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IN BRIEF NEWS

Temp jobs Students may be falling for a scam by working for off campus seasonal or part-time positions 2

IT security The university has methods in place to protect information 3

CULTURE

‘Great Expectations’

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A student demonstrates how to use an e-cigarette. The ‘smoke’ is water vapor that results from the internal liquid heating up.

GOCA exhibit highlights the skills of UCCS and University of Denver instructors 5

E-cigarettes offer alternative for students, new campus smoking policy coming Jan. 1

Beards

Ashley Thompson

Men around campus grow their beards for No-shave November 6

OPINION

Black Friday Black Friday can have both positive and negative aspects 9

Consumerism and college Why we need to appreciate the education over the experience 9

SPORTS

Luke Chapman Soccer player featured on ESPN 11

Men’s soccer Team makes way to RMAC Championship finals, loses to Colorado Mines 12

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Move over, cigarettes.

With the advent of e-cigarettes and vaporizers, there are a number of different apparatus that can be utilized instead.

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, were first sold in 2007 in the United States.

No tobacco is smoked with an e-cigarette. Instead, the mechanism heats up and vaporizes a liquid which is inhaled.

A lighter is not necessary because they are powered by a lithium battery. Inside the device is normally a cartridge of liquid nicotine.

This alternative smoking option has proved popular for students.

“E-cigarettes helped me quit smoking,” freshman business major Andrew Davis said. “I was pretty addicted for about a year and a half, I smoked a pack a day.”

Graduate student Kyle Popish tried multiple brands of e-cigarettes to quit smoking before finding the right brand. Previously, he had attempted quitting cold turkey, using the nicotine patch and using chewing gum, all unsuccessfully.

“I have smoked for about 15 years and have a two year old daughter so she was part of the motivation, but I have wanted to quit for about five

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Smokers must be at least 25 feet from entrances.

years and just have not been able to accomplish it until now,” Popish said.

Popish commented on campus policies regarding e-cigarettes.

“I believe that you are not allowed to vape anywhere indoors. It is pretty easy to follow as I was a smoker and was used to going outside,” he said. “It initially makes things harder though as I had to be around people smoking regular cigarettes while trying to quit.”

Freshman Sean Sliney started using e-cigarettes when he was 16.

“I wanted to be able to get a buzz and have the feeling of smoking while chilling in school,” he said.

Davis explained that the amount of nicotine in the cartridges can be adjusted, making it easier to wean an addicted smoker off of the addictive substance. He does not recommend them except as a quitting method.

“If you don’t smoke cigarettes, don’t buy one. You don’t need one,” he said.

E-cigarettes are not excluded from UCCS’ smoking policies.

Anything considered a smoking apparatus is prohibited indoors, according to Brian McPike, director of Public Safety.

“We wanted to provide a smoke-free, tobacco-free environment, but also respect those who do smoke,” he said.

CU Boulder’s campus is completely smoke-free, something McPike does not foresee as a change coming to UCCS in the near future.

“Going smoke-free might isolate and offend some people,” he said. “We want to promote a healthy environment for those who choose to smoke.”

On Jan. 1, UCCS will implement a new smoking policy. According to McPike, this policy came about after extensive research by a committee made up of several faculty members from areas around campus.

Revising the policy was a process that took several months, McPike explained.

“We walked from one end of campus to the other side,” he said. “We took into account common practices, where people smoke right now.”

Designated smoking areas must be 25 feet away from any building, entrance or operative window, so as to keep smoke-free areas clear.

Sliney thinks that e-cigarettes are better than regular cigarettes in terms of smell.

“E-cigs take away the nasty smell and lingering smoke that a normal cigarette has,” Sliney said.

Davis thinks e-cigarettes will continue to expand.

“E-cigarettes are a growing enterprise. That’s their main selling point, ‘replace the cigarette,’” he said.

News

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Disabled student has difficulty gaining accommodations Kyle Guthrie kguthri2@uccs.edu

One deaf student is falling through the cracks when it comes to getting help from disability services.

Christine Remacle is a freshman music major and has had several frustrations in her first semester at UCCS. According to Remacle, some faculty members are not adhering to the accommodations required by the Disability Services Office.

Christine is hearingimpaired and finds it difficult to watch films or videos in

class that are crucial to the itinerary.

“How am I supposed to sit there and watch this important video in class when I have no idea what it is about?” she said.

“At the beginning of the semester, the DSO sends out an email saying that all my classes will need to have closed captioning for my classes, and if they have any troubles with the accommodations, they need to contact the DSO. But there have been a few classes where there is only audio available with no closed captioning.”

After contacting the DSO

to let them know about the lack of accommodations, they helped by re-iterating her needs, but Remacle said the problem adds stress to her class load.

“I told the teachers I would contact DSO if they didn’t fix things, and they told me I didn’t need to do that because they would fix it, but they didn’t. That was when I sent a text to my disability coordinator telling her that it wasn’t happening.”

Remacle said that the DSO sent out reminder emails since then and there has been more consistent closed captioning.

“If [teachers] can’t access

it, they’re supposed to contact DSO, but they usually just send me video links so I can sit there at home with headphones. So essentially, I’m required to do the work twice.”

Remacle outlined a technology that would help her and other disabled students.

“There is this thing called ‘real time captioning’ where the speaker wears a microphone, and someone else listens to what the teacher says and types out a transcript,” Remacle said, “which then pops up on a screen or my iPad,

so essentially I can read whatever the teacher says without needing to hear it.”

