Volume 39, Issue 16 - December 7, 2016

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International student finds success

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Legal aid keeps dreams alive

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As the semester comes to a close, The Met looks at a preservation of the past, hope for the future and those looking to make a change in the world around them.

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Local breweries donate their darkest for the hungry Tivoli Turnhalle hosts Metro Caring

By Mady Smarr msmarr@msudenver.edu

Marty Jones sips on his choice of beer at the Parade of Darks tasting on Dec. 3. Jones has been organizing the event since its inception six years ago.

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Christmas music and the buzz of excited conversations floated throughout the Tivoli Turnhalle on Dec. 3 during the Parade of Darks.

The event is a holiday beer festival featuring only dark and amber brews. This year, the festival had 33 breweries who donated their time, employees and most importantly, their beer. Tickets for the event were $45 and 100 percent of the profits went to Metro Caring, a local organization that donates healthy food to underprivileged

families in and around Denver.

“There is enough food, but it is a matter of getting the excess that is available to those who need it the most. Events like this present an opportunity to inform the public about this tension between food need and food excess and we are working hard to make sure that one day, all will be well fed,” Ryan Galanaugh, the vice president of development communications for Metro Caring, said.

Metro Caring partnered with a local beer connoisseur named Marty Jones six years ago to create the event. It started at Wynkoop Brewery in 2010 with

the help of Jones. Last year, the event took a brief hiatus and when it came back this year, it moved to the Turnhalle.

All the breweries providing beer do so on a completely volunteer basis. According to Jones, they had so many breweries request to volunteer for the event that they had to turn some away.

Jones also said the Parade of Darks was the perfect contrast to The Parade of Lights that happened later that same night.

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Legal aid comes to help DACA students

By Mady Smarr

msmarr@msudenver.edu Undocumented students had a little less to fear in an uncertain future after attending #HereToStay, an event put on

by MSU Denver’s Student Government Assembly.

The event took place in St. Cajetan’s church on Dec. 3. It provided legal advice for students and their families who fall under President Obama’s executive order named Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Colorado ASSET. These two programs could face challenges under the incoming Trump administration.

“The best case scenario is the program extends and expands and the worst case scenario is that the program is terminated and work permits people have are no longer valid,” said local immigration lawyer Richard Garcia about DACA’s future.

The DACA program allows undocumented immigrants who arrived as children to receive a renewable two-year exemption from deportation and a work permit. Colorado ASSET is related to the price of tuition, and allows undocumented students to pay a rate less than out-of-state tuition.

Garcia and Arturo Jimenez, another immigration lawyer, focused on dispelling rumors and misinformation regarding immigration. After the panel, attendees were able to ask the lawyers questions on a one-on-one basis. This gave families and students with specific or personal questions a chance to get them answered without having to share with the room.

The need for this event arose out of the recent presidential election.

“I think a lot of people feel so unsure after the election of Donald Trump because of the manner in which he was elected. He really fanned the flames of xenophobia and racism,” Jimenez said. “He basically ran on a campaign of fear and blaming immigrants

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for America’s problems, so the fact that he won, logically, everybody is very unsettled by that.”

Many attendees at the event expressed fear over losing their DACA status, while many others expressed fear over their families being deported because they do not fall under DACA classification. The legal advice given was mainly directed towards taking preventive measures and moving to apply for citizenship now.

“I think once people are informed of their options and understand the possibilities of what can happen and the probabilities of what can happen, they feel a lot better, rather than just listening to rumors at work and at school or just kind of hearing snippets on TV. People feel better when they are better informed,” Jimenez said.

If DACA was eliminated and all students who used it were forced to leave, it would affect all MSU Denver students financially.

“If DACA gets eliminated, our tuition is

going to go up, and that is the reality of the situation that people just don’t realize. We have over 400 undocumented students at Metro, so if we take those 400 students out we’re paying a higher tuition rate. It’s going to affect everyone,” said Liz Milewski, SGA president.

However, part of Trump’s election platform was based on a harder immigration line, and some conservatives may not necessarily agree with the presence of undocumented students on campus.

Despite that perspective, Milewski said SGA hosted the event because undocumented students cried in her office the day after the election, uncertain about their futures. She called the view that undocumented students were taking the spots of legal students a fallacy.

“That’s like saying someone better than you is taking your job. No, you just need to work harder,” she said “These students, many of them are on full ride scholarships simply because they’re better students than us documented people.”

Activists take aim at Burger King for deforestation

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Katie Chamberlain and Marcos Descalzi ask students to sign a petition against deforestation as part of the Mighty Earth Organization outside of the Tivoli building on the Auraria Campus on Dec. 5, 2016.

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A planned rally on Dec. 13 intends to pressure Burger King to source the ingredients for its food responsibly.

