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University Center’s south entrance nears completion Jay Kim jkim@uccs.edu

For those who have relied on the southwest entrance to the University Center (UC), this past summer and the fall semester has been tough. Seeing the yellow construction tape block it off was disheartening.

A common occurrence among many students and staff members was to walk all the way down to the doorway, realize it was blocked off for construction, then walk all the way back around to the main southeast entrance.

The project began early in the summer and was expected to be finished by the start of fall semester. However, while digging, the workers ran into a plethora of wires for various utility lines.

While they knew that some of the lines were there, they weren’t prepared for the immense quantity, said Carolyn Fox, the university’s chief architect.

Fox said they ran into water lines, gas lines, fiber lines and at least 15 other

ones. Some of them could be fixed or relocated properly, but a few others required them to redesign the foundation around them, which set them back on their completion date.

The new entryway is scheduled to be complete on Nov. 9, during which an open house for it and the rest of the remodeled University Center will be held throughout the first floor of the UC. Associate Director of the UC, Megan Bell, who is organizing the open house, mentioned that the “ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 3 p.m., but feel free to come at any time.”

The open house will feature live DJs, food and various activities organized by Mosaic, the bookstore, the Copy Center, The Scribe, the front desk and the ROAR office including a billiard tournament, video games and origami. Students can even meet Clyde, the school mascot.

When asked why they decided to renovate the southwest entrance, Fox said this was all part of a plan to make the University Cen-

ter more relevant and that it “wasn’t obvious that it was a public entrance” and that “it wasn’t welcoming.”

It often felt like a back door to just The Scribe and MOSAIC offices. “It’s all part of this effort to update this first floor University Center,” she said.

Jesse Perez, student employee in MOSAIC, is hoping the more appealing door will attract more students to the office. “The problem was that before, it looked like a loading dock. Now it looks more like an entrance. We hope it will increase traffic and students will get to know more about diversity efforts on campus.”

In the late 1970s, that area was a loading dock for the bookstore, and while the University Center’s structure changed over time, the feel of that entryway never did.

With a giant “UCCS” emblazoned on the wall and pillars supporting an overhead, students going to the Copy Center or MOSAIC will no longer feel like they are going through the back door. S

are not all like this.”

Students gathered in the plaza, as well as on the balcony overlooking it.

They listened to the man shouting slogans of “Jesus will save you,” “Read the Bible” and “Repent!”

The man, named Steve Johnson, is a local pharmacist, but uses his spare time to spread the gospel around Colorado Springs, including downtown locations and college campuses.

“I go where the people are, just like Jesus did,” said Johnson.

When he was through speaking, he came down from his box and began dialoguing directly with students.

Many approached him because they were offended and upset by what he had to say. But some, like

junior Meral Sarper, a mechanical and space engineering major, appreciated what he was doing.

“Regardless of whether people really heard him, or heard the counter-protester, I think it got people thinking, and I thought it was great,” said Sarper, who added that she didn’t necessarily agree with what he was saying, but appreciated that he believed in it enough to be out there.

Several students, including junior Tyler Lowman, a game design development major, stayed to engage in a debate with Johnson.

As the conversation began, Johnson said, “I care for people enough to tell them the truth.”

Lowman replied, “How do you know it’s the truth?”

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The University Center’s south entrance is scheduled to be complete on Nov. 9.

Religious zealot demonstrates in front of the UC Cherise Fantus cfantus@uccs.edu

On Nov. 1, a guy walked into the UC, approached the info desk and announced, “I want to practice my freedom of speech!”

After being directed to the free speech area surrounding the white mountain lion statue, he got up on his soap box – which he brought himself – and began his demonstration, which included handing out Bibles and business cards.

He was followed by an impromptu counter-protester, sophomore Lauren Schoate, a pre-nursing major, who sat on the bench behind him holding a whiteboard that read, “We

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“The Bible tells me it’s the truth.”

“But, it’s a book, written 2,000 years ago,” said Lowman.

“It is a book. But there’s a lot of truth in there, don’t you think?” responded Johnson, saying that architecture – the fact that there is architectural proof that all of the towns and cities written about in the Bible actually existed – authenticates it.

As the debate went on, it grew to be mostly onesided. When students tried to make their points, they found that Johnson talked over them to make his own.

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Students gain fresh perspective in local community service events Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu

You may not receive a gold trophy for volunteering around the community, but you might gain something even better from the rewarding experience that volunteering offers, as well as some karma points.

With the upcoming holiday season, the community is becoming more aware of those who are in need. Students can participate in the holiday cheer by volunteering with various organizations.

The PGA Golf Management program is one that organizes its own volunteer service. This program has its own executive board; the person currently in charge of community service is sophomore Bobby Moehelnpah.

Since the spring semester last year, Moehelnpah has been in charge of finding community service events for the program to partake in. Each year, more charities and organizations are looking for help.

“During the month of November, students will be participating in Operation Christmas Child,

where they will be helping fill shoe boxes for kids that won’t be getting any Christmas gifts this year,” said Moehelnpah.

Operation Christmas Child is run by Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization that has provided emergency relief and community development in areas all over the world for the past 40 years.

“The [students in the] program also take part in an annual event known as the ‘Dictionary Project’ that takes place at Qualtek Manufacturing down on Nevada Avenue,” said Moehelnpah. “Students will pack dictionaries for two or three hours on Nov. 15, which will then be delivered by [Colorado Springs] Rotary Club members to every third grade student in the Colorado Springs area.”

The Rotary Club and Qualtek Manufacturing host the event every year and according to Moehelnpah, it has always been a big hit with the students in the program.

“It builds camaraderie in between all the classes of students and everyone gets to know each other a

little bit better,” he added.

He added that students want to get a fresh perspective on how some people live in our world today. “Participating in the Operation Christmas Child project and the Dictionary Project gives students the chance to realize how lucky they are and not take things for granted.”

The holiday season is not the only time that volunteers are needed around the community. Meral Sarper and Marissa Guerrero, two members of the Chancellor’s Leadership Class (CLC) on campus, participate in numerous community service events around Colorado Springs year-round.

“I do most of my community service work with ‘Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado’ and the Children’s Literacy Center,” said Sarper.

Sarper is a part of numerous on-campus organizations that include “Engineers without Borders,” Student Ambassadors program and is a part of the Math Learning Center staff.

Sarper helps volunteer for “Outdoor Colorado” by building trails and restor-

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Felicia Berry worked with Groundwork Colorado and CoPIRG Energy Service Corps at a National Community Service Day event. ing state parks that don’t have a lot of funding.

At the Children’s Literacy Center, Sarper tutors kids in reading and helping children is one of her favorite parts of volunteering.

“I love changing a kids life and getting kids involved in science. Knowing the impact that I have on the kids and knowing that I am making a difference in their life is why I really like to volunteer,” stated Sarper.

Marissa Guerrero also is involved in her fair share of community service at UCCS and, like Sarper, is also involved in many oncampus organizations.

She belongs to the “Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow” club, OSA, the UCCS F.I.G.H.T. Club and is a part of the “Relay for Life” committee at UCCS. “I do most of my community service work in the ‘Beyond the School Bell’ program at Hunt Elementary School, the Relay for Life committee and a lot of other little things,” stated Guerrero.

She said her favorite part of community service is by far the people that she meets. “I love interacting with people and that is a big part of community service.”

“I love seeing the kids’

reactions because you can see the impact you have on them instantly,” she furthered.

Community service is a big part of UCCS and Sarper believes that if we are going to save our country, we need to participate in more volunteering opportunities.

“The easiest way to save our country is to get involved and do community service,” stated Sarper.

“Giving the gift of yourself to someone will help solve a lot of problems in our country,” she furthered.

And make no mistake – there are plenty of opportunities to give your “gift” at UCCS. S

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Annual Holiday Service Project helps brighten people’s holidays April Wefler awefler@uccs.edu

For 25 years, the Annual Holiday Service Project, created to aid members of the UCCS community who might not have enough money to provide for their families during the holiday season, has benefited faculty, staff and students alike.

The program starts on Nov. 10 and runs until Dec. 7. During this time-frame, members of the community can donate food items, money, or various household items.

