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Mountain Lions win first RMAC title in school history

Decision process is underway 2

Islam lecture Professor from University of Houston to speak on Islam and ISIS 4

CULTURE

‘The Shadow’ Enchanting play delves into the complexity of psychology 7

Local beer

A look into the best brews and pubs in the Colorado Springs area 7

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The UCCS men’s basketball team celebrates after defeating Metro State in the RMAC Shootout final on March 7 in Denver.

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OPINION

Daylight saving The practice no longer useful 9

Strangers Don’t judge people before knowing them 9

SPORTS

Recruiting Men’s and women’s soccer sign future players 11

Kirchoff spotlight Guard wins RMAC Player of the Year 12

The face of the RMAC is officially located in Colorado Springs, and two years ago, that didn’t seem possible.

UCCS took down twotime reigning champions Metro State 82-65 on March 7 in Denver to become the 2015 RMAC Shootout champions. In 2012-13, the Mountain Lions won five games.

UCCS overcame early turnovers to defeat Metro, who had defeated UCCS every time they played until this season, when the Mountain Lions beat Metro at home on Dec. 12 and then in the tournament final.

“We finally got one and that feels sweet,” said head coach Jeff Culver. “It’s nice to beat the best, and they’ve been the best for some time.”

The Mountain Lions overcame unsuccessful recent history in the Auraria Events Center, where they had fallen the previous three times, including the 2014 RMAC Shootout final and by a point in the regular season finale on Feb. 28.

“I was tired of finishing in second place.” said tournament MVP Derrick White. “I was motivated to find a way to get up there.”

Two three-pointers in a

row from Alex Welsh gave UCCS a 54-41 lead with 15 minutes left, and senior Alex Koehler hit two key threepointers, his only shots of the game, down the stretch to help seal the victory.

A three from White that was almost from the Roadrunner logo in the center of the court gave the Mountain Lions a 75-61 lead with 3:08 remaining.

Culver saw a different performance from his team this time compared to the one point loss Feb. 28.

“I felt like today we played much more like our game,” he said.

RMAC player of the year Mitch McCarron and Derrick White dueled all night, with the two scoring 16 points each in the first half. But White outpaced McCarron in the second half, finishing with 37 points to McCarron’s 27.

That 2012-13 season molded UCCS, according to White.

“We had a lot of hard losses but that shaped us, it’s exciting to see how far we’ve come.”

With the win, the Mountain Lions will officially move on to the NCAA tournament after garnering the automatic bid from the RMAC. Their opponent was not determined at press time.

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Junior guard Derrick White drives to the hoop against Metro State.

Culver knows that the RMAC plays a key role in preparing the team for games with national importance.

“We love being in this conference. It really does get you ready for the national

stage.”

White is already looking forward to the next challenge, the NCAA tournament.

“We have to understand that this is not the end,” he said.

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UCCS to be grand marshal in St. Patrick’s Day Parade Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

Over 200 students, faculty and anyone related to UCCS will be marching through downtown Colorado Springs on March 14 from 12-2 p.m.

Brad Bayer, executive director of Student Life and Leadership, said the school was asked to be the grand marshal by parade officials as part of celebrating the 50-year

anniversary of UCCS. “To the students I think it’s an opportunity to show pride in our university. Anyone that’s participating is very proud to be here and all the wonderful things that we have been doing.”

The eight UCCS entries in the parade include SGA carrying a 50-year banner followed by members of the Army ROTC color guard and the school pep band performing music from the

1960s.

A special guest in the parade will be 1966 alumnus Arnold Taylor, the first graduate of UCCS, with his wife Beth and daughter Denise.

The other entries will be the UCCS legacy builders, with professors and instructors that have taught students here for over forty years and CU Regent Stephen Ludwig, UCCS class of 1993.

Stephen Cucchiara,

assistant director of Student Activities, said most UCCS people in the parade will be wearing green 50-year t-shirts.

“We are really excited to be a part of the parade and to be honored as the Grand Marshal. We look forward to representing UCCS,” said Cucchiara.

The last portion of the UCCS section in the parade will have a float with a wooden clock tower,

mountains and Clyde, while the last entry is a shuttle bus wrapped in 50 anniversary décor.

“I think it’s very important for us to be in the parade and I think our community supports us very much and it’s our opportunity to have fun, be visible in the community and give back,” said Bayer.

Interested students should reach out to Bayer at bbayer@ uccs.edu by March 10 at 5 p.m.

Laws and website offer educational copyright exceptions Evan Musick emusick@uccs.edu

Copyright laws can be complicated, but options exist for students and professors to use the system in a legally sound manner.

Carla Myers, director of Access Services and Scholarly Communications, explained the general framework of these alternative means.

“There is a copyright law, and there are exceptions that are written into a law. And these exceptions let us reuse copyrighted works without having to ask permission, maybe without having to pay a license fee.”

She explained that current copyright law says that when posting works online for educational purposes, there is a certain scope of rules that apply, but that nothing is

concrete.

Creative Commons is one way to legally use copyrighted material in an educational context.

According to their website, Creative Commons is a “nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.”

Any individual who creates a work, such as writing, can upload it to the Creative Commons website, choose a license that determines how much others can use that work, and have it become accessible to the public through the website.

Michelle Neely, assistant professor in the English department, uses Creative Commons in her classroom.

“This notion that ideas can - and should - be built upon, revised and re-seen resonates with me,” Neely said in an

email. “We and our students read research, interpret it, and build upon earlier ideas and findings. Where would we be if earlier work was all proprietary and locked up?”

The concept of ideas being free and accessible is critical, said Neely, who believes students should become involved with Creative Commons, including contributing content.

Myers said there are two additional ways in which copyrighted material may be used in a more liberal manner.

The first are exceptions made by Fair Use in the U.S. Copyright Law. Within this, there are four factors to be considered: the purpose of your use, the nature of the work that you are using, the amount you want to use and the effect on the potential market.

