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the one who tries to ride a Penny

Farthing, apply for that job last year?

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Money spent on the new sturm hall

elevator

What’s in a name? We delve into campus building origins

by sarah fordManaging Editor

Aft er a record-high number of students were reported as being sent to hospitals and detoxifi cation facilities last year, numbers have maintained their high levels this year, prompting concern from DU’s administration.

According to Sgt. Stephen Banet of the Department of Campus Safety (DCS), there were 19 students sent to the hospital for alcohol overconsumption from September 2013 through January 2014, and 53 students sent to detoxifi-cation facilities. This continues a trend begun last year of significantly higher numbers of students requiring transport off-campus for medical care due to alco-hol over-consumption.

Th e numbers are at similar levels to those seen from September 2012 to Janu-ary of 2013, when 55 cases of students sent to detox were reported along with 28 hospital visits.

Th ough Banet said he was happy to see the number of students sent to the hospital go down, he said the numbers are

still raising alarms.“We as a university have a long way

to go in providing services,” he said, spe-cifi cally citing a need for more alternative activities on campus.

Director of Emergency Medicine at Denver Health Chris Colewell said he has also seen a rise in the students coming to their emergency room for treatment.

“Th e amount of binge drinking, which you do see on college campuses, is certainly from our impression on the high side coming from DU,” he said.

Colewell said he has seen a gradual increase in students coming to the emer-gency department for treatment over the past fi ve to 10 years, and has seen a change in attitude towards drinking come

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Chancellor search gets underway

Men’s hoops splits games

by lanna giauqueNews Editor

A search committee, formed to fi nd a replacement for Chancellor Robert Coombe aft er he offi cially steps down from his position at the end of this school year, will meet for the second time this week, when it will fi nalize the Chancellor position description and requirements.

Douglas Scrivner, who is the Chair-elect of the DU Board of Trustees, is also chair of the search committee. He says the next steps the committee plans to take include advertising the position, soliciting DU community input about the position, narrowing down the candidates to fi nalists, bringing those fi nalists to campus and then choosing the new Chancellor, who Scrivner says the Board of Trustees plans to have in place in June.

According to Scrivner, the 13-member search committee was chosen by a small group using input of the DU Faculty Senate and under parameters approved by the

Board of Trustees. While diversity was stressed as an important part of selection for the committee, Scrivner says selection was based on more complex factors as well.

“We were looking for people who understand the university well, understand the issues that we face and will be able to do the kind of evaluation and assessment to make a recommendation in the best inter-est of the university,” he said.

Scrivner says the position will be adver-tised, but nominations for the position will be accepted along with applications.

“It’s the kind of search where we will go out and actively recruit,” he said.

According to Scrivner, this means the committee will take recommendations, but will also seek out applications from people who may be strong candidates but who may otherwise not be actively looking for a posi-tion. For this reason, he said the candidates involved in the process will remain anony-mous until the fi nalists have been selected.

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as part of the shift . “Th ere seems to be a very uncon-

cerned kind of approach to it,” Colewell said. “I think the almost laissez-faire atti-tude of the students concerns me so much more, I don’t think they consider how dangerous it is.”

Numbers over the past two years; in particular, have skyrocketed according to annual DCS reports. In 2011 95 stu-dents were sent to detox, which saw a 21 percent rise to 115 in 2012. In 2013, 107 students were transported to detox for alcohol consumption.

“I am convinced that we are seeing more and more long-term alcohol issues, and its is not an uncommon way for it to start,” said Colewell.

Th is year, the university began look-ing at solutions through some campus initiatives, some of which were recently addressed by university administration.

Last Friday, Provost Gregg Kvistad addressed the issue in an annual aca-demic conference that focuses on a dif-ferent topic each year.

Due to the administration’s concern, the focus this year was on the numbers

of alcohol abuse reported on campus, featur-ing presentations from local and national experts.

“What was presented … from one of our experts is that on many diff erent variables, DU students’ drink-ing patterns are much worse than similar schools around the country,”

said Health and Counseling Center (HCC) Director Alan Kent.

“Th ere are a higher number of stu-dents engaging in risk drinking and binge drinking,” said Kent.

Kent said the report compared DU’s drinking rates with those of similarly sized private universities such as Ameri-can University, Boston University and the University of Miami.

Th e HCC works towards prevention of student over-consumption of alcohol through drinking habit assessments and counseling with advisers on students’ drinking patterns.

Campus binge drinking rates remain near record high levels

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CorrectionsFrom Jan. 29, 2014

In last week’s story, “Pios split series with ranked Sioux team,” the University of North Dakota hockey team was mislabled the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. They are now called North Dakota.

We sincerely regret this error.

Readers wishing to submit corrections, or those concerned about the paper’s journalistic integrity, may contact Editor-in-Chief Alex Johnson

at alexander.johnson@du.edu.

“[Candidates] may have a position somewhere where they may be very happy and they may not be thinking about a change, but … we will see if we can interest them in some of the opportunities at DU,” said Scrivner. “We will not be able to attract the kind of people we want to attract to this opportunity if they can’t express an interest, they can’t have some pre-liminary conversation and we can’t do some preliminary evaluation without their name being public.”

While this recruiting is going on, the committee will also seek out rec-

ommendations and input from DU students, faculty and alumni.

“We’re going to spend the month of February going out and listening to everybody in the DU community who wants to share their thoughts about what the needs are and about what the profile of a new chancellor should be,” said Scrivner.

This will be accomplished through an open email box for suggestions, on-campus town hall meetings and telephone conference calls for people who are unable to come to campus, according to Scrivner.

Once input has been collected and the field has been narrowed, the final-

Committ ee begins search to replace Coombe

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Check here for weekly updates from the Undergraduate Student Government (USG)

Information courtesy of the USG

USG meetings are held every Tuesday night in the Driscoll Gallery.

Th ey are open to the public.

Key Notes from Jan. 28, 2014

1. Student Body President Mike Schutte asks that students dial 3-1-1, the Denver non-emergency help line, to support safety on streets around campus.

2. USG plans to continue to push the initiative of remodeling the student center as soon as possible.

3. Th e potential creation of a student bus to CC games seems likely to happen, and the event may co-program with DUGS. Tickets would be sold to about 100 students for each bus. More information will be released soon.

4. Five pieces of legislation were tabled: Bill #10, Bill #11, Bill# 12, Bill #13 and Bill #14 as well as resolution #27.

Bill #10: Allocates $5000 in funds from USG to the Diversity Committee to support upcoming and annual events.

Bill #11: Allocates $200 of USG funds towards the purchase of ten plastic bins to place on campus which students can use to donate clothes to the homeless.

Bill #12: Allocates $500 to help fund a diversity mural to be painted in the Driscoll Student Center.

Bill #13: Allocates $2000 of USG funding to the Black Student Alliance to help fund a keynote speaker for the annual Colorado Black Student Leadership Conference.

Bill #14: Allows USG funding granted to student organizations to be used for international travel.

Resolution #27: Demands that the DU Board of Trustees include a student representative who has voting privileges within the board and is selected annually by USG.

For more details on the aforementioned bills and resolutions, please visit news.duclarion.com/category/usg.

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ists will become public and brought to campus to interact directly with mem-bers of the DU community. Scrivner says the committee hopes to bring them to campus in late April or early May in order to avoid the scheduling conflicts that would likely be caused by final exams.

“At that point, everybody in the DU community will have the opportunity to listen to them, see them in a number of different settings and share their input about those finalists,” said Scrivner.

More input will be solicited from the DU community at that point, according to Scrivner, and then the final decision will be made by the Board of Trustees.

“The Board will make the final selection,” said Scrivner. “That is really the quintessential responsibility of the board is to choose a chancellor.”

To help the Board accomplish that responsibility, DU has decided to hire Alberto Pimentel from Storbeck/Pimentel, a consultant with experi-ence in higher education searches, to assist in the selection process. Scrivner says the consultants will be especially helpful in reference and background checking, as well as in reaching out to a large network to find candidates.

“We thought it was important to have a consultant who will be able to help us cast a very broad net—look in places we might not otherwise know,” said Scrivner. “They have an extraor-dinary network that will be an enor-mous help to us.”

The consultants will not, however, be making the decision about finalist selection; this task will be completely up to the selected search committee.

“[The consultants] provide extraordinary leverage to the com-mittee, but at the end of the day, they understand and we understand that the search committee will make the final decisions, not the search consul-tant,” said Scrivner.

In its meeting this week, Scrivner says the committee plans to finalize the Chancellor position description, while identifying key priorities and attributes the next chancellor should have. According to Scrivner, these may include leadership characteristics, a

shared vision and passion for DU and an understanding of the higher educa-tion environment.

