Sept. 29, 2014

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Bookstore: buyback process misunderstood

NEWS

SGA New meeting times and structure 3

Construction Several projects planned for future 4

CULTURE

Clyde’s Cupboard Food resources available for students on campus 5

Education Abroad Event brought options for students to learn around the world 6

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The bookstore offers a wide selection of textbooks at competitive prices.

Jonathan Toman jtoman@uccs.edu

College students spend a lot of time worrying over pieces of paper.

Assignments, the diploma

we are all working toward, but most importantly in the first part of the semester, books.

Students get their books from many places, but the bookstore is the on-campus option.

Cole Aggen, sophomore criminal justice major, gets his books on campus.

“I get them from [the bookstore] because it’s nice and convenient,” he said.

Gilbert Kuhn, senior biology major, has worked at

the bookstore for four years and gets his books at the there as well.

“It works out better for me cost-wise,” Kuhn said.

“And I feel like they’re more understanding if you have to drop a class or something.”

Buyback: Store says books not an investment, students feel otherwise

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SPORTS

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I’m not sure where it came about that books are an investment ... It’s not a good way to think about books.

—Sharon Coddington, bookstore course materials manager

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OPINION

Buyback nationally is a 10-40 percent return and Sharon Coddington, course materials manager, believes there is a misconception when it comes to buyback and books in general.

“I’m not sure where it came about that books are an investment. They’re an investment for the class, an investment for your intelligence, but they’re not an investment,” she said.

“It’s not a good way to think about books.”

“So when the kids come in with books and expect to get all their money back or half their money back, it seems like maybe that’s a misperception of buyback and of books in general,” Coddington added.

Kuhn and Aggen see it differently.

“I think they are [an investment], sometimes you need the book forever,” Kuhn

said. “I think they are, yea.”

“Oh yeah, definitely, they’re a very good source of knowledge,” Aggen said.

Freshman nursing major Kristina Pegues thinks it’s contingent upon the class.

“It depends on what you’re using them for,” said Pegues. “Some books I don’t think you really need for your classes because you never really open them.”

The bookstore uses VerbaCompare to see what other people are getting for their books.

“We try to be very close to that, and usually a little bit more because I want to keep the books here on campus,” Coddington said.

She acknowledged that online is often the best option for selling back books.

“A lot of these kids I’ve noticed will buy books online and then sell them back and almost get the same amount of money back, so that seems great to me.”

Deniston explained that buyback price is market driven, and that students will not necessarily find a better price elsewhere.

According to Deniston, this would explain why the bookstore has seen an uptick in rentals.

Spring 2014 rentals were 9.7 percent of textbook sales while that number rose to 12.5 percent this semester.

Books and Supply: Store looks to stay competitive through VerbaCompare Collegiate sports Funding is main issue when considering adding new sport 11

To remain competitive, the bookstore has several strategies.

The bookstore implemented the VerbaCompare system, which gives recommendations on the

prices of books after certain parameters, such as current pricing, trends, margin amount, the time it has been on the market and the time it has been at that price, are set by bookstore staff.

Aggen said he does

not use the VerbaCompare system.

But Coddington knows there are other options out there, and it didn’t make sense to ignore that, which lead to the comparison system.

“I never tell a student not to go anywhere,” she said.

“They’re smart shoppers.”

Coddington highlighted the stories she has heard regarding getting the wrong book and having book Continued on page 2 . . .

(continued from page 1) Bookstore: profit, employment, faculty orders canceled as reasons to buy from the bookstore.

Additionally, she said the store can deal with extenuating circumstance one-on-one and acquire their information directly from the faculty.

According to Coddington, prices for books from Amazon and other online competitors are variable.

They look at the busy time for the book, and increase the cost when most students are going to buy the book.

The bookstore does not do this, according to Coddington, and the price does not change over time unless there is a mistake.

But the store does use VerbaCompare to evaluate pricing.

“It likes to know where our busy time is, just so it knows what is good for competitive pricing,” she said.

The bookstore runs into a couple of issues when it

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Purchasing used books may sometimes be cost effective for students, but not always.

comes to supply.

The book might not be published by the time it is

needed, or it may need to be reprinted as the publisher has run out of copies.

According to Coddington it is more effective for students to place their order

online or ask a staff member to ensure knowledge of any issues and to get the book you need in sooner.

“We just want the students to have the books as fast as they can,” she said.

Coddington makes an educated guess as to the number of books to stock, based on historical data, class enrollment numbers and the age of book.

“It feels like a guess sometimes, but no it is an educated guess and it is more of an art than a science,” she said.

The students in lowerlevel classes will often times get the book more often than upperclassmen. But that trend can be reversed by some classes that sell fullenrollment.

“It must not be on the market apparently, or we have the best price and that’s why everybody wants to get it from us,” said Coddington.

Profit and Classification: All bookstore surplus reinvested in campus community The bookstore is owned by the university and reports to auxiliary services, and the store generates its own funds (through books and merchandise) and does not use any student fees. All surplus profit the store makes (anything above operating expenses and bookstore reserves) is reinvested in the campus.

The surplus funds go to several areas. Donations and community support, which are contributions to student clubs and departments for student-centered activities came to $2,228 for fiscal year 14.

The bookstore reserves are used for facility changes such as the 2012 renovation.

Funds for a new point-of-sale

and operating system, set for implementation for fall 2015 will come from these reserves. The current system is more than 10 years old.

The bookstore requires a margin on the items it sells to remain operationally functional. That percentage has gone down in the past year, from 29.7 percent in fall 2013 to 23.3 percent this fall.

Fiscal year 15 surplus allocation estimates: Scholarship Funds (Family Development Center and Athletics): $6,000 Rent to the University Center: $91,000 GAR (General and Administrative Recharge) Payments: $73,000 Student Aid (student employee salaries): $20,000

Employment: 19 students on bookstore staff; no students used as temporary hires According to Paul Deniston, director of retail services, the bookstore currently employs 19 students. Students work as low as 11 hours per week and

as high as 23, with none of them surpassing 25 due to the campus policy on student employment.

