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- Jon Stewart Pages 2, 8 & 14

Inside this issue...

Lady Lions triumph(page #)

The battle with eating disorders (page 5)

Jammin’ mealtimes (page 9)

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I was there (ironically) Page 2

Editor-in-Chief Avalon Manly A couple weeks ago, I stood on the lawn at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. with more than 200,000 other people, listening to fake news gurus Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert argue into a microphone that wasn’t nearly loud enough.

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear has already been referred to as the “Millennial Woodstock.”

Now, while I’m sure those who attended the actual Woodstock have now ceased reading in righteous indignation and set aside this week’s issue in favor of writing me an incensed letter about the ignorance and irreverence of youth, I beg you to cut me some slack.

In order to understand why 200,000 Americans gathered from all corners of the country to hear Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert jokingly urge politicians everywhere to take it down a notch, one must understand the millennial generation.

Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post’s ComPost blog perhaps said it best: “We don’t go to rallies. …

Once we were in a protest, but only because we had to walk through it to bet to a Lady GaGa concert. Sign petitions? Please. …Call us Generation I. I for irony, iPhones, and the Internet.

I for instant gratification. I for idiosyncratic, inventive, impertinent. We’re all these things. …What binds us is not a common experience...

It’s our mindset -- a staunch and unstinting refusal to take anything seriously.”

Petri continued on to explain that our generation, steeped as we are in instantaneous information and a deeply-set sense of entitlement, can only participate whole-heartedly in social movements if we do so ironically.

And she’s right, isn’t she? Not half so many people would have attended the rallies at the Mall if the banners had not boasted the faces of the two most-beloved comedy newscasters

in the country, and if we all hadn’t stood there with the shared understanding that we were gathered for no more purpose than to share a few laughs.

That being said, that day on the Mall said a lot more about our generation than that we’re mostly frivolous and get bored easily in instances requiring any serious investment. I learned that day that that was, in fact, how we protest.

Gone are the days of fire hoses and attack dogs and hunger strikes. That’s all a bit too heated for us, it seems. Instead, we gather in the hundreds of thousands as average American college kids, communicating our collective weariness with the political system at large and especially with the excesses and drama of politicians and many mainstream news outlets. It was, in fact, a rally in favor of tolerance, equal voice and a general call to reasonable discussion and expectation.

Last week, something happened that helped me understand even more fully that our generation doesn’t handle things the way our parents’ did.

Last week, a small New England magazine called “Cooks Source” caused a ripple throughout the Internet. The magazine’s editor, Judith Griggs, received a email from a blogger and freelance writer, Monica Gaudio, who had realized through a friend that one of her articles, written more than five years previous, had appeared in the harvest edition of “Cooks Source.”

Gaudio, who had no prior knowledge of the piece’s reprinting, asked Griggs, who possessed no reprint rights, rather politely to publish an apology and to donate $130 to the Columbia School of Journalism – a reasonable fee, considering the piece.

Griggs proceeded to burn her own career straight down to the ground.

Part of her response to Gaudio is as follows: “But honestly Monica, the web is considered ‘public domain’ and you should be happy we just didn’t ‘lift’ your whole article and put someone else’s name on it! ...If you took offence [sic] and are unhappy, I am sorry, but you as a professional should know that the article we used written by you was in very bad need of editing, and is much better now than was originally. Now it will work well for your portfolio. For that reason, I have a bit of a difficult time with

your requests for monetary gain, albeit for such a fine (and very wealthy!) institution. We put some time into rewrites, you should compensate me!”

Gaudio published the response on her blog, and the Internet, en masse and as an entity all its own, was enraged.

Considering that Griggs was indeed grossly misinformed somewhere along the way about how copyrights work, I have very little sympathy for the flamewar that followed.

Defenders of intellectual property all over the world descended onto “Cooks Source’s” Facebook page, and began to whittle away at the page’s functionality.

The comments rolled in, thousands every minute, nearly all derogatory, some very clever, some less so, but all united in a sense of the swift and grave execution as only the Internet can deliver.

Perhaps more devastating, some dedicated trolls began to trace the magazine’s content back before the publication of Gaudio’s piece. Turns out that a significant quotient of “Cooks Source’s” articles and photos were printed in much the same circumstance as Gaudio’s innocuous story about apple pie, and with just as much misunderstanding and abuse of intellectual property rights. There is now a public spreadsheet available in links throughout the threads dedicated to the topic to a full source account of the history of “Cooks Source.”

The comments continue, though it is now day five of the Internet flame-war on “Cooks Source.” The name of the magazine and Griggs herself have already become memes; Photoshopped images and commentary have popped up all over the web. I’ve already read Griggs’ name as a verb, synonymous with plagiarism. The Internet will not let her get away with her thefts; indeed, the Internet may prevent her ever being employable or unashamed ever again.

The downfall of “Cooks Source” and the rallies in D.C. are both examples of how our generation handles itself. We don’t protest; we tote ironic signs. We don’t petition; we flame. And, contrary to what one might expect, we get results, just the same.

We are the millennials, and our Woodstock was hosted by comedians. S

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12 overtimes too many If you’re not at home sitting in a comfortable recliner with a beer in hand, then a high school football game lasting longer than five hours is similar to watching your grandmother stare confusedly over a crossword at 7 a.m.

For the parents of two Texas high school football teams, there is only so much love, support and encouragement you can lend when it’s 1 a.m. and you haven’t stayed up that late since New Year’s. The infamous game lasted 12 overtimes, breaking the National High School Record by four. There is, however, much debate whether this is something to take pride in as a football team. The game winning 19-yard field goal was kicked by Jacksonville’s Rodrigo Carreon. This solidified an 84-81 win over Nacogdoches. Hooray?

No more cats and dogs, it’s raining babies

Book Talk on Campus

When an 18-month-old boy fell from an eighthfloor window in Paris, his chances of survival were slim to none. Left with his 3-year-old big sister while their parents were out for a stroll, the toddler tumbled out an open window. With something just short of godly intervention, he bounced off an awning, landing directly in the arms of a passer-by. At this point, the police have detained the parents for questioning and while their child was unharmed by the accident, the parents will undoubtedly see the consequences for their careless behavior. The bigger question, of course, is how in the world someone could ever be ready to catch a flying baby?

Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Dwire Hall (Room 121) Libuse Binder will be discussing and signing her newest book “10 Ways to Change the World in Your 20’s.” The presentation is designed to charge students, faculty, alumni, business and community organizations with innovative ways to improve the world that they are inheriting.

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Holiday Service Project helps those in need Corey Mensing cmensing@uccs.edu Every year the UCCS staff council holds the Holiday Service Project.

The nondenominational giving initiative provides UCCS staff, students and faculty additional support for the holiday season. Twenty to 25 UCCS families are helped each year with gifts, food boxes, gift cards and books provided by the UCCS community and Barnes and Noble bookstores, according to the staff council’s website. Starting Nov. 10, giving trees, Holidrop boxes and cash collection boxes will appear around campus.

Each giving tree has ornaments decorated by children at the Family Development Center across the street from UCCS. On the ornaments are labels that feature an item desired for the

Holiday Service Project.

Items can range from food, gifts, and toys. Food items must be nonperishable and unexpired. Participants may take the label off of any giving tree, purchase the item, wrap it, and attach the label to the outside and drop it off in any of the 19 Holidrop box locations on campus.

The final day to drop off a donation is Dec. 8.

The event is organized by the 17 members of the UCCS staff council, which includes staff members from every college and department on campus. In the late 1980s, the staff decided to hold this event instead of a Christmas party. “We know it’s helping people on campus, it’s helping people in the community,” said Sherry McDonnell, cochair. “We’re hoping the students will get involved a bit more,” she added.

Students, staff and faculty are urged to do

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Boxes like these will be placed throughout the hallways at UCCS for the convenience of donors.

what they can to help out.

There is no minimum requirement to donate, and every bit helps. In previous years, clubs on campus have sponsored families. UCCS athletic teams, such as soccer, have also donated food together.

Last year, the initiative helped 26 families.

The program also partners with Barnes & Noble near the Chapel Hills Mall.

“We have a display up that allows Christmas shoppers to pick up books for boys and girls of different ages,” said Janice Gorman, community relations manager at Barnes

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& Noble. The store then passes along the books bought at the store as a donation to Holiday Service Project.

