April 6, 2010

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UCCS College of Business: Golden for another six years

The official student newspaper of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

April 6 to 12, 2010 [Volume 34; Issue 23]

Shockley-Zalabak refuses to rely on state support

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CULTURE

Hot Tub Time Machine: Just another ‘80s sex movie

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Domo’s: Historically delicious

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Spring fashion Do’s and Don’ts for the college budget page 5

STUDENT LIFE Letters to the Editor

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PARADOX Kraemer Family Library to go paperless

Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak speaks to faculty and staff about the campus’ impending budget cuts.

Jessica Lynch jlynch@uccs.edu

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Senioritis woes push administration to cancel school

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Top 10: How to pick out a random student’s major

page 9 OPINION | Healthcare Reform | Say goodbye freedom

page 10 | Healthcare Reform | About that ‘socialism’

page 10 Chelsea’s Law: An attempt to deconstuct the ‘prison outside of the prison’

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SPORTS

Golf team finds success as spring play commences

page 11 UCCS splits 2-2 against CSU-Pueblo

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On March 30, Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak addressed the staff and faculty of UCCS for a long-awaited campus budget update. The University Center theatre was at full capacity when the Chancellor began her presentation by saying, “We are going to make it. We are going to get through this

time.”

After her brief introduction, Shockley-Zalabak introduced Dale DeBoer, the Chair of the University Budget Advising Committee. DeBoer, who also chairs the UCCS economics department, relayed the hard, but realistic, truth of the economy to put the budget situation in context.

DeBoer, using graphs and charts based on standard economic theory, attempted to convey that there is a huge gap between where

the economy currently is and where it should be. Further, there is a correlation between this gap and unemployment rates, and “The gap’s not going to close anytime soon,” he explained.

Even more troubling, DeBoer foresees this recession lasting another four or five years. Accordingly, the school will continue to maintain a conservative financial stance, both DeBoer and Shockley-Zalabak explained.

After the grim news,

SGA’s Club Funding dries up

Shockley-Zalabak took the podium and informed the audience that state support has decreased considerably over the past few years. In 07-08, state support was 22.9 million. In 09-10, state support had dropped to 18 million, and Shockley-Zalabak predicts further cuts of 10 million next year. With a potential 8 million in state support, the university has taken matters seriously and, as Shockley-Zalabak related to the audience, “we will never be as dependent on

James O’Shea IV the state” again.

Most students are aware of the recent tuition increase of 7.2 percent. That increase will translate into an $18 per credit hour increase next academic year, which is roughly a $210 per semester increase for in-state students. Out-of-state students will see tuition rates rise 2 percent. These increases, however, are expected to be the lowest of UCCS’s Continued on page 3

Beth-El: Requirements and Remedies

funding at the Friday, Mar. will not be able to use SGA 19 Senate meeting would be funds as we get closer to the tcanon@uccs.edu allocated the roughly $1500 end of the year, on the bright side we have had a tremenremaining.

BAC Chairman Evan dous increase in on campus Shelton said that only two activity this year.”

Walstad’s buoyant attitude of those clubs would be considered, while the others, may be little consolation Student clubs hoping to and all future comers, would to clubs who had prepared obtain student fee funding likely not be on the agenda. events this spring with the for events and activities this Shelton said the BAC was expectation that SGA funds preliminary would be available. SGA spring may be out of luck, considering as the Student Government ideas for solutions to the has not in recent memory Association’s (SGA) club problem in the future. “BAC run out of funds so early in and organization funds have has been drafting ideas,” he the year, according to BAC said. “Right now we’re look- Chairman Mitch Karstens. dried up for the year.

In an email sent Mar. 12, ing into peer institutions. “We knew that this would SGA told all clubs and orga- We’ll compare their systems be one of the most difficult years in terms of funding,” nizations, “We regret to in- to ours and go from there.”

For now, the situation he said. “I don’t think any of form you that due to record amounts of club activity for looks grim for clubs planning us expected it to happen this the 2009 – 2010 school year, events later in the spring. soon.”

The news was an unpleasSGA has exhausted its abil- Some SGA members, howity to fund clubs and organi- ever, were optimistic about ant surprise to clubs submitting proposals for this week’s zations for the remainder of its implications.

James O’Shea IV “I actually have a very pos- Senate meeting. the year.” The email was sent Students Randi Fisher and Hannah Adams finish up a proce“It would have been nice dure on the Human Patient Simulator to simulate what would shortly after the Budget Ad- itive outlook on our funding visory Committee (BAC) situation,” House represen- to know, even a month out, happen if the procedure to fix the collapsed lung was successful. made its first-come-first- tative Kyla Walstad wrote serve decision on which in an email. “Although it is Continued on page 3 Continued on page 7 of the 10 clubs requesting regrettable that several clubs CONTACT | phone: (719) 255 - 3658 | fax: (719) 255 - 3600 | email: scribe@uccs.edu | website: www.uccsscribe.com

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editorial

April 6 to April 12, 2010

scribe staff

Drastically unwise: Why a paperless Scribe is a bad idea

Tim Canon

Managing Editor

There’s been some commotion lately coming from one of Geography Professor Carole Huber’s classes about The Scribe going paperless. When we first heard of this, we laughed: It’s a bad idea and, believe it or not, it is a bad sustainability practice as well.

First off, a crucial point overlooked by Huber’s class is that most of our readers choose our printed edition over online access. That’s because, put simply, some people enjoy reading an actual paper.

In fact, Alloy Media and Marketing – a firm which works with 2000 student papers in the US, Puerto Rico and Canada – reports that 76 percent of students read their campus paper in a month’s span, mostly from the print edition. Only 20 percent of student readers access their campus publications online, which means almost three quarters of a student paper’s audience is print readership.

Given that a student paper is such an important part of campus life – it does, after all, bring to students information they wouldn’t otherwise get, and prompts SGA, faculty, staff and administrators to be more transparent – it is safe to say that cutting out The Scribe’s print version will harm the students who depend on us to deliver the campus news that nobody else will.