In addition to new technologies, Remacle also believes that there are other steps the DSO can take to help disabled students.

“Checking in with the students to see if there is anything they can help with would be nice,” she said.

“It’s not just for me, it could be for veterans or others that are hard of hearing and don’t want to disclose it.”

“The teachers don’t want you to tell because they are afraid they will get in trouble because of the ADA.”

Temporary employment may pose undesirable working conditions Eleanor Skelton eskelton@uccs.edu

Students often seek out temporary or part-time employment between a full course load to pay bills or for some extra cash.

Flyers with pull tabs asking students to sell knives or make commission-based sales calls have peppered the bulletin boards in the University Center and most classroom buildings.

Just before the election, Work for Progress recruiters talked to students around the shuttle and city bus stops and between the University Center and Centennial Hall, asking potential employees to list their contact information on clipboards.

The recruiter’s handouts offered $14-17 an hour to canvass and promote Mark Udall for Senator, tempting compensation for students.

Racquel Lintner, UCCS Psychology alumna, was employed with Work for

Progress during the election season, working three days, one day for training and two days of canvassing.

“The office environment was professional and friendly and fun, but afterward honestly I couldn’t handle the walking for five hours straight,” she said. “But the pay was really good.”

Lintner described the typical workflow.

After a group meeting at the office, she said, “you would meet up with your group, you would get in a car, you would go somewhere for lunch within the first hour so you would have a half hour lunch like you are supposed to legally.”

Then the teams’ canvassing started.

“You would be dropped off in your area, and you would [work] for five hours straight, so you would be knocking and canvassing on doors for five hours,” Lintner said.

“We were technically allowed a 10 minute break,

but you are out there in a neighborhood. So you can sit down, but as far as where to go to the bathroom, there’s not really a place to.”

One evening, Lintner used a portable toilet while working in a neighborhood still under construction.

Ashley Kavanaugh, Pikes Peak Community College student, worked with Lintner.

Kavanaugh said she blacked out while canvassing.

Kavanaugh explained a supervisor, Virginia Shannon, instructed her recruiter, Devon, via text message not to assist her after she passed out.

“She said don’t help her, she needs to do it by herself,” Kavanaugh said. “[Devon] helped me for two streets.”

Lintner and Kavanaugh expected to receive their paychecks after the election, but had not received them at the time of publication.

Assistant director for Student Employment Shannon Cable has seen scams that

target student employment sites.

“We mostly see scammers targeting student employment sites with positions that allow a scammer to use another person to cash fraudulent checks or require the student to pay some sort of upfront cost,” Cable said in an email.

“We encourage our students to be aware of this possibility while they are searching for positions and use their best judgment as they apply.”

Cable said although the university is not held liable for off-campus employment offers, the Office of Student Employment does attempt to check legitimacy of job postings.

“If a student ever feels they have become a victim of a scam they should contact Public Safety to report the scam to see if the scammer can be pursued,” she said.

Cable commented that Work for Progress has posted on SEAN’s Place before, last

in 2008, and that there have been no issues reported. She said she is willing to meet with any concerned students.

Chris Eggleston, recruiter at Front Range Staffing, has 13 years of experience in temporary staffing. Front Range Staffing verifies an employers credit before seeking applicants, protecting workers, according to Eggleston.

He estimates less than 10 percent of people contacting his office are college students.

Ellie Conaty, Work for Progress recruiter, explained that most employees are under media restriction, and suggested a supervisor be contacted.

Peter Melye, one of the supervisors at Work for Progress, declined to comment.

Virginia Shannon and Ellen Montgomery, Work for Progress administrators, did not respond to requests for interviews.

Taos House, Breckenridge Hall, Kum and Go featured in crime summary Eleanor Skelton eskelton@uccs.edu

Incidents on Campus Nov. 12, 8:14 p.m. to 9:59 p.m.

Taos Hall “Officers responded to Taos House for a disturbance [harassment].”

Nov. 11, 11:04 a.m. and 11:47 a.m.

Breckenridge Hall “Officers responded to drug complaint at Breckenridge Hall. Arrested Joshua Kamp and Sean Sliney for possession of less than 2 oz of marijuana.”

Nov. 10, 12:18 p.m. to 12:59 p.m.

Theft reported to the parking office.

Nov. 7, 6 p.m. to Nov. 8, 11 a.m.

Family Development Center “Officer took a report of criminal mischief at FDC.” Nov. 9, 12:42 a.m. to 12:50 a.m.

Parking Lot 440 “Officer contacted a suspicious vehicle in parking lot 440.

Arrested Charles Stankiewcz for illegal possession or consumption of marijuana by an underage person.”

Nov. 6, 12:02 p.m.

Theft reported to the parking office.

Nov. 6, 9:04 a.m. to 9:26 a.m.

University Hall “Officer dispatched to a criminal mischief of a broken window at University Hall.”

Nov. 4, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Columbine Hall Theft reported to the parking office.

Incidents in Surrounding Area Nov. 13, 11:25 p.m.

620 E. Fillmore Street,

near Fillmore and Nevada intersection “Officers were dispatched to the Kum and Go convenience store in response to a theft of tobacco products. Officers Kevin Hall and Michael Lockhart responded to the scene and were able to contact the suspect, a 27 year old male, north of the Kum and Go on foot. Officers searched the suspect and recovered the stolen tobacco products as well as a hand gun that had been reported stolen on 11/12/14.