In the past, people have brought in many canned and dried foods. Donations of toys for the children are also accepted.

Although targeted mostly for families, the Annual Holiday Service Project can also benefit a single individual if he or she is in need. All recipients remain anonymous to the donors.

Sherry McDonnell of the Staff Council, which is organizing the program, feels that the Annual Holiday Service Project benefits everyone.

“I think that everybody enjoys helping each other

out,” she said.

The Staff Council works with Financial Aid and the Family Development Center to get nominations for people that the two departments know will be looking for help this holiday season.

“We adopt families, and the family then provides a list of what they need,” said McDonnell.

Children at the Family Development Center then decorate trees with the listed items.

“It’s kind of like the Angel Tree,” she said.

The Angel Tree is an annual project in which stu-

dents can pick a name off of the tree and purchase the gift for the name that they chose.

The trees have been set up for the Holiday Service Project, as well as the collection boxes.

Boxes for the Annual Holiday Service Project are set up in 15 different locations around campus, where anyone wishing to donate to the project can drop off their donations.

If the Staff Council receives cash donations, they will purchase a grocery store card for each of the families so that they can

provide things like turkey, ham, milk and bread.

The Staff Council usually gets somewhere between 20 and 30 families, and typically will fill each of those families’ needs.

Students who might not be able to financially support the project are encouraged to bring in a couple of cans of food or whatever they can. They can also join the Staff Council Annual Holiday Service Project committee.

When the project ends, the committee gets together and separates the items for each family on Dec. 8. Items

will then be sorted and distributed to the families on Friday, Dec. 9.

“It’s a really worthwhile cause and it’s nice to help people within the UCCS community,” said McDonnell.

Anyone interested in joining the committee and helping with the project can contact McDonnell at smcdonnell@uccs.edu or 2554320.

Students, faculty and staff can all work together on the project and help to make the holiday season happier for many families within the community. S

Johnson said, “I am not fearful at all because I know that I’m going to spend eternity with my lord, and the best you can hope for is that you’ll be in the ground, and you’ll be nothing.”

He continued, “I hate Hell, and I don’t want you to go there.”

When the conversation moved on to the topic of

science versus the Bible, one student mentioned what he learned in his science classes in Centennial Hall.

To that, Johnson replied, “It is nonsense. It’s all stories. It changes all the time.

I’ve been through college; I’ve got degrees; I’ve been through those lectures; I know what it’s all about.”

“It always changes. Even

the speed of light they say now has changed.”

The demonstration ended with Johnson announcing that he would be back and instructing students to be ready with some challenging questions. He has not yet returned to campus.

Students had varied reactions, but Schoate and Lowman don’t agree with his methods.

“I just think that the way that he is coming to people is not the way that we were instructed in our faith. I mean, Jesus, when he went and preached to people, he didn’t get up there and get above them and condemn; he sat with them and he spoke with them and he loved them,” said Schoate.

Lowman added, “Growing up in a Christian house-

hold, I honestly think he gives a bad name to Christians. When people are scared of Christianity and scared of people judging them, judging too much for the end judgment, it’s because of people like this guy right here.”

Senior James Burge, a communication and marketing major, thinks that Johnson could find a better

way to reach college students.

“If he was smart, he would realize that it’s 2011 and everybody has, like, an iPhone, with a Bible app. So push the Bible app, don’t push an actual Bible,” he said.

“If you want to get the word out, do it in a technological way on a college campus.” S

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November 7, 2011

Assistant Professor Taylor Lilly shoots at speed of light Aaron Collett acollett@uccs.edu

Assistant Professor Taylor Lilly does not look like a stereotypical professor.

With his jeans, T-shirt and ponytail, Lilly wouldn’t look out of place at a skateboard competition.

That wouldn’t be too far of a stretch – one of Lilly’s goals is to be licensed to operate every mode of human transportation. He already has a pilot’s license and motorcycle license, and is on his way to getting a helicopter license and a parachuting license. He said, “It’s not too big of a dream. It just takes time and money.”

When Lilly is not busy accomplishing his dreams, he collaborates with two other professors in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. They are pooling their talents to increase their productivity in a group called CLEER, or Collaborative Laboratories for Exploration and Energy Research.

Between the three of them, they employ about 15 students to assist with their

experiments. Lilly said, “[The students] really do all the work.”

Each student goes through learning progression in the lab. They start out as “George,” the person who does all of the menial work: cleaning, putting together PVC pipe and, according to Lilly, learning what not to touch.

Eventually, they will be allowed to run an experiment that someone else has created. They later move on to designing and running their own experiments, though still under the guidance of Lilly. Lilly said, “They’re doing world-class research, leading-edge research.”

Much of Lilly’s current research is in optics, which he studies in a lab referred to as High Energy Laser Lab, or HELL. Two of his grad students, Barry Cornell and Jacob Graul, are both creating “light cavities,” areas which use lenses to create a circular path through which light will travel.

They are also using the lasers to heat up gasses that can be used in other experiments. Cornell said, “Things like shuttle reentry can’t be

really experimented with.

The only way to do that is to run a full-scale experiment, which costs millions of dollars. [Our experiment] costs about $400,000. It’s much cheaper.”

Though Lilly’s team is working with lasers, these are not your run-of-the-mill laser pointers. These lasers are releasing a joule of energy in five nanoseconds, or five billionths of a second.

In comparative terms, Lilly said that a laser pointer releases about 10^-3 watts, while the experiments’ lasers release 10^17 watts, a difference of 20 orders of magnitude. This means that while the laser pointer can make your eyes hurt, Lilly’s lasers can etch steel.

There are two primary experiments going on right now. The smaller one is the brainchild of Graul, who has created a small-scale light cavity.

A laser is fired through several lenses which have been specially prepared to reflect light as perfectly as possible. The laser ends up going around a circular area, which eventually would be filled with gas.

Graul’s experiment is eventually going to be incorporated into Cornell’s work, which created much larger light cavities with a higher intensity laser. This one involves about three times as many lenses, and three different lasers.

The experiments are difficult to time precisely. In Cornell’s experiment, three different lasers have to hit one spot at the same time – with a timing accuracy of nanoseconds.

According to Lilly, “It’s like shooting bullets with bullets, but at the speed of light.”

Lilly also runs the Exploration and Space Technology lab, or EAST. This lab is experimenting with how space affects satellites in low earth orbit.

Lilly’s role in the experiments is as a teacher and guide. He also pulls all of the experiments together so that they are in a format that can be published.

He said, “I firmly believe that if you can’t explain experiments so that a lay person can understand it, you don’t actually understand it yourself.” Because of this,

close the pay gap for graduating business women.

Colorado AAUW is working with UCCS professor, Aditi Mitra, to hold the $tart $mart $alary Negotiation workshop on campus, according to Amy

Blackwell, director-atlarge for Colorado AAUW who said, “The gender wage gap is a multifaceted disparity that still exists despite federal legislation against it, like the Equal Pay Act of 1963.”

The Colorado AAUW website states, “$tart$mart is a genuine ‘workshop.’

Participants get nutsand-bolts, real world information.

They learn about salary resources they can use.

And, at the end of the session, they get an opportunity to apply what they learn in a highly engaging roleplaying exercise.”

Mitra said, “This three-hour-long workshop is free to students from UCCS and is an amazing opportunity to learn about wage negotiation when our female and male students compete in the job market.”

According to the Colorado AAUW’s statistics, women will only earn “80 percent as much as their male colleagues for equal

work” during the first year after graduating college.

They estimate that over the lifetime of a woman’s business career that she can lose a minimum of $700,000 when compared to her male counterparts.

According to an AAUW 2007 research study, “Behind the Pay Gap,” there are several factors which help to explain why this pay gap still exists for college women, such as, their “field of study, occupational gender segregation, motherhood and workforce participation, and discrimination.”

“Behind the Pay Gap” said that women can help to close the pay gap by advocating a raise in the pay rate for part-time employees, establishing working conditions that work with motherhood instead of against it, change how employers measure productivity, provide quality yet affordable childcare and to encourage and extend full use of medical and maternity leave.