The second way is the TEACH Act, which was

passed by Congress in 2002, allowing those who were teaching classes online to have the ability to use copyrighted material. This use has to fall under what is considered reasonable and limited.

“Reasonable and limited does not mean you cannot use the whole thing, but it means you have to have a darn good excuse why you need to use the whole thing, ” Myers said.

According to Myers, if an online course instructor wants to utilize the TEACH Act, the instructor must ask themselves if they truly want to share the work and then how much they want to share.

If the material used by the instructor does not fall under the guidelines provided by either Fair Use or the TEACH Act, the instructor can ask for permission to use the material.

“Go to the rights holder and say: ‘Hey, is it OK if I post

this whole entire work, or is it OK if I use this portion?’” said Myers.

Much of the time, rights holders agree that the instructor can use the material, Myers said.

Liesl Eberhardt, senior instructor in the communication department, recalled when she was unsure of the material that was allowable in her classroom.

“I asked the publishing representative for one of my courses if it was OK if I post publisher provided PowerPoint slides on Blackboard for students in case they missed class or to study for exams,” Eberhart said in an email.

Eberhardt was permitted to use the materials because it was private and only available to students who were taking the course and had purchased the book. But she was not allowed to post the information on public sites such as YouTube.

Resident Assistant hiring underway, 65 applications received Natalie Bluhm nbluhm3@uccs.edu

May the odds be ever in your favor as the resident assistant hiring process begins.

With free room and board as compensation, being an RA is one of the more popular jobs on campus.

Molly Kinne, the associate director for Residence Life, said that around 70 people showed up during the rounds of information sessions that were held in the last week of January and throughout February.

Anybody who will be enrolled as a UCCS student for the 2015-2016 school year was allowed to apply. 65 applications were received.

“We’ve had students from other campuses apply, when they know they’re transferring in,” Kinne said.

But it is rare for freshmen to apply since they usually do

not know about the position and would not know enough about campus and resources.

According to senior biology major Christian Fergins, the hiring process can be very rigorous for students. Fergins was an RA for two years.

The process starts with an application that includes a resume, two references and a few essay questions.

From there applicants go into a group process that is, as Kinne noted, an assimilation of team building exercises that evaluate an applicant’s leadership, communication and listening skills.

Next, individual interviews are held with a panel consisting of professional staff, a senior RA and a campus administrator.

A select few then go on to have final interviews with Kinne and Ralph Giese, director of Residence Life.

Applicants typically find out

if they got the job in early April.

If somebody does not make it on that top list, they are put on an alternate list, which is what happened to Fergins.

“If they get placed on the alternate list like I did, not to despair because many alternate spots become actual positions,” he said. “Just because somebody gets that acceptance letter does not mean they are going to follow through actually accepting that position.”

The fact that there are only a few positions available each year is what makes the process competitive.

Giese gave some insight into what makes an applicant stand out.

“They have to have a passion for wanting to help,” he said.

“They have to have really great communication skills and certainly display leadership skills. Those things are really important.”

Kinne agreed.

“Room and board shouldn’t be the sole reason that someone wants to be an RA because there is so much other stuff that you will have to deal with. It doesn’t end up being a good experience if that is their only reason,” she said.

Kinne also explained that being an RA is great for resumes.

“I’ve heard from a lot of folks that are even not necessarily affiliated with the university, but they see that someone was an RA on their resume and it’s like they are automatically hired.”

RAs develop skills that often set them apart when applying for jobs.

“It really gives that person, who becomes an RA, some really incredible and transferable skills into all different fields,” Giese said.

RAs learn how to plan

events, manage crises and also “have to be pretty intimately involved in the knowledge of campus resources from everything from excel centers to the counseling center.”

Fergins reiterated that being an RA is not for everyone.

“This is not an easy job ...

Some people don’t make it.”

Training sessions give first year RAs a taste of what their job will look like.

“Sometimes training is too much for people and sometimes people will leave mid-year because it’s too much for them,” Fergins said.

As challenging as it is, Giese, who was also an RA while in college, encourages students to see the benefits of the jobs.

“It was a life changing experience, and although it doesn’t impact everyone that way, it can really change the way you look at what you want to do with your life.”

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Professor to return, teach energy science course after 30-year absence April Wefler awefler@uccs.edu

A new course is going to be offered in energy science, if it gets approved by an LAS committee.

The 4,000-level course, titled “Photovoltaics,” discusses the fabrication and economics of various photovoltaic technologies, as well as the integration into panels and a look at future cell and storage technologies.

The course will teach the physics of a solar cell, solar cell design and its application in single-house and large arrays for producing electricity.

The main purpose of photovoltaics, essentially solar cells, is to generate electricity from light.

“I’m really excited about it. It’s the first new course that we’ve had in many years in the program,” said Jim Burkhart, professor and chair of the physics department.

The course, taught by Robert Jones, is targeted at science or engineering students with an interest in solar electric energy. Jones is a renowned expert in the field of photovoltaics and a former UCCS professor returning after a 30-year absence.

“I’m very interested in energy and sustainability,” he said.

Jones introduced solar thermal classes during his original UCCS career and then spent 25 years in the industry. “[Studying photovoltaics] seems appropriate at this point in time,” Jones said. “The cost has gone way down on

photovoltaics and it will be feasible for some applications as the cost continues to decrease.”

Jones said photovoltaic cost is decreasing because of volume of production and time on the market. He said that technology starts out expensive; as it matures and more science and engineering goes into it, the expense lessens.

When Jones moved back to Colorado, he visited Burkhart, who convinced him to design the course.

Jones said the course is optional and that he hopes the students will be excited about it.

“If they’re interested in photovoltaics or the possibility of working in that area, it’s a good course to take,” he said.