Furthermore, this paperless group claims that its measure will save you, the

students, a chunk of money, by allowing SGA to cut our funding by the cost of printing. That’s simply not true.

Because of our loyal print readers, we are able to fund our printing costs entirely from print advertising revenue, using student fees solely to fund our employees.

Cutting our print will simply make our outside revenue vanish, and because of low online readership, we can’t make that up with internet ad sales. If the print version goes, we will become entirely reliant on SGA funding. A budget cut in the interest of saving the costs of printing will only save your money at the cost of destroying student jobs.

The paperless proponents claim on their Facebook page that “no one reads” The Scribe. Well, we know better, because each and every week our distributor returns less than six percent of printed issues to the office. That means almost all of our papers are getting out to students, staff and faculty each week. We don’t waste that paper.

Besides being a practically bad idea, there is also some bad logic in this group’s push to ban paper Scribes. While a paperless Scribe may sound like a good, sustainable idea, it isn’t. Here’s why: One of the tenets of sustainability is, given that people are going to use paper no matter what, recycling that paper cuts down on the number of “murdered” trees, and is good. So, recycling is good. People who produce recycled paper are good, and the people who use that paper are even better because they give the producers a reason to recycle it in the first place.

Again, this may come as a surprise to Huber and her group, but we at The Scribe use 100 percent recycled paper, which means we are part of the local recycled paper industry’s “demand.”

That means we’re “good” according to any reasonable

sustainability measure.

When you cut demand for a good (in this case, by killing The Scribe’s demand for recycled paper), you lower the revenue for the producers of that good (in this case, companies that recycle paper). Lowering their revenues forces some of their activity to go away, which means they recycle less paper, earn less revenue and operate at a smaller scale.

So killing The Scribe’s print edition will not only hurt the students, staff and faculty who enjoy reading our pages in real life, it will also hurt the local recycling industry (albeit in a marginal way, but that doesn’t make this group’s logic any less twisted and wrong), and therefore be a net harm to sustainability. It will also hurt the local business that prints our papers, and in these hard times, that’s an incredibly insensitive thing to do.

Should this proposal reach the election ballot April 19th, we urge our readers to take the time to vote “NO.” Show the people pushing this arrogant proposal that killing the student news – as the drastic effort will surely do by cutting access to most of our readership – is not healthy for a thriving campus, because it leaves student government, departments on campus, and faculty unchecked. Show them that though their ends may be good (really, we have no qualms with sustainability), their means are unjustified and unbearably drastic (we were, in fact, creating a gradual Web-based plan long before this group even registered for Huber’s class).

Most importantly, show them that if the ultimate goal is to save Mother Earth, attacking the one organization on campus that uses entirely 100 percent recycled paper – and tells its readers almost every week to recycle that paper, to boot – is not an intelligent way to do it. ◆

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Columnists

Editor-in-Chief

Tim Canon, Steve Farrell, Byron Graham, Veronica Graves, Brock Kilgore

Jackie Parkinson

Managing Editor

Reporters

Tim Canon

Rhiannon Conley, Jessica Lynch, Lauren Mueller, Rob Versaw, Averi Walker, Kay Wynarsky

Copy Editor Randy Robinson

Photographers

Culture Editor

Kevin Kassem, Ariel Lattimore, Carrie Woodruff

Avalon Manly

Opinion Editor

Layout Designers

Alec Bishop, Shreya Raj

Byron Graham

Cartoonist

Campus News Editor

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Catherine Jensen

Web Designer Dorian Rogers

Marketing Intern

Sports Editor

Amanda Luchini

Matthew Crandall

Interning Reporter

Photo Editor

Carly Webb

Ariel Lattimore

Interning Photographer James O’Shea IV, Chelsea Bartlett

Advertising Manager

Distributor

Sarah Tindell

Donald Trujillo

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Business Manager

Laura Eurich

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About Page 6 Jackie Parkinson scribe@uccs.edu In this issue of The Scribe, there is a full-page color paid advertisement apologizing on page 6. The apology is to the family, friends, coaches and teammates of David Mueller and the community as a whole, and we felt that, in the interest of student drunk-driving awareness, we should call your attention to it.

The advertisement was placed by court order by Dylan Salazar, the driver in a drunk driving incident last July in which Mueller, a former UCCS track athlete, was killed. Salazar was ordered by the court to place the ad after his sentence was

suspended.

While Salazar has paid for the full advertisement price, The Scribe has chosen to donate the surplus over costs to Designated Driver of Colorado Springs. We are keeping the part of the revenue covering our costs because to not do so would be irresponsible to the students who fund us and expect us to do so in a financially prudent manner.

However, it would also be insensitive and irresponsible of us, as students of UCCS, to keep the profits over and above the cost of running the advertisement. One may or may not agree with the court’s decision that placing such an ad is a proper punishment, but its message is of good intention, and it would be wrong for the stu-

dent newspaper to use that message as an opportunity for profit.

The donation to Designated Driver of Colorado Springs will be made in the next few weeks.

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April 6 to April 12, 2010

Tuition increase (cont.)

James O’Shea IV Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak said state support could fall to $8 million by 2012. competitors, said ShockleyZalabak. For instance, Boulder will be increasing tuition rates by 9 percent. ShockleyZalabak hopes that the relatively low increases will improve the retention rate and attract new students to the campus.

Tuition increases are but one key in the effort to compensate for reduced state

funding. Other ways UCCS will be easing the problem include campus budget reductions, an assumed 3 percent student growth (which preliminary estimates suggest may actually end up being substantially higher), along with improved building efficiencies around campus. $5.8 million is expected to be saved and earned

through these efforts.

In addition, UCCS is the “only campus in the system not announcing people leaving the system in layoffs” in response to the budget cuts, Shockley-Zalabak explained. However, some faculty or staff members will be transferred to new positions and a few will have time reduced, she clarified. ◆

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SGA Club funding dries up (cont.) that they were running out of funds,” said Trey Quiller of the Residence Hall Association (RHA). He added, “We were counting on that funding.” RHA, which works to improve student life for campus residents and had submitted a club funding proposal for consideration at this Friday’s meeting, was taken off the agenda when SGA funds began running low.