“Deforestation accounts for 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, a massive amount,” said Katie Chamberlain, a field organizer for Green Corp. “From the weather we’ve been getting in Denver we’re seeing that climate change is real.”

Green Corp, a climate advocacy group, is working with Mighty Earth to pressure

Burger King to follow suit with McDonalds, Walmart and Wendy’s to source its ingredients responsibly. They hope the company will stop clear cutting Latin American rainforests to make space for cattle grazing and agriculture.

Ravon Terroade, an Auraria Student, was supportive of the activists. He has noticed the effects of climate change in the state.

“No snow, hasn’t even rained much. It’s just warmer. It’s cold right now, but it’s not Colorado, really,” he said.

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Holidays portend new political season Legislators discuss coming State General Assembly session

By Cassie Ballard cballar7@msudenver.edu

UC Denver’s School of Public Affairs previewed what’s to come when next year’s Colorado State Assembly meets in January.

A panel of four experts met to discuss the issues at the last First Friday Breakfast of the year on Dec. 3.

The meeting focused on discussing Gov. Hickenlooper’s budget request for fiscal year 2017-18. The meeting focused on transportation, education funding, insurance and Medicaid in the state.

Several larger subjects were avoided over uncertainty regarding the federal government after president-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated.

“What that means for Colorado is uncertain. There’s a lot of areas that we don’t know how they will impact us: From affordable care, illegal immigration, health care, what happens with infrastructure and transportation,” said Doug Friednash, chief of staff for Gov. Hickenlooper.

Friednash said that a major divide in the country was between how urban and rural residents voted in the election.

Voters are hearing differences between promises made on the campaign trail and

new rhetoric coming out of the postelection environment, he said. Although the President’s party controls congress, Trump may find the Senate not willing to go along with everything the presidentelect wants.

One of the big divides of the country was just looking at how urban and rural residents voted and how differently that was.

“First of all, I think there is a difference between what the candidate said and what we are hearing now, that’s part of it,” Friednash said. “I think there’s going to be a difference between what the senate may want and what the president may get and I think there is going to be a different kind of checks and balances. There is a lot that this country has got to work with.”

Transportation was the easiest topic to touch on because there is a crucial need for additional funding in the state for CDOT. It is one part of Colorado that should not be affected by changes in the federal government.

K-12 and higher education funding is more complicated. Those agencies may not be impacted by changes in the federal government. However, they are affected by what local counties choose to do.

For example, the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights restricts education funding in Colorado according to state

representative Alec Garnett-D. Although K-12 education must be funded to specific amounts each year, TABOR limits how much revenue the state can collect per year. This leaves state agencies fighting for a smaller budgetary pie each year, as costs for mandatory spending increase.

“The secret of higher-ed funding to me is it gets squeezed out by other things and it’s not protected by the Constitution like K-12 and it’s not protected by federal mandate like Medicaid and so over the year’s previous Joint Budget Committee, not me, have squeezed out higher-ed,” said state representative Bob Rankin-R. Despite political polarization in the rest of the country, the panelists cited multiple instances in Colorado where both parties worked to achieve bipartisan goals. One example is the the Joint Budget Committee.

Rep. Rankin serves on it with two other Republicans and three other Democrats.

“Colorado has really gotten the recipe of collaboration down. I think we’ve worked in a bipartisan way for years,” Friednash said. “We do it better than most other states and the results show in how well our economy does, our commitment to education and across a number of issues.”

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Jeffco schools battle teacher shortage for gifted kids

By Kayla Klein kgash1@msudenver.edu Gifted and talented students make up roughly 13 percent of Jeffco Public Schools.

Yet, despite an overwhelming number of GT students and a growing program, Jeffco struggles to find qualified educators.

The district accommodates GT students with differentiated instruction and advanced learning plans to identify students’ individual goals. The program also involves 16 GT Center schools, staffed by specialist teachers, that serve roughly 20 percent of Jeffco’s GT learners.

According to jeffcopublicschools.org, GT children are “those persons between the ages of four and 21 whose abilities, talents, and potential for accomplishment are so exceptional or developmentally advanced that they require special provisions to meet their educational needs.”

In Jeffco, a student is classified as GT through various forms of evidence and evaluated using the Colorado Department of Education’s guidelines.

“Students must have multiple pieces of evidence from cognitive testing, standardized achievement, behavioral observation scales and/or demonstrated performance at or above the 95th percentile,” said Roger Dowd, director of Jeffco’s gifted and talented program.

Jeffco’s GT Center schools consist of nine elementary schools, six middle schools and one high school. Together, these schools staff

90 GT endorsed teachers. The district also employs GT endorsed professionals, so in total Jeffco has roughly 130 GT endorsed personnel.