“I think it’s going to be

great,” Burkhart said. “Those students who are taking the energy science track in physics will love it.”

He said that while we do have a lot of coal, there is pressure to stop using the resources because it releases carbon dioxide, sulfur and other gases into the environment.

“It is so clear that [finding other ways of] energy is probably one of the most important facets of our civilization because we are running out of fossil fuels,” Burkhart said.

He also said that our oil is a limited resource and we will run out of it.

Although energy science students learn about fossil fuels, the emphasis is on solar, nuclear and wind energy.

“All of these are long-term.

It can last us for centuries,” Burkhart said.

Energy science, which is offered as a track in the physics department, consists of a solar energy lecture, a solar energy lab, an introduction to energy science course, a 2000-level course focusing on sustainable energy, two 3000-level courses focusing on wind and nuclear energy and the new Photovoltaics course.

The physics department started in 1975, two years before Burkhart started teaching at UCCS. The department, which split from the math department, only offered energy science distributed studies originally.

“Our research has changed completely, but we still want to keep a part of us in energy science.”

Retention rates for pre-health professionals low Evan Musick emusick@uccs.edu

Although retention rates for pre-medical students are difficult to track, some data offers a look into what leads to a student remaining in their original program.

Bev Kratzer, director of the Career Center, explained that when students decide to take pre-professional courses, they take on a course load that may be more difficult than expected.

“Sometimes what happens is that those particular students, or anyone who’s looking at a professional program, don’t understand the level of studies that have to go into success in those kinds of programs,” she said.

This can lead to a

student dropping the preprofessional courses, affecting the retention rates of that particular profession.

But some retention rates are difficult to track.

Barbara Gaddis, executive director of Student Retention and First Year Experience, explained that there is a difference within pre-professions.

When applying to a professional college within the university, such as engineering, if an applicant lacks a certain requirement they are put into a preengineering designation in the school’s system until they meet the requirements of the engineering college.

But if a student wants to go to medical school after graduating, there are pre-requisite classes that

have to be taken. These students declare themselves pre-medical. But preprofessional programs do not appear as pre-medical in the school tracking system.

Prior to the fall 2013 semester, Gaddis selected a group of 85 freshmen who identified as premedical during orientation and tracked them to their sophomore year. Not all returned identifying themselves the same.

“So the retention rate of those [85] is similar to what just any non-pre-med major would be,” she said.

The rate is about 67 to 68 percent.

Gaddis said students who did well in high school had a higher retention rate. Also, the student’s first semester is a large indicator.

“So, if they had below a 2.0 in their fall, very low retention rates. If they have above a 2.0, much higher retention rates. If they got above a 3.5, 100 percent are retained. So how they do in the fall that first semester, really predicts how well they are retained.”

Tracking a student who goes on to attend a school that falls in line with their pre-profession after graduating is also difficult.

“The problem with the data is it depends on [students] telling us. So they have to come back and say, ‘I’m accepted, and I am going to this [graduate school],’” Gaddis said.

She also mentioned that UCCS has a large support for those who fall under the pre-health profession, such

as pre-medical.

Assigned success coaches, a pre-health club, the Science Center and monthly visits from Christian Valtierra of Anschutz Medical School are a few options.

Stephanie West, a premedical UCCS student who graduated in 2013 with her Bachelors in Human Biology, evaluated the support she received.

“The support was astounding, especially with the professor I researched with. She even helped another student and I attend medical scholar meetings at CU Boulder.”

West attended medical school overseas for a semester, and is back at UCCS for pre-requisite classes for pharmacy school.

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Visiting professor to give talk on Islam and ISIS April Wefler awefler@uccs.edu

Almost daily, reports emerge of violent actions by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Emran El-Badawi will be giving a lecture on “Islam, Violence, and the Problem of ISIS” on March 9 at 5 p.m. in Dwire Hall 121. A question and answer session will follow.

The lecture will look at the genealogy of ISIS and how Americans are involved.

“As we see with these beheading videos and other news stories that come out about activities of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, it’s clear that they are a threat, but it’s unclear how big a threat and what the religion component of ISIS is,” said Jeffrey Scholes, director of the Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life.

Scholes said that there’s a tendency to see Islam as a violent religion.

“I personally think that’s a very dangerous connection to make immediately. To label

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Professor Emran El-Badawi will lecture at UCCS on March 9.

all Islam is wrong, but I also think there could be a version of Islam that is motivating and driving these specific groups,” he said.

“This stuff happens all the time; you get kind of fundamentalist thinkers all around the world,” said ElBadawi, program director and assistant professor of Arab studies at the University of

Houston.

“This kind was fostered by oil wealth, mobilizing religion through oil wealth and later on, getting involved with different foreign policies, namely U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.”

“It’s very important to realize our place in the world and what we’ve done,” he added. “ISIS didn’t happen

overnight. [There were] red flags sounding for years and years; nobody took heed.”

El-Badawi said that it is important for Americans to understand that we went into Iraq and destroyed a peaceful country.

“We need to follow our foreign policy more; we need to see what kinds of bills are passed in our name. We need to be very actively involved,” he said.

He said that four presidents over a period of 20 years have been bombing Iraq. He also said that since 1776, the United States has been in a state of conventional war for about 70 percent of the time.

“I want [the audience] to know that it’s complex, and we as U.S. taxpayers play a role in this drama,” he said, adding that while the American invasion and occupation of Iraq alone doesn’t explain the rise of ISIS, it did play a large role.

He said that the miserable state of affairs and quality of life that the people suffer also contributed to the rise of ISIS.

El-Badawi explained the difference between Islam and ISIS is key to determine.

“ISIS is not Islam. ISIS is not anything. There is no group on earth that ISIS [associates with]. ISIS has been rejected by all its neighbors politically and all Muslims around the world religiously.”

El-Badawi said that he sends his students to the Middle East all the time and they return without issue.