The suspect was arrested for theft and weapons violations.”

Arrested Gregory Harrison.

How you can help

For crime tips, call campus police at 255-3111 or CSPD 444-7000 Sources: uccs.edu/pusafety/ police/blotter springsgov.com/units police/policeblotter.asp

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Campus IT repels global threats, enlists student help Nick Beadleston nbeadles@uccs.edu

The UCCS server has been attacked more than 240,000 times over the past 30 days.

Approximately 3,200 attacks originated in Iran, 1,700 from China and 1,200 from Russia. But the vast majority have come from inside the United States.

These numbers, while not unusually high, represent a growing trend according to Greg Williams, information security officer. “[UCCS has] increased how much bandwidth we use, and with that bandwidth comes more attacks,” he said.

Williams, along with one analyst, makes up the university’s cyber security staff. While much of the university’s cyber security work is automated and done behind the scenes, there is still a place for everyday

student vigilance.

To help combat the increasing volume of attacks, IT will be starting a reporting rewards program.

The program will incentivize early reporting of suspicious online activity by rewarding students, staff and faculty with 8 GB, metal, key ring flash drives.

Williams hopes using higher quality flash drives will ensure they are lost or left in university computers less often. The rewards program will go live in the next few weeks, after flash drives have been ordered.

The IT security department focuses on detecting and disrupting scams, phishing (attempts to steal personal information) and dangerous, invasive programs know as malware.

Malware accounts for approximately two-thirds of the last month’s server attacks, said Williams. These attacks include any devices connected to the university

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server, to include wirelessly connected personal computers.

Provided they are notified promptly, Williams said IT can sometimes trace the attack back to its source.

Williams indicated there are international companies, particularly in China, that advertise their ability to steal U.S. university information.

He said access to research databases, which are free-touse for university students, is often the objective.

IT security removes scam or phishing emails, such as one that asked students to confirm their Apple ID, from student’s inboxes on average several times a week, Williams said.

Regarding concerns of invasive monitoring, Williams said fears are unfounded.

“People think that all we do back here in IT is sit and read peoples’ emails. First of all, we don’t have time to do that. Second of all, we don’t

want to do that.”

Williams said hacking or attacks originating from the campus is rare but has happened. He said if the activity is unlawful in nature, his department would involve UCCS police.

Usually, the attacks are just college programmers testing the strength of server security and disappear before IT can track them.

“We have had that happen, but we haven’ been able to find [them],” he said, “As soon as we react, they’re gone.”

He cited a hack six months ago detected by IT. The student tried to redirect university server traffic to a music video of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” More often the attacks are unintentional. Students unknowingly download unsecure programs that have built in tools that automatically seek out vulnerabilities in the server.

UCCS IT is not isolated in its cyber security fight.

The university belongs to the Research and Education Network Information Sharing and Analysis Center, REN-ISAC. The network shares data on attacks from over 400 higher education institutions and research institutes in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand.

Williams said belonging to the network allows members access to cyber defense tools not available to the general market, as they are designed by other REN-ISAC members.

Regardless of data sharing and advances in cyber protection, members of the UCCS community remain integral in server defense.

“We rely on people reporting things to us to help us do our job better,” said Williams. “The more that people tell us what has happened, the better [IT security] becomes.”

Culture

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity to become an official chapter Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

Over the past four years, Sigma Alpha Epsilon has gone from an interest group, to a colony and will become an official fraternity chapter on Dec. 12.

An estimated 200 family, friends and SAE members will attend the chartering and fullbrother initiation ceremony the weekend of Dec. 13.

According to Travis Tafoya, SAE treasurer and philanthropy and community service chairman, members started the interest group, then named Delta Chi, in February 2009.

Tafoya said that because of Delta Chi’s history at CU Boulder, the university system told UCCS Delta Chi they could no longer exist and they had to choose to be a part of a different organization.

CU Boulder’s Delta Chi fraternity was put on suspension after 10 pledges were arrested for causing up to $20,000 worth of damage to a motel in Estes Park.

“That national stigma hindered our recruitment efforts, but we try to combat that through antihazing events and speakers,” said

A group photo of the members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UCCS.

member Charles McGregor.

Those in the beginning interest group then had to decide which fraternity to be a part of and chose SAE, one of the largest national fraternities.

As an interest group, they were similar to a club or organization on campus. In October 2010, they received national recognition to become a colony, which requires obtaining a quota of members and is the next step in becoming an officially recognized chapter.

“Usually after two years of being a colony you are either chartered or kicked off,” Tafoya said. “[SAE UCCS] didn’t get kicked off because we were always just missing one or two things.”

To become a chapter, fraternities have to fulfill requirements such as community service hours, scholarships and the number of members.

“It is hard to get people interested [in joining SAE] if it’s not already established,” said Tafoya. “It is exhausting trying to recruit. We would always recruit to right under the amount we needed. There are always people graduating, because there is not a lot of Greek Life on campus, there’s not a huge interest in it.”

“Recruitment is difficult, especially with a commuter school,” said McGregor.

SAE at UCCS began receiving funding from the Student Government Association after

their recognition as a colony.

This allowed the group to send members to leadership conferences.

“Now we get to learn the full ritual as an organization.