Dixie Gordon, president of the AAUW Colorado Springs Chapter, said that men actually play an important role in closing the

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Dr. Lilly demonstrates one of his student’s laser experiments.

when people ask Lilly about his experiments, he almost always defers the question for one of his students to answer.

Lilly may not be able to learn different modes of transportation every day, but the groundbreaking research

that he teaches future generations to partake in makes an even greater impact for forthcoming technology.

The involvement that his student employees are encouraged to partake in makes his influence all the more meaningful. S

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This can be done by helping to pass new legislature in order to ensure that women are receiving equal pay, such as helping to pass a measure called the Paycheck Fairness act.

Blackwell said that the proposed Paycheck Fairness bill will strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by “empowering women to fight for equal pay.”

According to the Paycheck Fairness bill, its purpose is, “To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.”

The Paycheck Fairness bill, in part, will amend Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(b)) by enhancing penalties for employers, such as making them “liable for compensatory damages” to the employee whose rights to equal pay were violated.

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Gordon said, “Your education is the only thing in life that no one can take away from you and it will open many doors. You never know when you will need to be the sole provider for your family, and there is no greater gift to give your children than to teach them how important education is in life.” S

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‘Women of Will’ showcases women of Shakespeare Rachel Bradford rbradfor@uccs.edu

There are close to 1,000 characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Less than 200 of them are women, which may make it easier for them to fade into the backdrop.

Tina Packer, an English actor, seeks to change that.

Packer and her upcoming theater production, “Women of Will,” in which she will channel female Shakespearean characters such as Juliet, Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra, is coming to Theatreworks Nov. 9. The message she wants to send to the world: “This is how I see Shakespeare.”

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Packer said she became an artistic director of theater and creator of “Women of Will” in order to “give form” on stage to her ideas of what Shakespeare’s works look like in her own mind.

This production specifically speaks of the feminine ideas within Shakespeare’s writings. Packer’s overall message to her audience is that “women can actually be very strong” and “to take notice of what the feminine is saying… [in order to] get out of the revenge cycle” of war.

Rebecca Laroche, English professor, said, “There are no limits” when portraying Shakespeare’s women on stage.

“His female characters are as interesting and diverse as his male characters, even if there are not as many. Some are evil (the queen in Cymbeline, for example), some are otherworldly (literally, the Fairy Queen, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream).”

Kevin Landis, theater director and professor, said, “Shakespeare is critical to any education [and] has a tendency to be scary.”

He said that Packer makes students believe, “I can do this.” Landis said he believes that Packer’s presentation of Shakespeare demonstrates to students, that “Shakespeare is not scary – literature is not scary – in fact, it is life affirming and Tina will make

you believe it.”

As a teacher, Packer wants her students to understand that working in the theater is not all about “gaiety,” but is also a process that brings one closer to the “dark side of human nature, too.”

It is also important for Packer to help her students “get into their psyche and body” when performing.

It is another way for students to see that “theater is a way of recreating life… to be viewed by humanity” as seen in Shakespeare’s works.

Packer’s journey into the theater officially began when she joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London around the age of 21. Here, she was cast in what she called the “more modern plays.”

She commented that these productions were reserved for women who did not come with “upper class status,” as she was considered lower-middle class.

It wasn’t until she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company that she appeared in the roles she wanted, such as the Princess of France in “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”

When speaking of performing on stage, Packer talked about how the technical aspects of a production challenge one’s acting abilities.

For Shakespeare’s plays, she said, “voice [becomes the] most powerful thing

on stage” because of how the language itself places “a demand on [the actor/ actress] to shift the voice.”

Leah Chandler-Mills, a visual and performing arts professor, acting and voice instructor, also believes in the power of the voice on stage. She is concerned that today’s actors and actresses “rely on microphones [and] can’t be heard if it goes out.

People are not being trained to use their voice.”

Mills combats this problem by teaching her students how to use their voices, which she said “says something about your personality.”

Speaking of personalities, Packer finds herself in a worldwide spotlight as she pursues her heart’s passion of bringing Shakespeare to the masses. “I want to get ‘Women of Will’ out into the world,” she said.

When asked how being famous has changed her life, she said, “I don’t think of myself as being famous…it gets me in the door [of Foundations] a little bit quicker…that’s useful.”

To Packer, fame is a very “abstract” idea that doesn’t truly impact her day to day life, but shows up in the little things, like when everyone applauds her on stage before she ever says a word.

However, Packer is known to UCCS faculty for her theater talents and teaching abilities. “She’s

so generous…so open and knows Shakespeare and his people inside out,” said Mills, “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity... everybody should come to see her.”

Landis said, “Packer was my first Shakespeare teacher, so much of what I believe [about Shakespeare] comes from what she taught me… a unique

opportunity for students and faculty.”

Laroche continued the stream of praise for Packer when she said, “internationally recognized actress – Shakespeare’s heroines – it can only be good.”

Packer will also be offering a free Prologue Lecture and Workshop at the Bon Vivant Theater on Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. S

Emmerich that the result, “Anonymous,” comes out as a good movie.

William Shakespeare famously wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Anonymous” uses this framing device of a play to offer an alternate character interpretation of Shakespeare. Rather than an accomplished wordsmith, a man of many, many words, Shakespeare is nothing more than a low-born, barely literate, peasant actor.

The plays attributed to Shakespeare were written

by Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, and their true authorship was hidden by Ben Jonson, another playwright.

The premise could be summed up in tagline, “Was Shakespeare a fraud?” The movie’s answer is that yes, in fact, he was a fraud — and a pretty terrible human being to boot.

Rhys Ifans and Jamie Campbell Bower were solid as the older and younger Oxford, respectively. It was unusual, though, that the producers felt that they needed to cast both Ifans

and Bowers as Oxford — they each portrayed Oxford as an adult, albeit an adult at different stages of life.

Queen Elizabeth was played by both Vanessa Redgrave as the aging matriarch and her daughter Joely Richardson, who delivered as the Virgin Queen’s spunky, younger self.

Once again, Roland made the unusual decision to cast two different people as the same adult person through the years. While the decision is understandable in light of the 40-year time difference between scenes, the various actors do confuse the plot slightly.

Probably the highlight was Edward Hogg’s performance as the hunchback villain, Robert Cecil. While Ifans and Bower’s performances were subtle and nuanced, Hogg’s acting telegraphed his villainy.

Normally, this would be a sign of poor acting.

However, Hogg is a perfect mix of sinister and pathetic every time he appears onscreen. His performance is believable, and he is the sort of villain that moviegoers love to loathe.

“Anonymous” offers solid action and intrigue set against the backdrop of Elizabethan England.

Emmerich’s direction and Orloff’s writing make this movie an excellent choice to see.

Regardless of the authorship question, the plays and poetry bearing the name of William Shakespeare are some of the best writing that the world has ever seen.

Without him, we would not have the phrases, “It was Greek to me,” or “To be, or not to be.” Whether it was Oxford or Shakespeare, as the narrator of “Anonymous” said, “His monument was made not of stone, but of verse, and will last as long as words have breath, and breath, life.” S

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Tina Packer portrays female Shakespearean characters in her production, “Women of Will.”

‘Anonymous’delivers action, intrigue and drama Aaron Collett acollett@uccs.edu

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Upcoming moonlight hike provides healthy evening for students April Wefler awefler@uccs.edu

Imagine a dark, moonlit night. The moon is intoxicating, the view romantic and the stars bright.

Now stop imagining, because the Recreation Center is putting on its fifth Mt. Cutler Moonlight Hike.

Daniel Bowan, recreation center coordinator of intramurals, outdoors and sports clubs, feels the hike helps the students get adjusted to college and benefits them in their social lives.

“It’s a great opportunity for UCCS students to get to meet other people, make new friends,” said Bowan.

Bowan noted that the hike is easy. Students meet at the Recreation Center at 7 p.m. and will be back on campus

around 10 or 11 p.m.

“With the full moon, we hike by the light of the moon. We don’t want to do something that will involve long hours, to avoid injury,” he said.

Last year, clouds obscuring the moon gave little moonlight to help students hike the terrain, but Bowan said that it all worked out. Still, he hopes for good weather this year.

Bowan explained that he tries to involve everyone. “We try to cater to the average student. The van is for everybody.”

