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Katie Devendorf of Denver says “zombies are awesome,” as she munches on a victim’s finger at the Denver Zombie Crawl Oct. 19 on the 16th Street Mall.

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Undead take a bite out of 16th St. • 10

INSIDE: TEDxMSUDenver • 3

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TEDx encourages commitment, purpose Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet TEDxMSUDenver brought four speakers, two and a half hours and one message – “Commit to something bigger.”

On Oct. 16, the Tivoli Turnhalle was full of messages about potential and identity.

TEDxMSUDenver was an independently organized TED event

— the first of its kind at Auraria.

“One of the first things to know is that TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience,” said Megan Gibson, Urban Leadership Progrm Assistant and event organizer. “It is not hosted by TED and instead is hosted by people in the community that are interested.”

Gibson applied for the license to host the TED event in Decem-

ber 2012 and received approval in January.

The event cost about $1,000, a large amount of which was raised through sponsorships. Sponsors of the program were the Urban Leadership Program, the Office of Student Activities, The MSU Denver Student Government Assembly and the Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Inc. “This event was in the planning process for about a year,” Gibson

Jeff Price, professor of aviation at MSU Denver, shares the lessons he learned while reading 50 books in 50 weeks at TEDxMSUDenver Oct. 16 in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

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said. “Logistically, I have worked on the filming, stage design and program content as soon as I received the license and was still finishing up minor details the day before.”

Gibson said they coordinated with the four speakers early on in the process, and worked with them throughout the spring and summer semesters to prepare.

The first speaker, Jeff Price, is an associate professor in aviation at MSU Denver.

Price began his talk by saying that as a child, he wanted to be a pilot because it was the coolest job he could imagine.

However, Price said once he was in flight school, a medical condition caused him to change paths, which he later realized was for the best.

“I enjoyed the coolness of being a pilot, but not he actual job,” Price said.

He encouraged students to make sure they find their own path and follow it.

“It doesn’t matter what you do for a living. As long as that’s your mission, then you are on the right track,” Price said. “The present is not some insignificant preamble to something else. Make every experience your mission.”

The second speaker, Tom Ross, is the creative director for Entercom, which is a large national media company. He spoke on inclusivity, and how excluding people is against human nature.

Ross suggested a different style of working, called “Open Source Mode,” a way of changing work environments and terminology so that everyone is included and everything is shared, no matter a person’s rank.

“Rebranding sheds old expectations,” Ross said. “Title and position do not determine ability.”

The third speaker, Dominique Christina Ashaheed, is a Denverbased poet, and was the winner at the National Poetry Slam Competition in August. She spoke about the power of language, and how she feels that just by using certain phrases like “descended from slaves,” society marginalizes certain groups of society without even realizing it.

“That was a seismic thing for me to recognize — that definitions and meaning are not the same thing,” Ashaheed said. “Language, for all intents and purposes, is a borrowed thing. It is a co-opted thing. Writing for me is about the

reclamation, and in so doing, the reclamation of myself.”

Ashaheed then went on to read two poems, including “Birmingham Sunday.”

Amelia Earhart, traffic and weather anchor at 9 News and pilot, spoke on how her name and her heritage defined who she was — until they didn’t any longer.

Her entire life, she believed that she was a distant relative of the historic Amelia Earhart, and she based her career around this link.

However, last summer, she found out she isn’t related, and it changed her definition of herself.

Earhart then spoke about her upcoming plan to fly around the world, and told everyone that she had found her journey, and now they needed to find theirs.

“I hope you have your own adventure,” Earhart said. “Whatever you’re passionate about, keep going for it.”

At the TEDxMSUDenver, as is required at all TEDx events, two TED Talks were shown. The first, Charlie Todd’s “The Shared Experience of Absurdity,” drew copious laughter from the audience. The second was Apollo Robbins’ “The Art of Misdirection.”

Both talks looked at perception and how by changing one’s mindset, people can experience more of their surroundings.

“I think as adults, we need to learn that there is no right or wrong way to play,” Todd said while speaking on his organization Improv Everywhere.

After the event, Gibson added she was happy with the way it turned out.

“I think the event couldn’t have gone any better. It was a major success,” Gibson said. “My hope is that after attending this event, our attendees left with new ideas to spark discussion. I think that TED and TEDx are great, innovative ways to share ideas worth spreading and to be able to show some Denver-based speakers with not only the Auraria Campus, but with the world, is an amazing opportunity.”

Favian Viver, emcee and coorganizer of the event, closed the event by reiterating the purpose of TEDxMSUDenver.

“If you want something, go get it, and commit to something bigger,” Viver said.

Additional reporting by Kayla Whitney.

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Increasing number of students seeking help Stephanie Alderton salderto@msudenver.edu The Counseling Center at MSU Denver is facing a trend of a growing number of students in need of more immediate psychological help.