“We’re looking for someone who has the kind of leadership abilities…to be able to build strong consensus across campus and across the DU community about the kinds of things that we need to do to continue on the extraordinary trajectory that Chancellor Coombe has helped create,” said Scrivner.

One of the things Scrivner said the committee is emphasizing is the impor-tance of keeping all possibilities open when looking for potential candidates.

“One thing that we’ve shared to the search committee is they need to keep very much an open mind and not come in with preconceived ideas as to what the profile of the next chancellor is going to be,” said Scrivner. “We need to cast a very wide net and look in all kinds of places—maybe in surprising places—for someone who can capture as best as possible all the things we’ll be looking for.”

Scrivner says that regardless of who is chosen to fill the position, he believes the transition to the new chancellor will be a smooth one.

“We want to make sure that the new chancellor comes in with a lot of momentum and that he or she can hit the ground running and continue to build off of the very strong posi-tion that we have in addressing all the issues the future is going to bring at us,” said Scrivner.

He further said that Coombe has committed to staying in his position into July to consult the new chancellor if necessary.

However, although Coombe could stay at DU as a professor or researcher since he was given tenure before becoming chancellor, Scrivner does not expect Coombe to keep any responsibilities on campus.

“I think [Coombe] is looking to make a clean break, but be available if necessary to help make that transi-tion,” said Scrivner. “I think he wants to take a little bit of time off … but I’m also confident that the Chancellor, in his retirement, will be active on a large number of issues that are of signifi-cance, but probably not at DU.”

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The new elevator undergoing con-struction in the southwest corner of Sturm Hall is set to be fully operational within the next two weeks, according to Director of Facilities Management Jeff Bemelen.

Bemelen said the second elevator was needed to improve accessibility and allow facilities to upgrade the cur-rent elevator in Sturm Hall.

“In all of Sturm Hall, there is only one elevator, and it is dated and needs to be upgraded to cur-rent standards,” said Bemelen. “The tech-nology and emergency equipment in elevators changes and we were not keeping up with codes in the old elevator. The only way to upgrade it was to have another elevator in play.”

The upgrade will entail replacing the controls, including the machine room, cab panel and hallway fix-tures; refurbishing the inside, including cab fixtures, lighting and flooring; and ensuring the controls and signage comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to Bemelen, upgrading the old elevator should take about three weeks, but it could take as long as six.

“You can’t take the single elevator offline in a building like Sturm Hall without impacting a lot of people, especially if it’s an accessibility issue,” said Bemelen.

He added that the new elevator is on the opposite side of the building, so it will improve accessibility to the south side of Sturm in the future.

“We have a plan to renovate the other elevator,” said Bemelen. “We’re

taking bids now, but we won’t do it until the summer months when most of the students are gone.”

According to Bemelen, facilities recommended that administration start thinking about a second eleva-tor several years ago. The elevator was added to the facilities capital improve-ment program and funded in the last fiscal year. The project cost $700,000, which came out of facilities capital.

“We tried to install the elevator last summer, but we ran into some

permitting issues with the city,” said Bemelen. “We also ran into some weather issues early on. But that was nothing out of the ordinary.”

Bemelen said facili-ties started work outside the building in late August and started work inside the building in early October. They are now working with the city on inspections.

“This one will be operating soon and we will try to minimize the downtime on the other one,” said Bemelen. “I think it was a good time

to do this and it worked out well.”Bemelen said facilities has been

working on improving accessibility on campus for the last 15 years, and they have already addressed most of the problem areas. He said they rou-tinely update ramps and doorways to improve accessibility. However, there are currently no plans for any other projects of this scale.

“This was a large project. I think it will be a beneficial addition to the building and it will help with access for a lot of people,” said Bemelen. “We also looked at the architecture of the building and I think it will fit in that corner nicely. The architect did a good job on it.”

by carli hansenAssistant News Editor

New elevator in Sturm to allow upgrades on the old

“I think it will be a beneficial addition to the building and it will help with access for a lot of people.”

Jeff BemelenDirector of Facilities Management

Last Wednesday, Jan. 29, more than 35 people gathered in Beans Coffee Shop for an open mic night pre-sented by both DU’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an international English honor society and DU’s “Foothills Journal,” an annual visual and textual publication. Nearly 20 people shared their poetry, writing and music during the event.

According to Sigma Tau Delta President and “Foothills Journal” Prose Editor Kayla Coburn, the event was intended to encourage students to share their writing with other members of the campus community.

“The writing community is so strong here, I was just wondering why we never had a night where students could come share their work,” she said.

Coburn added that outside authors are often brought to campus to read their work, and she wanted to see simi-lar opportunities extended to students as well.

Sigma Tau Delta Vice President and “Foothills Journal” Assistant Editor Annie Wiegel said the event was also intended to inspire writing among students, and that it was so successful she hopes to establish it as a monthly event in the future.

“We’re sort of fostering creative writing in people who are interested in English literature and language,” said Wiegel. “People were excited about it. We had more people than seats avail-able, so that was good.”

Another reason for holding the event, according to Coburn and Wiegel, was to get the word out to stu-dents about both Sigma Tau Delta and “Foothills Journal.”

“We definitely worked as a team with this,” said Coburn. “It was about raising awareness for both of our organizations while getting the writing community to be able to share their work with each other.”

Coburn pointed to the fact that Sigma Tau Delta has not had a strong

presence on campus in recent years, and said she hoped the event would change that.

“Not a lot of people know about [Sigma Tau Delta], and there weren’t a lot of people involved with it even if they were a member,” she said. “So we were just trying to spread the word.”

Additionally, the event was intended to convince people to submit to and be more aware of “Foothills Journal,” according to Wiegel.

“Our main focus is getting [“Foot-hills Journal”] to be something that people recognize, respect and want to contribute to,” said Wiegel.

Dylan Hyman, a junior philosophy major who said he plans to submit to “Foothills Journal,” also said he enjoyed the opportunity the event provided for people to share their work.

“It was fantastic to see that so many writers and artists were willing to get up and speak their minds,” he said. “I personally think they should do this every week.”

Melanie Borders, a senior English major, said she enjoyed the atmosphere of the event, and is also planning to submit some of her work to “Foothills Journal” this year.

“I really like the casual vibe going on here. It’s very open and welcom-ing. You don’t have to be an advanced writer or poet to participate,” said Bor-ders. “This is also a good opportunity to meet people who are studying the same things and are interested in the same things outside of class.”

Both Coburn and Wiegel encour-aged people to submit to “Foothills Journal,” which will have a theme of “Then and Now” to go along with DU’s sesquicentennial celebrations.

“We’re open to any and all submis-sions,” said Coburn. “We’re dedicating ourselves to trying to make it possible for people to publish.”

Those interested in submitting poetry, prose or 2D art are encour-aged to email their submissions to du.foothillsmagazine@gmail.com by Feb. 5. More information can be found on the Foothills Facebook page.

Students open up at open micby lanna giauque

News Editor

theft

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 at 10:21 a.m. – DCS officers responded to a call regarding the theft of a bicycle from a rack just outside of Nagel Hall. Upon arrival at the scene, officers spoke with a student who stated that they had secured the bike to the rack on 1/28/14 and that when they returned to retrieve it, they found it was gone. The student was advised to file an additional report with the Denver Police Department (DPD).

forgery

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 at 12:05 a.m. – While on routine patrol, a DCS officer found a wallet belonging to a student near the intersection of East Warren Avenue and South Josephine Street. While taking inventory the contents of the wallet, the officer found a false identification card that they confiscated.

vehicular collision

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 at 1:42 p.m. – DCS responded to a call regarding a vehicular collision involving a university-owned vehicle near parking lot 403. Upon arrival at the scene, officers contacted a staff member who stated that a second staff member had collided with a dumpster while operating the vehicle in question, causing minor damage to both.

assault

Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at 12:54 a.m. – DCS

responded to a call regarding a student who had been assaulted in Centennial Towers. Upon arrival at the scene, officers contacted DPD and spoke with the student in question. The student stated that they had consumed a large amount of alcohol prior to their assault. Paramedics were called to the scene where they transported the student in question to Denver Health.

trespassing

Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at 9:47 a.m. – DCS responded to a call regarding a suspicious party in the Academic Offices Annex building. Upon arrival at the scene, officers contacted the party in question and determined that they had previously been banned from campus. DPD was called to the scene where they cited the party in question for trespassing.

water leak

Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 at 3:13 a.m. – DCS responded to a call regarding a water leak inside of a residential room in Centennial Halls. Upon arrival at the scene, officers contacted facilities who responded and repaired a leaky pipe.

Medical assist

Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 at 6:27 a.m. – DCS responded to a call regarding a staff member in need of medical assistance in the Anderson Academic Commons. Upon arrival at the scene, officers contacted the staff member in question and the paramedics who transported the staff member to Denver Health.