The bookstore also hires temporary employees during

“We typically don’t like to use students because [temps] work 40 hours.”

— Gilbert Kuhn

their rush, which occurs at the start of both semesters.

The rush sees a spike in both sales and volume, but current students are not hired as temp employees.

“We typically don’t like to use students because [temps] work 40 hours,” said Kuhn.

The bookstore works with

student employment for all the long-term hires, while the temp hires are coordinated through campus Human Resources and in-house procedures.

Temp agencies have been tried unsuccessfully, and most of the hires are made through referrals.

Former employees and even

their spouses are hired on for the rush, according to Coddington.

Around six temps were brought in this fall, although that number has been greater in past years. The bookstore is looking at starting a program to use current students as temp hires for rush.

Faculty Book Relations: Store looks to improve faculty book adoption timeframe The adoption of the books by professors is a key cog in the process of getting students books.

“If we got all of the adoptions on time, that would probably benefit the students greatly,” said Coddington.

The bookstore

communicates weekly with professors and will conduct physical visits to faculty, explained Deniston.

Coddington explained that most of the professors are timely when it comes to getting their orders in.

“Most of them always turn in their order in a

timely manner but could it improve yes, it could always improve,” she said. “It’s actually getting them to do it that is sometimes the difficult part.”

However, faculty are often not hired on until the last minute.

“If the faculty hasn’t

been hired, obviously we’re not going to be getting an order,” Coddington said.

Three professional staff positions in the text department have been approved for hire. Part of their role will be to meet with professors to help with adoption of books.

According to Deniston, the assistant textbook buyer and customer fulfillment coordinator positions are closed and in the interview process, while the book division manager position will be posted Oct. 1.

Spring orders are due from faculty Oct. 15.

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Student government explains changes, expresses uncertainty about role

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The Student Government Association has implemented several changes such as the time of their enate meetings.

Nick Beadleston nbeadles@uccs.edu

With the semester well underway, students are focused on the education and campus experience owed to them after paying tuition and fees.

Enter the Student Government Association, an organization that, according to their constitution, is “an effective voice in shared governance of the campus.”

One of their primary roles is to oversee a portion of student fees.

According to an SGA budget provided to the Scribe, the organization is in charge of over $180,000 this fiscal year.

The Scribe sat down with SGA President Chris Roth, to address their role in the campus community.

“From the very beginning [vice president] Caytes and I kind of approached this year that we weren’t going to come out with an official plan,” Roth said.

“We kind of wanted to see what came along and how things progressed and really pay close attention to what’s going on with the students, and kind of base our decisions off that.”

Roth also spoke to the relationship between SGA and the university administration. “[The administration] really does solicit our feedback,” Roth said. “So when Caytes and I meet with them, we really do try and bring as much information from the students and SGA that we can present to them.”

“Some of it they’re very

“From the very beginning [vice president] Caytes and I kind of approached this year that we weren’t going to come out with an official plan.”

— Chris Roth, Student Government Association president

interested in,” he said.

Roth said the administration also relies on SGA to help solicit student opinion. He said the administration will “task us to help try and find information on that because I think they know we’re capable of doing it.”

“We really use them for guidance, we kind of want their help in some things,” Roth continued. “We were trying to really figure out the language as far as the student activity fee, and how it came about, and really what its purposes are for.”

Per the SGA constitution, all SGA funding comes from the Student Activity Fee. It also states that “Additional revenue may be generated as approved by the Chancellor in accordance with established university policy.”

The funding section of the organization’s bylaws online directs readers to a blank appendix.

Roth said his administration is working to better understand their role in allocating the student funds available to them.

“We’re kind of working with [the administration] to try and figure out that process and what really it is appropriate for SGA to be spending money on.”

Student understanding of how SGA operates is another important goal for his

administration, said Roth. “[Transparency] is super important, and it’s something I think we’re trying really hard to work on.”

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“We’re not here to fool you guys and everything we do is for you.”

—Chris Roth, Student Government Association president

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“We’re trying really hard to make sure everything is posted on Mountain Lion Connect and the website, and everything is there for students.”

“We’re not here to fool you guys and everything we do is for you,” Roth added.

As with last year, how individual SGA senators vote on any bill or motion is not made readily available to students.

“I haven’t even thought about it till you just said that,” Roth said when asked about legislative voting information.

“The system we use is supposed to identify who

voted for what. It is our vote and it should be there for public knowledge.”

When asked if there are any plans to make senators’ votes public, Roth responded, “I don’t know the logistics of the system, but at the very least we can have a conversation about it and hopefully get something there,” Roth said.

Regarding the decision to combine the SGA Senate and House, a change that took effect June 1, 2014, Roth said he has seen a smoother legislative process, alleviating miscommunication and attendance problems.

“It’s just better because everybody is together,” Roth said. “As far as getting things done and having information it’s just much quicker. We’re able to address situations in one evening versus two.”

He indicated many other universities have similar, unicameral systems.

In addition to structural changes, this semester SGA also meets at a new time.

The Senate holds their meetings on Wednesdays from 7:30 p.m. until the University Center closes, if necessary.

The change stemmed from the increased number of Friday morning classes, which put a strain on member attendance, said Roth. Additionally, the

Senator of Beth-El was unable to attend meetings as that is when mandatory clinical work is held.

SGA meetings remain open to the public.

“We still have a public forum, so any time people want to come and speak, they are more than welcome to,” said Roth.

However, he indicated students rarely attend meetings to express opinions.

“It’s probably something we should look at,” he said.

“I think students care, I just think they don’t always know the means of going about it.”

Roth said his organization is working to encourage students to be more vocal and to use SGA as an outlet to voice their concerns.

He indicated increasing the visibility of SGA members through campus events and the informal Gripe Tables is a large part of the plan.

Roth also said SGA will be hosting a carnival themed event at the end of October to raise awareness among students as to the organization’s role. Student clubs will play a central role in the event.