[Being a Chapter] gets us all the opportunities of being a ‘brother.’ There’s also tons of scholarships,” Tafoya said.

Along with these changes, the national organization for SAE has gotten rid of pledging for fraternity members, which has a negative connotation due to associated initiation or hazing.

“We never dealt with hazing here, the majority of us wouldn’t join if there was hazing. I wouldn’t want to be friends with someone who did that to me,” he

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said.

Tafoya said that for his initiation into SAE he learned about the history of the organization and what they stand for.

As a chapter, it is harder for the national SAE organization to disband them. But Tafoya explained that members of SAE were not afraid of being stripped by the national organization because they received a lot of support from them.

“It was more we wanted to work harder to get to that point. It wore a lot of guys out because it was a long time. Now we get to tell all our alumni we finally did it. They’re the ones that started it,” Tafoya said.

‘Great Expectations’ exhibit highlighted by UCCS, DU artists DeKeveion Glaspie Audrey Jensen dglaspie@uccs.edu ajensen4@uccs.edu

Art can be a way of expressing internal feelings or sending an audience a message.

From Oct. 3 to Nov. 15 the Gallery of Contemporary Art downtown gallery featured the “Great Expectations” exhibit that highlighted the works of University of Denver instructor Donald Fodness and UCCS instructor Marina Eckler.

Materials used in Eckler’s pieces ranged from paint to fabrics, but for her anything can be used in art.

“I like to work with everything in art. Language, materials, color, narrative or not narrative. I really respond to the day and to what needs to happen,” she said.

Eckler explained a few of her pieces in “Great Expectations” that she felt stood out.

“I’ve heard from different people about different pieces. I at least expect that people would respond more to the painting in the front. It is more traditional art form; people are more familiar with responding to that,” she said.

“The basketball hoop makes the biggest statement and the

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A basketball hoop with a net made of doilies, left, and a clock representing around the clock motherhood, right, were a couple of the pieces featured at the “Great Expectations” exhibit at the downtown Gallery of Contemporary Art location.

net is made with doilies. It’s a clash of typical male and female objects. That one makes a pretty big statement, so does the clock.”

Doilies are traditional crocheted mats that are placed under certain dishes. The clock piece Eckler created does not have numbers, but instead has the word “mom” in capital lettering as clock hands that continue to spin around the clock.

Prior to the show Daisy McConnell, director of GOCA,

was able to work with Eckler and see a few of her pieces, such as the clock.

“As a mother myself it spoke to me. You’re never off the clock,” McConnell said.

Eckler, a mother of two, expressed how being a parent has affected her artwork.

“The kids are really inspiring.

It’s hard to put my finger on.

They sort of add to the joy in life. It’s great to see how old they are. The oldest has such a wonderful mind, he is already an

artist,” she said.

McConnell explained that the title of the exhibit was specifically chosen.

“The reason the show is called ‘Great Expectations’ is partly because they are emerging artists, you expect great things from them in the future, they have great potential.”

In the exhibit, Fodness had more of an instillation-based gallery. This kind of gallery means that the artist may assemble a few pieces at home,

but the majority of the work will be created in response to a space.

“He works in a pretty different way than our audience has seen. I was excited to bring them together and their work even though it is not identical, they came together,” McConnell said.

Eckler hopes that students will realize that uninteresting things can be the most exciting.

“All the little boring things are secretly wonderful and limitless.”

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No-shave November brings out the best and hairiest Kyle Guthrie kguthri2@uccs.edu

This November continues a growing trend.

“No-shave November” or “Movember” has become a world-wide initiative and was originally created in Australia for raising awareness of prostate and testicular cancer patients.

During this month, men are encouraged to grow out their facial hair to honor cancer patients who have lost theirs due to chemotherapy.

The participants are then encouraged to donate the money that they saved on grooming supplies to a cancer charity organization of their choice, such as the American Cancer Society or Locks of Love.

Female participants are encouraged to participate as well by growing out the hair on their head, eyebrows or even leg hair in order to promote awareness.

The truly dedicated can

shave their heads for funds at St. Baldrick’s or Locks of Love events.

Deidre Fudge, a criminal justice major, believes it’s a good event even if she is not participating.

“I think it’s cool because I think a lot of people can participate in it anyways, and this is another excuse for people to get out there and connect about something,” Fudge said.

Janell Hoff, engineering major, takes a different stance on the topic of shaving.

“I think that you should shave because that’s my personal opinion,” Hoff said.

“But it’s a good cause.”

“I would do it, but I look horrible when I don’t shave,” Kyal Lanum said. “So I have to pass. But men should do it because they can still maintain a somewhat normal appearance and help at the same time.”

No-shave November ends on Nov. 31, as participants can shave on Dec. 1. More information can be found at www.no-shave.org.

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Men around campus grow their beards in support of No-shave November. Participants are encouraged to donate to the American Cancer Society or Locks of Love.

Top row, left to right: Aaron Smith, Erick Rassmussen and Ryan Merrifield.

Middle row, left to right: Isaiah Branch Boyle and Jack Johnson.

Bottom: Matthew McCleland

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Thanksgiving activities on and off campus; easy recipes for students Samantha Morley smorley2@uccs.edu

No fridge. No oven. No microwave. No worries.

While many students

may be staying on campus for Thanksgiving, there are options at UCCS and around the city for those who want to enjoy the festive mood.