“We should not let ignorance or fear take over because that’s what they want,” he said.

“I hope knowledge and clarity will be gained to help us have a better understanding of what’s going on over there,” said Scholes. “Not to say that you can justify, but to say Christianity is a peaceful religion and not a violent religion, that’s not historically accurate at all.” “[You] should get to know other Muslims. The problems with Muslims and ISIS are in the Middle East, not in America,” El-Badawi said.

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Alternative Spring Break Program to volunteer in Alamosa Natalie Bluhm nbluhm3@uccs.edu

Spring break can be spent soaking up sun by the crystal blue waters of a beach or partying all night until you can’t remember anything the next day.

But for some students it is time to give back to the community.

The Alternative Spring Break Program is a club that uses this week off of school as an opportunity to volunteer around the state. From March 22-27 they will be in Alamosa volunteering with La Puente, a non-profit organization that aims to help the San Luis Valley community.

The cost is $35 and includes food, lodging and volunteer fees. Volunteers usually stay in a local church. There are only 12 spots and the deadline is March 10.

Caitlin Dougan, sophomore chemistry major and leader of the program, said that this is a trip they chose to take instead of going to Florida or Mexico.

“It’s a fun thing to do without spending a huge amount of money and its nice because they don’t have to deal with the planning and they just come

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An advertisement from when the Alternative Spring Break Program went to Alamosa in 2012.

along and then pack up and leave.”

Shawn Partin, junior computer science major, has been going on these trips for the past three years.

“I’d rather have a spring break that I would want to remember forever rather than trying to forget it or wish I had done something else.” he said.

The low cost is also an incentive for Partin.

Dougan mentioned that some of the programs that La Puente has include a homeless shelter, several food banks throughout the San Luis Valley, thrift shops, an alternative housing program, a kids program and a

community garden.

“We rotate between all of the programs depending on what they need that year,” said Dougan. “Most of the time we work with the kids program.”

The kids program, Positive Activities Lead to Success, takes place after school and in the summer.

When school is not in session, PALS plans an array of activities from painting to taking the kids on field trips around the valley and state.

Partin and Dougan enjoyed last year’s trip.

“We got to run around Bishop’s Castle with them, which was sort of scary with

little kids, but was so much fun,” Dougan said.

“It’s an interesting place as long as you’re not trying to watch a whole bunch of children. It’s definitely hand built and dangerous with lots and lots of balconies,” Partin said.

Dougan mentioned that they visited a potato seed farm, a ranch and had a park ranger from the Sand Dunes come with a salamander for the kids to pet.

Besides being a productive way to spend spring break, Partin mentioned other reasons why students, particularly freshmen, should go on this trip.

“It is a good way to make

new friends. It’s a good way to branch out and see what the rest of the world is like instead of what just college life is like. You get a nice step into what the real world is like.”

Partin said that being a part of this trip has helped him figure out what he wants to do in life and provided some perspective.

Dougan goes this route because she enjoys volunteering and it was also a great way to make new connections.

“Usually we really have a lot of fun and most of the people love the volunteering we do …

La Puente does a great job of hosting us and making it really fun,” Dougan said.

The Lowdown What: Alternative Spring Break Where: Alamosa, CO Deadline: March 10 Contact: Caitlin Dougan cdougan@uccs.edu

Microsoft looks to move past Windows 8 issues with new Windows 10

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Computers in the Kraemer Family Library, left, have the Windows 8 operating system. The Windows 10 system, right, advertises that many of the flaws in Windows 8 are fixed.

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Microsoft has unveiled plans for the upcoming Windows 10 operating system and students might be wondering if UCCS is planning to invest in an update.

The program promises to streamline some of the chief complaints created by its predecessor, Windows 8, which had a bumpy rollout.

The troublesome release of Windows 8 was met with criticism from publications

such as Newsweek, PC World, IT World and Boy Genius Review, along with users across the globe due to countless problems with hardware installation.

The problems included computer crashes due to pre-existing software, incompatible drivers and outdated firmware.

Computers sold on the basis of switching over to Windows 8 crashed during the installations, and the problems caused Windows users to accuse Microsoft of not properly testing their software

before the release.

In addition to the multiple technical hiccups created during the rollout, many users are unhappy with the operating system itself. One complaint is that the system does away with the start menu, which has been a staple of Windows programs for decades.

Microsoft promised that these issues were resolved with the upcoming upgrade to Windows 10, and said that the update will more efficiently streamline the operating system for use with tablets.

One of the features that has

been confirmed for Windows 10 is the innovative Spartan web browsing system.

This browser will operate on a new rendering system and features several additions that promise to enhance browsing.

It will also feature tips from the innovative help system Cortana.

Another feature of the operating system will be a linking program which will let the user link all annotations on multiple pages to a certain point. Additionally, the operating system will allow the user to make annotations

and comments anywhere on the page with a touch of the screen.

Other parts of the operating system include notification settings being linked across devices, multiple desktop interface improvements, and an action center for easy access to features such as Wi-Fi connections or device linking.

But many users wonder if the rollout of the new update will be any better than the rollout of Windows 8, particularly after receiving the same promises.

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Step through storybook pages, sit in a fairy tale, listen to the scholar tell how he met the princess, the watchmen and the shadow.

“The Shadow” blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. The production, directed by Kevin Landis, runs March 5-15 at Theatreworks’ Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater.

Evgeny Shvarts, a playwright known for contemporary reality plays based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, wrote “Shadow” in 1940.

The combination of set design, cast and special effects yields an experience that unfolds as one of Theatreworks’ most immersive productions.

Theater instructors acting in lead roles with their students added cohesion to the performance rarely equaled.

Most of the comedic relief within a tale containing dark themes came from students performing as valets or courtiers with instructors such as Tom Paradise (the Prime Minister) and Bob Rais (the Minister of Finance).

