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August 31 to September 6, 2010 [Volume 35; Issue 1]

...and see what you missed this summer For incoming freshman, campus has never looked any different; for returning students, most of the changes across campus were sudden and drastic. For those of us (like myself) who were here almost every day throughout the warmer months, the smell of hot asphalt permeated the halls for the better part of July, paths and hallways were blocked by neon construction tape, drywall dust flavored the air and the sounds of hammering, drilling and sawing were punctuation to the passing of each hour.

UCCS has been expanding rapidly over the

last few years; in August of each of the four years I’ve been here, the university celebrated its largest freshman class ever, only to be surpassed almost exponentially a year later. In order to accommodate and support such incredible population growth, the campus is spreading across the bluff, rebuilding and renovating and updating as it goes along. This summer, changes were made to parking lots, buildings, computer systems and marketing strategies alike. Check out this week’s feature (pages 8 and 9) to see everything that’s different this semester.

- Avalon Manly

Inside this issue...

New coffee shop rejuvinates the Springs (page 11)

University Village open for business (page 4)

International talents join men’s soccer (page 12)

Positive changes to UCCS’ funding guidelines, allotment Jessica Lynch scribe.lynch@gmail.com On Aug. 25, funding guidelines changed for all UCCS clubs and organizations.

The new system will make receiving funding a much easier process, said SGA Director of Finance Evan Shelton.

According to Shelton, clubs and organizations are no longer required to present their proposals to either the Senate or House of Representatives. Instead, groups will meet directly with the Budget Advisory Committee. As Shelton commented, “From the feedback we received today

from the three budget interviews we held, it was all positive.

The clubs and organizations really like how comfortable it is instead of standing in front of a branch to present their budget.”

While the House of Representatives will remain the sole funding body, unlike in previous years, the Budget Advisory Board’s funding recommendations cannot be negotiated.

However, the House of Representatives can choose whether to implement or reject the suggestions.

These changes, Shelton reiterated, really “speed up the process and make it more one-on-one with the clubs and organizations.”

Some of the additional changes to funding include a cap of $3,000 for all clubs and organizations and a $1,000 in-state travel budget coupled with a $2,000 limit for out-of-state arrangements. Travel plans also require two travel quotes, one airfare from a University of Colorado approved travel agency and a ground travel quote for destinations within 500 miles.

In regards to specific events, food

and beverage will be limited to $800, two times a semester.

These funds will be delegated throughout the year to prevent clubs and organizations from overspending and depleting funds prematurely.

Although these changes guarantee a heavier workload for the Director of Finance, he believes the alterations are invaluable.

Not everyone believes the changes to be beneficial, however. As described by Michelle Cutaran, the president of the Asian Pacific Islander Student Union, the funding cuts will not only be difficult to adjust

to, but will force her club to lean heavily on fundraising and donations.

“It’s kind of unfair because they are always saying they want to help connect us with the community,” but cutting the budget could potentially hinder these prosperous relationships, Cutaran explained. The number of club events could also decrease due to the limited funds.

The Asian Pacific Islander Student Union is set for an event early November and Cutaran hopes the club can combat the cuts with more than a few lucrative fundraisers.

As explained by Shelton, continuing this week, an “open house” funding period will allow all clubs and organizations to submit funding proposals as late as Thursday to the ROAR office.

Beginning next week, current funding guidelines will be implemented and proposals will be required no later than two weeks before events.

However, to insure a successfully funded event, proposals should be prepared five weeks in advance. Contact Evan Shelton at eshelton@uccs.edu with any questions or concerns. S

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Silk, milk, beer and bats

Editor-in-Chief Avalon Manly Around 2:30 a.m. on the night of Aug. 15, two young adults left a bat at the Animal Receiving desk of the Pikes Peak Humane Society. Unfortunately, the bat turned out to be rabid, so the Society and the Health Department have been frantically seeking the pair who left the bat for fear they may have contracted the disease; while the incubation period is long, rabies is almost always fatal to humans once symptoms manifest, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fortunately, a vaccine for postexposure rabies has existed since July 6, 1885, the 125 anniversary of which was celebrated this summer. The vaccine was created by a man called Louis Pasteur, with whom you may or may not be familiar, but to whom you, as a college kid, owe more than you probably realize.

Pasteur, you see, was one of the very first people to link bacteria and disease, a discovery he posited while rescuing the floundering French silk industry, whose silk worms were all falling mortally ill.

However, Pasteur’s scientific career was not cut all from one cloth, so to speak. He also worked with the brewing and fermentation industries in France, trying to discover why beer and wine soured so rapidly – which, according to zephyrus. co.uk, was not a small

economic issue at the time. He discovered that much beer was being fermented with the wrong kinds of microorganisms, instead of yeast, and convinced brewers to boil the wine before bottling it, to prevent souring bacterial growth. This method was also applied to milk to assist in preserving it – a process called pasteurization, which is in common and widespread use today.

Pasteur also theorized “that [germs] occurred naturally in the environment and did not simply appear spontaneously, as was then generally believed,” read an article on Wired.com.

He worked to prove this theory by helping to develop a number of vaccines to various germ-borne diseases, including anthrax, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis and rabies, which was much more prevalent in the late nineteenth century than it is today. He found that if you injected a tissue sample from an infected animal into another animal’s spinal column, that animal contracted rabies.

By this, he discovered that rabies affects the central nervous system of its host, and began to work on a vaccine.

He grew rabies samples in a number of rabbits, then froze and dried samples of the infected tissue to weaken the virus, again according to Wired.com. He tested it on a human for the first time in 9-year-old Joseph Meister, whose mother was desperate for any hope of treatment after the boy was bitten by a rabid dog – for at that time, rabies was always fatal if contracted.

Pasteur was only 26 when he began making breakthroughs in bacterial and health science, but he was not a physician when he treated the Meister boy

with his experimental vaccine. Had Meister died or experienced any other unfortunate reaction to the injections, Pasteur almost certainly would have faced dire legal ramifications.

As it happened, though, Meister did not die. In fact, he didn’t contract rabies at all; the vaccine proved a success, and Pasteur gained forever a place in the pantheon of medical pioneers.

In 1888, he founded the Pasteur Institute in Paris, which became a center for the study of infectious disease and for teaching.

Pasteur died seven years later and was interred at the Institute; but Meister, after serving France in World War I, worked as caretaker at the Institute until the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940, when he shot himself with his WWI revolver, purportedly in distress at not having been able to prevent German troops from breaching Pasteur’s tomb.

To round out the history lesson, Pasteur was a figurehead in making college all it is today. He’s at least partially responsible for the silk sheets you pull out when you think the weekend ahead looks particularly serendipitous; he’s the one who made safe the beer and wine you drink to excess, and the milk you drink the next morning in a futile attempt to tame that raging hangover; he helped to spearhead a number of the vaccines you require in order to be eligible for enrollment; and he is a lesson to us as young people that it is never too early to start changing the world, nor too dangerous to do what we know to be right.

And, since the rabid bat was left at the Humane Society in an empty Miller Lite box, it seems that we have come full circle. S

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Musician K-Flay vivisted UCCS for the second time in a calendar year, this time as the headliner rather than the opener.

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University village celebrates grand opening Cat Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu The University Village Center (UVC) grand opening took place on Saturday, Aug. 14.

The event was organized by Jamie Kratt and Pat Cone, event coordinators who have been involved with the UVC since the beginning. The grand opening included merchant-donated gifts, a performance by the band, “After Hours” as well as a face painter, balloon twister and two bounce houses.

UCCS mascot Boomer, the women’s volleyball and women and men’s soccer teams were also in attendance.

Concessions at the event included samples from Chipotle Mexican Grill, Glacier Homemade Ice Cream and Gelato, Keva Juice and Costco.

Famous Footwear and Glacier Homemade Ice Cream and Gelato were the two most recent merchants to open their doors. BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse is slated to open Monday, Aug. 30t and Aspen Kitchens and Baths will open toward the end of September .