Thanksgiving on campus The Lodge

When: Nov. 20 5 - 8 p.m.

Pre-Thanksgiving Meal Traditional menu

Campus dining hours The Lodge

How much: Students and Staff: $7.75 (without a meal plan) Munch Money and credit cards accepted.

Clyde’s

Closes 8 p.m. on Nov. 26 Reopens on Nov. 29

University Center

Closed Nov. 28 and 29 Regular hours resume Nov. 30

Closed Thanksgiving Open Nov. 28 and 29 night for sporting events in Gallogly Events Center

Charities on and off campus

On campus donations

Off campus donations

Clyde’s Cupboard

Marian House Soup Kitchen

Turkeys for Thanksgiving Meals Accepting donations now until Thanksgiving

Give and Gobble Oct. 17 to Nov. 17

Students can sign up for food until Nov. 21. One student will be chosen on Nov. 25 to receive a full Thanksgiving dinner (includes turkey, green beans, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, yams and mashed potatoes, as well as ingredients to make a pumpin pie).

The Marion House 14 W. Bijou St. Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Catholic Charities Castle Rock

2746 Fifth St. Castle Rock Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thanksgiving around Colorado Springs Stagecoach Inn

Thanksgiving dinner buffet 702 Manitou Ave. When: Nov. 27 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How much: $21 per person

Rustler’s Country Cafe

The Famous Steakhouse

Thanksgiving Brunch 2886 S. Circle Dr.

Thanksgiving Day Feast 31 N. Tejon St.

When: Nov. 27 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

How much: Adults, $29 Children 6-12, $12.95 Under 6, Free Seniors/Military, $26

When: Nov. 27 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

How much: $34.95 per person

Springs Orleans

Thanksgiving Brunch

123 E. Pikes Peak Ave. When: Nov. 27 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

How much: $39 per person $9.99 bottomless mimosas Children 12 and under, $9.99

Holiday drink recipes

Rosy Cranberry Cider

Sparkling Pear and Cranberry Cocktail

2 oranges 2 quarts cranberry juice 4 three-inch cinnamon sticks 2 two-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced lengthwise Sugar, to taste

Using a sharp knife, remove four three-inch-long strips of peel from orange; set aside.

Juice orange, and strain out pulp. In a medium stockpot, combine orange juice, reserved orange peel, cranberry juice,

cinnamon sticks and ginger.

Taste and add sugar as needed.

Heat over medium-high heat until simmering. Reduce to low heat. Simmer 20 minutes.

Strain and discard solids. Serve hot.

http://www.marthastewart.com/340923/rosy-cranberry-cider

2 tablespoons dry cranberries 1/2 cup organic pear nectar 32 ounces Moscato d’Asti wine* 8 small sprigs fresh rosemary

Put cranberries in small bowl; add 2 tablespoons warm water. Soak until cool, about 15 minutes. Drain, pat, dry and refrigerate until serving.

Divide pear nectar among eight tall champagne glasses.

Add cranberries and gently pour Moscato d’Asti into glasses. Garnish with rosemary.

*Alcohol is not permitted on university grounds

http://www.marthastewart.com/316870/sparkling-pear-and-cranberry-cocktail

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A simple guide to this time of year: Be thankful Jonathan Toman Editor-in-Chief

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With the first snow of the season and the calendar flying toward the end of November, it is officially the holiday season.

That phrase, holiday season, has all sorts of connotations for people.

Positively, it can mean the greeting of relatives unseen for a year or more, the camaraderie of family and a unique coming together of people that isn’t present at other times throughout the year.

Negatively, it can mean the rush of gift acquiring and the madness of Black Friday, it can mean the unlikely event of trying to get along with your in-laws after all these years and it can mean long road trips to visit relatives you don’t even know.

But even with all of the pressure and stress that comes with this time of year, it is necessary, in fact imperative,

for us to remember what this season is about. The joyous, simple phrase that explains why we go through what we go through during the holidays.

This phrase explains the whole season, but especially Thanksgiving.

Be thankful.

That’s it, that’s all. It’s that easy.

Be thankful for what you have been able to see and accomplish this year.

Be thankful for the opportunities that you have had throughout your life and will continue to have moving forward.

Most importantly, be thankful for the people that are in your life.

The things, the newest technology, will still be there long after your friends and family have left. Your friends and family are not always there, so take advantage of the time you do have with them.

You will be able to interact with that new TV every day, it is often not so with family and friends that are around for the holidays.

They didn’t travel hundreds of miles to see your new iPhone, they came to see you. And you don’t go hundreds of miles to see their new computer or tablet, you traveled all that way to see and interact with them.

All the distractions of the holidays can serve as just that: distractions from the underlying point that it can be so easy to forget.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have changed the meaning of Thanksgiving. A day after (or even on the same day) we profess our thanks for the things we are able to see and do, we fight (sometimes literally) to get the best deal on a 700 inch TV. We have replaced the camaraderie of family and friends with the acquiring of physical goods. We have gone from Uncle Ted to Uncle Flat Screen.

Perhaps it’s time to ask, especially around this time of year: what is really important to you?

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Opinion

Nov 17, 2014­| 9

Black Friday woes: Making Black Friday not as evil as a holiday without thanks many of us might think “Instead of focusing on loving others and being grateful, people are willing to fight for the last flat screen TV, the newest iPhone that is half off or the special edition Kitchen-Aid stainless steel mixer.”

