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DECEMBER 6, 2017
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Sweet season sours on ending
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MSU Denver senior Alyssa Svalberg spikes the ball at players from Texas A&M University - Commerce in the NCAA south central regional tournament held at Regis University on Dec. 1. The Roadrunners defeated the Lions 3-2 in their first game of the tournament.
Continued on pg. 11
INSIDE NEWS | pg. 2 Counseling center reaccredited despite shortage OPINION | pg. 4 Speaking up on sexual assault FEATURES | pg. 8 Witch collective hosts festive market.
SPORTS | pg. 12 Looking back on Fall MSU Denver sports.
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MSU Denver women’s volleyball players Alexis Benda and Vasati Fiatoa attempt to defend an attack from West Texas A&M’s Taylor Kress in the semifinal match of the NCAA south central regional tournament at the Regis Fieldhouse on Friday. The Roadrunners fell 3-0 to The Lady Buffs to close out their 2017 season with a 22-9 record
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DECEMBER 6, 2017
Counseling reaccredidation carries controversy By Joshua Graham
problems. They are provided at the
jgraha62@msudenver.edu
majority of four-year universities
despite the hiccup regarding
around the country. They tackle
increased demand, the MSU
issues from academic stress to
Denver counseling center has
Center denied that it faced
financial pressures. The center is
never faltered in fulfilling the
overwhelming demand in the
designed to help students through
comprehensive standard of care.
wake of its reaccreditation by
difficult times by providing a safe
the International Association
space to discuss their problems.
MSU Denver’s Counseling
of Counseling Services this past November. “I would not say that we were
The center undergoes accreditation from the IACS
Bruce-Sanford said that
“There was never a waitlist, we have always offered same day appointments,” she said. Mady Smarr, a former
every eight years to ensure it
student at MSU Denver, faced a
overwhelmed, I would say that
continues to meet the standards
suicidal episode halfway into the
we saw an increase in demand,”
required for it to continue
semester. She approached the
said Gail Bruce-Sanford, executive
offering valuable services
counseling center nearly a month
director of the counseling center.
to students. The counseling
after the episode happened.
In an article from April 22, The Metropolitan reported that
center has operated under the IACS accreditation to date.
the counseling center faced
The IACS accredits counseling
“When I called the counseling center, they told me it would be at
overwhelming demand. To address
services to universities across
“When I mentioned that I was
this problem, the center brought
the country. The panel consists of
working with the CARE team, they
in four student practicums last
an advisory panel of educators.
got me in two days after I called.”
spring to help with the workload.
“There are legions of standards
Photo by Lauren Cordova | scordo22@msudenver.edu
least a two week wait,” she said.
Smarr started working with
Counseling center executive director Gail Bruce-Sanford sits in her office in the Tivoli on April 18. had an episode on campus.
where my personal life wasn’t
Those students have all since
universities are required to
MSU Denver’s Consultation
moved on to different practices.
uphold, yet the category we look
Assessment Referral Education
Metropolitan have made calls
center helped me put things in
Students face an increased
at most carefully, are the ethical
team on Oct. 4. CARE gets
to the center to try to schedule
perspective and prevented a panic
amount of stress and pressure to
standards,” said panel member
involved when a student’s
appointments. The wait time
attack,” said Sarah Jones, an
finish strong as deadlines loom.
Jeff Prince, director of counseling
behavior is flagged by faculty or
varied, typically between one
English major at MSU Denver.
Mental health plays an important
and psychological services at the
staff as risky or concerning. She
and two months. The center
role in achieving the desired
University of California, Berkeley.
said that she was able to get an
did offer faster appointments
take advantage of the center’s
for crisis situations.
resources. With more counselors
Staff members at The
going great, the counseling
Two hundred students currently
outcome for students. Anxiety
MSU Denver was granted
appointment with the counseling
can be hard to deal with as the
accreditation for another year as
center toward the end of October.
semester ends. For some, dealing
they have met all the standards
with anxiety is as easy as listening
under the IACS. Some of the
taking place nearly a month
to music or watching their favorite
standards that the counseling
from when she sought help may
movie. For others, they may need
center is judged on are its
have made her a lower-profile
maintains a positive success
to talk to someone about it.
relationship to the university
case for the counseling center.
rate. They highlight testimonials
Student counseling centers are
Smarr said that the episode
Currently the center staffs eight
and its high standard of care, MSU
full-time licensed therapists. One
Denver should not experience a
of the eight is a psychotherapist.
overwhelming shortage again.
The counseling center Additional reporting
community, its roles and function,
She added that the center said
from students who have taken
an outlet for students who struggle
service personnel, special
they could always squeeze
advantage of its services.
to cope with a wide range of
concerns and guidelines.
her in for a few minutes if she
by Esteban Fernandez
“During a period of stress
University resources for first generation students By Rachel Oliva
school because I was considered an
roliva@msudenver.edu
international student,” said Sheila Galindo Vazquez, a first generation student.
Many challenges could stand in the
Carly Cormier, another first generation
way of students blazing the trail of being
student, used MSU Denver’s FYS center
the first in their family to go to college.
to help her through her journey.
MSU Denver hopes to eliminate some of
“College was an intimidating thought.
these barriers by creating a program to
It was something that I had no knowledge
benefit these first generation students.
of, or anyone to look up to for. Being
“There isn’t one specific program for
a part of Metro’s First Year Success
first generation students yet, the Center
program kept me going,” Cormier said.
for Equality and Student Achievement is
According to the website, the FYS center
in the process of developing one through
is the entry point for all starting MSU Denver
Roadrunners First Committee,” said Matt
students. It is designed to help first-year
Watson, a staff writer for MSU Denver’s
students develop college level skills, while
marketing and communications office.
also creating relationships with faculty,
It is not uncommon to walk Auraria
other students and the campus as a whole.
campus and come across a first generation
Isabella Bonato, an MSU Denver student
student. They make up 32.8 percent of the
said that she had used the tutoring area
MSU Denver population. The university
of the Student Academic Success Center
offers a list of campus programs that support
when she was struggling with math Photo courtesy of MSU Denver
first-generation students, including the Center for Equity and Student Achievement, First Year Success, TRIO Student Support
MSU Denver Early Bird program is giving out free t-shirts and buttons at Suite 430 in the Student Success Building as a part of the “I’m first gen too” campaign.
Services, College Assistance Migrant
during her first year in the university. “I don’t think I would have passed without having the tutoring department help me,” Bonato said.
Program and Student Academic Success
the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
“I’m an undocumented student,
Center. These departments also assist
or the Colorado Advancing Students for
so, I couldn’t afford going to even
undocumented students and recipients of
Stronger Economy Tomorrow programs.
the community college after high
DECEMBER 6, 2017
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Three months later: Recap on DACA support By Taylor Oxenfeld
voices are heard, and said the
written to help undocumented
toxenfel@msudenver.edu
SGA strives to advocate for DACA
students get near in-state
students on and off campus,
tuition for higher education.