The trust built between students and their instructors to deliver the energy and dynamism to the humorous scenes created a unique experience. The whole cast was energized and their deliveries felt spontaneous, not rehearsed. The Major Domo (Erik Brevik) was especially vibrant.

Audience members enter the set through giant pages of a fairy tale book wrapped around the entrance door. Balconies and doors juxtaposed at various levels

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throughout the two-story set, a mass of old books covering a wall from floor to ceiling and overlaid vines and foliage create whimsical mystery.

Orchestral music blends into the opening monologue of the scholar in an upper room of the inn, the room he says Hans Christian Andersen used to live in.

The scholar explains by flickering candlelight that he is not wearing his glasses. In the twilight, the blanket draped over the armchair seems like a princess he is madly in love with, and the clock is her main watchman.

The scholar’s own shadow becomes animate, and declares he is the rival lover of the princess.

All three disappear in daylight and when the innkeeper’s daughter appears, causing the audience to question if all the fairy tale characters exist only in the scholar’s mind. The entrances and exits through all of the carved wood doors around the set add immediacy and urgency to the dream-

like, vivid qualities of the performance.

The fantasy and reality dichotomy continues to be shown as the plot progresses.

The innkeeper’s daughter Annunziata (Autumn Silvas) tells the scholar that fairy tales are real and that the people just integrated into the society. Sleeping Beauty is a neighbor, and the ogre from the story became a pawn shop appraiser.

But Annunziata is afraid to tell the scholar what was in the secret letter the princess received from her father, because “we’re afraid this is a new fairy tale that will end badly.”

More foreshadowing and uncanny lighting add to the suspense and darker undertones.

Before intermission, the audience recognizes that the scholar giving the Shadow agency allows the manipulative nature of the narcissistic creature to surface.

The village physician suggests that the scholar regain control of the Shadow by telling it to

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Avalanche Ale (Breckenridge Brewery): 4.4 percent alcohol by volume. This is the easiest beer out of the list to drink being slightly sweet and not very bitter.

Old Chub Scottish Style Ale (Oskar Blues): 8 percent alcohol by volume. A thick beer in a can that has a bit of a mocha flavor.

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Apricot Blonde (Dry Dock): 5.1 percent alcohol by volume.

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Above, student director Matt Alvarado sets up a scene.

Below, Rachel Baker, left, and Michelle Pantle, right, act in a scene for ‘The Bluffs’ digital series.

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“know your place.”

Theaterworks’ production of “The Shadow” is like multiple fairy tales blended with an “Alice in Wonderland”

style delivery. It uses humor, archetypes and darker undertones to play on the perceptions that will resonate universally with audiences.

The beer is served on multiple taps and includes a lineup of their flagship beers, including Laughing Lab and Compass IPA. Bristol currently has their winter seasonal Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout on nitrous oxide tap. When the first sip of the creamy head that is provided by the nitrous oxide mixes with the dark, but not bitter, oat taste of the stout, it’s as if the beer was magic itself.

Fieldhouse Brewing Company: Located at 521 S. Tejon St. is this little brewery.

The brewery portion of the building is visible from the front windows before you enter the tap room portion. The tiny room

has several taps lined behind the bar and what looks like could eventually be more.

Their primary beer, Sticky Paws Honey Wheat, is sweet and smooth all the way to the bottom of the glass. Gluten free beer is also part of their tap lineup.

In terms of food, the menu is always changing as the grub is provided by the growing community of food trucks downtown. One day, Treehouse BBQ may be serving and the next may be another truck. Food from McCabe’s Tavern across the street is available to order as well.

Now that you have a starting point, go explore, and cheers!

Best beers and pubs to enjoy in colorful Colorado Evan Musick emusick@uccs.edu

Mountains and beer are two words that could sum up Colorado. This state is one of the nation’s most recognized for the quantity and quality of beer that is produced.

Colorado was ranked as the third best state for beer in a list

by Thrillist.com. According to the Denver Post, there are upwards of 200 breweries in Colorado. Here is a list of several worth trying: Lugene’s Chocolate Milk Stout (Odell): 8.5 percent alcohol by volume. Compared to other beer, this is as sweet and smooth

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Low turnout for SGA debate frustrating for all Scribe Staff scribe@uccs.edu

Democracy is all about participation.

But how do you expect student voters to participate when well over half of your candidates don’t show up for your marquee debate?

On March 4, SGA hosted a debate for their candidates. Of the 26 candidates profiled in the March 2 issue of The Scribe, 14 showed up for the debate. That’s just better than 50 percent.

Four of the eight Senator-at-Large candidates were there. Of the seven uncontested senator races, only two (Multicultural Affairs and Public Affairs) attended. Neither Director of Finance candidates, the folks who will be mainly in charge of overseeing our student activity fee money, were there.

The overachievers were the Senator of College of Business candidates who both showed; two of three Senator of LAS candidates attended; both pairs of Presidential/Vice-Presidential candidates were there.

True, the debate took place from around 12:30-2 p.m. on a Tuesday.

That could explain the absence of a few candidates due to class. But almost half of 26? Wouldn’t the first thing you did, if you were going to host a candidate debate to showcase them to interested student voters, make sure they could attend?

But what is even scarier was the student turnout, or lack thereof.

A fair amount of folks, say 20-30, were there during the senatorial debate.

But when a break came before the Presidential/Vice-Presidential debate, and all the free pizza had filled their bellies, that number dropped to around

10.

The elected SGA folks control, according to their website, a $290,000 budget generated by the student activity fee. This university has over 11,000 students, and these are the kind of numbers an SGA debate draws.

Part of the role of The Scribe is to keep an eye on SGA and how they spend that large chunk of change they are responsible for.

But we also want to see the success of that body, because they, just like The Scribe, play a key role at UCCS. Their success means an increased exchange of ideas and goals, something UCCS can always use.

