Sept. 2, 2013

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Two state senators face recall over recent gun control legislation 3 Construction Austin Bluffs Parkway continues to undergo construction near campus 3

Science & Business Science student UCCS student interested in art and science 4 Local tourism Businesses in Manitou Springs face uncertain times following floods 4

Culture iBuddy International students get welcomed to UCCS by buddy 5 Parking video Parking situation at UCCS explained in two minutes 5

Opinion Recall Local recalls send a message to politicians about gun control 9 Harassment The norms surrounding sexual harassment claims should be challenged 9

Sports Soccer Men’s soccer starts new season 11 Women’s golf Women’s golf program enters inaugural season 11

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Parking woes continue in new school year

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5,197 on-campus parking spaces

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10,500 enrolled students and 83% commute, according to institutional data

Eleanor Skelton eskelton@uccs.edu

Another year with the largest ever incoming freshman class, consistent with the student population growth each year prior, is again putting strain on waitlisted classes and stretching capacities of campus parking lots.

Jim Spice, executive director of Parking and Transportation Services, said that parking is “a little tighter than I was anticipating.”

With such high enrollment numbers, Spice said, “I didn’t think I was going to have that many cars.”

The school has 5,195 parking spaces on campus. Parking at the Four Diamonds Sports Complex on North Nevada Avenue has 474 spaces.

Lot 15, the newest parking location north of the Four Diamonds Sports Complex, is expected to take some of the load off parking with an additional 440 spaces to help offset those lost when the Lane Center project started on Nevada.

Spice indicated 100 spaces around the Lane Center will reopen in February, and he estimates around 100 spaces were lost there due to construction. Another 100-150 spaces have been taken up south of the Lane Center because of construction staging.

“That’s one of the reasons we built Lot 15 is anticipation of increasing enrollment and the Lane Center loss,” said Spice, who has worked in both parking and public safety at UCCS since 1988.

Spice said the school has a backup plan in place. “If Lot 15 does fill, we’ll automatically implement our backup plan, which is Freedom Financial Expo Center on Nevada Avenue, and

we’ll have shuttle buses going to and from campus. We’ll always have parking; it just might not be necessarily right … close to the campus.”

Two days into classes, the school had filled Lot 15, but it didn’t overflow, Spice said.

Other days it has had about one or two dozen spaces still open.

“So we’re right at capacity,” he said.

Transfer student Amber Edwards, a biology major, said, “Coming from Vermont, it’s a lot different because my school was very small. There was always parking. I find it a little bit crazy that parking is so far away.”

When she arrives at 8:15 or 8:30 on Tuesday or Thursday mornings, she can only find space in Lot 15, but she said, “I haven’t had to wait more than 10 minutes for a shuttle.”

Others, like sophomore nursing major Tamika Bjork who arrives to park at around 7:30 a.m., think parking at Four Diamonds “is pretty much the same [as last year].”

Higher fees The 20 percent parking fee increase, the school’s first in six years, is due to rising costs in the parking and transportation department overall, Spice indicated.

“Parking is completely 100 percent user funded. So by state law, [in] a ruling by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, we cannot use state funds to fund parking. We have to use user-funded fees.”

Moneys are used for “building new lots and maintaining existing lots. For example, two summers ago, I resurfaced lots 3 and 4. It was a 2-inch overlay, and it was $350,000, and all of

that money came out of parking permit fees. And that’s just two parking lots.”

Security patrols and shuttle buses are paid for with the $70 Student Transportation and

Safety fee that all students pay with tuition each semester. This fee is deducted from student HUB permits, which is why Continued on page 2 . . .

Campus fraternity members recommended for removal from office Taylor Eaton and Nicholas Beadleston teaton2@uccs.edu, nbeadles@uccs.edu

Pi-Omicron, UCCS’ chapter of the national fraternity Kappa Sigma, is a fixture around campus. One of a handful of Greek Life organizations, its members can be spotted sporting fraternity apparel and attending university events.

Recently, however, the chapter has been faced with dissent among its ranks.

During the past semester, the chapter’s charter has increasingly filled with freshman members. According to chapter President Casey Chalifour, this led to “weird voting decisions.” Freshmen frequently voted in favor of parties instead of “socially responsible events,” said Chalifour.

The chapter’s executive committee, led by Chalifour, informed the chapter’s alumni advisor about making in-house changes to the chapter.

Pursuant to Kappa Sigma doctrine, a judicial committee convened to review the conduct and activities of the PiOmicron chapter. The committee was led by District Grand Master Emmet F. Bellville.

On Aug.15, members of

the fraternity Kappa Sigma received an email regarding the judicial committee’s eleventhhour findings.

Five members who held officer positions in Kappa Sigma were recommended by the review committee to be removed from office. The most common reason was “lack of communication” and “failure to uphold his oath in office.”

Nine other brothers were referenced in the document, though their specific offenses were not listed. This information is disclosed in individual charging forms, which are emailed to only the individual brothers.

According to Chalifour, the contents of these personal emails would only be made public in the event that the membership of the brothers in question was put to a chapter vote.

The Scribe obtained information regarding the judicial committee’s findings, including the original email, from a brother of the Pi-Omicron Continued on page 2 . . .

2 News (Continued from page 1) faculty and staff permits are more expensive.

Illegal parking on campus “We wrote 300 tickets in the HUB the first day of classes [this semester]. Three hundred kids without a HUB permit that are parked in HUB permit owners’ space,” Spice said.

Students parking on the grass at Four Diamonds are also being ticketed. The area has been regulated in past years, but illegal parking was not so prevalent before.

“There was a guy that was parked almost at a 45 degree [angle] in a Jeep, and I had them ticketed, because that’s dangerous. We have enough parking, and if we run out of parking at Lot 15, we’ll go to Freedom Financial.”

Across from Four Diamonds, Costco at University Village has given flyers to Spice ask-

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ing students not to park there all day or Costco may decide to implement towing.

Parking garage and Cragmor

A 1,227-stall parking garage being built north of Austin Bluffs Parkway and west of Stanton Road is slated for a March opening and may help detract students from parking in the nearby Cragmor neighborhood.

“I think it will be good when the new parking structure opens up,” said Ph.D. engineering student Ryan Bosworth.

Bosworth has been attending UCCS since his freshman year and currently lives off of Acacia Drive in Cragmor, though he commuted from downtown for his first five years. “Every semester, you see some frustration about the parking situation because it does just get worse

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When asked about the email and its contents, fraternity Treasurer Jacob Allen gave contradicting answers. While initially discounting the email as a “falsified document,” Allen later stated that the docu-

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and worse.” “[It seems] like we’re about a year off because if the parking garage we’re constructing were actually available now, there would be a lot less stress for students to move from parking over in the neighborhood,” said organic chemistry professor Allen Schoffstall, who has been teaching at UCCS since 1967 and rents to students in the Cragmor neighborhood.

Students in his class are calling and texting other students in his 8 a.m. class to ask him “wait 5 or 10 minutes” because “the buses are running late or I can’t get a space,” he said.

“People have been parking in the Cragmor neighborhood south of campus for years,” he said. “Now this push to have all these students who are currently parking there park down at Four Diamonds or elsewhere is causing stress.”

Katie Garvert, one of the

Cragmor residents whose husband was contacted by The Scribe last year regarding the Good Neighbors parking policy (Sept. 3, 2012 issue), commented on the “no parking” signs posted on orange cones down Acacia Drive.

“We’re kind of waiting to see how it goes,” she said.

