Clarion Volume 120, Issue 10

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University budget woes freeze faculty salaries

by anita balakrishnan Editor-in-chief

DU is planning to raise tuition 3.95 percent and adding $9.7 million in financial aid to its budget for next year after a budget shortfall caused base salary increases to be frozen for most faculty members this academic year, according to Gregg Kvistad, Provost.

University

Full Professor Salary

The “main causes” of the budget shortfall were lowerthan-expected enrollment at the undergraduate level and in four graduate programs, said Kvistad.

“We enrolled about 40 fewer first-time, first-year undergraduate students than budgeted, and we had about 45 fewer continuing undergraduate students, partly because students are moving out of undergradu-

Associate Professor Salary

Assistant Professor Salary

School of Mines

$128,700

$89,000

$78,500

CU Boulder

$ 125,500

$ 90,300

$ 77,500

Colorado College

$ 122,100

$ 81,900

$ 64,500

DU

$117,700 $79,800 $72,500

CSU Fort Collins

$ 108,900

$ 79,800

$ 71,300

UCCS

$ 95,500

$ 72,200

$ 63,100

UNC

$78,400

$ 60,300

$ 51,500

statistics from american association of university professors

DU ranks No. 5 out of 12 Colorado universities ranked by the AAUP “What Professors Make.” Not pictured are CU Denver, Fort Lewis College, Western State College of Colorado and Naropa University.

ate status more quickly than in the past,” said Kvistad.

Kvistad hopes to meet the enrollment goals for last year in the upcoming academic year.

“We anticipate enrolling a total of 5,181 undergraduates next year, which was about our target for the current year - which we did not meet,” said Kvistad. “To reach that overall enrollment, we are planning to enroll 1,375 first-time, first-year students for the fall of 2013.”

Although DU has had growing return on investments and endowments, according to a Feb. 12 Clarion article by Sarah Ford, this does not reflect the full budgetary performance at DU. “Endowment earnings fund a very small percentage of the university’s operating expense,” said Kvistad. “Earnings depend on the size of the endowment, not its year-to-year growth.

Endowment earnings fund financial aid and some programmatic expense, but the university is highly dependent on tuition revenue to cover its expenses.”

According to a letter sent from Chancellor Robert Coombe to faculty and staff on Oct. 25, the shortfalls are “of limited concern for the immediate future” but may “pose a more serious threat to the financial health of the institution in years to come” if unattended to.

An excerpt from the letter explains the nature of the change to faculty salaries that resulted from the budget shortfall.

“In recent years merit awards for faculty and staff have taken the form of a combination of base budget salary increases and one-time awards (bonuses) for singular achievements,” wrote Coombe in the letter. “Last year we awarded base budget salary increases averaging 2.75 percent of salaries, along with $1.5 million in one-time, merit-based bonuses. One time awards are not folded into base salaries, and hence do not compound over years as do base salary increases.

“This year’s expenditure budget includes a pool of funds for merit awards amounting to 2.75 percent of base salaries. We will in fact award the entirety of these awards, but we will do so as one-time awards.”

According to Kvistad, base salary increases are permanent multiyear additions to a salary and merit bonuses are a one-time salary award.

Anthropology department chair Dean Saitta said that in past years, individuals received a different percent increase in base salary.

However, this year, most did not receive any base pay increases.

A small number of faculty members, did, however, receive base salary increases.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

USG Resolution 9 threatens org inclusivity, autonomy Editor-in-Chief

“If you are silent on this matter, you are helping choke the First Amendment’s ability to breathe. And be warned, the less it breathes for us in the media, the less it breathes for us as a society of people of color.” This quote was spoken by journalist Reginald Stuart when he accepted the Ida B. Wells Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

He was advocating for the abolishment of unpaid internships.

Stuart’s argument was that unpaid positions make it more difficult for people without economic privilege to get professional opportunities. I couldn’t agree more – explaining why several news outlets sponsor paid internships for minority students.

Forums of free speech have not only an incentive, but an obligation to ensure that members are of various racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, reflecting the population they represent. That is why the Clarion offers as many opportunities as possible to its writers – including

the opportunity for pay when a high level of work is performed and the funds are available.

USG is discussing a resolution tonight at 6 p.m. in Anderson Academic Commons that threatens this system, if passed without amendments. The resolution bans the use of student activity fees to fund student payroll – which I support. That is why the Clarion raises its own supplemental revenue to support incentives. However, a distinction between these two revenue sources is not recognized in the resolution.

For the Clarion, truly meager

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payroll supports inclusivity and prevents reporters from crossing ethical boundaries for the allure of incentives from sources. Other orgs may have different incentives to raise money, from charity to bar parties.

Student orgs should have autonomy to raise money for causes that are within the purview of the greater DU mission. I plan to support amendments to Resolution 9 that foster discussion of when “Pioneer spirit” might support payment of student org members via fundraising efforts.

Commitee investigates John Evans

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DU founder John Evans, 1814-1897, also served as Territorial Governor of Colorado.

by gigi peccolo News Editor

In collaboration with Northwestern University, DU is investigating school founder John Evans’ involvement with the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. DU has created the John Evans Study Committee to conduct research for the project.

DU created the committee following the precedent set by Northwestern, which formed its own committee in response to an outcry from the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance there.

Committee head and Anthropology department chair Dean Saitta said the group wants to acknowledge Evans’ role in the events leading up to Sand Creek, as well as any “unsavory aspects of the university’s history.”

“We want to re-examine how we recognize and honor John Evans’s contributions to the building of DU, and whether there are any other individuals who might also be appropriately recognized and honored on campus as well as in the city,” said Saitta.

The universities will most likely present two separate reports in June 2014. The date marks the 150th anniversary of Sand Creek as well as DU. “Because of these twin anniversaries we thought it behooved us to look into John Evans’ involvement in the political and economic relationships that led to the appropriation of Indian lands here in Colorado and to events like Sand Creek,” said Saitta.

“If this is not a case of discrimination against an ethnic group, I don’t know what is.”

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Daniels receives $1.55M for international endowments Educational fund will expand “global impact,” engage students internationally by carolyn neff Senior Reporter

The Daniels College of Business recently received $1.55 million in an endowed fund for an international and graduate scholarship which will fund a Global Scholars program beginning this summer.

The Joseph W. and Sharon P. Saunders Endowed Global Education Fund is set to expand “global impact” - one of the business school’s three missions. Daniels College of Business Dean Christine Riordan said Daniels has received other gifts for international education, but this is the first permanent endowment for a specific purpose.

The gift was made by Joe and Sharon Saunders.

Joe Saunders, who recently retired as CEO of VISA, Inc., is a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Daniels and was a Voices of Experience speaker last year. The endowment will be used to fund scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in global consulting projects.

“Our goals at Daniels include providing global consultancy experiences for our students, global career placement, global executive education programs and high powered global network,” said Riordan.

According to Daniels Senior Director of Globalization Thomas Dowd, as an endowment fund, the Saunders Global Scholars Initiative will generate yearly earnings that can support student engagement in Daniels’ international activities like the International MBA program’s optional experiences and required overseas live-consulting programs, as well as programs like the Reiman School of Finance’s “Financial Capitals” derivatives program targeting Brazil, London and Singapore.

The endowment will also further The Daniels Global Initiative, which focuses on cultivating new international business and educational partnerships, enhancing learning and career opportunities for students in “tightly-designed” programs offered overseas and building research and visiting scholar programs. New partnerships will be achieved

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through domestic and inter- According to Dowd, four national Daniels Executive international MBA student Advisory Board. teams worked on consulting “The international boards projects for a Norwegian soft(IEABs) will ensure that our ware company (that operates decisions and activities are all over the world), in Tanzainformed by the international nia. After the overseas comperspectives and experiences ponent, the director of global of talented, engaged board marketing flew from Oslo to members,” said Dowd.

Denver to hear the results of IEABs will advise on the projects from the students, internship and career oppor- finding their presentations so tunities for Daniels students, meaningful and useful that help diversify international he is now changing his comstudent recruitpany’s whole ing at Dan- “Making substanapproach to iels, provide marketing corporate and tive international in Africa.

“Imagorganizat iona l travel more widely ine how connections and powerful generate live- available will benconsulting proj- efit the students, this will be ects for graduate for a stuthe school and the dent team students.

“They will member to companies that generally be a be able to constant ‘face’ engage with our reference of Daniels” in a job in the home- students.” i nt e r v i e w,” countries,” said said Dowd.

Dowd. “There “This is has been lot of Thomas Dowd, Daniels the sort of i n t e r n a t i o n a l Senior Director of Global- e x p e r i e n c e we want as activity going ization many of our on at [and] from Daniels, but we realized students as possible to have the need for integrating this access to, and this is how the activity and aligning it with Saunders endowment will Daniels’ global strategy,” said have impact here.”

While the Saunders Global Dowd. “This would bring even greater returns on the Scholars Initiative is a standinvestments of times, energy alone program within Daniels, and money that are already and has no connection to the Cherrington Global Scholar being made.”

According to Dowd, the program, the Office of InterSaunders endowment will national Education does help help Daniels make important Daniels with the logistics of the decisions that will impact the global consultancy projects.

Dowd said the Daniels affordability of its international Office of Globalization works offerings, among other things.

Riordan said the scholar- closely on many fronts with ships will be competitive and the Office of Internationalwill depend on student need ization, providing a forum to and the cost of the trip. No set discuss cross-cultural and acascholarship award amounts demic issues that impact both have been decided or released. the domestic and international “Making substantive DU community.

The Daniels Office of international travel more widely available will benefit Globalization was established the students, the school and three years ago as a result of the companies that engage a “very thorough” strategic with our students,” said Dowd. planning process to integrate, “It provides a point of refer- focus and expand Daniels’ ence that guides us as we make international engagement.

Dowd said the Saunders decisions to ensure that the concept of globalization is gift is a very exciting developembedded into everything we ment and that discussions, led do – inside the classroom and by Riordan, will assess how the earnings on the endowment out,” said Dowd.

Dowd said the goal can be used to make participaof Daniels’ international tion in Daniels international engagement is to ensure that programs even more attractive Daniels has a global impact to Daniels students – graduate “on students, faculty, alumni and undergraduate.

“This is a work in progand international business ress but the outcome will help and stakeholders.”

An example is a recent advance the Daniels Global experience in November 2012. Initiative,” said Dowd.

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Work Related Injury

Upon arrival at the scene, officers took possession of the property in question which contained drug paraphernalia and suspected marijuana.

On Monday, April 1 at 9:45 a.m., an employee met with Campus Safety to report a work-related injury they sustained over the weekend.

Risk Management was notified.

Medical Assist On Monday, April 1 at 7:14 p.m., Campus Safety was called to the Gates Field House regarding an injured student. Upon arrival they met with the student, who was lying on the floor. The student requested paramedics who transported them to Swedish Hospital.

On Wednesday, April 3 at 2:49 p.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding at student in need of medical assistance in Johnson-McFarlane Hall. Upon arrival at the scene, officers provided assistance to the student in question who declined paramedic assistance.

On Wednesday, April 3 at 8:37 p.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding a Sodexo staff member in need of medical assistance in Centennial Halls.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers provided assistance to the staff member, who declined paramedic assistance.

Theft On Monday, April 1 at 7:54 p.m., Campus Safety responded to the Newman Center for Performing Arts regarding a theft. Upon arrival they met with a staff member who stated a bench was missing from the first floor. The staff member did not want to file an additional report with the Denver Police Department (DPD).

On Tuesday, April 2 at 2:57 p.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding the theft of a bicycle from a rack located on the east side of Centennial Towers.

Upon arrival, officers spoke with the reporting party, a student, who stated their bicycle was last secured to the rack on Mar. 29 at approximately 2 p.m.

On Wednesday, April 3 at 11:44 a.m., while on routine patrol, a Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO) observed a vehicle which was displaying an unauthorized parking permit in lot 306. The owner of the vehicle, a student, was cited for theft of services.

Drugs On Tuesday, April 2 at 11:03 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call from a student in Centennial Halls regarding found property.

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Intelligence Report On Wednesday, April 2 at 8:53 a.m., Campus Safety took a report from a staff member regarding a concerning phone call they had received on their office telephone.

Alcohol On Wednesday, April 3 at 11:19 p.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding an intoxicated student in Centennial Halls.

Officers arrived on the scene and contacted Denver Cares who transported the student to their facility.

Non-Criminal Incident On Thursday, April 4 at 11:23 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call from a staff member regarding suspicious e-mails which were being sent to several staff members from the same e-mail address.

Further information pending investigation.

Vehicular Collision On Thursday, April 4 at 1:51 p.m., while performing their routine job duties, a Campus Safety staff member observed a vehicular collision in parking lot H1. Upon arrival at the scene, officers spoke with two students who were involved in the collision. The students relayed that neither of them had sustained injuries and that the damage to both of their personal vehicles was minor.

Drugs On Friday, April 5 at 2:22 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a call regarding the odor of marijuana emanating from a residential room in JohnsonMcFarlane Hall. Upon arrival at the scene, officers spoke with two students who surrendered narcotics, drug paraphenalia, alcohol and other contraband items to officers.

Police Assist On Friday, April 5 at 2:29 a.m., Campus Safety responded to a request from the Denver Police Department (DPD) for assistance near the intersection of East Evans Avenue and South University Boulevard.

Upon arrival at the scene, DPD officers stated they had three students in custody and would be citing the students who had thrown water balloons at the officers from a balcony.

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Legacy of John Evans Profs salaries cease to increase under investigation Continued from page 1

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Gary Alan Fine, the John Evans professor of sociology at Northwestern, said he initially conducted research on the subject in 2004 before students raised interest in the subject last year.

“They then began to pressure the university with my support, my advice and the support and advice of a number of other faculty members,” said Fine.

The students and Fine wrote a joint article about Evans’ involvement in the Daily Northwestern; students also created a petition.