The nature of a journalisticgovernmental relationship is tedious and antagonistic at times, but it is a necessary one in our democracy.

But who do we keep an eye on if no one shows up?

Gazette column necessitates defense of UCCS Jonathan Toman editor-in-chief

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Bill Vogrin is out to get the big, bad UCCS that strikes down our innocent neighbors, and I need to come to the defense of our school.

For the second time this academic year, The Gazette columnist has bemoaned the situation neighbors around the campus find themselves in, this time going after the planned private housing that is slated to go where Bates Elementary (across Austin Bluffs from UCCS) currently resides.

In a March 4 piece, Vogrin chronicled the plight of resident Jennifer Speer, whom he quoted.

“It’s very sad what is happening to our neighborhood,” Speer said. “I have lived my whole life here. I still have many of the same neighbors. This is awful. It’s killing us.”

Besides the obvious hyperbole of the last sentence and Vogrin’s blatant use of it, there are several issues UCCS students and Vogrin have to remember when critiquing our university.

Strangely for someone who usually enjoys analyzing university administration and statistics, I will

utilize some of those statistics in support of UCCS. UCCS employs 1,421 people. Find another single entity in Colorado Springs that is responsible for that many jobs.

65 percent of UCCS graduates live in Colorado. That means the talent that is developed here stays here, giving back to the community.

UCCS students, faculty and staff generate $30 million annually in state and local taxes. Our government at every level is supported by UCCS folks.

UCCS core expenses are 14 percent less than those of peer universities. We take less from the community and our students when it comes to running a top-notch university.

Come March 20, the school will have hosted both a gubernatorial and a mayoral forum, an opportunity for public debate to take place on the issues that plague all of us.

UCCS is a huge supporter of military students and the Lane Center serves as a key cog in local healthcare.

Finally, Vogrin forgets the fact that the proposed building is from a private developer, not UCCS. “Neighbors fear intense traffic, greater late-night noise and even more

trash and vandalism they blame on their student neighbors,” said Vogrin.

That’s fair. College students are loud people.

But in defense of students: When you get old, sometimes you forget what it was like to be young and a bit crazy.

I’m sure you did crazy things when you were 20, too.

Part of it is that UCCS is the first actual college Colorado Springs has had to deal with.

Colorado College was built into the town at the outset, and it isn’t big enough in students or land to cause problems. The Air Force Academy has its own property. PPCC is spread across the whole of the town in small parcels.

UCCS, and the problems we face, are new, and people are always afraid of new.

“Neither woman is thrilled by the projects taking aim on Cragmor, a community of 3,500 modest homes that neighbors say is rapidly transitioning from a quiet, family area into a haven for hard-partying college students in rentals,” said Vogrin.

The transition is undeniable. But to paint UCCS as the overwhelming, unstoppable negative force that causes innocent neighbors to literally be killed is both unfair and untrue.

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Daylight saving time no longer relevant or needed

Alexander Nedd anedd@uccs.edu

How are you feeling?

Slow start to your day?

It’s not just you; it’s your body reacting to the sudden loss of an hour of sleep during midterms in college.

You and most of

America (minus Arizona and Hawaii), lost an hour of sleep in the name of earning an hour of daylight. As a college kid, hours are precious jewels and the thought of losing one to earn sunlight during a time I could be studying is borderline barbaric.

Daylight saving time has got to go.

The concept of daylight saving time is simple, save energy and increase daylight.

Occurring twice a year (spring forward and fall back), the concept was originally adapted after a joke from Benjamin Franklin in 1784 on

the issue of conserving candles.

The idea became popular among head officials, notably William Willett who is said to have wanted more time to play golf. Since its introduction, it has reaped benefits, allowing us more hours to enjoy the day and conserve energy such as coal during WWI and WWII. It was a great concept back then.

But in 2015, time is of the essence and losing an hour can play havoc with our week and our health. Traditions change, and this one desperately needs to

be adjusted to meet the standards of today.

We have outgrown the use for daylight saving time. Not only must you fully adjust your natural cycle, you must learn to do this over and over again as you live.

Do we truly save energy? We are a long way from the days when we lit fires and used coal for light and energy. With more shops open for 24 hours, the need to get everything done before nightfall is essentially eliminated.

A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation in

the 1970s found that the electricity saved doesn’t offset the rise in air conditioning that comes with. Some argue that more activity at night leads to more consumption of gasoline and therefore no energy saving.

Daylight saving time can also be bad for your health.

According to a study by the American Journal of Cardiology, the Monday following spring forward shows an increase in heart attacks by about 25 percent.

Let that sentence sink in. Someone will die because of daylight

saving time.

Other studies show an increase in traffic accidents following the week of daylight saving time due to fatigue and darker roads on morning commutes.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the daylight.

There is nothing more comforting then hanging out at the park watching the sun set at 9 p.m. on a perfect summer day or getting off work at five and still be able to enjoy four hours of daylight.

But adapt the concept to the whole year. It’s time to save time once and for all. Give me my hour back, I need it.

Cult-like control is subtle; some not encouraged to think independently

Eleanor Skelton eskelton@uccs.edu

One of the first friends I met at UCCS believed her hair was under angelic protection. If she cut it, she thought her body and soul would be open to demonic attack.

My friend attended an Apostolic Pentecostal church where the pastor

told her that she could not speak to her best friend because the two of them were spiritually bad for each other.

Similar authoritarian statements surfaced in our study sessions. She had to wear ankle-length skirts and the pastor said rock music was not allowed, particularly Skillet because he said the song “Monster” was demonic.

Back then, I also wore long, loose skirts and t-shirts two sizes too large because I was afraid my figure would “tempt young men to sin,” as I had been taught. My family attended a church that was part of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America network.

I later discovered my friend and I weren’t alone.