“There’s been a lot of talk for a long time and to see on Monday that these signs were put up and now something is moving and happening seems like we might be on the right track.”

Spice and another officer passed out flyers the first few days of school to inform students at Four Diamonds about Lot 15 who might not have been aware of it last year.

A new shuttle bus has been added to the fleet, and another

one is being leased.

“Knowing that the [Cragmor] neighborhood is going to go to a permit system and knowing that faculty and staff sometimes have to be here at 7 in the morning, we added another shuttle stop at 6:40 a.m.,” Spice said. “The first day, there were 10 and the second day, there were six people that rode it.”

Spice indicated lots usually fill around 10:30 a.m.

A free smartphone app tracking the GPS position and ETA of campus shuttle buses is scheduled to be released in the next few weeks.

Spice recommended that students with HUB permits unable to park speak with parking staff, who can direct them to open lots, such as Lot L, which is open the first three weeks of the semester, when the parking garage or lots are marked off with orange cones. S

interview, in addition to authenticating the email, he confirmed the chapter was looking to make changes and had contacted more senior members of their fraternity to do so. He also said the brother in question was still a member of the

frat and was being punished for speaking with reporters.

Chalifour stated in a follow-up interview that Bellville has temporarily suspended any decision regarding punitive actions against Pi-Omicron.

According to Chalifour, the

judicial committee will make further determinations after reviewing the fraternity’s progress at the end of the semester.

S The Scribe’s Jesse Byrnes and Alexander Nedd contributed to this report.

Campus fraternity recommendations

ment was “completely irrelevant.”

Allen also indicated the brother who supplied the information had been removed from the chapter.

Chalifour presented different commentary. During an

Colorado summer timeline recap Samantha Morley smorley2@uccs.edu

Future planning

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Gun control prompts local recall elections Dezarae yoder

dyoder@uccs.edu

From the very beginning, the gun show in Colorado has been one for the books. A bit like a dramatic opera, there are moving parts and many players.

Recall elections for two southern Colorado state senators have prompted national attention as many consider the state a bellwether for the rest of the country on how moderates will behave toward new gun legislation.

In the spring, Democrats pushed forth gun legislation seldom seen before in a western state. Five of the originally proposed bills passed and were signed into law July 1 by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

The laws range from requiring background checks for private sales and transfers to establishing a background check fee.

Two of the Colorado senate bills – SB 195 and 197, which respectively require in-person classes for concealed carry permits and prohibit domestic violence offenders from owning a firearm – were co-sponsored by Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs).

Morse voted against failed HB 1226, which would have removed concealed carry on college campuses.

As the first lawmakers in Colorado state history to ever be recalled, Morse and Sen. Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) have set precedent both in the state and in the country.

hB 1229: Requires background checks for private gun sales and transfers hB 1224: Limits firearm magazine capacity hB 1228: Establishes a background check fee SB 195: Requires in-person classes for concealed carry licenses SB 197: Prohibits a domestic violence offender from owning a firearm

Both legislators have the potential to join only 36 who have ever been recalled.

Twice now the recall has been in court due to legal issues, further playing up the background for the dramatic end.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Aug. 27 that potential recall voters are not required to indicate “yes” or “no” in order for their successor vote to be counted.

Ballots were previously expected Aug. 27, but because of the statement made by the court, the wording will have to be changed.

The document contains two sections. One regards the issue campaign to vote “yes” or “no” to either remove or keep Morse, the District 11 senator.

The second segment is a candidate campaign with the Republican Bernie Herpin asking for votes to replace Morse if successfully recalled.

Herpin has also had a claim filed against him by Manitou resident Ann Schmitt. Schmitt claims in her complaint the ads being promoted by Herpin are illegal since he is not considered a “candidate” and does not appear in opposition in that section of the ballot.

Potential Libertarian candidate Jan Brooks also looked to join the race but fell short of the needed amount. More than 50 percent of the signatures Brooks gathered were rejected by the state last week.

Out-of-towners like Democrat New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a major gun control advocate, have gotten increasingly involved in the debate. Last week, Bloomberg himself donated $350,000 to fight both recalls.

This was not Bloomberg’s first contact with the state regarding Colorado’s recent gun legislation.

In the days leading up to the Senate Committee hearings, the NYC mayor called Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper twice.

The NRA has also thrown their money hat into the ring in support of the recall efforts. The organization’s lobbying arm, Institute for Legislative Action, has spent more than $100,000 to support the removal of both Giron and Morse.

Laura Carno, conservative strategist and Founder of I Am Created Equal recently joined Jon Caldara, “Devil’s Advocate” current events show host and president of the Independence Institute to discuss the is-

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sue of recalling John Morse.

“Sen. Morse was a very moderate Democrat senator,” Carno stated. “Then 2013 happened … Sen. Morse will say there are all these tragedies that he needed to respond to, I say Mayor Bloomberg started spending money here and Senator Morse changed his legislative profile significantly.”

Money has also been donated from Carno’s organization. “It’s 100 percent Colorado money,” Carno stated. “Every penny, every single penny … All Colorado a combination of large and small numbers and no NRA money.”

Students at UCCS have also been doing their part to get involved. While many are opposed to the new gun legislation, Kayla Strecher, vice president of the Young Democrats, has been an active proponent of Morse.

“I know he has the good ideas of the people and wants to pro-

tect the people,” said Strecher.

“Even if making the big decision isn’t always what pleases everyone, sometimes it’s what you’ve got to do to impact the community.”

As for the gun legislation specifically, Strecher said, “[T] his piece of legislation does not take away the weapon. It only limits the amount of ammunition in terms of magazine and it also pushes for stricter punishment and enforcement of criminals. For example, domestic violence. Domestically violently and charged criminals.”

Strecher also spoke on a more personal level regarding her reason for supporting Morse. “As a family member of someone who was domestically violent … [the legislation] speaks volumes to just have that security backed by the protection and the enforcement of the law,” she said.

Voting for the recalls runs Sept. 5-10. S

Austin Bluffs being expanded along front of campus Eleanor Skelton eskelton@uccs.edu

A key part of widening the Austin Bluffs corridor, similar to the ongoing Woodmen Road corridor expansion, is directly situated in front of the UCCS main campus.

Construction began over the summer on June 17 and is expected to end in December 2014.

According to the City of Colorado Springs, it is the third construction phase and will widen three parts of the road from four to six lanes, including Nevada Avenue to Union Boulevard, Union Boulevard to Meadowland Boulevard and Barnes Road to Old Farm Drive.

Students and faculty navigated the continuously changing lanes and orange cones throughout the summer semester, and ongoing construction has continued into the fall semester.

For UCCS students with night classes in the upcoming weeks, the Austin Bluffs corridor web-

ago. “There was a bump in the asphalt that ended up being too high. Our buses were short enough where it didn’t affect them, but the city buses were bottoming out, so that’s why they had to reroute the buses.”

Spice indicated that the reroute was “a temporary thing. I think it’s going to be Tuesday of next week that they’re going to try and grind down that asniCk BUrnS | THE SCRIBE phalt and fix it.”

Lane expansion throughout this week will occur along Austin Bluffs.

Some students like Ryan Boworth, a Ph. D. think it’s being slowed down site announces that “beginning to two lanes instead of three.

Engineering student, had Tuesday, September 3 at 8:00 Lawrence Construction Com- any. The construction isn’t sig- thought that the construction p.m. through Friday, Septem- pany from Littleton, Colo., is nificant enough where it’s af- “was supposed to be finished ber 6 at 6:00 a.m., westbound working on the Austin Bluffs fecting the shuttle bus route.” over summer.”