After the initial shock and anger over the Trump administration’s
including through the Colorado Student Government Coalition.
proposal to end the Deferred Action
“We are actually represented in
Luis Sandoval, the associate director of the Excel program at MSU Denver, said now is the
for Childhood Arrivals program,
to the state legislature,” Gardner
time for students to educate
MSU Denver’s DACA students
said. “If we get a co-sponsor with
and advocate for themselves.
find reasons to be optimistic.
a state senator, we can actually
The university has said it fully
push legislation ourselves.”
supports approximately 400 DACA
and voice their concerns to our
students and has plenty of resources and tools to help students who qualify under the executive order. “At the start, there was a lot of surprise,” said Joshua Gardner, President of MSU Denver’s Student
“DACA students should not be afraid to speak their minds administration,” Sandoval said.
“DACA students should not be afraid to speak their minds and voice their concerns to our administration.”
“Our President, Dr. Davidson, has made it very clear that she intends to support our DACA and undocumented Photo by Lauren Cordova | scordo22@msudenver.edu
student populations.”
Government Association of Trump’s
There are plenty of organizations
–Luis Sandoval
announcement. “Just anger and outrage. Whereas now, it’s shifted
on campus for undocumented
Field Director for Padres & Jóvenes Unidos Monica Acosta and DACA recipient speaks at the DACA walk out on Sept. 5 on Auraria Campus.
and DACA students to contact.
to more determination to do
DACA recipients and
They offer plenty of services
“Students are worried about
in the US, this represents a real
something about the problem.”
undocumented students qualify for
such as academic support,
their ability to legally work and
threat to their home, families and
Gardner said he feels and
in-state tuition at MSU Denver. This
personalized tutoring for non-
reside in the US,” said Gregor
the lives they have been living
understands the struggles that some
is due to the Colorado Advancing
native English speakers and
Mieder, the coordinator of the
since they were children.”
DACA students are experiencing.
Students for a Stronger Economy
information for students on their
Immigrant Services Program.
He and other student leaders
Tomorrow, which was signed in
rights concerning Immigration
“Since DACA students have
want to make sure these students’
2013. Colorado ASSET is a law
and Customs Enforcement.
spent almost their entire lives
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DECEMBER 6, 2017
It’s time to make some noise staff
T
he first time that I remember
in the last 10 years, there has been
does this to you, I want you to
being sexually violated was
some small progress toward our
scream.” Of course when they
over 21 years ago. I was in
ability to ask for help, including
were little, I told them no one is
taking some of the blame.
allowed to touch them, and to
my early twenties, and over at a
Editor-in-Chief Esteban Fernandez eferna14@msudenver.edu Managing Editor Montana Martin mmart427@msudenver.edu News Editor Madison Lauterbach mlauter1@msudenver.edu Assistant News Editor James Bofenkamp jbofenk1@msudenver.edu Features Editor Miriam Mimi Madrid mayala3@msudenver.edu Sports Editor Richard Allen rallen57@msudenver.edu Assistant Sports Editor
friend’s house, where I felt safe.
This incident was not the worst
tell somebody right away if they
We started drinking, a few more
thing that has happened to me.
do. We forget that they need to
people came over, and I got drunk
Look around you. If you’re in a
be told that when they’re older
enough that eventually I passed
room right now with five women,
as well. Most women spend their
out. When I woke up, someone was
chances are good at least three of
whole live pushing off unwanted
having sex with me. I have never
them have been raped. And chances
advances without saying a word.
told anyone that before now.
are even better two of them haven’t
And now, all these women have
Maria Muller
told anyone but their best friend.
wanted to a girl simply because
there, I would have been fine. If I
this is illegal, where there are
have been screaming this whole
she was incapable of saying
hadn’t gotten drunk, I would have
consequences for rape. But nobody
time. I’ve been listening, and now,
no, doesn’t bother me nearly as
been fine. If I hadn’t stayed the
is going to pay those consequences
I can see what happened to that
much as the fact that I have never
night, I would have been fine.
if the woman doesn’t think she’s
young woman all those years ago.
been violated. As a woman, I will
Maybe she wasn’t making good
their lives to take the responsibility
take some of that responsibility
decisions that night, but it doesn’t
allowed myself to be put in a
of anything bad that happens to
onto my shoulders. I have three
give justification for what that
situation where that could happen
us. Whether it is by society, our
daughters, and I never took the
man did to her. I can tell her that
overwhelmed everything else
families or whoever we fall in love
time to say, “This is rape, this is
what he did to her wasn’t her fault,
about the matter. If I hadn’t been
with; we want to fix it all. Finally,
what rape looks like.” If someone
and she has the right to scream.
witter, you could’ve been so
that is essential to make these
are not mutually exclusive, nor
much more. You could’ve
anonymous interactions productive.
do they even draw from the same
The fact that some guy felt he had the right to do whatever he
considered what he did rape. My embarrassment of having
We live in a country where
Women have been trained all
finally decided that it’s time to scream. And we should. We should
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Twitter’s failure
T
been a space for content
Yes, it banned alt-right icon
resource pool. But that might
creation and idea sharing, a haven
Milo Yiannapoulos for inciting
even make the inaction on the
for collaboration and promotion,
thousands to harass and threaten
spreading plague even more
and general betterment.
“Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones.
enraging. Their tone-deafness and
Instead, you chose to back Nazis.
What it missed were the hundreds,
contradictory approach to their
I have seen the better side of
if not thousands, of hatemongering
identity and morality is appalling.
Twitter. I’ve seen its upside, and
posts that emboldened a truly evil
Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, has
I’ve been fortunate to benefit from
group that preceded that. There’s
promised change even before
my experience on the website
censorship, and then there is idly
Yiannopoulos’s ban, yet all we’ve
standing by and watching your
gotten is a class-dividing feature
platform turn into a nesting ground
that suspends people for swearing at people with verified accounts.
in big ways. I recently began
Richard Allen
writing for BSN Rockies, a premier media outlet in Denver and an
Division II commuter college,
for hate. It seemed at the time,
incredible opportunity to continue
where the reads are scarce and the
in July of 2016, that Twitter may
pursuing my dream of making a
discussion is weak. It is the direct
have actually learned their lesson,
living discussing sports. And I
access to prominent figures that you
albeit via media and consumer
owe it almost entirely to Twitter.
don’t get from Facebook, and the
pressure. They promised stricter
first hand how helpful the platform
same-level interactions between the
abuse policy and enforcement.
can be, and knowing those same
I have met my new bosses in
And we haven’t even discussed Trump’s account. What stings the most is knowing
person one time each. I did not turn
influencers and the influenced that
in an application, I was not vetted
give it a real platform for equality
they verified, and effectively
find are, at the very least, clouded
through a group of candidates. It
and idea sharing. It could be that
legitimized and condoned, the
for others. It is not the echo chamber
was connections I made on Twitter
haven for innovation, and in many
account of the alt-right “journalist”
that Facebook is. Where my hopes
talking Colorado Rockies baseball
cases, like mine, it has been.