Other events at the UVC have included an Earth Day Recycling event and most recently Panera Bread held their 2nd annual Panerathon to benefit Care & Share.

UCCS Junior Jen

Feldman, who has been an employee of Panera Bread since it opened in October, said the UVC has been convenient for students. “It is nice that I can take the shuttle to work and that there is lots to do there,” Feldman said, “I would like to see more events in the future and a greater incorporation of student life.”

“Our objective is to establish UVC not only as a retail destination, but to create an environment that promotes a sense of community by hosting events as well as taking every opportunity that presents itself to promote cross-cultural exchanges between our project and the campus,” Kratt said.

Alumnus runs short-track marathon in Rec Center Jessica Lynch

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When UCCS alumnus, Robert Billard, decided to run a marathon on the Campus Recreation Center’s 13 laps per mile track last summer, his friends shook their heads in disbelief. Billard, who served in the Marine Corp, was both familiar with and comfortable running mid distance courses, but after a friend completed the milestone 26.2 miles on a short track in Castle Rock, Billard felt compelled to do the same.

“Marines love running,” Billard explained; however, running and preparing for a marathon are two completely different things, especially if you do not adequately prepare, as in Billard’s case. “I decided a day or two before that I was going to do it,” he confessed.

Before stepping on the track, Billard had run no

more than 10 consecutive miles. A death wish to most, this young man was unexpectedly willing and able to complete approximately 341 laps without passing out, crying or listening to his IPod. The countless laps were difficult to track, and as Billard shared, “After passing 100 laps it was hard to keep my mind sharp and a couple times I got confused what lap I was on so I started making the longer numbers into rhymes.” Billard stopped but a few times for water and packets of jelled electrolytes during the run.

Like in his friend’s case, Billard wanted to practice maintaining a focused mental mindset with little or no additional stimulation. Roughly five quiet hours after his first lap, a handful of onlookers applauded his admirable finish.

Billard, who admit-

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Smash Burger is a favorite among lunching students seeking college prices and delicious sweet potato fries.

UVC has also established an annual art scholarship

granted to the sculpture department at UCCS for the pur-

pose of constructing art pieces on UVC grounds, said Kratt. S

Special election results prove non-binding Jessica Lynch

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tedly hit “the wall” at mile 22, explained the painful aftermath of his experience. “I could drive home, but it was very hard to walk for a couple of days because my knees and feet hurt so badly.”

Since then, Billard has understandably cut back on his routine runs. When asked about the prospect of a future marathon, Billard explained, “I now have time to train, so it’s possible, but [I have] no real plans for the future.” S

Last May, Carole Huber’s Geography class presented Student Goernment with two controversial ballot initiatives. The first referendum proposed a phasing out of the paper edition of The Scribe to a completely online format no later than August 1, 2015. The second referendum detailed a phasing out of the sale of bottled water on campus.

Through extensive and undoubtedly resourceful campaigning efforts, the first referendum passed with a vote of 176 students to 104 students.

With a slim margin of defeat, the second referendum concerning bottled water did not pass after a 138 to 147 final vote. Nonetheless, these results

were deemed negligible due to the nonbinding nature of the referendums.

According to James Burge, last year’s Student Vice-President, the referendums were decidedly non-binding because “…we [Student Government] wanted to leave it loose enough so that there would be room to adjust and implement accordingly. Basically, to ensure these things happen appropriately and not just immediately, without being done properly.”

Consequently, the referendums are merely suggested plans of action, as reiterated by last year’s Scribe managing editor, Tim Cannon. “I’m sure The Scribe is taking pride in the Stu-

dent Body’s vote/s,” he continued, “and I trust the Scribe will be moving toward a paperless Scribe and appreciates that the student body is on board as well.”

Bottom line, with the current nature and inevitable demise of the newspaper industry, moving to a strictly online format will certainly be necessary. As for bottled water, the less we purchase the better. S

Paperless Scribe 176 to 104 PASSED

Take Back the Tap 147 to 138 FAILED

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New UCCS faculty members Brock Kilgore bkilgore@uccs.edu Beth Kumer - Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian - Kumer will coordinate all Internet resources, manage magazines and periodicals and act as the Education Librarian.

She is from Neenah Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Lacrosse with a bachelor’s degree in History. She then received a master’s in Library Science and a master’s in Education from the University of Illinois. A recent resident to Colorado Springs, Beth has enjoyed exploring the local hiking.

Dr. Roger Louis Martinez - History Department - Martinez will teach European and Mediterranean History from 800 to 1700 C.E. Martinez’s background in Spanish History enables him to teach also Islamic, African, Indian and Chinese History.

He received his Ph.D. in History, an undergraduate degree in Humanities from the University of Texas in Austin and attended the University of

California Berkeley for a master’s in Public Policy.

Norah Mazel - Reference Librarian and Instructor - Mazel will act as the Biology, Chemistry, Math and Physics Librarian, as well as work at the reference desk in the library. Norah was born in Colorado Springs and attended Palmer High School.

She graduated from Mt. Holyoke in Western Massachusetts with a bachelor’s in Mathematics and received her master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois. She enjoys knitting and science fiction.

Dr. Zachary Mesyan - Mathematics Department - Mesyan’s specialty is noncommutative algebra, but he teaches several different classes. He graduated with honors from Brown University with a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Philosophy. Mesyna’s received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and wrote a dissertation called, “On Endomorphism Rings of Infinite Direct Sums of Modules.”

Dr. Jeffrey Montez de Oca - Sociology Department Montez de Oca will teach Social Theory, Social Inequalities, Urban Food Security, Film and Media and The Sociology of Sports. The sociology of sports during the Cold War is his specialty. Montez de Oca received a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s in Cinema Studies from NYU and a Ph.D. in Sociology from USC. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding - Women’s and Ethnic Studies Department - Spaulding will teach this fall’s hip-hop class, the Performance of Identities, Women Writers of the African Diaspora and Comparative Men and Masculinities.

Her particular interests are modern American Literature, gender and critical whiteness studies. Spaulding graduated from Clark University with a bachelor’s degree in English, Purdue University with a master’s in English and a Ph.D. in American Studies. S

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Top: Norah Mazel handles biology, chemistry, math and physics texts.

Bottom: Beth Kumar is master of all the library’s Internet resources.

Changes shouldn’t affect UCCS AROTC program Rob Versaw

rversaw@uccs.edu Beginning today, all combat troops will be removed from Iraq. This is an exciting time for many families in the community and as sophomore Lauren Graham elaborated from a cadet’s perspective, “I think it’s good that we are bringing people home.

I look forward to taking my turn serving overseas, that is why you join the military.”

While this will undoubtedly influence the lives of many in our greater community, Master Sergeant Randy Collins does not see it affecting the budget at the UCCS Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit. “Our scholarship allotment in any given year comes from the defense budget, its largely based on the number of students at the university and in the ROTC program, based on that they give you a pot of money.” He went on to explain, “While the Army is spending less money over there it doesn’t necessarily free up money for us, it might lower the overall defense budget, but it doesn’t really have an effect on us financially.”

The only difference the Battalion might notice is an increase in former active duty cadets. “Normally, soldiers are busy deploying,” said MSrg Collins, “but the withdrawal could have secondary effects by allowing soldiers [who are] currently serving overseas [to]… come home and look at ROTC as a viable career option since they will have more time on their hands.”

Having these extra cadets may actually help bolster the cadet corps ranking, according to administrative assistant Nancy Silva. While already the seventh ranked small university unit nationally, formerly enlisted cadets often achieve higher marks due to their prior experience. Excelling in school is nothing new to the Mighty Mountain Ranger Battalion: last year UCCS graduate Trevor Robert was in the top 1% of cadets nationally. In his class of 22 students, eight others ranked among the top 10% nationally. The unit ranks third in physical fitness scores and seventh in proficient cadets at Leadership Development Assessment Course (LDAC), the ROTC equivalent to boot camp.

