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UCCSScribe.com Vol. 38, Iss. 23

Monday, March 31, 2014

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

NEWS

New SGA times SGA changes meeting times to include more students 2

Compass

UCCS implements new curriculum beginning fall 2014 2 SATIRE & BIZARRE

Clydesquatch

Mythical creature threatens students 4

New languages Dothraki, Elvish added to curriculum 4

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In addition to new fees, the CU Regent approved tuition increase will add 3.5 percent raise to student cost in 2014-2015.

CU Regents approve tuition hike for UCCS students

CULTURE

Relay for Life Students have chance to raise money, promote awareness 5

Realistic Doll Lammily presents a realistic portrayal of the female body 7

OPINION

Electric train “Green” UCCS should cut fossil fuel, build train 9

Technology Meeting people is easier, but bond isn’t very strong 9

SPORTS

Women’s Golf

Team is working to improve, swing back into action 11

Dezarae Yoder dyoder@uccs.edu

The CU Board of Regents greenlighted another tuition increase starting in the fall. In-state undergraduate tuition will go up by $240 or 3.2 percent for freshmen and sophomores starting in the fall, and upwards of an additional $384 or 3.4 percent for juniors and seniors. Regents voted March 21 at a special meeting in Denver to increase tuition at all four CU campuses. The increase is billed as the lowest tuition increase in eight years for UCCS students. “I feel like they’re just making it harder to get that degree that you have to have in order to get a career,” said Deidre Fudge, junior criminal justice major. “As an employee I think it’s a great thing,” Fudge said. “As a student I think it sucks because you’re paying

more.” Last year tuition went up by 6 percent. For lower division students, the new rate will push annual tuition to $7,710 next year. Instate graduate students will see a 3.5 percent increase, the largest increase of any group. The increase was on the low end of proposals presented to the CU Regents, who were originally expected to vote on the increase in April. The increases are based on expected growth, additional investment projections and anticipated increases in campus and CU System operating costs, explained Brian Burnett, senior executive vice chancellor for Administration and Finance. The resident tuition increase will generate about $3 million, Burnett said. Total tuition accounts for about $87 million, said Homer Wesley, vice chancellor for Student Success and

Enrollment Management. Rates will not increase for non-Colorado resident undergraduate and graduate residents, according to a release from Tom Hutton, university spokesman, but “costs will be altered to a per-credit-hour structure.” “The campus leadership believes that a modest tuition increase is necessary to cover mandated cost increases for employee compensation and benefits for classified staff, provide merit salary increases for

2014-2015 Tuition Increases 3.2 percent ($240) increase – resident freshmen/sophomores 3.27-3.36 percent ($270-384) increase – resident juniors/seniors* 3.5 percent increase

*depending on program

– resident graduate students

Estimate your bill: To estimate your bill using new tuition rates, visit: uccs.edu/bursar/estimate-your-total-bill.html

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faculty and university staff, and to provide enhanced investment and operating funds for the campus in the upcoming fiscal year,” Burnett said. “I pay for my own school,” said Mia Pino, junior psychology and WEST major. “It’s just going to be more time consuming because it means more work.” Campus officials contend that enrollment is not expected to drop despite the Continued on page 3 . . .

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SGA changes meeting times for next year Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

New time, same station. The Student Government Association has decided to change their weekly meeting times to accommodate members and a growing student body. Beginning Fall 2014, SGA meetings will be held on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Currently they are held Fridays, beginning at 8 a.m. “What’s going to happen is the opportunity to have more representation for students to see what we do,” said Jasmine Caldwell, current SGA president. According to SGA members, the concern over current meeting times potentially impeding student involvement was first raised last semester. Sabrina Weinholtz, SGA faculty advisor, looked at university data (including when most students have classes) and determined Thursdays after 7:30 pm will allow the largest number of students to attend. Chris Roth, incoming SGA president, said an increased student population has led to more Friday classes, which is limiting students ability to attend meetings. He also indicated SGA has

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SGA deliberates organization changes for the coming year.

been unable to fill the senator positions for Beth-El and the College of Education due to scheduling conflicts with their current meeting time. He said nursing students have training and education students teaching on Friday mornings. “In order to better include those colleges, SGA felt that a change in meeting time was necessary,” Roth said. In addition, Roth said current SGA members are

having difficulties attending meetings do to class scheduling conflicts. “It was becoming more difficult to accommodate student schedules with SGA meeting times,” Roth said. “With all of this information, it seemed logical to change our current meeting time as it would allow us to be more effective.” Roth said other universities such as CU-Boulder,

Metropolitan State University and Colorado State UniversityPueblo conduct their student government meetings at night. “We looked to our peer institutions and to our own metrics and concluded that in order to effectively represent our Student Body, this was a change that needed to happen, “Roth said. Caldwell predicts meetings next year will run smoother overall with the new time

change and set-up of the meetings. “We won’t be meeting every Thursday,” says Roth, “SGA will use two Thursdays [per month] for official meetings and have one leadership development meeting.” Roth said the leadership meetings will include “teambuilding activities, refining leadership skills, working and collaborating on new ideas (and) solutions.” He also indicated the time would be used for “training new members, inviting resources on our campus to present to (and) train SGA and improving the SGA process.” He indicated a finalized schedule will made available at the end of the semester. The new time is also expected to allow more student groups submitting financial proposals to SGA to be present at meetings. Roth said currently around half of student groups requesting funds are able to be present for meetings. If a group cannot attend a meeting, Chen Zhao, SGA director of finance, presents in their stead. “We are here to serve the students, we wouldn’t be able to do our jobs if students were uncomfortable coming to us with their proposals,” said Caldwell.

Faculty add sustainability focus to revamped curriculum Campus closer to Compass Curriculum

Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu

In an effort to promote sustainability and strengthen the educational experience, UCCS will implement a new curriculum starting in Fall 2014. That quest for a new curriculum, referred to as the Compass Curriculum, started in 2008 with faculty goals for the general education at UCCS. The project then moved into phase two where a curriculum plan was formed based off of those education goals. Comprised of seven critical components and three integrated components, the Compass Curriculum, approved by faculty in Fall 2012, will be implemented into every level of student, based on a student’s year. David Havlick, associate geography and environmental studies professor, has been involved in the general education revamp. “We wanted to ensure the curriculum provided students with a breadth of knowledge when they come out of UCCS,” said Havlick. “Before 2008, it hadn’t been updated for 10 years.” Havlick said the faculty came together in order to facilitate the establishment of Compass. “We sat down together asking

ourselves: “How do we implement these goals we have for students?” The UCCS student body was a large part of the process, Havlick said. “We also had conversations with students to see what was worthy and what wasn’t. A lot of them felt the general education classes were a series of boxes they had to check off.” Although the core writing, writing portfolio project and quantitative reasoning classes were already a part of the general education, and still are, new components will give the education a fresh look. Freshman will take “Gateway Experience” courses that will welcome them to the university, and provide an engaging environment as they begin their time at UCCS. Sophomores will be introduced to “Explore” courses that build on the “Gateway Experience.” “Advanced Core” courses will be implemented on the junior level, and a “Capstone Experience” will summarize everything students have learned. It will allow them to apply their accumulated knowledge gained from previous years and classes. These four levels will be added to the already required core writing and quantitative reasoning courses.