“These terribly brave, wonderful undergraduate students, some of them native, some of them not, they chose to do this,” said Fine. “It was at that point that I became involved again and tried to help them out as much as I could to ensure that the institution provided justice.”

Saitta said DU will share a lot of information with Northwestern and plans to search archives in Denver and elsewhere. “[We will look at] historical societies, libraries, and anywhere else we can find documentation of Evans’s activities as they relate to Indian relations in Colorado and the founding of DU,” said Saitta.

A faculty colleague referred Saitta to a faculty leader at Northwestern. Upon learning about the project, he discovered other faculty members were interested in the research and called a meeting to plan their approach.

The committee is currently made up of nine members, three of whom, including Saitta, are Evans professors, the highest honor a faculty member can achieve at DU. “The designation honors especially distinguished scholarly and creative work,” said Saitta. “Evans Professors are given an annual monetary award that allows them to continue their work,” said Saitta.

The committee plans to add more members from all

over DU and Denver.

“They will include students [such as] members of DU’s Native Student Alliance and citizens, [such as] members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, people associated with the United Methodist Church,” said Saitta. “We also plan to stay engaged with DU’s administration and the Governor’s Office.”

On Nov. 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led over 650 troops in an attack on a band of Cheyenne and Arapaho near Sand Creek, Colorado, according to the National Park Service.

Over 150 Native Americans, most of whom were children, women or elderly, were killed. The attack later came to be known as the “Sand Creek Massacre.”

According to Fine, the Arapaho and Cheyenne were flying a white flag of peace.

Abraham Lincoln appointed Evans governor of the Colorado Territory in 1862. He served until 1865, when he was asked

by Andrew Johnson’s administration to resign.

Evans co-founded Northwestern in 1851; thirteen years later, he founded the Colorado Seminary, which eventually became DU. Both schools plan to report their findings in June 2014, the 150th anniversary of the massacre as well as the 150th anniversary of DU’s founding. They will also offer recommendations on hn how the university should act in response to the report.

Saitta said the committee sees the research as a “teaching movement.” “[It’s] an opportunity to produce and disseminate knowledge about DU’s founder and founding,” said Saitta.

“Perhaps most importantly, we also see it as an opportunity to bring people together to talk, reconcile, and help ease the pain that the Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants of Sand Creek still feel after 150 years.

“For the current year, $1.5 million in base faculty salary is being added to a subset of the faculty; one-third of the most productive appointed faculty members in their respective colleges, schools and divisions were eligible for this base salary increase,” said Kvistad.

According to Saitta, base salary increases were decided based on nominations by department chairs to the dean and provost, as well as “demonstrating excellence,” such as publishing a book or article.

“The idea was these were faculty we were at risk of losing.

An anthropology professor did get it [base salary increase], and was overjoyed, because this is a scholar that has been underpaid in previous years,” said Saitta. “A number of individuals around campus got bonuses who were traditionally underpaid in the past and it was time to bring them up to speed, and others who were particularly young and were being courted by other universities. We didn’t want to risk losing them. It was a gesture to show they were valued.”

However, while Saitta said there are never any “promises made” about the nature of the year’s bonuses, that department chairs were not given very much warning on the change.

“It kinda hit us like a ton of bricks out of the blue. I don’t know any faculty that were given a heads up about this,” said Saitta. “They [faculty members] would have liked to have had some advance warning.

Maybe in say, the third week of the fall quarter, when we understand that you have a good idea of who is enrolled here. The timing was a big thing, people wanted sufficient time to get used to the idea and a fuller idea of why this is happening.”

Professor Richard Leaman, chair of the Faculty Senate Financial Planning Committee and professor at Daniels, said that the faculty responses to the change were “varied.”

“Some faculty were angry,

some saw the need in view of the University’s finances and many [were] in between,” said Leaman.

According to Leaman, the faculty senate financial planning committee meets with the provost every quarter to get an update on finances and on an adhoc basis if necessary. The finance committee also has completed several projects such as comparing DU finances to peer schools and a comprehensive study on faculty salaries.

Leaman and Saitta both said that DU salaries lag other similar universities.

“We tend to lag our peer universities especially at the Associate Professor level; [there is] less lag at the full and assistant professor level,” said Leaman.

“Historically, DU faculty salaries are on the low side, so perhaps we should have found somewhere else to cut,” said Saitta. “There really should have been a discussion around all of these things. There was also a concern about this having a particular impact on non-tenured, contingent faculty. They are already the lowest paid faculty members, so this created some extra economic hardship on the faculty not on the tenured track. I want to give them a voice too.”

The American Association of University Professors released a study of last year’s wages that showed DU salaries in the 49th percentile compared to other universities. The same study showed that DU, on average, reported salaries of $117,700 for full professors, $79,800 for associate professors and $72,500 for assistant professors.

Because DU is a private institution, particular salaries are not published at the institutional level, according to Saitta.

Kvistad said salary studies done by DU have shown the need to be competitive.

“We know that we need to be more competitive to attract and keep excellent faculty members, and that is why we have moved forward with the $6 million, plus fringe, faculty salary enhancement pool even in this year of no general merit pool for faculty

and staff,” said Kvistad.

Although Kvistad said that “faculty are involved in conversations about the university’s budget in an on-going way,” Saitta said the process may have “bred resentment” for some faculty members.

“It [the base salary increases and merit-based bonuses] was done systematically, with great thought and great care, but it still can breed resentment. I don’t mind talking about it all, because I think it was a complicated thing, I think the financial crunch was real, there could have been more discussion,” said Saitta. “Some people came out getting what they deserved, but overall it was a mess because of the process, and faculty not being brought into the conversation earlier. “ According to Leaman, some faculty members were “surprised” that the university was unable to forsee the shortfall sooner.

“Many [causes] such as the inability of foreign students to demonstrate oral proficiency was un-anticipated,” said Leaman. “I guess the University should be aware of a difficult competitive situation and the possible tuition shortfalls in view of our tuition dependency.”

Ultimately, Saitta cited process as the main point of controversy for faculty members.

“My thought was about the process. We didn’t see it coming, we didn’t have a conversation about it, we weren’t exposed to alternatives,” said Saitta. “When the university foresaw this crisis, we should have had faculty leaders in a room together to discuss.

Instead, I was told the week of evaluations that instead of doing base salaries, no, we were told to calculate bonuses. We felt squeezed by it – we thought, this isn’t the way its supposed to work if we have financial transparency in this institution.“ According to Kvistad, a shift from base salary increases to merit-based bonuses has not happened in the recent past and is not expected to continue in the future due to the commitment to the new $6 million faculty salary enhancement pool.

Panel discusses different approaches to sustainability by lanna giauque Staff Writer

A panel of DU professors spoke to an audience of over 30 people on the subject of sustainability in the Korbel Cyber Café last Thursday to discuss connections between humans and the environment, according to Chad King, DU’s Sustainability Coordinator.

The panel was jointly sponsored by the Korbel School of International Studies and the Center for Sustainability and brought in faculty from various disciplines.

The panelists included Professor of Spanish literature Allison Krögel, Professor of Philosophy Thomas Nail, Professor and Director of Emergent Digital Practices Timothy Weaver and Professor of Animal-Assisted Social Work and Director of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection Phillip Tedeschi.

Each panelist spoke about their individual research in relation to sustainability, as well as what they would like to see accomplished in terms of sustainability in the future.

Krögel discussed her work concerning food production, marketing and consumption and their connection to power relations, conflicts and hierarchies in the Andes. She also studies the Quichua language. She said that while her work deals with historic sustainability concepts, such as the use of food in indigenous cultures to forward domination, much of the practices and relationships she studies are still occurring today.

In the future, Krögel said she hopes to “disseminate different indigenous ideas by overcoming language barriers.”

Nail discussed his research concerning resistance in Central America by the Zapatista movement to post-colonial influences on the environment

and its resources. The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a nonviolent radical leftist group in Mexico.

Nail’s research analyzes the role of science in Zapatista territory, with special attention on the way science collects and uses indigenous knowledge. He also said that ecological science could be viewed as a method of capitalism, with scientists used as agents of reaching capitalist goals.

“I hope to educate students about these issues and motivate them to do something about it,” Nail said about his goals for the future. “I hope they get pissed off about injustice and are inspired to do something about it.”

Weaver presented the concepts of environmental biotechnology and biomedia, which he said include taking biological concepts and mixing media into them in innovative ways.

As an example, he cited his work creating “protein music”, or music based on biological

protein analysis. He uses similar forms of artistic expression to create interactive and alternative exhibits for locations such as the Denver Art Museum and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He is especially interested in the concept of ecological memory and how it is formed.

Looking to the future, he says he has the goal of “broadening the dialogue surrounding these complex sustainability issues.”

Tedeschi presented his work examining human interaction with the environment through the lens of social work.

He discussed animal-assisted therapy as an example of human-environment interaction and said that some of the most important relationships people can have come from owning a pet. He also voiced concerns that the behavior people currently have with the environment is too “aggressive”.

He said people have a lot to learn from animals. Tedeschi said his goal for the future is a world in which people treat other creatures well and recognize the importance of animals to our wellbeing.

“People’s optimum health, at one level or another, requires that we have interaction with living things,” he said.

When the panel was opened up to outside questions and statements, Dr. Hillary Hammon, from the Geography Department, spoke briefly from the audience, saying the sustainability minor already available at DU is being expanded to include courses taught by professors like the ones in this panel.

She said she is excited to see these new courses, as they will give students different perspectives on the complex subject of sustainability.

“Students need to see the cross-disciplinary nature of these issues,” Hammon said.

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Gauger provides look at refugees in Denver by sarah ford Managing Editor

Kelly Gauger, deputy director of the Office of Refugee Admissions with the U.S. State Department visited campus two weeks ago to speak to students about work being done in refugee resettlement both nationally and internationally.

She met with approximately 20 students in the Cyber Café at the Korbel School of International Studies to discuss her work and answer their questions.

She also sat down with the Clarion to discuss her work at the State Department.

“Denver is one of our very strong refugee resettlement sites in the U.S.,” said Gauger. “We currently have four resettlement agencies in Denver that receive funding from our office.”

However, efforts in refugee resettlement do not only come from the State Department and regional agencies, but have seen a strong contribution from the DU campus, according to Peter Van Arsdale, director of African initiatives at the Korbel School of International Studies.

“DU and other members of the community are very active in refugee events,” said Van Arsdale. “During any calendar year there will be half a dozen interesting events.”

Each year, about 70,000 refugees are relocated to the U.S. because they are in danger of persecution in their home country. The Refugee Admissions Office homepage defines refu-

gees as “having a well-founded fear of persecution based on one of the five protected grounds of religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group”. Those deemed in need of relocation are brought to the U.S. and integrated, often including being put on a path to citizenship.

Denver received 1,878 refugees in 2011 and was projected to receive 2,000 in 2012, according to the Colorado Department of Human Services.

Gauger said the metro area of Denver is unique from other cities in the services it offers refugees.

“Colorado, for whatever reason, has a lot of very innovative programs in place for refugees,” said Gauger. “I would say that Colorado is…one of our most innovative and really most successful states in terms of refugee resettlement.”

Gauger said Denver is set apart from other cities by the number of services it offers that are attuned to specific needs of refugees.

“It’s not just looking at their immediate needs, but also looking at their wider needs,” said Gauger. These needs include their employment needs, social skills, mental health services and physical health needs.

DU, and particularly the Korbel School of International Studies, has also added unique and specific contributions to immigrant issues according to Van Arsdale.

The university has been involved not only in hosting

refugee events, but has also contributed research including the Collaborative Refugee and Immigrant Information Center (CRIIC), a website of refugeerelated information, briefs and resources voluntarily compiled by students.

“These haven’t been abstract theoreticians touting strange and unusual ideas, we have done a particularly good job moving beyond theory into practical applications of research,” said Van Arsdale.

He said the research has sometimes been used by agencies in Denver to better serve the populations they work with.

“We have incorporated the applied research of a particular population onto service providers so they can better meet the needs of that population,” he said.

Van Arsdale said he personally worked on a project through the Colorado Mental Health Institute to provide research on ways to improve mental health services to refugees which they later incorporated in their practices.

He also said there are many students who have continued to study and work in a field involving refugees and resettlement, including the current director of the African Community Center in metro Denver, Jennifer Gueddiche, a Korbel graduate.

“DU has produced students who have become refugee specialists…and have gone on to serve refugees on a paid professional basis,” Van Arsdale said.

Gauger said the work being

Geographic and Mother Jones.

He has written several books on the subject of climate change and is also the founder of the website 350.org, a grassroots organizational side advocating for climate control.

Though McKibben worked as a journalist writing for the New Yorker prior to writing his first book, he said his introduction to climate change in the 1980s shifted what he wanted to do in his role as a journalist.

“It’s (climate change) probably the single biggest example of a story we haven’t managed to get right,” he said. “I understood, quickly, that this was the most important story there was in the world.”

McKibben said American people are unaware of the impacts of climate change, and called for journalism to serve as a “warning” of its effects.

“We are sleepwalking off the edge of a cliff and our warning system, journalism, has failed to warn us about that,” said McKibben. “Our job as journalists is to tell people about the most important things that are happening in the world so they can act.”

McKibben worked for the New Yorker before publishing his first book on the environment, “The End of

Nature”, in 1989.

The transition changed McKibben’s role as a journalist from that of unbiased commentator to activist, he said.

McKibben believes this is an important role for journalists.

“Something interesting of the world we’re moving into with the rise of citizen journalism is that is becoming more possible and more respectable to do that that kind of work,” said McKibben. “to say ‘I actually care about the outcome of this.’”

McKibben said it is important people become aware of the “threat of climate change.”

“Now the choices we have to make are much starker and we have to move more quickly,” said McKibben.

He also said journalism and journalists had a responsibility to bring the issue to attention.

“The natural outcome of good journalism is to make people care to go do something about something,” said McKibben. “I think I was right when I said this is probably the story of our time, maybe of all time.”

He also said the progression of the issue would be a test for journalism in upcoming years.