During the last decade, college counseling centers across the country have seen an annual increase in students who are stressed out, or are suffering from depression or other mental disorders and are unsure where to turn, said Gail Bruce-Sanford, director of MSU Denver’s Counseling Center.

“More and more students are finding out what professional services are on campus,

which is a good thing,” she said.

However, Bruce-Sanford also said students today are coming into college with a lot of stress. The problems she helps clients deal with range from major depression to financial concerns and a lack of support from family. She estimated that staff members at the Counseling Center see about 50 to 60 clients on an average day.

To deal with large numbers of students in distress, staff members sometimes have to cut sessions from 45 to 30 minutes per student. Bruce-Sanford said they are joining 13 percent of college counseling centers nationwide in doing so. However, they have

so far managed not to put people on a waiting list. Instead, counselors are taking larger case loads and scheduling more brief therapy interventions.

The Counseling Center also reaches out to students through events like the annual National Depression Screening Day, which took place Oct 21 in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

Anyone on campus was able to fi ll out an anonymous paper on depression symptoms, get feedback and referrals from professional counselors and pick up free pizza.

Prior to the event, Steven Lee, assistant director at the Counseling Center, said 140 students attended last year’s depression

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“We have a lot of students who come in just struggling to identify the right resources, the right people to talk to,” Lee said. “That’s why we try to get out and talk to different departments, and we’re as visible as we can be.”

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University student soars as flight instuctor Melanie Moccia mmoccia@msudenver.edu MSU Denver senior Dileep Anne, an aviation technology major, recently received an award recognizing him as a 2013 Outstanding Flight Instructor, making him one out of 12 throughout the country.

The 12 were narrowed from a list of 973 instructors.

The award was given to Anne Oct. 9 by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

He was chosen for this recognition because of a poll that was set up online by AOPA, where flight students were able to vote for Anne for his experience and excellence in flight instructing.

Anne has had an internship at Alliance Flight Training in Aurora since March 2012, where the majority of his students are MSU Denver aviation majors.

His goal is to make students the best flight instructors they can be, which is what earned him his award.

“They want to fly, they want to get licenses, and it’s not like I have to force them to get their licenses,” Anne said. “I just provide a positive experience where they can be safe pilots and reach their goals just like me” Anne believes that what sets him apart from most flight instructors is his dedication to his students. He cares about them learning as much as he cares about his own

learning.

“I just try and give 100 percent every time I go up. It’s tiring sometimes and it gets old after you do five or six flights a day, but I keep one thing in mind for the students,” Anne said. “No matter what background they are, they’re relying on you to get their license and that’s something I took seriously, valuing their money and time.

“I’m learning a lot from them, so it’s a win-win situation here. They get their good training and I’m learning too.”

Winning the award opened Anne’s eyes.

He traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to receive the award, where he met with other flight instructors from around the country. He exchanged ideas with them and discussed what they could do to improve their instruction skills.

“Winning the award has only boosted my confidence and ability to teach better and motivated me even more to do better,” Anne said. “We’re now trying to open up a flying community basically out here, trying to make flying more fun and help the students to stay in those flight schools and find out what’s going on.”

It’s a long process to become an instructor, and Anne started when he was just a teen.

Anne has been flying for six years and still has a long road ahead of him to get where he wants to be with his career.

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His goal is to be a commercial pilot after he graduates and finishes the required flying hours.

“I took the long way around,” Anne said.

“I started flying in India when I was 16, then after doing initial training there, I went to Australia to do my commercial training there and get more experience. Then I decided to go to school.”

Anne moved to the U.S. in January 2011 from Hyderabad, India and believes that being an international student has helped him be successful in his aviation studies. He concentrates only on school and his internship, which takes up most of his time.

MSU Denver’s distinguished aviation program and modern technology has helped Anne get where he is today. The department is getting new simulators and most of the technology is at students’ fingertips in the Seventh Street Building on campus.

“It’s really nice where you don’t have to go out to a flight school and spend a lot of money to get the advanced technology experience,” Anne said. “It’s just part of your course work. That’s the fun part.”

Many people along the way have helped in Anne’s success. The aviation department chair Jeff rey Forrest and Anne’s mentor, MSU Denver professor George King have been huge influences on him throughout his education.

“Every professor, usually even if I don’t

Metro senior Dileep Anne was honored as one of the country’s top flight instuctors Oct. 9 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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take classes with them, they know if someone is really into getting their licenses, they help people,” Anne said. “It’s a really friendly environment here.”

For Anne, being a flight instructor is not just a job, it’s a passion— and he enjoys educating students on how to follow in his footsteps.

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“BrobamaCare” and sexism offend Nikki Work nwork@msudenver.edu @nikki_themet Governmental inefficiency gets me steamed. Governmental inefficiency that insults my generation?

You don’t want to know.

