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POLINA PORTNAYAContributor

Th e Daniels College of Business hosted its 100-year anniversary last Friday, bringing together about 300 current stu-dents, faculty, alumni and community members.

Many generations of DU alumni, some joined by their families, came to the barbeque, which was held outside on the lawn outside the DCB Building and off ered guests free food and beer.

“I don’t think there’s anybody here that is that old,” said Diane Kropp, who graduated in 1960, as she laughed and joked with another DU graduate.

Chris Riordan, dean of DCB, talked about the importance of the business school and its growth throughout the years.

“It’s kind of interesting to think back to 1908 when this college was started with

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CAMERON LEMMONA class of real estate and construction management students acts as general manager for design construction and fi nancing for a $212,159 two-story house in Green Valley Ranch in north east Metro Denver. Th e house is currently for sale and the proceeds will benefi t the Boys and Girls Club of Denver and the DU scholarship fund.

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three students,” Riordan said. Originally named the School of

Commerce, Accounts and Finance, the business college was located in downtown Denver. Th e school changed the College of Business Administration in 1946 and became the Daniels College of Business in 1994, named aft er Bill Daniels, cable tele-vision pioneer and Denver entrepreneur, who contributed funds to revising the cur-riculum and build a new building.

Th e current building housing the school opened in 1999. In her presenta-tion, Dean Riordan also focused on the need for new business practices to develop and adapt to adjustments in the society.

“At Daniels we do have a steadfast belief that there is a greater purpose to business and that business should be the driving force behind public good and change around the world,” Riordan said.

In 1958, a time capsule was buried at the Denver City and County Building,

near the school’s original location on Arapahoe Street. “We’re kind of following that tradition and we’re burying another time capsule in the Daniels building,” said Haven Smith, college and events manager. “We’ve been collecting items throughout the year.”

Th e artifacts in the capsule include newspapers, worldwide event and presi-dential election paraphernalia, a letter from the dean, a sample of all the cen-tennial materials, invitations to diff erent events and other Daniels related compo-nents. Daniels recently planted 100 trees throughout campus.

“As a symbol of our commitment to the environment sustainability, over this past year we’ve planted 100 trees on campus,” said Riordan.

Th e 101st tree was planted “to sym-bolize the future going forward,” said Riordan. Th e tree had ribbons on it, and a sign explaining exactly what it is, making

it hard to miss among the other trees. “We wanted to beautify that campus

and contribute to the environment,” said Riordan.

At the 100-year celebration, alumni reconnected with some friends from the past and met new generations of DU stu-dents.

“I’m a social butterfl y and this is just a great opportunity to meet new people and why miss the 100 year anniversary?” said Earl Johnson, a Daniels graduate student.

Th is event provided a social atmo-sphere and opportunity that enabled people to fi nd old friends and meet new ones.

“A lot of people come only during the day or at night, and you don’t really get a chance to see all the diff erent people that are at Daniels, so this is kind of an inclu-sive event,” said graduate student Patricka Hogue. “You get a chance to meet people you wouldn’t get to meet.”

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Police ReportWednesday, May 64:51 p.m. Th ree suspicious males were spotted at Centennial Halls. Campus Safety found them to be soliciting without authorization. Th ey were issued trespass notices and advised not to return to campus.

7:33 p.m. A staff member reported an unknown person urinated in a trash bin in Daniels College of Business on two occasions, May 3 and May 6.

10:30 p.m. During a routine patrol, Campus Safety observed someone trespassing in parking lot E. Denver Police Department arrested the person for trespassing.

11:12 p.m. An underage student was found in possession of alcohol containers in Centennial Halls. Campus Safety confi scated the contraband.

Th ursday, May 71:20 p.m. Property belonging to the Delta Gamma sorority house was found by an unaffi liated party at a residence in the 2400 block of South Gilpin Street. A staff member confi rmed that the property had been removed from the house and Greek Life will be notifi ed.

6:12 p.m. Campus Safety responded to the report of a theft at the Performing Arts

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Center. A student left her purse unattended at 4:10 p.m. and when she returned at 5 p.m. found her cellular phone to be missing. She was advised to fi le a report with Denver Police Department.

8:18 p.m. Th e smell of marijuana was reported coming from a room in Centennial Towers. Campus Safety found alcohol, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in plain view and confi scated the contraband. Th e two underage students that reside in the room were not present.

11:14 p.m. An inventory of found property at Centennial Towers included a false identifi cation card belonging to an underage student. Th e property was confi scated by Campus Safety.

Friday, May 812:45 a.m. Campus Safety spotted a male acting suspiciously on the 2100 block of East Asbury Avenue. Offi cers found him to be an underage DU student in possession of a false identifi cation card and an alcohol container. Campus Safety confi scated the contraband and disposed of the alcohol.

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Rob Smith of Rocky Mountain Microfi nance Institute will be the guest lecturer at Pathways out of Poverty, a program that explains how domestic microfi nance is a solution to poverty. He will speak in Lindsey Auditorium from 7-8 p.m.

Tomorrow Th ere will be a screening of

“Stories on Human Rights,” a fi lm made for the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights, in the Cyber Café in Ben Cherrington Hall. Th e fi lm will begin at 7:15 p.m. aft er a human rights discussion with Professor Donnelly.

Th ursday An interactive time

management workshop will be held in the Center for Academic and Career Development in Driscoll South from 12-1 p.m.

John Wahlquist will discuss his new book at 12:30 p.m. in

Ben Cherrington Hall room 301. Wahlquist is a faculty member of the CIA’s School of Intelligence. His book addresses the issue of interrogation in light of armed confl ict.

Th e annual Pioneer Awards Ceremony will take place in the Governor’s Ballroom in Driscoll from 5-7 p.m.

Paul Chaat Smith will present his newest book, In Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong, along with a book signing. Th e event will begin in Sturm Hall 286 at 7 p.m.