“We’re going to use it to help get students involved, but also have them provide feedback for SGA,” said Roth.

“Caytes and I really want to do a better job as far as like reaching out to students, that really [is] the goal,” he continued. “We want people to know who SGA is, what we stand for and how we can help them.”

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Construction continues, additions and changes still to come to campus

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Clyde’s Cupboard spreads word to help students through food and toiletries Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

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Construction around campus will not finish in the near future, as several projects are scheduled years in advance.

Samantha Morley smorley2@uccs.edu

A new housing village, Recreation Center and Visual and Performing Arts building are just a few of the projects UCCS will be working on over the next few years.

There are currently 69 projects on the docket for Planning, Design and Construction. The following are just a few of the largest and upcoming projects coming to campus.

Recreation Center The Recreation Center project broke ground earlier this month. According to university architect Carolyn Fox, the $16.3 million, 47,000 square-foot endeavor is expected to be completed by fall 2015.

In order for construction to begin, it was necessary to relocate and bury Colorado Springs Utilities electrical lines that were running from Austin Bluffs Parkway to the top of the hills behind housing.

“They couldn’t stay there because the new building will be taking up basically all of [formerly] Lot 8,” Fox said.

The lines have since been undergrounded at the Alpine Village expansion site.

“It’s much better in terms of aesthetic and it allows us then to have the full site to do the Rec Center,” she said.

Construction of a new roundabout on Stanton Road allows for easier access through that end of campus.

The Village at Alpine Valley The $74.5 million project, which broke ground in April, is estimated to bring 515 housing units to campus by August 2016. The first phase will bring 292 beds and the second phase 223.

Charles Cummings, construction project manager, said that the project “seems to be going very well. [Kiewit Construction] has been very good to work with, very accommodating,” he said.

Cummings said that the access road near the village and new parking garage remains available to accommodate emergency vehicles as well as student comings and goings.

The construction will build three residence buildings: LaPlata, Cucharas (scheduled completion August 2015) and San Juan (scheduled completion August 2016).

There will also be the new Roaring Fork dining hall.

Roaring Fork will take on the catering duties for the campus once it opens. Catering is currently handled through The Lodge.

Fox is monitoring the progress of the housing village expansion. She mentioned a large crane that is at the site and will construct all of the

buildings.

“It’s a semi-permanent fixture,” she said. “It’s great that it’s gold. It’s one of our colors.”

The project will also include new landscaping that will match the current Alpine Village residence halls in order to create cohesiveness.

Visual and Performing Arts building The new VAPA building is going through the design process. Two architect firms, one from Manhattan, N.Y. and the other from Denver, are teamed up to design the building. Both firms specialize in visual and performing arts.

“That one is moving forward but it is not ready to come out of the ground yet,” Fox said. “There’s a lot of very specific design for visual and performing arts, especially in terms of acoustics, lighting that we needed to bring in that outside expertise.”

The VAPA department is currently spread out across campus. Some classrooms are in Columbine and others at University Hall.

“We have people all over the place,” Fox said. “It’s one of the things that we’re really excited about with this visual and performing arts building is that we’ll be able to consolidate them.”

The planned building will occupy most of Four Diamonds. Three baseball

fields and the parking lot will be removed. The softball and soccer fields will remain.

Three of the fields were frequently leased to outside parties, Fox said, therefore the impact will not be major to university sports.

“That has now come to an end and they’re not using them anymore. We’ll start dismantling them, taking down light poles and fencing, there isn’t much that makes up a ball field really,” she said.

When questioned about the removal of a parking lot, Fox said that the lot formerly known as Lot 15 and the new Alpine Garage will be enough to accommodate students.

“We’ve got much more parking than we’ve ever had,” she said. “There will also be a parking lot associated with the VAPA building.” The VAPA building’s estimated completion is 2017.

Other buildings on campus The Copper and Eldora housing buildings as well as the Lane Center, Alpine Garage and Academic Office Building are still in the process of being closed out. Closing out completes fine details of the project and can take several months.

Copper and Eldora, both built last year, have minor issues with doors, the roof and stucco. Fox stated that nothing is wrong with the safety of the

buildings, but that they just aren’t up to the standards of completion as stated by the project contract.

The Lane Center, which was completed in February, is also not closed out yet.

The Academic Office Building will have more fine details to fix, according to Fox. “We’re making some changes to the fifth floor,” she said.

The floor is not equipped to accommodate the users that frequent the location. The first floor is also undergoing several last minute changes to allow for easy use by people occupying the space.

“Here we have a brand new building and we’re already changing it, and this is not the first time this has happened,” she said, “This is life on a growing campus.”

The Alpine Garage and Field is also scheduled for fine-tuning. The structure still needs netting, scoreboards, landscaping and walking ramps.

“There’s still quite a bit of outside work that needs to be done,” Fox said. “We’re substantially complete, but not totally complete.”

Overall, Fox is pleased with the progress of the projects and is working on completing the structures to be as sound as possible.

“It’s the fine details until it’s done to our satisfaction,” she said

Sometimes having a job and being diligent with finances isn’t enough. Several students still find themselves without food or other necessities.

That’s when the university offers a helping hand.

Located in the back of the Student Life and Leadership Office, Clyde’s Cupboard offers foods and toiletries to struggling students.

“I think that students can find themselves struggling at any time for a variety of reasons, we have a lot of support systems. This is one more of those,” Amanda Koback, program manager of the Office of Dean of Students, said.

The resource has seen some use this semester.

“Granted, we did not advertise much yet, but we have had 10 students come in this semester so far,” Ricky Almarode, president of Clyde’s Cupboard, said.

Since it opened in March, Koback said the food bank has received over 150 student visits with some returning regularly, some using it a few times and some only visiting once.

Clyde’s Cupboard was founded by assistant professor in the anthropology department, Kimbra Smith, anthropology major Daniel Jaramillo and other anthropology students working on a class project in the

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Clyde’s Cupboard is a resource for students that provides foods and toiletries.

summer 2013 term.