Since there is a van available for transportation, students without cars can still come.

The Mt. Cutler Moonlight Hike involves more than hiking, though. It provides fun and games for the students, as well.

Bowan pointed out that he does what he can to get the students involved.

“We play games: name games, get-to-know you games.”

There’s also an educational side to the hike that will allow the students to learn more about Cheyenne Cañon. “We talk about the history of Cheyenne Cañon and natural history will be part of it,” said Bowan.

The hike is limited to 12 people because of the van size and modes of transportation. The cost to participate in the hike is $10, which covers the price of the guide, who is a student employee of the Recreation Center, and the van. According to the event calendar, registration continues until the hiking trip is full.

The hike is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. Students are encouraged to be prepared for fun, beautiful stars, cool weather and to dress accordingly. S

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Top: The trailhead of Mt. Cutler.

Bottom: The trail is a bit snowy and icy right now, but has beautiful views.

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Psychology Club to give back with teddy bears, soup Sara Horton shorton@uccs.edu

Hundreds of fuzzy friends will soon report for duty at the First Battalion Headquarters on Fort Carson. Their assignment: to bring smiles to the children of deployed soldiers.

Equipped with rolls of wrapping paper and 600 teddy bears, members of the Psychology Club plan to make this holiday season special for local children whose parents are in Afghanistan.

Members will wrap the bears around Nov. 11. As soon as details are finalized, they will set a date and call for volunteers.

The wrapping is just another example of the club’s holiday community service. The club will also volunteer for two shifts at the Marian House Soup Kitchen on Nov.19.

Although participation for this event is currently full, Tracie Schumacher, club public information chairperson, said that the club has started a back-up list.

Psychology Club President Jim Hicks called last year a “regression” in club participation, but he also mentioned how the club has rebounded this semester.

“Not only Psi Chi [the na-

tional psychology honor society] membership here at UCCS, but the club in general has over doubled in size.”

The Psychology Club has about 40 members, most of which either have a major or minor in psychology or sociology.

More involvement is being encouraged through community service. Schumacher recalled the club’s September project, where members picked up trash at Palmer Park and logged 46 man-hours.

According to Hicks, community service is central to the club’s threefold mission: advance science and psychology, develop leaders and be of service both to the Psychology Department and community through public service.

When they’re not organizing community service events during their semimonthly meetings, members commiserate over advanced statistics homework and learn from one another’s experiences.

Hicks, who transferred from San Rosa Junior College as a junior, wished that a learning resource like the Psychology Club had been available to him when he had been a freshman.

Schumacher, who also transferred as a junior from Monterey Peninsula College, agreed.

“It seems really helpful for

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The members of Psychology Club are excited to create a memorable holiday season for children. someone who’s majoring or minoring in psychology because you have a lot of other students that you probably wouldn’t meet maybe in classes alone,” said Schumacher.

“Like me, for example; I’m not into most advanced classes yet, but there are the other officers and members of the club who are at that level now. So

they’re full of hints and tips. It’s a good mentoring thing for psychology as a field of study.”

Members also have the option to join Psi Chi. Hicks, who is also chapter president of the Psi Chi chapter, noted how the Psychology Club differs.

Unlike the honor society, the club only requires an interest in psychology to join. Membership

information, meeting dates and links to social media are available at uccspsichi.org.

“Be in the Psychology Club and work into Psi Chi,” said Schumacher, who is en route to earning her Psi Chi membership.

“That’s what you want to do.”

“And that’s what we encourage everyone to do,” added Hicks. S

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Local documentary declares that growth isn’t a good thing According to the United Nations, the world has just passed the population of 7 billion people as of Oct. 31. We often hear about the associated problems with overfishing, deforestation, food production, oil use and potable water.

These issues may all sound far away, but local filmmaker Dave Gardner is relating the problems to our own backyard.

Gardner has made a new documentary, “Growthbusters,” that addresses the growing concern of overpopulation. The film will premiere on Nov. 9 at Star-

gazers Theater.

“Growthbusters” highlights the need to change our approach to economics and production. Some are beginning to wonder; at what point do humans understand that we are witnessing our own extinction?

“Most people don’t understand that perpetual growth is impossible,” said Gardner. He said he believes that we are in the beginning stages of the sixth extinction event.

Gardner also said he feels that a more sustainable path would be to have a zero or even a negative global population growth. He would like to see a move toward

a steady state economy.

Although no one knows what a steady state economy would look like, Gardiner insists that it could still function within the capitalist structure

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Most people don’t understand that perpetual growth is impossible.

that we already have.

“There’s no need to become socialists,” Gardner said. “The goal is for each generation to have a good life and stop trying to grow the economy forever.”

The film tells the story of Gardner’s personal ad-

Colorado Springs’

Mona Lisa Fondue Restaurant, much like its namesake, is shrouded in mystery. Rumors of its past existence still float around European-style eatery.

Its building was constructed in 1875 and has been a hotel, gift store and mall before it became an eatery. Rumor has it that it was even a brothel at one point.

There are supposedly tunnels underneath the building to other parts of

for the documentary was no easy task. The film was underfunded from the beginning. Grant funding was a challenge and Gardner, who also produced, directed and starred in the film, hoped to raise $500,000.

With grassroots support, he managed to raise $168,000.

The bulk of the film focuses on the growth of Colorado Springs but also features locations across the world. With help from his friends, “Growthbusters” was able to shoot footage on the West Coast, San Francisco, Australia, Ethiopia, Thailand and the U.K. According to the website growthbusters.org,

The Lowdown What: “Growthbusters” When: Nov. 9 at 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Where: Stargazers Theatre 10 S. Parkside Dr. How much: $10 for general pass More Info: growthbusters.org the earth can comfortably sustain 1-5 billion people. With a population expected to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, we will soon see if there are enough resources to go around. S

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ventures of growthbusting in Colorado Springs.

Typically, the message of neutral growth is met with skepticism or even ridicule.

“We are programmed to believe that growth is good.

The focus is on the Kool-Aid that gets us addicted to cultural programming.”

Gardner said that the wealthy elite is pushing to grow. He compared the “growth pushers” to drug dealers and likened our culture to heroin addicts. He further pointed out that growth has never made us any happier in our daily lives.

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Manitou Springs, though the owner, Jeff Kiepke, has never found them.

The Mona Lisa is now a European-style fondue restaurant. A four-course meal in this style will take about two to two-and-ahalf hours, according to Kiepke.

“It’s more traditional than, like, say, the Melting Pot,” he explained. “All of the food has its own flavors rather than being mixed into the pot.”

The restaurant’s design mimics a European boardwalk. Each room seats no more than 15 people and

most rooms seat fewer.

Kiepke said, “I wanted a very romantic, European feel.”

Each room has at least one picture of the Mona Lisa, though not all are the classic version, and each room is decorated uniquely, though they all keep a very romantic mood.

The rooms are also named. Lover’s Lane has exclusively two person tables, while the Balcony looks out over downtown Manitou Springs. “This is the hottest room in town,” said Kiepke.

Reservations are highly

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recommended. The restaurant only seats about 100 people and each table can seat two groups over the course of the night.

Kiepke bought the restaurant from Curtis Bowers in 1998. Since then, he has expanded from the original upstairs-only restaurant. In 2000, he added the downstairs seating area, and in 2003, Kiepke added a wine bar called Mona’s Wine Cellar.

The Wine Cellar is a wine tasting bar and sells flights of wine. According to Kiepke, it’s the only location in Colorado Springs that offers flights. With a flight, you get three 3-ounce pours of wine. There are 50 bottles of wine available every night.

On Fridays and Saturdays there is live music, usually acoustic guitar. There is no reservation required for the Wine Cellar, and cheese and chocolate fondue are also offered.

Kiepke said, “A lot of people will come just to Mona’s, then go off to a movie or something, a regular date. But upstairs [in the restaurant], it’s a real experience.” S

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Mona’s Wine Cellar: Thursday - Sunday, 4:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

How much: Full meal: $42-$50 per person A La Carte: $15-$25 per item Mona’s Wine Cellar Wine Flights: $8-$12 Cheese/Chocolate: $9-$18 More Info: 685-0277 monalisafondue.com

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Nothing is more satisfying than getting to the top Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu At 14,115 feet, Pike’s Peak is hard to miss, its snowcapped summit towering above the surrounding peaks. The summit can be reached by hiking the Barr Trail, a 13-mile jaunt that climbs 7,500 feet from Manitou Springs.