Friday Stephen Hanmer of UNICEF

will present a workshop entitled “Child Protection in Confl ict-Aff ected Contexts.” Th e workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Ammi Hyde room 133 and will be followed by a lunch in the Cyber Café on “Careers in Humanitarian Work and Child Protection.” Please RSVP to kristenl.frost@gmail.com.

Students build, market houseReal estate students gain experience through unique classARIANNA RANAHOSSEINI

Editor-in-chief

On Friday, a class of real estate and construction man-agement majors celebrated completing the construction of a $212,159 two-story, single-family home in Green Valley Ranch.

Th e class of 24 seniors col-laborated to learn the market-ing, fi nancial and construction aspects of building and selling a residential house from the groundbreaking to the ribbon cutting.

“It’s a real world experience that you can’t get inside the class-room,” said senior Dan Negrin, head of construction.

Th e Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Man-agement’s Residential Practicum is the only course of it’s kind in the county and has been off ered for 14 years and is only available to those with senior standing.

“Th is program puts students in the real world to learn the real world,” Dan Connolly, associate dean of undergraduate programs at Daniels College of Business said at Friday’s ribbon cutting ceremony.

“It’s not just building a home, it’s building a future of leaders in the real estate and construction industry.”

“Th is is huge,” senior Jeff Diem, group president said of the

experience. “You have so many people graduating with degrees in construction management. I have friends at other schools that are graduating with the same degree and I defi nitely have a leg up on them. I can go out and say I’ve lived it, I’ve done it.”

In the fall, the class worked on acquiring land and develop-ing the plans for the home.

“We knew we would be building a house working with Oakwood homes,” Diem said. “We had to go through and research what incomes are in the area because usually when you’re starting with a home you’re building it for a specifi c family.”

Th e land broke ground early in winter quarter and as a class, the students were responsible for overseeing construction 40 hours per week.

Each student acted as the construction manager two hours per week. Th e students raised funds to pay for supplies and labor, while Oakwood homes covered the remaining costs.

When the home sells, the proceeds will be split between the DU Scholarship Fund and the Denver Boys and Girls Club.

“Th e only thing they have left to do is get this thing sold,” professor Stuart Stein said.

Th e class is trying to market the home themselves, however if it does not sell it will become Oakwood homes inventory.

Diem has been off ered an internship at a local real estate company this summer.

For more information about the home, contact the sales offi ce at (303) 486-8722 or visit burns-builders2009.wordpress.com.

CAMERON LIMMONDan Negrin cuts the ribbon of the Residential Practicum house in Green Valley Ranch while Matt Jepeson, Nick Cookson and Jeff Diem participate in the ceremony as well.

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Anyone wishing to submit a video for consideration for the DU Tube program during Dis-coveries orientation week must do so by Monday.

All students are invited to create a video highlighting an aspect of student life at DU to inform students about situations that may arise during their col-lege experience. Video entries must be burned onto a DVD and place in the drop box in the Campus Life Suite on the 3rd fl oor of Driscoll North.

“DU Tube is a showcase of ‘mini-documentaries’ on college life. Th e Student Life Division off ers this program during fall orientation to address various topics and issues such as diver-sity, alcohol use, stress and healthy relationships to name a few. Our goal is to assist new students in their transition and adjustment to DU,” said Doctor B. Afeni Cobham, assistant pro-vost of Student Life.

Th e creators of videos

selected for the program will receive a $50 honorarium from the DU bookstore.

Entries must be no more than four minutes in length. Only one topic may be addressed per video, but students are wel-come to submit more than one video. Acceptable video formats include DV cam, BETA, mini DVD, i-Movie and Quick Time.

Videos may not include material that could be consid-ered off ensive to the average person. Because videos must be about real-life experiences at DU, students will not be submitted to disciplinary action because of the experiences addressed in the movies.

Topics to consider include the campus alcohol policy, time management, how to handle stress, diversity, gender violence, marijuana use, etc.

“Pioneers, we need your involvement and support to make sure the messages con-veyed are from a DU student’s point of view,” said Cobham.

For more information visit www.du.edu/studentlife/dutube.

Professor pronounced dead after bike accident

JAMIE WARREN News editor

A professor from the Sturm College of Law died on Wednes-day following injuries sustained from a bicycle accident.

Erik Bluemel, 32, crashed his bike under a bridge on 15th Street in the Lower Downtown District sometime between mid-night and 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday and was declared brain-dead by hospital offi cials around noon last Wednesday.

Bluemel has taught at DU since last August. According to Law Dean José (Beto) Juárez Jr., Bluemel taught classes on administrative law and courses dealing with indigenous peoples and law. His research interests included the rights of Native Americans and other indigenous people around the world, as well as environmental law.

Bluemel received his under-graduate degree from the Univer-sity of California at Berkeley. He earned his law degree from New York University and his graduate law degree from Georgetown University.

According to Juárez, Blue-mel taught because he wanted

students to understand that law could make a diff erence in some-one’s life.

“He was a brilliant man, very people oriented. He loved the intellectual life because of what it did and how it helped peoples’ lives,” said Juárez.

Th e date for Bluemel’s memorial service has not been set. His family will hold a service in California, where Bluemel is from. Another service will be held at the College of Law; this will more than likely be set in the fall because the school has been let out for the summer.

Student raises funds for CF

MEGAN WESTERVELTFreshman Matthew Bravo peers through a slit in the box he called home for about nine hours on last Monday, during a pioneer leadership fundraising campaign to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Bravo remained in the box as long as donations paid for him to do so. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that has no cure and currently aff ects 30,000 Americans.

ERIN HOLWEGERContributor

More than 270 student and community participants raised just over $20,000 for the Ameri-can Cancer Society in DU’s fi ft h annual Relay for Life event on Friday.