Almarode was involved in Pikes Peak Community College Food Pantry for over a year and was asked to take over Clyde’s Cupboard due to his experience.

The cupboard doesn’t only provide food. According to Koback, toiletries were not offered to students last semester.

“There’s times when people don’t have enough money to get [toiletries], they’re at school and don’t want to buy from the bookstore. We have it just in case there are extreme circumstances,” Almarode said.

Students do not have to have proof of needing financial assistance, Koback said. Firsttime visitors check in with the SLL front desk, verify they are a student with their university ID card and fill out an intake form. Only allowed one visit per week, students can then choose six items of food from the storage.

Last semester Clyde’s Cupboard did a test run of giving out eight items per student, but switched it to six items this semester.

“When they initially started, we were looking at model of how the cabinets were set up.

It was just hard to maintain the

level of support,” Koback said.

“Eight was trial and error [and] seemed like good idea with the food pyramid. We realized with eight items the demand was too heavy.”

Koback said that giving away six items per student was similar to how other colleges and universities run their food pantries.

The food items are separated into different subgroups and students are only allowed to pick one item per sub-group in order to keep the offerings in balance.

“At the end of the summer semester we were really low on food,” Almarode said. “We

weren’t sure how we were going to open for the fall semester.”

Although there was uneasiness, Almarode said he wasn’t too concerned and that Clyde’s Cupboard receives constant donations from sources outside of UCCS and from different UCCS departments.

Clyde’s Cupboard’s drawers are currently full from receiving over 1,000 donated items.

Beth-El senior Courtney James plans to set up a box for voluntary donation from students in University Hall.

There are more donation boxes located around campus as well such as the communication center.

Donations are welcome from anyone at any time, but only students are allowed to take items from Clyde’s Cupboard. Non-students are given suggestions to local food banks if they come to Clyde’s Cupboard.

The main way of spreading the news about Clyde’s Cupboard has been word of mouth.

“If we do get our 501-C3 status and partner up [with another food bank] we could expand, but I do not foresee that happening,” Almarode said.

The food pantry originally opened in March, and resumed for this semester on Sept. 17.

The cupboard is available Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

iPhone 6 offers bigger screens and longer battery life Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

This year Apple did Steve Jobs proud.

Sept. 19 marked the release of the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

The new iPhone 6 base model runs between $199 and $399 and the iPhone 6 Plus base model starts at $299 and runs to $499.

If someone in Colorado Springs wanted to own an iPhone on the release date, you had to show up early and wait your turn. After staying in line for 22 hours, I still wonder how I got my phone.

Was it worth waiting in line with people I did not know for that long? Yes, it was.

I bought the iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB model not because of the maximum capacity for storage, but because that was the only model the Apple Store had at 8 a.m. Apple suckered

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The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus debuted on Sept. 19.

me into spending the extra $100, which did not sit well with me. However, the overall features of the phone made the extra money worthwhile.

The iPhone 6 Plus is Apple’s best phone yet. The 5.5-inch screen is massive and if you’re a tablet user or wanting to be one, there is no

going back.

I’m not going to bore you with the exact amount of pixels in the screen, but what I can tell you is that at first glance you can see a dramatic difference in quality. The background feels as if it comes to life.

It was easy to set up my phone after receiving it. They give you an option to stay in the store and transfer your photos, information and data to your new device. It’s simple to transfer from another iPhone.

Back up iCloud, know your username and password and all is smooth sailing.

I wanted a faster and smarter phone. Apple installed an A8 chip to accommodate for this demand. The performance is improved and the graphics are outstanding.

Apple upgraded one of the most important features for the new iPhone: the battery life. If you have an iPhone 5, you will know when I tell you that my

iPhone 5 would last a day at maximum. With the iPhone 6 Plus the battery has lasted two days, even though I constantly checked my email, sent texts and played games.

However, Apple has yet to make the iPhone more customizable. The 6 Plus cannot add widgets, which allow you to designate one screen exclusively for interactive programs such as weather or calendar applications. Androids are capable of this but Apple is not, which is disappointing.

When buying a new iPhone the store will recycle and buy your old iPhone.

They performed a 5-minute inspection of my iPhone 5 and gave me store credit toward an iPhone 6 Plus.

For iPhone lovers out there with an upgrade on their contract, I advise you to preorder the next iPhone and try it out for yourself.

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Study abroad program aims to broaden horizons, worldly communication Celeste Burnham cburnham@uccs.edu

Students studying abroad have the opportunity to experience the world in a way that is becoming more popular and encouraged at universities throughout the world.

The education abroad fair on Sept. 15 presented programs that allow students to travel to places like Germany, Mexico, France, Sweden, The Netherlands and Austria in order to enhance their experiences as a college student.

The fair is an informational session that is required and part of the application process to study abroad. Requirements, different programs and academic and financial information are covered.

“Never have I had such an eye-opening experience and culture shock. I learned about how other cultures live, what kind of norms they have, and basically how they live their everyday lives,” Alexa Sprouse, junior business major, said.

Sprouse was able to spend six weeks in Barcelona, Spain.

“Once I came back to the states, I immediately wanted to go back. Studying abroad has introduced a new interest in my life with international business.”

Students can choose from three study abroad programs: exchange programs, faculty directed programs and third-

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Kristen LaRoy, Elizabeth Kosters, Haley Hill and Gina Marchese talk to Justine Bufmack about study abroad programs during the Education Abroad Fair on Sept. 15.

party program providers.

Participants in the education abroad program still pay the same tuition as if they were at UCCS. Michael Saenz, education abroad coordinator, believes this is the best program for students to participate in.

“One of the things I love about exchange students is that they get to pay their home tuition, it’s like they never left UCCS,” Saenz said.

The faculty directed study abroad programs are as short as winter or summer term

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condensed courses. A faculty member would lead the course abroad with a group of students that have shown interest in the program. The time spent abroad could range from one to three weeks.

National trends shows that most students who participate in a study abroad program during their college career participate in a faculty directed program. Saenz believes that as UCCS’ study abroad program continues to grow more students will follow that trend.