“We’ll find out whether the journalistic method was a good idea, whether it works or not.”

Speaker advocates for more activist journalists by sarah ford Managing Editor

Journalist, author and environmental activist Bill McKibben spoke last Wednesday in Ruffato Hall as the keynote speaker for the “Journalism That Matters” conference held on campus Wednesday and Thursday. In the address, McKibben discussed the importance of activist journalism and raising awareness of environmental change.

McKibben was awarded the Anvil Axis of Freedom Award, given out each year by the Media, Film & Journalism Department and the DUbased Charlotte A. Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media.

The award was presented to him by Ed Estlow.

The Anvil Axis of Freedom award is given each year to someone whose work demonstrates “commitment to freedom, ethics and integrity,” according to the Estlow center website.

“I’ve gotten to see many, many parts of the lifecycle of journalism in our time, and some of it is very sad,” said McKibben.

McKibben is a regular contributor to newspapers including the New York Times, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, National

done by the Denver community, as well as other national communities, is important for ensuring refugees are able to settle in their new country.

“As much as you try to dampen people’s expectations when they’re overseas about how difficult it’s going to be… they still think they are coming to the United States, they’ve got a golden ticket, surely they’re going to get here and they’re going to have a house and a car and the American Dream,” she said.

Gauger noted the importance of volunteer work in making a community able to better receive and accommo-

date refugees. She said this is what has made Denver one of the nation’s stronger resettlement communities.

“Agencies rely a lot on volunteers. A lot of Americans and a lot of communities have had contact with these refugees through their church or through their schools, and they’re helping families integrate in their first couple of months,” she said.

Van Arsdale agreed.

“Refugees are not going away,” he said. “Because of the conflicted environment we live in, they are always going to be here and we have to be sensitive to them and work with them.”

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Exhibit redefines tribal identity by brenda velasquez Contributing Writer

The Native Student Alliance teamed up with artist Douglas Miles, founder of Apache Skateboards, to present the WhatTRIBE exhibit in Sturm Hall’s Museum of Anthropology, which held the opening reception last Thursday from 4-7 p.m. This multimedia exhibit featured stencil portraits of several DU students along with poetry, music and a slideshow. The predominant medium consisted of spray paint, cardboard and reclaimed wood, all found in the Denver community.

“I wanted to take something from the community,” said Miles. “I wanted to work with people and material from the community; I found the wood and the subjects here so the exhibit has even more meaning.”

A San Carlos Apache-Akimel O’odham painter and printmaker from Arizona, Douglas Miles incorporates Native American culture into his urban art-styled pieces, like those in his Apache Skateboards products. Miles has worked with IPath, Volcom and Element Skateboards to create a stamp of Native life.

At the far end of the small gallery, an ongoing slideshow projected black-andwhite photographs of various students onto the wall. These students held up a paper with the graffiti-style words “What Tribe?” Their responses to the question ranged from ethnicity, occupation and interest: Student/ New Mexican; Theatre; Anthro nerd/ Brony/ Texan.

“We told people about the project and asked if they wanted to support it,” said Amanda Williams, a senior from Arizona majoring in Psychology and co-chair of NSA. “So they sent in pictures. It was a very collaborative project.”

Indeed, the WhatTRIBE exhibit was a collaboration between many factions,

including the Anthropology Department and the Center for Multicultural Excellence, which provided some of the funding.

“The NSA came to us and had this idea and we said sure,” said Christina Kreps, a faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Museum of Anthropology. “This gallery is a student space so we’re happy when people come to us with ideas. This is exactly the kind of exhibit we like to support.”

Miles expressed a perspective that broadened the definition of the term “tribe” by including non-ethnic criteria such as interests, occupation, religion, age, habits and fandom. As such, a theatre club could consider themselves a tribe connected by the members’ fundamental love for the performing arts.

The idea runs similar to the modern American concept of ‘family’ which often includes distant blood-relatives or even friends. Miles’ expansion of the conventional definition of tribe allowed for more people to connect through a variety of shared traits, ultimately creating a stronger sense of unity throughout the DU campus.

“I’m not here to inspire some new kind of Pan-American movement,” said Miles, who wished to break negative Native American stereotypes with this exhibit, while simultaneously encouraging the DU community to reflect on their own tribal backgrounds. “I’m talking about reflecting on your own background and being proud of it. We all have our tribal backgrounds; we all come from somewhere.”

The WhatTRIBE exhibit used its Native American emphasis as a bridge, reaching out to other cultures and ‘tribes’, and asking people to share their backgrounds in a unified celebration of community.

“We all have our own history and we want to share it with everyone,” said Wil-

Using reclaimed wood, cardboard and spray paint, artist Douglas Miles worked with NSA, the Anthropology Department and the Center for Multicultural Excellence to exhibit the WhatTRIBE exhibition which opened last Thursday.

liams. “We don’t want to blame anyone.

Instead of picking at each other, we wanted create an exhibit with an interactive feature that would have the DU community involved.”

Miles found the inspiration for the student and faculty portraits when he was invited to the DU campus by NSA last year and snapped photos of students, whom he proceeded to draw in stencil paint upon bright red, green and white canvases.

In the exhibit, the portraits were accompanied by poetic personal statements written by the subjects themselves wherein they explored the complexities of their personal and tribal identities, and posed related questions to the viewer.

Felipe Diaz, a fifth year from Greeley majoring in journalism and political science, commented on the appropriateness of the portraits’ chosen medium.

“They’re stencils, but it correlates with the indigenous aspect as being below mainstream,” said Diaz. “I like the indigenous quality and the underground vibe.”

But Miles expressly stated that he wished to do so using a positive sentiment.

“The goal is to facilitate a creative dialogue by raising awareness of stereotyping and encouraging students to take a stand against the many stereotypes of minorities,” said Miles. “We want to provoke creativity. Not controversy. Discussion. Not discrimination. Awareness.

Not apathy.”

The WhatTRIBE exhibit will run until May 3 in the Museum of Anthropology located in Sturm 102. Museum hours are 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Afterward, the DU community can look forward to the NSA’s annual Powwow event which will be held May 19, on DU’s Driscoll Green from 1 p.m. until sundown.

The majority of the Interterm courses are taught by professors who have years of experience in that region. Take, for example, Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment Matthew Taylor, who has been teaching an interterm course in Nicaragua since 2007. After doing research in both Guatemala and Nicaragua, Taylor decided he wanted to share that with his students.

Taylor’s course, “Nicaragua: Developmental Dilemmas” looks at the effects of tourism on Nicaragua and its overall effects on its development.

“I really think these types of classes are beneficial because if you go with somebody who knows a place like the back of their hand you can cut really deep in a short amount of time,” said Taylor.

Although he has taught the course for over six years, Taylor continues to learn something each time he teaches it.

“For me, I change certain elements of the course each time I teach it so I continue to learn as well,” said Taylor.

Junior anthropology major Jackie Berger took an interterm course in December 2011 in Peru. The course, “Andean Landscapes: Inca Trail and Lake Titicaca” taught by Department of Geography Professor Erika Trigoso, focused on the geography, history, archaeology, biology and ecology within the Andean Region of Peru.

“Through their very nature, interterm courses demand interaction on the part of the student,” said Berger. “Immersed in the course material, literally and figu-

ratively, you can approach learning and class as supplement or component to your travel experience, as opposed to a drag or a bother.”

Students looking to get a preview for study abroad can experience the Interterm course to help see other cultures and experience parts of the world they may have never thought of traveling to.

Berger, who studied abroad in Fall 2012 in Rome, Italy, felt that her interterm course in Peru let her experience another culture outside of her study abroad experience.

“While study abroad offered many interesting experiences, the full-immersive nature of interterm courses is truly unique,” said Berger. “Traveling with Professor Trigoso, who is a native Peruvian, allowed me to gain an insider’s perspective and understand Peruvian culture in a way not available to the casual traveler.

Without a doubt, hiking the Inca Trail, which culminated in our visit to Machu Picchu was the highlight of my trip.”

Professor Taylor also agrees that the interterm courses provide a preview of study abroad and can be specifically beneficial to first and second year students.

“There’s also the benefit of opening up students’ eyes,” said Taylor. “Students get that with study abroad but this way, I think, you can push the boundaries a little bit further with someone who has experience.”

Although the interterm courses are not the most affordable, loans and scholarships are available for certain students.

The cost of each course is the same as

DU tuition, along with the specific travel expenses for each location, which can get expensive with airfare.

“Given the amazing experience I had on interterm, I think DU should encourage more students to take advantage of Interterm courses and provide financial aid so that more students can participate, regardless of financial situation,” said Berger.

The majority of these courses have a wide range of students who have lots of different interests. According to Berger, nearly every person on the trip had a different major.

“I really like having a wide mix of majors because if it is all just geography and environmental science majors, for me, everybody sees things through the same lens but if there are other majors it is much more exciting and they can expand their social capital as well,” said Taylor.

As for the day-to-day routines, students are not getting lectured inside a classroom, but rather taking part in cultural activities and learning outside the box. For anyone looking to get credit outside the classroom and to see other parts of the world, interterm courses may be the best option.

“Years down the line I’ll have students email me and say ‘that class really opened my eyes and showed me how to travel on my own and in the future,’” said Taylor. “It gives people the courage and the knowledge to say ‘wow there are some amazing places in the world.’”

Registration for the Summer Interterm courses can be found online.

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Summer interterm offers adventures by kameryn tanita Senior Reporter

Surfing the waves of Nicaragua, spending a week in Aspen learning about stress management or getting first-hand experience in policy making in Washington D.C. might not seem like your normal four-credit courses, but DU’s upcoming Summer Interterm courses offer an alternative to the conventional classes for students.

The three Summer Interterm courses this year will be from June 9-16. The deadline to register for the International course “Nicaragua: Developmental Dilemmas” is April 14, while the deadline for “Getting Results Inside the Beltway: Power & Policy in Washington, D.C.” is May 1 and “Stress Management” course in Aspen has a deadline of May 11.

With different Interterm courses offered every Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarter, DU’s Interterm program allows students to participate in unconventional classes and travel the world while getting academic credit. DU offers numerous interterm courses in cities within the U.S. as well as across the world and can be applied to majors, minors or as elective credits.

Previous interterms have included courses in Austria, Belize, China, France, Peru and Nicaragua as well as San Francisco, New York, Aspen and Hawaii. These courses have focused on everything from leadership, management, photography, geography and finance.

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No-fear guide to summer internships The Clarion guide to securing the internship of your dreams by camilla sterne Contributing Writer

For those of us who experience trepidation and jitters every time we think about our future, a summer internship can serve as a reminder that it’s time to figure out what we’re doing with our lives. We may cower in fear of it, or ignore it altogether.

Either way, it’s the time of year to forget the fear and face the big bad summer internship head on.

Start by evaluating your interests Make sure to be realistic about your requirements and resources. It is important to consider where you will be living, but don’t let location overshadow the goal of finding an internship that will provide you with an enriching experience. Deciding the field in which you hope to intern will help you narrow your options. For those of you in the humanities, it may be hard to find a paid internship, whereas in the business world that may be the only kind of internship that exists.

According to John Haag, career counselor and internship director at the Career Center, employers don’t really care whether you’ve had internships that are paid or unpaid.

“They’re looking for someone who can do something useful,” said Haag, who has been an internship counselor for 23 years.

Choose the opportunities that are most pertinent to your future. If you are unsure what you want to do in the future, choose an internship that will be engaging and interesting to you. It will hopefully provide you some insight into what you want to pursue.

According to Haag, there are two ways to find an internship.

“One is to react. Apply to existing internships. Everyone should do the reactive method,” said Haag. “However, an extremely untapped opportunity is to propose an internship to an employer. Proposing an internship demonstrates initiative and eliminates competition.”

Get an idea of what kind of internships are out there by using internship search engines like Internships.com, Internmatch.com, Internweb. com and even Craigslist. If you are hoping to find an internship in a particular area, visit the website of a university in that area and use their resources to your benefit.

Utilize your resources Luckily, university settings like DU recognize students’ need for experience. As a result, the DU Career Center offers an excellent resource for students of all fields hoping to secure a summer internship.

Not only can students meet with advisors one-on-one to discuss internship options, the career center website offers internship listings and other internship search engines to help in the search.

The Media, Film, & Journalism Studies School, as well as the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, have specific offices that aid students in finding internships. Korbel’s internship information can be found at online as well.

Don’t forget that your colleagues and professors are resources as well. Ask them if they know of any opportunities.

If you know of an organization that you think would benefit from your contribution, contact them directly.

“We provide resources and contacts but we really encourage self-advocacy,” said Jason Thomas, who works in the internship office at the MFJS school.

The Career Center offers eight internship awards each year for unpaid and for-credit internships. Although you’ve missed the deadline for the Career Office’s

internship award, the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences is offering three $3,000 internship awards for for-credit internships that pertain to your major. The deadline is April 15. You can find this application online.

Buck up and apply Before applying, make sure your resume is up to date. The Career Center offers resume guidance and will look over your resume to make sure it is done correctly before you apply to internships through their database.

“Learn how to write a resume. Learn how to write an effective, persuasive cover letter,” said Haag.

According to Haag, it is also important to personalize your cover letters. Although you may be applying to numerous internships at once, it is important that each organization you are applying to understands what you have to offer and why you are interested in interning at their particular business.

Make sure there are no grammatical errors in your resume or cover letter, as well as within any email correspondences between you and the organization. Don’t get so caught up in saying the right thing that you forget to accurately portray your personality and passion.

According to Haag, organizations want to know that you care about their objectives.

Follow through After applying for internships, the nerves may set in.

Be sure to follow up with any organizations you apply to. If you interview with a company, send a handwritten thank you note after completing the interview. It will set you apart, and establish your interest in and commitment to that particular opportunity.

Hold your breath and wait If you huff and puff, you might blow the house down. Be patient. It might take an organization a while to reach you.

If you do receive an internship, make yourself known within the organization. Doing your best at an internship can open up opportunities such as other internships, or even long term jobs.