However, Jeffco also has roughly 11,500 GT students, so the GT student to teacher ratio is approximately 128 to one. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2013-2014, the average student to teacher ratio in Jeffco was 18 to one.

To combat the shortage, Jeffco is partnering with the University of Denver to pair teaching students interested in GT education with an endorsed mentor teacher.

“The hope is that this will get the right teacher candidates into the right jobs – increasing job satisfaction and decreasing teacher turnover in the long run,” GT Specialist Lauren Stewart said.

While Jeffco’s GT teacher shortage is apparent, some districts experience the problem to a greater degree.

“This is at least a statewide problem and probably a national one as well,” Dowd said.

The number of GT students in Colorado is increasing, adding to the problem at hand.

According to the Colorado Department of Education, as of the 2015-2016 school year, 7.6 percent of Jeffco students were identified as GT. That number is up nearly 6 percent since 2010-2011.

An ideal GT educator can differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every GT student.

“Probably the most important thing is a love for working with this particular group of students - finding gifted students, with all

Roger Dowd works as the Director for the Gifted and Talented program in the Jefferson County.

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of their idiosyncrasies, challenges and needs, fun and stimulating rather than frustrating or intimidating,” Dowd said.

Educators interested in earning a GT endorsement must prepare themselves for a classroom experience different from teaching general education students.

“Teaching gifted students is different only because these students are thinking all the time about so many different things. All best practices can be applied in a gifted classroom, however their asynchronous development can be a challenge. Their cognitive level is

far beyond their emotional level. They keep you thinking, and you have to be creative in developing lessons because if they know the material, they think it’s not worth doing,” said Joann Tobin, 6th grade GT professional educator at Kyffin Elementary, a Jeffco GT Center school.

Tobin said that many educators shy away from GT education because of the extra responsibilities involved. She said educators should look at the underserved population as an opportunity to sharpen their minds and challenge young learners.

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A very merry basic white girl Christmas

By Mady Smarr msmarr@msudenver.edu The smell of pumpkin spice has been replaced with the smell of peppermint. Ugly holiday sweaters are being pulled out for the annual Ugly Sweater parties. It looks like it is officially time for a basic white girl Christmas. This is a time for decorations, family, and plenty of alcohol. Hold onto your Uggs because this Christmas is about to get a lot more basic.

Decorations Christmas decorations are either go big or go home. Throw on your fuzziest socks and turn up the Christmas music, but only listen to the modern remakes of the songs.

The only way to decorate the tree is with festive Justin Bieber in the

background.

Speaking of trees, get the absolute largest you possibly can.

Fill up the entire living room if you can. Then, drop hundreds of dollars on decorations for the tree. You have to absolutely make sure that you get the Starbucks ornament, or else how will people know you’re the ultimate white girl? The lights inside and outside your house should be bright enough to blind passersby because that is the only way they will know how much holiday spirit you have.

Your house should be obnoxiously cheerful because the whole point of the holidays is having a house worthy of bragging about on Instagram.

Alcohol Alcohol is a huge part of the basic Christmas. I don’t mean just drinking flavored vodka out of the bottle and crying. That’s for a white girl Friday night, not the holidays. Christmas alcohol should be festive, like the season.

Rum mixed with eggnog is perfect for pretending you’re as cheery as you look. The lights will get brighter and everything will feel a little softer as you hit the bottom of the cup. Every refi ll will make

By Sean Rhodes srhodes6@msudenver.edu You know, there are lots of holidays out there, but Christmas is a black person’s best friend.

You get to be with your family, possibly eat good meals and even if Christmas sucks, you still got family. So think of this less like being cautious and more like… I don’t know, gettin’ your Christmas on.

Decorations Now people always ask me, “What do black Christmas decorations look like?” And I’m like… the same as every other Christmas decorations. What? You think I wanna go out of my way

Drinking Basic rule of Christmas: If you get offered a drink, take it. Don’t ask what’s in it. Chances are you don’t wanna know, but it’s gonna get you messed up. Take it, sit back and listen to your family’s stories, because they’re gonna have a lot.

And you’re gonna realize your family is just as messed up, crazy and stupid as you are. The only reason they give you alcohol before telling you stories is so that you won’t remember.

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you happier, because nothing says “White Girl Christmas” like getting white girl wasted on ruminfused cream drinks.

Family I know, I know. This is the part you are most dreading. You’ll smile and pose in cute ways with your siblings, but only because you need a new Twitter avi. You’ll spend the day on your phone pretending to listen to your old relatives drone on and on about their youths and other things that don’t affect you.

My suggestion is to drink your festive alcohol in the bathroom so you can survive until the presents. Because you are grown and adults freak out at the thought of having to decode you and your personality, you will most likely get either cash or clothes you would never wear. Smile and pretend to be grateful anyways, because those relatives may be dead soon.