“I think personally as an

advisor, study abroad was such a life changing experience for me. It allows you to grow in many areas in your life personally, academically and professionally,” he said.

“Our world is globalizing where it is important to know different people and know a different language.”

Third-party program providers help UCCS send students to a wider variety of foreign countries. This program is different than the exchange program since it is usually all-inclusive and you

pay your fees directly to the provider and not to UCCS. The program can be more expensive and less cost effective.

“It depends on where you are going and how long you are staying,” Saenz said.

Scholarships geared towards funding education abroad are offered through international affairs.

The Gillman Scholarship is awarded to students from the government. There are prerequisites such as being a recipient of a Pell Grant, writing essays and completing a follow-up project. They also prefer that students do not study in traditional countries.

“I did not use any scholarships or financial aid and I really wish I would have,” Sprouse expressed in an e-mail.

“The thing with my situation was that my financial aid had already maxed out for my academic year at UCCS and was not able to be applied towards studying abroad. I did apply for a couple scholarships though.”

The application process, along with other scholarships, is available on the international affairs website.

Study abroad students must maintain a full-time status and take courses that apply to their degree in order to qualify for financial aid.

The next study abroad fair is Oct. 3 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in University Center 126.

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Fall shows bring comic books to life, introduce new characters and resolves cliffhangers the hottest season and series premieres are sure to delight and entertain audiences with their highly anticipated debuts.

Kyle Guthrie kguthri2@uccs.edu

With a massive array of new and returning shows,

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Gotham - This Batman prequel follows rookie cop Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) who will later go on to become commissioner of Gotham City and help Batman rid the streets of crime.

Neither a superhero show (Bruce Wayne’s screen time is severely limited)

nor a traditional cop show, “Gotham” is instead a character study on the dark underworld of the legendary city. There is a thin line Gordon must walk in order to stay alive and remain a good cop.

This outstanding pilot is the premiere to beat this season.

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Once Upon a Time OUT fans waited for the fourth season to premiere on September 28 with the appearance of “Frozen” characters Elsa, Anna, Prince Hans and Kristoff in the real-life depiction of fairy-tale characters brought into modern day times.

Daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) and Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) will continue to fight alongside Storybrooke’s citizens to fight off the next evil of the town.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC’s highest rated show started with a slow first half of the first season, but a strong second half brought even skeptical viewers around.

The show was praised as groundbreaking for continuing the Marvel saga that is currently unfolding in theaters. The season premiere did a great job of delivering equal parts thrills and story developments, while delivering a gut-wrenching twist at the end of the episode for fans.

Arrow - CW’s highest rated flagship returns Oct. 8. After defeating and imprisoning his former friend and mentor Deathstroke (Manu Bennett), Oliver (Stephen Amell) must return to Starling City to reclaim his company and the streets from a new criminal threat.

The third season introduces Brandon Routh as fellow superhero “The Atom”, and will lead directly into the series premiere of “Arrow” spinoff “Flash.”

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Sleepy Hollow - Fox’s surprise hit managed to do the impossible for its first season: mixing American history with the biblical apocalypse without offending either.

The second season picks up immediately after the climactic finale of the first with the Horsemen War and Death released to

wreak havoc on the world in preparation for the apocalypse.

While it may not have had the same magic as the near-perfect premiere of its first season, it still delivered plenty of scares and thrills and expanded its historical universe to now include forefather Benjamin Franklin.

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Constantine - NBC brings the supernatural detective from the DC “Hellblazer” comics to life on their newest adaptation “Constantine.”

The show follows a conman and occult detective desperately working to rid the world of demons as he tries to work his way into heaven. To complicate things he is dying

of cancer, making the time available for his redemption extremely limited.

Manny (Harold Perrineau), an authoritative angel, is commissioned to watch over Constantine to monitor his progress.

The series is expected to debut on October 24 and will run every Friday evening.

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The Walking Dead -The highest rated cable show in history returns to AMC on Oct. 12, just in time for Halloween.

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The Blacklist - NBC’s returning hit continues to explore the deeds of the merciless rogue operative Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader) as he continues to wage his personal war against the most vile mercenaries and criminals in the world.

While the slower story following Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) and her CIA squad may lag, Spader’s universally praised performance as Red continues to carry the show.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine-The Emmy-nominated comedy returns September 29. The show will continue to follow New York detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) as he goes undercover

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The entire ensemble class is returning as well, including Andre Braugher in his Emmy nominated role as Captain Ray Holt.

With the plethora of series for this fall, viewers are sure to have their hours packed with mysteries, drama, action, romance and supernatural excitement.

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UCCS and students must watch their reputation Scribe Staff scribe@uccs.edu

There are three kinds of neighbors in this world: those we become friends with and say hello to every day, those who we ignore completely and pretend don’t live there and those that we hate with a passion and glare at every time we go out to the mailbox at the same time.

What kind of neighbors does UCCS want to be?

We’ve been in the news recently, and not for the reasons we want or should be.

A KOAA report from Sept. 19 looked into the issues that have been facing The Lodges, an off-campus housing complex off Nevada Avenue.

KOAA reporter Matt Prichard explained that Colorado Springs police responded 30 times to The Lodges in the last month, with grievances ranging from noise complaints to sexual assault.

Prichard explained that the situation is “wild enough that even college students are asking for a change.”

Additionally, Prichard received feedback from UCCS (although he did not specify who), and his source explained that UCCS is “aware of it, problem is this is the risk you run when you live off-campus.”

The relationship between a university and its city is mutual, not a one-way street.

We can’t have it both ways. We cannot utilize community resources, take over the areas around campus and then we mess up say it’s not our fault.

Students have to take accountability for their actions. You’re adults, you’re in the

real world and as a student you represent yourself and the university. As we continue to grow, we cannot have the wrath of the Colorado Springs community holding us back.

The KOAA report also quoted UCCS freshman Jacob Zeiters.

“With everything new, there’s always going to be some new standards and things change a little bit, so I’m assuming that things are going to get better, it’ll take time.”