Colorado Springs isn’t nicknamed the Christian Evangelical Mecca for no reason. Several major faith-based non-profits and churches of nearly every denomination, including some LGBT-affirming churches, operate in the community.

But many of the churches have a disturbing number of rules. Rules that the church family will ostracize someone for breaking.

Recognized sociological characteristics of cults focus less on a group’s deviance from mainstream and more on aspects such as isolating its members by dictating their actions and feelings

and convincing members that the group has exclusive information, characterizing the rest of the society as evil and to be feared.

The leader has little accountability, and doubting and independent thought is discouraged and causes the group to shun you.

Many who speak out about the cult-like behavior of fundamentalism notice a fear of academia and free thought within the movement.

My study buddy and I were both questioning our pastor’s teachings and experienced the backlash.

I moved out on my own and gradually started experimenting with different clothes and

makeup.

Classmates and friends who knew me before said they used to wonder how much my parents and church were restricting me and if something was wrong.

I’m grateful for how my classmates and professors gave me growing space.

They sometimes teased me, sometimes told me I was odd, but I knew they cared about me and allowed me to make my own choices, something I didn’t get from fundamentalism.

If you have a classmate with braided hair and long skirts or who always wears ties and dress shirts, be compassionate and don’t mock them.

Give them room to

speak. Probably no one else has.

Also, don’t stereotype.

It’s possible they dress like that because they’re in a “Little House on the Prairie” cosplay group, but they could be experiencing religious oppression.

Isolating us and making us feel unwelcome only reinforces our persecution complex, the belief that our cause is right because the world opposes us. Give us time to experience the outside world.

When we learn to trust you, we might tell you about ourselves and the struggles we face.

And you might be one of the first to tell us that it is okay to have desires, to follow our dreams.

Men face negative stereotypes too; be courteous to all

Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

In America, women are deemed more approachable than men, leading to unfortunate interactions between strangers.

Since people can

be kidnapped and hurt, all strangers are seen as a threat. Of course, approaching a stranger might be questionable depending on the circumstances.

But in simple stranger situations, women are treated kinder than men.

As a college student, I have met people that had the opportunity to travel outside of the U.S. They usually come back explaining how everyone is nice, as if they all were your friend.

In America, people love their space and privacy. We prefer to keep to ourselves and

when our bubble is popped, especially by someone we do not know, awareness and anxiety levels shoot up.

We don’t know whether it is OK to trust this person.

I catch myself being suspicious of others, even other students.

Even after realizing that this person may just want to ask how my day is, I still have my guard up until after the interaction.

For over a century, women in America have been fighting for equal rights. But in these instances I have noticed that men receive the cold

shoulder more often than women.

This could be due to the connotations that are associated with both men and women.

Media is a powerful source. The agendasetting theory says that media is not telling us what to think but what to think about. Scrolling through Facebook every day I see story after story about who has been arrested or what crime was committed.

In a majority of these stories, men have committed the crimes.

Women commit crimes too, but it is

men that are more often shown and what people are used to hearing and seeing.

In the back of our minds we form negative stereotypes of men. Not only do we read stories about men committing crimes, but stereotypes for men are created through advertisements, television and movies.

Media corrupts our image of both genders, but it is these stereotypes that explain why people will react relaxed or unalarmed if a woman were to ask where they can find the nearest gas station. It seems people

even stop for women crossing the street more often than for men.

Not everyone does this, but there are a lot of people who will at least subconsciously do so.

Don’t just hold a door open for women; hold it open for men too. Do not just be courteous to women, but to men too, in any situation.

Safety is important and it’s necessary to be aware of your surroundings, but if you are going to be cautious of strangers, you should be cautious of men and women, not just one or the other.

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Mountain Lion men take down Colorado Mesa to advance Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

It was a tale of two halves for Derrick White and Alex Welsh.

The duo combined to help the Mountain Lions (23-5, 17-5 RMAC) defeat Colorado Mesa (19-9, 14-8 RMAC) 82-71 in the quarterfinal round of the RMAC Shootout March 3.

It was a bit of revenge for UCCS, whose only home loss this season came at the hands of Mesa 100-92 on Jan. 10. That loss ended their 14-game winning streak to begin the season.

“We had a lot of emotion, we remembered what it felt like,” said Welsh. “It was a stingy loss when they handed it to us. That was a heartbreaker and we didn’t forget it.”

In that Jan. 10 game, Mesa forward Ryan Stephan had 40 points. He had 21 in the rematch.

“He’s the best offensive big in the RMAC,” said head coach Jeff Culver.

“We wanted to take away his open three’s, we did a great job of toughing it out and making him work for everything.”

Mesa led 36-34 at halftime. Welsh led UCCS with 15 points, while White had 3.

Then things changed, and White tallied 23 points in the second half.

“Teams will key in on Derrick,”

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Clyde pumps up the crowd.

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Junior Dalton Patten dunks in the win against Colorado Mesa on March 3.

said Culver. “He was able to distribute the ball well in the first half and everyone including Welsh reaped the

benefits.”

“Our chemistry just gets that much better when we have to find each

other,” said Welsh.

The team came off a one-point loss to Metro State on Feb. 28 to complete the regular season, a game Culver felt prepared the team for the game against Mesa.

“That was a good playoff tempo, and we were able to retain that tonight.”

UCCS defeated Adams State in the semifinals on March 6 and then beat Metro State 82-65 in the championship game March 7.

Women and men’s soccer sign eight players to scholarship Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

The NCAA forces strict regulations that make recruiting black and white. Talent and attitude are the variables that separate athletes from either being signed or going unseen.

In the second week of February Nichole Ridenour, head coach of the women’s soccer team, signed five recruits. But according to Ridenour, after the first signing period a late recruit committed to UCCS as well as a Division I transfer, bringing the total to seven.