New: Sustainability

Two new components, sustainability and inclusiveness, will also be added to the education curriculum. “Few campuses nationwide require sustainability to be a part of their education,” said Havlick. “We found that component to be important and needed to communicate why it matters in the long run.” Havlick, who focused more on the sustainability aspect of the curriculum, went through the general overview of how sustainability will be added into the general education with the main focus being the impact it will have. “We needed to put these two components into more thorough practice and each department had to identify how they will bring sustainability to campus,” he said. “Most [departments] have done it through the offering of certain courses. Vanessa Ferona, projects coordinator for the student-funded Green Action Fund, believes the Compass Curriculum will be good for students, both current and incoming. “Personally, I believe there are three elements when it comes to the realm of sustainability: economic, social and environment,” she said. “It is valuable for us to know, as

students, what is available when it comes to sustainability.” Ferona and the GAF are key in helping students get the word out about sustainability projects around campus. Currently two big projects are underway. “We are in the process of approving a project involving 200 new water sense toilets to replace the original ones for Summit Village,” said Ferona. “We also approved the use of a greenhouse (to) produce 20 percent of our food products here on campus.” Ferona stated both of these projects will increase efficiency and increase sustainability. “It’s cool to see students caring because we want students involved on every project,” she said. The connection between organizations like the GAF and the new Compass Curriculum is one faculty members hope to see grow as implementation begins in the fall. “It’s fulfilling to see it finally begin,” said Havlick.” For an in-depth look at the actual Compass Curriculum, students can visit the UCCS Provost’s website at tinyurl.com/mnmjgtp.

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(continued from page 1) 2014-15 Tuition increase

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I pay for my own school. It’s just going to be more time consuming because it means more work.

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—Mia Pino

grow and we’re planning for that,” Wesley said. Enrollment is expected to hit 11,000 students this fall, Wesley said.

Growing enrollment comes with additional costs to the campus including the funding of additional class sections and services, Wesley said. “Tuition is a big driver of the budget and provides us with the ability to do the things that have to be done on campus from paying utilities to health benefits for employees,” said Wesley. “All those costs are tied in there and those costs have gone up. It’s just a shift to the user,” he continued. “The system is jacked,” Briana Monson, sophomore sociology major, said. “It’s all going to good stuff but it sucks.” “The tuition piece is just a much larger part of the

budget than it used to be,” Wesley said. Over the past few years, Colorado voters have largely opposed any measures for increased education taxes. Amendment 66 failed last November after being defeated by approximately 66 percent of voters. The amendment would have increased education funding by $1 billion. “College students are assuming a greater burden of that college educational expense,” stated Wesley. “At this point higher education people are saying if you’re going to get a degree we’re not paying for it as much as we used to.” The increase, the lowest since 2006, will not be affected by Senate Bill 1,

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College students are assuming a great burden of that college education expense. At this point higher education people are saying if you’re going to get a degree we’re not paying for it as much as we used to.

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tuition increase. “If we do our job well, we think we’ll continue to

—Homer Wesley

the College Affordability Act, which state lawmakers are considering. All Colorado public university and college

presidents have committed to not raising tuition above 6 percent. “This commitment was made on the assumption that the General Assembly will agree with the governor’s recommendation to restore at least $100 million in state funding to public higher education in the upcoming fiscal year,” said Burnett. The bill would increase high education funding by $100 million and limit the tuition increase to 6 percent as opposed to the current 9 percent cap. Of the total, $40 million is planned to go to different types of financial aid, leaving $60 million for operating expenses at schools.

Housing students shuttled from temporary Lot 9 Nick Beadleston nbeadles@uccs.edu

Roaming tumble weeds across a once inhabited but now desolate space congers up an image of a post-apocalyptic landscape. Either that or the parking lot next to Alpine Village. Beginning March 24, resident students were required to vacate Lot 9 to make way for the housing expansion. “Effective last Monday, they had to be out of (Lot 9), and we allowed them during spring break to park in the HUB or in the new Lot 9,” said Jim Spice, executive director of Parking and Transportation Services. The original plan called for housing students to move seamlessly into a newly built parking garage that was to be completed March 1. Weather and other construction delays made this impossible. Now, as a stop-gap measure, an ad hoc Lot 9 has been constructed north of the parking garage under construction on Stanton Road and Austin Bluffs Parkway. This parking lot will serve as a temporary parking space for Alpine residents until the garage is complete, projected to finish in June or July. When asked how soon construction on Lot 9 was started after it became apparent the parking garage would not be completed on time, Spice was not entirely certain. “We’ve been working with Mortenson (Construction) for the past several months with the possibility that it wouldn’t be opened on time, so this is difficult to answer,” Spice said. “Once Mortenson told us

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Students were notiﬁed on March 4 to vacate Lot 9 to make way for new housing construction.

for sure (in late February) they couldn’t open by March 24, we started working on what options we had available for parking residents from old Lot 9 at a different location.” “From the time we chose the current option and gave the green light for construction, it was around March 1, I believe,” said Spice. “So Mortenson had about 3 weeks to build the lot.” “It’s an inconvenience, I will say that,” said Jordan Townsend, an Alpine resident who owns a car. “I’m glad that they are providing a shuttle back and forth. I think that’ll definitely help.” “I know they’re doing the best they can, and no one likes the situation.”

The gravel in the temporary lot is lit by portable generator lights. Parking spaces are staked off. Shuttle service from the lot to Alpine Village began March 31, at 7 a.m. and will run every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day for the next eight weeks. “There’s really no difference, it’s just getting them back to Canyon Summit, where they were going before,” Spice said. A road was also built to connect the lot to Stanton Road. The university will maintain the lot, as wear and weather begin to degrade it. “We’ll keep up with it. If pot holes develop we’ll fill them. That kind of thing,” Spice said. Cheyenne Mountain Security, a Springs-based company, will

provide roving vehicle security from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. UCCS Police will also patrol the area periodically. Spice indicated the construction and maintenance of temporary Lot 9 come from the new parking garage contingency budget. He said constructions, maintenance, lighting, security and the shuttle service cost a total of $290,000. When the new garage is completed, 1,100 of the 1,234 new parking garage spaces will be allocated to housing students. Spice said the remaining spaces will be open to other commuters. About 650 of the 1,092 UCCS student residents have a car. Students were notified of the change via email March

4. “However, before semester started we told Residents they would be moving around March 1 to new garage,” said Spice. “They should have waited until the summer,” said Madeline Napier, a junior nursing student who also owns a vehicle. “I think it’s extremely inconvenient.” All the same rules that governed the old Lot 9 will apply to the new lot. Signs have been put up, and campus ticketing procedures will be enforced. Long-term plans for the temporary space are not yet concrete. It may continue to serve as a parking space, except for the construction workers on campus, or may be integrated into a future construction plans.