Celeste Burnham cburnham@uccs.edu

Employees have their holiday time with family cut shorter and shorter each year. Those employed at various retailers and department stores are scheduled to report earlier each year to open for Black Friday, or for some Black Thursday.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday. Post offices are closed, grocery stores used to be closed and the streets would be bare except for people driving to see their families.

Nobody used to go shopping on Thanksgiving.

It used to be hard to find a store that was open in order to get the sugar that we forgot to pick up. Now it is becoming more common for grocery stores, even some retailers, to be open on Thanksgiving Day. This year K-Mart is opening its doors and starting their Black

Friday deals at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Those employees don’t get a holiday. They don’t get a day off. They might get a few hours for their Thanksgiving dinner before having to report back.

To combat these horrendous hours, states such as Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts created a law that says stores have to stay closed until midnight.

Black Friday is taking over the meaning of Thanksgiving.

It is no longer a holiday to show gratitude and thankfulness for all that we have and all that we are privileged with because that same day, or less than 24 hours later, we are rushing out for early bird specials to swipe our credit cards one too many times for things we might not even need.

The Thanksgiving feast is no longer centered on when the turkey is done but rather on the needs of employees who have to report to their shifts. All that so people can become obsessive over marked down prices that inevitably create violence and tension among crowds.

Instead of focusing on

loving others and being grateful, people are willing to fight for the last flat screen TV, the newest iPhone that is half off or the special edition KitchenAid stainless steel mixer.

The potential of violence that comes with Black Friday makes me want to stay in my house longer and not face the crowds. I don’t care how great the deals are. It doesn’t seem worth it to deal with shoppers who are only focused on what they want and are willing to do just about anything to get it.

The meaning of the holidays is being lost.

I refuse to shop on Thanksgiving because I feel awful for the employee behind the counter that isn’t getting to enjoy the holiday. I don’t want to be a person that fuels retailers into thinking they need to open earlier and earlier.

I don’t want to be caught up in lines, wasting time I could be spending with my family and friends, to create a higher demand for materialistic goods on a holiday.

I want to challenge myself and others to be thankful for what we do have.

“Don’t blame companies for the urge you get to go out in the cold and stand in line for hours.

It’s your choice to be there and encourage store to be open on Thanksgiving.”

Samantha Morley smorley2@uccs.edu

Black Friday isn’t all evil.

The day used to be a highly anticipated event after people stuffed their bellies full of turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans and pie.

Black Friday has since encroached more and more on Thanksgiving Day. Wal-Mart and Macy’s, for instance, will begin their Black Friday deals at 6 p.m. this year.

This has frustrated many who feel companies are taking away family time from employees.

But not everyone is forced to work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

Old Navy, WalMart, Macy’s, Best Buy, Sears, Toys R Us, Target and several others opened positions to their employees to

volunteer for. They didn’t force them to sign up. For those that choose to work, they are offered time-and-a-half pay and food.

For some workers, this is a blessing. A lot of people don’t have family close by. They may not have anyone to spend the holiday with.

Therefore, they can work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, earn extra money and not have to stay at home all alone.

I agree that we should still maintain the holiday spirit. We should allow those who want to spend time with their families to do so, but don’t go around blaming corporations without knowing more of the facts.

If consumers truly didn’t want the sales on Thursday, then they wouldn’t participate and companies would have no choice but to stay away from Thanksgiving Day. Companies alter their deals to fit the desires of the consumer because without the consumer corporations wouldn’t survive.

If you want

to change how stores operate on Thanksgiving, change your own actions first.

Don’t go shopping. Stay at home. Stand up for your moral principles no matter how tempting deals might be.

Don’t blame companies for the urge you get to go out in the cold and stand in line for hours. It’s your choice to be there and encourage stores to be open on Thanksgiving.

Instead, be kind and courteous when you go out. Remember: they’re just items. The sweet deal on the phone, tablet, computer or video game system isn’t always worth the stress.

Take the time to thank the people that chose to work on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Appreciate that they volunteered to put themselves in the center of consumer madness.

Even if they are getting paid time-anda-half, they still have to put up with the long hours and increased stress that comes with frantic customers trying to snag the very first box of the latest and greatest.

College focused on consumerism, not education

Ashley Thompson athomp13@uccs.edu

Not far into my junior year of high school, I was bombarded with emails, phone calls and mail from colleges all over the United States. Each tried their very best to convince me that I would be happiest as part

of their university.

After a student graduates high school, the next step is expected to be a college degree. These days, a college education is almost a mandatory prerequisite to a good career.

But that education has not become any more affordable. According to the College Board, the average price for a year of in-state college education is $8,893. This doesn’t include the price of books, housing, meals and transportation.

Student loan debt in the United States is at $1.2 trillion, and has become the second-highest form of consumer debt in the country.

But things are

drastically different for students pursuing a higher education in Germany.

On Sept. 30, the seventh and final German state abolished all college tuition fees.

The minister for science and culture in Lower Saxony, Gabrielle HeinenKjajic, said, “We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents.”

Free college? Those words have never been in the same sentence here.

College, originally intended as a means by which to gain a higher education, has become something entirely different. Every university strives to be a high school

student’s “dream college.”

Advertisements include promises of breathtaking campuses, limitless degree options and state-of-the-art dorm rooms.

When did college become such a selfish endeavor?