Th e participating teams pitched tents on Driscoll Lawn at 7 p.m. Friday night, and the 12 hour event concluded at 7 a.m. Saturday morning.

Th e annual Relay for Life event is hosted by the DU chap-ter of Colleges Against Cancer (CAC), a nationwide organiza-tion started by the American Cancer Society to bring together students, faculty and staff in the goal of eliminating cancer.

“Relay for Life is a cel-ebration of the people who have fought against cancer, those who have survived, and those who have passed away,” said senior Whitney Hoover, president of the DU chapter of CAC, who started participating in Relay for Life as a high schooler in Minnesota.

Th e theme of this year’s event was Heroes for Hope, with participants dressing in super-hero costumes to commemorate people who have helped and supported those with cancer, said Hoover.

Th ough the $20,000 raised was less than the event has earned in years past, DU was on par with other Colorado schools. DU’s earnings were close to those of CU Boulder, impressive because of the state school’s much larger student body, she said.

T h e number of participants has increased every year since the event started at DU, and this year saw the most participants staying all night. Th is is important because Relay for Life signi-fi es the fact that cancer never sleeps, said Hoover.

Th ough students, faculty, staff and community members participate, students have the largest turnout and are the most dedicated, she said.

Student involvement in Col-leges Against Cancer and Relay for Life are important because cancer is a worldwide problem that will aff ect one in three people

in their lifetime, said Hoover.“It’s a cause that’s bigger

than just our campus,” she said, “It’s really important to get involved with something that’s bigger than yourself.”

In addition to the relay, the event had musical performances by Denver band Th e Foot and the DU a cappella group Idiosyncracies.

Th ere was also a volleyball tournament, an obstacle course sponsored by the DU Alpine Club, a showing of Th e Dark Knight and in the early hours of the morning breakfast and yoga.

Sophomore Lacey Henderson

and junior Kelley Hennigan spoke at the event. Hennigan spoke at the lumi-naria ceremony of hope, which remembers those who have lost their lives to cancer and honor those who have won the battle.

Every year, more than 3.5 million people participate in Relay for Life events across the country.

Relay for Life raises $20,000

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By whom the bells tollSTEVEN STOKER

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“Stop the car!” a 7-year-old shouted to his mother. “Mom, stop the car, let me listen.”

What this child insisted on hearing was a sound that would forever change his life.

It was the resonating sound of a carillon. He listened in appreciation as the thundering tones of each perfectly tuned bell fl oated to his ears. Th e resonat-ing music he experienced that day was only a prelude to the symphony that this extraordi-nary bell organ would bring to his life.

Th is retold childhood memory belongs to professor Todd Fair, DU’s tower performer, bell ringer, Quasimodo and very own carillonneur.

Upon encountering him, an air of distinction is unavoidable, as if he alone is responsible for keeping the worlds carillon tra-dition alive.

However, his welcoming smile and fi rm handshake are long lasting, like the echoing tones of the bells he plays so pas-sionately.

Th e instrument he plays is equally as unique and dynamic. Although the carillon is consid-ered the heaviest instrument in the world and some weigh up to 100 tons, it is delicately complex.

Fair’s position as school car-illonneur is the result of a long and curious journey.

It started at age 16 when he took lessons from the caril-lonneur he admired as a child. Th ese lessons launched him into a unique world, unheard of by most people.

His interest and developing talent took him to the Nether-lands, the home of the carillon, where the bells were once a means for villages to communi-cate.

Th e resonating towers that once signaled warning of fi re or attack now housed some of the world’s fi nest instruments.

It was in these towers that Fair earned his fi nal diploma from the Netherlands Carillon School, and where he would later become a faculty member. Fair became the fi rst non Dutch carillonneur of Amsterdam and won several prestigious awards, including the Berkeley Medal for distinguished service to the carillon art.

Fair’s journey continued around the world as he presented workshops, as well as perform-ing guest recitals in nearly every country in the world that has a carillon. Th ese countries included Australia, France and Japan.

Aft er standing in as the acting carillonneur at the Uni-versity of Michigan for a year, Fair brought his knowledge and experience to DU.

Fair is active in the carillon community, as a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, as well as the World Carillon Federation.

Every week, Fair climbs the 215-foot staircase in Wil-liams Tower, attached to the

MEGAN WESTERVELTTop left : Some of the 65 bells housed in the Williams Tower connected to the Ritchie Center. Th e bells are made of copper and the largest one weights six tons. Above: Todd Fair, a professor and DU’s carillonneur, plays the carillon. He also teaches the Arts and Humanities foundations course “Understanding Music” as well as gives private carillon lessons. Fair has performed all over the world. Bottom left : Th e carillon is set up like the piano but is played with the outside of the hand.

Commune with nature not far off campusWHITNEY VANCLEAVE

Contributor

In the distance, the faint sound of semi trucks shift ing gears to climb Kenosha Pass is barely audible over the crackle and pop of an evening fi re. Th e smell of burning pine fuses with the odor of damp, decay-ing plant life still sleepy from its long winters’ nap. Th e air is alive with a crispness that awakens the senses, reassuring you that spring camping in Colorado is an invigorating experience that is worth waiting for the whole year.

For those students looking to dip away from the hustle and bustle of campus for a quick com-mune with nature, the Kenosha Pass area of the Pike National Forest off ers optimal springtime

camping. Just over an hour from Denver, up the gentle curves of U.S. highway 285, a series of prime camping and hiking spots exist free of the masses that descend upon the road’s sister parallel, 1-70.

Th e 285 corridor makes no assumptions about tourist traps and the like, instead off ering a humble slice of small town good-ness in the town of Bailey, Colo., which should be the fi rst stop on any weekend trip to Kenosha.

Seemingly stuck in a time warp, Bailey is a hodge-podge of wooden buildings covering the basics of mountain life: a liquor store, general store, gun shop, Laundromat and a police station.