Just beneath Pike’s Peak, a long, treeless patch of land slices its way up a steep slope, another popular hike. This trail, known as “the Incline,” is a grueling test of fitness and endurance that will leave even the fastest Olympic athlete gasping for air.

So, you might ask yourself, why would anyone want to

climb these two trails? What is the point of pushing your body to the brink of exhaustion? To some, the answer is simple.

If you ask anyone from Colorado Springs who has had hiking “14ers” in their DNA since birth, it’s four words: “getting to the top.”

Hiking in Colorado Springs has long been one of the city’s most popular activities. Pike’s Peaks’ namesake, Zebulon Pike, Jr., had to hike the 14,115 feet in order to be credited with the discovery of one of America’s most famous mountains.

Even though he failed in 1809, many others followed his lead, hiking solely to “get to the top.”

With over 30 trails to hike within the city, it can be hard to pick a favorite trail. Each has its own unique features, difficulty and reputation.

Photo by Robert Solis Besides North Cheyenne Canyon, there are many other hikes in Colorado Springs. One of the most notable is the aforementioned Manitou Springs Incline.

According to cospringstrails.com, the Manitou Springs Incline is one of the most unique and popular trails in the area.

Originally, the trail was a cable car that hauled tourists and visitors up the slopes of the southern Rocky Mountains until it closed in 1990. Since then, the rails of the cable car have been removed, but the wooden ties remain to prevent erosion of the hill. These ties have created a steep trail that appears from the bottom as an endless “stairway to heaven.” Or a giant StairMaster.

Although many people hike the Manitou Springs Incline daily, it is technically illegal to do so. According to cospringstrail.com, the trail is jointly owned by the city of Colorado Springs and the Cog Railway.

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passing, but the city hopes to make the trail legal to climb soon.

Besides being a popular trail for recreational use, Olympic athletes also use the Manitou Springs Incline as a part of their training.

According to The New York Times, many notable athletes such as speed skater Apolo Ohno and wrestler Daniel Cromier have used the Incline while training for the Olympics.

Ohno was quoted in a New York Times article saying that the Incline is, “the one workout where people truly have to face something that is unbeatable. It is you against yourself.”

According to cospringstrails.com, the Incline is about a mile-long hike. However, about halfway up, there is a “bail-out point” where hikers can take the three and a half mile Barr Trail down if they feel that they can’t make it.

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Garden of the Gods One of the most notable areas to hike in Colorado Springs is the exquisite Garden of the Gods. According to cospringstrails.com, Garden of the Gods is a free public park that is most known for its fascinating red rock formations that are scattered throughout the area.

Garden of the Gods is located on the northwest side of town and is only about 15 or 20 minutes from UCCS. Garden of the Gods is an exceptional place to hike because its trails are all interconnected and most are paved, so it is a relatively easy hike for anyone.

According to their website, Garden of the

Gods is also a registered National Natural Landmark and has been a popular destination for tourism in Colorado Springs since it opened in 1909.

Although Garden of the Gods may be overcrowded times, the hike is well worth it as you get to see some of the most fascinating red rock formations in the entire world. The admission to the park is free and open from 5 a.m. until about 9 p.m. from November through the spring.

Garden of the Gods also offers a Visitor and Nature Center where you can learn more about the park and its history, and shop for souvenirs.

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The Crags Without question, though, the most popular hike in all of Colorado Springs is the trek to the summit of Pikes Peak. Although the Barr Trail in Manitou Springs is the most popular way to ascend Pikes Peak, there is another route.

The easiest trail here is called the Crags route. Located near the town of Divide, the trail is shorter and has less elevation gain than the Barr Trail. For inexperienced hikers looking to summit Pike’s Peak, this is the recom-

mended route, stated cospringstrails.com.

The site said the Crags route is less crowded and offers better views than the Barr Trail.

Even if you aren’t powering your way up a 14er or conquering the Incline, hiking can still be fun.

Haugberg said, “I enjoy hiking because it gets me out into nature and allows me to see things that most people never get to see. It lets me be with my friends, get exercise and see the great outdoors.”

Cheyenne Canyon

Ross Haugberg, a sophomore at UCCS and an avid hiker, has an easy favorite. “My favorite place to hike in Colorado Springs is North Cheyenne Canyon,” stated Haugberg.

The park is located near Cheyenne Mountain and is about 30 minutes from UCCS. North Cheyenne, according to the Colorado Springs website is a “city park with a wild nature.”

Haugberg thinks the same of the beautiful area. “I like it because it is really close by, but immediately upon entering the park, it seems like you are miles away from any city,” stated Haugberg.

“When you drive up a ways, there are lots of places right off the road that have excellent views of the whole city,” he said. “I also like how there are trails that span throughout the park and

connect up with other trails,” he furthered.

Among this vast network of trails, there are trails for even the most inexperienced of hikers.

“I would recommend that beginner hikers hike the Mt. Cutler trail, the Helen Hunt Falls trail and really any trail at North Cheyenne Canyon is excellent for any beginner hiker,” he stated.

According to the city of Colorado Springs website, North Cheyenne Canyon Park is a 1,000-foot-deep chasm cut into a 1.5 billion-year-old slab of granite rock.

The park has a variety of plant and animal life that can be found throughout the park. The park is about 1,600 acres and is home to many large animals that include black bears, mountain lions and mule deer. S

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Editorial

Parking feng shui: Creating harmony on campus lots Parking is an issue that seems to have been beaten to death. Not a day goes by when somebody doesn’t complain about the parking situation on campus.

The Scribe thinks it’s time to offer a constructive suggestion rather than merely complaining that something needs to be done about it.

Without having to expand on the parking garage or pave virgin ground into additional parking lots, there is a way to offer more parking to students and faculty – immediately.

The parking in question already exists; it’s just reserved for visitors.

The entire third floor of the parking garage is

off-limits to students with parking passes; it is reserved for visitor parking, though faculty members are also allowed to park there.

As it stands right now, that level of the parking garage fills up every day.

And no, there are not that many visitors to campus.

It fills up with students who do not have a parking pass because there are no more parking passes to buy.

These students are forced to pay $1.75 per hour or $8 for a full day of parking in order to go to class. If you consider that the average student goes to class for three hours a day, four days a week, and that there are 17 weeks

in the semester including finals week, this adds up to $357 per semester for parking alone.

The price for a semesterlong HUB permit is $165.

That means a student with one of these permits can park in any parking lot on campus and garage levels 1, 2 and 4 any time of day, any day of the week.

The cost of limited parking in visitor parking is nearly double that of unlimited parking for those with HUB permits.

But students are forced to pay it because Public Safety only sells a limited number of parking passes.

If that floor were opened up for permit parking as well as visitor parking, it would open up 164 addi-

tional parking spaces for students.

Public Safety could also sell more HUB permits with the additional spaces.

Visitor parking would still be available on that level, and it could work exactly as it does now: Visitors enter their stall number at the kiosk and pay for a certain amount of time in that specific stall.

But students with HUB permits would also be permitted to park there.

The other issue is faculty parking. Right now, faculty buy permits just as students do and have to park in the same crowded lots as the students.

Creating a specific fac-

ulty parking area would not only open up spaces for students, but it would alleviate some of the tension faculty feel in trying to find parking to go to work each day.

And the perfect place for faculty parking already exists on campus as well, and it’s also in the parking garage.

For whatever reason, students never venture as far as the fourth level of the parking garage. Maybe they don’t know it exists.

Since visitor parking is on level 3, many students think that’s the end of the HUB parking.

So level 4 often sits empty, even on a Wednesday afternoon – the busiest parking time of the week.

If that unused level of the parking garage is converted into faculty parking and the visitor parking level is opened up to students with HUB permits, faculty would always have a place to park, parking spaces across campus that would have been occupied by faculty would be opened up, and an entire additional level of the parking garage would be available for student parking.

Just a few rearrangements of the current parking situation could alleviate many of the parking problems on campus.