Jason Kessler, the organizer of
have been expanded, others are
the white-supremacist rally in
threatened, diminished and find fear.
with entire strangers that introduced
But that does not excuse its
Nearly a year and a half later,
opportunities that I was fortunate to
me to Jake Shapiro, whom I finally
shortcomings, which is a generous
Charlottesville that left a protester
met after months of exchanges on
description of its fiasco. I believe
dead. This is not a group with
scouting scale, with 20 being
the website through going to a game
Twitter thinks it is a gatekeeper
a dissenting opinion, this is a
the bottom bar and signifying
with another friend I met through
for free speech. I also don’t
group reliant on archaic ideas
a player that has no business in
the site. We discussed my work
think it thinks things through.
that have no place in modern
competition and 80 being the
society with unacceptable beliefs
highest-echelon. Twitter is the
through Met Media, and he asked
It has not handled the uprising of
In baseball, there is a talent
me to send him samples through the
white supremacy enabled byDonald
that translate to unacceptable
first overall pick with an 80-grade
website’s direct message feature,
Trump’s campaign and election
actions. And Twitter has enabled
potential whose complacency
and here I am, far ahead of any
well, at all. They have not been
it, and given it a place to fester.
turned him into a 20-grade burnout.
schedule I had set for myself in
transparent, consistent, or even
the fantasy I had for my career.
rational about how they address
Nazis, Twitter gave us unwarranted
hate speech and mongering on
character limit expansions and
their site, destroying the trust
a rebrand. Sure, the two actions
Take away Twitter, and I am still just a sports editor at a NCAA
While we wanted a crackdown on
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DECEMBER 6, 2017
Super Hereos trend in the big screen Hollywood aims at themes that have built an audience
By Maria Muller
studio wants to invest in the
mmuller4@msudenver.edu
multiverse strategy and cash in on franchises that can generate sequel
In a world that delivers
and prequel box office successes.”
tragedy in minutes, today’s
“Movies create toy revenue, animated television potentially turns into feature length films, and the video game market really blew up around that time.” – Danny Vieira
society is constantly battered by upsetting news. At the end of the day, the search for healthy ways to take a temporary leave from reality has led many people to movie theaters and into the exciting land of comic books. In 2017 alone, DC Comics and Marvel came out with “Logan,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” “Wonder Woman,” “Spiderman:
Depending on one’s age, the
Homecoming,” “Thor: Ragnarok”
era of cinema superheroes began
and “Justice League.” Combined,
with different movies for different
those movies have earned over
fans. Professional actor Danny
$1.9 billion this year, proving that
Vieira remembered watching the
they’re not just for comic book fans.
original “Superman” starring
Both studios have flourished in the
Christopher Reeve, released
last 20 years, with an abundance
in 1978, at the age of five.
of movies still on the way. The
“It’s said to have been the most
superhero motion picture trend is
expensive movie made, up to
flying faster than a speeding bullet,
that point, and was a critical and
and not even the powerful Magneto
financial success,” Vieira said. “It
is enough to stop its momentum.
was nominated for three Academy
“Hollywood loves blockbusters
Awards, which I think helped show
Photo courtesy of the Independent.
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in “Thor: Ragnarok.” The movie is just one of many superhero movies from Marvel to hit theatres in 2017.
and intellectual property that
people that the superhero genre
has a built in audience,” said Eric
could be seen as more than just
Page, entertainment marketing
kids’ stuff. It also showed that you
director Elijah Montoya, the
convincing superhero action
when the movie is considered
professional and On Air promotion
could make sequels based on a
age of superheroes began with
on screen,” Page said. “Warner
a failure. Both “Elektra” in 2005
writer and producer. “After Marvel’s
popular comic book character.”
“Batman Forever,” which was one
Brothers owned the DC titles while
and “Green Lantern” in 2011
of the first comic book movies he
Marvel’s intellectual property
did poorly compared to most
remembered watching. Montoya
was licensed to various studios.
superhero movies, but when the
said there was a big shift in the
Marvel really came into its own
box office earnings are compared
genre when Christopher Nolan’s
with the release of ‘Iron Man’ and
to production budgets, they still
Dark Knight trilogy made an
the initiation of their cinematic
made a small profit. But with the
impact on how audience members
universe from Marvel Studios.”
familiar tropes in almost every
multi-billion dollar success, every
For event host and creative
viewed superhero movies. “All the movies before that had this really campy atmosphere to them, they were kind of, like, silly,” Montoya said. “Then, the first time they were bad ass was when Nolan did ‘Batman Begins’, and I think that one was like putting your toes in the water. And then, I think ‘Dark Knight,’ with Heath Ledger, that one was like, holy crap, superhero movies have arrived.”
film, it’s difficult to say how long
“After Marvel’s multi-billion dollar success, every studio wants to invest in the multiverse strategy and cash in on franchises that can generate sequel and prequel box office successes.” – Eric Page
Although movies like “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Deadpool” have
Jan and her son, Matt, head into the AMC Cherry Creek 8 theatre on Dec. 5.
forward to the next big superhero movie with anticipation. “Personally, I think the next evolution in the genre is going to come in the form of more idiosyncratic directors putting their stamp on some of these stories,” Page said. “The genre needs room for the next wave of Tim Burtons to come along and explode the genre
As long as people keep paying
beyond the source material and still
a more comical flavor, the X-Men
out, studios will continue to make
keep the essence of what made the
movies have been tackling serious
the movies. Besides the films
characters so great in the first place.
issues, in the guise of mutants, for
themselves, there is profit coming
Taking these characters with abilities
some time. The plight of mutants
from other avenues. Vieira felt
and moving into other genres
have often been compared to people
that superhero movies started
like the western feel of ‘Logan,’
of color or LGBTQ people. This
to become popular and realize
the comedic approach of ‘Thor:
year’s “Logan” took a more somber
their profit potential with Tim
Ragarnok’ or next year’s horror
stance than previous Wolverine
Burton’s “Batman” in 1989.
tinged ‘New Mutants.’ I’m convinced
movies, but earned more at the box
Photo by Brianna Federico | bfederi4@msudenver.edu
the public will continue to look
“Movies create toy revenue,
that’s where the future of superhero
office than the previous Wolverine
animated television potentially
movies. Whether they are more fun
turns into feature length films,
film will bear new fruit,” he said.
or more dramatic, they’ve developed
and the video game market really
determine whether they continue
a formula that pulls in crowds.
The studios’ next moves will
blew up around that time. So I
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potential gold mine there if they
this world to the world of comic
more to do with the ownership of
played their cards right,” Vieira said.
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So far, they’ve played a full
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Witch Collective hosts 34 local small businesses By Mimi Madrid mayala3@msudenver.edu
is seen and connected with. “We are able to celebrate
“In reality, I think it’s just our connection to the natural world.
someone’s passions,” Villarreal
The natural world is part of
said. “It’s inspiring me to get
everything that is and so honoring
made products perused through
back to my work, it helps me
that and ourselves is part of
34 socially conscious vendors
resonate with my own.”
being a bruja,” Marquez said.
Shoppers looking for locally
during the two-day Winter
Honerkamp agrees that
Solstice Market held at the
being able to shop from local
Mercury Café on Dec. 2 and 3.
artists and craftsmen feels
The weekend sale, organized by Witch Collective, highlighted the work of small business owners
like a way to give back and connect with the community. Connection is very important
“We wanted to lead with our values, so instead of chargng booth fees we donate 10 percent of sales to a local nonprofit.” – Zoë Williams
of color and LGBTQ vendors.
for Faatma Norouzizadeh, a
According to their website, Witch
former MSU Denver student
Collective is a collaboration
and member of Righteous Food
of magic makers and artists in
Collective. It drives her work,
town who give a portion of their
whether she’s creating handmade
proceeds to support a just world.
pottery items or nurturing the
term witch and that’s acceptable
earth to grow vegetables.
with the Witch Collective.