Austin Bluffs Parkway will be Corridor Project and is the same “I think most students, staff Katie Garvert, a resident in reduced from two lanes to one “contractor who built the Union/ and faculty know that there’s a the Cragmor neighborhood, lane between Stanton Drive and Austin Bluffs interchange lot of construction going around said the Austin Bluffs corridor Regent Circle to accommodate in 2008,” according to Mike and they are planning extra time expansion “doesn’t bother me at construction of a new water- Chaves from Colorado Springs in their schedule.” all. We avoid it … We can acline.”

City Engineering.

When asked about the city bus cess Nevada, or you can access Also on Sept. 3, starting at Jim Spice, executive director stop on campus being rerouted, Union. For us, we totally avoid 6:30 a.m. and ending on Sept. of Parking and Transportation he explained when the inter- Austin Bluffs. We always have.

13 at 5 p.m., Austin Bluffs at Services at UCCS, said “as far section roundabout at Meadow We never have used that as a American Drive will be reduced as the [shuttle] buses go, I don’t Lane was closed a few weeks main intersection.” S

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Alternative student explores possibilities in art, science April Wefler awefler@uccs.edu

Art and science: two categories that most think seldom overlap. However, for alumna Kat Johnson, they are both equally important parts of her life.

Johnson originally came to the campus to study art. “I was interested in art reservation and conservation, and I realized that I was actually more intrigued by the technical aspect of it, so I switched over to chemistry,” she said.

In science, Johnson said that there are many different things people can do with it. “If you have any type of interest at all, there’s probably something you can do with it in science.”

“There’s so much overlap be-

tween the sciences and people often have to work together on certain projects,” she added.

“I think it’s great the different types of people it brings together. It’s innovation, really; it’s making new discoveries, discovering new things to improve our current world.”

She said that although she didn’t graduate with a degree in art, she’s still very much interested in the subject. “I went to a da Vinci machine exhibits in Denver. It really showed me the overlap, that’s all classical mechanics in physics, but the art of his brain allowed him to put together these physic concepts to make really neat, creative designs,” she said.

Johnson said that coming from Boulder, people tend to stereotype her as a hippie. In

addition, because she was in an alternative school, people tend to think she’s more of a slacker.

Halfway through her junior year of a rigorous college prep school, Johnson had to drop out for a couple of months after contracting mononucleosis.

She fell behind and switched to an alternative school in Boulder.

“It’s really breaking down authority barriers between teachers and students. The public system can really thrive there because your teachers know you well and everyone wants to be there, so it makes for a much different learning experience,” Johnson said.

She said that while there were students in her school who weren’t motivated to do

any academics, there were people like herself that saw it as an opportunity.

“There were a few people like myself that took advantage of the freedoms that were offered to us – lighter class schedule, less homework … lots of room for independent research.”

Now, with her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, a minor in physics and a variety of art classes, Johnson works as a quality control specialist for Pyxant Labs Inc., a contact research organization.

As part of her job, she checks all of the lab work that comes through for spelling errors or inconsistency with dates.

In addition, she manages the check-in and check-out logs and makes sure everyone’s filling everything out properly

and turning everything back in time.

“It’s a mom-and-pop shop compared to a huge corporation, so I get a lot of opportunities that I wouldn’t get in a larger lab. Lots of opportunities for me to learn things that aren’t necessarily in my immediate department,” she said.

“We all have to work together to support each other in a way that I can’t imagine would hold true in a much larger setting,” she added.

Johnson said she’s been interested in doing something in marine chemistry. “Mostly, I’ve been really interested in what I can do to improve the world.

I’ve really been thinking a lot of marine chemistry and what’s happening on the water and in the oceans,” she said. S

Lane Health Center aims to alleviate health care woes Crystal Chilcott

cchilcot@uccs.edu

Nursing students at UCCS will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience as they work in a new health clinic at UCCS. The Lane Center, which is being constructed on North Nevada Avenue, is slated to open in early 2014 and includes a nursemanaged clinic, itself a relatively new development.

“This clinic will be one of the first ones completely integrated,” Jeff Spicher, assistant professor in the nursing department, said.

The clinic goes beyond a typical drop-in visit. In addition to nurse practitioners, there will

be a nutritionist for dietary consultation, a center for active living, a trauma center, a psychology department and a behavioral health center.

“We can treat anything we feel comfortable treating,” Spicher said. “Someone can stop by if they have a sore throat, but we’re also equipped to handle larger, more complex cases.”

The difference between nursemanaged clinics and typical health care centers is the lack of physicians. At clinics, medical care is given by advanced nurse practitioners, and according to Spicher, more time is spent with each patient on average.

“People typically like that there is more help. We try to ed-

ucate each patient. With primary care providers, patients usually only get 10 to 15 minutes of attention. We will spend 20 to 30 minutes and sometimes more with our patients,” Spicher said.

The integrated clinic goes beyond a typical drop in visit. In addition to the nurse practitioners, the new project will include a nutritionist for dietary consultation, a center for active living, a trauma center, a psychology department and a behavior health center.

“We can treat anything we feel comfortable treating,” Spicher said. “Someone can stop by if they have a sore throat, but we’re also equipped to handle larger, more complex cases.”

Spicher doesn’t see the clinic as a way to compete with the Student Health Center, where he also works, or with primary care providers in town.

He stated they are willing to work with primary care in town or are willing to provide primary care themselves. He views the clinic as cutting edge in a growing need for health insurance and a lack of primary care providers.

“Nurse-managed clinics are something to support and help the health care system. There is a huge influx of demand with the ‘shortage of physicians.’ The medical field is trying different avenues to relieve the strain,” pre-med student Mason Cullen

said.

With quality health care and more options, more nurse-managed clinics could open in the near future.

“Collaborative medicine is the upcoming approach to health care,” said Jerry Phillips, Ph. D and director of the Center for Excellence in Science.

With the new clinic, UCCS students will have the opportunity to gain experience in the medical field. Graduate nursing students in particular will have the opportunity to use the clinic as a “learning laboratory.”

Psychology students may be involved as well, but the department could not be reached for comment. S

Manitou economy battles Mother Nature, looks to come out on top Dezarae yoder dyoder@uccs.edu

Fire and the recent flooding have wreaked havoc on the mountain town of Manitou, and unfortunately for the local economy, it’s not just the landscape that’s been impacted.

“It’s going to affect our sales tax. At this point I don’t know how much,” Rebecca Davis, the city finance director, told The Scribe.

“And of course as a tourist town, we live and die by our sales tax … I’m afraid I have to be non-committal about the long-term affects. I just don’t know,” she said.

Davis added the city seems to look better in 2013 than it did in 2012 but is awaiting the August sales rate report, which will be released later this month.

“This July is definitely better than last year,” stated Davis.

“Our first week in July last year was oddly quiet. It was very, very strange. I feel this July was very, very good … in comparison. July of last year we did not have good sales tax.”

Terry Milar, owner of the Keg Lounge and a University of Colorado alumna, feels similarly about the loss of tourism due to the weather and, like many, is just looking to make it through the year. “We didn’t expect it again this year this bad,” Milar said. “Guess we should have.”

Business owners have taken a hit during the past two months.

With July and August being two of the peak tourism months, the severe weather has caused financial hardship.

“I do think the town will come out of it, but it’s going to take longer than I can weather,” said Wynne Walker, owner of boutique Whatever. “The flooding has just wiped us out, and since

the first fire, everything has just gone down.”

The severe weather and its erratic nature left locals, business owners and officials apprehensive.