This week, Colorado proponents of the Affordable Care Act released an ad promoting “BrobamaCare,” a form of “Brosurance” that insures you for keg stands so you don’t have to dip into your beer money. It instructs bros to check out this sick insurance at doyougotinsurance.com.

And I couldn’t be more offended.

According to their website, “Got Insurance is a project of the Thanks Obamacare campaign, created by the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and ProgressNow Colorado Education to educate everyone about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act.” I get the desire to market for the Affordable Care Act – its launch has been riddled with so many technological hiccups that its lack of efficacy has been more noteworthy than any of its actual components. It makes sense that supporters of the act would want to put advertising out there to bolster support and draw in those who may have been put off by the glitching.

However, as a millennial and a member of the target age-range for this healthcare, I find advertisements like this wholly distasteful.

This advertisement is marginalizing an entire portion of the populace as unintelligent, belligerent fools who only want healthcare to perpetuate their vices.

The ad told me to visit their website for more information — in the hopes of redemption, I did.

There was none to be found.

The “bro” vibes continued through the selection of some very non-diverse advertisements. My biggest offense, however, came from the two ads out of the six that featured women. One toted the phrase “Mamacare” and the other “Well Rounded Coverage,” and each featured a woman who either already had a child or was expecting.

Sorry, but I wasn’t aware that my uterus was the only part of my body that needed insurance.

Even if reproductive health is the platform on which these advertisements want to run, a consideration for the other side of the childbearing spectrum would be nice. What about an advertisement running on the basis of birth control? What about the countless other health problems women face, like heart disease or breast cancer?

What about the things that drive us into the doctor on a smaller basis, like vaccinations, infections and illnesses?

Even more, while these advertisements show men playing sports and needing to go to the doctor for their high-octane lifestyle, they give no consideration to the women who live similarly.

Not sure if anyone told the advertiser this, but women play sports too. We break bones, we get concussions and we too need medical care.

Young, 20-something men don’t just need insurance for when they do keg stands and fall off their fixed-gear bicycles. Women of the same age group are more than just baby-poppin’ vessels of motherhood. For this group to market to people solely in these subgroups is ignorant, stereotypical and rude.

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A friend of mine—a fellow Aurarian—posted to Facebook, “and my school takes awkward to a new level.”

I know what she’s talking about. Walking to class, I saw the announcement for an event sponsored by one of the campus organizations. In addition to advertising a dildo giveaway, the messages were accompanied by

graphic drawings that would be more appropriate decorating the meeting hall where the event is to be held rather than the streets of the campus.

As a journalist, I understand the First Amendment. I also understand taste, and these ads are sadly lacking in it. It seems to me that an organization of intelligent people should be able to tell me what they’d like me to attend without a drawing of a huge penis spewing sperm.

Don’t take me for a prude.

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When I’m together with my friends, I do a great impression of a degenerate. But in public, I understand that certain behavior is disrespectful. There are people who would be put off by the jokes and behavior we engage in behind closed doors.

My friend and I were not the only people put off by this form of advertising. A woman dragging a boy who couldn’t have been more than 8 years old stormed past me, tersely telling him to never mind what the sexually active stick

figures were doing.

I’m not suggesting a return to suppression, and I understand where the “in your face” approach comes from. But it seems to me that a sense of decency is in order.

What is said among like-minded people is one thing, but having another person’s intimate preferences slap us alongside the head while we are in public minding our own business is a trend that really doesn’t need to continue.

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Knowing how to blend, where to paint and how much to use can lead a person to abandon an entire costume.

Bob Parks is a zombie makeup artist who has done makeup for Frightfest at Elitch Gardens and works at DEDHED, a Denver studio he created that does free zombie makeup at Denver Comic Con and Zombie Crawl.

“I’ve been a fan of visual effects since I realized the things I saw in horror movies weren’t real, just really cool looking,” Parks said.

Here are a few helpful tips from Parks to make the makeup process easier and to get great results.

1. Know your tone If you’re using an airbrush to apply, only use enough to cover the natural tones of your skin. Find out how much or how little you need to tone down the redness, add blacks to push your face in and whites to bring your face out. Try adding blues or purples. Don’t forget your Final Seal.

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Abnormal Halloween facts Adapted from blog.starcostumes.com and www.census.gov

•The word “witch” comes from the Old Saxon word “wicca,” which means “wise one.”

•47,800 acres of pumpkins were harvested in the U.S. in 2012, according to the United States Census Bureau.

•It’s believed the Irish began the tradition of Trick-orTreating. In preparation for All Hallow’s Eve, Irish townsfolk would visit neighbors and ask for contributions of food for a town feast.

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The undead walk on 16th Street Mall Melanie Rice mrice20@msudenver.edu This past Saturday, hordes of the undead lurched down the 16th Street Mall in Denver, feeding on those who got in their way.