P o l i c e r e P o r t

wednesday

dying for equal rights12-1 p.m.sie 150 Join us for a discussion on the death of Eric Lembembe, HIV activism and LGBT Rights in Africa. Refreshments will be provided.

“the Medicine game” film screening and panel discussion7 p.m.davis auditorium This event is part of the Sesquicentennial Events Series.

Jazz night7:30 p.m.gates concert hallFree admission.

thursday

the twinned cosmos of indigenous thought 7-8:30 p.m.anderson academic commonsPlease join us for the second event in our sesquicentennial speaker series, “Colorado’s Diverse Religious Legacy: 1864-2014”.

friday

how will china’s new wealth and power effect its foreign policy?12-1:30 p.m.sie 150Dr. Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at

the Asia Society in New York, will discuss “How Will China’s New Wealth and Power Effect Its Foreign Policy?”

flo’s underground5 p.m.williams recital salonLamont School of Music Jazz Combos. Free admission.

lamont comic opera scenes7:30 p.m.hamilton recital hallOpera students perform scenes from comic operas by Moore, Menotti, Rossini and Mozart. Free admission, ticket required.

saturday

institute for public policy panel discussion 9:30-11:30 a.m.community room, craig hall The discussion, called “Rural/Urban Divide: Is Perception Reality?,” will include the topics of values, demographics, economic circumstances and perceptions between rural and urban areas and the public policies encompassed in this conversation. Free and open to the public.

sunday

lamont comic opera scenes1:30 p.m.hamilton recital hallOpera students perform scenes from comic operas by Moore, Menotti, Rossini and Mozart before they step out on the world’s opera stages. Free admission, ticket required.

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The HCC works towards prevention of student overconsumption of alcohol through drinking habit assessments and counseling with advisors on students’ drinking patterns. This year, they also instituted a new online alcohol consump-tion assessment, eCHUG, required for all first year students to take prior to coming to DU to assess their drinking patterns and risks. According to Kent, the latest statistics available show that there was a 48 percent increase in the number of stu-dents referred to the HCC in 2012-13 in regards to alcohol use.

Kent also added that data presented at Friday’s conference showed that students who attend DU already have a higher rate of drinking before coming to college, compared to national numbers.

“Nationally, two thirds of students didn’t drink before college, but DU’s num-bers tend to be higher,” he said.

In response to the concern raised by these recent trends, Kvistad appointed the formation of the campus Alcohol Coalition at the beginning of the year, comprised of university staff and adminis-tration members, HCC staff, one graduate student representative and one under-graduate student representative.

Kent, who serves on the board, says the goal is to find ways to deter the level of drinking the university has seen in the past few years. Currently, according to Kent, the board is working on forming a spring quarter town hall to hear a student perspective on campus drinking habits.

“The goal is not to stop all students from ever drinking, the goal is to stop dangerous drinking. We want to hear from students to get as much of an idea as we can,” said Kent.

Continued binging causes concern

Moving forward, Kent hopes the council will be able to use information from the town hall meeting to make rec-ommendations to the university on how to curb the number of students sent to the hospital and detox facilities.

“We see this as a public health issue,” said Kent. “Students really need to under-stand that all these actions are about health and safety and well-being.”

On Monday, Jan. 27, guest speaker Jeannie Opdyke Smith appeared in Lind-say Auditorium in front of 73 students, staff and guests for an event titled “One Person Can Make A Difference.” Smith discussed her mother, Irene Gut Opdyke’s, actions during World War II, which included helping 12 Jewish people avoid capture from Nazi forces. The event was hosted by the Center for Judaic Stud-ies, Social Justice Living and Learning Community (SJLLC), Never Again and the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Diver-sity Committee.

Never Again President Wendy Low said based on the tough subject matter, she was pleased at the atten-dance of students.

“I think it’s easy to say ‘I don’t want to talk or hear about the Holocaust, that’s hard to deal with.’ But a lot of people showed up and cared,” she said.

Opdyke was 17 years old at the time of the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. She was later separated from her parents and four sisters and left to wander Poland alone. After being beaten by Soviet sol-diers and escaping from a war hospital, she joined the Polish resistance and met the 12 people she saved. Opdyke was later taken under the command of Nazi Major Eduard Rügemer as a housemaid and smuggled her Jewish companions into the basement of Rugemer’s villa in Poland.

Eventually Rügemer discovered

Opdyke had been hiding Jews in the house. Rather than punish them all, he demanded she become his mistress in order to keep the Jews alive. Opdyke ulti-mately smuggled the Jews to safety, and made her way to the United States after the war and married. She later discovered her sisters had survived the war as well.

Senior Youval Yadlin said she was very pleased with the event, citing it as

a different perspective of the Holocaust she had not known before.

“I thought it was an absolutely incredible story,” said Yadlin. “How [Opdyke] was able to see all the prod-ucts of what she was able to do and how much she sacrificed for it is amazing. Every Holocaust story I’ve heard is tragic, but they all have those moments of beauty and power in them.”

Sophomore and former SJLLC member Erica Ras-

quinha agreed, commenting that Opdyke’s story was not

like what she had been taught before.“This story in particular is so unique

compared to the ones I’ve read in high school,” said Rasquinha. “I was so excited to hear about this event, support Never Again and hear [Smith] talk.”

Smith thanked the event sponsors and DU for allowing her to speak, and was honored that those in attendance came to listen to her carry on her mother’s story.

“[Public speaking after the war] was always my mother’s passion,” said Smith. “I believe it’s this age group who’s going to make things the same or different. My hope is you do make something different.”

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Brick and mortar: buildings reflect Colorado, DU history

photo courtesy of du special collectionsAn undated view from Penrose Library looking north.

carli hansenAssistant News Editor

What’s in a name? That which we call Daniels by any other name would still be a busi-ness school. But the history of DU resides in its buildings and the members of its community, past and present.

How many students have walked across Driscoll Bridge and wondered who Driscoll was? How many freshmen have lived in J-Mac and wondered what kind of last name Johnson-McFarlane was? (Spoiler: it was two people).

From alumni to faculty to donors, the namesakes of the buildings on DU’s campus have a lot to say about the school itself. Below are some of the most important buildings on campus and the people they represent.

This information was com-piled by the staff of DU’s Special Collections and Archives and provided by University Historian Steve Fisher. For more informa-tion, students can visit the inter-active Historic Campus Map on the sesquicentennial website.

Anderson Academic Commons (1972, rededicated in 2013)

Anderson Aca-demic Commons was formerly called Penrose Library. It was named after Spencer Penrose (1865-1939), who set up the El Pomar Foun-dation with his wife in 1937. The foundation donated $4.5 million for the construction of the library. Last year the library reopened as Anderson Aca-demic Commons after extensive renovations. It was named in recognition of a lead gift from Ed Anderson, founder of a success-ful venture capital firm, and his wife, documentary filmmaker Linda Cabot. Anderson is also a DU alumnus and trustee.

Daniels College of Business (1999)

The Daniels College build-ing is named for Bill Daniels (1920-2000), who is regarded as the father of cable television. In 1952 he built the first cable system to send a broadcast signal via microwave. In 1988 he gave $11 million to DU to update the business cur-riculum, and in 1995 Daniels donated an additional $11 million toward the college’s building.

Daniels was born in Gree-ley, Colo. and before his death he created the Daniels Fund, which is the largest charitable organization in Colorado.

Driscoll Student Center (1984)

William Driscoll (1920-1983) taught zoology at DU from 1944-48, then left to earn a Ph.D at the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley. He returned to DU in 1951 and resumed teach-ing until 1968, when he became associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

He continued to teach part time until his death. Driscoll won the DU Outstanding Fac-ulty Award in 1961, and shortly before his death received the Evans Award. Driscoll Student Center serves as DU’s student union. According to Fisher, Helen Driscoll will make an appearance on campus during Founders Week at an event to honor her late husband.

Evans Chapel (1878, relocated in 1960)

DU founder John Evans built the Evans Memorial Chapel in memory of his daugh-ter Josephine Evans, who died of consumption in 1868 at age 24. Originally located at 13th and Bannock streets in downtown Denver, the chapel was moved to campus when it was threat-

ened with demolition. It was designated a national historic site in 1988.

Johnson-McFarlane Hall (1957)

Better known as “J-Mac,” Johnson-McFarlane Hall is n a m e d after two p o p u l a r f a c u l t y members from an e a r l i e r e r a : Granville “Granny” Joh ns on ( 1 8 9 7 -1 9 5 6 ) and Ida M c F a r -l a n e ( 1 8 7 3 -1940).