Time is something we do not have.

The university is growing and changing regardless of any plans or items we think we can cover. The reputation of a person, group or university is not built in a day.

It is a continuous process that we have to constantly tend to.

Bill Vogrin’s column in The Gazette that came out on Sept. 19 as well highlighted the age-old issue for residents around UCCS: illegal parking. He talked to a couple who have been frustrated by the issue: Dick and Sandra Matthews.

Three tickets issued were in direct response to calls from them.

“Despite emails from UCCS, construction of a 230-space lot and the issuance of warnings, students continue to ignore signs that declare a portion of the street near the Matthewses off-limits to weekday parking except by residents displaying a permit,” Vogrin’s column explained.

Vogrin interviewed a couple of students parking illegally.

“So I asked the drivers, both UCCS seniors, if they knew they were parking in a permit-only spot. They did. And they

didn’t care.”

Vogrin talked to Tanisha Smith: “I pay enough to go to school already. I can’t afford a parking permit.”

Vogrin also highlighted Sam Patterson, who explained that she didn’t buy a permit because she only has classes two days a week.

We get it. Parking is expensive.

Ridiculously expensive. If this is the main issue our neighbors have with UCCS, why are we not addressing it? Why is it not a policy change? Why are students not acknowledging the problem that they are creating and asking for change?

Vogrin called UCCS spokesman Tom Hutton to find out more.

“The parking restrictions in the neighborhood are the result of actions by the city of Colorado Springs in coordination with property owners in the area,” Hutton said. “Primary enforcement of parking ordinances is done by the Colorado Springs Police Department.”

UCCS, and its students, cannot pass the buck. The community is not there to fix the problems we create.

“Maybe CSPD can peel off a few meter readers from downtown (the ones I try to dodge each day) and send them to Regent Circle to teach a few students a lesson in civics, economics and the cost of living!”

Vogrin concluded.

Like Vogrin’s tone, almost all the comments below his column on gazette. com were negative toward students, with words such as “disrespect” and “sense of entitlement” used.

What kind of neighbors do we want to be?

Tardy campus projects show ineptitude Jonathan Toman, editor-in-chief jtoman@uccs.edu

I don’t like things that aren’t completed on time.

Like group projects. Or banks that loan you money when you are no longer in debt. And even, yes, late articles.

UCCS has a glaring example that violates this general rule of mine: the Alpine Parking Garage and Field.

Students in on-campus housing were supposed to have their cars moved in to the new parking garage before spring break, and the building was supposed to open March 1.

In a Scribe article from Feb. 24, it was acknowledged that crews had lost 11 weeks of progress. According to project manager Charles Cummings, the delays were mainly due to weather and the process of acquiring permits.

The final completion date, now missed by a wide margin, was reset to sometime in June.

The project is still not finished.

“There’s still quite a bit of outside work that needs to be done,” campus architect Carolyn Fox said about the Alpine Parking Garage and Field in this issue of The Scribe. “We’re substantially complete, but not totally complete.”

First of all, what does that even mean? Second, here we are in September, and we still aren’t done?

The UCCS Campus Rec Twitter announced several changes that were

still being made to the garage on Sept.

21 and 22. WiFi and the scoreboard were two of the projects.

So were the installation of the netting around the side of the field and the installation of security cameras.

The need for security cameras speaks for itself. The need for the net is a safety issue. Additionally, I played two intramural soccer games without nets around the majority of the field. One ball found its way over the low concrete wall and down toward the cars parked below.

There is only one area where cars are in the open air, and part of the gap in the netting was right above.

The boat was not only missed on this project, it was in another ocean. Services students desperately need, parking and athletic areas, were delayed essentially indefinitely.

However, UCCS made sure to have the Academic Office Building open on time.

When you spend $23 million on something, how can you be so far behind that no one remembers when the project was actually supposed to be completed?

I’m not sure, but that’s what seems to have happened here.

The idea of a parking garage with a turf field on top is innovative. It theoretically kills two birds with one stone, more on-campus parking for students and more athletic opportunities.

But for such a great idea it has been shown to have elements of extreme

short-sightedness.

I understand that, as students, we will pay for things in our time at UCCS that we will see no return for. I will get to use the Recreation Center postexpansion for no more than one school year.

I get that.

But what frustrates me is when one of the construction projects we will get to use isn’t done properly.

Perhaps this speaks to a larger issue: the difference between the construction of a private building and a public one.

A Gazette article from March 19 explained that a Trader Joe’s was coming to University Village and that the anticipated date of opening was 2015.

Trader Joe’s is opening Oct. 10.

How is it that Trader Joe’s is opening at least two months ahead of schedule?

In contrast, refinements are still being made to the Alpine Parking Garage and Field over six months after resident were supposed to have their cars parked there?

Public Buildings, such as the parking garage, have an abysmal track record when it comes to finishing on time.

Hmm… The track record with just this building destroys my view of the timeliness of projects on our campus.

While I would love for the Rec Center expansion to be done on time, I don’t expect it to be.

If it is, it may be a miracle.

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Attendance: The unneeded war in the classroom

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There are two reasons professors want you to show up to class.

One: They feel attendance is conducive to their subject.

Two: it’s personal.

Their egos just can’t handle it if you don’t show up; they and their subject are super important and your presence is required to validate that.

I missed a class during the first week of school because I was immersed in a job and summer internship.

Settled into a rhythm by August, I simply forgot about school.

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tolerate such absences and that an employer would fire me.

material better than anyone that can show up every day.

educator by artificially adjusting a final grade is teaching the opposite of

“So many professors are passive-aggressive about their attendance policies and knock you down a letter grade or two for missing classes, even if you know the material better than anyone that can show up every day.”

Oh, the irony! I had missed class precisely because of the “real world.” That I was paying them to be there, not vice-versa, was also irrelevant.

So many professors are passive-aggressive about their attendance policies and knock you down a letter grade or two for missing classes, even if you know the

These policies always come across as an attempt to compensate for poor or lazy class design and never actually encourage interest or learning.