Cash donations are also acceptable and are used to purchase a grocery store card for each family. Last year, the program raised over $900 for

needy families.

This year, decorated Holidrop boxes, giving trees and cash collection boxes can be found in all major buildings, including Beth-El, Dwire, Centennial Hall, Columbine, Engineering, the University Center, Public Safety and the residence halls. S

UCCS works to protect wireless Internet users Jeremy Lengele jlengele@uccs.edu That prince from Nigeria really needs your help. If you just provide him with your account number, pin, birthday, mother’s maiden name and the secret password you shared with your imaginary friend when you were eight years old, he’ll wire you millions of his inheritance in exchange for your assistance. Don’t worry; he’s totally legit.

Online security consultants like Symantec have recently indicated that the production of malicious software (known as malware) may have overtaken the production of legitimate software as recently as 2008. With approximately 50,000 known viruses and about 200 more discovered every month, Internet security is a viable and common concern.

Everything from plain computer viruses to spyware float around on the Internet waiting to target vulnerable computer systems. While this does not mean the introduction of system-destroying computer viruses is happening on a daily basis, UCCS’ IT Department maintains a basic requirement for access to the wireless network used on campus.

In an effort to prevent damage to students, the UCCS wireless network requires an approved antivirus software package to be installed and kept up to date on every computer that utilizes this network.

In order to connect to the wireless network, any computer at-

tempting to do so is installed with a SafeConnect Policy Key which allows this access. As part of this, the SafeConnect system requires a computer to maintain current antivirus definitions or it will be quarantined from access to the network after a 72-hour period, preventing further access. In addition to the antivirus requirements, basic system updates from Microsoft for Windows-based operating systems is also monitored. The benefit of this monitoring is to ensure that whatever vulnerable systems, such as those that are unprotected from viruses, remain isolated or unable to distribute malware to other computer systems on the UCCS network.

To assist in this effort to ensure online security for UCCS students, the UCCS IT Helpdesk website (www.uccs.edu/~helpdesk) maintains a direct link to downloading Microsoft Security Essentials on its homepage. Security Essentials is a free antivirus computer program offered by Microsoft for all Windows-based computers. In addition to the price point, Security Essentials also has no connection problems or firewall configuration issues with the UCCS SafeConnect system. If students have any connection issues or firewall configuration needs for pre-existing antivirus programs, they can go to the IT Helpdesk on the first floor of the El Pomar Center, directly below the Kraemer Family Library. The IT Helpdesk also maintains a phone line for questions at 255-3536. S

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With eating disorders, each bite is a battle.

he summer before I went to college I was struck with an unnerving, almost debilitating desire to look and feel a certain way. I was terrified, as ridiculous as it seems now, that I wouldn’t be liked if certain parts of my body, particularly my stomach, did not meet a certain criteria.

This should have been a warning sign and I should have said something. In my mind, nothing was wrong. In my mind, I had things under control. But I didn’t. Instead, I enjoyed eating less, as well as the preparation for my first year playing Division I basketball at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

When I arrived, I was lean (a little hungry) and in the best shape of my life. One of our first physical fitness assessments was the mile. I beat everyone by more than 30 seconds. I felt empowered and confident and I could see myself playing well and being a success on the team in the near future.

I don’t remember when it happened, but shortly after this, my feelings for basketball began to change. They changed as my coach’s insulting barks escalated. They changed as I hung my head and cried myself to sleep at night. They changed the day she asked me if I still knew how to “fucking dribble the ball.”

I was utterly losing control.

The beginning of the end For Julianna Hill, a graduate student intent on being a therapist, her eating disorder is “never going to go away completely.” It began when she was 17-years-old and her friend, who was visiting Spain, sent her a letter in which she explained how much weight she had lost since leaving. At that point, Hill had never considered her weight. But this letter, this seemingly innocuous letter, planted an idea. This idea has haunted Hill for the past 30 years.

In order to cope with an already addictive personality, Hill has seemingly “accepted” that vanity plays too important of a role in her life. Through years of counseling she has learned to develop different aspects of herself to deal with a mindset that values thinness over almost anything else.

By Jessica Lynch

A vicious cycle

Hope…of sorts

I was so tired I struggled to stay awake in my classes. For the first time in my life, I was the girl who nodded off in the front row.

My life was tormented by the consistent berating I received three hours a day at practice.

The times my coach yelled, and spit from her cracked lips and yanked my jersey out of utter anger were slowly, but patiently, drilling a hole through the middle of my heart.

When I felt I had nothing left I turned to the one thing that made me feel in control. I turned my attention to food. I numbed myself with food. I ate so that I didn’t have to feel.

But as I fought for control over what went into and out of my body, I lost the ability to see things rationally. My life revolved around food. I counted calories, I binged and I purged.

And all of it was my attempt to find normalcy, to experience something uniquely my own. I became selfish with my illness and reluctant to let anyone share in my misery. It was my private game, and I was always the winner.

The more I “won,” the more I ultimately lost. I struggled to attend events with food for fear that I would start eating and be unable to stop. My parents worried about me; they said I sounded like death on the phone. There were times I felt just as lifeless. And I bathed in it as I ran mile after mile on the treadmill.

I was given three days off for Christmas, not even enough time to travel home. To combat this, my parents picked me up and we drove to Cincinnati, Ohio to spend the holiday with my aunt. One of the first things my Mom noticed was my cheeks; she said they looked a little fuller, like I had gained some weight. I hadn’t. But I told her I needed to start eating better, anyway.

Because the truth was, I had thrown up so much and so often that my jaws were swollen.

The realization was terrifying; looking back, they were noticeably enlarged. It’s obvious in pictures, and yet no one seemed to notice.

As the year progressed, so did my disorder.

As the year passed, my love of basketball was flushed down the toilet like the excess food I ate to numb my waning spirits.

Like Julianna Hill, even though I am no longer bulimic, my disorder is something with which I will always struggle. It’s something I should accept about myself. It’s a problem without a real solution.

Hill has two daughters and while one of them is the “anti-Julianna;” the other is following in her mother’s footsteps. While this was of obvious concern to Hill, the reasons behind her daughter’s skewed perception were attributed to differences in personality, as if she was destined to live a life tied down by an aversion to food.

Hill spoke of resiliency as if you are born with it; she divided society between those who struggle and those who don’t. Resilient individuals, she explained, do better in life.

But that’s just not true.

Because here’s what I have learned through more than a year of therapy: Disorders exist because something is missing. Eating issues arise because a key element in your life has disappeared.

You eat for control. You eat to numb. You stop eating because your life is seemingly spinning endlessly. To regain that control, you must break it down to its most basic, elementary level.

You must be willing to open up, to feel real emotion and to pin-point when your struggles began to take shape.

Because you are not alone While eating disorders may derive from genetic, chemical, hormonal, environmental or psychological roots, gaining partial control over a seemingly uncontrollable situation is consistently the main motivation.

And while you should demonstrate love and understanding to those who struggle, as Hill said, I do not believe that is enough. “Don’t judge, don’t bear down on them and question them,” she furthered; however, this is not something to accept about your friend, sibling or parent. If you accept them for who they are, someone struggling to see and view themselves as beautiful, then they will, as Hill said, never get over their disorder.

And that would be a tragedy. S

Bite-Sized Stats • • • •

1 in 200 American women suffers from anorexia 2-3 in 100 American women suffers from bulimia Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses.)

An estimated 10 – 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are males

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Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents 95 percent of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25 A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that 5 – 10 percent of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the illness; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only

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30 – 40 percent ever fully recover The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.

20 percent of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems

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The news in brief A seussical Christmas

OSA’s recent challenge invokes the holiday spirit in more ways than one. With a theme motivated by Dr. Seuss and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” this year’s float designs call on creativity, a love of rhyming and a willingness to dress the part. The designs must be coupled with costumes, as mentioned, and are due no later than Nov. 15. A sketch of the float and a list of supplies are also needed. The winning float will not only be built, but also entered in the Festival of Lights Parade.

On top of this, the winner will also win two tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra, playing on Dec. 23. Additional prizes will be given for both second and third places. Questions regarding design requirements can be directed to Michelle Wood at mwood4@uccs.edu S

UCCS hosts Windows 7 Phone lecture

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UCCS boasts a couple of LEED Certified buildings, of which Science and Engineering is one.