J o h n -son earned a BA and MA in physical edu-cation from DU in 1923 and 1925. He coached the Pioneers wrestling team and taught physical education at DU until his death. At that time, John-son was the university’s longest serving faculty member.

McFarlane taught English at DU for 33 years until her death. She also led a volunteer-driven effort to do an extensive restoration of the Central City Opera House in 1932.

Margery Reed Hall (1928)

The daughter of Verner and Mary Reed, Margery Reed (1894-1925) graduated from DU in 1919 with a BA in English. That year she took a position as an assistant professor of English at DU and there met her future husband, P a u l M a y o , who also t a u g h t E ng l i sh . In 1924 b o t h t r av e l e d to Peru, w h e r e P a u l joined the diplomatic service. Margery became ill in Peru and returned to the U.S., where she died at age 31. Her mother, Mary Reed, donated $100,000 toward construction of Margery Reed Mayo Hall, later shortened to Margery Reed Hall. The longtime home of the theater department currently is undergoing extensive renovation.

Mary Reed Building (1932)

In 1893, Verner and Mary Reed moved to Colorado Springs, where Verner made his fortune in mining, banking, ranching and irrigation. Following Vern-er’s death in 1919, Mary (1875-1945) became involved in chari-table and philanthropic projects, including the Denver Commu-nity Chest. Shortly after her gift to construct Margery Reed Hall in her daughter’s memory, she presented DU with $350,000 in cash and an additional $180,000 trust fund income to erect a new library that would bear her name. In 1972, the building was decommissioned as a library and today houses the university’s

administra-tive offices.

Nagel Hall (2008)

N a g e l Hall, DU’s newest resi-dence hall, cost $40 mil-lion to build. T r u s t e e Ralph Nagel and his wife Trish con-tributed $4 million to s p e a r h e a d

the project. Ralph, a former architect and past chair of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, founded and operated Meridian Retirement Communities. He sold them in 2005 and currently is president of Top Rock, an investment company. Trish is an attorney with Moye White. She and her husband are long-time activists in Colorado politics, having donated extensively to state and national Republican candidates,

including former Colorado Governor Bill Owens.

Boettcher Center (1963)

The Boettcher Center is named for the Colorado-based Boettcher Foundation, which was incorporated in 1937 by Charles

Boettcher a n d his son C l a u d e . T h e Boettcher C e n t e r o p e n e d as the Boettcher Center for Science, E n g i -n e e r i n g

and Research. Since its inception, the Boettcher Foundation has given out more than $200 million dollars, including more than $15 million in philanthropic gifts to DU.

Nelson Hall (2002)

This residence hall is named for alumni Lee and Shirley Nelson. Lee came to DU to play football and baseball, where he met Shirley. After graduation, Lee worked for Johns Manville for 12 years and then started his own business, Nelson Pipeline Constructors. His company flourished, landing large projects including Denver International Airport. The Nelsons contributed $2 million toward construction of the hall, which houses 430 stu-dents. Shirley died in 2003.

Newman Center for the Performing Arts (2002)

The Newman Center is named for Robert and Judi Newman, who donated an undis-closed sum for construction of the building, which houses the Lamont School of Music and sev-eral public performance spaces. Former Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie asked the Newmans to spearhead the fundraising effort for the building. Robert is on the board of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Judi is on the Symphony board. Robert is also a co-founder of J.D. Edwards and currently runs a venture capital company called Greenwood Gulch Ventures.

Olin Hall (1997)

Olin Hall is named for the F.W. Olin Foundation of New York, established in 1938 by Franklin W. Olin, an engi-neer. In 1892 he founded a powder manufacturing company that grew to include s m a l l - a r m s a m m u n i t i o n and commer-cial explosives. Olin died in 1951. His f o u n d a t i o n

gave $7 million dollars toward DU’s building, constructed to house the biology department and science labs.

Ricketson Law Building (2003)

Home of the Sturm College of Law, the Ricketson Law Build-ing is named for Frank Ricketson Jr. (1896-1987), grandfather of outgoing DU Law Dean Mary Ricketson. A 1919 alumnus of the Westminster College of Law, which later merged with the DU law school, Ricketson served on DU’s Board of Trustees from 1944-72. He was president of Fox Intermountain Theaters and also served as president of the Central City Opera for 26 years. Rick-etson’s estate gave $12 million toward the building.

Ritchie Center for Sports & Wellness (1999)

Named for Chancellor Emeritus and Board of Trust-ees Chair Daniel L. Ritchie, the Ritchie Center includes a natatorium, two ice arenas, a fitness center and other athletics amenities. Ritchie’s involvement with DU began when he became a trustee in 1983. He served as DU’s chancellor from 1989-2005. To kick-start the univer-sity’s economic rejuvenation in the 1990s, Ritchie gave DU a gift of over $50 million.

Shwayder Art Building (1978)

The Shwayder Art Building is named for the Jesse and Nellie Shwayder Foundation, which donated $1.7 million in stock toward the building project. Jesse Shwayder founded the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Co. in Denver just after the turn of the 20th century, and it grew into the Samsonite Luggage Corp.

Sturm Hall (1960’s, rededicated in 2000)

Donald and Susan Sturm gave $5 million to renovate the former Business Administration Building and adjoining General Classroom Building. Constructed in the late 1960s, the building was rededicated in 2000 and now houses classrooms and offices for faculty in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Donald is a member of DU’s Board of Trust-ees. In 2004, the Sturms gave $20 million to DU’s law school, which was named in Donald’s honor.

photo courtesy of du special collectionsThe Boettcher Center depicted in the 1960s/1970s.

photo courtesy of du special collectionsTwo people swim in the small fountain in front of

the Evans Chapel in an undated photo.

photo courtesy of du special collectionsSturm Hall, then called the General Classroom Building, under

construction in 1967/1968.

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by breanna demontContributing Writer

In a state known both for its breath-taking mountains and trend-setting music scene, it took one ambitious skier the span of a year to turn his dream of throwing an intimate music festival located in the heart of the mountains into a reality.

Embarking on their fourth year anniversary, Colorado’s up-and-com-ing three day winter showdown, Snow-ball Music Festival, just announced its shift in scenery this year from the Colo-rado Rocky Mountains to The Park at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium. Snowball’s manage-ment team also made the executive deci-sion to push the show back a solid month; this year’s experience is scheduled for the weekend of April 4-6, as opposed to the first weekend of March.

“There are some die-hard fans out there wondering why in the world this moved to Denver,” said Chad Donnelly, Snowball’s founder and CEO, from Wheat Ridge, Colo. “We were very much welcomed back to the town of Winter Park, but for us it was about lodging and accessibil-ity. There just wasn’t enough lodging for fans, and it’s so expensive to get up there that it was only accessible to the people that could afford it. I never wanted to be in a situation where people couldn’t attend because of the fact that they couldn’t get there.”

The announcement has raised a few eyebrows among DU students.

Snowball Music Festival makes moves to Denver“I’ve always wanted to go to Snow-

ball,” said junior Naomi Gaunavinaka, a mechanical engineering major from Seattle, Wash.

“I’ve never really had the chance with school and it being so far—it’s hard to make the trip up to the moun-tains for a full weekend. It’s so much more convenient now that it’s in Denver, but it’s kind of a bummer ... all of my friends that have gone always bundle up and go watch the live show in their snow gear, which adds to the whole effect of it being a music festival

that is so unique to Colo-rado,” said Gaunavinaka.

Though Donnelly agrees the festival will lose the aes-thetic of the mountains and the components that come along with that, he believes the atmosphere of this year’s event will really be dictated by the attendees and the attitudes they have towards the experi-ence as a whole.

According to Donnelly, what makes the festival experi-ence particularly memorable, more often than not, are the conversations people engage in and the moments they share while listening to their favor-ite artists or dancing to their favorite song.

“It is all what you make of it,” said Donnelly.

Loyal festival goers, juniors Ian Grant-Suttie, a psychology major from Potomac, Md., and Riley Wittmann, an ecology and biodiversity major, from Evergreen, Colo., both of whom promote for Colorado Concerts, feel the change in location will bring about a slew of new possibilities, along with some limitations.

“It feels more like a festival when you’re kind of away from everybody,” said Grant-Suttie. “Now it’s like, ‘alright, we’re

going to downtown Denver for three nights of music.’”

Grant-Suttie does admit, however, that the option of utilizing the RTD light-rail system to transport him to his own bed after the show sounds favorable.

“Last year, Winter Park was under-prepared,” he said. “They could not physically transport the people from the festival to their sleeping places ... they didn’t have enough buses going back and forth.”

Wittmann believes that the show’s production value will go up in Denver, as he believes it will be a lot easier to acquire equipment and extra utilities in the city, as opposed to the mountains.