For those looking for a quick fi x of coff ee and kitschy gift s, the

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WHITNEY VAN CLEAVEConey Island diner, in Bailey, is shaped like a giant hot dog, and serves them too. Be prepared for a long wait in summer months.

Richie Center, to show off its 65 magnifi cent copper bells. Unlike many buildings at DU, in this landmark gold-roofed tower, copper is to be heard and not seen.

Although the air molecules in Denver’s high altitude are poor sound conductors, the DU carillon can be heard chiming from a mile away.

Knowing that hundreds

will hear your every mistake was “very scary at fi rst,” Fair admit-ted. However, his impeccable experience now makes him calm and composed.

Most DU students have heard Fair performing, and many have also taken the Arts and Humanities foundation class, “Understanding Music,” that he teaches.

Other students get to

experience and learn to share professor Fair’s unique talent by taking private carillon lessons. Th is two-credit class is off ered to non-music majors, although some piano playing experience is recommended.

“I would like to see more students take the lessons,” said Fair. “It’s a truly unique oppor-tunity that most students don’t have a chance at.”

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Platte Canyon Grill dishes up delectable Cajun cuisine with more class that one would expect from its faded façade and modest decor. At the far end of town

stands Bailey’s most striking feature, a giant stucco hot dog-shaped build-ing. Coney Island is the newest edition to the town’s a p p e a r a n c e aft er being moved there from its long-time home in

Knotty Pine provides an unusual combination of espresso, ice cream and outdoor recreational supplies. Two doors down, the

TRAVEL: Exploring Kenosha Pass

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hit the trails!Conifer about 20 minutes away. Inside this Colorado landmark, the classic diner décor looks as authentic as the outfi t the woman behind the counter wears. Clad in pink from head to toe, she presides over the large steam-ing steel grill while confi dently talking to the line of customers snaking its way out the door.

“You got here just in time. In the summer you best get here and expect to wait two hours or better for a Coney dog,” she says as a smile fl ashes across her face, lighting up her unnervingly blue eyes.

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WHITNEY VAN CLEAVETh e scenic trail near Kenosha Pass provides hiking opportunities for visitors.

fact that the food at Coney Island is worth the wait.

As highway 285 winds through the Platte Canyon, vari-ous roadside novelties like hot dog and roadside jerky stands spring up near every small grouping of homes. In Grant, the town aft er Bailey, a country store off ers the fi nal place to pick up any last minute provisions before hitting Kenosha Pass and its two camping areas.

Grant also boasts the south entrance to Guanella Pass,

a scenic byway that spans a 22-mile stretch between Grant and Georgetown. Although it takes about two hours to travel the full pass, it is a great place to check out bighorn sheep and incredible mountain views. Th is route can serve as a great alterna-tive drive back to Denver.

When the need for a quick weekend escape from homework and feisty professors strikes, grab your friends and a sleeping bag and head up highway 285 for a great escape.

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Here are the men who are determining our generation’s fi nancial future.

Although President Obama has only been in offi ce for little over 100 days, he has already signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package which gives billions to help the country with tax relief, health-care, education, infrastructure, scientifi c research and several other areas.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is essentially in

charge of determin-ing the n a t i o n ’ s monetar y p o l i c i e s . Th e Federal Reserve can buy and sell securit ies on the open

market in order to lower or raise the prevailing interest rates.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is in charge of manag-ing federal fi nances, taxes, coin-age, public debt and advising the Congress on economic matters.

Geithner’s major concerns include the national debt—which has now been accumulat-ing for decades with only one year as exception—is getting out of hand.

Th ese three are, of course, not an exhaustive list, merely three of the most important people in our nation’s economic life.

Th eir continued work on our nation’s economic recovery may be what eventually turns the tide.

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CULLEN MURPHYContributor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ARIANNA RANAHOSSEINIEditor-in-chief

LAURA HATHAWAYManaging

JAMIE WARRENNews

CONNIE MIERKEYLifestyles

KATIE MASTROIANNIOpinions

NATE KNIFEEntertainment

ZAC D’ARGONNESports

MICHAEL FURMANPhotography

LESLIE BASSOnline

ANIA SAVAGEAdviser

MARK FLEMINGEntertainment

MEGAN WESTERVELTPhotography

SARAH NOCKGraphics

DALIAH SINGERCopy

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AssistantsCameron LemmonCullen MurphyDavid LorishDevin Pitts-RogersErin HowlegerJason MullerLauryn SprungPolina PortnayaRachael RoarkSteven StokerWhitney Van Cleave

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Alumni continue to be upset by Boone’s absence from DU

Open letter to Editor: Th e stench of misguided political correctness surrounds the Boone issue.

Current students and alumni should take a look at George Mason University.

Several years ago, GMU retired their Patriot mascot because he was deemed not to be “inclusive” enough and replaced him with an amorphous green glob called Gunston.

Th is past year, though, aft er students and alumni complained long and loud enough, GMU brought back a new Patriot mascot.

Now, if a university like George Mason, which is far and away more ethnically diverse

than DU ever was or will be and moreover sits in the nation’s PC nerve center can see the light on this issue, then certainly DU can.

So what can you do? Make the administration hear you loud and clear. Alumni, who may be reading this, hit ‘em where it hurts -- the pocketbook. With-hold donations.

Don’t give them a dime until Chancellor Coombe actually lis-tens to the DU community he’s supposed to serve.

Let’s do whatever we can to bring Boone back and show the country that the DU community is ready and willing to stand up to political correctness run amok.

Jason M. Stuart Class of ‘99

Open letter to Chancellor Coombe: You had the perfect

opportunity to help bring DU together with a mascot students and alumni have loved for gen-erations, but you ignored all that for no obvious reason.

Th e funny thing about you saying Boone is “divisive” is that all we have is your word on that.