“We’ve had some days where we’ve had some flash flood warnings and nothing has happened,” Davis said.

As KRDO reported last month, Manitou will be facing these weather hardships for the next decade. For now, many will stay, but some predict a harsh reality.

“Unfortunately, I think in the next couple of years or so … there will be a number of people pulling out,” Taos Maos owner Janis Hawley told KRDO last month. “After a while, people will just give up.”

Due to the added financial stress to boutique Whatever, Walker will be taking her business to another state.

“I’m very optimistic for the

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Boutique Whatever is relocating after recent flood season.

town, but I have no other income,” she said. “We have equal flooding for the next three to four years. Then we have two years of a little less flooding, and hopefully by seven years it will be back to normal.”

Walker notes those who actually live in or near the area that continue to patron the city.

“Bless the locals,” Walker said.

“They have really made the effort, but unfortunately they don’t make up for the tourists.”

Davis echoed, “I think people who live nearby are trying to be supportive by coming here and shopping and going to dinner.

It’s kind of one of those, ‘we’re all in this together.’ We certainly do have a lot of home town spirit.” S

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September 2, 2013

International student program weaves connections

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April Wefler

awefler@uccs.edu

I took him to Wal-Mart; he wasn’t used to it.

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As international tensions in Syria continue to dominate headlines across the country, UCCS is helping international students acclimate to American culture by pairing them with a buddy.

The program, named iBuddy, is in its first year.

Mike Pugh, a senior majoring in global politics, originally majored in international affairs while going to school in Tokyo.

After the 2011 earthquake, the people in the program were sent back to the U.S. and when he came to campus, Pugh wanted to work in the Office of International Affairs because of his experience.

“I wanted to do more stuff with exchange students. The iBuddy program was something that they had wanted to get started for a long time, just were never able to get off the ground, so I helped them get it all started up,” he said.

Reva Leyba, a senior communication major, said she got involved with iBuddy because she likes meeting new people, experiencing new cultures and making new friends. “I was excited. I was ready to meet her, show them the

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town,” she said.

Leyba’s iBuddy, Renata Banto, is a junior majoring in nutrition.

Banto is from Brazil and came here to study English and nutrition. “The food is very different,” she said.

Nayara Goncalves, also from Brazil, is a freshman in the U.S. and a junior in Brazil. She wanted to learn about the American culture and another language.

Dircelio Nascimendo, a senior majoring in veterinary medicine, said the program is good and is helping him make new friends.

Nascimendo, unlike Banto and Goncalves, likes the American fried food.

Banto, Goncalves and Nascimendo, who are all from Brazil, said they miss their friends, family and the food. They said Brazil has fresh vegetables, not processed like in the U.S., and that the beans are sourer in Brazil.

Mike Saenz, international student advisor and education abroad coordinator, said the three Brazilian students are part of the Institute for International Education (IIE) and that they live across from the campus.

However, the German and Swedish students, along with one Italian, live in Sunset Creek and are part of the College of Business program. Saenz, whose iBuddy is from Germany, said Germans are very independent.

“He’s actually from the northest part of Italy, so he’s fluent in Italian and German, so it was just really neat to learn about him,” Saenz said. He said that he’s learned a few words in Italian and he’s read German to his iBuddy but that his German isn’t very good.

“It’s really cool because I know Spanish, so we’ve gotten to share what’s similar in Italian and Spanish, since they’re romance languages,” he said.

“I love learning languages, so hopefully maybe I’ll be able to add an extra language. My parents are Mexican, so I hope to show him that side of my culture but my American one, too,” Saenz added.

Pugh, whose iBuddy is from

Music Program crescendos to new highs at UCCS Dezarae yoder dyoder@uccs.edu

The UCCS Springs Music Program looks to develop a stronger university image while climbing obstacles characteristic of a relatively new department.

The Music Program within VAPA was originally founded eight years ago. Prior to 2005, performing arts was nonexistent at UCCS. Glen Whitehead, the program’s director, is eager in his approach of development. “What was seen is the opportunity,” said Whitehead. “There are new connections to be made that fuse creativity, music as an art form in the 21st century and professionally … we’re trying to tackle this opportunity.”

Whitehead cites the lack of an arts building as one of the largest issues in making the Music Program stronger and looks forward to 2017, when the new building should be completed.

Currently, the Visual and Performing Arts shares the University Hall with the Beth-El College of Nursing and the Nursing and Health Sciences Departments.

“The little space that we do have is the result of huge efforts … to secure and create the space for us in a campus that does not have the space for music traditionally,” said Whitehead.

Jane Rigler, an associate professor in the Music Program, also spoke of the space issue. “We don’t have the correct facilities for a proper music program,” she said. “We definitely need more positions open. We need more lines. We need

more instructors and assistant professor type positions.”

“Eighty percent of our classes are taught by lecturers,” said Whitehead, commenting further on the topic of personnel, “but if we want the arts to really shine and make a dent in this region, we need faculty positions.”

Outreach has been a large part of the dedicated effort to spring the program forward, according to Whitehead.

Hosting events associated with UCCS and VAPA encourage individuals to take part or at least take an interest.

“We’re visiting high schools, we’re giving concerts downtown, we’re advertising everywhere we can, we’re expanding our outreach opportunities, we’re engaging students with the community through courses,” said Whitehead.

Rigler attributed the positive advancements to the passion of individuals within the program and support from within university, namely Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak.

“The chancellor has been super supportive of us and we’re super excited about the future,” said Rigler.

As a part of the innovations within the program are the two new majors for Fall 2013: Composition and Sound Design and Creative Music Practice, Performance and Technology.

Colin McAllister joined the program in July of 2012 as the VAPA Music Program Coordinator and lecturer, and students should expect updates from him regarding the program throughout the year. S

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Reva Leyba, right, welcomed Renata Banto from Brazil.

Germany, said he picked his buddy up at DIA. “I just talked with him, saw what his interests, majors are. We were both hungry, so we went to go eat and then we just talked at Village Inn for an hour or so, just getting to know each other. He’s a cool guy,” he said.

The iBuddy, Peter Schmitzer, was part of a two-week program in New York, where they were doing a Model U.N. “So he’s been in the U.S before and of course New York would be more extreme than here, so it’s a bit tame here. It’s nice and calm and relaxing, a lot different ‘cause of the transportation and things like that, but he likes it,” Pugh said.

Brendon Bravo, a freshman majoring in nutrition, is a mentor for another German student.

“I took him to Wal-Mart; he wasn’t used to it. I guess things are cheaper and there’s more tax in Germany,” he said.

Through iBuddy, Bravo hopes to gain a new friend and get to know his buddy’s culture better. “I think it’d be cool to know about his experience in Germany.

I hope he gains stuff from me, how American culture and Mexican culture is,” he said.

He said that whenever he asks any of the international students if they like American football, they say no. However, Saenz said his iBuddy does like American football. S

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Largest freshman class to date settles on campus Monika Reinholz and Jesse Byrnes

at a glance

mreinhol@uccs.edu, jbyrnes@uccs.edu

Colorful plastic buckets with shoes, bags of clothes and armloads of personal belongings filled the on-campus housing area the morning of Aug. 20 as approximately 1,200 freshmen began to move into the dorms.

With classes starting the following week, parents and their students spent the next few days getting new Mountain Lions settled into on-campus dorms and nearby housing.

Those who moved into the Summit, Timberline and Alpine Village dorms two weeks ago are among the 1,600 freshmen expected at UCCS this fall.