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UCCS students on edge after Clydesquatch sited on bluffs Megret Mard

scribe@uccs.edu

If increased student fees, dwindling parking spaces and the fast approaching semester’s end weren’t enough, students now have to contend with another fear: Clydesquatch. Irrefutable evidence of the giant, mythical cat-ape has finally surfaced. Clydesquatch was sited April 1, on the bluffs overlooking the Rec Center. It reportedly resembled a large feline, with opposable thumbs and the ability to hang from trees by its feet. “Ah seen’d it!” said Grady O’Coot, senior cryptozoology major. “It had beady yellow eyes and smelled like scotch and moonbeams.” Longtime residents of

Colorado Springs know the tale of how Zebulon Pike chased the Clydesquatch up the Incline (the first man to attempt the steep trek) in 1492. They also know how he subsequently caught the Clydesquatch, and rode it down what is now the Barr Trail. The appearance of the mythical creature had a mobilizing effect on many campus groups. The Asparagus Accomplishment Fund and the Office of Maintainability declared the creature an endangered species. They vowed to nonviolently defend it to the death. College Pubs group members declared the previous statements a violation of their “amendment rights” (representatives were unable to specify which amendment). The organization

attempted to distribute assault rifles, hand grenades and land mines before being taken into custody. Rival Dems seemed prepared to issue a statement, but were unable to decide on a clear message and all went home. Members of the Yong Libations group could not be reached for comment, or be found anywhere. WEST declared the Clydesquatch to be female. A representative from the Office of Students Who Do Things confirmed their office has already purchased more than 90,000 T-shirts emblazoned with images of the Clydesquatch, which they plan to hand out at an upcoming sporting event. University planners stated they would gladly rip up any

parking lot that seemed to encroach on the Clydsquatch’s territory. When asked where students would be expected to park, Jerry Aspen, director of Student Spaces and Sidewalks, said “Have they considered trying to stack their cars?” A senior member of the university staff (who requested their name be withheld), indicated based on feedback and unspecific polling from the students, UCCS has decided the creature doesn’t exist. The same individual also indicated university leadership will be presenting a Clydesquatch Fee Initiative proposal to the CU Board of Regents. The proposed fee is slated to go into effect six months after everyone has forgotten about it.

While some on campus are steadfast in their belief that the creature exists, others remain skeptical. “Weren’t nuthen but god damned kids, with their marajuahna dorritos squares and their sniffing salts,” said Francois Muerto, UCCS Polizia sergeant. “I wish this were Kent State.” Any student or staff with information or evidence regarding the Clydesquatch should contact Laura Eurich, senior communications instructor, at 255-4112 or at leurich@uccs.edu. In the event Eurich, also head of the Clydesquatch Lives Society, cannot be reached, feel free to slide information, notes and roughly drawn sketches under her door in Columbine Hall 4062.

The crane, which replaces the current mountain lion mascot, beat out other options, including a No Parking sign, a shuttle and the solitary orange cone. Some speculate the shuttle was denied the honor due to the fact that the mascot would require two people. The orange cone came in a close second, but it became detoured in the evaluation

process. “I feel like the crane better represents the spirit of the school,” said Bland Sue, an international student majoring in anthropology. “When was the last time you saw a mountain lion on campus?” “I think if you talk to students, they’ll agree this was a needed switch,” said mechanical engineering major Evan Stevan,

a junior. “The mountain lion was quite simply becoming antiquated and tougher to relate to.” The news of UCCS adopting the crane comes just months after it ended its contract to house a live mountain lion mascot. Some wonder how the school can leave a real animal out on its own while giving a home to a piece of metal. “You mean we aren’t adopting

a type of bird?” said sophomore advertising student Isley Origami. “That’s ridiculous.” Others think the metal crane is too similar to other schools, like School of the Mines. “Whoever thought of changing our mascot was a total tool,” yelled one student as he walked off to the Science and Engineering building.

UCCS adopts new mascot: The metal crane Yohighness Johannes scribe@uccs.edu

“Let’s Go Cranes! Let’s Go Cranes!” Get used to this as the newest UCCS chant at sporting events, as the university has officially adopted a new mascot – the metal crane – starting next fall.

New building replacing Lot 9 to be completed by 2021 Jonny Tomato scribe@uccs.edu

University officials say that previous plans for additional housing to replace Lot 9 have been scrapped. Instead, a new, dualpurpose building will be constructed to contain curling and full-contact larping facilities. The area will be fully available for use by

spring 2021, and will be under the combined supervision of both Athletics and the Rec Center. “There was a definite need for this kind of a facility, and there is precedence around the country,” said Importantus Personantus in a Polous. “We are lucky to join the ranks of the enlightened.” There are two main plans for the new building, which measures in at 6,035 square

feet, a strangely similar number to the elevation of the city. First, there will be an area to house the rocks, the main accessory of any good curler. They will be available for rent on a throw-by-throw basis and students are allowed 15 throws per semester. (This limit is due to the anticipated lines at the facility.) “We want to give everyone a chance to experience the

wonder that will be this new option,” said Polous. “I expect folks to come from miles around.” Second, there will be a full ensemble of larping accessories. Although larpingspecific pads did not make the budget, there will be similar used paintball covering available. The trainers at the athletic department will be stretched with this additional facility

to monitor, and more Rec Center employees will have to be trained in various methods, namely CPR. (Polous explained that curling and larping are two activities with high rates of pulmonary failure.) “This process will definitely take some change and effort,” said Polous. “But I think in the long run, students and observers of UCCS will see the benefits.”

UCCS embraces fandom with plethora of new languages Anna Meddler

ameddler@uccs.edu

Students may start hearing a plethora of confusing languages around campus next semester. Beginning September 2014, UCCS will replace languages from its curriculum with Dothraki, the language from HBO’s hit TV show Game of Thrones, Elvish from The Lord of the Rings and Huttenese from Star Wars. The school also plans to offer Gobbledegook from the Harry Potter series and is in talks with the British Broadcasting Company TV network about Gallifreyan, the language of Doctor Who’s

beloved Time Lord. “The majority of our students are fans of something. Why not embrace it?” said Lulu Lambister, director of the Center for Excellence in NonExistent Languages. Lambister said in the past fans have been discouraged and felt isolated from regular curriculum. Many feel this will no longer be an issue. “Everyone is a nerd in some way. Accept it and move on,” she said. The administration is currently considering adding Klingon from Star Trek, but a member of the administration who wished to remain anonymous said, “no one

wants to learn the ugly Klingon language.” “People just don’t care about French or Spanish anymore. Even Mandarin Chinese and Japanese have gone by the wayside,” Lambister said. “Japanese used to be our most popular language. Now, fictional is all the rage,” Lambister added. The administration hopes the new curriculum will help students understand nerds are cooler than they first seem. “Self-proclaimed nerds take the time to learn these fictional languages because they want to. They don’t care what people think about them because of it,” said Geoff Nimoy, assistant

director of the Center for Excellence in Non-Existent Languages. “That’s pretty Spocking cool.” Leila Pond, senior communication major, has been studying Klingon since she was 6. “It’s not ugly. It’s misunderstood,” she said. Pond indicated she hopes the university will reconsider the decision not to add Klingon to the curriculum. Edmund Everdeen, sophomore art history major, was the first student to advocate the university add Elvish. “Elvish is a beautiful language,” he said. “Everyone needs to learn Elvish. You

never know when you’ll come across an elf and if you don’t know Elvish, they’ll mistake you for a dwarf and start attacking.” Everdeen also considers himself fluent in Dothraki and Gallifreyan. “I’m amazed the school didn’t think of this idea earlier. It’s brilliant,” he said. “Everyone will love all of these new languages.” Lambister said the university will be posting a document on March 17 for students’ input on all of the languages the university should add. For more information or to request a language prior to the posting, visit the UC Info Desk.