“One of our keys to success is the different ar-

eas we can draw from,” MSrg Collins explained, “whether we are at Jacks Valley on the Air Force Academy, or Fort Carson, they are friendly and let us use both the equipment and facilities. Also, when we are at Fort Carson we get to see soldiers in action so the cadets know what is expected of them down the road.”

“The drills and tactic training really help prepare you for combat,” agreed Cadet Graham. “It gives you a chance to prepare and think through scenarios similar to what you might face in a combat zone.”

Another factor might be the new commander as well. “Colonel Ryan has combat experience,” explained MSrg Collins. “Marry that up with some of the other officers also having served in conflicts, marry that all up with the resources we have and it’s a recipe for success.”

“I feel confident I will be prepared for LDAC,” comments Cadet Graham, “Even when you have class and sport conflict they cater to personal situations and schedules and really try to help you out.” S

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Credit Card Reform Has Companies In Memoriam: Treading Lightly on Campuses

By Ylan Q. Mui (c) Aug. 26, 2010, The Washington Post Credit card reform came too late for 20-yearold Tamaira Shaw.

The junior at the University of the District of Columbia got a preapproved credit card from Bank of America in the mail her freshman year of college. It had her name on it and a $500 limit, and she took it as a license to spend. Within three days, she bought a new cellphone, new clothes and new textbooks - and maxed out her card. Her mother is still helping her pay off the balance plus hundreds of dollars in finance charges and fees.

“They randomly sent it to me,” Shaw recalled this week as she started another semester at UDC. “I was just excited.”

The landmark federal legislation that overhauled the credit card industry is now reaching into college campuses to protect students like Shaw as they return to school and attempt to juggle not only their education and social lives but also how to pay for it all.

The law, which was passed in 2009 and phased in this year, bans issuers from providing credit cards to people under age 21 unless another adult co-signs for it or the student can show an independent source of income. It also prohibits the companies from offering freebies, such as Tshirts or pizza, in exchange for signing up for a card on campus or at school events, and college groups are required to make public any partnerships they have with card issuers.

Consumer advocates have long criticized the industry for wooing young people who often don’t realize the risks involved, sucking them into a vicious cycle of debt.

“Their goal is to hook you on credit,” Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director of the advocacy group U.S. PIRG, said of the industry’s business model.

The new credit card law was designed to target what lawmakers dubbed “unfair or deceptive” practices by issuers and implemented the most sweeping change in the history of the industry. Among the most aggressive provisions were banning interest rate hikes on existing balances and prohibiting issuers from raising rates when their customers miss payments on an unrelated account, such as a mortgage or an electric bill. The final phase of the law, which took effect Sunday, limits penalty fees and requires gift cards to be honored for five years.

The legislation spells out unique protections for young consumers, an attractive market for card companies seeking to grow their business.

According to the student-loan company Sallie Mae, about 42 percent of college students have a credit card. In 2008, the most recent data available, students graduated college with an average credit card debt of more than $4,100, up from $2,900 four years earlier. And only 15 percent of freshmen had a zero credit card balance, plummeting from 69 percent in 2004, Sallie Mae said.

“If you were a student and you could fog a mirror, you could get a credit card,” said Adam Levin, co-founder of Credit.com and former di-

rector of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.

Many students use credit cards for legitimate reasons, such as buying textbooks and meals or building a credit history. But lawmakers and consumer groups have attacked issuers for inappropriately marketing to students by holding giveaways on campus, mining alumni association databases and negotiating lucrative partnerships to provide university-branded credit cards.

Several large issuers have been dialing back their promotions. Chase said it stopped using student mailing lists in 2006 and ended marketing on campuses and at athletic events by 2008.

Bank of America said it no longer sets up marketing tables at colleges, but it still maintains partnerships with roughly 700 alumni associations, athletic departments and some Greek organizations to offer college-branded credit cards to recent graduates. For example, it has a $2.8 million, seven-year contract with the Georgetown Alumni Association and its student credit union, which gives it access to the groups’ mailing lists and pays a $50,000 bonus if the bank signs up 1,800 accounts in a year. On its website, the alumni association says the contract helps students because it pays for reunions, grants and scholarships, as well as a Sept. 11 memorial garden. The contract bans on-campus marketing and limits the number of direct-mail and e-mail campaigns.

Under the new law, card issuers must submit any contracts they have with collegiate groups to the Federal Reserve, which will compile a report detailing the nature of the relationship. A Fed spokesperson said the central bank is currently reviewing more than 1,000 agreements.

Consumer advocates said they hope the legislation will increase transparency for such partnerships.

Still, sometimes even the strictest oversight can’t stop students from making mistakes.

Melanie Mirowitz, 21, a senior at American University, said she got a credit card with the blessing of her parents. They thought it would be a good idea to help build her credit history-as long as she used it responsibly, she said. But paying the bill slipped her mind for a few months, and she racked up $500 in penalty fees.

“That wasn’t a good conversation,” said Mirowitz, who now tries to pay her balance on time each month. “They don’t really explain it to you how it impacts you.”

AU law student Steve vonBerg, 30, said his credit card initiation occurred shortly after he graduated college. He racked up $7,000 in debt to fund a start-up business, which eventually shut down. It took him four years to pay off the card, he said.

Now older and wiser, he offered this advice to the new crop of students learning to juggle their budgets: “Don’t take it into bars with you. Realize it’s not free money.”

Reprinted with permission from The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News.

Ronald Wisner Avalon Manly amanly@uccs.edu Ron Wisner died Friday, May 21, at the age of 68, in a mountain biking accident in an open trails area north of Monument.

Wisner served at UCCS from 1979 until 2003 as dean of students. A Fulbright Scholar, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and was actively involved and invested in the communities in which he lived and in the world as a whole.

He served in the Peace Corp and a number of local charities and non-profit organizations here in Colorado Springs, as well as on campus, including the

Pikes Peak Library District, Kids on Bikes and the Chancellor’s Leadership Class.

Wisner is survived by his wife, Jane, and their children, Sara and Mark.

The Scribe offers its condolences to his family, friends and loved ones. He will be missed. S

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August 31 to September 6, 2010

HD and 3D might mean the downfall of the silver screen Brock Kilgore bkilgore@uccs.edu Peter Bogdanovich’s classic, “The Last Picture Show” depicted the 1951 demise of a small Texas town’s only movie house. Both television and offerings from the outside world were to blame for luring young inhabitants away from the movie house and the town itself.

Similarly, HD TVs, 3D TVs and the latest movies found on almost every kid’s phone look to have inserted the final screws in the already screwedup business of show. The summer of 2010 saw even worse continuances to some already bad sequels. Many reincarnations of the now-boring “Matrix” style action and effects, and a whole-hearted return to, yes, straight outta the past, 3-D movies plagued the summer months But just like in the 1950s, Hollywood will not die without a fight, or, more precisely, being forced to change. The days of the best visuals on the big screen are over, for now, but luckily many filmmakers have returned to the tried and true method of good stories with good actors about regular people.

Here is a list of 2010s summer movies that are moving in the right direction: Get Low (Aaron Schneider Director) – Bill Murray and Robert Duvall in the true story of Tennessee hermit Felix “Bush” Breazeale, who returns from the wilderness after 40 years to plan his own funeral. Most residents of the little town dislike the old man, but all plan to attend the funeral, and are astonished when he explains why he chose seclusion.

Holy Rollers

(Kevin Asch Director) – Who would not like the true story of drug-smuggling, Hasidic Jews? Set in Brooklyn in the late nineties, Sam Gold (Jessie Eisenberg) has to balance his traditional past and future with a lucrative new one. Only reality could be this complex.

Get Him to the Greek

(Nicholas Stoller Director) – Though not critically acclaimed, this movie is genuinely funny.