“We wanted to lead with our values, so instead of charging
“Potters and farmers, people
Not everyone identifies with the
“I would not call myself a witch,
booth fees we donate 10 percent
who have tactile professions, get
because it’s a European term and I
of sales to a local nonprofit,” said
the same kind of chemical reactions
feel like we have to find a word that
Zoë Williams, an MSU Denver alum
in their bodies as when people are
fits us better as black and brown
and member of Witch Collective.
getting hugs,” Norouzizadeh said.
folks,” Norouzizadeh said. “For a
The purpose of the market
Many of the farmers and artists
lack of a better word, we say magic.”
is to create a microeconomy
she knows deal with childhood
and a small alternative to big
trauma. She said their profession
ingredient at the marketplace
holiday establishments where
is a form of touch therapy that
adorned in holiday reds, golden
vendors and customers might
doesn’t include the human element,
tassels and lights galore. Vendor
not feel comfortable. Williams
which sometimes can get scary
tables set in a U-shaped formation
wants customers to know that
and messy. For her, everything
on the second floor of the café
their money is going directly to a
that she makes and creates is
made it easy for shopping traffic
person and not a corporation.
related to the earthwork.
to navigate through all the colorful
“They get to meet the people
“I deal with the elements and the
Magic seemed to be the main
earth in everything that I do,” she
said. “And get to know the
said. “It’s a relationship for sure, and
mushroom walking sticks, tarot
ingredients, like what goes into
I’m not sure who benefits the most.
readings and portraits were
what they are buying for the people
Because it’s therapy for me, too.”
available along with organic
Shoppers also had the
Flor Marquez, a healer and
Art, stick and poke tattoos,
candles, soaps, oils and other
owner of Alchemy Ritual Goods,
personal products. The air was filled
opportunity to buy organic drinks
also sees her work as a healing
with refreshing scents as shoppers
and food from the Mercury Café
practice. The goal of Alchemy
looked on happily and children
while they looked through a
Ritual Goods is to create a space for
ran about in a space that felt more
multitude of artisanry and healing
community to receive the healing
like community than commerce.
products. Evan Villarreal and
and support they need regardless
Jason Honerkamp heard about
of background, spirituality or
the event through social media
culture. Marquez grew up knowing
and decided to attend together.
she was a bruja, Spanish for
communities could accomplish
witch. She said that everyone has
collectively if they healed together.
Villarreal likes to support
Michelle Martinez and Ash Ferguson share their healing products from their company La Que Sabé at the Winter Solstice Market at Mercury Cafe on Dec. 3.
and unique products sold.
that makes the products,” Williams
they care about or themselves.”
Photos by Mimi Madrid | mayala3@msudenver.edu
“Healing is an essential part of being happy,” Marquez said. She likes to imagine what
spaces where vendors can
a little sliver of witch and that
express themselves in a safe
religion and politics have made
high quality space and time for
“Living a life that feels like a
environment where their artistry
the word scarier than it really is.
you where you can impact the people that you love in the best way possible is important,” she said. The vendors were able to impact even more community members by participating and giving 10 percent of their proceeds. Collectively, they raised $1,700 for Colorado
Flor Marquez, owner of Alchemy Ritual Goods, takes a moment from vending to get her fingers tattooed by stick and poke artist Cory Feder during the Winter Solstice Market at Mercury Café on Dec. 3.
Circles for Change, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to reduce juvenile violence and incarceration so young people can reach their full potential. This is the second time they are beneficiaries. The Witch Collective will be hosting another market where local beneficiaries will be the Transformative Freedom Fund. The nonprofit organization works
Mickki Langston of Tellicherry Trading Co. shares her organic body products at the Winter Solstice Market at Mercury Café on Dec. 3. This is the second day of a market organized by the Witch Collective, where local artisanry and healing products are sold.
to remove financial barriers to accessing transition related healthcare for transgender people in Colorado.
Midwinter Market Series
organized by The Witch Collective
Dec. 13 and 14 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Dec. 15 from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Boxcar Gallery 544 Santa Fe Dr. Denver CO 80204 For more information visit: www.facebook.com/Witchcollective/
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MSU Denver student starts a sustainble business Dmitri plans to bring organic coffee to undercaffinated students on campus January 2018
By Issac Banks
pollutants to get nonrenewable
cbanks17@msudenver.edu
resources when instead we should be using those resources to build
After biking 931 miles from San Antonio, Dmitri Rumschlag
solar panels that will last 25 years. Rumschlag has worked hard
ended his 25 day bike trip in
for what he wanted his entire life.
Denver. Within two hours he
When he was 16, he started his
got a job, a place to live and a
own landscaping company and
group of friends. Two-and-a-half
ran it for seven years. It started
years later, he is attending MSU
with him going door to door in his
Denver for the engineering trades
neighborhood of 2,000 residents,
and started his own business.
asking each one if they would
Rumschlag, an MSU Denver sophomore, works at the Mercury
pay him to mow their lawn. “My mom instilled this in
Café and The Corner Beat Café.
me, I used to need money for
Both of the restaurants sell 100
things and she would be like, you
percent organic goods, a value
have to work for it,” he said.
important to Rumschlag. He
Julia Rosemorgan, a close
is an advocate of sustainable
friend and coworker of Rumschlag,
lifestyles and renewable energy,
said that he has a strong work
for himself and others.
ethic. He picks up unpaid
Rumschlag has been interested in this lifestyle since he was 10 years old. He would
projects around the community that always help people. “He’s got a lot of enthusiasm
build contraptions with K’Nex,
about life and biking and
which are constructible toys
coffee,” Rosemorgan said.
kids can use to build anything
Rumschlag wanted to sell
from cars to roller coasters, and
coffee because he loves it. He
powered them by a wheel he
wants to offer people low cost,
would turn instead of using the
organic and great tasting coffee.
motor that came with the set.
As a self starter, he began
“I always wanted to help people
Photos by Mark Stahl | mstahl5@msudenver.edu
looking to open his own café. He
and make things that you can’t
originally planned on building
really get sometimes,” he said.
his own bike café. Unfortunately,
Rumschlag believes that
he did not have access to shop
having a sustainable lifestyle is
tools or the money to build it.