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Cancer survivors, loved ones gather for UCCS Relay For Life Alexander J. Nedd anedd@uccs.edu

Grab your running shoes, a partner and a sense of adventure – your weekend just got a little more athletic. On April 4, students can join the UCCS Relay for Life to help raise money and create unforgettable memories. UCCS Relay for Life is a local iteration of the annual national event that unites and commemorates those who have or are battling cancer. “The event runs for 12 hours and is symbolic in that cancer never sleeps,” said UCCS criminal justice major Ashley Demosthenes, a freshman in charge of marketing the event. “We want to remember those that we have lost and help support those that continue to fight.” The relay begins April 4 at 4 p.m. at the Gallogly Events Center. Those interested can participate solo or link up with a team. Relay for Life encompasses a host of activities for all ages. After opening ceremonies, a survivors lap will begin at 5

p.m for those who have beaten cancer. The main event will occur on a constructed track where participants and survivors will gather and walk for 12 hours. Teams will break down the hours in legs, allowing for everyone to participate in the walk and other scheduled

Demosthenes said there will also be a superhero theme booth where you “Come a Zero, Leave a Hero.” Other activities include a “Zumbathon,” a pie chair event and a spray paint booth that allows “people to take their anger from cancer out.” Demosthenes expects those

out those that need money; it gives money for research, and it’s all for a good cause.” “It’s going to be a giant party,” said Demosthenes. “We encourage everyone to come out and spread the word.” The event generates money through fundraising and sponsors. Proceeds go to the

forms of cancer. It’s important to show support.” This will be MacGregor’s second time participating in Relay For Life. This year he was selected to headline one of the main events during the relay – a magic show beginning at midnight. “I’ve been doing magic

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Students can join the UCCS Relay for Life on April 4 to raise money and make lasting memories.

activities. A Luminaria ceremony will be held to honor those who have lost their lives to cancer. Participants can create their own luminarias (paper lanterns) to commemorate their loved ones.

who come will enjoy the event and its support of a cause that is important to many. “I dated someone with breast cancer,” said Charles MacGregor, a junior psychology major. “[This event] really helps out. It helps

American Cancer Society. As of last week, more than 30 teams and 185 participants had raised more than $5,800. “I’m participating in Relay for Life for many reasons,” MacGregor said. “I’ve lost family members to various

since I was 8 and I asked to help and I talked to them about performing and they allowed. It’s going to be a lot of fun,” MacGregor said. To sign up, donate or receive more information visit uccsrelay.org.

Growth of a campus depicted in UCCS oral history jbyrnes@uccs.edu

The history of UCCS involves more than tuition hikes and parking woes. Staff and faculty accounts of poker games, raids of academic journals at another local college and the “old boys’ club” are some of the events described in audio files part of the school’s oral history program, which is being restarted. Oral histories involve people interviewing each other, generally one-on-one, explained Mary Rupp, archives librarian and digital repository coordinator for Kraemer Family Library who is in charge of the program. The oral history program ran between 1987-1991, around the time of the school’s 25th anniversary. Looking to the university’s 50th anniversary next year, campus leaders have shown support for resurrecting the program. “We would like to restart this program because there are a lot of things on this campus that we don’t necessarily have the documentation for,” Rupp said. While the original collection of about 30 interviews includes some info on the campus’ early

years, there are “not a lot of interviews done in sciences and applied sciences,” Rupp said. “We want to make sure we get a good representative of different areas of the campus,” she added. The audio files, housed in the library, are intended as a final step for those researching the school’s history, Rupp said. Professor Douglas R. McKay used some of the recordings when he authored his book, “UCCS – the first 25 years: A selective history,” published in 1991. Most researchers will want to narrow their search and have specific questions that need answering before getting to the oral histories, Rupp indicated. All interviews will relate to the history of the campus, Rupp said, and the focus will be on interviewees or “narrators” who have been at the school “for a while” or are involved in “interesting activities.” Those interested in participating in the program as an interviewer must complete a training session with Rupp, who will match him or her with a narrator. Rupp will then work with interviewers to conduct research and formulate wellinformed questions. Those looking to be interviewed can also contact Rupp.

Uncompressed audio files, maintained in the archives, will be exported likely to MP3s for access to researchers. The interviews, or at least a synopsis of the interviews, will be transcribed, though not initially, Rupp said. Asked why audio was chosen as the medium for maintaining historical accounts: “Sometimes people don’t write down their stories.” Mary Kircher, catalog librarian, wrote in an April 17, 1987 letter to Douglas Johnson, the director of Admissions and Records then, that few records existed from the start of the campus, in 1965, into the early 1970s. “While the memories of those times (and) the challenges and changes the University faced are vivid to the people who experienced them, that sense of the past is lost when those individuals leave UCCS,” she wrote. Johnson, previously a member of the 161st infantry regiment stationed in New Zealand during World War II, responded to the request a few months later in June 1987, sitting down for one of the longer audio interviews. “That which our overview requires, however, cannot be extracted from newspaper clippings and filed reports,”

Johnson said in the interview, which was later transcribed along with other audio files. “Such books are generally dull, insipid experiences both to

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We were involved in a campus that was growing, in most cases this was our ﬁrst opportunity to try (to) run things on our own. —Mike Herbison, library director, 1971-84

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write and to read.” Johnson is heard talking about the creation of sameday registration in 1970, mentioning CU-Boulder took 3,000 freshmen while UCCS admitted 375 per year. He spoke of systemic issues, like enrollment: “The institution is trying to have as large an enrollment as possible, because that is very important in terms of maintaining strong growth, and serving students.” “You don’t want students to go away unserved, and so that’s always a problem.” Johnson also complained about “the state bureaucracy,” which viewed the commuter

school like resident colleges, he said, meaning UCCS couldn’t get credit for using classrooms in the evenings. Other interviewees mentioned their experience on a young campus. “We were involved in a campus that was growing, in most cases this was our first opportunity to try (to) run things on our own,” said Mike Herbison, library director from 1971-84, in one March 1990 interview. “We made a lot of mistakes, but we worked well together as a team.” Herbison, who passed away in 2007, recounted a time when a group of UCCS students, unable to find the necessary academic resources on campus, ventured to Colorado College and “had pretty well done a number on their collection of psych abstracts.” In that interview, Herbison recounted another time when he and other senior university officials were called into the office of then-Chancellor Donald Schwartz (1978-82). “The comment wade made by (the chancellor) something to the effect that too many decisions about the university were being made around that poker table.” To get involved in the oral history program email mrupp@ uccs.edu.