“I’m open to it,” said Wittmann. “Snowball last year was insane. It had a great vibe. It’s a Colorado crowd—very friendly, very chill.”

While sentiments about the loca-tion are undoubtedly mixed, some are hopeful regarding this year’s lineup,

by courtney lusterContributing Writer

Any Pioneers looking to send a personalized, potentially embarrassing Valentine’s Day gift this year now have one more unique option, thanks to the girls at DU First Edition. DU’s new all-girl a capella group is selling sing-ing Valentine’s Day grams, or “DUFE Grams,” perfect for any special person.

New love? Old Flame? Bromance? Girl Crush? DUFE has options of four different songs appropriate for each. Students will have the opportunity to choose from “Kiss You” by One Direction, “Single Ladies” by Beyoncé, “Treasure” by Bruno Mars or “Come and Get it” by Selena Gomez.

The co-founders and co-presi-dents, Kayla Frazee, a senior majoring in criminology from Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Julie Bourne, a senior com-munication studies major from Seattle, say that the DUFE gram idea is a fund-raiser attempting to bring in enough money for the girls to do performances in the remainder of the school year, including the Mile High Vocal Jam in April. Frazee and Bourne are enthu-siastic at the potential opportunity to attend clinics at the Vocal Jam for one to two days, followed by performing alongside other groups from DU and surrounding schools.

Students can set up a time and location for their Valentine’s Day sur-prise between Feb. 10 and 14, and a

DU First Edition offers Valentine’s Day Serenadesgroup of six to eight of DUFE’s finest will meet at a designated time and location to serenade their special audi-ence. The girls allow customization of the routine as well.

“We’ll be getting in contact with these people and if they want to pop out in the middle after our song or whatever we’re willing to work with them to make it customized,” said Julie Bourne, co-president of DUFE.

The group will meet at a loca-tion of choice (preferably one with as many onlookers as possible), includ-ing dining halls, Driscoll, lobbies of academic buildings, coffee shops near campus, etc. They only ask for students not to request singing in classrooms so as not to disrupt teaching, and they require easily accessible locations on or near campus. The time slots are Monday through Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

DUFE will be on the Driscoll Bridge advertising the week prior to and the week of Valentine’s Day. They are charg-ing $5 for each song request and one dollar extra to add candy for the valen-tine. They will also be doing Facebook advertising, so everyone is encouraged to like their Facebook page.

The co-presidents shed some light on DU First Edition, which is in the midst of its first full year at the university. Frazee and Bourne started DUFE last year because they missed group singing in a laid-back, fun atmosphere and they hoped to create a tight-knit, small group

of girls with a passion for performing. Since auditions began in the spring of last year, there has been increasing interest and more girls hoping to audition for the group, according to Frazee and Bourne. Now, with 14 members, the group is forced to be highly selective with who they accept into the auditioned group.

“We’re a group that you won’t get lost in, you’ll be able to do solos and meet new people,” said Bourne.

Frazee added, “We have everyone all across the board and we’re all friends.”

Frazee and Bourne say that four seniors are leaving this year, opening up a few more spots for hopeful new mem-bers of the group.

Pioneers hoping to hear more from this group of singers can contact DUFE directly and request a song to embar-rass and flatter their special someone.

The time slots will be first-come, first-serve, so students are encouraged to contact DU First Edition through Face-book, by email at DUFirstEdition@gmail.com, or contact any DUFE member.

though it is still currently unannounced.“Now that it’s in Denver they have

to compete with all the other festivals,” said Grant-Suttie, but with previous headliners like Pretty Lights, STS9 and Big Gigantic, he is confident the music will do anything but disappoint.

“I‘m really excited to see how it goes this year,” said Donnelly. “It will be a collection of 65 artists performing on four different stages. We want to have an eclectic lineup that not only appeals to a large group of people but also includes artists you wouldn’t typically see or might not have heard of.”

With an accumulation of live music, food, art installations and the accessibility that comes along with hosting this type of an event in the city, Donnelly believes the festival has the opportunity to curate an awesome experience in Denver.

For more information, please visit Snowball’s official website.

courtesy of thespacelab.tv.comSnowball Music Festival was previously held in the mountains at both Vail and Winter Park, but this year the festival will move to the city of Denver.

“There are some die-hard fans out there wondering why in the world this moved to Denver.”

Chad Donnelly,Snowball’s founder and CEO

courtesy of ryan lumpkinDU’s only all-female a capella group on campus, DU First Edition, will be selling Valentine’s Day singing grams from Feb. 10 to 14. A group of six to eight members will serenade students throughout the week.

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DU Debate Team points and counterpoints with gumption

by charlie lightContributing Writer

Confl ict and chaos aren’t usually considered to be good things, but for the DU Debate Team, they are both encouraged.

Audience members are encouraged to bang their fi sts on tables to show support of a speaker’s point and yell “shame” to drown out an incorrect point in accordance with British Par-liament style debate, the most popular format among colleges, according to third-year member Tiff any Wilk, a political science and international studies major from Broomfi eld, Colo.

On Jan. 29, four members of the 20-person team debated whether professional sports teams should be owned by the public as a fun, public event, according to Wilk.

“Everyone’s involved. We always jump in to create more clash, which is what our goal is,” said Gabe Rusk, a fourth-year philosophy and religion major from Denver who is vice presi-dent of the debate team.

Two teams took turns giving seven-minute speeches in which they displayed points and counterpoints, constantly “shushing” audience members

and opposing team members who would stand and begin to interject whenever they pleased.

Each of the four debaters began their remarks with jabs at the opposition and their sports allegiances.

“I’m not so sure we can trust a Tom Brady fan,” said third-year student and team president Cody Walizer, a communica-tions major from Albuquerque, N.M., about opponent Nicole Pancheri, a second-year politi-cal science major from Shelley, Idaho who wore her New England Patriots jersey to the debate.

Whatever the nature of the event, though, Rusk is always ready to prove his point.

“I love doing debate not just because we can compete, but so we can have a dialogue and hear diff erent ideas,” said Rusk.

At the sports debate, he vol-unteered to make a fl oor speech near the end, in which he took the podium with his notes writ-ten on a Styrofoam cup.

“We try to do really fun public events,” said Wilk. “Plus [we do] more serious events that showcase our skills.”

Th ese more serious events

include working with the Denver Urban Debate League to mentor inner-city high school students for a debate that will be held on Feb. 19 in Sturm. “We are also linking with the DU Democrats and DU Republicans

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by connor davisContributing Writer

Th e XXII Winter Olympic games are right around the corner, and everyone should be really excited for a lot of reasons. Th e most obvious reason being simply that it’s the Olympics, but this year things are diff er-ent. Don’t look at this event as “just another Olympics,” because what is about to take place from Feb. 7-23 is going to be insane. Between the contro-versial venue, brand new events and many expected medals for the United States, Sochi has the potential to be the most enter-taining event of the year.

First of all, get excited for Sochi because it’s in Russia, a mysterious place full of contro-versy and queries. Among the many questionable aspects of Russia hosting the Olympics are gay rights, possible embezzle-ment and ongoing concerns sur-rounding human rights, which have sparked global protests. All of these issues have made the games about far more than just winning medals.

Freestyle skiing is making its debut on the Olympic scene this year, a huge step for the sport that people have been waiting for. Although mogul and aerial skiing have been a part of the Olympics since 1988, slopestyle and halfpipe events will now be incorporated for both men and women. Snowboarding slope-style will also be added this year in addition to halfpipe, which was added back in 1998.

Men’s ski jumping has been in the Olympics since 1924, the fi rst winter games in Chamo-nix, France. However, women’s ski jumping is making its debut just this year. Th is event will bring huge progression to women’s skiing, especially

alongside the new ski slopestyle and halfpipe events.

One of the biggest stories leading up to the games has been Colorado native and alpine skier Lindsey Vonn tearing her ACL and dismissing herself from Sochi. Th is is a big blow to the American Team, yet it has moved the spotlight onto someone new, Mikaela Shiff rin. Just three days aft er turning 18, Shiff rin clinched the worldcup slalom title, and she is predicted to thrive at these Olympic games in the absence of Vonn. Sports Illustrated even labeled her as “Th e Next Lindsey Vonn.”

Another story gaining attention within U.S. alpine skiing is regarding Bode Miller. He’s won fi ve Olympic medals in his long career, the most from any American alpine skier. Now at 36 years old, Miller will likely be gracing the Olympic stage for the last time. Th e veteran scored a silver medal earlier this season at the Beaver Creek giant slalom and hopes to earn himself more hardware in Sochi.

Ted Ligety is another Amer-ican with huge potential at the Olympics. He won a gold at the 2006 games in Torino, Italy and has also won the giant slalom world title four times.