Cheyenne Brown, Amanda Timmermeyer, Paige Von Bank, McKenna Fuhrmann and Ann Odom are the group of five. One of them has stuck out since day one.

“Ann Odom is coming in from Texas,” said Ridenour. “I think she can walk in and contribute. I think she is coming in solid, with the right attitude, driven, big frame already as you can tell she has been working.”

“She is going to compete for one of those center-mid spots, and that’s some of our upperclassmen.”

In the 2014 season, the women’s team went 6-11 overall and missed the playoffs by one game. The men’s team was one game shy of winning the RMAC Tournament.

Head coach Johnnie Keen looks to return 21 players for the 2015 season,

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Men’s soccer head coach Johnnie Keen, left, signed players to letters of intent, as did the women’s soccer team, right.

but signed three recruits in the first signing period: Cal Franze, Aaron Haefner and Nik Newcamp.

According to Keen, the men’s soccer team has a specific type of player they search for.

“We play a high pressure style of play, which means that we press high up the field,” he said. “We have to have a lot of energy and we need very athletic players to pull that off.”

At this time last season, the men’s soccer team had seven recruits. Keen said the recruiting standards have changed this year due to the number

of returners.

“I’m not going to say we are behind, we are just being a little bit more picky of who we choose this year,” he said. “We have plenty of depth. We just want to compliment our team with good players.”

For Ridenour, Timmermeyer and Fuhrmann are in the Mountain Lions backyard, playing their high school careers in Colorado Springs at Sand Creek High School.

“Some of [the recruits] we tracked were locals so we got to see them play for the past four years,” said

Ridenour. “It’s always good, tracking girls past their sophomore year, because things can change. The one’s that are local we have watched for a while.”

Both Keen and Ridenour acknowledge that when recruiting, certain factors can’t be prepared for.

“The unknown,” Keen calls it.

“We had a couple guys that we were really excited about for this year’s class. We thought they were all in and they were going to come to us. They just found another program. We had a couple surprises.”

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Abby Kirchoff named RMAC Player of the Year Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

Senior Abby Kirchoff is the 2014-15 RMAC Player of the Year for women’s basketball.

Kirchoff was selected as the RMAC preseason player of the year the past two seasons, and took some heat in the process.

“There was added pressure, as there was last year,” she said. “However, it’s a huge recognition. I just kept it in the back of my mind though because I just wanted to win with my team. Preseason player of the year was just a bonus.”

She averages 19.8 points, 3.4 assists and 4.7 rebounds per contest. Kirchoff is second in the South Central Region in points per game and is the first Mountain Lion in school history to be awarded the honor.

Kirchoff received the news when she was on the road before the Regis game Feb. 27 and remembers the moment

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Senior Abby Kirchoff goes for a layup against Regis on March 3.

vividly.

“We were at our shootaround for Regis when I found out,” she said. “My assistant coach said, ‘Your phone is about to blow up.’ And then I knew.”

“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I was glad my team was there with me because I know how happy they are for me. I even got a little emotional because my dad was there when I found out and I know how proud he was.”

The Mountain Lions went on to defeat the Rangers that evening, splitting the regular season 1-1. UCCS then faced Regis for the second time in five days in the first round of the RMAC Shootout.

The team defeated Regis again, helped by a 19-point night from Kirchoff, who helped give UCCS a 22-point lead going into halftime.

UCCS defeated the Rangers 90-72, as the Mountain Lions advance out of the first round,

a task that last year’s team fell short of.

“I thought that first playoff game was amazing,” said Kirchoff. “We came out exactly how we needed to win that game. We won it in the first five minutes and never let up. It was definitely a team win.”

“We are peaking at the exact time we need to.”

After success in her freshman and sophomore years, Kirchoff remained at UCCS and enjoyed every year.

“It’s been the best four years of my life,” she said. “I don’t want to leave these teammates of mine that I basically call my sisters.”

“We are going for that championship and we’ve been preparing for it since day one,” she said. “We’re ready for anything and anyone.”

Kirchoff aims to one day become an athletic director or work in a profession dealing with sports.

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Hot first-half shooting pushes Mountain Lion women into semifinals Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

UCCS has the RMAC player of the year, but tonight they may not have needed her.

The number two seed Mountain Lions (23-5, 18-4 RMAC) defeated seven seed Regis (1610, 12-10 RMAC) 90-72 in the first round of the RMAC Shootout March 3 in Gallogly Events Center.

UCCS jumped out to an early lead, with a 9-0 run to start the game. They continued the hot shooting throughout the first half, going 9-14 from the threepoint line.

“I thought we were really hitting on all cylinders,” said head coach Shawn Nelson. “The players are starting to play like they are capable of.”

“We had a lot of momentum,” said conference player of the year Abby Kirchoff. “And we really wanted to get them back.”

The two teams traded away wins in the season series, with Regis defeating

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Senior Sam Patterson, left, and sophomore Jen Vigil, right, go to the hoop against Regis on March 3.

UCCS on Dec. 13 and UCCS defeating Regis on Feb. 27.

Kirchoff made her presence felt with 19 points.

Forward Sam Patterson, 17 points, and guard Gabby Ramirez, 14 points, rounded out the top three scorers for the Mountain Lions. Guard Bay’lee Purdy led Regis with 25 points.

Kirchoff said the team used the same game plan from their 14-point win against Regis on Feb. 27.

But both Kirchoff and Nelson credited the support from the student section.

“We really fed off the crowd, and I think it just kind of snowballed on [Regis] a bit,” said Nelson.

“The student section was full at 5:30, that says a lot about the support. The crowd was such a factor.”

The Mountain Lions led 58-36 at halftime. UCCS moves on to the semifinal round of the RMAC Shootout this year after losing at home to Colorado Mesa in the quarterfinals in 2014.

UCCS fell 66-51 to Colorado Christian in the semifinal s on March 6.