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Horror entertainment, a societal obsession Melissa Williams mdanley2@uccs.edu

Fear is not an emotion typically associated with entertainment. If someone is hiking behind UCCS and happens upon a mountain lion, odds are their first thought won’t be, “Well, this is fun!” But when scrolling through Netflix in search of horror films or TV shows, the two seem to be synonymous. There are entire categories dedicated to things that give people nightmares. Movies like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and the Paranormal Activity series make millions of dollars annually, not to mention keep people checking their backseats and closets. Every week, college students and others scramble to their DVRs in hordes (insert zombie joke here) to catch TV shows like “American Horror Story,” “The Walking Dead” and “The Following,” always anxious for more episodes. What is it about the horror genre that people find so intriguing? “I think the last horror movie I saw was ‘Insidious,’” said senior communication major Michael Blessinger. “I like seeing some scary movies if I feel that it has an interesting way of telling a story.” Senior information systems major Mason Tuttle claimed to only like “good” scary movies – movies that have that component of surprise and take people out of their element.

the world. This correlated directly with something society was reeling from at the time: the Cold War. Horror movies of that era set the stage for the more developed films to come. The horror genre began to take whatever was happening in the world and turned it into a mind game guaranteed to keep the viewer up all night. Now, take all of that psychological mumbo-jumbo and add a dash of gore. (No, not a dash. More like a heaping mound.) Why add in something so gross? Because America is obsessed with it. “We are so culturally desensitized to violence and blood and severed limbs and the like,” said Chris Bell, assistant communication professor. “We are a

The horror genre is one that will continue to push the creepy, bloodsoaked envelope. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they’re going to keep producing box office hits. Most of them will be pretty terrible. But every once in a while one will come along that will keep viewers on the edge of their seat. So, whether it’s a psychological brain-buster or a blood-drenched slasher flick, the horror genre is here to stay. Check the closet.

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Gore, horror and suspense are what keep viewers engaged in shows like “Paranormal Activity” and “The Walking Dead.”

What separates a good horror flick from a bad one? To find any sort of answer to this cultural anomaly, one must first dig into the history of horror movies. Horror movies really started raising hairs in the late 1800s and early 1900s, according to writer Tim Dirks who manages ﬁlmsite.org. The first horror movie, “Le Manoir Du Diable” (“The Devil’s Castle”), was released in 1896 and was only about two minutes long. German movies such as “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1919) and “Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror” (1922) were introduced as society’s first attempts at creating something that rattled the night. Jump cut to the ’50s and ’60s. Movies like “War of the Worlds” and “Night of the Living Dead” were riddled with paranoia and a fear of the end of

psychological fear and a blood bath meet, money and devotion pour in. Enter: “The Walking Dead.” This show has all the psychological twists, turns and cliff hangers needed to keep an audience guessing. It simultaneously peppers the storyline with the unreasonable amount of “gore-porn” needed to keep our blood-thirsty culture satisfied. It’s no wonder this show gets more than 16 million viewers each week.

vastly more violent society than we ever have been, and our films definitely reflect that.” Somewhere around the release of the first installment of the “Saw” franchise, horror enthusiasts lost their way. Someone decided it was a good idea to get really gross for no logical reason. This is something that Bell describes as “torture porn.” “Watching torture porn like ‘Saw’ isn’t scary,” explained Bell. “It’s just gross and kind of boring.” “Watching the person get killed isn’t what’s scary. Not knowing where the killer is – now that’s the scary part.” Judging by this standard, a lot of horror flicks get cut off at the knees. (Pun intended.) Here is where the real marketing brilliance of the horror genre begins to form. When a perfect balance of

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New, realistic doll represents real women Melissa Williams mdanley2@uccs.edu

For many women, it may be hard to remember a time when they weren’t bombarded by images of what society says they should look like. Fortunately, there is a new toy on the market that may provide young girls with a more positive message. Meet Lammily, a 19-yearold American. She is average, beautiful and an all-around doll. Literally. Lammily was created by designer Nickolay Lamm. Tired of seeing unrealistic expectations were doing to children, Lamm designed a doll with proportions equivalent to an actual teenage girl. The doll promotes a healthy life style and wears minimal makeup. “I created normal Barbie because I wanted to show that average is beautiful,” said Lamm. Everyday women balance the impossible task functioning as a human being while simultaneously being placed under a microscope for

our culture to pick apart. Be skinnier. Have longer hair. Have darker skin. Have lighter skin. Be taller. Be prettier. These words play on an endless loop in a woman’s brain as she passes countless posters of unrealistic expectations. Photo-shopped images peel away all the things our society has deemed as unattractive. We’ve made women into clones. Copy and pasting them into the images that flash before little girls, telling them that they aren’t, and will never be, enough. Where does this inadequacy come from? Women have been conditioned their whole lives to live up to a standard that is virtually unattainable; only a few win the genetic lottery. We live in a nation filled with food only to have girls dying of hunger because they want to look like “her.” Many girls are broken and fragile because they put all of their value into a cookie cutter lie that says only specific characteristics and qualities are beautiful. “A beautiful woman would

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show concern for others, make charitable contributions, and be patient,” said Brittany Swank, senior mechanical engineering major. Why can’t this be more universally accepted as beautiful? “It seems like people our age only appreciate the beauty

of people on TV instead of the people around them,” said Monika Mcfadden, a communication senior. Where did this start? The answer is childhood. For many women, one of the first exposures to what a beautiful woman “really” looks like is Barbie. Barbie first debuted her long, plastic legs in 1959. This was the first doll that wasn’t an infant or toddler, but a “teenage fashion model.” Barbie was an instant hit. Nearly 60 years later, Barbie grosses more than $1.6 billion per year, making her the most valuable toy brand in the world. The only problem? After decades of exposure to the doll, Barbie’s unrealistic body proportions have been telling girls one of the biggest lies in the history of being insecure. In order to be beautiful, she has to look like Barbie. If Mcfadden could design her own doll: “She’d be fit instead of a twig. She would be a little bit more tan than Barbie. And she would have a realistic face.” Were Barbie an actual woman, her neck would be

twice as long and six inches thinner than the average women; making it impossible to hold up the weight of her own head. Her 16-inch waist would only leave enough room for half a liver and a few inches of intestine. With this unrealistic spin, she sounds more like an alien from a horror movie than a “fashion model.” It’s no wonder millions of girls think they’re fat. Barbie doesn’t even have a full set of guts in her belly, much less a cheeseburger. Lammily is a monumental step in the positive upbringing of young girls. The doll gives girls the chance to look up to something they can actually achieve. Girls who Lamm called, “conﬁdent and strong in their own bodies.” This paves the way for others to design similar dolls. Perhaps different ethnicities, body types and unique facial features to better encompass the rainbow of beauty that exists in the world around us. It’s time girls understand there is beauty in uniqueness, or that being average can mean anything but.