Songs like “Don’t Fear The Reaper,” “Ghostbusters” and “Thriller” blared in the background as the Denver Zombie Crawl took place.

Corpses of all kinds oozed, bled and shrieked their way through Downtown Denver, looking for brains and booze. Unlikely companions such as Peter Pan, the Grim Reaper and Beetlejuice roamed the streets with zombie brides holding blue-faced, undead babies accompanied by zombie dogs.

Nina Novakovic of Denver attended for the first time this year. In keeping with the frightful theme of the evening, she said, “I love being gory, so it’s fun. I love scaring people.”

The Denver Zombie Crawl, which started as a birthday celebration for Denver zombie lover Daniel Newman. Now it has swelled like an epidemic to include thousands. This year was its eighth anniversary and was an attempt to break the Guinness Book World Record for largest gathering of zombies. Guinness has not yet confirmed whether the undead in Denver were able to do this.

The zombie apocalypse is a popular present day theme that many think has it’s origin in the 1968 classic fi lm, “Night of the Living Dead.” But its roots lie buried deeper, in Haitian and African Voodoo beliefs that say the dead can rise and walk the earth.

Despite zombies’ ancient origins, the undead have been

keeping up with the times. In Denver, Techno-zombies like Darth Vader who hoisted a boom-box on his shoulder, showed their love for gadgets and danced to creepy techno beats that kept the crowd churned up.

Juanita Aragon of Denver attended for her fourth time, and said, “I love Halloween, period.

And I like to do the ‘Thriller.’”

She got her chance when part of the crowd performed Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance in Skyline Park. Even the police got into the spirit of the night.

“It’s an enjoyable time to watch everybody having fun,” said Joey Smith of the Denver Police.

Not all who came out for the festivities were zombies. Denver’s Joshua Flynn, said he comes for the people-watching.

After the parade down 16th Street, local establishments were invaded by the mob of thirsty zombies, who kept the party going through the night. The festivities included a costume contest, food drive, parade and a performance

by Boulder band The Widow’s Bane, who were recently awarded for their music video by the Mile High Horror Film Festival, “Don’t be Afraid; it’s Only Death.”

Christae Evanson, an MSU Denver senior majoring in musical theater, was dressed as a zombie housewife, sucking on a severed finger. She said she had brought some tasty “finger food.”

Whether it symbolizes our dissatisfaction with our mundane everyday lives or is just another excuse to party like there’s no tomorrow, the Denver Zombie Crawl gives both the living and the undead something to look forward to in October.

Harlan Mager, 46, goes all out on his zombie costume for Denver’s eighth-annual Zombie Crawl Oct. 19 on the 16th Street Mall.

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Colorado’s haunted house showdown

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Heritage Square’s October special, Spider Mansion haunted house, made me scream and even yell out a few obscenities this past weekend.

I like haunted houses and I like scary movies, especially around Halloween. At least, until I am waiting in line for a haunted house.

Then I start to hype myself up for the fact that I am going to be in the tight cornered hallways that Spider Mansion has in the temporary building they set up every year.

I get terrified before I even step through the door.

In Spider Mansion, they don’t wait long to scare attendees who have had to wait for a couple of hours in line to get in. An old lady lets you into what is probably the largest room in the building. There is only one door and in front of that door is a large man carrying an ax. The only lighting is a flash-

ing strobe light, and before your group can decide how they will get around the beast, he turns down the hall, whistling a cheerful tune, with his ax trailing behind.

From there it’s a mess of sharp corners where the actors quietly hide until the right moment.

Cheesy decorations cast shadows in the light, tricking you into rushing past them, toward the real scares of actors waiting in the next room.

Bloody Mary, clowns and puppets are just a few of the horrors that await patrons in the cramped quarters of the building. One clown followed a girl in the back of my group for several minutes, blowing in her ear, while another person in my group claimed I shoved them out of my way to run from a man wielding a chainsaw.

If you like to be scared, this is the haunt for you. Just be prepared to wait in line for a long time — up to two hours — or pay the price for VIP tickets, which is $25, versus the regular $16.

The Frightmare Compound is a two-for-one deal that will give you the creeps — in a conventional haunted house way.

The first house, the original Frightmare, has a little bit of everything. Zombies, swamp monsters in caves, rednecks, strange animalpeople and even a creepy cute old granny.

The props and sets in this house are to die for — pun intended. You start outside and pass through many different environments and themes. The mine equipment is particularly astounding, and seems very real.

Short bridges pass over dazzling landscapes generally accompanied by running water. If you weren’t being chased by freaks in the dark, you might even enjoy it.

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art, fun house mirrors and way too much fog. Seriously, it’s next to impossible to breathe. The clowns in this house do a great job of being mischievous, disappearing into the poorly lit, long hallways and scaring the crap out of you.

We all know the wait is the worst part of the haunted house.