The group had been planning on taking five members to a national conference this June, at which they would meet with other RHAs from across the country and exchange ideas on improving student life.

Without SGA funding, the RHA club will likely be able to take only 2, who will both have to pay significant amounts out of pocket.

“We have been fundraising as much as possible, but we haven’t been able to make very much money,” Quiller lamented. “I understand that we’re not the only club and other clubs should get just as much money, but it’s a little upsetting that there’s not much I can do about it.”

Shelton said that although

money allocated but not spent can, theoretically, be re-allocated to other clubs, he doesn’t anticipate a significant amount of unused money coming back to SGA’s coffers and advised clubs to look for other sources of funding.

Walstad, Shelton and Karstens attributed the lack of funds to the increase in club numbers and the cutting of several other funds that had hitherto been available to help clubs with events, such as the Presidential Diversity Fund.

However, House Representative and FIGHT Club chair Matt Seay said that those factors and club activity alone could not explain the matter. “Somewhere along the line some mistakes were made,” he explained.

“As student government, we cannot take a blameless stance on this.”

Seay said that although SGA followed guidelines when handling requests this year, those guidelines may need restructuring to prevent similar mishaps in the future. “SGA had full authority to negotiate the proposed amounts with the

clubs. It simply didn’t happen often enough,” he said.

“That problem, I believe, is largely a symptom, not the primary cause.”

“The real cause, in my mind, is a lack of informational flow. Put differently, members in SGA are not specialists in funding requests,” Seay said.

He recommended that SGA consider restructuring the entire funding process, including decreasing the club funding cap from $4000 to $3000, incentivizing clubs to do more fundraising, and redirecting the BAC to entirely focus on club funding.

If that happens – and it likely will if the new SGA constitution passes – then the BAC would work oneon-one with clubs and be better equipped to handle and scrutinize requests than the House and Senate currently are.

“Think about our setup now,” Seay said. “Clubs present to the house and senate. It’s difficult for us to truly know what they need.”

Funds will be renewed in for the 2010-2011 school year in the Fall. ◆

the top 30 for best business schools in the nation.

The accreditation process was and is still being conducted by a team of three deans who all hail from other universities that have the AACSB’s accreditation. The team surveyed and interviewed UCCS faculty, staff, administration, students, alumni and business leaders.

The review process began in February and is expected to continue for another two months.

Dean Reddy stated that the results of the review will come in three stages, and UCCS had only received information for the first wave of reviews as of Mar. 10.

Although final conclusions are still several weeks away, Reddy mentioned that almost all of the feedback from the AACSB has been positive. He added, “We were given the most favorable results possible.”

Among the list of UCCS’s

programs that most impressed the AACSB were the Bachelor of Innovation program, the Sport Management program, the PGA Golf Management program, and the Distance MBA. Suggestions for improvement from the AACSB, however, were minimal, which Reddy mentioned may be due to the fact that the review is not yet complete.

The visiting team composed of the three deans “suggested that our biggest opportunity for improvement is in focusing and executing our strategic and tactical plans.

They cautioned us to take on initiatives only when we can find the adequate resources to support them,” according to Reddy.

The accreditation will last for six years, with a followup visit by the AACSB taking place in five years. The final results of the review are expected to be released publicly in May. ◆

College of Business accreditation: Golden for another six years Randy Robinson rrobinso@uccs.edu

The business school has received the seal of approval from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This accreditation ensures that the College of Business and Administration will remain competitive for the years to come.

According to Dean Reddy of the College of Business, the AACSB is “the most prestigious accrediting organization for business schools.” He said that only 30 percent of America’s business colleges and 15 percent of business schools internationally can claim accreditation by the AACSB. This should come as no surprise to those familiar with UCCS’s College of Business, as it is consistently placed in

Really, we said to recycle this newspaper. Please?

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culture

April 6 to April 12, 2010

Hot Tub Time Machine: Just another ‘80s sex movie MOVIE REVIEW: 2.5 OUT OF 5 STARS

Byron Graham bgraham2@uccs.edu

With a title that rivals only “Snakes on a Plane” in its summative bluntness, “Hot Tub Time Machine” had all the makings of a screwball classic. Unfortunately, not unlike the aforementioned Samuel L. Jackson flop, a film I was similarly excited to see, I found that namedropping the title in anticipation of this film’s release was more fun than it was to actually sit and watch, which was frustrating.

“Hot Tub Time Machine,” one of the latest releases from the once-great MetroGoldwyn-Mayer, revels in nostalgia at its most boobfilled and scatological.

The film has been the focus of a ubiquitous marketing push from the struggling MGM, with viral campaigns (the title is also an internet meme) and free advance screenings across the country to generate interest.

Despite a premise replete with comic possibilities and a fine cast, novice director Steve Pink seems mostly

content to ape the cheesy ‘80s sex comedies it meant to spoof.

Comedians Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry, along with’ 80s icon John Cusack, star as Nick, Lou and Adam, respectively, three high school chums who reunite when Lou attempts suicide.

The friends plan a retreat to a beloved ski resort from their youth, where, by all accounts, drugs were ingested, breasts were exposed and fun was had.

The lodge, though, has fallen into disrepair in the years since its ‘80s heyday: the one-armed bellhop (Crispin Glover) is surly, and the pals’ hot-tubbing plans are stymied by the carcass of a woodland creature floating in the dingy water. A mercurial handyman (Chevy Chase) repairs the Jacuzzi and issues some cryptic warnings - and soon enough, the protagonists fall asleep in the tub after a night of drunken partying and wake up to find themselves transported back to a formative night in their young lives, gheri curls and all. What follows is a thoroughly predictable sex comedy formula exercise, with all the casual sexism and homophobic panic that usually entails.

“Hot Tube Time Machine” is not a totally wasted experience, however. John Cusack generates enough pathos and sympathy that it’s easy to imagine Cusack’s

Adam as the adult version of one of the wistful leading men he made his stock and trade in when he was doing various teen comedies throughout the Reagan era.