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What’s better than a marginal tuition increase? No tuition increase Staff Editorial scribe@uccs.edu

Tuition at UCCS will increase by more than 3 percent next year, totaling $7,710 for lower division students taking 15 credits per semester for a year. It’s the lowest tuition increase in eight years – and about half of last year’s 6 percent increase, the max university officials are comfortable advocating – but it’s another tuition increase, one students can’t afford. Struggle to pay for tuition this past year? Get ready. Coupled with the $80 Rec Center expansion and $35 Wellness Center per-student, per-semester fees set to start in the fall (a 21 percent single-year increase in students fees), students on average will be paying an additional $514 on tuition and fees next year. How many extra hours will you need to work just to afford the difference? Minimum wage in Colorado is now $8 per hour. For those lucky enough to have a job, even at minimum wage, they will need to work more than 64 hours just to pay for the additional cost.

Last time we checked, we didn’t have an extra 64 hours to spare. Whether bright-eyed freshmen, single mothers, military veterans or non-traditional students, we can’t afford another increase. Worse, we can’t afford any more student loan debt. Last week, The Gazette published an article featuring Clyde’s Cupboard, a food pantry recently opened in University Center that seeks to help students who can’t afford food. “College students are hungry. And some don’t have enough food to fill their bellies,” the piece reads. “After paying for tuition, rent, gas, books, computers, phones and other expenses, there’s often not much left over.” And it’s true. But we’re adults. We can’t we afford to support ourselves? The reality is we could, if allowed to keep more of the resources (read cash) we receive. In fact, the food pantry, a studentdriven initiative born out of an anthropology class project, according to the article, is initially being funded through $1,500 in donations from three

on-campus departments and offices, themselves dependent on student funds to operate. So why not leave more money with students to buy their groceries on their own? Administrators will mention things like “economies of scale” and “community support,” when in reality they are shifting responsibility away from the individual and to the school and community as a whole. When this happens, competition among individuals is reduced and people leave the heavy lifting to others. The same is true on a larger scale. Raising taxes to pay for college students’ tuition, just like raising tuition itself, is not a sustainable solution for skyrocketing higher education costs. In fact, they’re helping fuel them. The burden must be on university administrators, CU System leaders and the Board of Regents to lead the way in putting college costs and tuition on a downward trajectory. Only then can we be allowed to act like adults again, instead of needy college kids dependent on others’ generosity.

Just a guy droning on about news Jesse Byrnes, editor-in-chief scribe@uccs.edu

Some Scribers went to Chicago last week for spring break, others to Washington, D.C. I went to Phoenix just in time for a massive dust storm. The storm, known as a haboob, was generated due to moisture off the Pacific Ocean, meteorologists said. It made for a pretty hazy flight into the city, which is roughly double the size of Colorado Springs. Another guy on vacation in the area managed to grab video of the haboob moving through the city using a drone (scan the QR code to watch the video). The video made me think: What kind of videos could The Scribe capture if it

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Consider the applications – monitoring road conditions along Austin Bluffs Parkway, checking in on snow removal efforts near Four Diamonds, getting an immediate on-the-ground (in-the-air?) view of car accidents. (It'd be phenomenal for searching the bluffs for Clydesquatch, too.) It's a conversation I've had in two different newsrooms in the past few weeks. And while there's no line item in our proposed budget for next year that involves a drone, the question remains – what kind of video could we capture with a drone? Send us your thoughts on if you think we should look into investing in a drone. Email scribe@uccs.edu and tell us what you'd want us to video if we were able to secure a drone. Happy hunting. JESSE BYRNES | THE SCRIBE

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Laying the tracks for greener transportation at UCCS

AJ Albaaj aalbaaj@uccs.edu

UCCS claims it is a “green” school and has received recent praise from environmental watchdog agencies.

But how green can a school really be if it continues to use fossil fuel transportation? We need a new solution – one that can encompass an expanding university for minimal costs while leaving a small environmental footprint. While there have been many calls to create a new campus transportation system, a viable, practical solution has yet to be proposed. However, one recent idea came close. In 2009, a finance class at UCCS drafted a proposal to create a

cable car system (think monorail meets ski lift) to use instead of the current bus system. They made a compelling argument based on the growth of the campus and the increased usage of the buses. Clearly it made sense to replace an outdated system. However, one of the things a cable car system lacks is versatility. Creating additional stops in the future for new buildings would be difficult. With the Lane Center’s completion, the future expanded Rec Center, the new lodges and other

buildings popping up around campus, a new system with adaptive traits needs to be put into place. Enter: an electric train. An electric train would solve the environmental problems of the buses and the adaptability problems of the proposed cable car. Laying additional track would be much easier than trying to run additional cables. Adding a train line starting at University Hall and running along the back side of Cragmor Hall, the Science and Engineering building, the dorms and the Rec Center,

finishing at Alpine Village, would meet current needs. Bringing the line down to Four Diamonds, the Lane Center and Lot 15 would just be a matter of future planning. The train could even cross North Nevada Avenue and make a stop at the Timberline apartments, or run farther down Nevada to The Lodges, where many students will likely live after construction is complete. With three bus routes currently in place, and buses idling at stops for long times at night with few passengers, it’s

clear a new idea must be implemented. An electric train would solve the environmental issues that arise from the buses while addressing the lack of adaptability of a rail car. It would also allow for more students to be transported around campus at a more efficient rate – and maybe even at a cheaper price. Being environmentally friendly is a key planning component – and selling point – at this university. An electric train could be the answer to one of our largest environmental conundrums.

Technology: Improved connectivity, weakened connections

Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

I only have 170 friends. Someone sitting next to me on the bus from Four Diamonds may have almost 1,000 friends. At least, according to Facebook. The evolving nature of technology has made it easier to connect with new people, but it has also decreased the

likelihood of making a solid, long-lasting connection with new friends. Many wonder how someone can be personal friends with every single person on their friends list. In reality, they probably have never actually met some of the people they’re connected with online. Out of 170 Facebook friends, I only converse with about 60 of those people. Stop and think about the friends you have made at UCCS. What is that number? The number of friends you have compared to other people is not important, but it is important to

meet and connect with different people on campus. Whether this connection is made in a classroom, the dorms or extra-curricular clubs and activities, time that can be used to socialize and interact with others has been taken away by the use of technology and social media. According to a recent study published in the “Journal of Technology Research,” 57 percent of those on social networks are between the ages of 18-29 and have accounts on multiple social media sites. More than 80 percent of college students log into Facebook several times a day, according to

the study. Social media can be accessed through technology like laptops, smartphones and iPods. While this technology has made it quicker to learn about events and happenings on campus, you cannot depend on technology to make friends for you. It’s convenient to know about club and campus events, but when you arrive at the event, or even at your classes, put away the smartphone and push yourself to interact with other students. In classrooms, students clutch their glowing smartphones before, during and after class. People choose

to look at their phones rather than a person in front of them speaking. There is a time and place to use your phones or laptops, but in certain settings it is not polite or appropriate. At the start of Introduction to Mass Media this semester, Chris Bell told his class there is nothing ruder than texting on your cell phone while someone else is talking. It is demeaning to feel ignored in a conversation with another person when they decide to check their text messages or Facebook app. Two decades ago, when students were not able to bring

laptops or phones into classrooms with them, they may have had more opportunities than students give themselves today to make friends. While technology and social media has not totally disabled our social abilities to interact with one another, it has taken away opportunities presented to students to connect with people around them. The next time you find yourself scrolling through information on your smartphone, instead consider saying hello to someone or making a new friend. You can always connect with them online later.