Sustainability report card Kristin Garst kgarst@uccs.edu The College Sustainability Report Card is an annual independent evaluation of campus sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada conducted by the Sustainable Endowment Institute. This July, UCCS joined 290 schools for evaluation.

This method is soon to change. The new system will evaluate the campus on a micro level and will ensure a more detailed report of its strengths and weaknesses.

Although UCCS needs to improve, they are still ranked among the leaders.

Sustainability isn’t just about the environment, said sustainability office manager at the Office of Sustainability, Kevin Gilford. There are three pillars of sustainability, he explained. They are the environment, the economy and equity. With all three pillars considered, sustainability can be defined as far reaching, broad and long term.

The Green Report Card covers many areas under the three pillars, including administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling, green buildings, transportation, endowment transparency, investment priorities and shareholder endowment.

There are several projects that UCCS is working hard to implement in order to improve sustainability and make the University

a more attractive choice for future students.

Out with the old

The grade UCCS received for sustainability as of July 30, 2010 was a B, according to the green report card website. On the Green Report Card, several areas received an A, such as administration and investment priorities. Several areas also received a C. These included food, transportation and recycling. Gilford stated, “[The Office of Sustainability is] overall quite happy with these results.”

With the campus’ LEED certified gold buildings (the Recreation center, the Science and Engineering building and the Gallogly Event Center) and the task force of over 30 students, staff and faculty, it is no surprise that UCCS received As for administration and investments.

Recycling, food and transportation are campus weaknesses, according to the report. While some things cannot be helped, such as the fact that the university sits on top of a hill and naturally takes more gas to transport students, there are strategic plans already in place, according to Gilford.

In with the new A major problem with the old system was its vagueness. It did not specifically pinpoint areas needing improvement. To remedy this, UCCS will implement a new pro-

gram called Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS), a program that provides a more comprehensive look at sustainability and specifies particular ways to improve. Universities and colleges throughout the United States and Canada may register to participate in STARS. Although UCCS is not yet ranked under the STARS system, Gilford explained, “We hope to get a rating in the new system by the end of the semester, January at the latest.” To ensure positive feedback, the Sustainability task force is focused on outfitting the campus with sustainable practices, procedures and products. Based on the results from the STARS program, UCCS will implement more sustainability projects to ensure a greener campus.

Campus projects for a greener future Although the University has made great strides since 2005, they are continually pressing for greater sustainability practices on campus. One big focus, mentioned by Gilford, was recycling, and he explained, “We have spent so much money on recycling, in the sense that we have made sure to place a recycling bin by each trash can. We have also invested in placing the proper signage by all trash and recycling bins.”

The Office of Sustainability hopes that their money and efforts will further encourage students to

recycle and ultimately change their wasteful behaviors. If the student body puts more effort into recycling, the next report card could improve drastically.

UCCS is also focused on increasing sustainability practices in the dining halls and food services. In partnering with Sodexho, they have cut down on the amount of dishes it takes to service the dining hall by using platters rather than last year’s trays.

Gilford emphasized, “We have a great partnership with Sodexho, and with the understanding partnership it will make campus more sustainable.”

The need for sustainability It is with the students in mind that sustainability has become such an important component of college life. In the most recent SGA elections, both nominated candidates had sustainability on their platform. Gilford, along with the entire Office of Sustainability, said they were surprised by the election results. “Sustainability matters to students, it is important to make a difference,” he explained, and it is important to meet the needs of the student body, he furthered.

According to the Princeton Review, two thirds of college students will consider sustainability when researching prospective institutions. The report card is an easy way to view the University’s progress and can be found at greenreportcard.org. S

Engineering students of all areas were invited to attend and participate in a Windows 7 Phone workshop Nov. 5, sponsored and instructed by several Microsoft employees. With yesterday’s release of the highly anticipated cell phone, which is expected to compete fiercely with the iPhone, students were given information and tutorials of the new product. The initial cell phone provider will be AT&T and over the course of the next couple months, Verizon, Sprint and T-Moble will join in. Students are encouraged to log onto create.msdn.com to find all information relating to the phone and discover the App HUB, a new feature which will allow the owners of the phone to create apps for which they could potentially be paid.

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Mountain Lion sighting on campus On Nov. 2 at approximately 6:40 p.m. a Mountain Lion was reported on the Sherpa Trail behind the Recreation Center. An email sent out by Campus Police cautioned students to be careful when going out after dark. According to the Colorado Division of Wildlife: If you see a Mountain Lion make yourself look as big as possible by raising your arms, objects or jackets above your head, and walk away slowly. Never run away because it will perceive you as prey. “Lion attacks on people are rare, with fewer than a dozen fatalities in North America in more than 100 years,” is written on the division’s website. Call Public Safety at 255-3111 if you spot a Mountain Lion or if you want a safety escort, Campus Police said.

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Free pizza with leadership lecture Free pizza can be had Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the UC 124, where Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak is facilitating a presentation on ethics and leadership. Ethics are a set of moral principles by which people guide their lives, actions and decisions. Shockley-Zalabak will speak on the importance that ethics and ethical behavior play in leadership roles and positions. Executive Director of Student Life and Leadership Brad Bayer wrote, “As the world continues to evolve and change, developing a sound set of ethics will be ever more important.”

RSVPs are preferred for attendance purposes, so if you want to go, contact Bayer as soon as possible at bbayer@uccs.edu.

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Note worth election results

After nearly a day of confusion, the senatorial race between Michael Bennet, of the Democratic Party, and Ken Buck, of the Republican Party, were verified. Until Wednesday, both individuals believed they were the victors. Bennet cinched the win with 48 percent of the votes. Doug Lamborn, of the Republican Party, was voted to the U.S House of Representatives-district 5 and John Hickenlooper, of the Democratic Part, won the race for governor. Constitutional amendments 60, 61 and 62 did not pass. Amendment 60 dealt with property taxes, 61 with government debt limitations and 62 with the definition of a person. Also note worthy, Proposition 101 to cut consumer taxes and fees failed to pass as well. All failed by 68 percent of the vote or more.

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Writers cram 50,000 words into 30 days

Avalon Manly amanly@uccs.edu Though 50,000 words may not seem like much, when you try to shove it into a span of exactly one month, and on top of that, expect all those words to pertain with cogency to more or less the same basic story, the undertaking becomes considerably more daunting.

Last November, I tried to do just that, as a participant in the widely acclaimed National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each year, professional and amateur writers worldwide buckle down at their keyboards and attempt to pull a 50,000-word, 175-page novel out of the ether. The suggested timeline provided

by NaNoWriMo’s website divides that project into about 1,600 words per day – again, not much, but don’t knock it until you try to do just that, 30 days in a row.

NaNoWriMo 2009 nearly killed me.

Between my 21 credit hours, my 20-houra-week job and my impulse decision to write an entire novel inside a month, there was no time for sleeping, eating, other people or even, some nights, basic hygiene. I’m sure even my pets felt slighted by my whirlwind keyboard romance.

In the end, I chose life, and only made it about halfway through my experimental novel. This year, all I had to do was remember how much I would love never to hallucinate from sleep-deprivation again to convince myself that NaNoWriMo

was not an option. Other UCCS students, however, chose differently. “I wanted a challenge,� said junior Jessie McCrosby, an English student on the education track and a NaNoWriMo participant for the first time this year. “My roommate talked me into it. She does it every year.�

McCrosby’s plan is to write 2,000 words per day, so that she has a little bit of wiggle room inside NaNoWriMo’s daily goals. She pencils the project into her to-do list every morning, then seeks to find a time and place to turn off her iPhone and, as NaNoWriMo encourages, escape into “literary abandon.�

NaNoWriMo exists as a window for writers who have always wanted to produce a novel to do so in a controlled environment where quantity is valued over quality. The first event was held in January, 1999, and there were only 21

Gamers club to hold charity event, screen film Catherine Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu On Nov. 16, the Game Developers Association on campus will be hosting a Game Day in the UC Atrium from 4 to 7 p.m.

Clubs and individuals are asked to bring their favorite games (video-, card-, board-, or whatever) to engage in a few hours of fun.

The group will also ask everyone to bring in donations for the cause, be it cash, games or toys. All donations will go to Child’s Play Charity.

Once the games are ended, the group will move down to Clyde’s for a screening of the video-game-influenced “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World� with the Film Club.