Students, faculty and Public Safety could coexist with far fewer complaints. S

Aaron Collett acollett@uccs.edu

Dr. Pepper commercial is anything but.

The scene is a take on a classic jungle chase scene – you could pull this ad and stick it in “Rambo” and not notice the difference as long as you stripped the dialogue.

But the dialogue is what makes this commercial awful.

The ad begins with a question aimed towards women: “So, ladies. You enjoying the film?” (Cue actor punching a snake and running from laser machine gun fire.)

The actor goes on to say, “Of course not. This is our movie.”

Really? The writers of this spot must think women are morons. I mean, did they get their idea of women from ‘80s sitcoms? I know plenty of women who like action

movies. I know plenty of men who don’t like action movies. What kind of brutish, woman-hating asshole says things like, “Of course you’re not enjoying this movie – it’s a man’s movie?”

Then he throws the pitch – “And Dr. Pepper 10 is our soda. It’s only got 10 manly calories…

It’s what guys want!”

What about calories makes them manly?

“Manly” calories? Seriously, I think the writers here have never met an actual woman before. I’m worried that they’ve never met a man, either.

I’ve never known anyone who said, “You know what I need to feel more like a man? A drink with only 10 calories!”

Then, looking right into the camera, “Catchphrase!”

OK, that’s a little better. It’s still weak, but slightly better. Subverting a trope can be a valid artistic choice. In fact, subverting common themes is what parodies do. But then the creators of the ad ruin it.

“So you can keep your romantic comedies and lady drinks. We’re good.”

I know that the stereotype is that men hate romantic comedies and that women drink fruity drinks, but come on. I like fruity drinks, myself – and sometimes, I enjoy a good romantic comedy.

These writers are dumb. And when I say dumb, I mean they more than likely ate paint chips by the can as children and remember (or can’t remember) what it was like napping in the back of the

car with the engine running.

Finally, we reach the worst part of the ad. The tagline says, “Dr. Pepper 10! It’s not for women!”

OK, I give up. I know this is supposed to be a parody, but come on.

I could try to come up with a more misogynist tagline, but I would have to work at it. And I’m not sure I’d succeed.

“It’s not for women?”

That makes men not want to buy it for fear that they’ll catch the stupid from the can. It also makes women not want to buy it, because well, duh.

Dr. Pepper might be trying to market this drink to hipsters who will drink Dr. Pepper “ironically.”

Well, good luck to them – everyone knows hipsters don’t drink anything that

advertises in the mainstream anyway.

Susan B. Anthony is turning in her grave. This is one of the most blatantly sexist ads that I’ve seen in a long time. I understand that it’s a parody, but parodies should actually have something that they’re parodying, and not just repeat tired, old clichés and hope that people have a parody sensor: “Parody senses tingling!”

I’m not going to call for a boycott of Dr. Pepper.

That would be an entirely out-of-proportion reaction. Also, this ad almost guarantees that a boycott will happen anyway.

I will say, however, that this commercial, far from making me want to drink the new Dr. Pepper, makes me want to stop drinking the Dr. Pepper that I already drink. S

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A lot of people who watch the Superbowl pay more attention to the commercials than to the game. That’s because Superbowl commercials tend to be awesome.

However, some advertisers seem to think that good commercials should only air during the Superbowl, because the new

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Facial hair: If you can’t tame it, you don’t deserve it

Molly Mrazek mmrazek@uccs.edu A row ahead of me, about eight seats to the right, sat a mess of wiry hair, front and back. The beard was about mid-chest length and looked like a mix between a Hell’s Angel biker and Santa Claus.

The hair, although barely held back by a tired-looking bandana, was a coarse, triangular disarray that created a blanket across his back.

Needless to say, I had a little trouble focusing on the speaker at the writing

session I was attending because the guy was distracting me with the mass of hair that enveloped his entire being.

There is a difference between sexy scruff and a hobo who hasn’t shaved in a month. As no-shaveNovember approaches and men try to prove their manhood by growing out their facial hair with no regard for trimming or taming, we must consider the implications of unselfconsciouslygrown facial hair on every other month of the year.

Go ahead and be lazy for the month of November and join your brothers in solidarity. But the other 11 months of the year, you should have a look of either: baby-faced, a lightly peppered or an organized facial-hair style.

I have nothing against facial hair. However, I think guys that are college-aged or in their early 20s some-

times use the fact that they are suddenly able to grow facial hair as an excuse to get lazy.

There are some guys who grow a goatee or a beard, but for some reason, also grow random bits of hair here and there around their face. Or, they let the facial hair they already have get scraggly and they trim the other bits.

No. Don’t do that; don’t be lazy.

If girls get teased when we miss one day of shaving our legs, you guys are certainly getting teased for missing a week of shaving and looking like you’re starting a collection of patchy hair on your face.

However, with that being said about disorganized facial hair, I think most girls would agree that there’s something extremely attractive about the sexy scruff or the five o’clock shadow.

Enough said.

Every two years, there is a World Beard and Moustache Championships with 17 categories of styles of facial hair in which to compete.

Some of the categories are the Fu Manchu, the Garibaldi and the Musketeer. The rules of the championships are very strict: There are certain lengths that the moustache or beard are allowed to be, the facial hair has to start in the right place and you either are or are not allowed to use aids to style your facial hair.

Apparently, growing facial hair can be a real art.

No joke, there is a freestyle beard or moustache category where the contestants style and weave intricate designs into their facial hair. It’s like a fancy up-do on your face.

And it’s not young men either. It’s old men, experienced in the arduous task of growing hair on their faces.

Photo by Nikki Tysoe

Some men need to work on taming their facial hair.

These are no puberty-ridden, peach-fuzzed amateurs. No, sir. They have 30 or more years of having hairy faces, which have given them the ability to hone their craft.

I’m pretty sure these men would laugh at any disorganized, feeble attempt at manliness in facial hair. In

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fact, they look like the kind of men that would even give it a good tug and say, “Hey, nice try sonny!”

So, to put it simply, if you got it, go ahead and flaunt it, but in a controlled, attractive, complimentary way. If you don’t, shave it. Some guys have it, others don’t. Be honest with yourselves. S

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March to the beat of your own drum, but stay out of my way

Matt Sidor msidor@uccs.edu When I need to get from Point A to Point B on this

hilly campus, I like to make the whole process as quick and efficient as possible.

I’ll start pumping my legs hard, stretch out my stride into a long gait, and stare intently ahead.

That’s right: I’m one of those manic “fast walkers” you’ve probably noticed moving briskly past you on the sidewalk.

My sport of choice is long-distance running, so I guess walking at a brisk pace just feels a little more natural to me. Not to mention that I’m 6’5” with size 15 shoes, which gives me the appearance of a mutant-

like stride.

It recently occurred to me that all pedestrians can be divided into exactly two classes: crazy “fast walkers” like me, and normal “slow walkers” like most of you. (Don’t take offense if I’m calling you a “slow walker” – it’s just that, well, you walk slower than me.)

Sometimes it can be difficult for fast walkers and slow walkers to get past each other, especially during those crowded periods between classes. So I’d like to give all you slow walkers a little unsolicited

advice: 1) If you have to be doing something on your phone, you must glance up every five seconds. As a fast walker, I’m always planning my moves 25 steps ahead, and when I see you up ahead tapping in the next great “Text from Last Night,” I get nervous. Odds are you’ll make an unexpected sharp turn without looking up and I’ll have to dive out of your way at the last second.

2) Keep to the right, just like driving. Imagine a solid yellow line running down the middle of the sidewalk

or hallway, and keep to your side of the path. This goes for buildings with two or more sets of doors: Always go through the door on the far right.

3) If you’re walking with a group of your friends, you don’t need to all be walking side-by-side-by-sideby-side. I realize it’s more convenient to have everybody in your peripheral vision as you walk together, but it turns you all into a giant human push broom that shoves everyone else out of the way as you stroll obliviously down the hall.

It’s okay to walk in a stag-

gered formation.

4) If you run into a friend or colleague and want to stop and chat for a minute, MOVE OVER. For some reason, this happens a lot on stairs. As important as I’m sure your conversation is, it doesn’t need to happen in the middle of the pathway.