Football will be all over soon, leaving college students with less to yell at on the televi-sion. Luckily these Olympics will serve as a perfect replacement and a great excuse to go hang out with friends. Th ese games will be entertaining, so don’t forget to tune in and support the good ol’ United States of America.

to get in on their [quarterly] debate,” said Wilk.

Th e debate team also puts on about three light-hearted debates per quarter. On Feb. 12 they will host the “Life Aft er” debate in which four professors

debate over which one of them deserves the last seat on the last lifeboat to a new world on Apocalypse day.

Last fall, the team held a Harry Potter themed debate in which four debaters, each r e p r e s e n t -ing a differ-ent house of

Hogwarts, argued whether the wizarding world should alert the “Muggles” of the existence of wizardry.

“Th e Slytherin guy argued that they should tell the Muggles so that they could enslave them all,” said Wilk.

Th e Harry Potter debate was one of their most popu-lar events recently, drawing between 60 and 70 attendees, which are mostly students, according to Wilk.

Th e debate team does most of its serious work away from home.

“We send [members] all over the country to compete against other teams. Last year, we travelled to seven tourna-ments and hosted one here. This year we’re doing about the same,” said Wilk, who has travelled to New York City, Portland and even Dublin with the debate team. “We send as many people as many places as we can. All 20 members of our team will get the opportunity to travel.”

Th e team will travel to Vancouver on Feb. 7 and will also send Rusk and Walizer, the “A-team,” according to Wilk, to Vienna this summer for a tour-nament against international competition.

Th e debate team will also host their annual tournament in Sturm on March 15 and 16.

“Last year our tournament had a 36-team draw from 12 or 13 diff erent colleges,” said Wilk.

For more information on the DU Debate team, check out their Facebook Page.

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courtesy of dillon eustaceMembers of the debate team get ready to assess their arguments and prepare batt le.

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“We always jump in to create more clash, which is what our goal is.”

Gabe Rusk,Senior philosophy and religion studies major from Denver

courtesy of montrealgazette.comProtesters outside of the Russian embassy in Madrid in opposition of anti-gay laws.

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Feb. 5, 2014

The Grind: The Market

by alex johnsonEditor-in-Chief

Simultaneously a French bakery, a frontier-style neigh-borhood grocer and a down-home eatery, Th e Market in Larimer Square at 1445 Larimer Street is an experi-ence for those searching for an aff ordable night on the town or for those seeking a quiet and intimate haunt.

Th e quaint storefront is nestled between high-end bars and overpriced restaurants where one might need to sell those 24-karat-rimmed Ray-Bans to buy a meal and cocktails for two. A brief walk from the Denver Center for the Perform-ing Arts, the 16th Street Mall and Union Station, its location makes Th e Market an ideal and aff ordable location for a night out on the town. It’s also easily accessible by lightrail.

The food at The Market is served like an adult cafete-ria. One takes a walk or two around the upper level of the store and picks out homestyle servings by weight. A half-pound of basil and tomato gnocchi? Check. Medium cup of (vegetarian, of course) min-estrone? Check. A brew by a local brewer, like Great Divide Brewing Company or O’Dell? Check and check again. Other options include hearty sausage dishes, deli meat sandwiches, ice cream, local honey, a salad bar and numerous pasta and potato salads.

The Market’s prices enable plentiful noshing and bounti-ful sampling of a variety of dishes. Meals consisting of various à la carte items will routinely run under $10 and contain a diversity of dishes.

Th e Market bills itself as a deli—but when considering that they also sell items like “Irish Oatmeal” and coff ee and tea by the wholesale bulk pack-age, it’s clearly more like an Old West frontier grocer, reminis-cent of Denver as it once was. Th e Market is a place to meet

up, have a meal, eat a pastry and also pick up some essentials to take home—like chocolate and coff ee. Add a bowl of pipe tobacco and that vintage copy of “Siddhartha,” (seriously, read it) and you’re set.

The European cakes and pastries are delectable; after all, how often can one afford to travel to Nantes to nosh on a Napoleon? Of course, you still brag to your friends about that time you did go to Nantes, omitting the part about it being in 2004 and only for four days.

Additionally, all of the signs and placards at the market are written in a pains-takingly elaborate script; the place must have hired a callig-rapher of note back in the day. Didn’t your friend Agamem-non, the one who tries to ride a Penny Farthing, apply for that job last year?

Th e interior decor of the restaurant is simple and utilitarian. Th e entire operation consists of metal and wood, defi nitely a throwback to the 19th century. Burlap sacks and bulk bags of products sit on wooden shelves beside metal shelves. Th e chairs in the dining area are packed in tightly, and make of a twisted wire design, polished by the many rumps that have adorned them since the eatery opened in 1983.

The front of the restaurant is devoted to a small European coffee shop; the off-white and blue tiles lend a quaint air to the aromas of coffees, teas and pastries. The espresso bar seems like the perfect place to relax and unwind after a night out on the town, since The Market is open until 10 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Stop off at The Market for a delectable and affordable meal in a rustic environment, replete with local brews, old-fashioned pastries and culture and nightlife within walking distance.

Th e Clarion staff reviews bars, restaurants and coff ee houses, att empting cultural mutiny on all

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Th e Market: 3.9

photo courtesy of stillservedwarm.comTh e Market serves up fl aky french pastries called palmiers.

Lamont students turn out the funk at Herman’s Hideaway

Passport to Paris? Th e Market will suffi ce.

by isabel mccanSenior Reporter

Herman’s Hideaway on South Broadway was fl ooded with funky tunes Th ursday night when bands from DU’s humble campus invaded its doors and let loose their musical talents.

Headlining the show was Scratch, an eight-piece funk ensemble composed entirely of students who graduated from the Lamont School of Music. In addition, Megan Letts and the Shameless Get Down accompa-nied them, composed of almost all Lamont students as well. Th e night got its start with groups Dover Prose, Th e Hunger Artist and Hourglass leading in.

When Letts, a senior audio engineering and vocal jazz major from Anchorage, AK, and the crew took the stage, people moved from their bar stools onto the dance floor and, as their name anticipates, shamelessly got down to their smooth melodies, most of which were original songs. Letts fronts the band with her velvety vocals while the Shameless Get Down members back her up with strong jazzy support that one can’t help but move their feet to.

“Gigs are our chance to show off what we do and how hard we’ve been working for it,” said Letts.

Scratch performed next, including two of their members, guitarist Th omas Jennings, senior Jazz Guitar major of Ipswich, Mass., and keyboard player Will Kyriazis, graduate student from

Chicago, overlapping from the Shameless Get Down.

Scratch covered classic funk favorites like Charles Wright’s “Express Yourself ”, cross-genre covers like their elongated jam on The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby”, and also original content that band members had written. At one point, saxophone player and singer Max Manoles, a Lamont student currently pursuing a Performance Certificate in Jazz and Commercial Music Performance from Orono, Minn., even surprised the audience when he spontane-ously busted out some quick-lipped, freestyle rhyming.

Scratch was originally formed two years ago when members of the band were assigned in class to group up and play completely through a specific album. They chose the album “Scratch” by The Jazz Crusaders, recorded live in 1974 at the Roxy. They decided to stick together and continue playing after the assignment was completed.

“We thought that [Scratch] was a pretty good name for the group. The first track on the album is also called Scratch and continues to be one of our favorite to play,” said Manoles.

There was a small but enthusiastic crowd at Herman’s and most of them spent at least some portion of their time out on the floor grooving.

“Th ey are incredibly talented for bands their age,” said senior International Studies major Amelia Leigner from Chicago.

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There is palpable chem-istry amidst the groups, and their comfort playing together is obvious. With two years behind them, these bands are poised to entertain larger audiences and continue creat-ing impressive sounds. After a few more years of playing together, it would not be sur-prising to see these bands go on to entertain larger audi-ences at bigger events.

“Scratch is definitely a musical family; not just do we enjoy hanging out with each other but we also have devel-oped a strong musical connec-tion. When we’re playing out we let loose a little more and play games with one another onstage. The game now is ‘who can be the most funky,’” said Manoles.

Both bands expressed their intent to hopefully start recording albums and also continue to play as many shows together as possible. They will both be touring and perform-ing around the Denver in the foreseeable future.

For a chance to see Megan Letts and the Shameless Get Down, head out to Boulder’s arcade bar Press Play! this coming week on Feb. 6.

Scratch will also be play-ing a show a little closer to campus at Illegal Pete’s on Evans. The show will take place on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 10 p.m. If you missed them this time, then plan on taking your boo out to Pete’s and get funky with Scratch the night before Valentine’s Day.

photo courtesy of megan letts and the shameless getdown

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isabel mccan|clarionTh e many Lamont musicians that are a part of Scratch and Megan Lett s and the Shameless Get Down get funky at Herman’s Hideaway on Th ursday.