Child’s Play Charity, the self-proclaimed “gamers’ charity,� is a community-based organization and charity that donates toys, games, books and money to children’s hospitals around the world to make hospital visits for kids more bearable.

As of 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Child’s Play and donated over $5 million of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America and the world, according to the Child’s Play website.

Todd Dionson, President of the Game Developers Association (GDA) said in an email, “Our goal is to raise as much money as possible to donate

to the charity. We’ll also be asking for donations of new, unopened games and toys that we can donate to the Denver Children’s Hospital.�

Though it is not required, some clubs will be bringing games related to their group.

The Asian Pacific Islander Student Union is asked to bring toys and games like Yo-Yos and Go. Free-Expressions, the poetry club, will be attending with a big magnetic board with a bunch of magnetic words to create your own poetry, according to Dionson.

Dionson is also looking forward to the screening of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World� later that evening, he said. “Even though it’s a comic-book movie, it’s totally what defines a video-game movie to me. It’s an absolute nerdgasm. There are so many video game references and comic references.�

The GDA is comprised primarily of GDD students, but the membership is by no means limited to such. All members of the student body are welcome. “Gamers have [their] own incredibly strong community,� Dionson wrote. “We come together strong with great camaraderie, even in competition.

When we focus that kind of energy toward a purpose like Child’s Play, it’s simply incredible. It’s all about coming together through our community, through these fun games that we play and a simple sense of joy and passing that along to kids who could really use it.� S

participants. Last year, the collective word count exceeded 2.4 billion. Based out of San Francisco, NaNoWriMo is run by the Office of Letters and Light, a non-profit conglomerate of established authors, designers and press gurus that keep the show running. Their platform has since expanded to include a script-writing extravaganza in April.

Upon joining NaNoWriMo, a timeline of writers’ progress becomes available, plotting increments of word counts and offering tips as the month wears on.

This year’s collective word count is already upwards of 500,000.

McCrosby’s NaNoWriMo novel is, she said, a young adult fantasy that toes the line of historical fiction and caters to much

the same audience as “Harry Potter.� “I wrote a short story in high school that had a really fun setting,� she explained, “so I kept the same setting and re-did all of the characters and built it up from there.�

Though she hasn’t had a real problem yet squeezing about 2,000 new words into her manuscript each day, McCrosby isn’t sure the path ahead will stay so smooth. “I think Thanksgiving break will pose the biggest challenge,â€? she said. “My family is really big in tradition so we are usually super busy with family events over holidays‌I am just getting into the think of the plot in my novel, so that is very exciting. I feel like I type faster now that there is lots going on.â€?

On Dec. 1, McCrosby isn’t sure whether she’ll hold in her hands a finished novel or not. She does know, though, that after NaNoWriMo, her manuscript will require heavy editing before publication becomes an option. “I am not going to do any editing until NaNo is over,â€? she explained. “I don’t want to read what I wrote in fear that I will want to re-write the whole thing‌Realistically, I know that NaNo helps me write a solid first draft, [but] nothing I would want to turn in to a company just yet.â€?

Whatever the result, McCrosby won’t regret participating. “They [NaNoWriMo] send us pep talks and make the whole thing a lot of fun,� she said. “Everyone should find something like this to challenge [them.] It keeps us from going stale.� S

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On Saturday, Oct. 30, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held the Rally to Restory Sanity and/or Fear at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Photos by JD Osorio Clockwise from top: The home-made signs at the rally were by far the best part. They ranged from serious to ironic to downright irreverent.

To get a better view, some people climbed nearby trees or even lamp posts.

The Metro into the National Mall was intensely crowded. It was like thos trains in Tokyo where people have to shove one another in to allow the doors to close. One man, dressed as a Militant Muppet Cookie Monster for Halloween, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I shoved an old man onto a train with a hammer.â&#x20AC;?

The National Mall was overrun; rally attendees began to expand and take over the surrounding areas, from the Smithsonian museums to the Department of Agriculture.

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Rasta Pasta’s food and tunes hope you’re jammin’ too Catherine Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu Nestled near the revenue-generating Colorado College, this Caribbean-themed restaurant presents an infusion of Jamaican-inspired and Italian flavors.

Combine the unique cuisine with a friendly atmosphere, reggae and rum, and the place is sure to have you coming back for more.

The franchise has shops in Breckenridge and Fort Collins.

Colorado Springs owner Matthew Taraborelli explained that a blend of music and food is a passion of the establishment and that he and his wife, Rebecca, are looking to create a comfortable, laid-back setting people will return to again and again.

The atmosphere in Rasta Pasta is jammin’ enough to have you humming Bob Marley with the best of them. Servers are friendly and accommodating. Rasta doesn’t shy away from being colorful: Tables are decorated with tropical table cloths, pictures of guests and vases made of Red Stripe bottles. Portraits of Marley line the walls and red, yellow and green consume the place, from

the signs outside to the bulbs in the light fixtures. A portrait of Bob Marley hanging on one of the walls reads, “One love, One pasta.”

The food is equally vibrant and as interesting as the décor.

The Tortellini Jamaica Mon ($8 at lunch) is sautéed with pineapple, grapes, Caribbean spices and banana. The combination is more satisfying than you might think. The cheese in the tortellini is complemented by the fruit, and the sauce, made with white wine and spices, is delightfully creamy.

Chicken Montego Bay ($8 at lunch) is another local favorite, according to Rebecca. It’s a dish of penne pasta with jerk chicken, pineapples, basil and an assortment of vegetables covered in a creamy alfredo sauce. Rebecca said of the dish, “No one has ever ordered this here and didn’t like it. The alfredo sauce calms the spice.”

My personal favorite is the Natural Mystic, a sweet and savory pineapple curry sauce served with jerk chicken over pasta. The sweet of the pineapple combined with what minute spice the jerk has makes for a delicious dish ($7 at lunch).

All food served at Rasta

Photos by Catherine Jensen Above: The Chicken Jamaican Mon, a local favorite comprised of jerk chicken, veggies and pineapple, all sauteed in a creamy white wine alfredo sauce.

Above Right: You’ll have what she’s having with the Banana’s Marley, a bowl of vanilla ice cream topped with a creamy rum sauce and banana slices.

Right: B Positive lead singer and co-founder Keith McClease jams with the rest of the good-vibes crew.

Background: A mural of the Bob himself, handpainted on one of Rasta Pasta’s walls.

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is made fresh everyday with brand new ingredients, which Taraborelli called “a major advantage” for the place. This means that any ingredient can be omitted from or added to a dish upon request. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free wwwoptions are also available for everything on the menu.

Though the menu cannot be altered because Rasta is part of a chain, Rebecca said the Colorado Springs location has added new items to their menu like the Citrus Spice salad dressing and chips and salsa. The desserts on the menu are unique to the Springs. Banana’s Marley is highly recommended. Jamaican rum sauce with sliced bananas is brought to you steaming and then poured over vanilla icecream.

Taraborelli noted, “Anything goes here. People can come in and order a coke and use the wi-fi for a few hours or bring in a birthday party.”

Rebecca added with a smile, “Some days people just hang on the balcony and soak up some sun.”

On top of the great food, Rasta Pasta hosts a number of live musical performances each month. On Nov. 6, reg-

gae band B Positive drew a crowd that was multi-ethnic, multi-generational and packed the place. B Positive, a cover band whose origins lie in the Hawaii of the early ’90s, plays at Rasta Pasta the first Friday of each month. The band uses an array of instruments, including two drum sets, and their sound is what lead singer and co-founder Keith McClease called, “a mix of reggae and the breezy beats of Hawaii.”

McClease said when his cofounder Marvin Brown chose the name B Positive, he didn’t see it. “As…we built our following, [we] saw that people wanted something with a positive vibe. The reggae vibe was something their souls were craving and I knew the name was meant to be. …Our take on reggae is to vibe. Don’t get into the politics or religious aspects of it, but believe there is a good vibe out there and that people should embrace that good. It’s the music of life. We believe in embracing living and being

positive.”

The band played everything from traditional Bob Marley to Tracy Chapman’s “Baby can I hold you.” The crowd, who seemed familiar with the place and the people, greeted one another and danced on the full dance floor for long into the night.

Owner Rebecca said she saw B Positive when she graduated from CSU in ’95. “When we opened up this place, we knew we wanted them to play here,” she said. She added that whenever they play, the dance floor is always full.

