the scribe
A Look Inside the ISSUE
The official student newspaper of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. February 9 to February 15, 2010 [Volume 34; Issue 17]
Improvement and good intentions at The Lodge
NEWS
The Case of the Filched Flat-Screens: SENG burgled
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CULTURE
Students enjoy the improved atmosphere during dinner. The new fair trade coffee The Lodge offers sits invitingly for thirsty students. Ariel Lattimore
Sweeney: Bloody FAC play
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Averi Walker awalker@uccs.edu
Movie Review: When in Rome
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recycled aluminum brewing equipment. The coffee is fair trade, and brings a new taste to the campus. Coincidentally, the brand’s green packaging also matches the new green paint in The Lodge. A new brand of tea has been introduced as well. Nine flavors of Numi Tea are replacing Tazo, a change which Food Service General Manager Russ Saunkeah hopes will be well-received by students. The dining services, according to Saunkeah, are also concerned with bringing students new and healthier meal options. In addition to vegan and vegetarian op-
tions, this semester’s meal theme will be Vietnamese. Beginning in March, The Lodge will feature recipes inspired by famous chef Main Pham. “Nowadays, students are much more sophisticated in their tastes,” Saunkeah says, citing sushi’s popularity as an example. Creative cuisine is also available for non-resident students through the Cinch program, which allows nonresident students to purchase meals plans. Also being introduced this semester, starting Feb. 8, is the American Regional Comfort Food Program. The program aims to bring
students a variety of recipes that they are familiar with, while adding a little twist to keep the food interesting. UCCS will be one of 20 pilot schools for the program. According to surveys, students want options like Mediterranean and Italian to be more available. “To keep things interesting during the semester is our goal,” said Saunkeah. To keep the program nutritional, Sodexo enlists the help of campus nutritionist instructors Nanna Mayer and Jackie Berning. The recommendations for additions and changes are brought to the dining service through the help of the
National Student Board of Directors, of which UCCS student Aaron Novy is a member. The Resident Food Advisory Board also meets once a month on campus. The board includes people like RHA members, Housing Administrators, and Novy. Sodexho plans an array of activities for diners, among them open mic nights and the upcoming celebrity waiter event. For the celebrity waiter event, to be held on Feb. 17, The Lodge will host a formal, three-course meal for resident diners where campus administrators will act as servers. ◆
|The Lucid Line | Kidney for sale!
The dining services at The Lodge are bringing students new products, nutritious meal options and an array of activities. The most recent addition to The Lodge is a new brand of coffee and tea, brought to students by the subcontracted dining service Sodexo, which operates all over the world. The new coffee, called Aspretto, is replacing Seattle’s Best. There are five flavors, along with new, 100 percent
| Truth Bombs | Nazi Mile
The Voices from below: Vag speak Art piece “Judas”
PARADOX
Cynical horoscopes
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OPINION
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SPORTS
Men’s Golf sets sights on National Championship
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In the Middle the FEATURE
Valentine’s Day pages 6 and 7
Poster for 2010’s Vagina Monologues’ Events.
Rhiannon Conley rconley@uccs.edu
If your vagina could talk, what would it say? “The Vagina Monologues,” the notorious and celebrated play written by Eve Ensler, seeks to answer that question through a series of monologues about various women’s vagina-centric experiences. UCCS will be putting on three V-Day showings of “The Vagina Monologues” on Feb. 11, 12 and 13 to raise money for TESSA, a local community action group that provides programs for victims of domestic and sexual violence in Teller and El Paso County. “This show is my way of helping other women get through certain things. It’s
Poster courtesy of Anya Salzgeber the little piece that I can do. All the money is donated to TESSA which means a lot because I know women who have been abused and in unhealthy relationships,” said Anya Salzgeber, one of the shows’ three directors. Salzgeber has been involved
with the annual “Vagina Monologues” performances for three years, but this year will be her first time directing. While the title and the Continued on page 4
betrays no talent Catherine Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu
UCCS student Nina Peterson spent over 60 hours using a thread, fiber and a ballpoint pen creating a work of art entitled “Judas,” currently on display in the Business of Arts Center (BAC) in Manitou Springs. In the “Gender Issues” exhibit, Peterson’s piece, is difficult to miss. The 32 by 40 inch canvas contains a female figure exposed from the breasts to the knees on which the figure kneels in what Peterson describes as “execution style.” The hands of the figure face outward one holding a needle with red thread, the other torn
pieces of paper. The paper has been torn from the vagina of the figure, which has been sown back together with the red thread. On the floor lies a bag of silver. Peterson, a sexual assault victim, told The Scribe the piece is about “realizing that the assault wasn’t my fault. It is never any woman’s fault. I wanted to do this to purge the negative thoughts and feelings,” she said. “The woman in this piece is the Judas I was when I blamed myself.” Even the delivery medium of the art has meaning. “Ballpoint pen is non archival, so it will fade eventually; hopefully assault will too.” Artwork displayed on page 4 Continued on page 4
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