Don’t blow your career before it’s even started

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College is a party. Blowing money on ﬂeeting enjoyment is not. Today, many college students are worried about making boatloads of money out of the gate so they can buy “the best” of everything. The real concern should be

completing an education while saving for the future. Frivolous spending is a dangerous mindset that can ruin one’s career (and life) before it even begins. So much of one’s dayto-day is spent worrying about buying the next thing to look good in standing in front of peers. This obsession can leave college students alone, and in debt. More than 79 percent worry frequently about debt, according to a recent report from EverFi that surveyed 40,000 students from across the country. However, the majority of students agree it’s OK to have an overdraft

fee if you know you can afford to pay it. They also agree it’s nice to own things that impress people. Nearly one-third of those surveyed agree it was better to have something now and pay for it later. Thirty-ﬁve percent percent reported typically making only minimum payments, and 7.5 percent have been late on payments at least once in the past year. These are alarming statistics and need to be reversed. Students should not worry about having the latest iPhone and going out to fancy dinners every weekend. Fun in the moment today can brew trouble in the future

due to a lack of ﬁnancial responsibility. What students should worry about is saving funds for the future. They need to be aware decisions made now, good or bad, will have lasting impacts. We are college kids. There is no shame in laundry mats, Raman and having a car you pray starts up and gets you from work to school. It’s OK to not have the latest gizmo. You’re in college. You have access to a world of information and technology right on campus. Spending money you don’t have is immature. Loans do not go away and interest rates will

only get higher. The time to form good spending habits is now. And you can still have fun. Saving money for a concert is different than spending money every night to go out drinking with your friends. Careful, selective spending will allow students to enjoy college to the fullest, without sacriﬁcing their future. The threat of student loans is real. Interest rates don’t disappear overnight. They won’t go away, they won’t become lowered after so many years. So yes, I drive a 1998 Toyota Corolla with a million miles. No, I don’t

have the latest iPhone. Yes, I wanted to go to that Miley Cyrus concert in Denver but couldn’t afford to. Sometimes it sucks, but this should be the life of a college student. Having the diligence to learn to become financially responsible at this age is the biggest tip a college student can be offered. Freedom from financial burdens will maximize your use of money when you finally earn your degree and are ready to enter the workforce. Don’t let the parties and hollow things of today become an endless payment in the very near future.

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Men’s basketball team completes best season in school history Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

UCCS men’s basketball is back on the map. After a 5-21 season in 2012-13, the Mountain Lions rebounded with the best season in school history, going 21-9 for the year. Their team firsts were numerous: hosting and winning a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoff game, advancing to the RMAC tournament final, being selected to the NCAA Division II tournament and having a player, sophomore Derrick White, receive AllAmerican honors. So what changed from last year? Not much, said head coach Jeff Culver. But last year did show the Mountain Lions one thing: how to win close games. “The record is a bit deceiving. We were close last year – we were in 90 percent of the games,” said Culver. “We didn’t quite know how to win close games, that’s a big difference. Winning is as contagious as losing.” Sophomore forward Alex Welsh saw the team’s hard work and chemistry pay off. “We learned from our mistakes, plain and simple,” said Welsh. “Going from five

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wins to 21 is just a tribute to all the hard work we put in, all those early mornings and most importantly how much time we spent together as a team.” This year, that contagious winning itch and camaraderie brought the Mountain Lions a 10-game winning streak and an unprecedented postseason run.

“It was a special season for a lot of reasons,” said Culver. “It was cool to see the way that things ignited around campus.” “This personally was the best season of basketball that I have ever been a part of,” said White, a guard. “The team was real close and everyone got along and that showed on the court.” The school seemed to rally around the team, and the team seemed to rally around the school. Culver compared the “growth and high ceiling” of both UCCS and the team. “We understand that (UCCS is) a small fish in a big ocean,” said Culver. “But I think the university has been waiting for something like this.” The student support, and the season, culminated in the March 15 loss against Metro State University in the NCAA regional tournament. Culver thinks that game was the most competitive in the region, despite the fact that it was supposed to be the most lopsided with UCCS, the No. 8 team, playing No. 1 Metro. “It was a dream come true to play in the NCAA tournament and conference championship in front of a crowd like that,” said White. Going into next year, the two teams in

the RMAC tournament final, UCCS and Metro, will likely be the favorites in the conference. The two teams played four times this season, including twice in the playoffs, and the two will square off again next year. While the last three games between the two were close, Culver was reluctant to call their contentious relationship a rivalry. “I’m hesitant to call it a rivalry, because we haven’t beat them yet,” he said. The Mountain Lions return 14 players along with three players who red-shirted this season. Culver has a class of two to four freshmen coming in, who will all probably redshirt. “I love our locker room right now,” said Culver. “We feel like we can win with what we have.” White and Welsh agree, knowing that while they can build off this season the shot clock will reset next fall. “I feel like the sky’s the limit for next year and we will learn from this season just like how we learned from last season,” said White. “All that we did this year doesn’t matter anymore,” said Welsh. “We are 0-0 starting the offseason and will just keep our heads down and grind to accomplish team and individual goals we’ve set.”

Optimistic women’s golf team tees off second season Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu

Golf can take a lifetime to master. One minute it gives players fits; the next, it makes them feel on top of the world. For UCCS women’s golf coach Sadie Farnsworth and her team, those feelings are all too familiar. In their first collegiate season, Farnsworth’s team had their fair share of struggles. In four tournaments, the ladies finished ninth out of 15 teams, sixth out of 12 teams, second out of four teams and 13th out of 17 teams. Yet those finishes don’t really display the team Farnsworth knows she has going into competitive play starting March 31. The talent is evident, she said, but like any group of athletes it takes time to build camaraderie and play well. “We’ve made a lot of positive changes over the winter,” said Farnsworth. “There’s been a lot of progress too with everyone’s

swings. We’ve broken them down and built them back up to be better in competition.” Freshman Amanda Crites agreed with Farnsworth that the team has improved since their last tournament in October. “The fall went OK,” said Crites. “It was our first year of college golf as a team and we took this winter to spend time working on our weaknesses we had in tournaments.” Crites said the team has also been dedicated to off-course activities to become more prepared for the spring season. “We have really done a lot to get better,” she said. “We have been sticking to workouts twice a week and because we’ve had a lot of time to improve, we expect more of ourselves this spring.” Senior Laura Gritz agreed with Crites that, as a team, they are much better than they were in the fall. “We’ve been working on just becoming more consistent,” said Gritz. “I think that will be huge in improving our scores from