The main way to get through this season is to be drunk enough that you’re in a good mood, but functional enough that no one knows, so grit your teeth and pour a drink because it’ll all be over soon.

A very merry cautious black guy Christmas trying to find a black Santa? No sir (or madam)! I prefer to just put up some lights and make it look pretty in the window. I don’t need to go all out, just something to make sure no one comes to my house asking about my Christmas spirit.

Oh, but if do go all out, make sure you actually take them down.

The work putting them up sucks and it’s only in hindsight that you realize, “Oh damn, I gotta take ‘em down!” I mean, you could leave ‘em up until June if you want to, but that’ll bring the police around and you don’t want that. Neither do they. You’ll get a ticket for laziness.

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family. Chances are you won’t be spending time in just your house.

If you’ve got family in state, you’re going. Ain’t no gettin’ out of that.

But if you’re young, you’re gonna get more presents, so it’s a winwin. Hell, even if you just happen to go to a family member’s home who likes you a lot, you’ll at least get a check. The only thing you gotta watch out for is that someone might put you on blast to bless the food and say a prayer. Nothing is more tense than being the one who has to say the prayer. If it’s Daddy that’s fine, but if it is him, he’s gonna go on for about fifteen hours before you eat. So while you’re holding hands and have your eyes closed, don’t fall asleep. That’s just rude.

Then there’s the food. If someone says take some food home, you damn well better do it.

They didn’t cook all that stuff for you to not eat! Take a plate. Take two plates. Take twenty, there will definitely be twenty. And don’t disrespect Mama. She brought you in this world and she ain’t scared to take you out.

Lastly though, enjoy your family. Be grateful you got them, because a lot of people don’t. The bonds that bring you together last a lifetime.

By Gellilla Gebre Michael ggebremi@msudenver.edu

Let’s talk about the wonderful world of awkward dating.

I feel the inherent right to unleash my vast knowledge of the subject. What gives me that right? I am the longest running single twenty-six year old in my district (kisses three fingers, and holds them up to the sky).

All jokes aside, I am hesitant to boast of my own dating style. It has not maintained any form of a healthy relationship with a companion.

In theory, I deem a healthy relationship to be a mutually established connection fi lled with trust, lust and admiration.

In reality, I seem to think it is acceptable to categorize a fictitious bond with a potential significant other as ‘pretty serious’ immediately after we have exchanged social media handles. Unfortunately, social media does not help your real social life. Go figure.

So what is considered the correct way to date? For someone like myself, I’ve struggled to define what a relationship is and how to communicate feelings effectively. Many will agree that these two factors can and will be the undoing of a potentially healthy relationship. My previous dating record can trace its earliest failed dating attempts back to primary school when Trevor Glassman denied my youthful display of undying love (presented through cut out hearts and confetti) and proceeded to push me off the swing set when bestowed with this glorious gift. Thus began my skewed understanding of how to maintain a one-sided infatuation at an early age.

So back to the ultimate question: what is the correct way to date?

There are so many factors that go into this ancient courtship. A mutual understanding of what both parties seek to gain from the relationship can create an open relationship as well as stimulate the conversation for future plans. When a relationship is missing this hearty verbal exchange, the focus transcends toward lust and strays away from addressing all desires.

Dating is also often weighed down with the constraints of social dynamics. Gender roles, the consideration of a long-term relationship and eventually wondering of how and if your family will accept your significant other might muddle your mind. These preconceived notions are hard to ignore.

For myself, there is an unwritten checklist that will tell me if this significant other is going to last a week, let alone a year. Within the first conversations engaged, I seek humor, a healthy conversation and a compassionate connection. I look for a stimulating mind that doesn’t expect me to carry the weight of dialogue.

Don’t get me wrong, I also try to understand how the date is going from their perspective. This is where my over-thinking comes into play.

Am I controlling the conversation? Is there something in my teeth? Am I smiling too much? Is he only interested in my appearance or should I open up and allow him to dig deep?

In the end, these significant others can be ejected from the dating game if something like the comparison of past relationships occurs.

I don’t want to hear you put me in the same category as another individual and continue to imply all of the damage I need to undo. I am not Atlas and I will not lift the globe from your shoulders.

Dating needs to be taken slow so as not to over rush emotions. I understand that we’ve all had relationships that might have left a sour taste or bad impression. However, carrying over that weight to a new relationship will sink it into the abyss. Take your time. Discover your own wants and needs as you explore your significant other.

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Educating and inspiring youth through graffiti art

By Madison Lauterbach mlauter1@msudenver.edu

Gr Graffiti is often seen as an eyesore and a burden on a community. However, with programs like Writerz Blok in San Diego and Colorado Crush in Denver, that sentiment is changing.

