout before he stepped away from MMA. He successfully defended his welterweight championship in the fight. St-Pierre announced his return to the UFC on March 1.

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driving force in the success of St-Pierre, who grew up in St. Isidore, Quebec and was bullied as a child. He was introduced to martial arts at seven years old when his father enrolled him in karate. He dedicated himself to mixed martial arts at the age of 12 after watching Royce Gracie fight at UFC 1.

Georges St-Pierre’s career has spanned almost 15 years. He currently has 25 wins and only two defeats, 19 of those wins coming in the UFC, putting him at No. 2 for most UFC wins. The man with the most UFC wins is none other than Michael “The Count” Bisping.

St-Pierre holds the record for most UFC wins in title bouts and sits in the top two or three in various other categories. A win over Bisping will also make St-Pierre the fourth fighter in UFC history to win two belts in two different weight classes.

Although the matchup between St-Pierre and Bisping doesn’t appear to make a lot of sense in terms of the direction of the middleweight division and its long list of contenders, one of the biggest stars to ever grace the octagon is ready to return and regain his record, broken by Bisping.

“He beat my record for the number of victories in the UFC,” St-Pierre said. “I would like to get that back.”

St-Pierre has also commented on his level of respect for Michael Bisping and his “outspokenness,” regarding performance enhancing drugs.

St-Pierre attributed the steroid issue in the UFC and MMA in general as one of the

reasons for his retirement.

“I never wanted to do something negative for UFC. The only thing I want is to elevate the sport. I’ve always been one of the guys that fights for the legitimacy of my sport.”

St-Pierre said.

The return of St-Pierre has been long overdue and will be more than beneficial for the UFC. He will be 36 when he finally meets Bisping for the middleweight title.

St-Pierre also alluded to possibly dropping down to lightweight

where the UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, sits at the top of the throne.

“I walk around at 185, 190 pounds. I’m going to fight at 185 right now,” he said. “I even know some guys who fight at 155, walk around in the offseason at a bigger weight than I am. I can possibly fight in those three divisions. But I’m back for one reason, I want to make history.”

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC record for most wins in title bouts. Before he stepped away from the UFC, he was the winningest fighter in UFC history. Michael Bisping, who St-Pierre will fight, now has the most wins for a fighter.

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Latinx Leadership Summit Community meeting to nurture leaders St. Cajetan’s Center Free 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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• Beauty beasted power rangers at the box office. The film made $88 million in its second week.

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• Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at an anti-corruption rally in Moscow. Russian elections are due to take place soon and Vladamir Putin is expected to win another 6 year term.

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• President Donald Trump handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a bill for NATO spending that Trump says is owed to the U.S. NATO spending is a component of each country’s military spending allocation compared to GDP. It is not a membership fee.

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• Snoop Dogg will induct his late friend, Tupac Shakur, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7. Shakur died in 1996, after being the victim of a drive by shooting. He will be the sixth rap artist to be honored.

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Capricorn

You are conservative and afraid of taking risks.

You are basically a scaredy cat. Happy hour starts soon, might as well go fulfi ll the prophecy.

Aquarius

You have an inventive mind and are inclined to be progressive. You lie a great deal. You make the same mistakes repeatedly because you are stupid.

“Be careful not to choke on your

You are sympathetic and understanding to other people's problems, which makes you a sucker. You are always putting things off. That is why you will always be on welfare.

You consider yourself a born leader. Others think you are an idiot. You are vain and annot tolerate criticism.

“It's a trap!”

Aries

“In my experience, there's no such

Virgo

You are the logical type and hate disorder. Your nit-picking attitude is sickening to your friends and co-workers. You are cold and unemotional and often fall asleep while doing it.

Libra

March 21 -April 19

thing as luck.”

You have a wild imagination. You have minor influence on your friends and people resent you for flaunting your power.

“Never tell me the odds!”

You are the artistic type and have a difficult time dealing with reality. Chances for employment and monetary gain are nil.

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”

Gemini

Hear or see something that makes you laugh?

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Across 1. Burrito's kin 5. Pesto ingredient 10. African antelopes 14. Willa Cather's "One of ___" 15. Elicit chuckles from 16. Sound on Old MacDonald's farm 17. Times that are distinctive 18. Cooked salad 20. Bewildered condition 21. Start of a J.F.K. quote 22. Corn oil products 23. Bellows 25. Greek meeting place 27. Find not guilty 29. Haphazard 33. Earth's outer layer 34. LSD, colloquially 35. Middle of a doughnut 36. Sundial hour 37. Behave theatrically 38. Banned pesticide 39. Carter of "Gimme a Break!"

41. Weather map regions 42. UFO, on jetfighter's radar 44. Turkey's largest city 46. Walk of life 47. Length of a calendar 48. Draw new boundaries 49. Balls of Dutch cheese 52. Coal container 53. Kiddies 56. Variety

— Cassie Ballard “Jax Tellar from Sons of Anarchy because I kill and f**k everything” — Madison Lauterbach “Tina Belcher because I'm just as awkward”

You are the worst of the lot. You are shrewd in business and cannot be trusted. You shall achieve the pinnacle of success because of your total lack of ethics.

“Rory Gilmore because I'm a journalist who likes to

October 23 -November 21

complain about everything ” —Lauren Cordova

Sagittarius

November 22 - December 21

You are a quick and intelligent thinker. You are inclined to expect too much for too little. This means you are cheap.

You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless tendency to rely on your luck since you have no talent. The majority of Sagittarians are drunks.

59. Matinee ____ 60. Large number 61. Tout's tip 62. Mythical monster 63. Taxi feature 64. Said of a beaver 65. Be lacking in

“Louise Belcher - she is my spirit animal”

— Erika Foster

May 21 - June 20

“Stay on target!”

— Andrew Crosthwaite

Scorpio

April 20 - May 20 You are practical and persistent. You have a dogged determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bullheaded.

“Samwise Gamgee from LOTR”

September 23 - October 22

Taurus

“No disintegrations.”

— Esteban Fernandez

August 23 - September 22

February 19 - March 20 You are quick to reprimand, impatient and full of advice. You do nothing but piss-off everyone you come in contact with.

“Not Indiana Jones”

Leo

July 23 - August 22

Pisces

aspirations, director.”

Which movie/TV character describes you?

June 21 - July 22

January 20 - February 18

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

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