Students from every county in Colorado as well as from all 50 states and 40 countries will comprise the 10,500 students enrolled at UCCS this year, the first time the school has seen more than 10,000.

Summit Village, which opened two new buildings Aug. 5, is the traditional residence hall for incoming freshmen and returning students.

“Copper and Eldora are our two new buildings in Summit. They hold 192 beds, a majority of them are a single room in a suite configuration,” said Steve Horner, assistant director of operations for Residence Life and Housing.

There are eight possible bedroom/suite types to choose from in Summit Village, according to Tom Hutton, executive director of University Advancement.

Timberline Village is apartment-style

living for returning students. Alpine Village is the upperclassmen and graduate student option on campus.

Despite the extra on-campus housing options that bring the total number of beds to 1,200, at least 300 students – the most ever – were turned away this year, Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said recently. Last year about 70 were turned away, Shockley-Zalabak said.

Many who are unable to get into the dorms do not attend, a parental decision that the chancellor said she understands.

“Some of our young people from very low income homes need to live at home – and I’m OK with that,” she added.

In March, the school began the process of adding another 510 beds and hopes to have about 250 more by fall of 2015, but it cannot begin the new housing phase until it completes construction on the 1,227-stall parking garage on Austin Bluffs Parkway and Stanton Road, which is expected to be finished March 2014.

Taylor Dartez, a freshman nursing major from Texas, toured UCCS after visiting a friend at the Air Force Academy.

“When I toured this university, I fell in love with it,” Dartez said as she moved into Eldora on Aug. 20.

Many students and staff were available to assist with move-in. Campus police helped direct traffic through the village so parents could park their vehicles closer to their students’ dorm rooms. S

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7 Culture UCCS graduate rolls on campus with Heavenly business September 2, 2013

Sara horton

shorton@uccs.edu

Stephanie Van Wuffen is driving Miss Daisy.

The Aug. 26 Concert on the Lawn marked the first time Van Wuffen, a 2010 UCCS alumna, drove her to the campus.

Van Wuffen bought Miss Daisy, a 1991 former school bus, to start The Heavenly Dessert Truck and sold concertgoers brownies, cupcakes, crème brûlée and more, most of the treats starting at $3.50.

She started the food truck business with her parents June 1. The Office of Student Activities, after hearing about the truck, approached Van Wuffen about vending at the concert shortly thereafter.

“I like being mobile. It’s fun,” she said. “You get to move around, you get to go to events, you get to do weddings, all of that kind of stuff.”

Van Wuffen, 26, is from Colorado Springs. She graduated from the UCCS School of Business with a bachelor’s in business management and also graduated from Johnson & Wales University’s pastry program and culinary program in Denver.

She attended CSU for a year and a half before transferring to UCCS, where she said she enjoyed the small class sizes and has since applied what she studied, particularly accounting, marketing and business calculus.

“Just those little things that you think you’re never going to use—you do end up using them

The Lowdown What: The Heavenly Dessert Truck Where and when: Curbside Cuisine 225 N. Nevada Ave. Tuesdays-Fridays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Big Lots parking lot 5085 N. Academy Blvd.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 5-8 p.m.

how much: Prices vary (get special offers by texting “Heavenly to 84700) More information: 328-9212 theheavenlydesserttruck.com eventually,” she said. “You don’t realize it until you start your own company.”

Van Wuffen interned at The Broadmoor Hotel and Inverness Hotel, where she learned more about gourmet desserts, before starting her own food truck business.

“I always knew that I wanted to be my own boss and do my own thing,” she said, citing her mother as an inspiration.

Van Wuffen described herself as a third-generation entrepreneur. Her grandparents owned a restaurant in Michigan, and her mother, Amy Van Wuffen, has been the owner of Starlyn’s Chocolates for the last 16 years.

Stephanie Van Wuffen started

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Stephanie Van Wuffen started The Heavenly Dessert Truck in June 2013.

working with her mom when she was eight years old.

“We knew she would come in and help once and a while, but then as she got into high school during her breaks she would work, all the way through college. Any time she had breaks she would work,” said Amy Van Wuffen, also a co-owner of The Heavenly Dessert Truck.

“I knew after I graduated from UCCS that I wanted to either do a restaurant or do this chocolate like her, so I went to pastry school and fell in love with pastries and decided to do pastries,” said Stephanie Van Wuffen.

“I’ve always loved baking with my grandma and my mom

when I was little,” she continued. “One day it just became a reality, it became a dream, and hard work, and all of that paid off.”

The hard work didn’t stop once The Heavenly Dessert Truck was open for business, though.

According to Amy Van Wuffen, The Heavenly Dessert truck has a number of events lined up after the Concert on the Lawn, including a wedding in September. The biggest challenge Stephanie Van Wuffen is facing as a young entrepreneur?

“Probably not having enough time in the day and not enough time to try new recipes,” she

said, adding she changes the menu daily.

“With the truck, you work like 24/7, so without the hard work, there’s nothing. But you still need time, and there’s probably not enough time in the day to get everything you want to get done.”

While Stephanie Van Wuffen didn’t reject the idea of keeping a storefront one day, she said she plans to stay on the road for now and would like to buy more trucks to circulate in Colorado Springs and Denver.

“If you put your mind to it, you can do it. You just have to put that hard work and dedication into it.” S

Film festival presents own academy awards to students April Wefler

awefler@uccs.edu

Every year, avid moviegoers anticipate their favorite movie walking away from the Oscars with top honors.

The Student Short Film Festival, which held its 12th annual presentation last spring, is UCCS’ version of the awards show.

“I am always impressed by the quality of the work that is presented every year by the students, and by the openness and honesty the campus’ filmmakers portray in their projects,” said Sean Purcell, former president of the Film Club, in an email.

“The films are judged the night before the festival by fellow students,” said Melina Dabney, current president of the Film Club said in an email.

“How competitive a genre is really depends on the roster of films in each section for that specific year, so one year can have a more stiff competition in one category, say, Animation and the next year can have the same effect in Documentary,”

she added.

This year’s winners included: Vanessa Los for Best Music Video, Chelsea Lewis for Best Documentary, Sean Purcell for Best Experimental, Gabe Warrick for Best Live Action Comedy, Matthew Alvarado for Best Live Action Drama and Gabriel Constantino for Special Award for Cinematography and Audience Choice.

Los, who graduated last spring and hopes to get her master’s of fine arts next fall, submitted a piece called “Salad Girl.” The film was taken from her own experience at working at a restaurant.

“It’s more of an emotional experience, more of a sentimental thing. You experience the person without having to understand what they said,” Los said.

She said she was overwhelmed when she learned her piece won. “I was trying my best not to cry. It was honoring. I kind of underestimated myself a lot and to feel validated like that. It was really quite wonderful.”

Purcell, who was accepted

to NYU and will attend Loyola Marymount University School of Film for his MFA, won for Experimental Short Film Award but mentioned he wasn’t in the room when the judges discussed his film.

He said that the film, “Future Present Past,” is best described as a three-part meditation on memory, identity and mortality and “is a love letter to the late French filmmaker, Chris Marker.”

Another winner, Matthew Alvarado, is a senior majoring in digital filmmaking. His piece, “Steel Son,” won Best Live Action Drama.

“His film was in stiff competition against Gabriel Constantino’s ‘House of Neon.’ We found that Alvarado’s film was a more cohesive text, whereas Constantino’s was strong in visuals but the narrative was loose,” Purcell said.

Alvarado’s piece, a mockumentary about the son of a famous fictional character, is set up so at the beginning of the piece, the audience doesn’t know who the fictional character is.