Yes, it was big budget, and yes, it is technically a sequel to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” but who cares? A laugh is a laugh. The storyline is a simple resurrection of a career story, but in reality it is a needed spoof of the overly serious music business.

Babies

(Thomas Balmes Director) – Normally I am not a documentary or a baby person, but this film displays the commonality of early human experiences. It flows well enough to keep everyone interested, while bringing us back to the beginnings of our own individual minds.

The Killer Inside Me

(Michael Winterbottom Director) – This adaptation of the 1952 Jim Thompson novel of the same name is explicit, to say the least. Casey Affleck plays a wifebeating small town Texas Sheriff who gets involved in a scheme that speaks to the darkness in all of us. Keep an open mind this summer.

Ondine

(Neil Jordan Director) – This modern fairy tale can make someone feel better after having watched “The Killer Inside Me.” It is the classic tale of a washed-up fisherman who nets a mermaid.

More heartwarming and complex than “Splash,” “Ondine” may be the feel good hit of the summer.

Inception

(Christopher Nolan Director) – Released in mid-July, “Inception” is the one that everyone’s been talking about. Set in a world where thieves abscond with the deepest secrets of your subconscious, this movie has collected more than $263 million as of last week, according to boxofficemojo.com.

It’s a darkly spun, artfully created story that demands and invites multiple views.

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Communication: learn it or lose it Cat Jensen

cjensen2@uccs.edu If you recall anything from the communication class you took to fill your comm. requirement, you may remember that in addition to giving a public speech that you barely survived, your professor stressed that communication is key, and not just because you were in a communication class.

It is arguable in today’s world that communication is a dying art. The era of texting, Facebook and the iPad has made us more dependent on technology than ever. Dr. Christopher Bell, Director of the Excel Oral Communication Center, believes so.

“The Internet is the ultimate in double-edged swords,” he said. On the one hand, it has a vast and remarkable ability to connect us in ways that could never have been possible even 15 years ago…On the other hand, it is a vehicle for everything that is wrong in the world, not just in our country, but worldwide. It is an unprecedented transmission mode for hate, for the degradation of people, for the banal and the insipid and the destructive. And, along with text messaging, it is responsible for the alarmingly rapid decay of written and oral communication skills in a way that should make us all very, very nervous.”

According to an article on cracked.com about interpersonal communication, there are several things enough of which we no longer have in order to communicate effectively. The article claims we need: -More annoying peo-

ple: These people keep us in check, and help build up a tolerance towards life. If we are no longer able to stand next to someone smacking gum for five minutes we won’t be able to talk to them and build a relationship.

-Texting is not a good way to communicate: Texting destroys grammar and the need to communicate on a good conversational basis. It also enables us to avoid having all the awkward heartto-heart conversations that are required to keep relationships intact. People have become so averse to interacting with others they can even order food via texting.

Zingle is a message ordering system that enables restaurant customers to text in their orders. UCCS Student Lindsay Lohr said, “It illuminates the purpose of communicating with other people.

It may make the restaurant more money but people work for tips and some have to make their livelihood that way.”

-Having 300 online friends doesn’t mean you actually have any friends: Your personality can be whatever you want when you can type it out in misconstrued sarcasm, with “lol”s…so everyone knows you’re funny.

-Did we mention we feel sorry for ourselves? Now that you can let everyone know about everything you are doing every second of your life you can post about how it all makes you feel. Which means you are going to tell us how you feel.

And that sucks.

If Bell could tell his students one thing about communication it would be, “…that

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August 31 to September 6, 2010

CAMPUS

Former Science Building reopens as Centennial Hall Over the summer, Centennial Hall, previously known as the Science Building, experienced a complete transformation. As reiterated by campus architect Carolyn Fox, “It would be easier to tell you what’s old.”

Some of the changes in-

clude new electrical and plumbing systems, a recently constructed roof along with improved energy efficiency and air quality. Brand new auditorium seats will bring relief to more than a few rear ends and changes to the walls, lighting and projector have been greatly anticipated.

Behind Centennial Hall an amphitheater and xe-

riscaped garden are expected additions. As the first campus building to be specifically designed for the anthropology department, Professor Tom Wynn expressed his gratification saying, “[There is] almost no comparison.”The renovations cost the university approximately $17 million.

-Elliot Reynolds

Student ID numbers Since the summer adaption of the ISIS system, the student number system and freshman class alike have experienced many unprecedented changes and difficulties. UCCS’ previous number system included 995, 810 and 830 ID numbers. According to

Heather Carpenter at the Information Desk, these old numbers, which all sophomores and upper classmen still hold, were given to incoming students who registered for UCCS earlier this year and into later May and June. These numbers, however, were found incompatible with the new ISIS

system and ultimately de-activated. Consequently, freshman with these old numbers were unable to access dorms or use munch money until given new 100 numbers. The majority of the crisis, Carpenter assured, has been taken care of.

-Jessica Lynch

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

Centenntial Hall will house the anthropology department and labs.

Campus bookstore offers textbook rentals The UCCS bookstore is for the first time this semester presenting students with the option of renting many textbooks instead of paying full price to buy one new or used.

Renting, though, does entail some additional reasonability. Students who do not take proper care of their books may

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

Though parking is as limited as ever, some lots have been repaved and emergency phones installed.

want to disregard the option of rental. Upon renting, students must sign a contract detailing the rules and regulations regarding treatment of rented texts. If they find that on the return, the book is not up to par, the student will be charged the full price of the text.

Not all books are available, so before purchase, be sure to look for the rental sticker located on

the spine of the book.

Most books that are offered for renting are nearly half the original price, which leaves you with some spare change for that comfy mountain lion hoodie we know you’ve been eyeing. For more information on Text book rentals please visit http://www.uccsbookstore.com/Home. aspx -Amanda Putz

Parking Parking has never been easy at UCCS, and this year is no exception. Though parking is more limited than ever this semester due to higher enrollment rates, parking lots 3, 4 and N (at University Hall) were renovated, repaved and repainted over the summer to allow for smoother, clearer traffic. In lots 3 and 4, drainage situations were also improved.

Student Government Association (SGA) purchased two new emergency phone poles which have been placed in the newly painted lots.

Parking and Transportation Services manager William Whitfield was surprised how rapidly parking permits were purchased at the beginning of the semester. “Generally, we sell out on the first or second day of class,” he said. This year, however, there were no permits of any kind to be had by the night of Aug. 22, before classes even began.

Permits are sold according to turnover rates, which predict how many cars will be able to use any single parking space on any given day. “Commuter students come and go,” Whitfield explained, citing this semester’s turnover ratio at 2.1 cars per 1 space.

The 4 Diamonds complex, where commuters without permits can park and catch a free shuttle service to and from campus, is “as packed as it ever has been,” Whitfield said. A 15-passenger van has been added to the two shuttles which transit between campus and 4 Diamonds each day from 7:30 a.m. till 10:00 p.m.

The Department of Public Safety has been helping to direct traffic in the mornings in and out of the parking garage, where accidents are more likely to occur.

Whitfield and his staff have been overwhelmed these last few weeks, trying to make parking on campus as smooth as possible. “We’re doing the best we can,” said Whitfield, laughing.

-Avalon Manly

August 31 to September 6, 2010

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Clyde’s will be finished in late September and ready for students to enjoy.

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Clyde’s: A much needed addition Located on the bottom floor of the University Center, UCCS’s most recent architectural project has taken shape. Clyde’s, formerly known as the Pub, is named after Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s captive mountain lion and UCCS’s renowned mascot. With a full kitchen, hotel and restaurant alcohol license and improved seating, Clyde’s will be an appetizing campus venue. A redesigned bar accompanied by new lighting, T.V’s and a stage offer students an opportunity to enjoy and participate in quality live entertainment.