Th e folks I saw on TV and speak to directly have no prob-lem with Boone at all. Where are the victims of Boone?

Respect us enough to pro-duce those who you seem willing to honor above the vast majority and let them make their case as we have.

I suggest you read the com-ment section of 9NEWS for some real feedback from those not on the payroll.

Princeton can have their Tiger, Yale their Bulldog and Harvard ole John Harvard him-self without having to apologize or explain.

Boone controversy continues with alumniIf you really have a history,

you don’t trash it to fi t the cur-rent fashion.

Let us consider the bird. From the moment Dan’s [Daniel Ritchie] New York fi rm cooked it up it was cooked with the public.

For 10 long years we have had a mascot no one understood and even Dan [Ritchie]couldn’t explain.

Dan [Ritchie] just gave us the bird and so did you. You still have the chance to tell the world that aft er 140 years of continu-ous operation DU knows who it is by bringing back something the folks like.

None of Dan’s high paid consultants ever found out how to capture emotions at DU like you see here, don’t waste them.

Tom White Class of ‘76

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Does this look familiar? It can probably be recognized by anyone who has bought tickets to concerts, speakers, or sporting events in the last ten years.

A visit to Ticketmaster.com has become a mandatory step when going to a live event, always the same web site, always the same fees.

Th e purchase recite above demonstrates the excessive charges that come with ticket prices. Th e extra fee of $18.50 is not uncommon, as Ticketmaster charges, on aver-age, an additional 30 percent of the original ticket price. Ironically, the organization was created to add consumer convenience to the ticket buying experience.

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Ticketmaster has almost 10,000 exclusive agreements with venues across North America including 90 percent of U.S. amphitheaters and arenas, 70 percent of our clubs and small theaters, and a majority of pro-fessional sports games.

Th is dominance over the industry and elimination of consumer choices makes Ticket-master a monopoly … right? No, not really, according government offi cials.

A lawsuit was brought upon Ticketmaster by 90’s rock band Pearl Jam on this very issue. Th e grunge band’s grudge against the site spawned from their fan complaints about paying excessive fees. Pearl Jam sued

the site claim-ing they were a monopoly with anti-competitive practices. Th ey were infuriated by an incident where Ticket-master stopped the band from selling their

concert tickets directly to fans; Ticketmaster claimed they had exclusive right to the venue.

Th e judge deemed Tick-etmaster was not a monopoly. Th eir primary customers were not the customers paying the fees, but the venues who actively support Ticketmaster.

So why would any venue,

Ticketmaster charges frustrate studentbar or arena want to exclusively sell their tickets through an unpopular middle man who charges extra fees? Well… money of course!

Ticketmaster’s large reach allows them to guarantee each venue the eternity of each ticket price. Th e other fees, such as a service fee, a convenience charge, go to Ticketmaster.

Everybody wins, except you, the ticket buyer who is stuck with the bulk of the load.

In the music industry, CD sales are at record lows due to the ease of free music sharing.

Profi ts from concerts are now the majority of most artist’s income and they are dropping due to unnecessarily expensive ticket prices.

Th e expression “Living like a rock star” may soon come to infer a life of poverty, as the company designed exclusively to make live events easier, makes them more and more diffi cult.

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‘Letter to the Editor: Responses to lax cover story’

Slander: an untruthful oral (spoken) statement Libel: the written or broadcast form of defamation

-slander vs. libel

Let’s just accept the Clarion’s article as what it was: BAD JOURNALISM. One might even use the word gossip.

-luke

‘Letter to the Editor: Woes about Senate reaction to Boone’

It is truly amazing how close minded of a person you are. It disgusts me to read this article. I understand that there are those that do not care about the Boone issue, and even a few completely moronic and selfi sh people as yourself, but that does not contest the truth that the vast majority of the current students and alumni care dearly about Boone... However, calling passionate people about this issue “idiots” and attacking those who ran for Senate proves just how meager a person you are. You would truly be doing this campus a great deal of service if you did follow some of your so eloquent phrases: slam your head into a wall until the blood fl ows and let yourself slowly die (as you so wish this Boone debate would).

-Disgusted Senior

Alex - you are what is wrong with DU.

-Matt

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Battle of the Bands rocks out

DEVIN PITTS-ROGERSContributor

DU students were treated to a battle of the bands event show-casing much of the local talent present on campus last Saturday.

Th e judges, as well as the audience, heard from various genres through the course of the night. Th ere was no short supply of rock, pop, techno and a little bit that could not be classifi ed.

Over the course of the night we heard from the artists Petals of Spain, Th e Future Now, Bokonon, Dubious Moniker, F.L.O., KUDZU, Laura Bergstein

and the White Russians, El Amor, DJ Will Th ompson and Bemused.

Most of the artists came with a sense of excitement that they tried to transfer to the audience. More importantly, almost all of the bands present generated the sense that they just wanted to play their music to an audience, not for the sole purpose of playing to win a spot in the May Days lineup.

As the night progressed, the crowd slowly but surely

gained mass. Th e audi-ence itself acquired

a genuine interest in the musicians present.

Just when it appeared that a

majority of the audience was there to support a single band, that excitement and energy was instead transferred into the next act as soon as the previous fi n-ished their set.

Th e general tone for the evening was positive. Lyrics, when necessary to a band, were uplift ing or invigorating in such a way that they were unable to be interpreted as negative.

Th e bands Petals of Spain and Bokonon had a more mellow rhythm to them, while bands Th e Future Now and DJ Will Th ompson pumped the crowd full of their techno beats. Dubi-ous Moniker as well as F.L.O. provided comedy for the night,

infl uencing our minds with the images of Optimus Prime and experimentation with a girl named Becky.

KUDZU and Laura Bergstein seemed to have a jam method all their own, giving ample credit to all of the members in their band as they continued to play on.