UCCS student Michael Billot, who came for the show said, “This was my first time at Rasta Pasta and I had a great time! I had a fun time dancing and am looking forward to trying the food.”

Caitlin Kinnet, who had eaten the food before, explained, “It’s delicious. I recommend the dessert for sure; the Banana’s Marley is to die for. It’s pretty much orgasmic.” S

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“No Ordinary Family:” Nothing short of heroic Amanda Putz aputz@uccs.edu ABC’s recent hit, “No Ordinary Family” is a likeable, if not predictable remake of the typical superhero family. It plays out as follows: Family struggles to get along, family gets in plane crash that gives them super powers, and family comes together to fight evil nemeses.

You’ve seen it already, right? Well, think again. While the Powell family isn’t new to television, and their attempt to outdo “The Incredibles” is obvious, their struggle with their new powers is nothing short of entertaining.

The parents are Jim (Michael Chiklis) and Stephanie Powell (Julie Benz).

Chiklis should be familiar from his role in “The Shield” and Benz from her role in “Dexter.”

Jimmy Bennett plays J.J., their 14-year-old son and their daughter, Daphne, is played by Kay Panabaker.

The story begins with a family trip to Brazil. Stephanie is a scientist and planned to use the trip to conduct some important research. However, when their plane crashes into the Amazon River, killing only the pilot, their trip is put on hold. The family returns home unscathed to a seemingly normal life.

Not long after the results of the crash are known.

The crash, unbeknownst to the Pow-

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ell family, left each member a specific super hero power that they must hone and use to battle evil.

Stephanie is given the ability to move with incredible speed, where as police sketch artist dad is given super strength and cat-like reflexes.

Before the crash, J.J. struggled with a learning disability; since then, he is able to solve any mathematical problem simply by looking at it. Not sure how to use

his gift, J.J. hides it from his parents, using it to gain attention in school.

Daphne‘s gift involves reading minds, and this is wonderful until she realizes exactly what her friends, classmates and boyfriend actually think of her.

Ultimately, the family must use their power for good and put their family issues aside in order to protect one another from the evils of “7th Heaven” veteran Stephen Collins and his followers.

It is through this that the Powell family realizes that they are not alone, and that their powers, while similar to their enemies’, will be used benevolently.

To add a level of drama, the pilot from their plane crash in Brazil returns from the dead and is sure to cause a number of problems for the Powell family.

Tune in Tuesdays at 8 p.m. (7 p.m.

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Local observatory offers free viewing this month J.P. Niehaus

jniehaus@uccs.edu Talk to anyone who loves camping, and they will tell you that one of the greatest appeals is a clear, open sky filled with stars. Even those who prefer the comfort of their homes enjoy relaxing beneath a blanket of blinking lights.

Understanding this innate interest and having a lifelong passion for outer space, retired Air Force Officer Norm Black had the first idea for the Star Light Start Bright Observatory here in Colorado Springs.

Black’s enthusiasm stems from his experience working as a space shuttle flight controller in college and he explained it as “the highlight of my career.”

Started in 2004 by the National Space Science Technology Institute (NSSTI), the public observatory’s slogan, “Putting Space Within Reach for the Past Six Years!” has guided their efforts.

On Nov. 12, the observatory is having a free viewing night at Trail Blazer Elementary School.

This free event allows viewers to experience “Jupiter and the moon on the same night, and on special Astronomical event nights

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

While R2-D2 was traversing a particularily soft patch of land on Naboo, he found himself having flashbacks to his similar mishap on the Dagobah system.

you can see the Andromeda Galaxy,” Black enthusiastically explained.

The Star Light Star Bright Observatory has a “Computer Controlled eight-inch MaksutovNewtonian Telescope” donated by NSSTI. It was through Black’s commitment and his involvement

that the telescope found a home at the Star Light Star Bright Observatory. After only a year of fundraising and building support from parents and foundations like the Cowan-Fouts Foundation, Adolph Coors Foundations and the Phil Long Community Fund, the telescope found a new

home As explained by Black, “I tell kids every time I talk to them that it takes all of the disciples for this kind of work to be in this field.”

When asked whether the observatory is an example of progress in the community, he continued,

“With people’s eyes set on the moon and Mars, who will be the first lunar artist or the next generation of engineers? When I was a little kid the space race is what got me hooked; the race between Russia and the United States to see who would be the first to the moon was exciting.”

His excitement has generated much appreciation for and support of the observatory. If you are interested in Friday’s event or want to learn more about the Star Light Start Bright Observatory, check out http://www.gateway2space.com/starlight.htm.

athletics UCCS men’s basketball victorious in season opener November 9 to November 15

Ryan Piechowski rpiechow@uccs.edu The UCCS Men’s Basketball team ushered in the 2010-2011 season with a 75-67 win over the Johnson & Wales Wildcats Tuesday night at the Gallogly Events Center.

The Mountain Lions’ balanced offensive production proved too much for a pesky Johnson & Wales team. While the Wildcats battled to comeback several times throughout the evening, their efforts proved hopeless.

The Mountain Lions opened the game with a 9-0 run thanks to precise three point shooting from guards Damar Hill and Ben Feilmeier, along with a smothering team defense.

Despite the fast start, the Mountain Lions found the score tied at 14 after a series of turnovers and easy Wildcats buckets around the rim. Being an exhibition game, Head Coach Russ Caton experimented with a variety of differ-

ent players. He explained, “We were changing our rotations a little bit, trying to find some different line ups that worked for us. We started changing things, which changes the whole momentum of the game.”

Even with trial and error substitutions by Caton, the Mountain Lions were able to regain the momentum and close the half on a 16-3 spurt, taking a 3827 lead.

The 11 point halftime lead would prove to be crucial as Johnson & Wales fought diligently to reduce the deficit, minimizing the UCCS lead to just two with only four minutes remaining in the game. After a couple of Wildcat turnovers and seven quick points from UCCS senior guard Jordan McClung, the victory was all but clinched.

The Mountain Lions rode out the final minute of the game with several successful trips to the free throw line. These final points officially snuffed

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out any possibility of a Johnson & Wales comeback.

UCCS received a 14 point, 10 rebound double-double from senior forward Brent Jones as well as an 11 point addition from junior forward JT Isaac.

The Mountain Lions took satisfaction in the season opener, and felt it proved valuable to the team’s newest additions.

With their first official conference game still weeks away, Caton sees these preliminary matches as great opportunities for the new talent to earn minutes. “It’s always nice to come out with a win, but either way, it didn’t really matter,” mentioned Caton.

“We’re trying to get everybody an opportunity to prove themselves and get some game experience.”

Taking the experience gained from this victory, the Mountain Lions look toward next week when they take on Air Force in another exhibition match Sunday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.

Getting healthier on campus is only a walk away Matt Crandall

mcrandal@uccs.edu As the semester enters its final phase, exercising and fitness may not be at the top of a student’s priority list. With finals, projects and presentations just around the corner, students need to refuel emotionally, mentally and physically.

The UCCS Recreation Center offers more than meets the eye; beyond the swimming pool, track, gym and weightlifting areas are individualized fitness and wellness programs. These sessions assist students in their quest for healthier lifestyles. The following includes the date and times of each perspective program and class. Students may log onto www.uccs. edu/~campusrec/site/fitness/group.html for more information and programs may be followed on Facebook or Twitter.

Salsa Dance: Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

No experience is required and the class is a high energy introduction to Salsa

Dancing.

Total Body Boot Camp: Monday and Thursdays at 12:00 p.m.

Consists of 3-5 cardio drills combined with strength training, focusing on creating lean muscle.

Total Body Circuit: Thursday at 6:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Implementing cardio and strength training exercises, this class will adhere to the student’s fitness level.

Vinyasa-Flow Yoga: Tuesday and Wednesday at 12:15 p.m.

This Yoga program focuses on the principle of “one breath, one movement” style.

Aquacize: Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 7:00 a.m All students need to bring are a swimsuit and towel to experience a great cardio workout in a low-impact environment.

Cardio Mix: Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

Just as the name implies, this program contains a mixture of step aerobics, strength training, cardio and strength circuits.

Abs Blast: Wednesday and Thursday at 6:20 p.m Consists of 15-20 minute sessions aiming at strengthening all areas of the core, including back, abs and glutes.

Step Aerobics: Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

This class offers a great cardio workout for all fitness levels.

Pilates: Tuesday at 5:15 p.m.