But don’t expect a traditionally creepy vibe while you wait at the Frightmare Compound. Instead of chilling music and ominous sounds, you’ll get a DJ, dubstep and rave ambiance. With how mainstream the Frightmare Compound has gotten in the last few years — no, not even that is an excuse for the dance party.

Regardless, the attractions are well worth the price — $22 — and the wait. The scenery in the houses located at 10798 Yukon St. in Westminster, Colo. are superb, the scarers actually care and minus the bad dance music, it’s everything you want in a haunted house.

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more than the scare, chances are you’ll take your time and admire the setups. But if you spook easily, just be careful where you run. At times it’s difficult to know which way you’re supposed to go and where the path actually leads. If you accidently go the wrong way once, prepare to have a spooky security person threaten to kick you out.

The coolest part of the first attraction is the last part. You have to make your way through an old house. After ducking through a bathroom, crawling through kitchen appliances and squeezing into walls you exit the little foundation and wait outside for the second attraction.

If you don’t like clowns, tough luck, the House of Darkness is included in your admission. You can choose to skip it, but you may as well get your money’s worth.

The House of Darkness is a disturbing clown house with blinding strobe lights, crazy black light

Three’s a crowd? Well, not at Haunted Field of Screams. Here, three attractions make for a perfect combination of fright.

Zombie Paintball Apocalypse, Haunted Field of Screams and Dead Man’s Night Maze all provide their own element of fun factor and a good scare factor to boot.

Zombie Paintball Massacre is a thrilling ride on a tractor-trailerfitted with paintball guns that slowly rumbles and bumps its way along a path, slowing down when it comes time to shoot zombies.

The massacre was, “an idea that came up at the haunted house owner’s convention last year in St. Louis,” said Mark Palombo, owner

and operating supervisor of the attraction. “They took us on it and we instantly loved it and wanted to use it here.”

Thrill-seeking paintballers have the option of getting 75 to 150 pellets, which makes the experience either a brief blast of fun or an all-out assault. Both ways still offer a ton of fun and act as great stress relievers.

The Haunted Field of Screams is a great adventure and it’s also the oldest attraction at the complex.

“We’ve been doing it for 11 years now and we are really actor driven,” Palombo said. “I just don’t have the space to throw a full-on haunted house with props and elements that a lot of the other places have, so our actors really have to carry the show.”

The actors do put on a scary

show in elaborately designed rooms with various themes — from a cadaver dad in a spooky old house to zombie prison guards lurking through a decrepit prison.

They manage to stay in character, stick with the different themes that occupy the many rooms and scare well too.

The Dead Man’s Night Maze is another great way to get scared dizzy, with actors jumping out from random places to throw patrons off guard and off the correct path.

But if the actors can’t make the patrons jump, then the chainsaws will do the job.

At $40 for all three attractions, Haunted Field of Screams, located at 104th and Riverdale Road, in Thornton, is a great scare for your buck.

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A blood spattered Carrie White returns in the newest on-screen edition of Stephen King’s first novel, “Carrie.”

Unfortunately, if you’ve seen the original, you’ve actually seen this remake too.

Carrie (Chloë Grace Moretz) is an awkward senior in high school.

To make her awkwardness worse, Carrie has gotten her first period in the gym shower at school. Since

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Wonderbound, formerly known as Ballet Nouveau, brings to the stage a collaborative work that includes Colorado locals, musical

Carrie’s mother is very religious, she has absolutely no idea what is happening to her body and screams hysterically that she is dying. All of her classmates tease her relentlessly until the gym teacher comes to her rescue.

This is the basic premise of the story, a sad and lonely girl who is tortured and bullied at school.

But since this is Stephen King we’re talking about, there has to be that extra little spice. The new hormones in Carrie’s body have awakened her telekinetic powers.

I don’t want to give any spoil-

ers, but let’s just say that the sad and lonely girl gets her revenge — a very blood soaked one at that.

If you’ve seen the original “Carrie” from 1976, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

The two movies are almost exactly alike, scene for scene. Even some of the lines are duplicated.

There are some good points to the new flick. Julianne Moore is pure gold as the religious fanatic Margaret White.

I didn’t think it was possible to make Piper Laurie’s rendition of the character creepier, but Moore

has done it. Moretz on the other hand is a very good awkward teen, but lacks the wide-eyed terror that Sissy Spacek portrayed in the original.

The question is, if the new movie is so alike to the original, why did they feel the need to remake it? Sure, the special effects of telekinesis are a little cooler in the new one, but the original’s general creepy feel made up for all of the explosions, floating objects and violent car crashes that the new one made “prettier.”

artist Jesse Manley, and magician Professor Phelyx in their production, “A Gothic Folktale.”

The start of the show was a magic trick presented by Phelyx in which he had 30 people put a nickname given to them by a grandparent facedown on a card.