Bemused and El Amor played energetic sets, communicating that they were excited to play their music and be surrounded by supporters of local music.

While there was indeed a plethora of talent available on the stage Saturday night, only two bands could be chosen to play at May Days.

Th e decision was narrowed

to a few bands, and the decisions that were made created close results. In the end, the two bands picked to play at May Days were Petals of Spain and Bokonon.

Still, most, if not all of these bands are worth checking out. It is diffi cult to fi nd where the upcoming performances will be for many of the bands listed, but KUDZU, Petals of Spain and Bemused will be playing this Wednesday at DU’s music show-case at 7 p.m.

El Amor will be playing at the Larimer Lounge May 17th at 3:30 p.m.

Aside from that, you may have to be in the know to fi gure out where everybody else will be

Above: Drummer for Petals of Spain George Horn beats his set madly. Bottom left : Will Hollifi eld of KUDZU was a fusion of man and saxophone during the band’s set. Bottom right: Jeff McCollister of Th e Foot. and F.L.O. jams on the keyboard.

DAIVD LORISH

10 May 12, 2009

MARK FLEMINGAssistant entertainment editor

Men of minorities are oft en backed into tight spots, forced to make necessary decisions and kill a guy or two. No big deal right?

Bloodshed frequently jus-tifi es the ends. Add a dash of cocaine and the night will be lit with gunfi re.

“Next Day Air” shows us exactly how gruesome life can be due to a simple mix up in the mail. Another common day goes by for pot junkie Leo (Donald Faison) in the world of mail delivery. While highly under the infl uence of marijuana, Leo delivers a large package to the wrong recipients.

However, the contents of said package were never intended to fall into the wrong hands.

Dysfunctional street thugs Brody and Guch (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) answer a loud knock on their door and receive this volatile package. Without bothering to check the mailing information, Guch cuts open the box only to realize he and Brody have stumbled across 10 kilos of high quality cocaine.

Before the thugs sell it off , the intended recipient of the cocaine, Jesus (Cisco Reyes), begins a desperate search for the delivery boy who made this fatal mistake. Th ings begin to grow tense as several diff erent parties do their dirty dealings and go to drastic measures all for the sake

of this cocaine.“Next Day Air” makes such

a violent and sketchy theme into a hysterical event. Simply put, this movie is very funny. Faison’s role as a burnt out delivery lackey lands him in so much trouble that you can’t help but laugh. All of the fi lm’s characters are fairly ridiculous as well. Even the cruel and merciless drug lord, Bodega Diablo (Emilio Rivera) cannot be taken seriously.

Of course, as with most decent comedies, “Next Day Air” has a subpar plot which may or may not aff ect your viewing pleasure. Ask yourself this: did you go to this movie expecting an artistic, original plot? Or, did you go to the movie for a few cheap laughs? Th e latter certainly can be promised.

Visually, this movie looks a little loose and leans on the more boring side of the spectrum. Between an urban setting and an apartment, you’re not look-ing at too much. But what movie doesn’t end up forcing you to gaze at the cityscape for one to two hours these days? Th ere are plenty of moments of violence to appease a blood-hungry audi-ence.

Go see “Next Day Air” if you’re tired of the kitsch roman-tic comedy and want to see some action. Th e movie doesn’t do anything remotely close to blockbuster quality, but at least you’ll walk out of the theater-thanking yourself for staying out of the drug business.

‘Star Trek’ capably revives the sci-fi classic

PARAMOUNT PICTURESChekov (Anton Yelchin), Kirk (Chris Pine), Scottie (Simon Pegg), Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) start in J.J. Abrams’ remake and revival of the classic science-fi ction franchise “Star Trek.”

NATE KNIFEEntertainment editor

Th e “Star Trek” franchise is a deeply ingrained element of nerd culture.

Since the original series’ debut in 1966, the voyages of the starship Enterprise have been celebrated by geeks, nerds, dorks, dweebs and many other manners of unwashed antisocialites.

One could argue that the entire franchise has been run into the ground and that one would have to be a madman to try and revive it.

Luckily for all of us, director J.J. Abrams was crazy enough to try, and he succeeded as well as anyone could have expected.

Th e story follows a young James Kirk (Chris Pine), from the moment of his birth on the doomed starship, the USS Kelvin, to his enlistment in Starfl eet and his eventual promotion to an offi cer of the USS Enterprise.

Along the way, he meets up with Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Karl Urban), the eccen-tric engineer Scotty (Simon Pegg), the sultry Niyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and, of course, the cold, calculating half-human half-Vulcan Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto).

Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise soon fi nd themselves in confl ict with Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from the future with a planet destroying ship and an

axe to grind.Abrams choice of all young,

relatively unknown actors defi -nitely injected a much-needed sense of newness to the produc-tion.

With the exception of Leon-ard Nimoy as a time-traveling older version of Spock, there are no vestiges of the old left in this fi lm.

Everything feels new and fresh, an excellent way to start off this franchise revival.

Th e acting is superb. Pine portrays Kirk as the swagger-ing, confi dent youth that he was always meant to be.

Seeing Quinto with the pointy ears and the bowl cut, spouting lines about logic and

reason very clearly illustrates that he was born to play Spock.

Pegg is wonderful as the eccentric engineer Scottie.

Bana, an extremely talented actor in his own right, portrays the sinister Nero in a light that is both disturbing and sympa-thetic.

Th e story is your standard Star Trek fare.

Brutal aliens seek the destruction of Earth as an act of vengeance, time travel gets involved and Kirk very enthu-siastically makes out with a hot alien chick.

Bones declares loudly that he’s a doctor, not a physicist; Scottie cries in anguish that there’s not enough power; and,

Spock makes snide comments about humans and their emo-tions. However, the nods to the old series are rare enough that the story remains very acces-sible to audience members with no prior experience with “Star Trek.”