This class is designed to stretch, strengthen and balance the body overall. Depending on the student’s abilities, this class will be a beginner/intermediate mat workout.

BOSU Training: Thursday at 12:45 p.m.

A combination of BOSU ball and floor exercises to help strengthen your core and lower body.

Photo by Ariel Lattimore

WAIT FOR IT - Players from both UCCS and Johnson and Wales teams watch in excitement as the ball eventually falls through the hoop, giving UCCS another point.

Veteran’s Day eVents NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:30 AM UCCS Veteran’s Day Flag Raising ROTC Color Guard Outside Main Hall 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast Meet & Greet with Lt. Gen. Ed Anderson (Ret) Berger Hall

Military Aid Open House Berger Hall Forum and Fair 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM Paying for College 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Disability Services Testing Center

BBQ Lunch Office of Veteran & Military Student Affairs Office of Financial Aid Troops to Teachers Veterans Upward Bound Army Wounded Warriors Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Colorado Springs Mobile Vet Center Center for Technical Assistance and Training Operation TBI Freedom For more info, call 255-3253

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Snarky Sports Immaturities dance with

by Jessica Lunch ( the truth jlynch@uccs.edu )

With a new look, UCCS women’s basketball team defeats Colorado College Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu With seven new faces and only five returners, the UCCS women’s basketball team defeated the Colorado College Tigers in true rivalry style last Thursday, 7850.

Freshman Jeri Pikul led the team, scoring 20 points on 8-12 shooting. Lauryn Near, another freshman from Westminster, snatched six rebounds in just under 20 minutes. Twin sisters and transfer students from Eastern Wyoming, Jessica and Danielle Brown also contributed solid games. Jessica had 19 points, five boards, four steals and four assists while Danielle finished with nine points, five assists, five rebounds and four steals. Junior Ashley Miller added 14 points and six rebounds to the win.

Miller was one of three starters to finish the night in double figures.

Although the Tigers did not give up the fight, by halftime the Mountain Lions were leading by a solid 13 points. Poor free throw shooting and turnovers proved to be the Tiger’s Achilles heel throughout the game.

The Mountain Lions increased the lead after the half with impressive statistics in all categories, including shooting percent-

Photos by Ariel Lattimore

Top: Junior Danielle Brown attacks the rim, splitting two defenders Above: Junior Ashley Miller uses her height to finish at the rim against standstill Tiger defense

age and rebounds.

After Thursday’s win, the team hopes to bury last year’s disappointing season with steady RMAC play. Last week’s game showcased a group of Mountain Lions ready to compete; but as always, the team will have to be ready for a grueling conference

schedule.

The Mountain Lions will begin their regular season in Denton, Texas against the Texas Woman’s on Nov. 19. This will be followed by Central Oklahoma on Nov. 20. The first UCCS home game will take place Nov. 26. S

If there is one thing I have learned through my internship in TV production, it’s to be appreciative of and engage in bouts of lewd commentary.

This is not to say that real, hard hitting work isn’t accomplished, but it is punctuated by conversations intended for the boy’s locker room.

If you don’t feel comfortable commenting on the tight ass of a Denver Broncos cheerleader, or a certain player performing like a pussy, you should probably reconsider sports broadcasting.

Then again, maybe I’ve had an individualized experience—but I doubt it.

While things are taken seriously, and deadlines are as real as they are scary, my sports director has repeatedly told me, “We’re not trying to cure cancer.” I’ve heard this after a number of screw ups, like failing to find the ball in the viewfinder or missing an important score for the sports show. I am grateful for this because I think I would have set cancer research back a few hundred years already if we were.

Being in front of the camera is nerve racking enough without wondering if you look even remotely put together, or if your fear can be smelled from 50 yards away. Over the past month, I’ve gotten used to wondering if I look like I have a comb over, a booger hanging out of my nose or if it’s too cold for my bra to handle, all of which are unfixable and only noticed later when in the comfort of the editing bay. Visiting the bathroom after a windy performance in the end zone after an Air Force football game can reveal a startling discovery.

The best part, however, aside from the obvious enjoyment I find making fun of others and laughing at their expense, involves the art of storytelling. A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Cripple Creek to interview a boy with two prosthetic legs, attempting to play the sport he loves. As a sophomore, he was tired of standing on the sidelines. He wanted to play football.

With the support of his parents, coach and teammates, his dream was made a reality. His season recently finished, and while the team experienced a losing season, his plight to suit up is an inspiration to all of us.

An incredible package was made involving interviews with him, his teammates, his coach and his mother. We watched him strap on his pads, duct tape foam over his metal legs and compete. I remember sitting on the sidelines during their practice and watching him exert himself in ways his teammates couldn’t even begin to imagine.

In one of the last plays of practice, he broke through the line of scrimmage and sacked the quarterback. Everyone cheered, he was high-fived and words of encouragement danced along the edges of the field like the dust kicked up after the start of a race.

The thing is, we all love stories; we read them, we write them, and in effect, we live through them. His story has touched more than a few individuals; his story has motivated more than a couple of people to reassess their lives. His story makes me almost shameful of my good fortune.

The power of storytelling lies in its ability to extract raw emotion from a complete stranger.

In essence then, while my experience has influenced me to say a few things worthy of spending eternity in Hell, it has also given me an opportunity to view life differently.

And with that said, I will continue making perverted comments and I will laugh when it is appropriate, if only to continue looking at life through the lens of a camera. S

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opinion

Getting through an absentee marriage

Cherise Fantus cfantus@uccs.edu I believe I’ve spent more time alone since I’ve been married than I did in my entire life preceding marriage.

My husband is in the Army, and he’s just left for his fourth deployment – in four years. As much as I like to tell myself that I’m used to it and it gets easier, it never really does. He’s been deployed for nearly half of our marriage, and the greater part of the other half we’ve spent living in separate states.

We got married just before his first deployment. We were both in the Army. He lived in North Carolina; I lived in Georgia. We

thought that the Army would move us together once we were married. It didn’t.

It was incredibly difficult at first, trying to be newlyweds from opposite sides of the globe, but we got the hang of it.

I was lonely and needy. I sent him long letters detailing every little thing that happened during each and every day. When we were able to talk on the phone, I kept him on the line as long as possible, regaling him with the same boring stories.

He, in return, tried desperately to get off the phone after just a few short minutes. He felt like I was smothering him. I wondered how could I smother him from 7,000 miles away. He wasn’t used to having to give so much attention to one person.

We fought a lot during the first couple years of our marriage.

We had a hard time working things out over the phone, especially since one of the things we fought about was that he didn’t like being on the phone for a long time, and I did.

Many of our arguments were put on hold and continued during our next conversation, since

his limited phone time wasn’t enough to reach a resolution.

We managed to get through the first two deployments in tact. But when he returned to the United States, he was still living in North Carolina while I was in Georgia. We still had many of the same issues that we’d had when he was in Iraq.

We had to try to have a relationship over the phone. Only this time, we got to see each other on weekends.

We still fought quite a bit over many of the same things, especially about the length of our phone conversations. The difference was that we got to – ahem – make up. It was a tremendous improvement.

He eventually got stationed halfway across the country in Colorado. It wasn’t much different from the situation when he was deployed, except that I could call him every five seconds if I wanted to. He couldn’t have been more overjoyed. We finally established some phone rules.

I got out of the Army last June and moved to the house we had bought in Colorado.

DEAR DEVI US DU f Dear Dry Spell,

I’m going to point out the part of this situation that you seem to be missing: stringless sex is awesome sex.

Let me elaboate.

You’re committed to work. He does whatever he wants, whenever he wants. You’re stressed, both with your professional life and your sexual life (c’mon, you wrote us a letter…don’t try to hide it.) He, on the other hand, seems to be carefree.

Are you not seeing the connection yet?

For you, it doesn’t have to be sex without a purpose. You need to unwind. He really needs to take a trip to the Bone Zone. Badabing, badaboom – you both solve each other’s problems. Instead of telling him “no,” start telling him “yes, yes, yes!”

The best part about this is how familiar you already are sexually. There won’t be fumbling around trying to make things work like a couple of teenagers in the backseat on Make Out Point. If the sex was great for you in the past, go for it again!

If it helps you cope better with this idea, be selfish: Make the sex about you. Trust me, he won’t care. He’ll just be happy to be getting off.