He had an audience member seal one card in an envelope, attach it to a rope and hoist it into the rafters. Phelyx himself never looked at the card. This was just the opening of the trick. The best

was yet to come.

The “professor’s” influence was apparent in the styling of the show as the dancers incorporated sleights of hand and other visual tricks into their performance. All dances were choreographed by Garrett Ammon, the artistic director of the company.

According to Ammon, a big reason the company changed its name was because they didn’t necessarily want to limit their company to dance.

“The experience the audience has when seeing them perform is not anything like what your previous notions of ballet would be,” Ammon said. “We ultimately left ballet or dance out of the name completely because all of our work is so collaborative in nature that really in the end whether they define it as a dance performance or not is not really our concern. It’s that they’re coming and having a great experience with all the mediums that we have here.”

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The music provided a chilling old-timey feel to the performance, which Ammon said ended up with a sort of carnival theme.

At the end of the show, Phelyx revealed the name on the card, showing viewers that he knew the whole time. How he came to learn this, is part of the mystery.

“A Gothic Folktale” will be performed at the Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Spooks and goofs — The Met’s movie picks Top Horror

Top Cheesy 1. “Evil Dead 2”

2. “Stephen King’s IT”

2. “Shaun of The Dead”

3. “The Ring”

3. “Army of Darkness”

4. “28 Days Later”

4. “The Blair Witch Project”

5. “Psycho”

5. “Beetlejuice”

6. “Nightmare on Elm Street”

6. “The Cabin in The Woods”

7. “The Exorcist”

7. “Fright Night”

8. “Poltergeist”

8. “Child’s Play”

9. “Saw” 10. “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” Honorable Mentions: Alien, The Grudge, Halloween

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1. “The Shining”

9. “Attack of The Killer Tomatoes” 10. “Hocus Pocus” Honorable Mentions: Paranormal Activity, all of the Saw sequels, Dead Alive

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Runners Wrap-up Men’s basketball Metro men’s basketball was picked first in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll Oct. 16. Returning senior guard Brandon Jefferson was named the RMAC preseason player of the year, while junior forward Nicholas Kay and junior guard Mitch McCarron join him on the all-RMAC team. Jefferson led his team last season, averaging 14.8 points and 2.2 steals a game.

The Roadrunners won the RMAC regular season title and the conference championship, and took runner-up at the NCAA Division II championship game, finishing last season 32-3.

Women’s basketball On Oct. 16, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference ranked Metro women’s basketball third in the preseason coaches poll, while returning starter senior center Amy Nelson was picked to the preseason all-RMAC team. The Roadrunners are ranked behind the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and Colorado Mesa University. The Roadrunners are coming off of a 17-5 conference record, and their third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.

Men’s soccer Two Metro men’s soccer players, sophomore defender Tyler Gillaspie and redshirt freshman midfielder Roe Shrestha, were named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-academic honor roll Oct. 15. Student-athletes must have a grade point average of 3.30 or higher and completed two consecutive semesters. Gillaspie has a 3.56 GPA, while Shrestha has a 3.57, both in adult fitness and exercise science.

Roland a bright spot for Metro golf Angelita Foster amayer1@msudenver.edu @angel_themete Raised in small-town Cottonwood, Ariz., Jazmine Roland didn’t have the advantage of well manicured greens or a golf professional, or even a girl’s team to play on – what she did have was the drive to succeed at a sport she loved, no matter the adversity she had to face.

Roland is a self-taught golfer, having learned to play alongside her dad and brother. By the time she got to high school, Roland found a love for the sport , and with no girl’s team, found a spot on the boy’s team, where she didn’t really feel welcome.

Roland said at the time, she didn’t think about playing by different rules because she was a girl ­— she never played from different tees than her dad and brother.

Thinking back on it now, Roland says that made a difference in who she is as a person and as a golfer.

“It was super difficult for me to want to continue because I didn’t really have the support that I wanted or needed while playing,” Roland said, referring to her teammates and the school. “I’m glad I

Metro women’s junior golfer Jasmine Roland.

did it, because I learned a lot about myself being able to continue playing through that.”

When Roland arrived at Mesa Community College, she was welcomed to the women’s team, something she hadn’t experienced before, but she then faced new challenges — ­ competing against athletes that grew up in the sport, and being slightly behind academically.

“The girls I played on the team

Roadrunners summit the Mountaineers in 3-0 win Mario Sanelli msanelli@msudenver.edu @mario_themet Metro volleyball left the Mountaineers of Western State Colorado University seeing pink Oct. 18 at Auraria Event Center.

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Women’s soccer The No. 12 Metro women’s soccer team had seven players named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-academic team Oct. 15. Junior forward Brandi Farley, with a 3.75 grade point average, was selected for the first team. Making the honor roll were redshirt freshman defender Taylor Campbell (3.47 GPA), senior defender Brittany Cito (3.54 GPA), junior midfielder Carly Nelson (3.59 GPA), junior midfielder Abby Rolph (3.59 GPA), sophomore forward/midfielder Shursteen Sharpe (3.30 GPA), and sophomore Ashley Smith (3.35 GPA).