Make sure your contribution is unique, whether it is just a smile as you deliver the coffee or innovative and vital ideas and products.

Outsmart the big bad summer internship. Invest yourself in the search, and you will be more likely to be devoted to the internship you receive.

Happy applying!

Russian folk musicians delight COMPUTER NOT by brenda velasquez Contributing Writer

Last Tuesday, the Davis Auditorium stage was graced by the famous Russian folk music group Zolotoj Plyos or “Golden Pool” in Russian. The trio performed Gypsy music, Russian popular music and Jewish music using a variety of traditional and modern instruments in addition to their vocals.

The event, free and open to the public, was sponsored by the Marsico Visiting Scholars Committee and the Department of Languages and Literature; the trio was composed of performers Alexander Solovov, Elena Sadina and Serguei Gratchev. “[Our goal was] to introduce DU’s students of Russian to the world of Russian folklore,” said Russian professor Yevgeny Slivkin. “I believed it was important since Russian culture is steeped in folklore beliefs and folk songs, which are often the underpinnings of Russian literature.”

Slivkin discovered Zolotoj Plyos when he taught at the summer school of Russian at Middlebury College in Vermont. “[The performers] were musicians in residence there,” said Slivkin. “I immediately appreciated their talent and potentials.”

This was Zolotoj Plyos’ first Denver performance, although they had previously participated in a series of U.S. tours during the years of 2000-2010, during which they gave a concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. In addition, the ensemble

worked as music teachers for 13 years at the private liberal arts Middlebury College in Vermont.

Corresponding with their musical genre, the Zolotoj Plyos ensemble was dressed in traditional attire - the men in tunics, black tights and kneehigh boots, while Sadina bore the image of a high-borne lady of the Middle Ages in a long-sleeved overcoat with fulllength dress and a golden crown atop her head and a white veil tucked around her neck.

The tune was upbeat, the performers tapping their feet in contagious enthusiasm. Next, they sung a solemn, nostalgic tune without instruments, harmonizing as a chorus, alternating solos and ending powerfully on a lengthy, unified note.

Afterwards, the ensemble proceeded to raise the tempo with a wedding song titled “Steam Bath,” or Banya, referring to the ancient Russian custom that requires a bride to visit the steam bath before attending her wedding ceremony.

Throughout the performance, Solovov encouraged listeners to participate by teaching them a simple chorus, making the concert an interactive and inclusive experience. Solovov also educated his audience, introducing each of his group’s instruments by name and describing its regional history, making the performance as informative as it was entertaining.

Some playful instruments included a series of large wooden bars connected by a long string that hung from Gratchev’s back while Solovov beat against the

planks with percussion sticks in the manner of a xylophone. At one point, Solovov and Sadina lent their zhaleika and balalaika to the accordion-playing Gratchev so that he was performing on three instruments simultaneously in a feat of musical accomplishment.

Throughout the hour-anda-half-long performance, Solovov produced new instruments, most flat and about the size of your palm, one-by-one from his boot like a card from a sleeve, manifesting the magic of each musical object.

This emphasis on entertainment was evident in the trio’s animated gestures and stomping dance, punctuated by spirited rhythmic yelps. The performers often stopped in the middle of the song to voice a Russian narration, speaking to the audience with lit eyes and charismatic smiles. This performance not only displayed excellent technical skill, but also exhibited a storytelling aspect that invited the viewers into the scenario on the stage. Indeed, during the final song, the audience members lost their shyness, joining in with clapping and singing.

Despite the intimate auditorium’s modest attendance which filled about half of the auditorium, Zolotoj Plyos expressed an appreciative level of high energy and passion equal to that of any grand performance. At the end, three students emerged from the audience to demonstrate their gratitude by gifting each of the performers with a large bouquet of roses, which the trio graciously accepted before dancing its way off the stage.

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Sweet sounds of spring by kameryn tanita The sun is out, all signs of snow have melted away, and it is officially Spring Quarter.

Everyone knows Spring Quarter has a sort of surreal atmosphere at DU, so this spring it’s time to put away those winter blues, enjoy the outdoors and listen to the wise words of Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa: live young, wild and free.

Now that the days of sleet and snow are gone, it’s time to get out of hibernation and go outside. This Cults track is the perfect song to forget about the stresses of school and to just enjoy life.

“Hang Loose” Alabama Shakes

Winter quarter is behind us. Summer is ahead. Why worry?

Brittany Howard’s soulful voice soothes all apprehension about the future and you will never want to worry again.

“Young Folks” Peter Bjorn and John Most of us are still trying to continue on with our lives, blissfully enjoying our time in college before reality starts to kick in.

Being a college student is supposed to be the best four years of your life and there’s no better way to do that than to be young.

“I think it’s good to go out/ cause if you don’t you’ll never make a memory that will stay.”

“Don’t worry sweet baby/ don’t you ever worry ‘bout a thing/ Put them worries on the shelf ‘n learn to love yourself.”

“It doesn’t matter what we do/where we are goin to/ we can stick around and see this night through.”

“Starry Eyed Suprise”

Oakenfold

The party never ends in spring. With the lacrosse tailgates, campus events and music blaring throughout Driscoll Lawn, it seems like we’re all on top of the world. Everything in spring just seems to be better and Paul Oakenfold’s energetic anthem is the ultimate song for spring.

“After the Storm” Mumford & Sons They say April showers bring May flowers but knowing Denver’s unexplainable weather patterns, spring isn’t always sunny. There are the occasional snowstorms and rain showers so when you are cozy inside near the fire you can enjoy Mumford’s lullaby.

“Daylight” Matt & Kim

Those shorter winter days are over and with daylight savings, our days are getting longer. There’s no excuse to be stuck inside Anderson Academic Commons when we could be taking advantage of the daylight. Go to the park, take a walk or just sit on the porch and enjoy the scenery.

“Once again/I found myself with my friends/dancin’ the night away/ it’s like the party never ends.”

“And after the storm/I run and run as the rain comes/ And I look up, I look up/on my knees and out of luck/I look up.”

“And in the daylight I don’t pick up my phone/Because in the daylight anything feels like home.”

“Walking on a Dream”

Empire of the Sun

DU’s spring quarter is sort of a fantasy. Everyone’s signs of winter blues are gone and people just seem happier. Whether you are in your car with the windows rolled down, playing games at the park or studying for a midterm, hearing this song will leave you better from when you started.

“We are always running/ for the thrill of it, thrill of it/ always pushing up the hill/ searching for the thrill of it.”

“These Days”

Dr. Dog

Not everyone’s spring quarter is smooth sailing. Most of us are busy writing papers and studying for midterms, so if you are stressed, don’t fret. As much as you don’t want to be wasting your time in the library, these days will only get better.

“One Day/Reckoning Song (Wankelmut)” Asaf Avidan, Mojos For seniors, spring quarter is the last chance before stepping into the real world. One day that will be all of us, but for now, it’s better to just make sure we make the most of this quarter and of life because who knows what the future holds.

Cheers to a happy, healthy, sunny Spring Quarter.

Clarion culinary creations by maura shea Staff Reporter

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“Oh I don’t want to waste time/ I don’t wanna wait here/deciding whether we should stay or leave.”

“One day baby, we’ll be old/ oh baby, we’ll be old/ and think of all the stories that we could have told.”

We all know that dining out is a great way to experience new cuisines, but it can also bleed your wallet dry. Cooking at home can be a great way to expand your taste bud’s horizon while also saving precious dollars.

This week, the Clarion brings you a college-friendly cooking guide. For a complete guide, check out duclarion.com Veggie Lovers For anyone who prefers a meal with no meat, there are plenty of options out there that will leave you and your taste buds satisfied and ready for more. The Clarion brings you recommends this studentfriendly and affordable vegetarian friendly pasta primavera recipe, also courtesy of Food Network.

This healthy recipe is sure to satisfy your vegetable requirement for the day incorporating carrots, zucchini, squash and cherry tomatoes.

The recipe calls for chefs to mix vegetables with oil, salt, pepper and herbs in a baking sheet.

Then place the baking sheet in an oven for about 20 minutes. Once the pasta has been cooked, chefs will toss the vegetable mix, pasta, cherry tomatoes and Parmesan cheese to taste.

Helpful Hint: Sauce sticks to noodles better if chefs put sauce in a large bowl, put pasta on top of it and then mix.

With an estimated 25 minutes preparation time and 20 minutes cook time, this meal is ready to eat in only 45 minutes.

This is a great meal option for

students because all ingredients can be purchased for under $15 and produces about six servings. A perfect option for someone who is looking to feed themselves for the next week, add a salad or side of steamed green beans to mix it up every night.

Pork Chops One must-know recipe for all aspiring chefs is the basic pork chop - crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. While this is not a meal to eat every day, its subtle but distinctive taste and easy preparation is perfect for any special occasion.

Go beyond the college student cooking norm with this Boneless Butterflied Pork Chops With FireRoasted Tomatillo Sauce, recipe courtesy of Shelley Grieshaber’s recipe on Central Market, a go-to website for all things food.

The recipe says that chefs will marinate their pork chops in a cumin and cayenne based brine for a minimum of 45 minutes.

Helpful Hint: The longer they marinate the better they will be.

Once ready to be cooked, dry the pork chops with paper towel and rub olive oil on both sides.

Grill pork chops in a nonstick skillet until cooked. Serve with warm homemade or store bought tomatillo sauce.

Pork chops can be purchased at any local grocery store prepac kaged or at the meat counter.

Usually priced around $7, students can make a gourmet meal for a fraction of the restaurant cost.

For more Clarion approved recipes, check out duclarion.com.

Greek week raises funds for scholarship by kameryn tanita Senior Reporter

When sophomore Elise Matson, a strategic communications major and member of the Delta Zeta sorority was chosen as the head of the 2013 Greek Week Planning Committee, she knew she wanted to change the way Greek Week was run.

Along with nine other members of the Greek Planning Committee, Matson decided to incorporate all of their philanthropic experiences into one goal and make a scholarship for an incoming freshman based off of the money they raised from the week’s competitions.

“This award will be from Greek Life, but there are no strings attached,” said Matson. “We’re not telling you [that] you have to rush, but it’s just from us because I think we are trying to better DU and not just ourselves, and it will be good for us too because hopefully they will want to rush and see that Greek Life is pretty cool.”

The scholarship will be available to any incoming freshman and is partnered with DU’s Office of Financial Aid so any incoming freshman will be able to apply on the financial aid website once it has been set up, according to Matson.

In total, Greek Week raised $3,345 for the scholarship. The money raised was from the penny wars competition throughout the week, the ticket sales from Wednesday night’s Talent Show and from

the entrance fee for teams to sign up for the talent show.

Greek Week kicked off on Monday night with a DUGS cookout on Driscoll Lawn at 4:30 p.m. followed by the Greek Week opening ceremony in Davis Auditorium.

Throughout the week, Greek members participated in a Bromance Challenge, intramural sports challenges, a Talent Show and a Greek God and Goddesses Competition.

The talent show featured bag piping, choreographed dance, a magic show and karaoke to a full crowd in the Davis Auditorium.

Thursday night’s closing ceremony brought an end to the week-long competition, but the winning team went home happy.

Team One, including Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Sigma and Delta Delta Delta, received a trophy with their fraternity and sorority names engraved. Their names will also be written on the individual scholarship once an incoming freshman has been chosen.

Along with the trophy and honor of the scholarship, Chipotle also donated 75 burritos to Kappa Sigma for being the winners of the talent show and one lucky winner received an ipad as part of a raffle event from Wednesday night’s event.

In the past, the winners of Greek Week were thrown a bar party; however, Matson wanted to do something more meaningful.

“I wanted it to be something cooler and more beneficial than a bar party,” said Matson.

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The Grind: The Rio Grande

The Clarion editors review bars, restaurants and coffee houses; attempting cultural mutiny on all things hipster

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The Rio cuts off its customers after indulging in 3 of their famous margaritas.

The Rio: 4/5 beans

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While LoDo is not the easiest place to locate a happy hipster, it does host several amazing happy hours that are just too good to pass up for a broke, alcoholic twenty-something.

One such place known for pleasing the thirsty of all ages is The Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant at 1525 Blake St., complete with legendary margaritas, steaming fajitas and a people-judging patio perfect for the warm days and nights ahead.

Now open until midnight on Friday and Saturday, the Rio is, ultimately, a restaurant. As such, they are obligated to cut off consumers after three of their deadly margaritas, and they will, slowly but surely, shuffle patrons out the door when closing time comes around.

That being said, the Rio is a place to go for some early drinking and eating before a night out in LoDo. With three shots of tequila and a secret recipe, these margaritas somehow make even the tequila-averse drinker order another one. With salt or sugar on the rim, blended, strawberry, or mango options; the Rio has the variety to please the pickiest of drinkers.

It all comes to a head on Threesome Thursdays, the Rio’s golden nugget. For DU students who don’t have class on Friday, this deal - $4 margaritas and $4 half quesadillas from 9-11 p.m. on Thursdays - is a dangerous one.

Usually priced at $7 for even the froofiest, most delicious strawberry blended margarita in the world, and around $10 for a full quesadilla, complimentary chips and salsa make this salty and sweet combination a must for Thursday night socializing.

The beautiful, highceilinged building has exposed wood and brick and boasts a kitschy, if not problematic, great giant neon sign of a cowboy over the door. While not necessarily the best of Mexican food joints, the Rio serves up a good dose of cheese, beans and tequila,

making it a great place for a hungry, happy drinker to enjoy a few hours off the strip of LoDo. With Americana decorations, crates of Jose Cuervo near the bar and cozy booths, it’s a fun place to get a little too drunk on a comfortable date or with a few friends. It’s also perfect for birthday parties, as they are accommodating of large groups.

Regular happy hour lasts from 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and includes $1 off margaritas, usually $7, $3 tacos and $5 for the cheesy goodness of the guacamole, chile con queso and queso deluxe special. For the weekend crowd, there are $2 shots of Cuervo Gold & Silver.