Is this still not doing it for you? Well, I was hoping it wouldn’t come to this…

Sleep with him anyway. This time, though, make it terrible. Be awful in bed, make awkward noises, and even throw a chuckle in every now and then. Kill his confidence so he won’t want to crawl back into the sheets with you again. It’s a win for you, but you’ll be crushing his spirit as well, so keep that in mind. Or don’t. Either way works for me.

If all else fails, your last ditch effort is to make yourself immediately unavailable so he doesn’t come drooling after you anymore.

Unless, of course, he’s the kind of guy that’ll chase after you even more after you’re off the market. If he’s that kind of guy, you’re on your own.

-JD Osorio

Four days later, my husband deployed again.

This time it was different.

This time I was home. I had neighbors that were like family, and I had my own life that I actually enjoyed. I started going to school, and I loved it. While it wasn’t easy by any means, it was not devastating, as the others had seemed.

When he got home, we were able to live together as a married couple for the first time in our nearly four-year marriage. It was glorious.

We had our honeymoon period, and we had to get to know each other all over again. We also had to learn how to live with another human being. It was difficult at times, but it was also perfectly wonderful.

That was sixth months ago, and he’s already gone on another deployment. I felt like this one would be a breeze. I knew he was leaving, but it just felt so passé. I’d been through it so many times; it just didn’t bother me anymore.

Until he was actually gone.

That’s when I crumbled. Fortunately, I still have a life and re-

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sponsibilities, so I was unable to fall apart completely.

I am finding ways to cope. I have two cats and two dogs who keep my bed warm (and very crowded) at night. I have boatloads of schoolwork, a part-time job and a job at the school paper to keep me occupied. I have friends who let me cry on their shoulders when I need it, and others who will get me drunk when I need it. I have great neighbors who have been like a family to me, and an actual family only a phone call away.

Though I’ve felt at times that we could never survive this, we have actually grown stronger. Against all odds, we have slapped adversity in the face, and created a seemingly unbreakable bond. We still have this last deployment to get through, but I am certain that we have the tenacity to do it.

I have felt heart-wrenching sorrow, utter loneliness, rage, contempt, heartbreak, hopelessness and helplessness. I have cried an ocean of tears and screamed until my voice gave out, but it has all absolutely been worth it. S

A few years ago, I had a one-night stand (that was actually two nights long) with a guy I used to know. While the sex was great, we parted ways, and our lives went in very different directions. I’m a student with a full-time job, on the verge of grad school and very committed to my work; he’s sort of fly-by-night and totally without direction, but he wants to be, for lack of a better term, fuck-buddies. The prospect is inviting, but I know I’m incapable of stringless sex, so I keep saying, “No,” but he continues to persist.

Help!

Dear Sexually Inert, So, I understand your reservations since most girls who sleep around and have emotionless, freewheeling sex are considered whores.

Well, based on your question and your name, you clearly are not one of these females.

With that out of the way, here’s something to consider. If you are as committed to academics as you say, and if your life is as hectic as you make it appear, then why on earth wouldn’t you take advantage of something that could not possibly, not in a million years, morph into a time-consuming relationship?

The busier you are, the more this approach makes sense.

While you might not think it is possible to remain unattached, let me remind you of a few things.

Happy people are those who have sex.

Those who have sex are happy people.

Again, I don’t mean to overly simplify this, but if you know your paths are not meant to cross and he is as “fly-by-the-night” as you seem to think, then enjoying a night tumbling like wild animals in the sheets might be your best option.

Clearly, you don’t have time for a romantic candle lit dinner. You don’t have time for a gradual, slowly building relationship that entails two months of handholding, three months of quick pecks on the cheeks and lips and then five uncomfortable months waiting for the “time to be right,” either. This relationship will climax just as you are graduating college and entering the real world.

You have time for one thing, and one thing only, sex.

And if you remain unconvinced, I beg of you, consider your options. Drown in your dormant state of sexual stupidity or take prerogative of your well-being.

I understand you are a woman to be respected and that you don’t “put out.”

However, you can be an accomplished, intelligent woman while getting laid, I promise.

If it’s a matter of morals, then you probably wouldn’t have sent this question in anyway, so I won’t even address that.

-Jessica Lynch

Have a question about relationships, love or...sex? Email your query to the Devious Duo at scribeonsex@gmail.com.

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Online bullying: Proving to be a serious matter

Stephen Farrell sfarrell@uccs.edu Having your head shoved into a toilet or being pushed down at recess is never fun, but bullying is no longer just a schoolyard problem; it has moved online, making it easier for bullies to attack their victims from the comfort and safety of their own homes.

The level of anonymity offered by the online format makes it easier to insult and/or make threats nastier and more hurtful.

Whether it’s from a webcam, Myspace or Facebook, one thing remains certain: Young people are being targeted.

Just weeks ago, 18-yearold Rutgers University freshman, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide after discovering sexual acts between him and his male partner had been broadcast over the internet via a hidden camera in his dorm room. This event has undoubtedly shaken our conservative view of bullying.

I’ll be the first to admit that up until this story hit the national spotlight I viewed bullying as nothing more than one of those natural “phases” of life that most children and adolescents inevitably experience in the course of growing up. I myself remember being picked on and called “poor” or a “hobo” for not wearing name brand shoes and clothes (namely Nike at the time) in the mid 1990s while attending elementary school in the suburbs of Washington D.C. As a result, it fueled me with the drive to mow

as many lawns as I could over the summer so that I could stock up on as many pieces of Nike apparel as possible for my 5th grade year. Of course, I returned to school that fall semester with a chip on my shoulder while sporting my brand new Air Max’s.

I had persevered; I had used bullying in a positive way and it had taught me about work ethic and goal setting. To me, bullying was about overcoming certain situations and being pro-active.

However, with the advent of new technology and social networking sites, more often than not, bullying can be devastating. For instance, when 13-year-old Megan Meier committed suicide over a teenage boy, the consequences of bullying were painfully obvious. The teenage boy was in fact a hapless neighborhood mother posing as one over Myspace, but according to

and do not rely solely on Comedy Central puppets to portray a message.

As I stood amongst those on the Mall, I found myself thinking, can this really compare to other speeches that have taken place on the Mall? Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington that brought a quarter of a million people together is but one example. Some others that come to mind are: Cox’s Army in 1932, where 25,000 unemployed workers from Pennsylvania marched for a Public Works Program; The Vietnam War Out Now march on April 24, 1971, where 500,000 people gathered to end the war; and the National Equity March in October of last year, when 200,000 people came together in support of gay rights.

Though each of these movements had different objectives, they gathered great numbers of people because they had clear goals in mind. These objectives influenced the masses to take the necessary steps needed to create real change.

The signs at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/ or Fear were fantastic, creative and humorous.

Some even had a political message. The majority of them, however, did what Colbert and Stewart do for

a living. They poked fun at those with different ideals.

There was no cry for revolution, no definite purpose, no unified sense and nothing about what we wanted and/or needed to see happen in the future as a cohesive unit.

Instead of looking to leaders like Lincoln and King, we now come to Washington by the tens of thousands to listen to comedians and crazies like Colbert, Stewart and Beck.

These people were made famous with the help of electronic media and online communication. This isn’t to say that the people who attended the rally were ill intended or aren’t looking to create good. I am not trying to diminish the experience, for it was a fun and worthwhile one; however, I feel that more needs to be done if we are going to change things.

We need to figure out what issues matter to us and organize around them.

Did anyone leave the rally on Saturday feeling inspired? Did any of them go home to work on a project around a specific issue? I can’t say. One of my favorite signs at the rally read, “If your idea can fit on a sign, you need a bigger idea.” Let’s peel our ideas of what should happen off cardboard and do something real about it. S

You say you want a revolution...

Catherine Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu For generations people of this nation have gathered in inspired masses to defend their beliefs. Revolution and a desire for change have long been scattered through the soil of this nation and have indeed created change. On Oct. 30, people took to the National Mall to again create change…sort of.

I was among the estimated 60-200,000 people to cover every inch of sidewalk and grassy field.

I was in awe of the beautiful architecture, the crowd, the music and the ability of this many people to gather in one place. Some flew halfway across the country to attend a three-hour session put on by comedians.

I was not so impressed by this. Don’t get me wrong, I love Colbert and Stewart and am guilty of indulging in their shows regularly. I do, however, also gather my news from other sources on a local and international scale

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MSNBC, there were no laws found with which to charge the mother.