Many artists and writers within the graffiti community acknowledge the tremendous difference there is between legal and illegal graffiti. Legal graffiti programs like Writerz Blok in San Diego and events like Colorado Crush and those hosted

by LeSage in Denver aim to establish an environment where creativity, camaraderie and self confidence can flourish. Illegal graffiti is more so about creating a name for the writer and leaving their mark, oftentimes destroying public or private property.

In Colorado, illegal graffiti writers can be charged with criminal property damage for defacing or damaging private or public property without the owner’s consent.

According to the Colorado Offices of Legislative Legal Services, the charge and penalty of the crime depends on the value of the property that was damaged and prior similar offenses. The charges and potential sentences range in jail or prison time and fines.

If the cost of the damage is less than $500, the charge could be a Class two Misdemeanor that carries three months to one year in jail and $250 to $1,000 in fines which is the minimum punishment.

Colorado Crush, a street art and graffiti festival that takes place in RiNo district every year, aims to redefine what art means to the Denver community. Started in 2009, the Crush has featured artists from around the world to celebrate the beauty, creativity and culture of street art and graffiti. Pisto Rish, a former coordinator for the Crush, said the event has helped the RiNo district tremendously.

“All the street art has brought major increases in property value. It’s helped turn

the RiNo into one of the most desirable neighborhoods for businesses, living and tourism,” Rish said.

Since the event’s inception, RiNo has become a hotspot for urban art admirers, joining the likes of the Santa Fe art district and South Broadway.

Michael LeSage, better known as Mike Giant, is a national graffiti, tattoo and graphic design figure who founded the clothing brand REBEL8. LeSage currently lives in Boulder, where he offers weekly allages open drawing nights in his studio.

In 2015, he threw monthly parties for young adults centered around the subcultures of skateboarding, breakdancing, art and cycling. LeSage did admit that graffiti can have positive and negative associations and said, “on the one hand, it can be a great activity for building confidence, overcoming obstacles and developing artistic abilities.

On the other hand, it promotes stealing, trespassing in the middle of the night and evading police.” LeSage is also a big name graffiti artist who has painted in the yard at Writerz Blok, a program and community center in California.

“I’ve painted at Writerz Blok a few times and I think it’s a cool thing. It’s great to see kids making new friends and learning about art together. I think similar programs would benefit kids anywhere,” he said.

According to Shouse California Law Group, vandalism is a “wobbler” in California law, which means prosecutors can file either misdemeanor or felony charges depending on the specifics. All potential sentences include up to one year in jail or prison, but fines can range from $1,000 to $50,000.

Writerz Blok was founded in 1999 by graffiti artist Sergio “Serg” Gonzalez in Southeastern San Diego. Centered in a lower income neighborhood infamous for gang activity, drugs, violence and graffiti, many of the youth come from broken homes or troubled backgrounds and don’t have strong role models in their lives.

Gonzalez wanted to create a space where at risk youth could be creative. The nonprofit

Sergio “Serg” Gonzalez, founder of Writerz Blok, started the Writerz Blok yard in 1999. Writerz Blok is a youth outreach program that supports kids to build careers using alternative arts such as graffiti and screen printing in San Diego, CA. Photo by Madison Lauterbach • mlauter1@msudenver.edu

organization didn’t have much support from the community and thus had to move from place to place quite frequently.

“They just thought we were training vandals,” Gonzalez said. “We wanted to show people that there is talented youth in this community, they just need a way to express it.”

Working in partnership with the Jacobs Family Foundation, Gonzalez and his fellow mentors guide the kids in their community into available artistic career paths. The mentors encourage the kids to graduate high school or receive their GED certificate and move on to junior college or trade schools.

They train and teach young adults in what Gonzalez calls alternative arts. These include activities like screen printing, photography and graffiti art history. The center also recently launched a graphic design curriculum certified by San Diego State University and City College that gives

students who graduate a micro certification in graphic design and printing.

One of the program’s former students, Kuya, said that being a part of the community at Writerz Blok was crucial to his career.

“We have a lot of people who come from other places around the world to come here to paint. I met a lot of people here who I looked up to back when I was a kid looking at graff magazines. I’ve met them live, which is really cool. Writing with all these writers I looked up to helped inspire me, “ he said.

Because of his time at Writerz Blok, Kuya has been working with a local brand, Tribal, and has done mural work for the city.

Gonzalez, a former guerrilla style graffiti artist, acknowledged the difference between his past life and that of the present.

“We were part of the problem. It’s funny now to say we’re part of the solution,” he said.

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Continued from cover >> Jones explained that since they are showcasing seasonal and dark beers on the same day that lights will fill downtown, they thought playing off the name would be a good idea.

Despite the hiatus the event took last year, the transition was smooth. There were no problems moving to the Turnhalle and there were plenty of volunteers to make the event go as planned.