The Rio can get a bit rowdy though after about 9 p.m. With margaritas so perfectly blended and mixed, it’s not difficult to see why. A family or businessmeeting kind of restaurant by day, The Rio becomes a birthday-party-fiesta-Facebookinappropriate-photo kind of place by night.

However, the wait staff is exceedingly patient with the crowd of drunks. They are great about splitting bills, bringing chips and salsa and hiding their judging eyes when you slur to order that third margarita.

That being said, don’t be a hero. They cut you off for a reason.

Be aware; three margaritas at the Rio will be plenty enough; they have “baby” margaritas that are half the size and cost $3.50 generally and are a good alternative for the classy drinker, or for going with your parents.

Near Union Station, it’s not suggested to drive to the Rio, unless you have the patience for downtown parking or a very dear friend who is willing to resist the mango perfection of the Rio’s margs to be your DD. Otherwise, the light rail is your new best friend.

Our Grind writer went with full intention of taking diligent notes and photos, and ended up dancing to Justin Timberlake songs while realizing he or she only wrote down, “high ceilings, no grenadine, MARGARITAS.” So, happy Thursday, Pios.

Global week underway by maura shea Staff Writer

The DU community has the opportunity to learn about different cultural traditions through Global Education Week, which is organized by the Festival of Nations planning board made up of students, faculty and staff. The education week began yesterday and ends on April 13 with the Festival of Nations event at the Ritchie Center Concourse at 4 p.m.

Global Education Week is inspired by the Department of Education Initiative and International Education Week, which is held in November, according to Nancy Lien, chemistry major and member of the Festival of Nations planning board. She explained that because International Education Week is held during the end of fall quarter, DU decided to organize its education week during a less hectic time for students.

“It is dedicated to the exploration and celebration of our global connections, cultures, and intercultural education and exchange,” said Lien. “It provides participants with an opportunity to support global citizenship, recognize our interconnectedness and foster a broader understanding and appreciation of diverse histories, cultures and languages as well as global issues, research and developments.”

Events kicked off yesterday and included the lecture “Guantanamo Bay in Diplomacy and

International Law,” put on by the International Legal Studies Program at the Sturm College of Law. According to the event’s description, Michael Strauss, a professor of International Relations at the Paris-based Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies, spoke at 12 p.m yesterday in the Ricketson Law Building, on Guantanamo Bay and how it relates to territorial leases between states. He specifically spoke on Guantanamo Bay’s “black hole,” which refers to prisoners who are held there without due process.

“This lecture [was] a great addition to Global Education Week because Professor Strauss is discussing an area of law and diplomacy which is rarely studied—and yet it is super important to historical and present relations between states,” said Karlyn Shorb, the Administrative Director of the DU Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law. Upcoming events include the WhatTRIBE Exhibit, which features artwork by Douglas Miles in the Museum of Anthropology, every day this week from 9 a.m - 4 p.m, Hatha Yoga Class held today in studios A and B in the Ritchie Center from noon to 1 p.m. and the film screening of “Girl Rising” in Sturm Hall tomorrow from 7-8:30 p.m. “[The screening of “Girl Rising”] is an event that is sponsored by the Festival of Nations,” said Elizabeth Robertson, a graduate student on the planning board.

“This is a movie on the education

of nine different women in nine different countries.”

The Festival of Nations will conclude the Global Education Week with a culminating celebration of different cultures and traditions through music, food, art, stories, and much more.

“As of right now, there are 14 performances and there is a good mix between DU and the community.” said Robertson, “They include 10,000 Villages and Natij and Projects Manjacaze.

According to Robertson, these two events will be presented as booths by members of the DU community.

“The world is now a global village,” Lien said. “It is important to inform ourselves on different cultures and communities around us. Festival of Nations is to encourage people to learn about this.”

Lien also said the event will have food, education and cultural sections in celebration of diverse cultures and will include performances by numerous student organizations including the Latin Dance Club, the DU Dance Team and Tango Club.

All events during Global Education Week are free to attend but money or item donations are suggested, which will go to support the African Community Center of Denver. A list of appropriate donations can be found on their website and include shampoo, laundry detergent and dish soap. For more information visit www.du.edu/ intl/isss/gew.

Poetry month celebrated by camilla sterne Contributing Writer

April is when shy, bare legs reemerge into sun and fingers meet condensation on iced coffee drinks. April means new sunglasses, tulips, droplets, outdoor patios and shedding off layers of burdensome clothing.

Thus, in the midst of rejuvenation and childish delight at birdsong, it’s no surprise that April has been deemed National Poetry Month. For the entire month, poets engage in readings, book releases, and an overall celebration of the past and present of a rich cultural tradition, according to Poets.org.

DU students and faculty are participating in big and small ways to support and celebrate National Poetry Month on campus.

Founded in 2011, DU’s slam Poetry Club will be performing on campus Thursday, April 11 at Poetic Injustice, a slam event featuring spoken word artist and political activist Remi Kanazi.

Kanazi is a New York City based spoken word artist, published poet and activist. This event, hosted by DU Students for Justice in Palestine, is at 7:00 p.m. in Craig Hall.

Performing on a regular basis at the Mercury Café as well as at Café Nuba and Crossroads Theatre, club president Jose Guerrero, a junior from Denver study-

ing sociology, describes the goals of slam poetry.

“Slam poetry is a style of poetry where poets compete with each other for the highest scores,” Guerrero said. “We are a group of students seeking to provide DU students with a constant open mic where they can express themselves artistically in an environment where they feel safe.”

However, it’s not just students who are familiar with the value and art of poetry. Ranked number one among Creative Writing doctoral programs, DU’s PhD Creative Writing program is home to a plethora of celebrated poets including Bin Ramke, Eleni Sikelianos and Graham Foust, all of which have had their work published in the “New Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry,” and who will be doing readings throughout April.

“I think [Poetry Month] really does bring focus to poetry,” said Sikelianos, who has received numerous awards for her poetry including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship and residencies at multiple prestigious universities. “People remember that poetry has potency and is actually very meaningful in terms of how we live.”

Sikelianos’ new book, entitled “The Loving Detail of the Living & the Dead,” will be released this month, after which she and Ramke will be reading

together at the Tattered Cover at 2526 E. Colfax Ave. on April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in honor of Poetry month. Ramke will read from and sign copies of his most recent poetry book, “Aerial.”

Foust’s new poetry book “To Anacreon in Heaven and Other Poems” also came out April 1, in honor of Poetry month.

“Poetry helps us pay attention to the world as well as to the inner workings of the psyche and imagination. It is always about the play between the self and the world,” Sikelianos said.

Other events on campus in honor of Poetry month include poet and critic Rachel Blau DuPlessis who will be speaking on April 10 at 4 p.m. about her work “Drafts” in Sturm 281 and the medieval poetics scholar Zygmunt Baranski is giving a lecture called “Dante: Poetry and Reflection on Poetry” on April 15 and April 22 at 6:30 in Sturm 281.

Celebrate National Poetry Month at DU by attending poetry events on campus, distributing pocket poems to fellow students, waxing poetic under one of the many arboretum trees, or even venturing off campus to a reading at the Tattered Cover or Mercury Cafe.

Poets.org, a site hosted by the Academy of American Poets, offers suggestions of 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month.

This can be viewed at http://www. poets.org/page.php/prmID/94.

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‘Jurassic Park’ roars back in 3D

The computer-generated Tyrannosaurus Rex terrorizes the characters of “Jurassic Park” and enthralls audiences worldwide in the newly released 3D version of the beloved classic film.

by gigi peccolo News Editor

When “Jurassic Park” was first released 20 years ago, audiences and critics alike were blown away by the film’s state-of-the-art special effects. For the first time in 65 million years, there were living, breathing dinosaurs, conjured up

by CGI, practical effects and one director’s gigantic vision. Two decades later, “Jurassic Park” has undergone the evolution from 2D to 3D, a change that isn’t entirely necessary but gives most of us the chance to revisit an exciting childhood classic on the big screen.

Based on Michael Crichton’s book of the same name, “Jurassic Park” features billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) recruiting paleontologist Alan Grant (a lovably gruff Sam Neill) and paleobotanist Ellie Sattler (a fresh-faced

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Laura Dern) to vouch for the safety of his “biological preserve.” Soon after they arrive on Isla Nublar, they, along with chaos theorist Ian Malcolm (the brilliantly sardonic Jeff Goldblum) discover that the park houses some of the most dangerous dinosaurs to ever walk the planet. When the park’s power goes out on a tour, all hell breaks loose, leaving the dinosaur experts to fend for themselves and Hammond’s grandchildren.

Director Steven Spielberg doesn’t need an extra dimension to terrify the audience; he knows how to startle us well enough in 2D. It’s over an hour before the dinosaurs are finally let loose, but the wait is worth it. Believe it or not, the dinosaurs are only onscreen for 20 of the film’s 127 minutes, which speaks to the magnitude of Spielberg’s talent that he can do so much with so little. The film’s slow burn approach tantalizes the audi-

ence and smartly builds the tension; the iconic shot of the rippling cup conveys the sheer size of T. Rex before we even see the creature. John Williams’ sweeping score is also expertly employed, whether it’s ramping up the emotion during a velociraptor chase or complementing the appearance of a grazing brachiosaurus.

The film’s landmark effects may be 20 years older, but they have aged extremely well; in fact, they’re a lot more convincing than some modern CGI. While most action adventure films assault audiences with CGI explosions and animals, “Jurassic Park” uses the technology sparingly (perhaps due to the limitations of the day) and to great effect. Since the film’s release, science’s perception of dinosaurs has shifted slightly.

In recent years, scientists have discovered that velociraptors should be covered in feathers. They’re also supposed to be 1.5 feet tall, but that didn’t stop Spielberg from

scaling them up for full dramatic effect. As for T. Rex, it’s just as frightening as it was two decades ago; its big-screen roar will awe even the most seasoned “Park” fan.

The 3D doesn’t really add a lot to a film that already redefined the boundaries for special effects. There’s increased visual depth in some scenes, but it’s not really something that will “wow” the audience; after all, there are dinosaurs on screen. In addition to darkening a rather vibrant movie, the 3D also doesn’t pop in the scenes you hope it would, like T. Rex’s attack on the Ford Explorers or the kids’ kitchen encounter with two hungry velociraptors.

Most will probably go to see “Jurassic Park” 3D out of nostalgia; that’s what makes the higher ticket price worth it. Those who have seen the film before will revel in the chance to see it on the big screen; those who haven’t ought to go after the opportunity like a T. Rex attacking a tire.

The record starts out strongly enough, with a slow-building title track that features some optimistic-sounding guitar, steady drums and a string section in the background. From a production standpoint, it makes for a warm and inviting mix, but the songwriting just doesn’t match up — the song’s got a flat chorus in which singer Scott Wilkinson repeats the thoroughly meaningless statement “we are magnificent machineries of joy,” and a bridge in which he assures that “help is on the way” as if British Sea Power are here to save rock-n-roll from lounge singers with computers and blonde chicks with electronic rigs. Looking past the inherent egoism in these lines, Wilkinson’s delivery is just plain uninspired, giving an unexpected irony to this record — for all of British Sea Power’s reliance on traditional rock elements, this record’s all machinery and no joy.

The second track “K Hole” (whatever that means) seems to start off promisingly, with one of the record’s boldest moments as Wilkinson screams wildly over a swell

of electronic effects and guitar. A few seconds later, when the verse kicks in, what you’ll instead find is a pretty by-thenumbers rip-off of some of Radiohead’s earlier work. It’s decent, and definitely one of the record’s more powerful moments, but at the end of the day it’s nothing to email home about.

The record generally seems content to stay within the confines of this sort of rock-music-for-Susan-Boyle-fans formula, with choruses that don’t really go anywhere, lyrics that don’t really mean anything (“I got sucked into prudish megalomania,” “It’s all computational, it’s all educational”) and instrumentalists who sound competent but never do anything to wow you. Occasional stylistic forays do reveal that the members of British Sea Power have listened to something other than ‘90s alt-rock (Radiohead for “K Hole”; The Clash on “Loving Animals”; Ra Ra Riot on “Monsters of Sunderland”), but in general, the record sticks to its guns.

The only thing flat-out tiresome about the group rests with Wilkin-

son’s accented croon — it’s charmingly unconventional at first, but by the end of Machineries, you realize he’s talking more than he’s actually singing, and it’s a grating approach in the long form. And when British Sea Power drop the tempo, as on “Hail Holy Queen” or “A Light Above Descending,” you might as well consider it white noise.

All of this sounds like a rather harsh critique of a record that doesn’t do all that much capital-W “wrong.” Truthfully, I really wanted to like this record. But British Sea Power do so little to engage the listener throughout Machineries’ forty or so minutes that it’s every bit as frustrating as it is aesthetically pleasant.

This record could just have easily been released 10 or 20 years ago, and while no one would have given a damn then, at least it would have been 10 or 20 years more original. Instead, Machineries of Joy feels like the musical equivalent of a print shop — there might still be a market for it, but it’s going nowhere so fast you can’t help but feel sorry for its owners.

British Sea Power misses modern mark by christian allen Web Editor

What do you do when the music world leaves you behind? Do you adapt to the changing times, or firmly stick to an aging formula in the hopes of rekindling a flame? British Sea Power, with sixth studio album Machineries of Joy, seems a strong proponent of the latter approach and has responded to the shifting tide of modern music with a thoroughly traditional stab at British pop rock. It’s both highly listenable and admirably produced, but it’s in no way bold enough as a musical statement to make the case for the revival of ‘90s British alt-rock the group seems so intent on spawning. There is nothing on this record that hasn’t been done before by Oasis, The Verve, Travis or even British Sea Power, and while Machineries of Joy may be a perfectly pleasant way to spend 40 minutes, you’ll forget about it the second it ends. In that sense, the record is indeed somewhat of a time capsule ... just not in the way British Sea Power clearly intended.

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James Blake shows ‘growth’ with new album by christian allen Web Editor

Whether you love him or hate him, there’s really no one else like James Blake out there.