Her actions led to the death of a young girl; where is the justice in that?

Today, many people still believe kids need to toughen up and learn to handle their own problems, Normally, I would have to agree, but when the newest forms of bullying involve leading people into a false

state of mind, or assassinating reputations beyond repair for no other reason than for the sheer entertainment, it can reasonably be stated that the survival of the victim is already at stake.

So what can be done to prevent these offensive acts that should be labeled as crimes? Well for starters, why not have state and federal legislatures

label these heinous acts as crimes? After all, as times change and American culture progresses, so should laws for those who find new ways to do harm to others. This type of harassment has proven to be serious enough to warrant some kind of governmental intervention, especially when a victim feels their rights as a free citizen have been violated. S

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-Student Press Law Center

New VIP parking pass announced ition so much,” said Chancellor Pat Shocker-Zanzabar, “This way we don’t have to force them to pay; we just entice them.”

Students who purchase the pass will get valet service provided by staff of the Public Safety office. They will also be entitled to one act of fallatio or cunnilingus per day, performed by the Public Safety officer of their choosing.

Chief of Police and Executive Director of Public Safety Tim Rice spearheaded the idea.

“We know how difficult it is to find parking, which is why we decided to do valet, but we also needed to add something to justify charging as much as

Cherise Fantus cfantus@uccs.edu Students no longer have to worry about being sexually frustrated while not being able to find parking anymore.

The Department of Public Safety announced this week that they will be introducing a new VIP parking pass starting in the spring semester. The new pass, which will cost $3000 per semester or $5000 per year, will include such benefits as valet parking and complimentary blowjobs.

The purpose of the new pass is to boost revenue for the school.

“We can only raise tu-

The news in brief Student had feelings hurt

Sophomore Eliza Grumbler had her feelings hurt by another student at Clyde’s on Monday. Grumbler was quietly eating her lunch when her dining companion, Jarod Stockton, made a comment that really hurt her feelings.

He told her she had chipmunk cheeks, after which she suddenly burst into tears. “I’ve always been really sensitive about that,” said Grumbler. Stockton was surprised by her reaction. He said that he didn’t mean anything by it and that he was just teasing her. Though he has apologized, Grumbler is still angry with her friend. She is expected to make a full recovery soon.

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Beth-El researchers need subjects Students at Beth-El are conducting a research project on ocular herpes, and are looking for students to participate in the study. Students who are infected with herpes of the eyes are asked to contact Barbara Gunthry, a nursing student at Beth-El, who is heading the project. The study will be focused on means of contracting the virus and how it affects the lives of the students. Their overall intent is to find a cure for the repulsive disease, but for now they would just be happy to find ways of making sure they never get it.

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White House announces turkey-pardoning change

The White House announced on Thursday that in lieu of pardoning a turkey this Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama will be pardoning a tofurkey. Representatives say that they thought it would be a nice change of pace. Every year, the president pardons a turkey, and everyone is happy. This year, the question was raised about whether the tradition was fair to the poor tofu that is brutally murdered to feed the vegetarians. That is why Obama decided to give tofu a chance. Nasoya will be giving the tofurkey to the President this year. After the pardoning, it will be sent to Disneyland to live with the pardoned turkeys of years past.

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Drunk student falls asleep in class A UCCS student fell asleep Friday in his COMM 2300 class, and was found to be impossible to wake by his classmates and professor. After several attempts to wake junior Ian Daniels, students began to realize that smell of liquor hanging in the air was emanating from Daniels, and that he was, in fact, passed out drunk. Daniels’ roommate, Danny Jameson, said that they had started their weekend drinking rituals early after a stressful week of Communications midterms. “He just couldn’t take the pressure,” said Jameson, “so he got totally hammered.” Daniels will be facing suspension, and is considering finding an easier major than Communications.

-Cherise Fantus

we are, and what’s better than oral pleasure?” Rice said about the planning process.

Students are thrilled about the new parking option. Though the passes were just announced, 33 of them have already been sold.

Freshman Helen Latish is tired of being late because she can’t find a parking space. “I can totally sleep in and roll up in front of the building a few minutes before class starts,” she said.

Others are more enthusiastic about the other perks. “I can’t believe I’m going to get a blowjob every day!” said junior Ryan Despo, the first to purchase

a pass, adding, “Suck it, popo!”

Though the new passes have a hefty price tag, students are finding ways to pay the bill. Despo used the money he had been saving for graduate school.

“This is way better than grad school,” he said.

Latish held a “bake sale” to raise the money for her pass. “I got the idea from a Top 10 list in The Scribe. I raised the money in just a few hours,” she explained.

Shocker-Zanzabar is very optimistic about the outcome of the new plan, stating, “This endeavor will not only bring in revenue for the school, it will also make students happier and more satisfied.” S

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Sell your arts and crafts – everyone loves handmade beaded bracelets.

Wear your most revealing outfit.

Stand on a corner and offer directions to rich businessmen.

Sell “baked goods.”

Do sexy videos on the internet. It’s also good practice for your filmmaking career. ancial aid office.

Moonlight as a mountain lion wrestler. office.

Sell your hair. You needed to cut it anyway; you look like an overgrown squirrel.

Pose nude for art students.

Sexual harassment claims really do pay.

Rent out your room and sofa surf.

Find dirt on someone in the Bursar’s office and blackmail him/her for free tuition.

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Unused books rebel, offer troubling ultimatum Corey Mensing cmensing@uccs.edu The UCCS Bookstore is recovering from a series of intense conversations and mean-spirited bullying by the most unlikely offenders - books. At closing time, the employees turned around to see an army of angry books.

The books were angry that they were unused and demanded that they be returned to an earlier time, when they were still appreciated. Among them were “In the Kitchen,” “The Mermaid Chair,” “Prospect Park West: A Novel,” “Wild Animus” and “Confessions of an Heiress: A Tonguein-Chic Peek Behind the Pose” by Paris Hilton.

“They came to life in the most Toy Story-esque way,” said Nicole Gustafson, a bookstore employee. “Except they were evil and not adorable or delightfully charming in any way,” she added.

Confused, some of the employees tried to reason with them.

They tried to explain that time travel is presently impossible and all books have an audience. The books wouldn’t hear it.

Agitated, a copy of “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” made it clear to the employees that they meant business.

“It threw a slain copy of the bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love at us,’” said Gustafson. “Its pages were all torn out and mutilated,” she sadly explained.

What followed were intense conversations between the unused books and the employees. The books threatened that if they were not returned to an earlier time in which they were loved and used, there would be consequences. Unused books congregated for the revolt from all over campus.

Donna Farrow, a freshman at UCCS noticed that her copy of “Everyone Poops” was missing from her room earlier that day.

“I was looking for it for some wisdom when I noticed it was gone,” she said.

The book was seen amongst the angry mob at the bookstore by an employee.

“Little did it know that I needed it,” explained Farrow.

Then the books attacked. Several bookstore employees were injured. After the initial attack, most of them lay wounded, covered in paper cuts.

“It was devastating, absolutely devastating,” said Jacquelyn King, a bookstore employee. “Since it was after hours, nobody could help us,” she added.

The metal security gates that are meant to keep intruders out when the store is closed became a prison gate, keeping them from safety.

When it became clear that there was nothing they could do, the employees played dead to save themselves. Seeing the staff motionless on the floor, the unused books turned away to celebrate their victory at Club 10, a specially decorated shelf for bestsellers. When the coast was clear, the employees regrouped in the storage room of the bookstore and came up with a plan.

With an idea spearheaded by Gustafson, the employees covered a large shipping box with aluminum foil. They cut square holes in the sides and covered them with clear tape for windows. When they were finished they snuck back into the bookstore and presented their creation to the books.

“They were surprised to see us alive, but pleased that we had produced the time machine they wanted,” said Gustafson.

The books crowded around the box and climbed in.

Gustafson promised to send them to a better time. “I told them the trip would take about three years though.” When they were all in the box the ordeal was over.

“We just put the box in the back,” said Gustafson. “Then we all walked out the bookstore like Jodie Foster’s character in ‘Flightplan,’” she added.

Joel Kline, a bookstore employee, is sure that they are no longer a threat. “They’re just sitting in there, thinking they’re on a long voyage through time,” said Kline, holding back a chuckle. “Some of them are even smiling,” he added. “We won’t have to worry about this for a few years now.” S

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