This interesting dynamicis one of the many issues that the film never fully explores, ignoring both cast and potentialities of plot throughout. Craig Robinson is also hilarious without ever seeming to try, which is more than could be said of Corddry, who’s trying so hard to make us laugh it’s almost embarrassing.

Ultimately, the experience of seeing “Hot Tub Time Machine” reeks of unfulfilled promise.

The time-travel scenario presents some provocative theories that the film unfortunately never bothers to explore. I would recommend that readers save their money and rent “Hot Tub Time Machine,” because it contains some truly hilarious moments, but in the end falls short of its full potential due to lazy and derivative filmmaking. ◆

Hot Tub Time Machine Rated ‘R’ 100 minutes Comedy Starring John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson & Chevy Chase

Domo’s: Historically delicious Brock Kilgore bkilgore@uccs.edu

Domo’s came highy recommended, and I kept hearing about the garden, museum and dojo that Chef Gaku Homma built. Homma wrote a cookbook called “The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking,” which explains his Japanese-meetshome-style-Southern recipes and his exodus from Akita in Northern Japan.

The restaurant is located in an unassuming little warehouse. The inside, though, is the reason why Zagat’s Restaurant Survey Guide ranked it first in the country for décor.

Once through the little door, the rooms open with high ceilings and a communal, family feel. The host will walk you by the kitchen where the chefs greet you in Japanese; then, you will be sat either in the main dining room or in the garden. Reservations are accepted only

for parties of six or more, so show up early if you have a preference.

The main dining room was made by hand with uncut lumber holding up the ceilings and walls, and uncut branches with papier-mâché leaves as chandeliers.

The garden contains beauty beyond words, and combined with the train that occasionally passes, it creates a landscape that seems to no longer be in downtown Denver. The museum displays what a feudal home in northern Japan would have looked like.

Lunch is when the UCCS student should consider Domo because it is cheaper (ranging from $6.25 to $9.50), less busy, and fits nicely with a museum, baseball or live music trip to Denver. Domo’s is, however, open for lunch and dinner every day (except Sunday).

The food at Domo is different, but in a good way. At first glance, the menu looks familiar, with teriyaki, soba noodles and sashimi, but once it arrives, the foods are

unique.

Each dish is served with at least three of the rotating six daily “country-style side dishes,” a bowl of the miso soup that is also original daily, and the choice of a bowl of brown or white rice with barley.

A great place to start is the Country Side Dish Plate, which contains all six, or the yaki ika appetizer with marinated calamari. Having tried a few things, my new favorite is nabemono, or the “hot pot,” which consists of a copper pot filled with the choice of five broths, five meats or tofu and ubiquitous veggies.

A trip to Domo is inexpensive and delicious, and as culturally significant as any museum. ◆

Domo 1365 Osage St. Denver, CO 80204 (303) 595-3666 domorestaurant.com 4.5 out of 5 stars

culture

April 6 to April 12, 2010

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Spring fashion do’s and don’ts for the college budget Carly Webb cwebb@uccs.edu

Spring is finally here. We can start shedding some of our heavy winter layers in favor of lighter, more colorful clothing. We checked around campus to see the students’ styles.

Do you have what it takes to avoid a fashion faux pas? Look what we found.

Do

DO: Do wear skinny jeans tucked into boots. This look emerged onto the scene a couple of years ago and has been a staple ever since. Almost any boot will work, from fur lined Uggs to slouchy suede.

DO: Cover up with a light cardigan on cooler days. This style is very popular right now and ladies can find these cute sweaters in a variety of styles for a steal at Old Navy.

DO: Wear t-shirts that make a bold statement. Many stores, including Target, sell t-shirts like this that allow people to make a bumper sticker statement about themselves.

DO: Pair shorts or jeans with casual flip flops. These shoes are a timeless classic and the noeffort look is always a winner. Girls can even wear a more dressy wedge flip flop with a cute skirt to keep the outfit casual.

DO: Wear t-shirts and jeans. Especially on guys, a t-shirt and jeans says you’re ready for anything, and on nice spring days, leave the jacket at home so everyone can see your laid back style.

Don’t

DON’T: Attempt the pants tucked into boots look and forget to tuck BOTH pant legs in.

DON’T: Wear all black. The gothic look is out! If you insist on wearing mostly black, find a brightly colored accessory like a purse or a hat to brighten up this look.

DON’T: Wear clothes that are too big or too small. In the past men have opted for super baggy jeans and shirts, but most retailers have styles available now that flatter a man’s body rather than hide it behind curtains of fabric.

DON’T: Wear your pants too low. This goes for both guys and girls. No one wants to see your whole butt hanging out of your jeans and get intimately acquainted with the pattern on your boxers, guys. And ladies, please: cleavage is for your bosom only. Cover those butt cheeks up!

DON’T: Use athletic shoes as your staple footwear. If you need a more comfortable shoe because you’re going to be trekking all over campus, try something more fashion-forward, like a pair of colorful Nikes or Converse. Leave the New Balance shoes for the gym. ◆

Ariel Lattimore Students walk out of the Science/Engineering Building, looking fashionably right.

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REGARDING THE DEATH OF DAVID MUELLER: TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, COACHES AND TEAMMATES OF MR. MUELLER, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE Please accept my most sincere apology for my behavior. I have thought long and hard about what happened and I realize how very upset you must have been. I just want to say how sorry I am to everyone involved for creating the situation which I know should have never occurred. I admit that I was in the wrong. I can promise you that this will never happen again and I will do everything in my power to stop someone from making the same horrible mistake. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to prove this to you. I understand that it might be difficult for you to accept my apology but hope that this letter will help. I never thought, in a million years, that something this horrific would happen to someone that did not deserve it, and knowing it was my fault just kills me inside.

David Mueller October 16, 1989 to July 19, 2009

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"WHETHER YOU SAY YOU CAN OR YOU CAN'T, YOU ARE RIGHT EITHER WAY." -David Mueller

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Beth-El: Requirements and Remedies Catherine Jensen cjensen@uccs.edu Once a private institution owned by the City of Colorado Springs, the Beth-El College of Nursing merged with UCCS in 1997. Now a college within the university, Beth-El continues to offer both undergraduate and graduate programs and is up for accreditation this year.