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‘Awkward Moment’ exposes true romance

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From left, Daniel (Miles Teller), Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) and Jason (Zac Efron) are three best friends who make a pact to stay single in the new film “That Awkward Moment,” but soon discover this is easier said than done.

Premiering this past week was “That Awkward Moment,” a film rife with hilarious one-liners, uncomfort-able silences and realistic portrayals of the modern world of romance. The story follows three best friends, Jason (Zac Efron, “17 Again”), Mikey (Michael B. Jordan, “Fruitvale Station”) and Daniel (Miles Teller, “The Spectacular Now”) as they attempt to navigate the New York City landscape of sex, love and mistakes by making a pact that they will all stay single; this is a bet that proves more dif-ficult to keep than expected.

First, there is Mikey, the dedicated husband to Vera (Jessica Lewis, “Clover-field”), who he discovers has been cheat-ing on him at the beginning of the film, prompting the bachelor pact. Jason is the typical playboy, who has a roster full

of women that he exchanges and modi-fies if one of them deems it necessary to consider a relationship with him; yet a chance meeting with Ellie (Imogen Poots, “28 Days Later”) leads him to question his misogynistic ways in the pursuit of true love. Daniel also follows in the steps of Jason, using his good friend Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis, “Smashed”) to repeat-edly wing-woman him into a different girl’s bed each night, until the two of them finally start falling for each other.

The three guys are true to the genera-tion of mid-twenties men and women, as they flounder to understand the impact they truly have on those around them. Their choices lead to true hilarity, such as the time Jason goes to Ellie’s house for her “dress up” birthday party. He shows up in a themed costume worthy of a strip-club Halloween party, while the black tie-attired guests stare at him in horror. Another especially funny scene is Jason’s

Santa Barbara native indie rockers Gardens & Villa return for their second album, “Dunes,” out Feb. 4 via label Secretly Canadian. Their 2011 eponymous debut was a highlight of the year, bringing soft, flute-enhanced melodies into the indie world. “Dunes,” which premiered on music blogging service the Hype Machine early last week, mixes the same flute melo-dies with a more synthesized approach. They counter the loud surf rock of their California contemporaries, Wavves and No Age, with the harmonic pleasure of a flute/synth/guitar/drum hybrid. This album seems to be a more mature and innovative take on their traditional sound.

The album begins with “Dominoes,” which is a fairly simple song. It starts with a catchy flute solo accompanied with the

beat of a drum. “Closing doors, bending down / Picking up dominoes” is the first line lead singer Chris Lynch sings. It is almost fitting that an album so bent on mixing the pastoral sounds of 1960s pop and new-wave 1980s rock goes back to what seem to be hazy dreams of the past. Lynch repeatedly whispers “Don’t want to let you go / Never gonna get you go” and “Chasing all the dominoes,” which grows slightly tedious but does not last too long.

Highlights of the album include cuts such as the jazzy, Prince-inspired song, “Bullet Train.” It begins with a soft flute introduction and then Lynch moaning high-pitched lyrics. The words are hard to understand due to their pitch but the emotion Lynch places on his lines makes the song more about the musical accom-paniment than anything else. This is a constant through the album. It is not very hard to pick a random song on this album

Gardens & Villa fail to bloom on new albumand not be impressed by Lynch’s vocal range. His skill lies in soft details and the blending of his voice with the music around him. However, on certain songs such as “Chrysanthemums” and “Ava-lanche,” Lynch’s voice succeeds in soaring above the listeners’ expectations and cre-ates a lasting impression. His repetition of “Chrysanthemums” in the former is sure to get stuck in your head when it is accompanied by synths that worm their way into your ears.

Lead single “Colony Glen” looks into the past from the future. Maybe he is warn-ing his friends not to leave their home or maybe he is just reminiscing on old times. Lines such as “Oh my friends it’s been such a long time” and “Always remember Colony Glen” put out a longing grasp toward times long ago and the thudding synth line adds to that feeling. “Purple Mesas,” albeit an intriguing song, uses an ineffective meta-

Facebook stalking, as he sits in a dark room, mumbling about who the other people in Ellie’s pictures are—a scene that will hit home for many viewers.

Though some of their jokes do fall a little flat, such as the subplot relation-ship between Miles, Jason and their boss, most of the audience will be laughing hysterically through the majority of the film. There are some starkly truthful scenes throughout though—such as the unexpected death of Ellie’s father. Such reality does draw the viewers away from the funny message the majority of the film sends, but the contrast allows a real-ity check—life can be funny and hilari-ous a lot of the time, but bad things do happen and people will rely on you for help, whether you want to be there for them or not.

Though the film will not be held in high acclaim for its music or cinematog-raphy, “That Awkward Moment” is a good

first showing for Efron’s writing. For a young star that found his beginnings in “High School Musical,” it is exciting to see his talent grow and develop positively. The comedy is not as raunchy as that of “The Hangover” series, which could definitely be considered a good thing. The film does play it relatively safe, ensuring a happy ending for all despite the reality of what true life actually brings in the matters of love. It will definitely be interesting to see what else Efron creates in the future—hopefully it will be another comedy with Jordan and Teller, because the chemistry and camara-derie within the trio is electrifying.

“That Awkward Moment” is a film that does not try to be anything more than it is: an identifiable comedy about boys learning to become men. If view-ers are up for a film of side-splitting laughter, “That Awkward Moment” will easily provide a quick escape from the stress of midterms.

phor to formulate the entire song; while the music accompanying the lyrics is solid, Lynch again fails to deliver a resounding vocal punch.

It is unsure what Gardens & Villa are trying to accomplish with this album. They have a decent buzz around the industry and are personal friends with commercial indie royalty, Foster the People. Certain songs sound like a hazier version of what Mark Foster and his band produce, particularly “Avalanche” with its synthed out buzz and Lynch’s powerful vocals. It sounds like it could be at home on Foster the People’s new album. Their use of a flute as a core part of their music is diverse and could spark a trend in the industry as well. It is certainly plausible that Gardens & Villa are trying to make the jump into indie-pop royalty, but they could also just be providing a fresh take on what they hear around them.

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‘Sherlock’ finale leaves much to be deduced

There are all sorts of spinoffs deal-ing with Arthur Conan Doyle’s acclaimed characters, but one of the most popular is BBC’s “Sherlock.” Spanning over six years and a mere nine episodes, the third season closed in the first week in January in the U.K., while concluding on Sunday here in the U.S. The show, starring newly popular Benedict Cumberbatch (“Star

Trek Into Darkness”) as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman (“The Hobbit”) as John Watson, relays varying cases in each episode—some written by Doyle, others by the showrunners. The season two finale, “The Reichenbach Fall,” was a captivating cliffhanger that left viewers on the edge of their seats ... for two whole years.

In this season, Holmes has returned two years after his faked suicide only to find that the world has moved on without him. Watson has gotten engaged to Mary Morstan (Amanda Abbington, “After You’re Gone”), a

woman with a concealed past, which is a complete and utter shock to Holmes. In the first episode entitled “The Empty Hearse,” the two must stop an impending terrorist attack; in “The Sign of Three,” Holmes and Watson revisit the memories of their stag night on the day of Watson’s wedding, in addition to stopping a murder at the ceremony; the series concludes with “His Last Vow,” where the duo face off against Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen, “Headhunter”), a man with just as many intellectual and psychopathic capabilities as Holmes himself. Sadly, this new season, and more specifically the season finale, vastly fails to live up to the first two seasons, with inefficient writing, a poorly structured plot arc and more unanswered questions than a season of “Lost.”

The first two episodes were defi-nitely enjoyable for the “Sherlock” fan after two years living without the show. The third season had much more comedy than usual, which added to the enjoyment. The most hilarious scene is Watson’s stag night out with

Holmes—the two get insanely drunk and are then forced to solve a crime. The dynamic between the two is very interesting and well portrayed by both actors, as they stumble about noticing clues and trying to remember their mantra: “The game is ... something.”

The main problems of the third season do not lie with the actors though. Both Free-man and Cumberbatch are skilled at perfect-ing their characters and it shines through each performance on camera. The problem is with the writing. Steven Moffat, also the

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showrunner for the “Doctor Who” series, is so entrenched in the belief that complex writing guarantees better writing that the story has suffered. The main problems are evidenced in the episode “His Last Vow.”