Other than one pool table, all other ping pong and foosball tables have been moved to the campus recreation center. The remaining pool tables can be found outside Clyde’s in the newly located gaming area. Renovations totaled $500,000 and completion is set for Sept. 28.

-Elliot Reynolds

Copy Center Relocated

The UCCS Copy Center has recently relocated to the bottom floor of the University Center next to the MOSAIC office. Luke Boilini, the copy center’s assistant manager, hopes this “more centralized location” will increase student and faculty usage.

The prices, Boilini explained, are “cheaper than Kinkos,” at $.06 for black and white copies and $.25 for color. Prices also vary based on paper size. While the Copy Center prints mainly from flash drives, email based services are also available. To utilize those services, email printshop@uccs. edu. Allowing documents to be sent directly to the center saves students time and printing frustration. The Copy Center will be open weekdays at 7:30 a.m., and will close at 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Photo by Ariel Lattimore and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through The Copy Center, now in the UC, offers students and faculty affordable printing in color and in black and white.

Friday.

-Gregory Alaric

What you need to know about UCCS technology

Transition to Blackboard as UCCS’ primary online class assistance program E-Companion, one of UCCS’s current online systems, will soon be completely replaced by Blackboard. While some professors currently refuse to adapt to the new system, by spring semester, changes will be made permanent. Some of the benefits of Blackboard include access to grades, class information, announcements and additional online resources. Nonetheless, students are understandably conflicted. According to UCCS student Liann Weiner, “I don’t like the system; it doesn’t work very well and it’s hard to use.” UCCS student Matt Sidor, on the other hand, enjoys the navigability of and easy access to his online classes. It will undoubtedly take time for students and faculty alike to become used to Blackboard, but the school hopes it will be an effective alternative to E-Companion.

-Kristin Garst

UCCS Wi-Fi widely accepted With a 25 percent increase in wireless traffic since last semester, changes to the UCCS Wi-Fi network were important to the functionality of the department and campus as a whole, explained IT’s Greg Wilson. A switch from the Bradford software to Safe Connect was one of the greatest changes to the wireless network. Although the new software is almost identical to Bradford, rather than immediately boot users off the network for missing updates, Safe Connect offers three days to make needed changes. On the third day, users will be blocked. The Wi-Fi is also easier and more simplistic to download. Additionally, the network is now accessible to mobile devices such as Blackberry phones, iPads, iPhones, Androids, etc.

At this point, the network is “working great” and IT is optimistic about its continued success.

-Jessica Lynch

IT Removes 24-Hour Lab

UCCS’ 24-hour computer lab has been removed due to cost ineffectiveness.

Previously located in Monarch Hall, the computer lab was extremely underutilized and as Jerry Wilson, help desk supervisor, explained, “less than one person a night” frequented the lab. “Cost did not justify usage,” Wilson continued. Another issue associated with the lab that contributed to its closure challenge involved safety; as Wilson elaborated, students walking at night are more vulnerable to attack.

The cost-benefit ratio will need to improve before buildings capable of housing a 24-hour lab will be considered by Information Technology.

-Gregory Alaric

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August 31 to September 6, 2010

From Shakespeare to Tesla: Theatreworks plans exciting new season Brock Kilgore bkilgore@uccs.edu UCCS’ Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theatre in University Hall may be Theatreworks’ permanent home, but they have always striven to be part of the community as a whole. Just across a ridge from the Garden of the Gods, in a stunning valley along Camp Creek called Rock Ledge Ranch, is a specially built tent that Theatreworks’ now calls its summer home. Artistic Direcctor Murray Ross describes it as “theatre for the audience,” with university and public participation encouraged in the varied processes of production, learning and outright fun. Theatreworks uses support from the University, individuals and community and national organizations.

Theatreworks’ 2010/2011 season is a clever combination of the old and the new. Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” located in the tent on Rock Ledge Ranch, began another season of endless creativity and welcomed consistently packed shows, once even extending its run. Theatreworks’ advent-garde, basement-dwelling brother, Theatre ‘d Art, opened their year with “Theatregasm 4Ever,” a conglomeration of more than 10 short plays hosted by the Osborne Studio Theatre which also received excellent attention.

Theatrework’s lineup at the Dusty Loo this year includes a variety of subject matter, ranging from Nicola Tesla in Colorado Springs to Ben Franklin answering to the modern media to a French architect trying to date three stewardesses at the same time to perhaps the greatest modern Russian play.

“I Am Nikola Tesla” by Murray Ross and Co. – September 16-October 3, Tuesday-Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) Artistic Director Ross and Company retells the story of how Nikola Tesla came to Colorado Springs under the lure of free electricity. They meld the legendary “Serbian man with white gloves” with the reality of his wireless electricity experiments near the Deaf and Blind School downtown. The play was produced as part of the Pikes Peak Library District’s All Pikes Peak Reads program.

“Ben Franklin’s Tea Party” with Christopher Lowell – October 14-17, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) The fifteen years from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitutional Convention were a very influential time for Ben Franklin. Franklin impersonator Christopher Lowell will answer questions from the modern media about that time period and our own.

“Capsule 33” by Thaddeus Phillips and Tatiana Mallarino – October 21-31, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) Imagine life in a Tokyo cubical “apartment.”

Now imagine deciding whether to stay as the building gets demolished. “Capsule 33” is a one person show that uses a limited set and loads of imagination.

“A Cowboy Christmas Carol” by Waddie Mitchell – December 9-19, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm, December 20-24, Monday-Friday 7:30pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) Cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell transfixes the classic Scrooge drama onto the dusty western plains.

“Boeing Boeing” by Marc Campbell – January 20-February 13, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) Many men have dreamt about dating airline hostesses, but this spoof of air travel in the 1960s, imagines the rigors of dating three air hostesses at one time.

“The Inspector General” by Nikolai Gogol – March 10-20, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) Nikolai Gogol’s famous play about fear of governmental exploitation in Tsarist Russia has inspired generations of Eastern Europeans, including the name of the modern rock band Gogol Bordello.

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“The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov – April 21May 8, Thursday-Friday 7:30, Saturday 2 and 7:30pm, Sunday 4pm (Bon Vivant Theatre) The famous Russian play that Artistic Director Murray Ross said “launched modern theatre in 1895.”

Analog connections: having real-life friends

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their generation has got to do everything in their power to scrub the word ‘like’ from existence.

Because, like, when, like, you, like, say ‘like’ like, every other word, like, you, like, sound like, like, you have no, like, idea, like, what you, like, are talking about, and, like, you don’t even, like, notice it, but, like, people, like, think you’re really, like, stupid. And I’m sure you’re not stupid.

Some of you are actually fairly brilliant. I wish you would learn to speak as though you are. As a general rule, if someone says ‘like’ more than three times in a sentence, I am no longer interested in anything they have to say.” S

culture

August 31 to September 6, 2010

Jonesing for Jives: new coffee house enlivens city’s social atmosphere Avalon Manly amanly@uccs.edu There are only a few hang-outs in Colorado Springs that aren’t, in actuality, bars: The Maté Factor, Montague’s, Serranos, Shuga’s – if you ignore the expansive drink menu – and perhaps one or two others.

But I have been privileged enough to witness the birth of the coolest non-bar hang-out in the city. It might, indeed, be called the ultimate, the grandmaster, the coup de gras of all the Springs’ heretofore sparing social scene.

This place of wonder and burgeoning legend is called Jives Coffee Lounge, opened during the first week of May at the corner of Colburnn and Colorado Ave. and sharing a complex with the Michael Garmin Gallery.

Owner and manager Randy Fair has worked as a software designer and consultant for Deweye Software Company, and during his time there has “[sat] in coffee shops from California to New York,” sometimes all day long, and he noted over the years what he enjoyed most about each.

As his family grew in size (he and his wife now have ten children, two of whom help man the coffee bar), Fair won-

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Hunting for a hangout Jives is possibly the capstone of what Colorado Springs has to offer college kids without a place to hang, but there are a number of other venues that deserve notice from chill-seeking young adults.