His unique blend of lounge singing, soul and minimalist electronica has earned him both adoration from starry-eyed fans and broad critical respect.

His distinct, ethereal style has also resulted in the occasional pushback from detractors, who found his voice too lilting, his songs too repetitive and his beats too jagged.

I used to be one of them — that is, until I heard Overgrown, the much-anticipated follow-up effort from the British songwriter. It’s a warmer, more expansive and far more inviting listen than his eponymous debut, one that demonstrates Blake’s progression both as a songwriter and as a sonic architect. Previous fans of Blake will undoubtedly swoon once again, while skeptics might just be won over. In either case, it’s well worth a listen.

If there’s one thing that can be said about Blake, it’s that the guy was blessed with a truly fantastic voice, with the effortlessness and versatility of someone like Frank Ocean. It’s for this reason that some were so frustrated by his debut album — too

often it felt like he was trying to hide his God-given talent under a shroud of cacophonous vocal manipulation. Now, he seems more comfortable in his own skin, and for the most part, he keeps his lush, evocative voice as the focus of each track.

The refined instrumentals also go a long way in placing Blake’s voice at the album’s forefront. In general, the backing tracks are kept calm and relaxed, with looped electronic beats and synth chirps acting as foundations over which the occasional piano or string swells can be used for dramatic effect.

Album opener “Overgrown,” which slowly and masterfully builds tension in this manner, is a fine example of the maturity and restraint ever-present on this record.

Blake has said in the leadup to Overgrown’s release that the record was highly influenced by the end of a relationship. In that sense, the amount that Blake lays himself bare on these songs seems, ironically, both a natural and gutsy move — there’s a great amount of fragility in both his lyrics and delivery, and it pays spades in giving his second record a great sense of relatability and humanity. “I want you to know / I took it with me / And when things are thrown away like they are /

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Time passes in a constant state,” he pines on “Overgrown,” and as the instruments chug along over his words to a dramatic conclusion, we can’t help but feel the pull of time’s inevitable passing along with him. The mid-album piano break “Dim” further exhibits Blake at his most vulnerable, as he repeatedly begs his lover over an almost folksy piano line: “Please don’t let me hurt you more.”

As such, Overgrown goes a long way in infusing Blake’s undeniable craft with some much-needed heart and soul, and there are a plethora of softly beautiful electronic-soul tracks on here that you’ll likely enjoy, including the aforementioned “Overgrown,” the fantastic first single “Retrograde” and haunting closer “Our Love Comes Back.” The best and most energetic of the bunch might be “Life Round Here,” which wields a charming, arpeggiating synth line, a hi-hat-heavy half-time beat and probably the record’s stickiest chorus.

There are also a couple interesting sidesteps to Overgrown’s generally successful formula. Fourth track “Take a Fall For Me” features a vocal performance from rapper RZA, who in turn spouts the most emotive lyric of the record: “Don’t turn away from me / What will

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Vocal artist Jame Blake performing live at a concert.

become of me / If I can’t show my love to thee? / There’ll be none of me.” It’s a winning collaboration that makes you wish Blake would venture into the world of hiphop more often. “Digital Lion,” a collaboration between Blake and electronic legend Brian Eno, also provides an interesting bit of late-album variety, but it ends up a bit too repetitive to work as anything more than just an experiment in production.

The record’s occasional repetitiveness is one of its few

weaknesses, as “I Am Sold,” “Digital Lion” and “Voyeur” all seem a bit flat in comparison to some of the more subtly dynamic cuts on the album. You can’t win ‘em all, I suppose. With that being said, though, this is a great sophomore record, one which combines restraint and intensity to fantastic effect, and further secures James Blake as the undisputed master of a category he may himself have created. Overgrown it may be, but it couldn’t be less underwhelming.

Sitcom a ‘how-to’ manual for bad TV

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Polly, a divorced mom, complains to her parents on ABC’s newest sitcom.

by meg mcintyre Entertainment Editor

ABC’s new sitcom, “How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life),” is the story of Polly (Sarah Chalke, “Scrubs”), a newly divorced mom who is forced to move back in with her parents after leaving her husband. The series premiere depicts Polly’s everyday struggles in attempting to cope with the wacky antics of her wild and loose mom (Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds”) and her potty-mouthed stepdad (Brad Garrett, “Everybody Loves Raymond”), all while trying to raise a relatively normal daughter.

Though it’s clear that the pilot episode was produced with enthusiasm, it’s difficult to find something unique about this sitcom. Once again, audiences are presented with a story that plays off of the fun, dysfunctional family dynamic, taking the main character through zany twists and turns only to have them realize at the end of the episode that their family was there for them

all along. Thus ensues a touching moment of realization and appreciation for the character’s loved ones. That’s all fine and well — except for the fact that it’s been done numerous times before and is still being done on television now.

What’s more, the premiere seems almost too whimsical at times, as serious topics are brushed off without a second thought. It’s true that “How to Live” is strictly a comedy act, but it seems unrealistic that a woman who has been divorced for only six months would be so comfortable around her ex-husband. In fact, Polly regards her ex with more of a half-cocked annoyance than anything, and her reasons for leaving him seem vague in general. This causes the divorce aspect of the storyline to lose potency and act more as backdrop to the other events occurring.

Unfortunately, even the comedy in the pilot episode isn’t that great. Most of the respectable one-liners come from Polly’s mother Elaine, but even

then they are generally a bit one dimensional, and actually start to get boring by the end of the episode. Polly’s voicedover narration also seems as if it’s meant to act as a cute and funny addition to the pilot, but in truth it comes off a bit cheesy and fails to add humor to the episode. Overall, the comedic aspect of the series premiere was disappointing, and there were few (if any) real laugh-out-loud moments.

In terms of acting, the pilot is pretty mediocre in general.

Perkins is the highlight of the episode, embodying Polly’s freespirited mother with spunk and intensity. Yet, Perkins’ performance is at times a bit over the top, and as a result her character is sometimes less believable.

Additionally, Sarah Chalke is decent but not memorable as Polly, and essentially plays the same character she’s played before on “Scrubs” and “How I Met Your Mother.” For the role of the leading lady, Chalke simply doesn’t bring enough energy and individuality to the table, leaving audiences with a pilot episode that just seems a bit “blah.”

“How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” fails to make a name for itself in the world of sitcoms.

With a recycled storyline, disappointing humor and average acting, there is nothing exciting or engaging about the series’ pilot. In fact, viewers may actually find themselves bored while watching it, and this never bodes well for a new television show. It’s safe to say that in all likelihood, “How to Live” will remain in the background of current TV.

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‘Hannibal’ delivers delicious drama

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by julia kuttler Contributing Writer

Bryan Fuller, the mastermind behind cult classic TV shows “Pushing Daisies,” “Dead Like Me” and “Wonderfalls,” is back with a totally different kind of series: the serial killer drama “Hannibal,” airing at 9 p.m.Thursdays on NBC. The character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter is most infamously known for Anthony Hopkin’s portrayal in the all-time horror classic “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991), but the story itself was invented by Thomas Harris in the 1981 book “Red Dragon.” Lecter, a cannibalistic psychiatrist and prototypical evil genius, has been the subject of pop culture fascination for over 30 years now. Fuller’s “Hannibal” is the latest of the spin-offs and adaptations of Harris’ original story, and follows the same plotline as the original novel: the FBI manhunt for the serial killer.

“Hannibal” comes with a slew of viewerdiscretion-advised warnings to which audiences should take heed. Even seasoned crime show watchers might find the premiere episode a bit unsettling, but if the audience is willing to endure the physical gore, they have a real treat to enjoy. The hype surrounding the show — a #1 placement on Entertainment Weekly’s “Must List,” early-review grades like 4 stars and 9 out of 10 — seems deserved.

Channeling other FBI-based psychological thrillers like “Criminal Minds” as well as the BBC version of “Sherlock,” “Hannibal” aims to take you inside the minds of the two main characters, Graham and Lecter, through the use of inner monologues.

The two biggest aspects driving the show are the interplay between Dancy’s Graham and Mikkelsen’s Lecter and the dramatic irony. By definition, dramatic irony is when certain characters, or the audience, know things that the other characters do not

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Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a consultant for the FBI and a serial killer, prepares to dine on human remains.

know. Most notable is a scene where Will sits down with Lecter to have breakfast; the implication is that Graham is unwittingly consuming human meat, as the scene follows a sequence revealing Lecter preparing human flesh which he then introduces to Graham as “sausage.” In the case of “Hannibal,” the audience knows that Dr. Lecter is the cannibal serial killer the FBI are searching for — and yet the doctor is a consultant on the case and never made suspect. The alpha-male showdown between Graham and Lecter is what truly commands attention. “I don’t find you that interesting,” Graham tells Lecter, who responds, “You will.”

Will Graham is a tortured soul, introduced as “antisocial” and having Asperger’s syndrome. Graham’s gift and curse is that he has the ability to empathize with even the most heinous killers. As he says in a

speech at the Quantico facility, “Everyone has thought about killing someone one way or another, whether it be your own hand or the hand of God.” “Hannibal” makes repeated references to the fact that Graham has been deemed mentally unstable by FBI officials; he seems to be wavering on a thin line between sanity and becoming one of the killers he studies.

From the start, “Hannibal” characterizes Lecter as living in a gray area.

As Graham describes, the killer is “not insensitive … he feels bad,” killing out of a twisted form of love and in a respectful, or “merciful,” way. The oddest thing about Mikkelsen’s Lecter is the sense that he is not a villain so much as an antihero.

He may be cold and eerily calm but is so highly intelligent that Graham refuses to write him off as a “typical” psychopath.

Fans of shows like “Dexter” will delight in the moral ambiguity, and by leaving the characterization of Lecter open-ended, audiences are encouraged to make their own personal conclusions on what is right and wrong.

Cinematically, “Hannibal” is quite beautiful; there is something definitively artsy about the use of color and background, giving the show an intoxicating feel. Mikkelsen enters the show framed in shadow and darkness; this is only one of a number of light tricks used by the makers of “Hannibal” to emphasize dramatic effect.

The weakest element of the show is the lack of supporting characters. Lawrence Fishburne co-stars as Jack Crawford of the behavioral science unit, but his lines seem to be mostly filler, not of any real dramatic depth. Caroline Dhavernas co-stars as Dr. Alana Bloom; she has not yet been given enough attention.

Hopefully the show will allow her character to develop, as “Hannibal” is sorely lacking in feminine presence. She is the closest thing to a strong female character in her role as a voice of reason to the FBI, but she is completely lacking personality. Dhavernas could be a real source of strength to the show if she was injected with a little spunk, and the same goes for Fishburne’s Crawford.

Previews of the next episode promise a lot of delicious treats in store. The makers of “Hannibal” have big, bad intentions, hinting at continuing on the same path as the “Silence of the Lambs.”

With a little more depth added to their characters, “Hannibal” could truly be a groundbreaking horror program. There is almost limitless potential; it is where they take these plotlines that will truly decide whether the show becomes a masterpiece or a disappointment.

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New admissions policy is blatantly discriminatory Policy only targets Chinese international students by danny zimny-schmitt Staff Writer

This year, the admissions office added an application requirement for international students from China: They must complete an interview to assess their proficiency in English. This new mandatory interview is only administered to prospective students from China; all other international students are not required to take part.

If this is not a case of discrimination against an ethnic group, I don’t know what is.

With all due respect, I know that accents and a lack of proficiency in English are an issue among some international students at DU. But singling out one country to require English proficiency interviews for its applicants is not fair and is certainly not inclusive.

This is very surprising news, as DU is generally on the forefront of working to increase diversity on campus. Living by the slogan “Inclusive Excellence,” it is hard to think that the admissions office would ever do something so blatantly

discriminatory against applicants from a specific country.

The effect of this change has been seen in the admissions office. The number of international student applications dropped from 1,900 last year to 1,500 this year according to a Clarion story from April 2 of this year.

I was initially very impressed with the diversity effort DU was making. After attending the Diversity and Unity retreat in September and learning about this valiant effort, I was convinced that despite its reputation for lack of diversity, real strides were being made to bring a

avoid whole unprocessed foods either as many of them become ingredients in an array of everyday products.

The issue of GMOs is a discussion of the uncertain, as the implications of their use are officially unknown. Nonetheless, it involves environmental safety, human health and politics.

The most recent development in the GMO debate was on March 26 when the president signed a bill that contained Section 735, now dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act.” This action was taken to avoid a government shutdown and the bill was primarily intended to be a shortterm budget resolution.

Unbeknownst to many of those supporting it, the act was reportedly a last minute addition collaboratively written with Monsanto itself.

Monsanto is one of the nation’s largest producers of GMO products, and many of its

former employees now work in government organizations that regulate GMOs. It is said by the agribusiness industry that the primary function of Section 735 is to protect biotech companies from fluctuations in supply.

Opponents of biotech companies maintain that it instead removes the court’s authority to regulate these companies and allows GMO crops to be planted regardless of future environmental or health consequences.

Though the realistic impacts of this bill are debatable, as it has only been in effect for a short period of time, the implication of GMOs in society in general requires our consideration. Too few know what GMOs are and too few know the possible implications.

The environmental and health ramifications are currently unconfirmed; this in itself should encourage people to be cautious of consuming

more diverse student body to campus every year.

I am a proponent of requiring all students to have a reasonable level of understanding of the English language.

Classes at DU are taught in English; it only makes sense that students understand it.

But any requirement for English proficiency needs to be applied equally to all international students, not just a pre-selected few. This is simply a basic rule: Treating all applicants the same regardless of differences between them.

Imagine the havoc that would ensue if DU made all applicants from Texas submit an

extra essay for consideration that students from every other state didn’t have to submit. Although it is a different situation, the same premise applies here as the English language interview for Chinese applicants.

If DU wants to live up to the philosophy of Inclusive Excellence that it so actively promotes, it either needs to eliminate this new discriminatory requirement or require it for all international applicants to ensure equality.