“One out of four children in Denver is hungry, meanwhile, 40 percent of all food is wasted in the United States,” Galanaugh said.

The breweries that donated range from small breweries like Call to Arms Brewery to larger breweries like Avery Brewery.

“The guys we work with are very serious about the community, serious about reaching out and giving back,” said Gabe Hernandez, an employee at Call to Arms and a volunteer at Parade of Darks.

Along with the breweries, there were also corporate sponsors to help get the event off the ground again. Chipotle donated two free meals for everybody that bought tickets to the event. Pizzeria Locale donated a free pizza for all ticket holders.

The Tivoli Brewery also got

in on the action by providing 20 percent off to all ticket holders at the restaurant if they brought their tickets. Attendees also got a free Parade of Darks collectable beer glass for the tasting.

The local beer community rallied together to create change.

One ticket at $45 provided a week of meals to six hungry Coloradans.

“We’re really fortunate to have this space and to get the help of the school and we’re really fortunate that so many brewers came on board to help us out,” Jones said.

Sarah MacDonnell of Avery Brewery pours a vanilla bean stout for Lisa Jones at the Parade of Darks in the Tivoli Turnhale on Dec. 3.

Photo by McKenzie Lange • mlange4@msudenver.edu

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Keeping history alive at the Rambler Ranch

By Chris Bjork cbjork1@msudenver.edu Deep within the wooded rural area of Elizabeth, Colo., Terry Gale has dedicated his life to preserving a largely forgotten piece of American heritage.

Nestled beneath the pine trees on Forest Trail lies the Rambler Ranch, home to a private collection of over 700 cars that dot the surrounding acreage including a museum and a recreated Rambler gas station.

Each car originates from the company timeline of the American Motors Corporation founded in 1954. The company was a merger between the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car company beginning when Charlie Nash bought the Jeffery Company in 1916.

The company became significant in Gale’s life after he obtained a valuable piece of family history from his father.

“My father bought a 1954 Ambassador from a friend of his. It was a trade-in and he bought it for $50. It was an old car at the time and they drove it for a few years and parked it at the farm, and it sat there for 18 years. My father passed away in 1977, and my brother was cleaning up the farm,” Gale said. “I decided to save a piece of family history since my father was gone. I built this building in 1994 and the car was restored then.”

Following the restoration, Gale presented his father’s car at a show and received great praise from the attendees. The reaction motivated Gale to begin a collection and he started by gathering parts designed for the vintage automobiles until he eventually added complete AMC cars to the

Attached to a garage on the Rambler Ranch is a fully renovated retro diner that is equipped entirely with restored American-made appliances dating back to the 1940’s.

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restored set.

“The first show I took that car to it was just an overwhelming response having the only one like it at the show. It was like a magnet when you pull into a parking lot.

You’re looking for parts and you find other cars and before you know it you have 30 cars, and that’s what I had when I built this building and had no intention of doing this,” Gale said.

As the collection grew, so did attention surrounding what Gale was doing. Today, the Rambler Ranch is recognized worldwide by fans of historical American car culture.

Gale stays busy by organizing events, shows and tours during the summer and spring seasons which has taken up a bulk of the ranch’s business for decades.

“A friend of mine who is president of the Nash Metropolitan Club had been out here when I just had 30 cars and he said ‘can we come out for a picnic?’ So they came out, and for 19 years they’d come out here for a picnic every year,” Gale said. “From word of mouth, they told other groups and groups started coming so I started fixing it up and it just evolved into this.”

To keep up with the repairs, refurbishment, restoration and general upkeep around the ranch, Gale has employed a small staff over the years. Rambler Ranch employee Ben Hamilton has worked at the ranch periodically for 10 years and continues his service with numerous duties around the residence.

“It’s been a wonderful learning experience in the fact that it’s something new every single day. Somedays I’m falling big trees around the buildings or some days we’re picking up cars out of state or some days I’m running a steamroller, doing asphalt work,” Hamilton said.

Every single restored automobile on display stands out from the other. Outside of differences in model, body, parts and year, every vehicle embodies a unique time

and place through special additions. Gale captures this through his creative use of positioned mannequins and other props in each car.

Included among the growing collection of cars, Gale exhibits a preserved and sizeable array of Kelvinator fridges, dryers and other vintage appliances the company created.

These extra measures of detail and nuance aim to create more of a learning experience for visitors, ultimately providing it with more of a museum-like ambiance.

The extensive presentation of history and innovation showcases the admirable achievements and hurdles surrounding AMC’s role in the American automobile industry.

“My goal is to show the whole history of the whole company, as much possible that they were involved in. They always struggled.

They were always the underdog and always trying to compete with Ford, Chevy and Chrysler,” Gale said.