Higher education has ceased to be simply the pursuit of a degree, and has become a vehicle for personal dream fulfillment.

College should enable graduates to be the most productive citizen they can be, not cater to students as customers.

Students, paying thousands of dollars every year, feel entitled to the entire college experience.

Germany, with the abolition of tuition fees, has

bypassed these issues.

Universities there can stop focusing their efforts on luring in prospective students, and instead focus on providing quality education. Also, students receiving a free education don’t feel entitled to extra privileges. They are simply scholars seeking to better themselves.

While differences in economic and governmental systems make a similar policy not immediately possible in the U.S., colleges should take into consideration where exactly student’s money is going.

Are our thousands of dollars being spent on experience, or on education? If universities

conscientiously asked themselves this question, tuition prices could be significantly slashed.

I know the importance of college, and see it as a vital way to further career opportunity and contribute to society. But the idea of college has been skewed in our generation.

Don’t choose your “dream college,” pursue a quality education. Don’t use what you learn merely for personal gain; strive to become an impactful citizen of the world.

Think of all we could accomplish, not as customers or consumers, but as scholars deliberately taking advantage of the blessing of higher education.

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Sports

Nov 17, 2014­ ­­ | 11

Dakin, men’s cross country focus on regionals Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

The men’s cross country team will look to early season success as they hope to progress from the regional to national championships.

On Oct. 4, the team placed third in the Roadrunner Invitational in Denver on the same course that will host the regional championships on Nov. 22.

The team finished sixth at the RMAC Championships in Gunnison, Colo. on Nov. 8, but head coach Mark Misch sees regionals as the main opportunity for the team.

“Our focus is on regionals and for the men they run a 10K, which is different from the 8K in conference races,” said Misch. “We run against everyone in our conference again at regionals, plus other teams. If you’re battling the same schools, if you want to beat a team once, regionals is the place to do it.”

Senior Luke Dakin led the Mountain Lions, finishing 28th overall.

“Individually I ran the race exactly the way I wanted to,” Dakin said. “It was very high in elevation.

I probably started in 70th place, I really worked the field well and I felt like it put me in a good opportunity to work well that last mile to compete with some pretty good guys.”

Dakin looks to past success for

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Senior Luke Dakin, left, competed in the RMAC Championships in Gunnison, Colo. on Nov. 8.

motivation to get back to nationals, where the team last competed in 2012.

“I’ve been on both the 2011 and 2012 team,” he said. “In 2011, the team was ranked eighth in the region and there were seven nationally ranked teams that raced. Only the top six make it to nationals and we ended up beating three ranked teams.”

Misch uses Dakin, who was originally a walk-on, as an example for incoming freshmen.

“Every kid that comes here as a recruit we tell them, ‘You know this guy was a walk-on,’” said Misch.

“He has done a great job, come a long way and is well respected.”

“I was not a very good runner at all in high school,” said Dakin.

“Coach was very nice to give me the opportunity. All I had to do was work hard, stay focused and keep improving. It’s been an opportunity of a lifetime.”

The rapid change in weather has

led Misch to change practices, with one coming on the bottom floor of the parking garage.

“It’s great because there is nobody that parks there and it’s huge,” he said. “You can actually do about a 300-meter group in there with gradual turns and the surface is the key.”

If the team finishes in the top six at regionals, they will progress to the NCAA Division II National Championships on Dec. 6 in Louisville, Ky.

Junior Luke Chapman debuts on ESPN, looks to golf for future career Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

Oct. 22 was a memorable day for men’s soccer midfielder Luke Chapman.

The team hosted Colorado School of Mines in a game that went into overtime.

Off a corner kick in overtime, Chapman missed, got the ball back and flew a shot into the top left corner past the goalkeeper. His shot won the game for UCCS, but that wasn’t the only excitement Chapman would receive.

The Entertainment Sports and Programming Network would soon play Chapman’s game winning goal on their segment of “Top 10 Plays in Your Neighborhood.”

But Chapman felt that their three-game win streak was the most important matter at hand at the time.

“Everyone aspires to be on ESPN, or to make it big. I was just happy to help out the team and get that win,” he said.

Chapman didn’t notice his ESPN moment until a close friend told him he was a neighborhood celebrity.

“The very first person that talked to me about it was actually over Facebook,” he said. “He was like ‘Hey man I saw you on ESPN.’ It was crazy.”

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Junior and soccer midfielder Luke Chapman was featured on The Entertainment Sports and Programming Network for his winning goal against the Colorado School of Mines.

Chapman still enjoys the camaraderie of the team even though the season is over.

“My favorite part is hanging out with the boys,” he said. “We’ve always been such a close team.”

Aside from his involvement with soccer, Chapman aspires to be involved in another sport one day: golf.

“I actually just changed my major to international business and marketing,” he said. “I would love to one day go into something golf oriented. I just heard about the PGM program which is a great possibility.”

Though his future career choice may land him in golf, Chapman’s focus for now remains on soccer.

“Ever since I was a little kid I have been writing papers about what I want to be doing in the future,” he said. “It’s always been college soccer for me and I’ve always wanted to play. I thank God that I’m here.”

Chapman knew he was going to play soccer his whole life, but his debut in collegiate soccer did not happen at UCCS. “I originally went to Midwestern my first year and didn’t like it down there,” he said. “I knew I wanted to play soccer. Over that summer I ran into one of my friends that went here for soccer and he recruited me to come to UCCS.” The men’s soccer team fell in penalty kicks to Colorado Mines in the RMAC Championship on Nov. 9 and they did not receive a berth in the national tournament, ending their season.