Engineering Trades student Dmitri Rumschlag takes his cafe bike for a spin on the Auraria campus Dec. 1. The Swedish company provides bicycle cafés to entrepreneurs looking to start their own business. Wheelys is a Swedish
our future. He said we eat food
Luckily, he found
franchise that provides bicycle
covered in pesticides and expel
Wheelys Café company.
cafés to entrepreneurs looking to start their own business. The company started in 2014 by a group of friends and has spread all over the world, operating in more than 50 countries. They believe in “a green revolution,”
customers can pedal, generating
taking advantage of developing
power, for their own coffee.
countries. Fair trade helps those communities develop their
“My mom instilled this in me, I used to need money for things and she would be like, you have to work for it.” – Dmitri Rumschlag
and organic free trade coffee. Rumschlag was in contact with
Corner Beet and good friend of
before they had a big sell and
Rumschlag said he’s full of ideas.
don’t want to pay the fair price, get the cheap stuff, pay those people like shit and it is just
“He’s always been the
cannot support that in any business that I decide to open.” The café comes with an application for Android and
He had missed the sale because
type to spearhead projects,”
Apple phones that customers
he was saving his money to buy
Hazamy said. “He is all about
can download onto their phones.
one. After the sale, they called
sustainability and he really likes
With this app, people can locate
him and said that they had one
bikes, so it is really up his alley.”
the café and place orders. If it is
more cart with his name on it. The bike café that Rumschlag
Rumschlag went with Wheelys
a nice day and someone wants
because of their ethos and
to ride their bike to the café, they
got from the Wheelys is a “model
dedication to sustainability.
can use the app to let Rumschlag
three.” The bike café is painted
Part of that ethos is fair trade
know they are on the way.
white with red trimming and
coffee. Fair trade coffee is
lettering and is ready to set
regulated by Fair Trade USA,
to sell local products as long
up anywhere. It is powered by
a nonprofit organization, to
as they are organic and free
human pedaling and a battery
insure a livable wage and
trade. Rumschlag plans on
that Rumschlag charges with a
proper work environments for
selling organic coffee, coffee
solar panel. Rumschlag plans to
farmers regardless of the market
related drinks, fresh press
add on more solar panels later.
price of coffee. Companies like
juice from The Corner Beet,
The battery and the solar panels
Conscious Coffees, a roster
salads in quart mason jars,
will be used to power the motor
located in Boulder, and Dunkin’
organic fresh fruit, locally baked
on the bike and the chiller inside.
Donuts use fair trade coffee.
organic pastries and muffins.
Rumschlag’s mission was to
MSU Denver student Dmitri Rumschlag with his café on wheels on campus Dec. 1. Rumschlag has started a local Wheelys business.
“You have these other companies that come in and
not fair,” Rumschlag said. “I Nikki Hazamy, owner of The
the company for a few months sold out of all of their models.
infrastructure Rumschlag said.
Wheelys uses organic food
Wheelys encourages owners
He is planning to have
leave the smallest carbon footprint
and free trade coffee beans.
the grand opening of
possible. He had an idea of one
Some businesses in the coffee
his café on Jan. 6.
day adding pedals on the bike that
industry have been criticized for
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The darkest shade of gray Author’s novel successfuly explores Great Purge
By Alexsandra Ruiz-Ortiz
others are at a hospital. The NKVD
around another girl. Scenes like
aruizort@msudenver.edu
shove a mother and her child into
this remind the readers that
the vehicle to be deported as well.
a 15 year old is dealing with
The details paints a vivid image as
survival, hunger, lice and death.
“Between Shades of Gray” is an impactful and emotional story
Lina describes the mother dripping
of Lina Vilkas and her family who
blood as the doctor begs one of
hope and encouraging thoughts
are dragged out of their home to
the NKVD officers to let the child
during the dark times depicted
be labor slaves for the Soviets.
stay since it will not survive.
such as the “Great Purge.”
They are one of many families
Sepetys unearthed the
One character radiates with
Sepetys decided Lina’s mother,
who fight for survival and struggle
memories of those who
Elena, would be the beacon of
to maintain hope. During the
experienced the unjust actions
hope. She constantly shows
Soviet Union’s occupation of the
of the Soviets. She describes the
kindness and love to those who
Baltic states, including Lithuania,
train cars Lina and her family
may not even deserve it. Sepetys
Latvia and Estonia, many lives
were transported on as cattle cars
reminds the reader with Elena
were damaged as the Soviets
with the smell of sweat, urine and
that “whether love of a friend,
began to deport people deemed
feces radiating and empowering
love of a country, love of God,
as anti-Soviets starting on June
with the heat trapped inside. With
or even love of enemy - love
14, 1941. The deportations are
only one hole in the ground, it is
reveals to us the truly miraculous
known as the “Great Purge.”
both their fresh air and bathroom
nature of the human spirit.”
Ruta Sepetys, the author,
hole. Each detail gives a graphic
wonderfully captures the horrors of the “Great Purge” and what a family might have endured at the time. Sepetys is a Lithuanian-American
Photo courtesy of Starowieyska Magda
Ruta Sepetys is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction. Between Shades of Gray is Sepetys’ newest novel.
author, who is internationally
will bring you along on an
so many others had to endure
emotional ride that will have you
during the Great Purge.
connecting with the characters
Sepetys beautifully embraces the dark topic in “Between Shades
and heartbroken when there is death among the family.
of Gray,” yet keeps the young
acclaimed in historical fiction.
fictional character, much of the
The People’s Commissariat for
adult problems many readers
She is the daughter of a
book is based on other families’
Internal Affairs, known as NKVD,
face. Throughout the book there
Lithuanian refugee.
experiences as Sepetys traveled
were a Soviet secret police
are several flashbacks. One in
to Lithuania for research.
organization responsible for
particular reminds the readers that
political repression and carried
Lina is a teenager. The flashback
She writes about Baltic states
“Between Shades of Gray”
image of what Lithuanians and
that were caught between the
Sepetys brings the emotion
Soviet and Nazi empires, wanting
of a 15 year old to life as readers
out the Great Purge. Readers first
is of Lina and her cousin who are
to encapsulate others’ stories and
embark on this horrific journey
realize many NKVD officers are
about to go on a double date.
retell them in “Between Shades
with Lina as she discovers why her
emotionless human beings when
It failed when Lina discovered
of Gray.” Though Lina Vilkas is a
family is going through torment.
the truck transporting Lina and
her date has his arms wrapped
Between Shades of Gray • By: Ruta Sepetys • Price: $9.97
The electricity of Denver’s music scene Although My Body Sings Electric wasn’t
By Montana Martin mmart427@msudenver.edu
headlining at 1STBANK Center that night, bands like theirs are essential in maintaining the local music economy. A sentiment that
In honor of their 10-year-anniversary, My Body Sings Electric spent the final
nearly any band would surely trade in for
night of their three-night celebration
two headlining arena shows in the span of
with a hometown show at the Marquis
two months, sure, but an invaluable one,
Theater in Denver on Dec. 2.
nonetheless. To be such a consistent presence in any sort of capacity is an accomplishment
Joining the band in their victory lap around Colorado were fellow local acts All Chiefs,
that most bands don’t even get the pleasure
Modern Suspects and Slow Caves. The
of taking for granted. But growing up in
sheer endurance of My Body Sings Electric
the industry and having the chance to be
garnered a community affair, as soundchecks
surrounded by those that did so with them
and drink orders were interrupted by the
that night, Whalen and company certainly
welcomed embrace of old friends.
know better than to do such a thing. After their emotionally charged two-
Starting the night off, All Chiefs brought a jazzy, infectious warm-up act
song encore, chants of “ten more years”
to the crowd still flowing into the venue.
followed the quintet as they exited
Guitarist Justen Howard’s mesmerizing
through the stage door behind them. Your favorite bands all have a hometown.
talent provided the crowd with the goahead to let loose, a sentiment of which they held close as the night progressed.