last season.” To help the ladies improve their full swings and short games, Farnsworth brought in Arick Zeigel, a senior in the PGA Golf Management program, as a swing coach. Farnsworth said Zeigel, who has done internships with the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy, has helped the team tremendously. “Arick is able to be very technical with each girl’s swing, but also is good about helping them understand what they are doing wrong,” said Farnsworth. “He’s able to break their swing down for them, focusing on parts they need to work on and it’s helped the girls a lot.” Zeigel, who has developed a passion for teaching golf in his time in the PGM program, expects the spring season to be much better than the fall. “Every girl has made big improvements in their short game as well as their full swing,” he said. “I’ve seen a ton of

improvement being more of the technical guy and I’m hoping every girl has a good season.” The team will start their competitive schedule March 31 in Lakewood, Colo., at Fox Hollow Golf Course. They will then travel the next four weeks to Grand Junction, Pueblo and finish up in Phoenix at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Association Championships, something Crites is looking forward to. “Litchfield Park (suburb of Phoenix) is only about 20 minutes from my home,” said Crites. “It’ll be cool to be so close to home and have some family there to watch us play.” Farnsworth thinks this spring will be a productive one. “We’re more confident in our games and have a lot of positive change added to our games,” she said. “I’m excited to see the improvement in tournaments and where we go this spring.”

studies, and Crumley, a sophomore nursing major, played rugby before coming to UCCS. Although Pino and Crumley are the only members who have played before, they explained that doesn’t limit the team. The team also now has two coaches, one a UCCS student and one who previously coached a club team at the Air Force Academy. “Girls that have never [played rugby] will love it,” said Pino. “It’s a really young team, we can pass things on to the future.” Maryanne Fisco, junior psychology major, is one of those who hasn’t played rugby before. “We are all doing individual things to improve, and we are always open to new players,” she said. “The chemistry on the team is so closely knit; all the girls are very committed.”

“It’s impressive, we’ve had someone new come every week,” added Fisco. The team practices six days a week either on the west lawn or at Danville Park. On Sundays “we try to do fun fitness stuff like the incline,” said Pino. The team is looking to have a scrimmage or two before the end of this school year against Colorado College or CU-Boulder’s clubs, especially because there are a few seniors on the team. Next fall, the team will look to be more competitive and have a more complete schedule. “We want that as soon as possible; to have real games and be recognized,” said Pino. Both Pino and Crumley noted this is not a club that is likely to go away. They suggested that having this team at UCCS could draw students to the

university. The team will use the field on top of the new parking garage on Stanton Road once it’s completed, team leaders said. “I think rugby is a growing sport, in America anyways, and more and more schools are developing programs,” said Crumley. Pino highlighted the camaraderie of the sport, part of why she is hooked on rugby. “I feel that rugby is unique from other sports, we can’t go more than 24 hours without seeing each other,” she said. “We love the culture and the sport.” Anyone interested in joining the team can look at the clubs Facebook page, email the team at uccswomensrugby@gmail.com or directly message Pino on Facebook.

Women’s rugby club adds players and depth Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

“I start getting depressed if I don’t play.” That’s what happens to Mia Pino, co-president of the new women’s rugby club on campus, if she doesn’t play rugby for a while. In February, Pino and Serah Crumley, fellow co-president, started the team. Now they have 20 players committed to play. Pino estimates another half dozen have indicated an interest and show up sporadically to practice. “We were going to play no matter what, but we would much rather play for our own school,” said Crumley. Both Pino, a junior double majoring in psychology and women’s and ethnic

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Sibert’s guide to trails for Springs residents James Sibert

preserving a habitat for the wildlife that have lived in this area for centuries. A relatively easy loop takes you through the property nestled up against the foothills. You may spot one or more of the many creatures that make this area their home.

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Lately, finishing class and stepping out into the crisp mountain air has put me in the mood to do some hiking. With America’s most famous peak basking in the evening twilight right in front of me, it’s hard not to discard plans tomorrow for class in favor of an adventure. The Colorado Springs area offers a wealth of trails to explore for every level, from trail tenderfoots to aspiring alpinist.

Easy Garden of the Gods Bailey Eppard, member of the women’s track and cross country teams, loves to get out and hike. So given her level of athletic prowess, when she says “Garden of the Gods … is like a little playground,” we might be wise to take her comment with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful area where “you can easily spend an hour or an afternoon exploring,” said Eppard.

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Bluffs challenge hiking buffs.

Greenland/Spruce Mountain Open Spaces Eppard also recommends Greenland and Spruce Mountain open spaces, about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs past Monument and County Line Road into Douglas County. “The grassy meadows and rolling hills make it easy enough for beginners and suitable for cross bikes too,” she said. “There’s great views of Pikes Peak, the surrounding buttes and Rampart Range.” Aiken Canyon Preserve Aiken Canyon Preserve is a tract about 10 miles down Highway 115 dedicated to

Campus Trails Students can avoid a drive by staying on campus and hiking the university’s trails, said Andrea Hassler, UCCS trail specialist. They form part of a larger network of trails that includes Pulpit Rock, Austin Bluffs and University Park Open Spaces. These trails tend to give “fantastic views of the city, the Peak and of campus,” Hassler said. Cheyenne Canyon Cheyenne Canyon offers a network of trails with a few that are a bit more rugged. These trails offer a cheap getaway that’s just minutes from town along with nice views of the city and the sunrise. There are also several small waterfalls and old

mining areas to explore.

Red Rock Canyon Open Space Red Rock Canyon is across U.S. Highway 24 from the Garden of the Gods park. This area is popular with mountain bikers and rock climbers as well as hikers. Trails ranging from green (easy) to black (somewhat difficult) criss-cross the area with a fair amount of elevation change. Red Rock Canyon also has a small bike-dedicated park, an old sandstone quarry and a route to Section 16, which connects to the vast network of trails surrounding Pikes Peak.

Difﬁcult The Incline If your sole goal outside is to work out, you can’t do better than the Manitou Incline. It is essentially a mile of stairs, and will have your heart rate up in no time. Definitely the best place to watch a sunrise, especially on a foggy morning. A thousand feet up and you’ll likely clear the clouds. Catamount/Crystal Falls

Farther up Ute Pass, in the Green Mountain Falls area, you can find the Catamount and Crystal Falls trails. These access trails offer the ambitious hiker a vigorous climb up the side of the mountainous wall that composes the south side of Ute Pass. Once you clear the top, though, the view opens up to the North Catamount Reservoir, with super up-close and personal views of Pikes Peak. Eppard says this is the “most beautiful place I’ve been to.” You can save money, too: hiking there allows you to avoid the fee associated with driving on the toll road. Barr Trail While it may be a walking trail, don’t be fooled. Stretching for more than 12 miles, this ascent to the summit of Pikes Peak takes you from 7,000 to 14,000 feet. This trail requires a full day’s work, regardless of your fitness level. Allow about 16 hours for the round trip, or camp overnight at Barr Camp about halfway up. Check conditions near the summit if planning an ascent while heavy snow remains.