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Women’s cross country takes third in conference, looks to regionals Ashley Thompson athomp13@uccs.edu

After a third place finish at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 8, the women’s cross country team now moves to the regional championship and perhaps a berth in the national championship.

Their finish at the RMAC Championships marks the second time in the past three seasons that UCCS has finished in the top three. Head coach David Harmer was pleased with the team’s performance.

“In terms of the way the girls ran, tactically, it was perfect, really well executed,” he said.

“We’ve been working on dialing in race strategy early on in the race, and we’ve been getting better and better.”

With training beginning in June, injuries have played their part this season.

“We lost a few runners to injury earlier this season, and we’ve had a bunch of younger girls really step it up,” said freshman Heather Bates.

Bates recorded a fourth place finish at the RMAC Championships. Her performance

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Freshman Heather Bates practices for regionals by running on the Air Force Academy trails.

was the highest finish for a UCCS runner at the meet since 2008.

Six of the top ten finishers were from Adams State, which took the team title.

“Adams is one of the most well-known programs in the country, they’re really good,” said

Bates. “I had heard all the rumors about how good they were, it was intimidating being right in the middle of a group of them.”

She also claimed the title of RMAC Freshman of the Year and said that any recognition at the collegiate level is notable.

“When you’re in high school,

you get recognized all the time, everyone’s a champion,” said Bates. “Anytime you get recognized in college, you appreciate it.”

Next on the team’s radar is the regional championships, from which the top six teams will move on to nationals.

“Training has been progressing. All season we’ve been focusing on the regional meet and qualifying for nationals,” Harmer said.

At this time of year, their training will take a slightly different approach according to Harmer.

“The goal is to perform our best the last three weeks of the season,” he said. “We’re moving into a part of the season where we train with a little less volume and more intensity, to sharpen up.”

Bates felt that chemistry has been crucial to the team’s success.

“I’ve been on a lot of teams, and this one has the best chemistry I’ve ever seen,” Bates said. “The attitude everybody has is what’s fueling our success.”

“I don’t think anyone’s even getting that nervous anymore,” she continued. “We’re just like a family out there.”

The NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championships will be held in Denver on Nov. 22. If they qualify, the team will compete in the NCAA Division II National Championships on Dec. 6 in Louisville, Ky.

More Inside: Men’s cross country; Luke Chapman spotlight

Men’s soccer surprises RMAC opponents, falls in championship Kyle Guthrie kguthri2@uccs.edu

Men’s soccer earned the fifth seed in the RMAC tournament, then won two straight, before falling in the championship game in penalty kicks against Colorado Mines.

The team took on four seed Fort Lewis in Durango on Nov. 5 in the quarterfinals. The Mountain Lions fell behind 3-0 in the first half.

“Certainly as soon as that whistle blew for halftime it was much needed because for 45 minutes we could not get a hold of the game,” said head coach Johnnie Keen.

The Mountain Lions came roaring back in the second half, tying the game at four to send it into overtime, when senior captain James Roberts scored the game winner to send the team through.

“We played so bad in the first half,” Roberts said. “It seemed like their three goals came in a ten minute span, but after we looked at it, the first goal was separated by 30 minutes from the second so there was a huge chance for us. We switched it around in the second half.”

In the semifinals, the

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Freshman Conor Langenbahn, left, heads the ball against Colorado Mines in the RMAC Championship game on Nov. 9.

Mountain Lions took on top seed Colorado Mesa in Grand Junction on Nov. 7. Josh Berntsson, Conor Langenbahn and James Roberts all scored in a 3-0 victory, ending Mesa’s twelve game win streak.

Freshman goalkeeper David Meyer made eight saves in the shutout.

UCCS faced off against Colorado School of Mines in the championship on Nov. 9 in Grand

Junction.

Goals from Langenbahn, Berntsson and Derek Saunier led to a 3-3 tie, and another overtime game. The Mountain Lions lost in penalty kicks 4-3.

UCCS did not receive a bid to the national tournament.

Despite the defeat in the championship, the players took away the positives.

“It’s mainly that our team

has improved more than people will understand,” said Roberts.

“The RMAC has never really considered us a good soccer team and after this year they can’t do that anymore.”

Roberts also contributed their success this season to creating winning streaks.

“I think we needed to get more than one win in a row because we knew throughout the whole year,

how successful we could be if we all played our best,” he said.

“Once we got a few wins, and saw why we were getting those wins, we wanted to replicate it and keep it going.”

Others on the team, such as senior Taylor Ferguson, shared the enthusiasm of a surprising season.

“We kinda started off rough at the beginning of the season,” Ferguson said. “But as it progressed we started getting into our groove and made it to playoffs, and did the best that our team has ever done.”

Ferguson believes it is the first step toward a larger legacy.

“It’s unfortunate that we didn’t win the final game, but it gives the program something to grow off of and brings attention to the program,” he said.

Meyer, Langenbahn, Berntsson and Roberts were selected to the All-RMAC Tournament team. Keen was awarded RMAC Coach of the Year.

“It was surprising,” said Keen.

“That was the first thing certainly.

After looking back at everything we have been able to accomplish in the last couple seasons, I think we were due for some accolades.”