The accreditation process, which takes close to two years to complete, examines an institution’s or program’s goals, achievements and how well those who complete the program are likely to do once in their selected field, according to Undergraduate Nursing Chair, Dr. Lea Gaydos.

Programs are evaluated through the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Evaluation includes the setting and meeting of goals over a two-year period, visits to Beth-El to examine the building, equipment and classes and representatives speaking with students about how prepared they feel the program has or has not made them. This April, the BA and Graduate programs at Beth-El will be evaluated, Students (from left to right) Karen Boley, Hannah Adams, and Randi Fisher are learning from Instructor Debbie Beatty on how to save a patient with a collapsed lung, with the help of a Human Patient Simulator . according to Gaydos.

Beth-El, which completed its first accreditation in 2005, is Photos by James O’Shea IV known for its extensive and often challenging requirements.

Students in the undergraduate nursing program must receive a C- or better in any general education course required, and a C in all required nursing and health science courses. Two failures of any required nursing and/or health science course of two credits or greater results in dismissal from the college.

“It takes a lot of dedication and sometimes it is difficult to balance a social life with the amount of energy you put into school work. As a nursing student, you have to be very responsible and studious. Each semester progresses with new depth, perception and responsibility.”

- Autumn Hohulin Though difficult, the program is always changing and trying to make improvements, according to Hohulin. One of the upcoming changes includes discontinuing the use of a waitlist admission system. Academic Advisor and Liason for the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences Carolyn Daley said the waitlist allowed the nursing advisor and the admissions committee at Beth-El to keep track of students who were waiting for a clinical spot in the nursing program. Instructor Debbie Beatty helps students Karen Boley, Randi Fisher, In order to remain on the waitlist, students were required to maintain their GPA, complete all of their first-year gen- and Hannah Adams install a tube in the Human Patient Stimulator. eral education courses with grades of C- or higher and complete the required Health Science Nutrition course with a C or higher.

Currently, any student admitted to UCCS since Jan. 1, 2008 is required to pass an entrance exam to enter clinicals, and TO BE PUT ON THE BETH EL is not eligible for the waitlist. Once the waitlist is eliminated, the application system will be the only means of entering clinicals for the traditional option. The majority of students who will be admitted for Fall of 2010 will be applicants who WAITLIST: have passed the exam.

Daley hopes the new process will be less frustrating for students. “It was costly and time-consuming for students to First year Freshman: 3.3 or above GPA, 24 or above remain active at UCCS to stay on the waitlist even after all of their general education courses were complete,” she said. composite ACT The entrance exam may be taken twice and students will be able to choose when to apply.

Transfer students: Complete 30 hours at a 3.3 GPA Robin Grasso, who is in her first year in the program, said there are still more changes students would like to see made or above, Students before Feb. 7, to the school. Some concerns include the absence of food services and a lacking computer lab. When students do set foot on main campus, according to Grasso, it is usually to get food, visit advising or use the library computers. Though 2007 need a 3.0 GPA or higher the computers in Beth-El’s lab (a few of them recently brought over from the library) work fine, the printer often has to be registered to the computer, which can take up to ten minutes when trying to print something before class, said For more information on Beth El, please visit Grasso. Despite the difficulty, Hohulin said the program is worth it. “You have to be very dedicated but remember that www.uccs.edu/bethel nursing is very rewarding,” she said. “Just take it one day at a time and remember that the work we are given is not meant to fail us, but to create nurses who are confident, secure and dedicated to care.” ◆

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letters to the editor:

Truths of “The argument that shouldn’t be” The number most agreed upon [number] regarding the percentage of gay men in the U.S. is about 10%. In 2004, the Census Bureau reported that the number of males in the U.S. population was 144.5 million. Using the popular 10%, it can be estimated that approximately 14.5 million men in the United States are gay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there have been 487,695 recorded AIDS cases among men who have had male-male sexual contact since the beginning of the epidemic through 2007. This means that approximately 3% of the gay population in the U.S. has AIDS; 97% are free of AIDS. Denying this 97% the right to donate blood will reduce the number of potential donors by 14 million.

According to the Mayo Clinic, “Only 5 percent of eligible donors…donate blood, but the number of transfusions nationwide increases by 9 percent every year.” When a shortage is apparent, is it really responsible to turn away potentially healthy donors? The Red Cross states, “All donated blood is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and other infectious diseases.”

It is irresponsible to turn away 14 million potential donors when “A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.” It is close-minded when a decision is made about a group based on a very small percentage. This is discrimination.

Furthermore, the logic in comparing gay men donating blood to sex offenders babysitting is invalid. Since all registered sex offenders have been convicted, Farrell’s logic suggests that all gay men have AIDS which is not true. The only logical connection between gay men and sex offenders is a false, disgusting stereotype.

Kristina Achey SGA House Treasurer

I felt compelled to respond to Stephen Farrell’s recent column about the FDA’s discrimination against homosexuals as potential blood donors.

First, a little clarification: the “ban” on homosexual men donating blood is actually just a simple question asked of men as part of the screening process. It states, “Have you ever had sexual contact with another man since 1977, even once?” (The wording is carefully chosen to include those men who identify as straight but may have experimented in the past.)

As Stephen pointed out, less than half of the HIV-carrying population contracted the virus through male-to-male sexual contact. However, all human beings are equally vulnerable to the virus regardless of their gender, race, or sexual orientation. In fact, if rates of new worldwide infection continue at their current pace, women with HIV will soon outnumber men with HIV. It seems that because of the stigmas associating HIV with gay men, many women have been quietly ignoring their own risks. So, should we now screen out all women from being blood donors? If you follow Stephen’s train of thought, you might argue that we should. (You might even start comparing women to sex offenders, too.)

Having that question may have made sense thirty years ago, when very little was known about HIV and we didn’t have a system in place to test for the virus. Today, we do – and all blood donations are screened for HIV (as well as other communicable diseases) regardless of how a donor chooses to answer the question.