Whether you’re a trekkie or a normal human being, you’re sure to fi nd something to love in “Star Trek.” Th is is in exception to the guy in the theater on opening night who took it upon himself to have a livid shouting match with everyone in the theater over whether or not this was a canoni-cal storyline. If you happen to be that guy, please seek professional help. Everyone else should go see this movie.

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ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor

DU’s women’s golf team won its fi rst NCAA Regional Championship Saturday, at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla., to cata-pult themselves to their third straight NCAA Championship appearance.

Th e Pioneers fi nished Saturday with a one-under-par 279 performance for a three day team total of 22-over-par 862, beating out University of Ala-bama, in an upset performance, who managed a 26-over-par performance.

Going into the fi nal day of competition, DU was tied for eighth place.

Th at was aft er Dawn Shockley posted three birdies on the front nine and followed with two birdies on the back nine to fi nish with a score of 66 4-under-par for the day.

Shockley fi nished 1-under par at 209, in the tournament, to win her second individual title of the year.

Shockley set the pace for the Pioneers consistently as she averaged a four round score of 69 in competition.

Th e Pioneers emphasized their need to go into the NCAA

Womens golf heads to NCAA championships

ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor

A new player will be joining the DU men’s basketball team on the court next year.

Freshman Trevor Noonan is transferring from the U.S. Air Force Academy to DU but will not begin playing for the Pio-neers until the 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

DU attempted to recruit Noonan out of high school because of his great all-around

DENVER ATHLETICSTrevor Noonan played in 25 games his freshman year at the Air Force Academy.

Pioneers sign Noonan, won’t play until 2010

Championships on a hot streak and they have certainly done that, as three of their players fi nished in the top ten in the regional.

“Th is is a great momen-tum builder for us as we head to nationals,” said head coach Sammie Chergo.

Katie Kempter moved up from 19th place, to a tie for fi ft h, aft er she fi nished Saturday with a 2-under-par 68 that included fi ve birdies.

For the tournament, Kempter fi nished with a three day total of 4-over par 214.

Senior Stephanie Sherlock remained consistent for the Pioneers as she ended in a tie for eighth place, fi nishing with a 3-over-par 73 to bring her three day total to a 6-over-par 216.

Sarah Faller and Ellie Givens placed 81st and 85th, respectively.

Th eNCAAaare going to be held at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Md.

Th e Pioneers will be the No. 1 seed in the championships.

Georgetown University will host the 2009 championships that will run from May 19-22.

Live coverage of the fi nal two rounds of the champion-ships will be available online at www.ncaa.com.

ARIANNA RANAHOSSEINIEditor-in-chief

Next season, the men’s golf team will have two golf courses to call their own.

Green Valley Ranch Golf Club and the Golf Club at Ravenna will be their offi cial homes.

Both golf courses are owned by DU alumni and are going to allow the men’s golf team unlimited play and practicing privileges.

“We can just show up and go and play and practice,” head coach Erik Hoos said. “A lot of the times it’s very diffi cult to get tee times on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Now we will have no problems. If we don’t have prac-tice scheduled on the weekends, the guys can just drive out there and play.”

Th e team is very excited

about their opportunity to repre-sent DU on a new home course.

“Being able to go out there everyday is awesome,” junior Espen Kofstad said. “It’s defi -nitely going to help us.”

Green Valley Ranch Golf Club is a par-72 public golf course with 18 holes and is owned by alumni member Pat Hamill, class of 1981.

DU players will also have unlimited access to the indoor and outdoor hitting bays in the on-site Colorado Golf Academy, which will be especially ben-efi cial during the winter and fall seasons.

Th e men’s golf team will likely host a tournament at Green Valley, Hoos said.

“You can hit balls inside or outdoors, so if the weather is bad we can use that golf course,” Hoos said.

Th e Golf Club at Ravenna

is a private golf course owned by Glen Jacks, class of 1990, and is located in Littleton with a par-71

and was named a 2008 Top 10 Best New Private Golf Course in the country by Golf Digest.

“Ravenna is a little bit more of a test as far as a harder golf course,” Hoos said.

New home course donated to men’s golf

talent, but Noonan opted for Air Force Academy instead.

In his fi rst season at Air Force, Noonan proved he can shoot, pass and handle the ball.

He played in 25 games, averaging 2.3 points and 1.8 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game.

Noonan is a 6-foot-9 inch, 215-pound forward from Legacy High School in Broomfi eld, Colo.

He was a three-year letter winner in basketball as well as

track. Noonan was a two-time fi rst team all-conference pick and an all-state honorable men-tion selection.

He averaged 18.6 points and 13.5 rebounds per game as a senior in high school.

Denver showed one of their best years to date last season with a 15-16 record, eight of the losses by fi ve points or less.

Th e Pioneers have signed letters of intent from three incoming freshman, coming Florida, Texas and California.

DENVER ATHLETICSTh e Green Valley Ranch Golf Club is only one of the new courses the men’s golf team will play at for the 2009-2010 season.

12 May 12, 2009

Club taekwondo teaches self defense

ON THE SIDELINE WITH ZAC

It is a dark time for Major League Baseball as yet another great has fallen to a steroid and performance enhancing drug scandal.

S a y it ain’t so M a n n y ! Not you too!

T h e only thing that kept those few of us who s t i l l w a t c h baseball happy is the fact that there were people out there who were legit-mate.

People may not have liked Manny Ramirez, but they cer-tainly respected him because he didn’t spoil the sanctity of the sport.

Emphasis on the past tense there as it was recently com-mented that Ramirez had traces of a woman’s fertility drug called HCG in his urine, an off ense for which he received a 50-game suspension.

Th at really, REALLY sucks for baseball. A truly great, enjoy-able and unique player is now disgraced.