“You don’t really know it’s fiction until you see the film,” said Alvarado.

Alvarado, a former business major, always loved movies. “When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the ‘Indiana Jones’ films,” Alvarado said. “My dad used to bring home old Cary Grant movies and stuff and as a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones.”

He said that when he realized he couldn’t be Indiana Jones, he decided that he would become the guy who makes movies like “Indiana Jones.”

“I remember trying to make animations with Legos when I was little, but they weren’t very good, and getting frustrated, ‘cause it’s such a long process, animation, but it’s an experience that kinda paid off.”

Alvarado, along with another student and David Nelson, communication department chair and professor, is working on a new piece about a cat burglar called the Fantom.

“He goes to steal a piece of art from a house, but the woman who lives there is expecting him, and it’s just kinda their

back-and-forth,” he said.

“We’re trying to make it kind of in the style of old movies,” he added, mentioning the style of Cary Grant, Hitchcock, Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn films.

“I’m enormously proud that what was a one-time experiment so many years ago has become a campus tradition,” said Robert von Dassanowsky, professor and director of film studies in the VAPA department.

“Not only does it give our students a nice platform to show their short work to the public; many of them have had their films screened by national and regional festivals after participating at our Student Film Fest,” he said. “And the first screening is such an important first step in a filmmaker’s development.”

Auditions for two male characters and one female character for the Fantom movie will be Sept. 7 from 10 a.m.-noon in the El Pomar studio. Any interested students are asked to send an e-mail to fantommovie@gmail.com. S

8 eDItOrIAl

September 2, 2013

Parking services and courtesy must complement expansion, not threaten

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More students, more faculty, more buildings – more parking woes. Welcome to UCCS. The Scribe has published articles about parking almost every semester critiquing the lack of parking and highlighting whether the parking system in place by the college is sufficient for the demand.

This year, UCCS has expanded again.

The estimated 10,500 enrolled students make it the largest student body ever.

That increase, up from 9,798 last fall, is fueled by 1,600 incoming freshmen and has had a noticeable impact on foot and car traffic on campus.

And so, the issue of parking arises again.

UCCS remains a commuter school.

Only 13 percent of the undergraduate student population lives on campus, according to collegesearch.com. That puts UCCS at the average that the school itself reports: Nationwide, commuter students make up 87 percent of the student population.

The school needs enough parking to accommodate its students, whether on campus or on lots near the Four Diamonds Sports Complex. Clearly, this is not happening. The parking lot is filled up completely by 8 a.m. most mornings.

It only gets worse as the day goes by, and the lot typically only starts to empty after 4 p.m.

UCCS’ response has most often been to hawk the free Four Diamonds lot on North Nevada Avenue. The problem, of course, is that since the permitted lots fill up so quickly, many students simply go straight to Four Diamonds – which then fills up almost as quickly as the main lots.

The administration realizes it’s an issue. “Due to increased demand on this system, students parking at the Four Diamonds should anticipate arriving 30 minutes prior to the start of their first class,” they write on the parking website.

In other words, at this point, it doesn’t matter whether you park on campus or Four Diamonds: You are still looking at 30-plus minutes either driving around looking for a spot or waiting on a shut-

tle.

The Lane Center construction near Four Diamonds has only exacerbated that issue (as the Lane Center is also on Nevada Avenue and was constructed where another parking lot stood).

Students that park in the newest Lot 15 literally have to hike to get to a bus stop, then ferry up the hill to even get on campus.

Last we checked, the student cost for the Safety and Transportation fee – $70 – has stayed the same, niCk BUrnS | THE SCRIBE while the time spent getting to The largest class ever needs somewhere to park. classes has been a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. lengthened.

The Cragmor neighborhood, conveAt the same time, prices for on-campus parking permits have gone up by 20 niently located just south of the campus, percent for all students, faculty and staff has been used for free student parking for the first time in the better part of a for years – and often at the expense of decade. What a student paid $330 for its residents.

As reported in our Sept. 3, 2012 issue, last year to park for the whole academic year they spent $396 this time. Profes- residents who have gone so far as to post sors have been hit with prices upwards signs asking students not to park in the streets have largely been ignored. of $600.

Cars have blocked driveways, blockUCCS must resolve this issue. The ing residents from leaving their homes. new 1,227-stall parking garage near the While the hunt for parking can distract Rec Center slated to open in March 2014 may go toward alleviating some of the students from thinking about anything parking issues. But if the college does other than getting to class on time, they not invest in a more reliable and timely also need to be thoughtful of the impresshuttle service, the bottleneck at Four sion they leave – both of themselves and Diamonds will only continue to worsen. of the university.

The parking restrictions, while unStudents will need to be patient as UCCS addresses parking. Perhaps more popular with students and an inconvedifficult will be adhering to the new city- nience for some residents, are the first implemented parking restrictions, which step toward mending the university’s prohibit students from parking in the relationship with those in the immediate nearby Cragmor neighborhood from 8 neighborhood. S

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9 OPINION

September 2, 2013

Recall elections send message to politicians attiana Collins

acollin2@uccs.edu

The recall elections of Colorado Springs Senate President John Morse (District 11) and Pueblo Sen. Angela Giron (District 3) are about more than two politicians supporting bills their constituents don’t like.

These recall elections are about politicians taking advantage of their positions and supporting policies the people of Colorado don’t want. They think it will be OK because they claim that they are doing it to keep the public safe.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, Colorado residents oppose the three new gun-control laws Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law on March 20 at a rate of 54 to 40 percent.

That lack of support meant nothing to Morse and Giron, who supported three separate house bills on gun control.

After the horrendous shoot-

ings at an Aurora movie theater and Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., politicians have been focused on trying to keep the public safe.

This recall is the best way to send the message to politicians that their job is not to pass laws that obstruct citizens’ rights to liberty under the pretense they’re doing it to keep people safe.

Magazine manufacturer Magpul Industries began shifting their manufacturing out of state in May after House Bill 1224 – which banned magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds – became law.

This move cost the state 600 jobs and $85 million, way more than the recall elections are costing taxpayers. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be as great a concern to the state senators.

With the direction the country is headed in now, it is crucial to keep the state’s economy healthy and not endanger it with laws that aren’t going to actually help keep the public safe.

The ban on “high-capacity” magazines is a policy that was only signed into law to put the minds of mothers and those that lost loved ones during shootings at ease.

A shooter could easily carry more magazines and reload quickly, as it only takes a practiced shooter one-and-a-half seconds to reload a 10-30 round magazine.

While Morse has impressive views on immigration reform, recreational marijuana and civil unions, he’s obviously not willing to let the voters decide on what they want when it comes to guns.

This is the first recall election in history for a Colorado state legislator, and it has the potential to be extremely influential.

Even if voters decide to keep Morse and Giron in office, this recall has sent the message to politicians that they can’t pass or support laws that their constituents – the people they work for – don’t want. S

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Magazines were limited to 15 rounds with new legislation.

Sexual harassment, work relationships often misguided

Taylor Eaton teaton2@uccs.edu

There will never be a happy medium when it comes to sexual harassment or workplace rela-

tionships. Management seems to overlook the serious situations while employees tend to exaggerate what they perceive as sexual harassment. Either way, someone is having a bad time.

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the number of sexual harassment cases has fallen from 15,889 in 1997 to the last recorded total in 2011 with 11,364 cases reported.

The decrease in sexual harassment cases could attest to the lack of reporting or the misconception of the definition of sexual harassment.