Matt Sidor

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satire : irony : hilarity

“Still, if a statement cannot reasonably be interpreted to be one of express or implied fact, it cannot be libelous. This means that humor columns, spoofs, cartoons and satire are protected as long as readers understand that the material is not intended to be taken seriously.”

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Kraemer Family Library to go paperless

Seniorities woes push administration to cancel school

Stephen Farrell [sfarrell@uccs.edu] In a CU system-wide effort to adapt to a perpetually changing technology curve, UCCS officials have passed a referendum on abolishing paperback books in efforts to save funds and space.

New computers will be added in the place of bookshelves, and a large portion of the second floor of the Kramer Family Library is to be used for recreational purposes (including a video gaming area where students can finetune their Rock Band skills). And to top it off, a large section of book shelves on the first floor is to be converted into a Moon Bounce area to promote morale amongst students.

Surprising? Well, given the fact that people can now profit off of games like World of Warcraft while ordering Dominoes Pizza online at the same time, or YouTube instructions on how to hijack a vending machine with a strand of scotch tape, some are now asking, “What is the point of a traditional education in our modern age of technology and internet wonderfulness?”

To answer this perplexing question, The Scribe recently interviewed a UCCS official, who wished to remain anonymous on the matter: “The world is rapidly changing and evolving as far a technology is concerned, books and anything involving paper are becoming less and less of a necessity now,” said the offical. “We’re aiming to educate students more through a means of electronic instruction; I mean, hey, we’ve got YouTube now.”

“Careers are even being built online this day and age, look at World of Warcraft as one example; you can even create and sell characters for thousands of dollars,” the official continued. “I myself battle dragons and demons online with the CU President at 11:45 a.m. each day.

Wait a minute, what time is it? We’ll have to continue this later.”

While technology is rapidly expanding, some say the need for printed material such as books, journals, and other publications will never go out of style when it comes to educating people to the fullest extent. But this analysis could be wrong, as Rock Band, World of Warcraft and a Moon Bounce may very well be the solution needed to expedite modern day learning curves; in an environmentally friendly, Mother Earth altering way. ✪

Lauren Mueller [lmueller@uccs.edu] After a long, drawn-out debate over whether to continue school after spring break, a decision has been made to end school after spring break for graduating seniors. The new policy will take effect Jan. 1, 2075.

The idea began when year after year, increasing numbers of seniors came down with severe cases of senioritis. Senioritis is a terrible ailment that immobilizes seniors in all universities around the country. It has been known to cause bad grades, delayed graduation, chafing, loud noises and hangovers.

Cases of senioritis have been spreading at UCCS in epidemic proportions for the last decade. In the 2007-2008 school year, UCCS started to notice senioritis cases in TA’s. The infection of senioritis quickly spread to our beloved faculty and staff as well.

The disease typically begins on spring break. The unpredictable weather of spring break in Colorado Springs creates the perfect breeding environment for senioritis. It is those little teasers of nice, 70 degree weather that have put our students, staff and faculty at risk.

Parents of the university community demanded that the administration close the school after spring break to avoid further spread of the fatal disease, spurring heated debate. Several meetings were held to determine the severity of the situation, and finally on March 29, a decision was made. School will resume the first week after spring break, but then it will end. All students will receive B grades in their classes. Come on, did you really expect A’s?

The Financial Aid Office and the Bursar’s Office seem pleased with this scenario. The money they will save in facility costs in future years alone will save the university enough money to afford all printing costs for the 2010/2011 school year; hence, the promised future cost savings will allow the university to remain deficit neutral for the foreseeable future. Without all the students parking in the lots, the school will also be making more extra cash by leasing parking lot space to local BMX bikers.

Sadly the school will not totally benefit from this scenario. Some students will have nothing else to do, teachers will have to spend their time presenting powerpoint presentations to their spouses who, in turn, will feel the pain of senioritis in their college scars.

So remember, don’t come to class, an easy cruise into graduation awaits you. On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:52:15 -0600 ✪

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How to pick out a random student’s major

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Engineering majors: They are usually in that building that you had calc in and dreaded going in every day. Can often be found every Tuesday dominating the Sudoku in The Scribe.

Nursing majors: Yes, they exist but rarely come out in public due to the massive amounts of studying they are required to do. Usually they are hiding out at the bottom of the hill in “University Hall.” Remember, it’s that building by the off-campus parking?

Business majors: The pretentious, efficiencyloving people up on the hill that would (gasp) never sit on the floor, are always dressed-up (having freshly come from their internship downtown), and do not have an inkling as to what is in the news, outside the Wall Street Journal’s Finance pages, that is.

PGM Majors: Always in an innovative pastel polo, with khakis and a Titleist hat. They don’t use backpacks, as they carry their books on the different types of grass, clubs, and pars off to the side, because, let’s face it, they’d rather be carrying their golf clubs around.

Psychology majors: Roaming the fourth floor of Columbine, they actually know what is going on inside the secret rooms on that floor, and understand why there are “please be quiet” signs all around, the rest of us wonder.

Philosophy majors: Usually found lying on the grass on a sunny day in a “Boulderesque” state.

They try to justify their major by saying that it’s more than a “metaphysical” experience.

Communication majors: 60 percent are in their ‘40s boasting about their “real job,” 30 percent have transferred out of other majors stating that they weren’t doing what they loved to do, and 10 percent know how to actually communicate effectively and can speak publicly without wetting their pants.

English majors: If you have a friend say a word and you think dictionary.com, you may be around an English major. Usually, they roam Columbine with word-a-day calendars, novels and trendy hipster clothing.

Criminal Justice majors: If you know what is good for you, you’ll never intervene and cross paths with one of these. After all, if you’re arrested for a dirty license plate, you don’t want to already have beef with the person sentencing you, right?