Major League Baseball is now looking more like a drug enduced rock and roll tour that has 162 concerts in a single year., rather than a professional sport.

Ramirez blamed his physi-cian aft er he prescribed Ramirez the illegal medication.

Have some class Manny, admit you made the mistake. You did not go through the proper steps to ensure the safety of the drug and now you have disgraced yourself and baseball.

Why has America’s pastime been plagued with these dopers?

It is downright sad that the one player, Alex Rodriguez, who can break Barry Bonds’ home run record, got caught for steroids.

He is no better than Bonds in my mind. Now this, the one player who single handedly makes people turn on the chan-nel to watch, gets suspended.

Where have all the good men gone? Why can’t there be another Hank Aaron?

I think our last hope for a legitimate home run record in our lifetimes is Albert Pujols.

Lets just pray he is not on the juice. Come on Pujols, don’t let us down.

ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor

Say it ain’t so Manny

JASON MULLERContributor

When asked who her favor-ite sparring partner is, senior Megan Westervelt jokingly said, “I defi nitely get more satisfaction out of [hitting] the boys.”

Westervelt has not always participated in martial arts, but aft er an unfortunate encounter while studying abroad she joined DU’s Taekwondo Club.

“I was walking back to my apartment building when two men cornered me and stole my phone,” said Westervelt, now vice president of the club.

One of the most valuable lessons she took away from this experience was the importance of self defense, she said.

“I have learned and been able to practice how to hit guys where it will really incapacitate them,” Westervelt said.

Th e Taekwondo Club practices every Tuesday and Th ursday from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the Studio B Aerobics room in the Ritchie Center. It is not madatory or necessary to attend practices weekly in order to learn the sport. Th e team is

ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor

Th e DU men’s golf team will participate in the NCAA regional playoff s as a No. 11 seed in Stillwater, Okla., May 14-16 announced the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Committee news last Tuesday.

Oklahoma State University is going to be the host golf course for the event.

Denver will compete in a very tough fi eld that includes No.1 seed Big 12 champion Oklahoma State University, No. 3 seed Mountain West Confer-ence Champion Texan Chris-tian University and No. 5 seed Southern Conference Champion Chattanooga.

In the Sun Belt Conference championships, the Pioneer men posted a 2-over par 872, six strokes behind SBC Champion Middle Tennessee.

Denver was led by Espen Kolfsted in the SBC tournament and the team will likely turn to him and Daniel wax to lead the

Pioneers to an NCAA Champi-onship bid.

Th is marks the seventh straight time that the DU Pio-neers have been selected to take part in the NCAA Regional Championships.

Last season, Denver advanced as a No. 25 seed fi nish-ing in 23rd place. Denver hopes to improve upon last year’s eff ort. A total of 13 teams and 10 indi-viduals will be competing in the Oklahoma State Regional.

Th e top fi ve teams and the

top individual not competing with a team from each regional site will advance to the NCAA Championships in Toledo, Ohio, May 26-30.

Th e NCAA championships will be hosted by the University of Toledo in Ohio.

DENVER ATHLETICSChris Gilman hits a sand shot in a recent tournament to help lead the Pioneers to their seventh straight regional tournament.

Men to seventh straight NCAA regional

currently in training for their quarterly belt tests.

During these events, indi-viduals can earn new colored belts and levels by showing off the skills they have learned through-out the quarter by sparring and splintering wood with diff erent punches and kicks using all parts of the body.

As of now, DU is not par-ticipating in any tournaments because the team is in the process of developing a team capable of a competitive tournament.How-ever, the club is aspiring to join in local competition next year.

New members are always welcome, even if they don’t have any experience with the sport.

“Th ere is no experience needed prior to joining the club,” said Huy Huynh, president of the club. “Almost none of the mem-bers had any prior experience before DU.”

Taekwondo traditionally tends emphasizes self defense and power. Since joining the club, Westervelt has recaptured her stolen confi dence and made close relationships with the members of the club.

“We are all really, really close,” said sophomore Rachael Roark, club member.

“We try to individualize it and involve everyone,” said Westervelt. “We try to break off to work with beginners and try to make them feel comfortable.”

Taekwondo is also known for helping people fi nd serenity in the meditation and philoso-phy of the sport.

“It really helps you connect with your body and mind, you forget about everything else you have to worry about in life,” Westervelt said.

For more information visit recreation.du.edu/clubsports and view the Club Taekwondo web page.

RACHAEL ROARKJunior Jonathan Kim practices his fl ying back kick during last week’s practice.

ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor

DU’s men’s lacrosse head coach Jamie Munro has resigned aft er 11 seasons, Peg Bradley-Doppes, vice chancellor for athlet-ics and recreation and Ritchie Center operations, announced Th ursday.

He is resigning a little over a month aft er three lacrosse players were dismissed from the team for violations of team policies.

Munro will still work with Bradley-Doppes and the senior staff on special projects until

June 30, due to contractual obli-gations. A national search for Munro’s replacement has already begun.

In a prepared statement, Munro says he is resign-

ing in order to pursue other opportunities to further his career.

Munro is not available for addi-tional comments or interviews at this time, according to Nicole Dupes, assis-tant media relations

director. DU fi nished this

season with a 7-8 overall record and a 1-4 mark in its fi nal season of play in their conference, the

Munro resigns after 11 seasons with lacrosse

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Great Western Lacrosse League. Last season, the men’s lacrosse team lost in the fi rst round of the NCAA tournament against Maryland. In 2007, the Pioneers fi nished third in their confer-ence and did not advance to the NCAA tournament. For the 2006 season, Denver lost in the fi rst round of the NCAA tournament to Maryland as well.

During his time with the Pioneers, Munro tallied a career record of 91-70, securing four GWLL championship titles and two NCAA postseason tourna-ment appearances. He was named GWLL Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2006. Munro has coached fi ve All-Americans during his time with the Pioneers.

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