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with had a lot more opportunities available to them, more than I did in the small town I was from,” Roland said.

She overcame the challenges by redshirting her second year to focus on school and analyze her game.

As a sophomore, Roland was named first team all-region and all-conference, but she wasn’t shooting to impress when she met Metro head coach Ben Portie.

eers in straight sets to improve to 11-7 overall and 7-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Decked out in pink jerseys to support “Dig Pink Night,” a fundraiser for breast cancer research, the Roadrunners made quick work of the 1-17 Mountaineers, winning 25-17, 25-12 and 25-10.

Reeling off their come-from-behind win over Colorado State University-Pueblo the night before, where the Roadrunners rallied to win the final three sets after dropping the first two, the team faced the Mountaineers with purpose.

“We needed to come out with a lot more energy and play the way we’re capable of, the way we played in the third, fourth and fifth sets last night,” head coach Debbie Hendricks said.

The Mountaineers had dropped their last 14 matches heading into Auraria Event Center, but this was no time for complacency from a Roadrunner team fighting to gain ground in the RMAC standings.

“You just have to stay focused on what you’re doing on your side of the floor. Celebrating the great plays, getting excited for each other, pouring energy into your teammates,” Hendricks said.

“Focused” is what the Runners were against the Mountaineers, disposing of them in 76 minutes. Metro posted a season-best .378 hitting percentage in the match, aided by solid performances from junior setter Betty Van Lith, who had 30 assists, and freshman setter Brandi Torr

“I think I shot in the 100’s that tournament,” Rolad said.

But, the wheels had already been put in motion, and Portie knew about Roland and recruited her for Metro’s new women’s golf team.

“She has played as I expected.

She shot a low of 78 this fall for us, which was her lowest in a golf tournament,” Portie said. “I always knew she was going to count for our team.”

with 13. Defensively, the Runners were backed by 17 digs from senior libero Alex Green.

Junior Lauren Quijano continued her strong performance on the right side of the court with 13 kills and a team-high .429 hitting percentage in the match. Her overall contributions have progressed throughout the year as well.

“I’ve been more well-rounded, where before I was just focused on hitting, now I focus on my block, my hit, my set, an all-around thing,” Quijano said. “I’m comfortable with [my position] because I’m left-handed, so it’s easier for me. It just feels like my home over there. I know what to do and it’s good for me.”

Metro wins in five sets Metro defeated Adams State University 25-12, 20-25, 25-18, 16-25, 15-12 Oct. 19 at home.

The win improved the Roadrunners to 12-7 overall and 8-3 in conference.

Debbie Hendricks tallied win number 302 as head coach for the Roadrunners and is now two wins shy of becoming the fifteenth active coach in Division II to record 500 career wins.

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Runners roll past CCU Scott Corbridge kcorbrid@msudenver.edu Metro women’s soccer had a career day from junior forwards Brandi Farley and Abby Rolph as the Roadrunners shut out the Colorado Christian University Cougars 7-0 Oct. 18 at Auraria Field.

The win was a season high in goals, as the Roadrunners improved to double digits in wins with a 10-0-3 record overall and 8-0-1 in the Rocky Mountain Sophomore midfielder/forward Clyde Athletic Conference. The Cougars Glastetter rushed towards the goal. dropped to 4-8-0 overall and 1-7-0 Photo by Courtland Wilson • in conference play. cwils104@msudenver.edu Rolph started things off in the 10th minute, scoring from the top of the box off an assist by sophoTrailing 4-2 in the more midfielder Jordan Post.

84th minute, senior mid“We like to get pushing and fielder Andy Lopez drew once we get one, we’d like to get the Roadrunners within another,” Rolph said. “We set goals one goal, but No. 22 for ourselves so we know that our Colorado School of Mines opponent can’t come back.” put the game out of reach The second goal came in the with a goal in the 90th 26th minute, when Farley scored minute. The home loss on off a pass from sophomore midOct. 20 dropped Metro to fielder Noemy Polanco. In the 32nd 8-3-3 overall and 6-2-2 minute, Farley took a shot on goal in the Rocky Mountain and missed, but Rolph scored off Athletic Conference. Sethe rebound for her third career nior defenseman Andrew multi-goal game.

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The Runners took a 4-0 advantage with a goal only seven minutes into the second half from junior midfielder Marie Ipock, shooting from the middle of the box and scoring off the crossbar.

Farley scored her second goal of the game off an assist from Rolph, three minutes later.

Rolph again connected with Farley for her hat trick as they scored off a header from a corner kick, extending the Roadrunners’ lead 6-0.