Photo by Montana Martin | mmart427@msudenver.edu
My Body Sings Electric celebrates a decade in the local scene at the Marquis Theater in Denver on Dec. 2.
something you haven’t yet. It’s bands like
equivalent of a Marquis Theater, every day of the week, in every timeslot. I
Speaking of, keep an eye on the boys in Modern Suspects and you may see
At one point, they have all played their
the most of the space you left them. When My Body Sings Electric took the
that made the choice to go support local music
implore you to go pick your timeslot.
that night, in lieu of attending Channel 93.3’s
this that were made to endure the drudgery
stage at their 10:30 p.m. time slot, they wasted
annual “Not So Silent Night.” While he also
of the music industry, only to be met with
no time in reminding the crowd why they’re
carved some time out of the night to reminisce
everything they set out to accomplish.
still around. Lead vocalist Brandon Whalen
on the band’s triumphs, he took a bit more to
Regardless, with a popping presence like
immediately took any opportunity he could
speak to the things that fell short of such.
Modern Suspects’, if you can’t be there
to thank those who “knew us when.” Whalen
to fill the room they’ll find a way to make
indebted the last decade to the type of fans
“We thought we were gonna be Imagine Dragons,” Whalen said.
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Successful volleyball season meets bitter end at NCAA regionals MSU DENVER NEWS
By Matthew Stefanski mstefan3@msudenver.edu
Basketball opens conference action in South Dakota
MSU Denver volleyball’s season has ended in the regional semifinals of the NCAA National Tournament, signaling an end to four seniors’ time with the team. Though they earned the No. 3 seed in their region, the Roadrunners were upset by the No. 7 West Texas A&M University Buffaloes in a three-set sweep, capping off a successful season with a disappointing end. In head coach Jenny Glenn’s second year at the helm of the program, she has now successfully carried the Roadrunners to back-to-back conference finals and NCAA National Tournament appearances. It’s a testament to her talent as a coach, and the team’s overall talent. “The growth of this team has Photos by Geoff Ziegler | gziegler@msudenver.edu
been incredible,” Glenn said. “It’s been an amazing thing to be a part of, honestly.” The Roadrunners had a bumpy
MSU Denver women’s volleyball player Taylor Duryea attempts to send the ball over West Texas A&M defenders in the semifinal match of the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament at the Regis Fieldhouse on Dec. 1. Duryea finished the game with 9 kills, but the Roadrunners fell 3-0 to The Lady Buffs to close out their 2017 season with a 22-9 record.
season, losing six of their first nine games. But the team showed
Because of their excellent regular
Alyssa Svalberg and Vasati Fiatoa
Claire Gordon, a defensive specialist
resilience, rallying off 16 wins in
and postseason performances,
brought the team newfound energy.
who played behind Lopez and
17 matches during conference
MSU Denver earned an invite to
The boost helped the Roadrunners
freshman Lyric Hebert this season.
play and earning a number three
NCAA National Tournament. Their
rally to a 25-21 win in the fourth set
“I think this is just an experience
seed in the Rocky Mountain
first match was against Texas A&M
and force a shortened fifth set. They
that I will never forget,” Lopez said.
Athletic Conference Tournament.
University - Commerce Lions. After
dominated in the deciding set 15-9
“And just to end it with this group
During the RMAC Tournament,
jumping out to a quick 25-11 win
after jumping out to an 8-2 lead.
of girls, especially. We knew how
the Roadrunners continued their
in the first set, the Roadrunners
winning ways, making it to the
struggled, giving up 15 attacking
the team confidence,” said junior
the court too, so, yeah, it’s just an
finals by knocking off No. 2 seed
errors and allowing the Lions to take
Santaisha Sturges. “When she’s
experience I’ll never forget. I’m
Colorado School of Mines, who
the next two sets 25-22 and 25-21.
turning around screaming at all of
really thankful that I chose Metro.”
had beaten them during regular
But the Roadrunners pulled
season play earlier in the year.
themselves together as seniors
“I think it just gives everyone on
us, all of us just want to scream
Despite losing four seniors,
back at her. It just gives us so much
a strong core of players remain
energy and shows that she has
for next season. Leading scorer
confidence in herself and her team.”
Sturges, Taylor Duryea and
However, a worrying match
Stephanie Laraway will all return
against West Texas A&M was due
as seniors. The team also has
up next. The No. 7 seeded Buffaloes
three more years out of breakout
had upset No. 2 seed Tarleton State
freshmen Alexis Benda and
University the night before and
Kayla White, as well as Hebert,
the Roadrunners struggled to find
who was third on the team in
any answers. Three intense back-
digs behind Lopez and Sturges
and-forth sets fell in favor of West
and seems primed to take
Texas A&M, as the Roadrunners
over as the primary defensive
were unable to overcome their 23
specialist/libero next season.
attacking errors and seven service
But that’s not to say the seniors
errors. The match had 15 total tie-
won’t be missed. The leadership of
scores and seven lead changes, but
all the seniors played a significant
the Buffaloes were the ones to close
role in the success of the team, and
out each set. Sturges was able to
Glenn reflected on what it meant to
score 11 kills on 27 attempts. Fiatoa
have a strong group of seniors in
contributed nine kills, including
her second season as head coach.
four in the final set, but it wouldn’t
“One thing I will say about this
be enough. The Buffaloes swept
group is they did whatever I asked
the Roadrunners with a towering
them to do, and as a coach, you
defense and serve game, putting
can’t take that for granted,” said
up 13 blocks and seven service
Glenn. “This is a unified group
aces across the three sets.
that played hard and unified the
MSU Denver volleyball now
MSU Denver women’s volleyball player Alyssa Svalberg celebrates after scoring against West Texas A&M in the semifinal match of the NCAA tournament at the Regis Fieldhouse on Dec. 1. The Roadrunners fell 3-0.
to have fun on the court and off
entire season, and I think that’s
loses the services of four seniors:
why we were able to accomplish
Svalberg, Fiatoa, Jackie Lopez and
what we were this year.”
The Roadrunners carried their successful stint at Auraria Event Center on Nov. 24 and 25 into a road trip to South Dakota to open Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. On Dec. 1, they took on South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and both teams walked away with victories on the strength of 20+ point games from Georgia Ohrdorf and Cameron Williams. The next day both travelled to Black Hills State University, where the men’s team was successful once again, but the women fell victim to the undefeated club. The men improved to 3-5 on the season, while the women fell to 5-3. For his defensive prowess over the weekend, Bounama Keita earned RMAC Defensive Player of the Week Both teams return home on Dec. 8 to take on Regis University. Sturges named All-American Junior outside hitter Santaisha Sturges earned an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American honor for her accomplishments on the volleyball court this season. She led the RMAC in kills and ranked third in points in 2017, playing a key role in the team’s NCAA Tournament run.
NATIONAL NEWS Russia banned from 2018 Olympics The International Olympic Committee announced that Russia has been barred from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The IOC stated that “systematic manipulation of the anti-doping rules and system” is the reasoning behind the ban and it will affect not only athletes, but officials, scientists, administrators and government officials. Athletes who were deemed “clean” are still allowed to compete in the 2018 Olympics, but they are not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. Instead, the competitors will compete under the title “Olympic Athlete from Russia,” in official standings and scoreboards. They will also be forced to wear uniforms provided by the IOC, and will be listed under the Olympic flag. Russia is the first instance of an entire country ban since India in 2014 and Afghanistan in 2000.