If we all follow these simple little rules of mine, I think we’ll finally reach the day when fast walkers and slow walkers can coexist peacefully.

Thanks for your time.

Now get the hell out of my way! :) S

Salary Negotiation Workshop, which, according to the AAUW’s website, “teaches a college/university woman how to determine what employers are paying for the job she wants when she graduates and how to negotiate to be paid what she is worth doing that job.”

The event itself is a valid and helpful one; there may be plenty of people unaware or unsure of how to enter the work place.

The problem is the fact that we are even in need of this workshop. That the work place continues to be so intimidating and glass ceiling oriented that women must “learn” skills for requesting that they be paid more when they deserve it and have been working hard.

A study by the AAUW, which examined how the

wage gap affects college graduates, said that wage disparities kick in shortly after college graduation, when women and men should, absent of discrimination, be on a level playing field.

One year after graduating college, however, women are paid on average only 80 percent of their male counterparts’ wages, and during the following 10 years, women’s wages fall even further behind, dropping to only 69 percent of men’s earnings, according to the study. This is a full 10 years after college.

According to the AAUW report, even after “controlling for hours, occupation, parenthood, and other factors normally associated with pay, college-educated women still earn less than their male peers earn. . . . A large portion of the gender

pay gap is not explained by women’s choices or characteristics.”

The pay rate falls sharply further for women of color.

African-American women earn just 64 cents to every dollar earned by white men, and for Hispanic and Native American women, that figure drops to merely 52 cents per dollar.

Though the wages of Asian American women are reported to be more equal to that of white women, they continue to be an invisible community within mainstream culture.

Gender-based and racial wage discrimination persists 48 years after the Equal Pay Act was put in place. Let’s not forget the additional unwritten rules of success: Men are rated based on performance and women based on appear-

ance.

Despite it being illegal and plain rude for an employer to use a woman’s level of attractiveness, oh, excuse me, what they find to be attractive, a requirement for a particular job category, this hasn’t prevented it from happening.

In the case, Wilson v. Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines tried to justify its policy that only “attractive” women could work as flight attendants and ticket agents.

The airline argued that sex appeal was a “qualification,” and additionally said that Southwest wanted to project a “sexy image and fulfill its public promise to take passengers skyward with love.”

Luckily, the case was denied, though this doesn’t dismiss how ridiculous it is that this was even

suggested. The influence of machismo and meeting the needs of the male hasn’t changed much over the years.

Even with the way men’s share of the labor force has declined from 70 percent in 1945 to less than 50 percent today, men continue to be overrepresented in government and business, making more money and, according to the majority of women I have spoken with, doing fewer dishes.

Enabling women to create strategies for how to ask for more pay is a step and I applaud the efforts of the AAUW for doing so. But this step shouldn’t just be with women. Guys, pay attention. If you notice your fellow [woman] being mistreated at work, put your machismo aside and say something. S

would practice common courtesy.

But, it is the 21st century, and people are just too busy to be courteous.

But just think about how pleasant life could be if they were.

Consider the library.

At each entrance, there is an “in” door and an “out” door. At the UC entrance especially, everyone is in far too big of a hurry to go all the way around the desk to the “out” door upon exiting the library, so they go out the “in” door.

When nobody is coming in, that is perfectly fine. But when someone is coming in the “in” door, common courtesy would suggest that the person going out would yield to the person coming in. It is, after all, the “in”

door.

But what really happens is that people coming out just barrel through and give the people coming in dirty looks for not getting out of their way.

While generally an insignificant occurrence, something like this does tend to leave a small gray cloud in its wake.

Another prime example is the telephone. A person should not expect other people to return phone calls if they can’t make it to an appointment or commitment, or even pick up the phone at all if they don’t recognize the number.

The standard practice these days is to leave a voicemail, cross your fingers and wish on a shooting star that the person might

actually return the call. If it’s something really important, you might have better luck with a barrage of phone calls than a voicemail.

And when people can’t make it to meetings, instead of calling (or even sending a simple text message) to announce their tardiness, they simply don’t show up.

This applies to social engagements, job interviews, meetings, class and even work. The standard operating procedure is to just explain later.

Unfortunately, that approach wastes one person’s time and leads to tension later. A simple heads-up could prevent that.

And for whatever reason, people have gotten into the practice of not picking up

the phone when they don’t recognize the number.

That’s fine for a five-yearold who isn’t supposed to talk to strangers, but adults often receive phone calls from unknown numbers for various reasons.

A friend might have gotten a new phone number, or a potential employer might want to set up a job interview. Worst-case scenario: It’s a telemarketer, and they are fairly easy to get rid of.

In any of these situations, the common-courtesy approach takes very little time and effort, but it saves everyone else a whole lot of time, effort and annoyance.

The unfortunate reality of today, however, is that whenever people practice common courtesy, we act as though they deserve a

medal. It is such a surprise when someone returns a phone call or opens a door for someone else.

Sure, it is wonderful when something so small can make your day, but if everyone practiced common courtesy every day, we would all be in much better moods to begin with.

Instead of complaining about the guy who didn’t hold the door for you when your hands were full and you spilled your coffee trying to catch it, you might just breeze through the door, enjoy your coffee and help the next guy with his groceries.

Courtesy is contagious.

If we all act just a bit more pleasant to one another, we might just enjoy a more pleasant existence. S

Women are still working twice as hard to earn half as much

Catherine Jensen cjensen2@uccs.edu The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has been addressing issues faced by women on college campuses since 1888 and has included grant recipients like Marie Curie and Margaret Mead.

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Common courtesy: An attainable goal or an antiquated practice?

Cherise Fantus cfantus@uccs.edu Common courtesy, like common sense, is not as common as its name would suggest. “Common” means widespread or general, or pertaining to a majority of people.

That would suggest that the majority of people

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Did you know?

- Jay Kim, jkim@uccs.edu

Did you know that UCCS is home to a prestigious group of mathematicians? Taylor “TK” Klotz, an undergraduate student, has given talks at conferences. He also co-wrote a paper recently published in “Applicable Analysis,” an international journal focused on problems in science and engineering, with Assistant Professor Barbara Prinari from the math department, who has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Lecce, Italy, and an MS in math from the University of Salento, Italy. Others who worked on the paper were Garrett Dean, who is now a graduate student, and Federica Vitale, a former student of Prinari. Prinari has also worked with Mark Ablowitz, who works at the Applied Math Department at CU Boulder.

They both have done significant work on the mathematics behind optical fibers, as well as applications in other parts of physics, such as tsunami modeling. S

Campus Chatter

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With so many military bases close to campus and with so many members of the student body being part of the military, we were curious how some of you view your connections to the military. Here are a few of your answers.

Jake Walker

Senior, Biology Are you affiliated with the military, or do you know anyone in the military?

A couple of my best friends are in the military.

Where are they stationed?

One’s in Oklahoma; the other is in Tennessee. One of them’s enlisted; the other’s about to go to flight school.

Amanda Ewers

Invisible Joe

Student Success

Are you affiliated with the military, or do you know anyone in the military?

My dad’s Navy, my brother’s Air Force and my best friend’s Army.

Where are they stationed?

My best friend’s in Afghanistan. It’s really rough. Iraq was his first, Afghanistan his second. He still has seven months.

How did you like growing up with the military?

I love it. I love going places and meeting new people all the time. I have a big family; we had each other.

Do you do anything special for Veteran’s Day? We have a big party with all of the military in our family, including extended family.

Photo by Robert Solis

Everyone knows that college students don’t always make the best decisions. Invisible Joe is no exception. He drank a little too much last night, and will have a hangover this morning. S

Bill Eveland

Freshman, Computer Science Security

Are you affiliated with the military, or do you know anyone in the military?

My dad is retired Army.

How was that growing up?

It’s good; I liked it. Meeting a lot of people, seeing a lot of places, developed social skills. I was born in San Antonio, moved to Georgia, went to Korea; lived here ever since.

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Office of Sustainability Are you affiliated with the military, or do you know anyone in the military?

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Freshman, Psychology Are you affiliated with the military, or do you know anyone in the military?

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Is he stationed anywhere?

He’s stationed here, on Peterson.

How is that?