“We kind of know how each other play, and she’s kicking it and I’m running where she’s kicking it so it works out really well,” Farley said.

The final Roadrunner goal was scored by Polanco off a shot from the top right of the box as it just got past the goalkeeper’s hands at the 75th minute, Polanco’s second of the season.

“I’m very proud of not giving up the shutout,” head coach Adrianne Pietz said after the game.

“We don’t want to give away goals.

We’re trying to have good habits throughout the season so that we can be the best team we can be once the postseason comes.”

The Roadrunners outshot the Cougars 35-7, with a 14-1 shots-ongoal advantage. Redshirt freshman Karisa Fernandez got the win for the Roadrunners in goal.

Metro senior forward Maggie Rojas turns a CCU defender inside-out as the Roadrunners crushed Colorado Christian 7-0 at Auraria Field Oct. 18.

Photo by Courtland Wilson • cwils104@msudenver.edu

Women’s soccer keeps win streak alive Junior forward Abby Rolph’s two goals lifted Metro women’s soccer, 2-0, over UC-Colorado Springs Oct. 20 at Auraria Field. The win improved Metro’s record to 11-0-3 overall and increased the Lady Runners’ win streak to seven. Rolph scored less than two minutes apart in the second half. Sophomore goalkeeper Karisa Fernandez made two saves and is now 7-0-0 in net for the now No. 10 ranked Roadrunners.

Correction On Page 16 of the Oct. 17 issue, The Metropolitan referred to Adams State University as the Skyhawks, they are the Grizzlies.

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StudyBreak This Week

Why is there a microwave every 20 feet in this building?

This is a hallway, not a “snack-nook”.

Hey, I remember this soup from last semester. Thanks, man!

Don’t mention it.

Metro Events 10.24 and 10.28-30 Flu Shot Clinic Plaza Building — in front of Health Center @ 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

10.24 Fall Business Fair Tivoli Turnhalle @ 10:30 a.m.

10.27 Women’s Soccer vs New Mexico Highlands Auraria Field @ 12 p.m.

10.28 Last day to withdraw fullsemester classes — NC 10.29 Wellness and Benefit Fair Tivoli Center @ 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.

10.29 Women’s Volleyball vs Regis University @ 7 p.m.

Auraria Event Center 10.30 Men’s Soccer vs Regis University Auraria Field @ 3:30 p.m.

10.30 Boos and Booze Tivoli Roger Braun Lounge @ 11 a.m.

Sudoku

Horoscopes Capricorn

December 22 -January 19 If you’re looking for a miracle, you sure as hell won’t fi nd it in a jar of Miracle Whip.

Aquarius

January 20 -February 18 The one person you shouldn’t trust is your acupuncturist — they’re a backstabber.

If you thought breaking a mirror was bad, make sure you don’t break a light bulb — seven years of bad ideas.

Cancer

June 21 -July 22 Sorry folks, “The Hills” is no longer streaming on Netfl ix. Let this be an important lesson — things can change at any moment.

Leo

July 23 -August 22 If Hollywood has taught us anything it’s that this is the worst month to be a babysitter.

Virgo

August 23 -September 22 If you still enjoy “Duck Dynasty” you really need to check into a mental institute.

Aries

March 21 -April 19 Those people lurking on the 16th Street Mall last weekend were not zombies. It was just a bad acid trip.

Taurus

April 20 -May 20 Need a little inspiration this week? Pick up Michael Bolton’s most recent album. You’ll fi nd all the answers there.

Gemini

May 21 -June 20 Some original costume ideas: a legal document or a jar of sand.

Brain Teasers Last issue’s answers (reading from right): miniskirt, all in all, last dance, inground pool, to TV for a week, high frequency, sit ups

Difficulty: HARD

Overheard on campus

Pisces

February 19 -March 20

Comic created by Robert Shea • rshea5@msudenver.edu

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September 23 -October 22 Jack-O-Lanterns are also called hinkypunks. If you use this term in your everyday language, you are a hinkypunk.

Scorpio

October 23 -November 21 “Full House” was just one big meth den.

Sagittarius

November 22 -December 21 Live your life in a white girl wasted kind of way.

YOLO. SWAG.

“Do you think the new iPad comes in pumpkin spice?”

“I don’t care if you’re at the Supreme Court or whatever.

If there’s an open bar, I’m going to go have some drinks.”

“Oh yeah. I love cleaning bathrooms, are you kidding?

Absolutely!”

“Don’t get married unless you’re marrying a prince.”

“Hanging out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride, trying to holler at me...and I say, ‘I don’t like it when you shout at me sir — wait until you get your own ride.”

“I don’t actually go to college here.”

Hear something that makes you laugh? Shake your head? Roll your eyes? Tweet it to @nikki_ themet with the hashtag #overheardoncampus and you may see it in next week’s paper.

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