Gale has begun planning for next year with bookings for events and tours while working to add new displays. Ideas to make each year a new experience provides Gale with new opportunities to teach people about a company whose contributions are left unacknowledged by many today.

However, Gale’s efforts have shed an informative light, reminding people that without the successes of the underdog, the industry would have failed to progress to the level it has now.

“I bring back memories for a lot of people, which is something that makes me happy. When someone comes in here and they get all excited to see something they haven’t seen since they were a teenager and educating people on a company that a lot of people just kind of forgot existed,” Gale said.

“I want this company to be remembered.”

Bruce Springsteen promotes new memoir at Tattered Cover

By James Burky jburky@msudenver.edu M Musician Bruce Springsteen made an appearance at the Tattered Cover Bookstore off East Colfax Ave. Nov. 30 to promote his memoir “Born to Run.” Springsteen’s debut album in 1973, “Greetings From Asbury Park,” N.J., failed to crack the top 50 on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart upon release, but has since gained critical recognition. He gained mass popularity in 1975 with the release of his third studio album “Born to Run” with its title track being both a commercial and critical success. Along with “Born to Run,” his albums “Nebraska” and “Born in the U.S.A.” have been regarded as some of the greatest of all time by music critics.

The event offered fans of Springsteen the opportunity to have their photo taken with him while also receiving a signed copy of his memoir. Though the photo-op didn’t begin until 11 a.m., the event started much earlier as fans gathered in line hours before.

For Waverly Kille and her infant son August, attending the event was months in the making.

“We flew out from New Jersey,” Kille said. “It was really hard to see Bruce on the East Coast. He had an appearance in Philly, but they sold out.”

The speakers in the bottom floor of the store played some of Springsteen’s hit songs and as each song played, the line turned into a choir of die hard Springstonians, chanting the chorus to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” and singing along word-for-word to “Born to Run” in near unison.

The memoir itself has been met with critical acclaim, drawing praise from numerous publications such as Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone praised the memoir, citing Springsteen’s transparency into his personal life and musical process as one of the memoir’s highlights.

Like the critics, fans met the memoir with praise as well.

Bruce Springsteen (center) sits with Tattered cover staff Nov. 30 to celebrate the release of his “It was an answer to every question it felt new memoir “Born to Run.” like I had about his music,” said John Nunez, Photo courtesy of Tattered Cover’s Director of marketing and events, Heather Duncan. a long time fan of Springsteen. “To be able man who is a hero to many. to look at him, be up close, it made it a little “You hear stories about Muhammad Ali, Visit tatteredcover.com to more real for me.” you hear stories about Elvis, iconic figures,” For the fans, the experience seemed to stay posted on upcoming Nunez said. “He’s an iconic figure.” be surreal. Nearly every fan waiting in the events. winding line seemed to be standing in eager anticipation for the opportunity to meet a

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»Volleyball beat in Sweet 16 of NCAA tournament MSU Denver volleyball finished their season Dec. 3 when they lost to No. 12 Angelo State in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament. The Runners made it further in the NCAA tournament than they had since the 2009 season when they again made it to the regional finals.

First-year head coach Jenny Glenn finished the season with a 27-5 record and won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference coach of the year. Senior setter Brandi Torry won the RMAC setter and player of the year awards. The Roadruners will lose four seniors to graduation.

» Men’s basketball undefeated in conference The Roadrunners men’s basketball team increased their winning streak to four when they beat the Black Hills State Yellow Jackets 67-40 Dec. 3. The Runners are now 2-0 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. Junior guard Peter Møller led the team with 22 points and senior forward Andre Harris finished with the second most with 16. The Runners will continue RMAC play when they travel to Regis University on Dec. 9 and Chadron State on Dec. 10.

» CU football great Rashaan Salaam found dead Heisman trophy winner and former University of Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam was found dead in a Boulder park on Dec. 5. Details are few, but Boulder police have said that there are no signs of foul play.

Salaam was the only player in CU history to win the Heisman.

Salaam set a school record for rushing yards in a single season in 1994 when he rushed for 2,055 yards, a record that still stands today. He was drafted 21st overall in 1995 by the Chicago Bears and went on to win the Rookie of the Year award. Police say that an autopsy is pending. Salaam was 42 years old.

Outdoor Pursuits prepares for ice climb Students and staff prepare to travel to Ouray for outdoor activities

By Becky Thompson rthomp87@msudenver.edu Ice climbing and hot tubbing are only a small part of the fun that Outdoor Pursuits puts on every year in Ouray, Colo.

Outdoor Pursuits, a program with campus recreation, is a triinstitutional department made up of students and staff from the three schools on the Auraria campus. For the last 24 years, the program has been doing the Ouray ice climbing trip, which consists of ice climbing, hot tubbing, shopping and dining.