A lot of his freedom was taken away. People are always telling him, “Thank you for your service.” He’s the only person in his unit who got to go where he wanted to. S

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Bomb squad whips up a batch 10. of quick and dirty applesauce St. Jebus thescribblepage@gmail.com

The campus bomb squad was dispatched Wednesday afternoon to detonate a suspicious apple core discovered in parking lot 1.

Anyone near Lot 1 was ushered away by S.W.A.T. team members wearing full bomb gear. The campus bomb squad was on full alert all night.

Student Rob Safe reported the suspicious apple core to campus police early Wednesday afternoon. Campus police immediately mobilized the bomb squad.

After getting all of the cars moved, campus police determined that the apple core was too volatile to attempt disarming. The UCCS bomb squad detonated the core themselves at 8 p.m.

“Littering is a big problem,” said Chief of Police Tim Rice. “It’s like a war.”

Bomb squad team leader Pauly Shame was pleased with the outcome. “My team had a good day. We even saved some applesauce for later.”

Other members were less sanguine. Sam Seal said, “Shucks, sometimes you screw one up. But seriously, I wish we had been able to disarm the apple.”

Ben Bovine added, “Yeah, it would have been nice.

But, sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make omelets.”

The cars were moved with a magnetic crane – the same type that junkyards use. The cars were stacked on the side of the parking lot to create a barrier for the

police.

Rice explained, “We like to be green – we do our best to use materials already at the site to create our barriers.”

Anyone noticing small dents in the roof of their car after parking in Lot 1 on Wednesday can report to Campus Safety for a “quick-fix kit,” which contains a small hammer.

Sally Special, the designer of the kits, said, “We’re really excited about these. All you have to do is tap the dent from the inside of the car, and voila! It’s fixed.”

Campus Safety was happy with its response time.

Rice said, “We only took about two hours to move all of the cars away from the potential threat. We also really moved when deciding to blow it ourselves – only took another two hours. We’re really proud of ourselves.”

Rice publicly thanked Safe for reporting the apple core: “With students like him on campus, we feel a lot safer. Other students could take lessons on civic duty from him.”

Safe remained humble: “I just saw the apple core on the ground and thought, ‘That’s not right, man.’ It really did worry me.”

Safe had just come out of a lecture on campus safety.

“I almost went and threw it away,” he said. “But then I was like, ‘What if it’s a bomb?’ That would be really bad to pick it up, then.”

“We need more students like Safe,” continued Rice.

“So many students just pick up trash and toss it. Nobody thinks about the possibility that it’s going to blow up.” S

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Men’s basketball team boasts depth and athleticism Tyler Bodlak tbodlak@uccs.edu

One look at the UCCS men’s basketball roster is all it takes to notice that this year’s team is unusual. Out of the 17 members on the team, there is only one sophomore and one senior. The rest are freshman and juniors.

Head coach Russ Caton has never coached a team quite like this one. Experience is limited and senior leadership is scarce. But what the team lacks in experience, it makes up for in depth and athleticism.

“We have some good depth this year, so we should be able to use a few more guys and go a little bit stronger as the season goes on,” said Caton.

“The athleticism this year is also going to help us do some things that we haven’t been able to do in the past.”

One of those new, athletic pieces is 6-foot, 11-inch junior center, Kyle Clark, a player Caton says is the tallest he’s coached.

“He moves real well.

You know, a lot of times big guys at this level are real stiff, but he is pretty active,” said Caton. “We also have another big kid

that is real strong that will help banging around with the big guys. So we’ve got some new elements that are going to help us out.”

Perhaps no sport requires as much teamwork as basketball. With so many new players, however, Caton acknowledges that it might take some time for the team to gel.

“The biggest challenge this year is going to be getting everyone to play together. We have lots of inexperience with each other so it might take us a bit to get rolling, but I’ve had some really hard working teams, and this might the be the best one I’ve had as far as that goes.

Real focused and real dedicated,” said Caton.

Following a disappointing 9-17 season last year that ended without a playoff berth, the team has its eyes set on a return trip to the postseason.

“We have some different goals than before with only four returners because a lot of guys don’t know what to expect in the conference. But it’s always to get to the playoffs. We’ve been there fairly consistently, but it’s time to get there and start doing something,” said

Photo courtesy of gomountainlions.com

Junior Kyle Clark is one of many new players on this year’s basketball team.

Caton.

The Mountain Lion’s first live action will come on Nov. 7 when UCCS

will take on Weber State in an exhibition game.

The season officially begins with a home game on

Nov. 11 against Winona State.

“It’s going to be a fun team to watch,” said Ca-

ton. “They’re exciting and they can do a lot of things, so it’s going to be worth checking out.” S

Rec Center offers exercise classes to help students get in shape Ryan Adams radams3@uccs.edu

As the weather outside turns frightful, the exercise classes at the Rec Center are looking more delightful. This fall semester, the Rec Center is hosting numerous exercise classes for students, staff and faculty.

“Our current group fitness offering for the fall semester includes Vinyasa-Flow Yoga, Aquaexercise, Aqua Yoga, Cardio Circuit, Pilates, Stretching & Flexibility and Zumba,” stated Tim Stoecklein, who oversees fitness at the Rec Center.

All of these classes are offered either before classes start in the morning or after classes end in the afternoon to make them more available to students. For example, Aqua-exercise and Aqua Yoga are offered at 6:30 a.m.

But for those students who like their sleep, the

Rec Center also offers classes at 12 p.m. and in the evening starting at 5 p.m.

“We currently offer 12 classes each week on various days and times.

The schedule and descriptions can be found on our Rec Center website under the “fitness” tab,” said Stoecklein.

In order to participate, students, faculty and staff need to buy a “group fitness pass.” The pass is $5 for students and $10 for faculty and staff. The pass gives participants access to all 12 group classes, and pass holders can join any class at the time that works best for their schedule.

Among the 12 classes, Stoecklein has seen a couple emerge as favorites. “All of our classes are doing really well this semester in terms of participation and quality of experience,” he said.

“In terms of numbers, vinyasa-flow, yoga and zumba are our top classes

this semester,” he furthered.

Stoecklein also mentioned a huge increase in participation this semester in not only vinyasa-flow,yoga and zumba, but in all 12 classes.

“At last check, we are up 150 percent in participation over last fall at this time,” stated Stoecklein.

If you are interested in joining any of the Rec Center’s exercise classes, sign up at the Rec Center.

Tim Stoecklein can be reached at 255-7519 for questions, or the employees at the desk can answer any questions you have, as well. S

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Experience will be key for Lady Mountain Lions Tyler Bodlak tbodlak@uccs.edu

When Air Force scheduled an exhibition game against UCCS, they didn’t expect to be tested.

It was supposed to be one of those annual tune ups that Division I programs often schedule against lower division teams, a cupcake sort of game.

But the Mountain Lions didn’t get the memo.

Behind big games from both Jessica and Danielle Brown, the Lady Mountain Lions survived a second half rally from the Falcons, and ultimately prevailed, 66-65.

“Jess and Danielle got us off to a great start with their dribble penetration,” said head coach Corey Laster through gomountainlions.com.

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made shots early, which gave us confidence and made a big difference.”

It would have been one of the biggest wins in program history, but instead is just another reason to be excited for the actual season, slated to begin Friday, Nov. 11 against Winona State.

With all five starters returning from last year’s squad, Laster believes that their leadership and experience will be key to the team’s success.

“We return eight players that all played critical roles for us. Their experience is already playing dividends with our young players. They know the drills and know what I expect in practice so their leadership is critical,” said Laster.

Despite the plethora of returning talent, Laster

also recognizes the importance of the team’s younger players. “Development of our young players and the development of our on-floor chemistry will be key. We are on the road a lot for the first half of RMAC play, which is difficult.

We need to find a way to stay in the hunt early,” he said.

The Lady Mountain Lions open up the season with eight of their first nine games on the road, so stealing a few games on the road will be crucial. Their first home game is Nov. 19 against West Texas A&M. Last week’s win against Air Force will not show up in the record books. Officially, it counts for nothing. But unofficially, the season is off to a good start. S

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Danielle Brown at the Air Force Academy on Nov. 2.

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