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SPORTS
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Roadrunners fall semester in review By Richard Allen
berths to their respective NCAA
year’s team, and it quickly showed.
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regional championships, as well.
The team dropped their first five
Volleyball was undoubtedly
matches, all by one goal, and the
As the semester comes to
the strongest full-season team in
season seemed to be lost early.
a close, it takes with it another
the fall, reaching the semifinals
However, they flipped the script
season of MSU Denver sports.
of both the RMAC Tournament
by going 8-2 in their next set of
and the NCAA DII South Central
games and worked their way up
men’s and women’s athletics
regional tournament. They
to fourth place in the RMAC by
represent the Roadrunners. The
took a 22-9 regular season
the end of the season, reaching
men competed in basketball, cross
and a 16-2 RMAC record to the
the conference semifinals.
country, soccer, tennis and will
playoffs under second-year head
begin indoor track on Dec. 7. The
coach Jenny Glenn, finishing
on a strong showing in their first
women had squads in all of these
third in the conference.
halves, with men’s and women’s
Fall 2017 saw 12 teams across
sports, plus volleyball and golf.
Along the way, they became
The split-season teams put
tennis collectively going .500 and
While a conference or national title
the only in-conference team
golf topping out at third place in
proved elusive, Roadrunner teams
to beat the eventual RMAC
their first set of invitationals in the
had winning records in conference
champion Regis University. The
season. Both will go back to work
play in every instance applicable,
team’s efforts were recognized
in the spring, along with baseball,
earning personal accolades and
with national ranking votes, two
softball and outdoor track.
recognition along the way.
all-RMAC first team players,
Collectively, the athletics
three more named to the
spring is basketball and indoor
department earned trips to all
conference second team and
track. Both basketball teams have
five Rocky Mountain Athletic
an all-region DII Conference
entered conference play, with
Conference Tournaments that
Commissioner’s Association honor
the women’s team currently at a
they were eligible to make:
for junior Santaisha Sturges.
winning pace of 5-3. The men’s
one from volleyball, each of
While other Roadrunners
Photo by Kaileigh Lyons | klyons9@msudenver.edu
Bridging the gap from fall to
The MSU Denver Roadrunners and UCCS Mountain Lions Battle for the ball at the RMAC on Oct. 31 hosted at the Regency Athletic Complex. After a previously scoreless game, MSU Denver ended with a 5-3 victory over UCCS in penalty kicks.
record is the inverse of that, but
begins their season on Dec. 7 at
court and track and carry that
the men’s and women’s soccer
teams did not find similar success,
won their first two RMAC contests.
the Colorado School of Mines
over into the spring semester.
programs, and both groups from
storylines abounded during the
Senior Bounama Keita earned the
Alumni Classic & Multi. As we
cross-country. Volleyball and
fall season. Men’s soccer lost
conference Defensive Player of
enter the break, the Roadrunners
cross-country earned followup
eight regular players from last
the Week honors on Dec. 5. Track
will continue to compete on the
Campus Rec concludes intramural basketball By Richard Allen
Underdogs captain Alejandro
team Warren’s Waffle House, who
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Jimenez after the team’s victory.
wore their Campus Rec jerseys
“We understand it’s intramurals. We
they earned for winning last year’s
understand we’re here for fun and
tournament. Other teams in the
bleachers of the Auraria Event
nobody needs to get hurt. But, at the
league featured names like Lavar
Center were not pulled out.
end of the day it is a competition.
Ballers and D Up for Harambe.
There was no need for them.
There is a scoreboard up there.”
The creativity that goes
In the finals matchup, the
into some of the names eludes
On the evening of Dec. 4, the
The Roadrunners weren’t there that night. Yet, there was still
two teams were separated by a
pandemonium when the final buzzer
handful of points deep into the
sounded from the middle court
game, inducing anxiety and stress
idea,” said Destin Brave, member
that was emblazoned with the MSU
in the players that led to a scuffle
of the team Warren’s Waffle
Denver logo. What was left was a
and several personal fouls for
House, when asked about the
group of seven men in basketball
language and roughhousing.
name. “They never told me. I
shorts and each with their own
invested, even if it was a rec league.
and an order for jerseys to be filled.
“The only difference is you’re
guess they like going to the Waffle House to eat or something.” Brave’s teammate Oliver Zettas Photo by Richard Allen | rallen57@msudenver.edu
playing against friends you meet
named team had just triumphed
out on the street,” CU Denver
over the CU Denver Lynx men’s
club head coach Gordon Stevens
club team in the finals of Campus
said. “It’s the same level. Same
Recreation’s intramural basketball
competitiveness, if not more.”
league. Over the course of 10
“You know what, I have no
It was clear: both teams were
variation of a white top celebrating, Underdogs no longer, the aptly
even some of the players.
The finals proved to skew toward
later explained that it was in
Will Hewitt of Warren’s Waffle House goes up for a shot against the CU Denver club team in the semifinals matchup of the Campus Recreation intramural basketball league playoffs on Dec. 4. Warren’s Waffle House lost 51-44.
homage to a junior varsity coach
the end, a surprising standard
just because it’s a smaller tri-
competition successfully blended,
several players on the team had while playing at East High School. With the quirks, fun and
weeks, the league whittled its way
“more,” prompting Summers to
for the rec league. In seeding
institution that a lot of people
Campus Recreation is turning that
down from 12 teams to just one
spring from his seat in the balcony
play, four teams tied for second
want to play,” Summers said.
momentum into more programs
in a successful initial campaign
and hustle down the stairs to ensure
place, only one victory behind
under Program Development
things did not get out of hand. He
No. 1 CU Denver. Even with
of MSU Denver, CU Denver and
with volleyball and indoor soccer in
Coordinator Miki Summers.
wasn’t about to let an all-around
the inclusion of a legitimate
Community College of Denver
the spring semester. Summers also
And while it may have not been
solid campaign turn sour in the final
club team that participates in
allows for a unique intramurals
envisions expansions that include
club level or higher, the final
minutes of a 10-week endeavor.
sanctioned tournaments, the
experience. The Lynx wore school-
more community involvement,
Summers, in his first year
talent level was not skewed in
branded uniforms, while their
like a bowling or curling league
favor of a small minority.
opponents in the finals donned
that would require off-campus
varying forms of white shirts,
resources. They hope to repeat the success following that same model.
night of events featured close competition that drew emotions
in his position, watched as the
out of the recreational athletes.
intramurals program’s headlining
“Anything in life that you do, you’re always competitive,” said
“It’s a higher brand of
The shared campus and league
league apexed into a heated
competition than you normally
from tanktops to pennies. In the
contest that was captivating until
see in an intramural program
semifinals, the Lynx bested the
available to students, beginning
EVENTS
DECEMBER 6, 2017
EVENTS AT AURARIA 12.6
Open mic and free pizza night
CONCERTS 12.8
Moon Taxi
Location Ogden Theater
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ROADRUNNER ATHLETICS 12.8
Say Anything
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
Location Summit Music Hall
Price $25
Price $23
Time 9 p.m.
Time 7 p.m.
12.8 vs. Regis University Location Regency Athletic
Location Tivoli Garage Lounge
12.8 vs. Regis University Location Regency Athletic
Complex
Price Free
Time 5 p.m.