Everyone knows young people resist an iron fist, regardless of what it’s enforcing.

Besides that, threatening to wield dictatorial power as an

personal responsibility.

Being older than the average UCCS demographic, I thought these feelings on attendance might be unique. Sophomore Wyatt Songer assured me they were not.

“While I understand the need for students to attend class, I find that most instructors’ grade too harshly based on

attendance. Sometimes life gets in the way and a student should not be punished for the inability to attend a class,” Songer said.

Attendance for its own sake confuses senior S.K. Khan as well.

“I want to be there because it’s interesting to me. If a professor has required attendance it usually means they’ve had issues in the past because the class is draining or boring,” Khan said. “Make it interesting, give them a class they’ve never experienced, and students will show up on their own.”

On top of that, since the average person must have a job or two to afford the costs of higher education and opportunity costs of spending time in class, one would think wellintentioned professors would be a bit more understanding.

The fight for attendance is an unneeded war in the classroom. It’s better decided by students.

Professors should focus more on teaching and less on seats, because it should be our responsibility to fill them, not theirs.

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The first day had not even begun to wane before I received a snarky email from a professor disguised as a polite request (name changed to protect the well-intentioned).

“Dear students, If you’re not going to attend this class, kindly drop it.

All best, [Professor Well-intentioned Snarkypants]” Naturally the first thing I wanted to do was “kindly drop” the class. Regrettably, it was required and the only one that fit the timeslot.

I understand the frustration. I too wish the rest of my life would just stop happening so that I only ever have to worry about one thing at a time.

I also wish I could eat three square meals of philosophical conundrums covered in cheese and that, in place of rent checks, my landlord would accept compelling insights about light pollution signed by sea turtles.

I showed up the next week and was educated in the hallway that the “real world” would not

Audrey Jensen ajensen4@uccs.edu

Social media has turned into a selfobsessed and selfpromoted exploitation of technology. In today’s world, a person’s need for selfworth on a social media website equals their worth in reality.

According to an article posted on Prowl Magazine’s website, “self-taken digital portraits are typically

posted on social media, ostensibly with the intent of getting people to respond to them – that’s what social media is. In that respect, selfies aren’t expressions of pride, but rather calls for affirmation.”

I have observed several people I am friends with on Facebook who seem to have it all. 500 friends, with at least 50 likes on every picture they share with their followers.

Their public information tells of all the success in their life: where they attended school, what they’re studying at college, if they’re married and where they work.

While all of this information is allegedly true, each person on Facebook is provided

“Let’s take the self out of selfie and replace it with meaning.” with the opportunity to share as much as possible about themselves.

If you want to know more about a person you just met, anyone is fully capable of searching them on Facebook or Twitter.

Based on what is online you might gain a perspective of this person you would not have otherwise.

Where do you draw the line when it comes to posting about yourself?

People want their friends, family, acquaintances and followers to know what’s happening in their lives, whether it is a positive or negative

update.

There are more important pictures and memories to capture than the numerous selfcentered photos you post with the hope of impressing people in your media circles.

Yes, there are times I will take pictures just for the sake of something to post on Instagram and not for the sake of having the picture for memories.

But we’ve gone too far.

The more we post selfies and document our daily whereabouts or activities, the more it’s turned into a trend among technology users. As long as well-known public

figures such as Kim Kardashian or Beyoncé are posting selfies, it remains normal for our culture to do the same.

I don’t think it’s worth it. I recently decided to take a noselfie vow due to the narcissistic connotation that is tagged to a selftaken picture.

I will not allow myself to post any photo I took of myself on any media. If I do post a photo of myself it has to be a photo someone else took of me.

There are important events and issues that deserve to be shared on Facebook. Selfies are not one of them.

We already know what you look like.

If you’re going to promote anything, try to share with others

what’s important to you on a local, national or global scale. Ask yourself, why is what you post online important?

Katherine Erlikh wrote in her blog, “All the guides, all those step-by-step tutorials on how to become a social media maven, they never tell you that one important thing.

More than anything else, social media, blogs, et cetera – all these things need to hold some element of sincerity, especially for a small business, blogs, artists, writers, or other assorted creative beings.”

Let’s take the self out of selfie and replace it with meaning. Share and relish the memories, not just the photo.

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With the expansion on the way, the Recreation Center still boasts an array of sporting and recreational events for students.

The building, which opened in 2007, is meant to provide the campus and students with diverse programs as well as educational experiences to support the development of a healthy mind, body and spirit.

Students utilize as much of the amenities such as the pool, climbing wall and gym as they can. The two fullsized basketball courts that dominate a

large part of the first floor see a lot of use.

However, that’s not the only option students utilize.

“Weights,” said Chad Liscar, a senior working toward his degree in strength and conditioning. “I’m just here for weight training.”

According to Rec Center employees, weight training and swimming are two of the fastest growing activities offered.

“A lot of students will come in here for weight training,” said front desk staffer Andrew Wiens. “We will typically run out of most of the weight lockers upstairs pretty quickly. I tend to

also see a lot of people coming into the center for swimming.”

In addition to hosting amateur swimmers throughout the day, the pool also hosts pool parties and inner-tube water polo during the year.

Some days and times are busier than others at the Rec Center.

“I notice that on Fridays we get a lot of participants during class transitions,” said Weins. “Monday through Thursday we will usually see an upstart of students between the hours of 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. During that time I usually see somewhere between 40 and 45 students come through each hour.”

Other options at the Rec Center include: - An indoor track for those looking to get in a run.

- The new soccer field on the parking garage structure serves as another outlet for running and satisfies those wishing to feel grass under their feet.

- Laid back games such as ping pong and a foosball table are available in the lobby.

- Multipurpose meeting rooms and studios are available for use along with equipment checkout at the front desk.

Planners hope to have the expansion to the facility completed in time for the fall 2015 semester.

Mountain Lions have mixed non-conference start, begin RMAC schedule 1-1 Ashley Thompson athomp13@uccs.edu

After a non-conference road trip against Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State and Southern Nazarene and a loss in their first conference game against Metro State, the men’s soccer team got their first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference win of the season 3-0 over Colorado Mesa.