According to Merriam-Webster Online, sexual harassment is defined as “uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical

behavior of a sexual nature especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate (as an employee or student).” But at what point does harmless flirting become sexual harassment?

Though I can laugh about it now, there was a time when I had to sit down with Human Resources at my job because management perceived my friendly flirting with a coworker as sexual harassment.

My coworker was more than willing to come to my aid and help get me out of a sticky situation. It was still a hassle for management to put me through the wringer because they saw me as a threat to a male coworker.

There are times, though, when I have seen coworkers at the end

of a serious sexual harassment case. Those seem to never go unreported, nor should they go unreported.

Better guidelines need to be put in place for employees of every business so everyone can determine what is and is not sexual harassment. Misguided information is what helps put coworkers behind bars or face extreme fines.

Workplace relationships are different from sexual harassment cases. Although some can see a fine line between what is appropriate or not appropriate for a workplace relationship, a company should not ban workplace relationships unless it is under certain circumstances.

Careerbuilder.com reports

that nearly one third of coworkers who have participated in a workplace relationship have married their coworker.

The workplace often helps push coworkers together by working closely during projects or late work nights. It is no wonder that coworkers often fall in love when they have to work so closely together.

If two people find each other or love at work, no one has the right to stop or interrupt their happiness unless they are being unprofessional.

Unless the two people are consistently interrupting the workplace or partaking in sexual activities while at work, Human Resources should not pursue punishments or termination. S

Forty-hour weeks don’t work for everyone

Shelby Shively sshively@uccs.edu

Studies show people who take 10-20 minute naps to get

through the day can actually be more productive.

As a student with a sleep disorder, which significantly impacts me as a student and as a member of the workforce, I could benefit from at least one.

Although countries like Spain have implemented siestas, or periods of midday rest, to their workdays, the U.S. does not have a similar arrangement that would make the rest of the day much easier for me and others with similar disorders.

When other students are pushing through finals on only three hours of sleep for the week, I don’t have the option

of giving up a full eight hours every night and functioning properly the next day.

My sleep doctor informed me that almost everyone experiences a drop in energy levels right around 2 or 3 p.m.

Some of us with sleep disorders are incapable of staying awake through that drop since we have no control over our sleep and wake cycles. Most other people find ways to caffeinate through that haze.

Besides careful time management and no time to procrastinate, my disorder is very episodic. I don’t know from one day to the next if I will be

able to get myself out of bed in a very literal sense, if I will be able to drive or if I will be able to keep my eyes open long enough to do my assigned reading.

Having the opportunity to refresh my energy built into the day could help curb some of my symptoms.

While it is difficult to deal with as a student, it is much easier with the help of Disability Services on campus.

They have helped me learn about accommodations I didn’t even realize I needed, such as priority registration for classes so I can be sure to get into the

classes I need in the afternoon and evening.

Unfortunately, registering with public disability services is not feasible in my case because many people with sleep disorders are restricted from driving.

The siesta represents a good alternative to our traditional workday. In Spain, many people still work 40 hours or more each week but break up their days to allow for greater productivity.

It would benefit everyone in the U.S., not only those with sleep disorders, to have a single extra hour at lunch. S

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September 2, 2013

Top Ten

Campus Chatter Serena ahmad, sahmad@uccs.edu

Ways to get from Parking Lot 15 to UCCS

What do you think about professors finding you on social media?

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Michaela Vanderheiden, freshman, business “If the professor told us all during class to add him so we could ask him/her questions from home, that would be all right.”

Don hiking boots and join the club.

Swap car wheels for bike wheels for bus wheels.

Throw on a pair of Nikes and run for your life.

Segway to University Village and grab a burger.

Cate Zweifel, sophomore, pre-med “I’d be uncomfortable with it unless it was strictly for school purposes. Nowadays so many people use Facebook for homework groups though, so it is almost unavoidable. There are ways to not have to add the professor as friends and still be in the same group, though…”

Skippity-hop in the direction of a BFF. Carpool?

Flag down a police car; free ride!

Gallop in on horseback like a gentleman.

Invite a food truck for dinner; commandeer.

Timothy Lopez, freshman, mechanical engineering “I’d be weirded out. It is strange and unprofessional.”

Pedal a tricycle because they see you rollin’.

Just give up. It’s not happening.

This week at UCCS general Sept. 2-Oct. 3 De Lane Bredvik/GOCA AWOL Project Plaza of the Rockies, South Tower Atrium Sept. 4-Sept. 14 Noon-5 p.m.

Visual Environments Exhibition GOCA 121

Wednesday, Sept. 4 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Club Fair Pedestrian Spine

Thursday, Sept. 5 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Bike Jam El Pomar Plaza

4:45-5:45 p.m.

Study Smarter Not Harder UC 122 7 p.m.

Sorority Information Night UC

Friday, Sept. 6 Noon-1 p.m.

Lunch Beat Noontime Dance Party GOCA 121

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Men’s soccer ready to kick it into high gear

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Monika reinholz

mreinhol@uccs.edu

A youthful men’s soccer team is entering the 2013 season with motivation to improve. On Aug. 20, the RMAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll ranked the Mountain Lions seventh in the conference this year despite last year’s semifinal team.

“The only thing that comes to mind is seventh place,” said Max Thomas, senior captain and defenseman. “That’s motivation for us. We definitely don’t deserve that after making the playoffs last year and making third/ fourth place and then we lose two players.”

Of the current 28-man roster, there are four seniors, eight juniors, five sophomores and 11 freshmen. Of those 28 men, deciding who gets to play, as well as the 11 who start, is going to be tough.

“We have a lot of hard decisions to make in the coming weeks, which is a wonderful problem to have for the coaching staff,” said Head Coach Johnnie Keen.

“We’re excited about sitting down and making those decisions and watching and training the guys here over the next week to see who is going earn those roles,” he said.

“The guys came in fit and ready to play. It is probably the fittest team that we’ve had since

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The men’s soccer team includes 11 freshmen. Head Coach Johnnie Keen expects to make difficult decisions for team roles.

I’ve been here. So they’re ready to go, which is great,” he added.

Along with Thomas, there are quite a few returning players to watch for this year, including sophomore midfielder Sebastian Hertzberg, junior midfielder James Roberts, junior forward and midfielder Austin Bell and sophomore midfielder Daniel Oba.

But don’t count out the back line, either. Half of the defensemen and goalkeepers are either juniors or seniors this year.

“We have a lot of experience there, so we expect defensively to be very strong as well,” said Keen. The team has been practicing twice a day since Aug. 20.

“If we can just keep up that

kind of momentum and keep bringing it in the season, I think we will do pretty well,” said James Roberts, a junior co-captain and midfielder.

“You know confidence breeds excellence,” said freshman midfielder Cort Searls, “and if we can stay confident and play like we know how, I think we’ll get the job done.”

The Mountain Lions open the season on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. against St. Mary’s of Texas.

Eastern New Mexico will follow, on Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. and then Midwestern State will be Sept. 15 at 11 a.m.

All three games will be at home at Mountain Lion Stadium within the Four Diamonds complex. S

Lady Mountain Lions enter inaugural golf season with confidence

The inaugural campaign “Just because we are a new program doesn’t expectations headed into the campaign and they can feel the tends to be the toughest for a mean we should be taken lightly.”

kyle Marino

kmarino@uccs.edu

The women’s golf program will head into the 2013-2014 season competing as part of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC).

Sadie Farnsworth, who was announced as the first head coach in June, will lead the Mountain Lions in their inaugural campaign.