Complex Time 5 p.m.
Time 4 p.m. 12.10
Hundredth
Location Marquis Theater Price $13 12.7
MSU Denver Auraria Chorale and String Sinfonietta
Location King Center Price $5 Time 7:30 p.m.
Time 7 p.m.
12.12
Lady Gaga
Location Pepsi Center Price $45+
Women’s Basketball 12.9 vs. Chadron State
12.13
Evanescence
Location Paramount Theater
12.13
College
Location Regency Athletic
Location Regency Athletic
Sundressed
Location Moon Room
Price $52+
Price $10
Time 8 p.m.
Time 8 p.m.
MSU Denver Jazz Combos
12.15
Nathaniel Rateliff
Location Ogden Theater Location King Center
12.15
888
Complex Time 5 p.m.
12.16 vs. Colorado School of
Location Summit Music Hall
Price $40
Price $20
Time 9 p.m.
Time 7 p.m.
12.9 vs. Chadron State
College
Women’s Basketball 12.7
Men’s Basketball
Time 7:30 p.m.
Complex Time 7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball 12.16 vs. Colorado School of Mines
Mines
Location Golden Time 1 p.m.
Location Golden Time 3 p.m.
Price $5 Time 7:30 p.m. 12.23
3OH!3
Location Gothic Theater 12.8
MSU Denver Festival Choir and Symphony Orchestra
12.28
Jane’s Addiction
Location Ogden Theater
Price $25
Price $90
Time 9 p.m.
Time 8 p.m.
Avalanche
Location King Center Price $15-20 Time 7:30 p.m.
12.11
MSU Denver Jazz Voice & Guitar Combo
12.7 vs. Tampa Bay 12.29
tUnE-yArDs
Location 1STBANK Center
Price Free
12.30
My Morning Jacket
Location 1STBANK Center
Price $50+
Price $50+
Time 8 p.m.
Time 8 p.m.
Lightning Location Away
Lana Del Rey
1.11
Nuggets 12.8 vs. Orlando Magic Location Away Time 5 p.m.
Time 5:30 p.m.
Nuggets 1.7
Location Pepsi Center Location Syntax Physic Opera
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Broncos
Black Veil Brides
Location Fillmore Auditorium
Price $40+
Price $33
Time 8 p.m.
Time 5:30 p.m.
12.10 vs. Indiana Pacers
12.10 vs. New York Jets
Location Away
Location Home
Time 3 p.m.
Time 2 p.m.
Time 6 p.m.
TRENDING NEWS Danny Masterson Following rape allegations,
Now (and then) streaming Spotify released their
Matt Lauer “Today” show anchor Matt
House of Cards The Netflix original series
The fall of the Old Republic Star Wars director Rian
Netflix fired actor Danny
chart of 2017’s most streamed
Lauer has been terminated from
“House of Cards” will return in
Johnson confirmed that his new
Masterson from his work with
songs, albums and artists of
NBC following accusations
2018, and it will not include Kevin
trillogy will not be based on the
their original series, “The Ranch.”
the year. Ed Sheeran was the
of sexual misconduct. The
Spacey. The show’s sixth and
video game, “Knights of the Old
The streaming service said in a
most streamed artist of the
network received a “detailed
final season will run just eight
Republic.” Johnson also confirmed
statement on Dec. 5, “As a result
year, followed by Drake, The
complaint from a colleague
episodes, down from the usual
that the new story arc will not
of ongoing discussions, Netflix
Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and The
about inappropriate sexual
13. Following the charges against
include the Skywalkers. “To me,”
and the producers have written
Chainsmokers. The most streamed
behavior,” following with, “this
the actor, Netflix said it wouldn’t
Rian said, “what’s really fun is the
Danny Masterson out of ‘The
female artist was Rihanna.
may not have been an isolated
be involved with any production
notion of what new stuff are we
Ranch.’ Yesterday was his last day
incident.” Lauer was fired Nov.
of the series involving him.
gonna see, what new stories can
on the show, and production will
28 after more than 20 years
we tell?” The latest chapter of the
resume in early 2018 without him.”
with NBC News and “Today.”
“Star Wars” saga, “The Last Jedi,”
Since part of the fourth season has been filmed with Masterson, he will continue to appear in some episodes next year.
is hitting theaters on Dec. 15.
BREAK
DECEMBER 6, 2017
It’s another day on guard duty. Macrophages patrol the body,
Suddenly, the quiet is shattered. Macrophages
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Foreign pathogens rush through the
keeping it safe from disease and infection. The most important
on patrol see the wall is about to breach. They
break. Cytokines point the macrophages
feature is the skin, which acts as a powerful wall. Macrophages
rush to the site and prepare to battle.
in the direction of the enemy. The battle
keep a close watch, looking for any breaks or intruders.
The macrophages begin counterattacking, devouring
to keep the body safe has begun.
The last of the bacteria gobbled up, the macrophages
Viruses storm through breach. There hasn’t
pathogen after pathogen. Wave after wave of bacteria
celebrate. The body is safe, or so they think. Little
been enough time to seal it. The macrophages are
attacks, but the macrophages are determined.
do they know the danger that approaches.
forced to retreat. It’s a whole new game now.
Brain games
To be continued...
Across
47. Zip
Down
35. Satanic pursuit
1. Like a tack
48. An operatic plant?
1. Succumbs to gravity
36. Garage activity
6. ‘’Animal House’’ attire
52. Beast on a coat of arms
2. Sinuous dance
38. ‘’The Ten
10. Craving
54. South American tuber
3. Wide-eyed with
Commandments,’’ e.g.
14. Boring thing
55. Bon follower
expectation
40. Quiche ingredient
15. At the summit of
56. Dealers with the sole of
4. Look up to
41. Supporter of the arts,
16. Blood fluids
discretion?
5. Come before
perhaps
17. Surgeon’s requirement
62. It was sacred to Tut
6. Spanish appetizer
44. Eve’s grandson
18. Brad of ‘’Fight Club’’
64. Logical beginning?
7. Concerning the ear
46. 33s and 78s
19. Miles away
65. Put more paint on a
8. Like some romances
49. Isle of Capri attraction
20. Wise trainers?
brush
9. Most fitting
50. Rulers contain them
23. Country getaway
66. Balm ingredient,
10. Dos Passos opus
51. Assume, as a task
24. Yank’s foe
perhaps
11. Elegance of manner
52. Inuit vessel
25. Easter and Christmas
67. New driver, typically
12. Ten C-notes
53. Aristocratic
27. Mad PI?
68. Church doctrine
13. Deserves
57. Nautical centerpiece
32. ‘’___ Maria’’
69. Jekyll : Hyde ::
21. Toes the line
58. ‘’The Beat Goes On’’
33. Took a look at
Superman : ___
22. Skirt feature, sometimes
singer
34. X
70. Nobel Institute city
26. Dyed-in-the-wool
59. Sidle
37. Back of the neck
71. Express contempt
27. All there
60. Hoarfrost
39. Worked for Hilfiger
28. Roundish
61. Practice for the fight
42. Hindu deity
29. Change the locale
63. Complete collection
43. Flee to unite
30. Driving gadget
45. Borodin’s prince
31. Track legend Moses
Answers:
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