The Mountain Lions fell to Eastern New Mexico in a 3-1 loss.

The Greyhounds got off four shots

on the UCCS defense within the first 10 minutes of the game, but the Mountain Lions got a goal from freshman forward Josh Berntsson to make the score 2-1at halftime.

Berntsson’s goal was the first of his collegiate career.

The Mountain Lions next fell to Midwestern State 2-0, despite sophomore goalkeeper Peter Vogrin’s nine saves.

The road trip ended with a 4-0 win against Southern Nazarene. Four different players scored, with three of the four goals scored in the last 16 minutes. Freshmen goalkeeper David

Meyer got his first collegiate start as well as his first shutout against the Crimson Storm.

The Mountain Lions would now return home to begin RMAC play against Metro State.

Freshman Conor Langenbahn scored the game-tying goal with just 8.8 seconds left in regulation for the Mountain Lions. The game went to double overtime, but it was Metro State that would score with 10 seconds left to take the victory, 2-1.

UCCS then took on Colorado Mesa, a team they lost to in penalty kicks in the RMAC quarterfinals last

season. UCCS shutout Mesa, and took the win 3-0.

Freshman forward Jake McAllister and senior midfielder James Roberts were a two man team, as both players assisted the other for goals against the Mavericks. This was the first time the Mountain Lions have beaten Colorado Mesa since 2012, and Meyer posted another shutout.

After three road games against Fort Lewis, Colorado School of Mines and Regis, the Mountain Lions next home game will be Oct. 5 against Adams State at noon at Mountain Lion Stadium.

Budget, policy concerns prevent addition of collegiate sports for now Brandon Applehans bappleha@uccs.edu

One of the most frequently asked questions on campus is when UCCS will get a football team.

Hold up: it takes more than wishful thinking to add a collegiate sport.

“We don’t sponsor football,” said athletic director Steve Kirkham.

“Our budget is $2 million and a good division II football team is $2 million. We would have to double our budget.”

Despite the presence of Mountain Lion Stadium, constructing a team with over 70 athletes and adding five coaches’ offices to the already cramped athletic offices might break the bank account.

“When I got here ten years ago,

we really wanted to make the sports programs here as competitive as possible,” said Kirkham. “We were poorly funded at the time and we have come a long way.”

When adding a sport to UCCS, there are three items of business that go into the decision: student demand (which plays a major role), the university’s budget (which has to be adequate) and constructing the team.

Adding a collegiate sport requires funding and if the addition of a program is timed poorly, a currently successful program could take a budget cut, which could result in less scholarship money.

In compliance with Title IX, the university currently has five men’s sports and seven women’s sports.

Title IX compliance would be needed to add another sport.

“Title IX determines each

school’s competitive region. Ours is a circle of 436 miles. In that region what sports are sponsored that wouldn’t put a burden on the university travel wise,” explained Kirkham.

The most recent addition to the Mountain Lion athletic program was women’s golf in fall 2013. Head coach Sadie Farnsworth was hired in May 2013, giving her time to sign and hire necessary players and coaches for success.

Kirkham believes that time was critical.

“We’ve done it smarter here,” Kirkham said. “In both golf and soccer we hired a coach, gave them their budget, and started the process.

A lot of other programs start playing that season.”

In the state of Colorado, high school wrestling is one of the most

popular sports and is a possible addition here.

“Wrestling is something we’ve looked at very closely,” Kirkham said. “We’re one of the biggest wrestling conferences in Division II. The Colorado state high school wrestling tournament is the most number one attended wrestling event in the country.”

But as with all possible additions, funding is the main issue.

With collegiate wrestling, a proper gym is needed. Temperature, lighting, and even ceiling fixtures and height come into the equation.

College sports, unless ranked in the top conferences at Division I schools, don’t make much profit.

“In Division II athletics, even at the very best programs, basketball or football don’t make much money,” Kirkham said.

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Overcoming obstacles is one thing. It’s quite another to deal with a grueling injury every day and then compete at the highest level.

UCCS and Air Force alumnus John Zavada is a wheelchair track coach for the 2014 games. While at UCCS, Zavada majored in health and wellness/ health programming and evaluation.

The wounded veterans must learn to trust their leader if they hope to be able to play well at the games, something Zavada knows he must address.

“I have deployed many times in my 22-year career,” Zavada said. “So when I let the warrior athletes know where I’ve been and what I did we have this

commonality even though we have done different things in the military.”

The overall goal of the games, Sept.

28 through Oct. 4 in Colorado Springs, is to get wounded warriors involved in sports again. After a serious tragedy, athletes can feel as if their time playing sports is no longer possible.

The Warrior Games aims to break that mentality.

“The Warrior Games brings a ton of excitement in the way of teamwork and being able to see how far I can push myself and others around me,” Matt Spang, a double below the knee amputee, said.

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Zavada emphasized how the Warrior Games change these wounded veterans into new people.

“There once was an athlete who was having such a hard time with his injury,” Zavada said. “After a year of not seeing him, I walk into the gym at his second Warrior Games and he came out of nowhere and swept me off my feet. He was a different person after those first games.”

Zavada is entering his 16th season coaching wheelchair track. Trainign for the event includes wheelchair track pushing techniques, speed training and track strategies. There are a total of six events in the games, including sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball and archery.

“I think the best part about my job

would have to be watching a novice athlete in wheelchair track on day one, and seeing them progress by the end of the very first practice,” Zavada said.

“They begin to get the techniques and start gaining confidence and get faster and faster. The inhibitions begin to melt away and they feel that competitive edge building inside themselves again.”

“The motto I most live by is work hard, play hard,” Spang said. “You only achieve what you believe.”

Outside of sport, athletes can take on obstacles that never would have been challenged prior to competing.

“We want them to play again with their families and friends. If they show natural ability in these adaptive sports they can move on to national level competitions,” Zavada said.

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