The Maté Factor 966 Manitou Ave. Manitou Springs, 80829 Open 24 hours, excepting Friday night through Sunday midday, the Factor is a tea lounge that specializes in yerba mate, a high-energy South American beverage, and in organic food and snacks.

Serrano’s Coffee Co. 7335 North Academy Boulevard, 80920 Serrano’s offers a comfortable café-style atmosphere and serves mainly dark roast coffee. Their signature Shot in the Dark is enough to wake the dead.

Montague’s Coffee House 1019 South Tejon Street, 80903 Montague’s is designed very much like a Victorian living room, complete with high-backed, winged parlor chairs and small, dainty tables; it’s a perfect place to study or meet a few friends for lunch and coffee.

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

Randy Fair, owner of Jives, makes a smoothie during a very busy friday evening.

dered, “What am I really good at that makes good money?” and he found himself attracted to the notion of opening his own coffee shop. That wish fermented for seven years or so, until Fair and his wife decided to create Jives.

“I wanted to combine my three great loves,” said Fair, “coffee, music and life.”

Fair’s vision is evident in every corner of Jives, from the sleek hardwood floors to the mosaic glass counters to the 115-yearold brick walls, splayed here and there with jazzy art- and metalwork. The register sits on a counter made of decoupage pennies, and blues is in the air around the living-room-

style furnishings and cabinet full of one-of-a-kind mugs – for customer use, of course. Some even bear artists’ stamps.

Jives’ coffee is the result of direct trade with growers. “It’s great that what you’re drinking, two weeks ago, was grown by Matumba in Kenya,” Fair said, smiling. Original drinks like the Jive Spicy Mocha and the Red Moon (a sort of raspberry white mocha) augment the place’s sense of unique identity.

“My wife wanted to call the place ‘Red Moon,’” Fair said, “so I named a drink for her.”

Coffee isn’t the only delectable ingestible Jives offers. Fair has agreements with Alpine Bak-

ery and The Maté Factor to sell their baked goods, and with Fudge It for a more sugary alternative.

Pure cane sugar sodas are available for $2 each, and snacks like bagels and croissants are available daily. Soups and sandwiches are anticipated to join the menu soon.

Three nights a week, Jive hosts live music.

Fridays and Saturdays provide a venue for local bands, and Wednesdays are open mic nights.

“Anyone can play, but we have one rule: Don’t suck. If you suck, I’ll turn the machines off and the radio back on,” Fair said, laughing.

Jives was the result of a Fair family effort – and a symbiotic relationship

Shuga’s 702 South Cascade Avenue, 80903 Reminiscent of a ’20s jazz lounge, Shuga’s offers live music, great food, a delicious range of specialty drinks and a post-midnight closing time.

Poor Richard’s 320 North Tejon Street, 80903 Poor Richard’s used to be simply a bookstore that offered used and new texts, but with popularity it expanded into a restaurant, toy store and chocolate, coffee and wine bar that takes up the better part of a Tejon Street block.

with almost everyone Fair knows. “With my dad, everything is a relationship, including, well, everything,” said Fair’s oldest son, Paul, with a grin.

Originally, Fair partnered with New Tribe Community Church to create Jives, and for a few summer months church services were held there on Sunday mornings, though the partnership has since dissolved. Jives opens each day at 8:00,

and closes around midnight on weekdays and 1:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, though Fair has considered running it 24 hours a day, if clientele becomes more consistent through the nighttime hours.

Jives is a dream come true for Fair, and for the denizens of Colorado Springs who will welcome a new and engaging locale for good coffee, fine music and lush life. S

Farmer’s Markets: A guide for the healthy student Brock Kilgore bkilgore@uccs.edu One of the odd advantages of ultramodern urban life is that fresh food from the rural hinterland is readily available. Farmer’s markets are by no means a modern conception.

Merchants, not always the actual farmers, have been transporting farm produced goods to denser urban populations since the advent of the city.

Modern Americans have become complacent with trained, planed and auto-mobiled supermarket produce in from all corners of the earth. “Convenience” is what we call it in the ”modern” world, but in reality, it has put us all out of touch with the seasons, the land we live on and the people within the region we share.

The recent reappearance of Farmer’s Markets is part of the postpost-modern, sustainable, green etc. movement(s), which are great, but in

actuality are just a return to the old ways. Knowing from what type of soil your food came and who grew it, is one of the few self-reliant healthful eating decisions we can make in the age of fast food.

Students who don’t have access to land for a garden, or the time to grow one, have the option of wandering down to one of the many Farmer’s Markets in Colorado Springs and taking in that old time market feel.

Which brings me to Farmer’s Market rule # 1 - don’t get caught up in nostalgia. Old time culture is fun, but it is also sometimes overwhelming. Don’t buy more food than you need and stay away from trinkets, unless you really need some. Fresh produce has an expiration date, so plan to use it quickly or freeze a finished recipe within a few days. In the summer months there are Farmer’s Markets nearly every day, so go often and buy light.

Farmers Market rule #2 - make connections and return to the local and

consistent vendors. Not all merchants are directly connected with farms.

Look for Colorado license plates and farm vehicles, not rental trucks.

Many merchants simply buy in bulk from out-of-state suppliers and charge Farmer’s Market prices for the grocery store’s rejects.

Which brings me to rule #3 - Farmer’s Markets really are more expensive than supermarkets. This is not to say that there are not deals to be had for seasonal produce, but in general you get what you pay for and steeper prices guarantee high quality, regional produce sold directly from the producer.

Rule #4 - eat what is in season. A simple Internet search can provide the necessary information or you can just look around and see what every merchant is selling.

Rule #5 - buy from specific farm venders. Find a farm vendor that you like and give them return business.

These relationships are where modern food culture comes from. S

Notable Colorado Springs Farmer’s Markets Monday

–Acacia Park Farmer’s Market (115 East Platte) – 10am-3pm, until Oct. 11

Wednesday

–Colorado Farm and Art Market (America the Beautiful Park) – 3pm-7pm, until Oct. 13

Thursday

–Memorial Park Farmer’s Market (Pikes Peak and Union) – 7am-1:30pm, until Oct. 7 –First and Main Town Center Farmer’s Market (west of 3133 Cinema Point) – 10am until sell out, until Oct. 14

Saturday

–Olde Colorado City Farmer’s Market (Bancroft Park) – 7am-1:30pm, until Oct. 30 –Briargate Farmer’s Market (Briargate and Chapel Hills) – 8am-noon, until Sept. 26

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Foreign support for men’s soccer team Jessica Lynch

scribe.lynch@gmail.com

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

From left: Gabriel Causse, Matt Cox and Mash Shashwar

To compliment the already strong foundation of the UCCS Men’s Soccer Team, Head Coach Henry Ellis, and recent addition, Assistant Coach, Johnnie Keen, have recruited some of the best young talent in the Colorado

Springs area. Their efforts, however, did not stop there, as the team will also host three international players, two NCAA Division 1 transfers, along with three more standout transfers.

Led by last year’s second-team All-RMAC

defensive player and captain, Jaron Stewart, the team’s 16 newest recruits are undoubtedly in good, although challenging, hands.

As Stewart explained, “The difference between last year and this year is we are 10 times more fit. It’s a big step, especially since this year’s preseason was cut a week short. A lot of the guys did the work they needed to over the summer.”

The team’s three international players include Gabriel Cuasse, Matt Cox and Mash Shashwar.

Gabriel Causse, a sophomore originally from Villa La Grande, France, explained his reasoning for choosing

UCCS, saying, “I was in touch with different universities around the country, but I felt like the UCCS soccer program had better expectations and that the school had more to offer than most universities.”

Notably impressed by the program’s organization and the school’s cleanliness, Causse further explained, “The contact with the staff went very well and I felt like I could really make a difference in the team while moving toward my goals. Having a part of my family around also made my choice easier.”