Political Science majors: These people never shut up. It goes like this: “Well, I don’t think we should do this,” then they say they don’t think so either, then you say ok, then they justify the points three different times, you say ok, then they justify it five more times, then you say ok, and the process continues until you walk away. jparkins@uccs.edu

10 opinion Say goodbye to freedom Veronica Graves

W ho wouldn’t want to make everybody healthy and

happy? Those selfish, rotten, healthcare opposing conservatives! All the Obama administration wants is sunshine, flowers, bunnies and healthy people to enjoy this Obamatopia!

According to last week’s New York Times, every part of Congress’ recently passed healthcare reform bill will redistribute wealth, proving that the progressives were lying through their teeth about the bill not being socialistic.

The ability of the progressives to label anyone who disagrees with them so easily never ceases to astound me.

I digress.

Under the ruse of “lets make everybody healthy,” the left has snuck under the radar a socialistic grab at a huge chunk of our economy.

The United States is creating a healthcare system similar to that of Canada or the UK. Not to astound any liberals who mustered up the courage to read my column, but conservatives are much less concerned with the “health” part of the bill than all the other stuff that came with this bill so big that it makes “War and Peace” look like a comic book. For example: The bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally. Page 50, section 152 (Can anyone guess who

gets to pay for this insurance?)

Cancer hospitals will ration care according to the patient’s age. Page 272, section 1145 (Eugenics anyone?...And as this healthcare system gets deeper into the red, as every other one has, how low will that age get?)

Mandates for advancecare planning consultations.

Those on Social Security will be required to attend an “end-of-life planning” seminar every five years. Page 425, line 4-12 (death counseling).

The government will have real-time access to an individuals’ bank accounts and will have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts.

Page 58 and 59.

I ponder how a bill that was supposed to be entirely for the people had so much opposition from the people.

Between 60-75% of Americans did not want the bill to pass. Speaker Pelosi swore that the bill would be passed no matter what it took.

Pelosi should just say what she really meant: “The end justifies the means.” Even means that blatantly defy the people’s willl. But most infuriating of all is the fact that all Congress members are exempt from the bill.

Each Congressperson who swore this was a bill for the people gets their own private care.

Well America, say goodbye to freedom, and hello to socialism. ◆

April 6 to April 12, 2010

Dueling Opinions

About the ‘socialism’ Randy Robinson

| Health Care Reform | I could sit here and recite

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figures and statistics to show how we have one of the worst healthcare systems in the industrialized world, that we pay more for it than any other industrialized nation, and that insurance companies don’t care about us.

But these sound bites are now cliché. Americans know what’s at stake, and they know what it’ll cost.

Opponents of universal healthcare aren’t concerned about their health: Most of them are already insured.

What they’re concerned about is taxes. They’re concerned about big government. They’re concerned about the spectre of socialism.

It may be surprising then that socialized medicine has been alive and well in this country since the 1950’s.

Back then, legislation was passed that endowed a particular group of Americans with socialized healthcare, often for their entire lives.

Studies released by the federal government in 1990 found that these Americans experienced half the death rate of other Americans.

Who are these Americans? They’re members of the United States Armed Forces.

American troops and their families do not pay for their healthcare. They can even receive these kickbacks from civilian hospitals as well.

That’s right: Federal taxes

already pay for 9 million Americans’ free healthcare.

But don’t our troops risk their lives to protect our country? Shouldn’t they be rewarded for their service?

Of course they should. And so should their families.

Civilians, however, fund the war effort. Civilian taxes purchase the medical equipment, food, clothing, intelligence, armor, ammunition and artillery that our troops use to defend us. Civilians tend to support the military’s access to free healthcare because we depend on their well-being for our nation’s safety.

The Armed Forces, on the other hand, depend on the well-being of civilians in order to keep the federal economy running. A healthy nation not only ensures a well-funded military, it also ensures that our next generation of soldiers is fit to fight.

“Socialism” should not be used as a bad word. Any tax-funded enterprise could be considered socialist. By this definition our military is inherently socialist. So are the police force, firefighters, teachers and politicians.

Are you receiving federal aid to attend school? That’s also socialist, because taxes buffer the interest rates of student loans.

“Socialism” should not be confused with “tyranny.”

And please, don’t take my word for it: Just ask any senior citizen who’s on Medicare. ◆

Chelsea’s Law: An attempt to deconstruct the ‘prison outside of prison’

Kay Wynarsky kwynarsk@uccs.edu

On March 2, 2010 the body of Chelsea King was found near the shoreline of a lake in San Diego. The blue-eyed, strawberry blond seventeen-year-old went for a run on Feb. 25 and never returned home. She was raped and murdered.

With all due respect, Chelsea’s story is one that people are tired of hearing.

The man being charged

in the case is John Albert Gardner III, a previous sexual offender. He served five of a six year sentence (even though the psychiatrist who evaluated him suggested he receive a maximum thirty year sentence) for sexually assaulting a thirteen-yearold girl and has been linked to other cases. With incidents like this popping up all over the country, a push to have stricter sentencing for offenders is stronger than ever.

In response, citizens in California are trying to implement Chelsea’s Law. The details are not entirely hammered out yet, but the main goals of the law will most likely involve jail time for any sexual offense, a more rigid parole system and potentially microchipping all sexual offenders for life. Chelsea’s parents are backing the law and have gone on the record

saying the death penalty would be a suitable punishment for Gardner, although he has pled not guilty for the crime and is still being investigated. Some want the law to go even further, giving convicted offenders (specifically rapists) no chance for parole, death for those who kill and microchipping for those who have already been released. Whatever the outcome entails, the existing laws are not effective and must be changed.

The rules for sexual offenders released from prison and who are on parole require that they only update their residency once a year or when they move; but these rules are not enforced.

Gardner lived within 126 yards of a preschool for over a year (the court ordered him to not live within a half mile of a school) before it was noticed and he was told

to move.

With lackadaisical checkups on parolees, it’s not hard to see how they slip through the cracks and wind up repeating their crimes. What’s more, numerous studies suggest that offenders are much more likely to have a personality or mental disorder (30 times more likely for personality disorders).