The program has a very low rate for the trip at just $295, which includes lodging, transportation and all necessary equipment.

Winter clothes are even donated

by Patagonia for the trip if students need them.

The program is run by Bryan Ferguson and Dave Lamothe, both experienced climbers. All ice climbing instruction is provided on the mountain and students do not need any experience to join the trip. The trip is in January every year, and this year it will take place from Jan. 2 through the 7th.

Bryan Ferguson, who has been ice climbing for 40 years, has been on the Ouray trip every year since it started.

“As soon as I could drive I started climbing,” said Ferguson. ”I don’t look forward to Christmas at all anymore. I just look forward to after Christmas and going to Ouray.”

Outdoor Pursuits has been doing “ice climbing” on the climbing wall in the gym to prepare students before the trip on what to expect. According to Ferguson, all ropework and the skills involved with rock wall climbing transfer over easily to ice climbing.

MSU Denver student Nate Penney attended the trip last year for his first time and will be attending this year as a student instructor.

“Expect to be out in the elements all day, climbing in potentially winter weather. Last year was particularly on the cold side,” Penney said. “But sometimes you get those days where you can climb in T-shirts.”

The mountainside in Ouray is about 100 feet and the groups will be doing the same piece of the mountain over and over all day, so there is no summit involved. It is a gorge along the Uncompahgre River with “farmed ice,” so the whole canyon can be turned into a solid piece of ice for climbing.

“You don’t feel like you are on an exposed mountainside,” Penney said. “You are down in a canyon.”

Caitlyn Nelson is a part of the Outdoor Pursuit program and attended the Ouray ice climbing trip last year.

“Typically everything we do is beginner level and up,” said Nelson. “We have activities that individuals can sign up for, whichever ones interest them, and you don’t have to come to everything we do, you can come to one thing once or everything depending on what you like.”

Vincent Archuletta talks to fellow climbers about the importance of climbing safely with a harness. Photo by Lauren Cordova • scordo22@msudenver.edu

The program offers many different outdoor activities throughout the year other than the ice climbing trip and no experience is necessary for anyone interested in joining the program.

“We consider it a portal program,” said Ferguson. “It is an opportunity for people to enter the outdoor world.”

Outdoor Pursuits upcoming events Dec. 14: “Ice Climbing” on the climbing wall 10 -11 a.m. in the fitness center of the P.E. building Jan. 2-7: Ouray ice climbing Ouray, Colorado Vincent Archuletta set out the climbing harnesses for the presentation on the Ouray Ice Climbing trip on Sept. 30 at the P.E. Center on the Auraria Campus in Denver. Photo by Lauren Cordova • scordo22@msudenver.edu

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Enrique Cortés: From Málaga to Denver

By Celeste Zubia czubia1@msudenver.edu There are a few things that make MSU Denver a very unique university; its location and history, but most of all it’s diversity. You can find students here on campus from all over the world, especially student athletes.

One of them is sophomore guard Enrique Cortés of the MSU Denver men’s basketball team.

Cortés was born in Málaga, Spain and had lived there his entire life until he came to the U.S. to play basketball for the Roadrunners.

Growing up, he lived with his mother, father and older brother.

Believe it or not, Enrique was initially a soccer player. It wasn’t until he was 10 years old that he switched from soccer to basketball. The only reason he made that transition was simply because his brother did. Enrique said that he wanted to be just like his brother, so he constantly followed his brother’s lead.

His success speaks for itself.

Cortés played for the club team Unicaja, one of the top five club teams in Spain. That was when he realized he could go on and play at the next level.

Cortés received offers from a few colleges, but said that the location

Enrique Cortés is a sophomore guard for the MSU Denver men’s basketball team.

Cortés was born and raised in Málaga, Spain. He is starting for the Roadrunners and is averaging 8.9 points and 3.3 assists per game.

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of MSU Denver is what grabbed his attention. He made the transition from soccer to basketball and was on his way to make the transition from Spain to the U.S. Enrique struggled in his first year with not only adapting to a whole new language, but also adapting to how the game is played here compared to Spain. In an interview last season, Enrique said that the players here are more physical and stronger. He also mentioned that players in Spain shoot the 3-pointer more than they do here.

After his transition period, Cortés has adapted to life here in the U.S. He is now a starter for the Roadrunners and has contributed very well to our athletic program.

“If it’s not the best, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made to come play here at MSU Denver,” Cortés said.

Head coach Derrick Clark believes that Cortés’s minutes as a freshman have prepared him well for this season.

“Enrique gained valuable playing experience as a true freshman last season,” Clark said. “He is one of our most versatile all around players and has great basketball IQ. Enrique had a great off season in terms of getting physically stronger and it already shows in his game. We will depend on Enrique to play big minutes each night and lead our team.”

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