Causse’s oldest brother and family-in-law

live in Colorado.

Unlike Causse, Matt Cox, a freshman from Christchurch, New Zealand, is experiencing his first stint in the states. “I have been to Europe before, and always wanted to visit, but now is my opportunity to enjoy it,” he said.

When describing his first impression of the states, Cox shared, “I thought it was unreal compared to home in New Zealand. It is a great atmosphere and it looks like something you see in movies.”

Like all players, Causse and Cox want to make an immediate impact on the team.

“We have a strong group,” Causse said,

“and I really believe that we can bring the soccer program to another level.”

Not the only ones with high expectations, Stewart, who was recently named Preseason All-RMAC reiterated, “Making the Conference tournament is definitely a goal and the key thing is getting everyone on the same page.” Unlike in previous years, the top six teams make the conference tournament. S

Intramurals-Deadlines and Registration Matt Crandall

mcrandal@uccs.edu

With the 2010-11 school year underway, the UCCS Recreation Center’s annual intramural sports program is officially open for students to sign up and get involved. There are 12 activities offered for the semester ranging from low to high impact participation.

The first half of activities requires student registration from Aug. 26 to Sept. 9 which includes dodgeball, indoor hockey, ultimate frisbee, badminton, flag football and outdoor soccer. The second half of intramural activities commences play and registration on Oct. 19.

For more information regarding rules, leagues, seasons, FAQs, eligibility and free agency, students can log on to www.uccs.edu/~campusrec/site/ intra_sports/semcal.html.

Activity Dodgeball Tourney Indoor Hockey Ultimate Frisbee Badminton Flag Football 4v4 Outdoor Soccer Wii Bowling Volleyball 3v3 Basketball

Dodgeball League Billiards Table Tennis

Reg. Deadline Days of Play Aug. 26 Thursday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m.

Aug. 31 Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m.

Sept. 1

Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 5 p.m.

Sept. 2 Thursday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m.

Sept. 9

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday Sept. 9

Tuesday Oct. 19

Tuesday, 7 p.m. at Clyde’s Oct. 20

Tuesday, Thursday Oct. 20 Wednesday Oct. 20

Monday Nov. 16 Tuesday, 7 p.m. at Clyde’s Dec. 1 Wednesday, 7 PM at Rec. Center

Cost FREE FREE FREE FREE $30 per team $30 per team FREE $30 per team $30/Team $30/Team FREE FREE

sports Sports Buzz: Time to increase school spirit...period August 31 to September 6, 2010

Matt Crandall mcrandal@uccs.edu

It’s my firm belief that every college across the country is known, characterized, and ranked under three unique categories. This trinity of characterization begins to answer

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the almighty question that every fresh, just off the high school graduation assembly line, asks: What “kind” of school is it?

The answer will almost always be found in the school’s outstanding academics, athletics or extracurricular student activities. That’s it. Every college bound student has to traverse through the soul searching checklist of what they want out of college: Do I want to receive a great education that will shape my future in the working world? Do I want to be a part of or play for a school that’s enriched with athletic success and

tradition? Or do I want to exercise my freedom and rebellious attitude and have fun?

Below the surface of those three somewhat superficial principles exists the fine print obligations of tuition cost, distance from home, etc. However, what raises interest and keeps the heart beat of any particular university alive is the order to which each school’s trinity resides.

I believe it’s the goal of every collegiate institution in the nation to inflate and expand the innate value of all three categories. The higher the college ranks in these areas, the more likely

students will choose to attend. The school’s academics, athletics and extracurricular activities are undoubtedly influenced by the institution’s access to money, power and respect. If I were asked to rate UCCS based upon my three principle formula it would go as follows: Academics, student life and then athletics.

Sports take the bronze medal in my trinity because the student body and the sports teams are disconnected. With a campus that is undergoing so much growth and change, the fact remains that school spirit, conformity and unity

with our athletics is still somewhat stagnant.

I have the privilege and honor of continuing to cover Mountain Lion Athletics for the upcoming year and I believe we need to showcase UCCS’s incredible student athletes. For example, there were numerous awards issued last year to UCCS athletes for their hard work, perseverance and accomplishments, both on and off the field.

With that being said, I challenge the students of UCCS to support your Mountain Lion student athletes. Day after day, week after week, these athletes represent our

school and remind us why we sit atop Austin Bluffs: Because we reach higher than anyone else.

Mountain Lion Athletics commence play the first week of September with the men’s soccer team aquiring the first home match of the year scheduled for Sept.

1 against Colorado College at 7 p.m. The lady Mountain Lions will compete Sept. 2 against Abilene Christian at 5 p.m. Both games will be held at Mountain Lion Field.

It’s time for students to get out and be loud and proud of UCCS.

UCCS Athletics for September

Matt Crandall mcrandal@uccs.edu

Date

Cross Country

Sept. 11 Golf

Sept. 13

Sept. 14

Sept. 19

Sept. 20

Sept. 26

Sept. 27 Women’s Soccer

Sept. 2

Sept. 4

Sept. 5

Sept. 10

Sept. 19

Sept. 22

Sept. 24

Sept. 26 Men’s Soccer

Sept. 1

Sept. 5

Sept. 10

Sept. 12

Sept. 17

Sept. 19

Sept. 22

Sept. 24

Sept. 26 Women’s Volleyball

Sept. 2

Sept. 3

Sept. 3

Sept. 4

Sept. 4

Sept. 10

Sept. 10

Sept. 11

Sept. 11

Sept. 16

Sep t. 17

Sept. 18

Sept. 24

Sept. 25

Sept. 28

Sept. 30

Time

Event/Match

Location

Rust Buster Invitational

Colorado Springs, CO

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Peaks Classic

Peaks Classic

Falcon Invitational Falcon Invitational RMAC/NSIC Crossover RMAC/NSIC Crossover

La Veta, CO La Veta, CO Air Force Academy, CO Air Force Academy, CO Gothenberg, NE Gothenberg, NE

5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. Noon 7:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M. Noon

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McMurry Colorado Mines Colorado State-Pueblo Fort Lewis Mesa State

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opinion August 31 to September 6, 2010

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Google, Verizon and the free, open Web

Jason Cooper jcooper2@uccs.edu On Aug. 9, Google and Verizon publicly announced a joint policy proposal for the consideration of Congress as an attempt to preserve “network neutrality” in the United States. This has caused a bit of a scuffle on the Internet, as staunch supporters of net neutrality are accusing Google of “backing down” from its traditional pro-free-Internet stance to appease Internet providers like Verizon and make a quick buck.

For those who don’t know, net neutrality is a good thing. If there was a spectrum of Internet, ranging from completely free and open service to the kind available in China, net neutrality would be somewhere in the middle (one might even say it’s at a neutral position). The United States is currently rela-

tively neutral on the Internet, controlling access to illegal content like child pornography but otherwise leading a “hands-off” approach to public Internet access. However, a recent ruling in a court case found that the FCC does not have any authority to tell Internet service providers (ISP) what to do, making it very clear that the current neutral state of the Internet is at risk.

Without any single body having authority over the United States Internet, content providers may be free to filter sites that are not illegal, censoring the Internet as they see fit.

Providers like Comcast could also start prioritizing content provided by certain business partners, meaning that unless companies pay an extra fee their websites might load slower, if at all.

It’s obvious that the FCC, or some new board, needs to be given authority to protect consumers from the interests of ISPs; the only question now is how to go about establishing this authority and regulating it so that corruption doesn’t make

matters worse. Is the Google/Verizon proposal the right approach? I submit that it is not, if for no other reason than that the regulations proposed by Verizon and Google give a free pass to wireless Internet; that is, all of the consumer protections that were proposed only affect wired services like Comcast’s high speed Internet, completely ignoring Internet provided by companies like, say, Verizon Wireless.