Farnsworth and her players know it will be tough to get the program started since they got such a late start on the recruiting trail and are a new face in the competitive RMAC. “Getting this program started has been very challenging. It

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—Sadie Farnsworth was hard to find good players to be on this first team,” Farnsworth said.

“Since I was hired in June, I was very late in the game of recruiting. I was very lucky to have three girls on the team when I was hired,” she said.

Amanda Crites, the first golfer to sign a letter of intent, was already signed before Farnsworth took over. She was unavailable for comment, but Farnsworth highlighted her as one of the golfers to look out for this year.

Tuesday, Sept. 3 Kettlebell classes start 11:15-Noon Rec Center TRX classes start 8-8:45 p.m.

Rec Center

Despite the difficulties of getting the program off the ground, Farnsworth believes her team will not miss a beat.

“Our goal is to win. I am very confident in my expectations this year for my players. We expect to be competitive in every tournament we play in this season and just because we are a new program doesn’t mean we should be taken lightly,” Farnsworth said.

The confidence of the coach is also reflected in the six golfers on the team, which has high

Wednesday, Sept. 4 Noon-1 p.m.

Yoga for Stress Reduction UC 307 5-8 p.m.

Grass Volleyball and Spikeball Tournaments West Lawn

added pressure being the newest sports team on campus.

“UCCS Athletics are becoming a force to be reckoned with, and we hope to be no exception,” said senior and team captain Laura Gritz. “We feel some pressure to perform at the level that we know we are able to, and if we can achieve that then we would be so proud of having such a great start.”

“There are some expectations for us to do well, especially looking at how strong the men’s team is, but there are also some low expectations out there because we are such a new team,” said Gritz.

Thursday, Sept. 5 7 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. St. Mary’s Mountain Lion Stadium

new program, but this team hopes to have the confidence and talent needed to make some noise in their first season in the RMAC. “I believe the success could be immediate, we have a great team that is ready to go play some tournament golf,” said Gritz.

“But as good as this first year should be, I know the years after will be even better. There are so many amazing players looking to join the UCCS family,” she added. “We will have a year of experience under our belts. This program will become successful very quickly.” S

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Adjusting to changes, UCCS Volleyball players work through ROTC volleyball takes on season obstacles, exercises Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

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Volleyball players participate in a ROTC field course.

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Volleyball Head Coach Chrissy Elder knew exactly what she was doing when she signed her players up to work alongside ROTC cadets Aug. 24 in the cadets’ multiple training exercises.

“It’s part of the [Division II] mentality. A life of balance, including community, school and academics, not just volleyball. Including ROTC seemed to work because it includes working together and leadership,” Elder said.

Eleven members of the volleyball team divided into smaller groups with 13 participating cadets. The three blended teams of eight worked together through their first task, land navigation, which started at 7 a.m.

During the land navigation, the teams were sent with maps to find checkpoints along territory south of Pulpit Rock.

After the hour-and-a-halflong land navigation, teams were sent to flip semi-truck tires. From there, one team strapped up and conquered the rope bridge while others went to hunt the enemies in paintball.

“It’s a two-person paintball team – one volleyball player and one cadet. They have to cross the finish line

while trying to shoot the two bad guys and avoid getting hit themselves. If the volleyball player or cadet get hit, there is a 5-second penalty [before they can cross the finish],” said Mark Thompson, LTC and military science professor.

Sophomore Grace Gordon and Cadet John Gary united for the two-person paintball challenge.

“It was really fun,” Gordon said. “I got hit in the leg and he [Gary] got hit in the face.

I think it shows good teamwork and leadership. Gary was good, he had my back.”

Junior Amanda Bloom saw the experience as a great way to not only have fun but also meet more of her fellow Mountain Lions.

“I think this is really cool that we get the chance to do this and meet other people from the school. It’s also giving us more team bonding,” Bloom said.

Bloom and her fellow volleyball teammates Samantha Schroeder, Cassidy Bush and Emily Whitelaw were teamed up with cadets Jacob Camacho, Hunter Frey, Orrin Lewis and Matt Yersak.

“The guys are funny and they are really taking this seriously,” Bush said.

“They [volleyball players] are learning that they are tougher than they thought,” Elder added. S

The UCCS volleyball team has a motto: “We’re just a family.” They are hoping that spirit can help carry them to a deep RMAC playoff run this fall.

New faces and adjustments, along with new parts of the family, have characterized the early part of their 2013-2014 campaign.

First year Head Coach Chrissy Elder officially took over on Feb. 1, and the adjustment was simple for all involved.

“The adjustment wasn’t hard at all,” said Elder. “I might be a little biased but they [the players] are awesome.”

“As with any change, there’s always some sort of adjustment. We are willing and able to adapt, which helps make it all OK,” said senior libero Heather Sanders.

“With the changes, we are a family no matter what,” said sophomore outside hitter Jordan Banich. “That’s a concept that we really believe in and the freshman need to buy into.

Coach agreed with that, and that made everything more

solid.”

“Getting to know them is the biggest adjustment,” Elder added. “We’ve never been stressed out together.”

Elder and her players endured an additional hardship with the loss of assistant coach JJ Glavan, who went to New Mexico to serve as an assistant coach for the Lobos.

“We’re super happy for him and super proud,” said Elder.

Yet, the loss of Glavan “started our adversity real quick in the season.”

Former UCCS player Laura Loosbrock was brought in to help replace Glavan.

“She works really hard, is excited for the program, and wants the program to succeed,” said Elder of Loosbrock.

Team chemistry is high despite the new faces. “It’s really strong actually, we get along really well,” said Sanders. “We are blessed by that, the better we get along off the court the better it translates.”

To Elder, team chemistry “is an ongoing process, as it is with any team. We are working with learning styles and personality traits; everyone is a

little different.”

“All the players are pretty close, it’s kind of scary actually,” Elder added.

“It goes back to our team motto – we’re just a family.

That makes a huge difference on the court,” said Banich.

Looking ahead to the upcoming season, Sanders anticipates a simple approach.

“Every game we play there’s gonna be some challenge,” said Sanders. “We’ll just take it a step at a time.”

The first home games for the team are the weekend of Sept.

20. They take on Colorado Christian on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Gallogly Events Center, with Colorado Mines also coming to Gallogly on Sept. 21.

Both games are part of White Out weekend for the team, where, along with the players, students can help “start new traditions with getting the crowd involved,” said Elder.

As the season progresses, Elder foresees opportunities for many players to excel.

“Everybody’s bonded to their individual role,” said Elder. “A lot of the team will have a chance to shine.” S

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The women’s volleyball team practices for the upcoming season.

Volleyball team pulls a plane, wins spirit award Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

The UCCS volleyball team was in action during the summer break, but their opponent was not a usual suspect. It was not Metro State, Regis or even Fort Lewis.

It was a plane.

As part of the inaugural Special Olympics Colorado Plane Pull on Aug. 10, the team went to Denver International Air-

port and took part in a planepulling competition.

Their opponent: a Boeing 757 FedEx plane that weighed in at 164,000 lbs., as well as 47 other plane-pulling teams.

The Mountain Lions helped to pull the plane 12 feet in 7.6 seconds with what was a “tug of war rope basically,” according to senior libero Heather Sanders.

“It was seriously one of the best experiences I’ve ever

had,” said sophomore outside hitter Jordan Banich. “It’s amazing to see how many people are willing and open to help.”

Prior to the plane pull, the Mountain Lions raised more than $1,900, all of which will go toward supporting Colorado Special Olympics.

In addition to raising the money, the team also won the award for most team spirit at the event. S