Unless a decision is made quickly, it looks like DU will be operating on a system of External Inequality instead of Inclusive Excellence.

Down with GMOs, up with health by naomi forman Contributing Writer

Round up your food and throw it out, because Roundup Ready resistant and other genetically modified foods (GMOs) have infiltrated our cabinets and refrigerators.

GMOs need to be taken off Americans’ grocery lists, because studies have finally begun to come out about the adverse effects they can have on humans and the environment. Through our consumer influence we need to ensure that GMO foods have no place on our dinner tables.

From plums to granulated sugar, countless genetically modified foods are circulating in mainstream consumer markets. As reported in an article on The PEW, now over 80-90 percent of some of the United States’ largest agricultural crops, such as corn and soybeans, are genetically modified. You can’t simply

GMOs. These biotech companies are in effect utilizing the public as lab rats. This should be disconcerting to the average consumer, for all we know, there may be disturbing health implications to consuming GMOs. According to an article on Alliance for Natural Health website, pesticide-producing, genetically modified corn has been shown to weaken stomach linings and cause leaky guts in humans. GMO’s have also been attributed to the recent rise in allergies and diseases caused by inflammation.

The herbicides used to treat these crops are also known to diminish the ability of plants to absorb vital nutrients causing a cycle of deficiency that impacts humans.

One study that was published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences reported that rats fed GMO corn developed massive tumors, organ damage and premature death.

pioneer Voices:

Perhaps we should listen to the advice of Geraldo Rivera, who said “Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she’s going to come around and whack you.” These life forms were never intended to be so intimately manipulated. The earth was never intended to be so dramatically exploited. For the 300 days of sun that we all get here in Colorado, that is certainly not how I desire to repay the earth I live on.

If Americans choose to not support GMO foods they will be removed from the market. We have a responsibility to facilitate that. Empower yourself. Mom isn’t buying your groceries anymore, so you need to recognize this responsibility to yourself and to your environment and take the initiative. In the words of a young boy from a health documentary called “Genetic Roulette:” “Stop doing the GMOs and start doing the good food.”

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ON THE NEW ENGLISH INTERVIEW REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE STUDENTS?

uriel berrum Sophmore colorado

gus kitchell Freshman Washington

amanda urban Freshman colorado

henry matter Freshman illinois

“it’s a good requirement because the english language is prevalent here.”

“People could get upset about that, but i understand the need for it.”

“the fact that it’s focused on chinese students is questionable to me.”

“it is discriminating. it should be for all foreign students.”

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Raise pay for The greatest PR stunt: Colo. governor Chancellor’s office hours by chris bach Opinions Editor

In general, I don’t think that our politicians need, or deserve, pay raises. Raises are supposed to be for people who show dedication, work hard and achieve success — all of which I believe our politicians lack. However, I do think that the members of the Colorado executive branch need a pay hike.

While there hasn’t been any formal legislation brought forward, a few lawmakers are considering an increase in pay for members of the executive branch. Understandably unpopular, I still think that this would only be a positive measure for Colorado.

The Colorado governor makes $90,000 per year in salary. This is lower than all of the salaries of governors in surrounding states. Furthermore, this is one of the lowest salaries for a governor in the U.S. Why should we have a governor, who would perform virtually the same tasks in other states, be paid less just because he is in Colorado? It just doesn’t make sense.

The same holds true for other members of the executive branch. The Attorney General makes $80,000 and the State Treasurer makes $68,500, both of which are also lower than those same positions in surrounding

states. In fact, the Attorney General makes about $50,000 less than district attorneys in small districts in Colorado.

Some would say, though, that they just couldn’t approve a pay raise for the current governor or treasurer. The best part is that under Colorado law, lawmakers cannot vote for a pay raise for somebody already in office. The proposition to raise salaries would only extend to future members of the executive branch.

Also, since 1999, the salaries of the executive branch in Colorado have remained the same. Surely that’s plenty of time to wait for a pay raise.

The only downfall to not having an official bill is that there haven’t been exact numbers to say what the rise in pay would be. That could make a big difference. I would be more willing to support a small increase in pay as opposed to a larger pay hike.

I can’t imagine that the pay raise would be extremely large.

On that faith, I fully support a pay hike for our members of the executive branch.

I completely understand the hesitation to move forward with this proposition. But this time, we need to look at the facts and see that Colorado is underpaying its governor and other executive branch members. Let’s come together on this one issue to remedy this problem.

by danny zimny-schmitt Staff Writer

on campus and the need for That was September. This is a designated bikeway con- April. I haven’t so much as heard necting the north and south rumblings about the planning of campus. These were two of a bikeway or a bike lane, and issues that stood out to me there are no new bike racks near despite only being on campus J-Mac or Nelson. for a couple of weeks. There I know that implementation always seemed of ideas is far more to be no extra “While not complicated than room at any it appears from the of the bike honoring and outside, but to see racks outside no tangible progress of J-Mac and carrying out in half a year’s time Nelson, and the feedback is completely disapbikers headpointing. It makes ing to class students prome feel that going to competed with vide, the office the office hours was those walknothing more than a ing on the red hours are simply waste of my time. brick paths.

I’ve unfora show by the I told tunately come to him that it is administration.” believe that chancelhypocritical to lor office hours are require all bikes not much more than locked on campus to be secured a PR gimmick to give students on a rack when there was not the impression that they have enough rack space altogether. more say over what happens on I also suggested either a new campus. While I wish this wasn’t north-south bikeway roughly the case, it unfortunately appears paralleling the path from J-Mac to be so. past Nelson, Nagel and Driscoll If they are going to keep up to Sturm or a new bike lane sending out these emails encouron High Street. aging students to come meet While I talked, Coombe’s with the chancellor, then they assistant took notes over need to step up their game. the conversation, which I Should office hours continue believed to be a good sign for to be publicized to students, it is future progress. Coombe then only fair that their feedback be thanked me for the feedback taken seriously and not sit waitand gave the impression that ing to be forgotten in notebooks he would start looking for solu- tucked away on the bookshelves tions to these issues soon. of the Mary Reed Building.

We all get the emails a couple of times each quarter: Chancellor Coombe is holding office hours soon, and would love to have a 10-minute interview with any student who wants the opportunity to provide feedback on DU. Unfortunately, this entire process seems to be no more than a scheme to make the upper administration appear more accessible to students than it actually is. While not honoring and carrying out the feedback students provide, the office hours are simply a show by the administration.

In September, I came across my first of these emails. Being the kind of person who likes to provide feedback for the betterment of any group or institution that I am a part of, I eagerly signed up for the chance to meet with Coombe.

At the meeting, he recognized me from the Chancellor’s Dinner I had recently attended with my FSEM, and we took half of a minute to discuss something we had both read in The New York Times that morning. Coombe came off as approachable even before I had a chance to fully introduce the topic I wanted to discuss.

I then spoke to him about the need for more bike racks

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Don’t punish the dog, punish the owner by hannah neuman Contributing Writer

I find it interesting you believe so strongly in the banning of an animal that many of you have never owned. And for those of you who have had an aggressive Pitbull, if you are not blaming yourself, perhaps it is time to reconsider your training methods.

Prematurely judging before actually experiencing the breed is no better than racial profiling.

It is immoral and unethical. You would not ban Hispanic people or African Americans from a city due to a single instance by a particular individual with dangerous behavior … would you?

Being of the “American Terrier” breed, Pitbulls have a strong desire to please their master even to the extreme of putting their own lives in danger for praise. Pitbulls are therefore the main breed in dogfights, as they are so willing to gain praise from their owner that they will fight to the death.

Furthermore, this trait was something that humans intentionally bred into the dogs and the single trait that humans are now making the breed suffer for.

I also had the same misconceptions that others have. That was until I became the proud owner of a shelter dog who was

to the other side of the street.

It was also a traumatizing experience to see someone slap him across the face because he happily trotted up to them.

Ghost is an example of a well trained dog whom was able to be “re-trained.”

He came from an unknown background and never showed signs of aggression, but that did not mean that this defined what he learned as a puppy.

With the basic training commands, and the verbal cues that told him no matter what was happening to return to my side, he was able to live a happy, healthy life.

a purebred Pitbull. His ears were cropped short which made him look mean, and his muscular body was quite intimidating.

But I can say without any hesitation that that was the best dog I have ever owned. He was an honest, loyal and loving dog who happened to be terrified of Chihuahuas and whimpered at cats.

He would have done absolutely anything for me.

His uncanny ability to sense my mood and often nudge me with his enormous head was enough to get me through a rough day.

I used to find it weird that people would yank their children away from him, or switch

He may be only a single instance of success that can “therefore not represent the breed as a whole,” but if that above statement is true, then how can a single instance of aggression from a Pitbull be all it took to represent the breed as a whole when it mattered in a negative way?

The only thing I ask of any of you is that you don’t judge an animal so quickly by their simple desire to make their owner happy. It isn’t their fault that so many people think poorly of them.

I leave you with a simple thought: Don’t ban a book from entire towns just because you don’t like the cover. There’s so much more inside.

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Pios complete perfect home weekend DU tops Bellarmine in double OT thriller by alex proietti

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The thenNo. 3/3 Denver men’s lacrosse team swept the home weekend series, routing Marquette 15-4 Friday and topping Bellarmine 11-10 in a double overtime thriller Sunday. The pair of wins bring the Pioneers to 9-2 on the season and 4-0 in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC).

After the defeat, Marquette falls to 2-6 on the season and Bellarmine drops to 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the ECAC. The Pioneers have three games remaining in the regular season against Loyola, Fairfield and Michigan, all of which are conference games.

Denver is also ranked No. 2 in the ECAC, following only defending conference champions ryan lumpkin|clarion Loyola. Despite Sophomore Eric Adamson scored the weekend two goals for the Pioneers last sweep, the weekend.

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drop to No. 3/4 nationally.

On Friday, Denver saw goals from nine different Pioneers, including senior attackman Eric Law with four goals, sophomore midfielder Wes Berg, junior attackman Harrison Archer and senior midfielder Cameron Flint with two goals each and sophomore midfielder Tyler Ekeroth, sophomore midfielder Eric Adamson, senior midfielder Chase Carraro, junior attackman Bailey Dodds and freshman midfielder Hunter Gore each added one goal.

Law picked up his 10th career hat trick and his fourth game with four or more goals, while Berg brought his goal tally to 31 on the season.

Four Pioneer goalkeepers saw action Friday, combining for 10 saves in the contest. Sophomore Ryan LaPlante started the game, making four saves and tallying his sixth win of the season. Junior Jamie Faus made five saves in 21 minutes of action, junior Erik Carter made one save in five minutes of action and freshman Joey Gigantiello got his first four minutes of collegiate action under his belt.

“Most importantly, we got everybody involved in the game, and we got some contributions

from guys who haven’t had a lot of playing time this season,” said head coach Bill Tierney. “I really feel like it was a good team win tonight. Eric performed really well. He was on the end of some great plays from his teammates, but he had a great game. He’s a steady presence for us, he’s a great player and he’s our leader.”

On the other side of the field, redshirt junior attackman Tyler Melnyk led the Golden Eagles with two goals, while redshirt junior defenseman Jerry Nobile and freshman attackman Phil McFarland added one each.

Law opened the scoring just 1:16 into the contest on a pass from senior attackman Colin Scott before the Golden Eagles leveled the score less than six minutes later. Before concluding the opening stanza, the Pioneers added back-to-back goals to take a 3-1 lead.

With 4:30 remaining in the first half, Law scored back-toback goals, extending the Pioneer lead to four goals at 5-1 and senior attackman Tyler Simmons recorded his first career assist in the effort. Marquette cut the lead to three with a goal from McFarland, but law answered with his fourth and final goal of the game to put the Pioneers up 6-2 as they headed into the locker room.

Denver came out of the locker room to score three straight goals and bring the lead to six at 9-2 after just over three minutes

of play in the second half. Melnyk found the net for Marquette six minutes into the third quarter, but Flint answered just one minute later.

Carraro and Dodds each added a goal apiece to close the period and Denver entered the closing frame of the game with a 12-3 advantage.

Less than a minute into the final stanza, Archer stretched the Pioneer lead to 10 before M e l n y k scored Marquette’s final goal of the contest and brought the team back within single digits of the Pioneers.

Gore scored his first career goal with three minutes remaining and Ekeroth followed shortly to make the score its final 15-4.

Forty-nine Pioneers saw playing time in Friday’s win.

Sunday’s thriller The Pioneers continued the weekend winning trend on Sunday when they topped conference opponent Bellarmine 11-10 in double overtime at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in front of 2,027 fans.

Five Pioneers found the net in Sunday’s game including Flint, who matched his career-high with four goals and picked up his 10th career hat trick, Law with three goals for his 11th hat trick of his career, Berg with two goals and Adamson and freshman attackman Tom Moore each with one goal.

Denver fired 57 shots in the contest, just three shy of the DU Division I single-game record, but Bellarmine senior goalkeeper Dillon Ward finished with 20 saves and held Denver to 11 goals. Ward came into the game as the top goalkeeper in the nation in save percentage and is ranked No. 3 in saves per game.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game, and their goalie was just phenomenal,” said head coach Bill Tierney. “I thought our guys played really hard. We have to give credit to the other team’s defense and goalie because they came out and played tough the entire game.

The guys showed a lot of courage to come back multiple times during the game to get the win.”

LaPlante and Faus split time again, with LaPlante five saves in the first half and Faus playing the second half and overtime periods and recording seven saves.

Senior attackmen Michael Ward and Lance Robinson, along with junior midfielder Cameron Gardner, led Bellarmine with two goals each, accounting for six of the team’s 10 goals.

The two teams played a scoreless nine minutes before Berg opened the scoring for the Pioneers with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter. Just two minutes

later, the Knights leveled the score on a tally from Michael Ward, but the Pioneers answered with two seconds left in the first quarter after a field-long pass from LaPlante to Law, who beat Dillon Ward to take the lead at the close of the first stanza and account for LaPlante’s first career assist.