The joint proposal gives the FCC the necessary authority to protect the Internet, but has enough gaps and exceptions that the FCC would be largely useless in actually enforcing that authority. It’s a good start at least, with Google and Verizon both encouraging feedback as well as maintaining that their proposal is just a framework, hoping legislators will fill in the necessary gaps to create a more acceptable solution. They are the only ones who have stepped up to the plate with suggestions, at any rate, excepting of course the FCC. However, I don’t particularly enjoy the idea of the FCC being able to supervise itself. S

once viewed as the optimal amount of nightly rest, recent studies claim otherwise.

According to Dr. Francesco Cappuccio, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Warwick, “…findings indicate that consistently sleeping around seven hours per night is optimal for health.”

Sleeping eight hours might even be detrimental to your health, or so the study elaborates. Now, while we might be a generation of adrenaline junkies coupled with a healthy appreciation of neardeath experiences, the act of sleeping has

never once posed a real threat. Nevertheless, as research continues to explore, sleeping either too little or too much can increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

For those suffering from sleep deprivation, this information is slightly unnerving, especially with the onset of the fall semester.

Oh, and for those of you sleeping too much, you selfish pigs: I hope you burn in Hell.

Fortunately, with this madness comes a quintessential solution, claims Dr. Maoshing Ni in a Yahoo! Health article. In his article, “Sleep your way to 100

To nap or not to nap: The big sleep debate

Jessica Lynch scribe.lynch@gmail.com The thought of sleep, the concept of sleep and the act of sleeping are seemingly innocuous activities. However, unlike what has been previously believed, the sleep debate is alive with new information.

While eight hours was

with Power Naps,” Dr. Maoshing Ni addresses our dire need for a little extra shuteye. In the past, naps have been shamelessly abused and misunderstood. Fortyfive minutes of slobbery slumber is simply unacceptable, for both you and the person who finds you curled up in one of the Kraemer Family Library cubicles.

Power naps, not to be confused with lengthy periods of drowsiness, should be enjoyed for 10, 20 or 30 minutes a day. These short stints of sleep are believed to both rejuvenate and refresh the body in a way unlike caffeine or energy drinks which

only create the illusion of efficiency. Some famous nap enthusiasts include Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison. Recognizing the mid-day fatigue, these professional nappers turned to their pillows in times of need. With enhanced cognitive function, better reaction time, more patience, stress relief and better overall health, we owe a great deal of gratitude to sleep.

The beauty of powernaps lies in the simplicity of its effectiveness.

Rather than borrow energy, as caffeinated beverages do, a brief nap invigorates the mind in a naturally uplifting

manner. Studies show that people who nap 30 minutes every day were 30 percent less prone to heart disease than those who failed to capitalize on their mid-day drowsiness.

In other words, by all means, catch a few Z’s.

Whether that is in the library, the bathroom or in the back of class, the choice is ultimately yours.

And finally, for the age-old phrase, “You can rest when you’re dead,” I solemnly shake my head in disgust because without rest you’ll likely lose a job, fail your next class and develop cardiovascular disease, too. S

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New shuttle stops on the school’s upcoming changes. “I like to scribe.lynch@gmail.com take really good care of myself, like today, After years of lisBehind attitude, stories for instance, I spent ten tening to disgruntled like Sam Shlepts’ will minutes contemplating students complain about cease to exist. the best route to take the campus’ inadequate Unlike in previous so I wouldn’t have to transportation systems years, shuttle stops will walk and get my shoes and overall lack of be placed strategically responsiveness, changes around campus to satisfy dirty. Being here is just a are being made. In the typical student’s daily dream come true. Plus, I can’t wait to ride the esthis recent attempt to needs. Waiting areas calator to English class!” cater to the needs of will be located in front America’s future genera- of every major building, With a girlish, somewhat tions, UCCS has turned including stop signs and piggish giggle, Prooze primarily to the shuttle cross walks. With an em- turned and focused on route for answers. phasis on health, bottled finding her ride in the long line of cars outside A few of these chang- water and packaged es include additional peanuts will be available the UC. Another major shuttle stops, moving at each rest area and in a change will take place sidewalks and escalasmall cooler in the back tors. When asked about of every shuttle. Personal between Alpine Village and the Recreation the importance of these fans will drop from the Center. Those wishing upgrades, junior Sam ceilings during extreme to polish and clean the Shlepts shared, “When I heats and shelves in the was a freshman, I used to back will house addition- Rec’s equipment will now be dropped off walk uphill from the UC al blankets and scarves directly in front of the to Columbine and back, for the chillier months. building rather than 50 even in snow storms.”

Jesse Prooze, a heart-stopping feet away With a No Child Left freshman, commented

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like in previous years.

Complimentary Vitamin Water will be handed out upon arrival and the summer’s hottest flicks will be playing on the school’s new flat screens located in the gym.

Those adventuresome students wishing to get some exercise are encouraged to utilize the life-size chess and checkerboards scattered throughout campus.

Tournaments will be scheduled regularly and winners will be given lifetime shuttle passes.

After hearing the exhilarating news, Tony Tomotee, a sophomore, was seen on his hands and knees in front of the Engineering Building’s checkerboard crying in utmost gratitude. It is the cries of Tony Tomotee that UCCS has longed to hear.

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Things you’re selling to afford college

10 9 8 7 Local high school graduates about to change world 6 5 4 3 2 1 Jason Cooper

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Adam Studenmund, a recent graduate of a local high school and even more recent enrollee at UCCS, arrived at his freshman orientation with a sense of achievement and purpose. “This is a big step,” he was heard saying as he waited in line for a free box lunch. “I’m going to go places from here. I’ll probably only spend a year here, then it’s off to art school.”

Studenmund graduated near the middle of his high school class, and after finding himself during a camping trip in July he has indicated he plans to change

the world. “I’ll start small. For example, did you know UCCS doesn’t offer a degree in Musical Theater History? I wanted to declare my major today, but they told me no such union of art and history existed here.

I’ve started a petition.”

Student Success staffers were on site during orientation to provide students with study tips as well as general counseling. After meeting with Studenmund, one counselor commented, “We get the eccentrics a lot this close to the start of the semester. I suggested he just declare an art history major with a theater minor, but he called me a fascist and

stormed out of my chair space. I think studying history might be beyond him, really.”

The counselors have had their hands full these past few weeks, handling several nervous breakdowns by future COMM majors while trying to help other students pick out their fall schedules.

“Some students are easier to help than others. Engineers, for example, can only choose from six classes every semester, as all of their required courses overlap with one another.

We’ve started giving English majors a dart board covered with course numbers,” Sarah Krull, Dean of Counselors, said as she gestured

to a pile of darts.

“They’ll cover their 45 required credits eventually. It’s not exactly Health Science.”

Krull nodded calmly when asked about students like Studenmund, seeming unconcerned. “I give him a week, maybe two. The excitable ones tend to calm down after they see their professors in jeans and t-shirts.

We actually ban suits for the first two weeks of classes, to reinforce to freshmen that this isn’t such serious business.” She then had to rush off, mumbling something about the ongoing turf war between the Physics and Electrical Engineering departments.

Textbooks. If you sell everything you bought last semester, you might be able to afford a parking pass!

Used electronics. As it turns out, you don’t “totally need” that Xbox 360 Elite and 46inch LED TV. Some scooter you totally just found. Whoever left it unattended probably didn’t want it anyway.

Access to your parents’ washer and dryer. They said you could come by to use it anytime, right?

Your labor. Seriously, stop mooching off your parents and get a job.

Wholly legal chemicals.

You know just the thing to cure the “headache” your “friend” has.

Your privacy. “Of course I’d like to share a room with two strangers in order to reduce my rent by $300 a month!”

Campus tours. You know way more about this place than those free tour guides anyway.

Test answer keys. Your clients won’t know the answers were wrong until it’s far too late.

Your dignity. Nothing says “future business leader” like a thong and pasties.

-Jason Cooper