I’m not saying this to create a stigma against those with mental illness but to raise awareness of the fact that so many of these kinds of criminals are ill. They should be regularly checked on even if they didn’t commit crimes to ensure the safety of themselves as well as the safety of others. These people who commit acts of sexual lewdness have disordered thinking that has addictive qualities and is similar to the kind of disordered thinking that exists in people who

are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Yes, some will overcome their addiction and be rehabilitated but some will relapse before they succeed and some will relapse entirely. But unlike the alcoholic or the crackhead paying the price for their failures, innocent people pay the price for a sexual predator’s failures.

By allowing sexual offenders to reintegrate back into society, we are causing everyone to constantly be vigilant and put up their guard in order to protect ourselves from their repeat offense. We are creating a prison outside of prison.

Why should we be punished for their sins?

Last fall while I was attending school in Boulder, a string of sexual assaults occurred including an incident where a girl was gang raped by four men after walking home from a party. After the

story broke, the town was palpably tense. Mace became a hot commodity and no females walked alone after dark.

Walking unaccompanied was an everyday part of life I never worried about before but when I suddenly wasn’t able to do something so basic, it made me even less sympathetic toward these criminals. We should not have to change our lives to accommodate rapists.

While it may sound like a cliché, Chelsea will never be given a second chance.

She did nothing wrong and paid the price for a weak parole system and even weaker punishments for sexual offenders. If there is any justice, or concern for the wellbeing of everyone in this country, Chelsea’s Law will pass with flying colors so that a jog in the park can be care-free once more. ◆

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April 6 to April 12, 2010

Golf team finds success as spring play commences

UCCS splits 2-2 against CSU-Pueblo

Left: Junior Chris Shoop lines up for a putt.

Right: Junior Riley Andrews tees off on Monday.

Courtesy of UCCS Sports Information

Matt Crandall mcrandal@uccs.edu

The Mountain Lions began the second portion of their season on March 22 at the Notre Dame De Namur Invitational in Livermore, CA. The team shot 300 for the tournament and finished in eighth place out of the fifteen teams that competed.

Junior Chris Shoop led the team, shooting two-under-par with a score of 70 in the final round of play. His three-round score of 216, which was a solid par finish for the tournament, left him in sixth place for the individual medal race.

Head coach Phil Trujillo showed mixed feelings about the team’s performance but remained optimistic. “I wasn’t expecting much in our first event, especially with the winter that we had,” said Trujillo.

“The team hasn’t been able to get out much and we’ve played very few 18-hole rounds. I didn’t quite expect it to be that bad though. The scores were lower than what

they should have been but I’m confident in them and we know we’re better than that. The top ranked teams all have five guys playing well and so far we haven’t done that.”

Freshman Spencer Biersdorff followed Shoop with a score of 225, which tied him for 27th overall. Juniors Brian Morfeld, Riley Andrews and Taylor Stamp scored 229, 231 and 259, respectively.

The Grand Canyon Invitational on March 30 brought the Mountain Lions more success as they competed in the hotter climate of Goodyear, AZ. The team obtained a fifth place finish due in part to successful play from Junior Riley Andrews, who shot 211 overall and two under-par in the final round.

Freshman Spencer Biersdorff shot an impressive four under-par 68 in the final round and followed Andrews with a score of 215.

UCCS entered the Grand Canyon Invitational ranked No. 19 nationally in the Golfstat rankings and No. 20 in the Golf World / Nike coaches’ poll. “The GolfStat ranking is the best one be-

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Sophomore Christina Blanton aims to grab a ground ball.

Courtesy of UCCS Sports Information

Matt Crandall mcrandal@uccs.edu

Women’s Softball may have finally found its groove, winning four out of its last six games and ending agrueling nine game losing streak cause it’s based strictly on how you play against the other top ranked teams,” added Trujillo. “They had us at 15 and that is where we should be.”

The Mountain Lions will have one more tournament to sharpen their skills before the RMAC Spring Championships. UCCS will compete in the Air Force JV Tournament on April 12-13 and the team may be looking for better weather. “The boys expect the weather to be this way this time of year so our spirits are not down,” said Trujillo. “We know the sun is coming out soon and we will be happy to see it.” ◆

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on March 22 against Adams State.

UCCS (8-18, 5-12 RMAC) took on CSU-Pueblo (14-8, 10-6 RMAC) in a two-day double header event March 28-29. Sophomore Christina Blanton put on an impressive performance with a three-run home run that led the team to a 6-5 vic-

tory over CSU-Pueblo in Sunday’s opener. Blanton finished with one run, two hits and three RBIs. Freshman Lara Mathewson also had a productive first game, recording two runs, two hits and two RBIs. The Mountain Lions went into the second game of Sunday’s double header with momentum and confidence that again led to a much needed 8-6 win over CSU-Pueblo. UCCS kept the strikeouts to five while putting on another offensive show that included seven different players scoring.

The double header on Monday didn’t go as planned for UCCS. As the first game got underway, four starters for the Mountain Lions appeared to be visibly ill, and they were said to have a stomach bug. Senior first baseman Jessika Anastos, Freshman second baseman Lara Mathewson, Junior shortstop Traci Everett and Freshman left fielder Kailey Hernandez were sent home after the first game to nurse away their illnesses.

With the loss of four highly productive starters, the

lady Mountain Lions lost both games 14-4 and 161, respectively. UCCS was left without four offensive weapons who combined for a .312 batting average and 68 of the team’s RBIs this season. Sophomore Ashley Jordan scored the only run for the Mountain Lions.

UCCS and CSU-Pueblo maintain a long standing history as competitive rivals.

Since the teams split the four game series 2-2, the Mountain Lions have increased their lead 23-10 in the 200910 Steel & Silver Series. The rivalry series between UCCS and CSU-Pueblo awards four points to the winner of the season series in each of the 10 sports offered by both schools. An additional five points is awarded to the school whose athletes finish with the better cumulative GPA for the academic year.

The lady Mountain Lions will try to improve their season standing as their RMAC competition begins to gradually heat up again on April 17 when they play Mesa State followed by Fort Lewis on April 18 in Grand Junction. ◆

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