Bellarmine came out hot in the second period, scoring backto-back goals to take a 3-2 lead just over two minutes into the second frame. Berg and Flin regained the Pioneer lead at 4-3 before the Knights evened the score with 6:50 remaining in the second quarter and sent the teams into intermission deadlocked at 4-4.

Two minutes into the second half, Flint found the back of the net again, putting Denver back on top before Adamson increased the lead to 6-4 with just over seven minutes remaining in the third stanza. Bellarmine knotted the game with two straight goals from Robinson to tied the game and send both teams into the closing frame with six goals each.

The Knights continued their goal-scoring streak to four unanswered goals, taking an 8-6 lead with under seven minutes remaining in regulation, but the Pioneers netted back-to-back goals from Flint and Law, snapping a 15-minute scoreless period

for the Pioneers to tie the game at 8-8 with 6:12 remaining.

The two teams exchanged goals from there to bring the score to 9-9 before Michael Ward found the net with less than three minutes left in regulation, giving Bellarmine a 10-9 advantage. Flint scored his fourth goal of the contest less than 30 seconds later to force overtime with the score knotted at 10.

Denver won the opening faceoff in the first overtime period, followed by six shots on goal, but was held scoreless. Faus saved Bellarmine’s lone shot attempt, and a second overtime period was forced.

Bellarmine nabbed the opening face-off in the second overtime frame, but missed high on a shot and turned the ball over close to midfield, giving the Pioneers control again. After a Denver timeout with 2:05 remaining, Berg missed a shot wide of the net, which was picked up by the Pioneers and Flint circled the cage to find Law open on the left side to sneak it past ward, giving him the gamewinner with 1:42 left in the game.

Carraro went 12-of-21 in faceoffs and tallied six ground balls, while Denver held a 57-40 shot advantage, went 29-28 on ground balls and were a 19-of-19 on clears.

The Pioneers will hit the road next weekend, as take on the Greyhounds at 11 a.m. MT at Loyola.

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Mayfield, Olkinuora ink NHL contracts

Mayfield signed a threeyear entry-level contract with the New York Islanders, as Denver men’s hockey announced Friday. sophomore defenseman Scott The contract begins with Mayfield and sophomore goal- the 2013-2014 season and is tender Juho Olkinuora have good through the 2015-2016 both decided to forgo their season. He is set to join the final two years of collegiate Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the eligibility and inked contracts American Hockey League on with the New an Amateur Tryout York Islanders Contract. and the Winnipeg “Scott is a “The Pioneer Jets, respectively. very talented program is proud After the and happy for Scott close of the and rugand his family,” said season, some DU associate head of Denver’s top ged player coach Steve Miller. men are opting whose game “He is realizing his to leave early for life-long dream to the NHL, and and style will become a profesthe exits may not transfer well sional hockey player. stop at Mayfield Scott is a very taland Olkinuora. at the pro ented and rugged Denver’s long- level. ” player whose game standing reputaand style will transtion for early fer well at the pro exits for the NHL Steve Miller level. We wish him could continue continued success Associate head with players like and look forward junior forward coach to seeing him in the Nick Shore (L.A. NHL soon.”

Kings), sophoMayfield was drafted in the more defenseman Joey LaLeg- second round (34th overall) by gia (Edmonton Oilers), junior the Islanders in 2011. defenseman David Makowski After his two year stint at (Free Agent) and freshman DU, he finished with 29 points forward Quentin Shore (draft off seven goals and 22 assists in eligible, WHL rights owned 81 games. The 6-4, 205-pound

by Portland), who could all defenseman tallied 17 points choose to leave the school. on four goals and 13 assists in by alex proietti Sports Editor

Mayfield has ended his collegiate career and opted to play professionally.

his sophomore season and 12 made tremendous strides over points off three goals and nine his two collegiate seasons, in assists in his rookie season for large part due to daily work the Pioneers. with coach [David] Lassonde Olkinuand the friendly ora signed an and respectful entry-level con- “[Mayfield] competition with tract with the [Adam] Murray Winnipeg Jets, made tremenand [Sam] Britas announced dous strides over tain. They each yesterday, and brought the best he is set to join his two collegiate out of each other. the St. John’s seasons ” We wish Jussi the Ice Caps of best during the the AHL on next step of his an Amateur Steve Miller, career.”

Tryout ConOlkinuora Associate head coach tract. leaves the PioThe sophoneer ranks with a more was undrafted and signed 22-14-8 overall record, a 2.27 with the Jets as a free agent goals against average and a .927 upon finishing his two-year save percentage. career at DU. Despite being a late addi“We could not be hap- tion to the program, Olkinupier for Jussi,” said Miller. ora posted a 13-6-5 record in “Former assistant coach Derek his freshman season with the Lalonde and I were fortunate Pioneers, finishing his rookie to recruit him to Denver. He season with a 2.34 GAA and a

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.927 save percentage.

Mayfield and Olkinuora are the first and second DU underclassmen, respectively, to turn pro following the 2012-2013 season. They also make up the 18th and 19th underclassmen to sign professional contracts over the last 19 seasons.

Mayfield and Olkinuora join former teammates Beau Bennett, Jason Zucker and Drew Shore who all left last season.

Other former Pioneers who exited early to go pro include Matt Donovan (2011), Marc Cheverie (2010), Joe Colborne (2010), Patrick Wiercioch (2010), Tyler Bozak (2009), Chris Butler (2008), Brock Trotter (2008), Geoff Paukovich (2007), Ryan Dingle (2007), Paul Stastny (2006), Matt Carle (2006), Brett Skinner (2005), Mark Rycroft (2000) and Matt Pettinger (1999).

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Gymnastics finishes 4th in NCAA regional by makayla cisneros Staff Writer

The No. 15 Denver gymnastics team finished in fourth place at the Tuscaloosa NCAA Regional tournament which took place on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. against Alabama, Utah, Iowa State, BYU and Kent State. The team finished with an overall score of 195.275, led by junior all-arounder Moriah Martin.

Martin will be the lone DU representative at the NCAA semifinals, and extends the Pioneers’ streak of sending at least one individual to the NCAA Semifinals to 14-straight seasons.

Martin’s National rotation order and pairing will be released on Monday.

“I’m excited to get another chance to compete,” Martin said. “Tonight isn’t exactly how I wanted the season to be because I didn’t compete the way I know

By the end of the second I can. (Competing without the team there) just takes a little bit rotation of the meet, DU and Utah were tied in more focus because second at 49.175, I’m going to be by only Alamyself. I just want to “We’re almost following bama with a 49.350. work on some details Martin led the in the gym over the there, and I Pioneers on vault next two weeks, and then go have fun at think tonight for the 10th time Nationals.” proved to our this season with a 9.875, partnered with Denver opened Moorhead’s vault with a 49.175 on floor girls that we with a 9.825 of her with junior Kaitlin can run with own. Senior Simona Moorhead leading Castro picked up the team with a 9.900 anyone.” her fourth 9.800 or in the fifth spot of the better on vault in her rotation, which helped final five meets as a her finish third over- Melissa KutcherPioneer with a 9.800 all at the Regionals. Rinehart, vault performance, Junior Nina McGee Head coach giving Denver a tallied a 9.875 at the combined total of anchor spot. Sophomore Ellese Sakai-Hart began a 48.875 on vault and surpassing string of four consecutive routines Utah by .225 for second place over a 9.825 for Denver with her midway through the meet.

9.850 on floor, which junior Jorie In the third event of the eveHall followed up with a 9.825. ning, Denver posted a 48.950 on

bars, led by McGee. McGee tallied a 9.850, Castro added a 9.725, followed by a 9.750 from junior Melodie Pulgarin Linero in her second meet back from injury.

Junior bars specialist Emily Warfield inked a 9.800 and Martin scored a 9.825, accounting for the Pioneers final tally for the event.

Utah regained the tie with Denver at 147.000 heading into the final rotation for the final Nationals spot.

In the fourth and final rotation on beam, Hall led the Pioneers with a 9.825 on the apparatus, earning her fourth place at the meet on beam. Martin added a 9.725 to complete her 10th all-around performance. Sakai-Hart mounted the beam first for the Pioneers, posting a 9.700. The team combined for a 48.725 on beam to finish the 2013 season, while Utah finished its evening with a 49.400.

“It was not our best night on beam,” said head coach Melissa

Kutcher-Rinehart. “It was tough knowing that we were tied going into the last rotation with Utah on vault, and the crowd noise from Alabama on floor. We didn’t do a great job of performing under that intensity tonight. We’re almost there, and I think tonight proved to our girls that we can run with anyone in the country. We just have to get the job done in the moment, something we didn’t do tonight.”

The Pioneers will suffer two losses before next season, as seniors Brianna Springer and Castro will graduate.

“We will have a very experienced group coming back,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “Our juniors will now be seniors next year, and will be very motivated and very passionate about not letting this happen again. I’m excited about the freshman class coming in, and excited about the future of this program. Like I said earlier, we are right there.”

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Martin springs to NCAA success

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Denver gymnastics head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart describes junior Moriah Martin as fun, confident and energetic, and despite adversity, Martin has used that positivity to vault her way into the NCAA semifinals and advance the DU gymnastics team in competition this season.

Twenty-one-year-old Martin led the No. 15 Denver gymnastics squad to a fourth-place finish on Saturday at the Tuscaloosa Regional inside the Coleman Coliseum. Martin scored a 39.150 in the all-around to finish fourth, and lead Denver to a 195.275.

“We’re really excited for Moriah, and we know she’ll represent the University of Denver very well on the national stage in two weeks,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “Moriah had a good night, and most importantly, she went four-for-four. I know she’ll get back into the gym this week, clean a few things up and get ready for Nationals.”

In addition to her accomplishments at the regional competition this weekend, Martin had a record-setting season: On top of hitting career bests in bars, beam, floor and all-around, all since January 2013, she also became the third Pioneer to earn a perfect 10 on vault in Pioneer history at Senior Night in March. As a result, Martin has been recognized numerous times as WAC gymnast and event specialist of the week.

Martin described the moment when she received her perfect 10 as one of the best moments of her life.

“Sometimes you can just feel like you’re going to get a ten, and then you dwell on it when you don’t,” said Martin. “This time I

wasn’t thinking about it at all, and it ended up being one of the best moments of my life. The whole team came up and hugged me and I cried. It was great.”

Kutcher-Rinehart attributed much of Martin’s success to her growth as an athlete in past years.

“One of the things we’ve worked the hardest on is form and execution,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “Things like body position, she’s really taken that to heart.

That kind of focus, work ethic, attention to detail—we’ve seen the results of that in her scoring.“ Martin’s strengths have led her to be one of many leaders of the team.

“I think people can lead in different ways,” said Martin. “Everyone has their role, but I’m a very vocal person, so I tend to take control, good or bad. But, I think everyone has a moment to lead, and everyone does a good job of that.”

Kutcher-Rinehart echoed those same sentiments.

“We have great team chemistry, there’s really no superstar on our team,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “Everyone has really stepped up and created a positive, competitive atmosphere in the gym. That’s one of the reasons we’ve had so much success this year because it has kept everyone focused. I credit the team as a whole for that passion, work ethic and commitment.”

Martin has contributed to the atmosphere in the gym by bringing confidence to the team, according to Kutcher-Rinehart.

“I could go on for hours. [Martin] brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “She has a great personality, and she’s a lot of fun; it’s contagious.

You almost can’t help but laugh around her.

It’s been really good for our team because she can lighten the mood and make everyone laugh. She’s very strong mentally and a rock solid competitor. That, in addition to her personality, gives the team a sense of confidence and is good for the team.”

Martin said that the sense of positivity in the gym has been especially strong this year.

“This year has been really fun. I think the last years have been fun, too, but this year is a little different,” said Martin. “Every meet we did what we knew we could do instead of having any doubts. Being part of a team that is confident in what it can do is a fun experience.”

However, gymnastics has not been without its challenges for Martin.

“Before she came to DU, [Martin] battled back from some pretty significant injuries, including an Achilles’ tendon injury,” said Kutcher-Rinehart. “I have so much respect for Moriah because she has had so much adversity, and she has overcome that. She hasn’t had it handed to her, she’s had to create what she’s become.”

Martin especially credited assistant coach Carl Leeland for seeing past her injuries and bringing her to Denver.

“I had a weird recruiting situation because I didn’t do gymnastics freshman to junior year because of an injury. Carl called me and I came out for a visit, and decided it was right for me,” said Martin.

Martin also cited the challenges of being a college athlete as being a learning experience for her.

“I think the biggest challenge is just adjusting to the schedule,” said Martin. “It’s like a job, and the season can get really hard when you’re competing every weekend.

Competition is the funnest and the hardest, so balancing is the one of the hardest things.”

However, Martin manages to keep it lighthearted in and out of the gym.

“She likes to sing, so honestly she’s constantly singing and quoting movies and television shows,” said Kutcher-Rinehart.

“It makes it fun for everyone to be around.”

Gymnastics runs in the blood of the Florida native, whose parents met at a gymnastics meet. Martin’s father competed for Ohio State and went to the Olympic trials, and her mother is her club gymnastics coach at home.

“I love my family,” said Martin. “ I think we’re all pretty athletic: My mom does Crossfit like a crazy person, my older sister is a rock climber and pole vaulter and my younger sister does track. We’re all pretty competitive, so when we play a game it gets crazy.”

In addition to preparing for nationals this week, Martin has already started looking toward next season.

“I think I want to just start off with a really good score and continue throughout the season so that we’re ranked in the top ten going into regionals [next year],” said Martin. “I think we have a lot of people coming back, so we’ll be really competitive.

It’s my last year, which is hard to believe, but it will be a good one.”

The psychology major hasn’t made any post-graduation plans yet, but intends to to get good grades through senior year.

“I always say I want to do whatever I want wherever I want. I think that whatever is supposed to happen will happen,” said Martin.

Martin will compete at the NCAA Semifinals on Friday, April 19, in Los Angeles, Calif., at Pauley Pavilion.

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