Though the episodes are each an hour and a half, they often contain so many subplots and transgressions that it is easy to forget what the main plot arc is, such as in “The Sign of the Three.” The episode takes place at Watson’s wedding, but a series of flashbacks lead to Watson’s stag night and a previously unsolved case. The things all con-nect in the end, but in a poorly written mish-mash of coincidences. The series also closes on a completely implausible and improbable cliffhanger, which will leave viewers stew-ing for another few years. But besides the cliffhanger, “Sherlock” attempts to bring in a new villain in the final episode that receives no buildup compared to that of previous vil-lain James Moriarty (Andrew Scott, “Saving Private Ryan”). Moriarty was intricately involved in the first two seasons, while Magnussen was introduced and defeated in only one episode. The character was rushed, his background and previous crimes glossed over in the interest of maintaining him to one episode. The show suffered because of these choices.

For those dedicated fans of “Sherlock,” the new season is definitely worth a watch, if only for the increased comedy and picture-perfect depictions of the famed detectives. Remaining questions abound about the future of the show—such as how Holmes faked his death and what Morstan’s actual background is, not to mention explaining the season’s impossible ending. Hopefully the series will hit television screens again sometime in 2016.

‘Labor Day’ laborious to watch

When you put Kate Winslet (“Titanic”) and Josh Brolin (“Milk”), two of Hollywood’s greats, together in one film, you would expect fireworks. Unfortunately, this is not the story for the new film “Labor Day.”

Set in 1987 New Hampshire during Labor Day Weekend, Adele (Winslet) and her son Henry (Gattlin Griffith, “Couples Retreat”) are living a slow life in a dilapidated home. Adele is an obviously depressed and anxious woman who rarely leaves the house and is extremely codependent on her 12-year-old son.

During a monthly trip into town for necessities, Henry is approached by fearful Frank (Brolin) to take him back to him and his mother’s home. Little do they know that Frank is an escaped convict who is on the run. What begins as a one-night stay turns into a Labor Day romance for Adele and a five-day glimpse of a differ-ent life for Henry. The story is told completely from young Henry’s point

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of view, therefore never allowing the passion between Adele and Frank to manifest and make their romance tan-gible to viewers.

There are almost too many plot lines in the mix to make a viewer attached. Henry’s dad left Adele for his secretary, which contributed to Adele being so emotionally jilted by any sort of love in her life. Henry is going through puberty which makes him both extremely naïve and very aware of how quickly Adele and Frank became so close. With many flashbacks, a considerable amount of time during Labor Day Weekend and one too many flash forwards, “Labor Day” is too extremely scattered in its timing to make the viewer completely invested in the story and its characters.

The film’s high point is Griffith, who shines as Henry, a boy who is confused by his mother’s illness yet knows he is all she has. This film was adapted from the novel by Joyce May-nard, and between the lack of charac-ter chemistry and the off time struc-ture, this story should have stayed as written word.

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The new villain of BBC “Sherlock’s” third season was Charles Augustus Magnussen, played by Lars Mikkelsen.

Rashad a rising star in hip-hop

Twenty-one-year-old Isaiah Rashad lets loose an earnest debut that manages to reach the high expectations that have been placed on him with the new EP “Cilvia Demo.” Recently the hottest label in hip-hop, Top Dawg Entertainment, TDE, which manages talent such as Ken-drick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, signed him. Rashad managed to get signed with only a scattering of songs appearing on his Soundcloud. TDE has slowly been promoting him along their lineup of stars, teasing songs and having him appear with Kendrick at award shows. This all led up to the release of his first offi-cial body of work, the “Cilvia Demo” tape, which is a collection of 14 songs showing off Rashad’s various skills. Rashad creates a contrasting, contemplative and emotional image of the young Southern black male in today’s society. The EP is easy to listen to with Rashad’s slight southern twang blending effortlessly with his beat selec-tion. Thematically, Rashad touches on elements of growing up without a father, death of friends from his youth, women’s rights and religion.

The EP begins with Rashad showing off his technical skill. On “Hereditary” and “Webbie Flow (U Like),” he effort-lessly blends the line between the hooks, couplets and triplets that occupy his quick rhyme scheme. The jazzy vibe of “Webbie Flow” is different than the rest of the album; while most of the album features more soul sampling and boom-bap production, “Webbie Flow” has a more slowed down, jazz-inspired punch.

The next few songs are unremarkable. This is not to say they are bad, but com-pared with the fantastic, final nine songs, these tracks leave something to be desired. Beginning with track six, “West Savannah,” Rashad unleashes a flurry of songs that is best listened to with no distraction. “West Savannah” is an ode to love and an Outkast tribute that features female singer and fellow new TDE signee, SZA. “Soliloquy” is per-haps the hardest hitting song on the album; the beat is much more intense and meant to

by logan bakerStaff Writer

be played loudly. On “Tranquility,” Rashad’s smoky voice glides over the minimalist beat indenting itself into your brain as one force of sound instead of two contrasting ones. This and “Heavenly Father” feature Rashad at his lyrical height. Lines such as “Some of us fall and some of us hover / Some of us shooters and some of us lovers / I see the sum of it all, I’m running for cover” in “Tranquility” and “And hanging from the playground wasn’t wrong / Until you got a rope up on your neck / And I been losing more than my mind / Gathering what’s left of self-respect” from “Heavenly Father” really show a self-awareness and intelligence that is a far stretch from a lot of today’s southern hip-hop. On “Heavenly Father,” Rashad spends some time analyz-ing the vices of the youth and why media influences are more powerful than ever. On “Tranquility,” he turns the theme of a lot of his songs around; instead of talking about his relationship (or lack there of) with his father, he wonders how his songs will influ-ence his young son.

“Menthol,” “Modest” and “Banana” are all great songs that feature more of his hook-infused rapping and interest-ing lyricism. “Banana” is a slightly faster song, which sounds like it could be right at home on Kendrick’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.” “Menthol” is a love song similar to “West Savannah” that features singer Jean Deaux. Rashad excels at these love songs because his voice is incredibly smooth, sliding in and out of verses right next to the sexy vocals of a female accompani-ment. The final song on the album, “Shot You Down,” is a remix of one of Rashad’s earlier recordings. This time it features fellow label mates Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q. Rashad handles the first verse and hook before handing it over to Rock and Q, who make the track their own, introducing Rashad to the good life.

“Cilvia Demo” is one of the more impressive hip-hop debuts in recent memory. Rashad does not overload the album with features, which helps him iden-tify his own sound. His southern, smoky voice is different than anything else in the industry today and it will be interesting to see where this rising star goes next.

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Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin and Gattlin Griffith star in the new film “Labor Day.”

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by kameryn tanitaLifestyles Editor

St. Lucia serenades Bluebird

Last Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Brooklyn-based synthpop band St. Lucia played a sold-out show at the intimate Bluebird Theater. Despite the cold temperatures, the crowd warmed up by dancing all night to the band’s upbeat sounds.

St. Lucia’s show was reminiscent of a 1980s high school prom; high-energy hip-sters wearing neon outfits were dancing at the front of the stage all night, unaware of anyone else around them, while the rest of the young twenty-somethings in the crowd silently grooved toward the back. It was hard for anyone at the show to sit still. The lights from their set and the enthusiasm from lead singer and frontman Jean-Philip Grobler, whose stage presence is magnetizing, was a key aspect of what made their show so entertaining. Grobler, originally from South Africa, was donning a zebra button down and the entire set incorporated floral fabric sheets that covered the synthesizer and the keyboard, which helped give the show a safari feel.

The concert began at 8 p.m. with a short set from the opening act Sir Sly, known for their song “Ghost.” The crowd eagerly waited for St. Lucia to finally take the stage, and around 9:15 p.m., they began their set with “The Night Comes Again” from their debut album, “When The Night,” released in October 2013. The song, which begins with a one-minute instrumental break, built up the energy of the crowd before leading into the high-pitched vocals from Grobler and his partner (both on stage and off) Patricia Beranek. The first song set the stage for the high energy that would continue throughout the rest of their short set.

Short and sweet and only a little over an hour long, St. Lucia’s set consisted mostly of

the songs from their debut album, including “Call Me Up,” “Elevate,” “Before the Dive” and “Wait for Love.” Halfway through their set they slowed things down with a duo acoustic per-formance from Grobler and Beranek, which left the crowd feeling uneasy as they were left to sit still. But before the crowd could go numb, they jumped back into the groove with a fan favorite, “All Eyes On You.” St. Lucia’s songs cater towards crowd involvement, and throughout the show they had fans clapping, jumping and singing along, especially during the lesser-known song “We Got it Wrong,” where Grobler asked the crowd to help sing along the lyrics (“Don’t go away”) and the throng of people in the Bluebird Theater all yelled in unison.

After only an hour, the encore started with their synth-heavy EP “September” which starts out with a two-minute long instrumen-tal beat before incorporating the bass, guitar and drums from bandmates Nick Brown, Ross Clark and Nick Paulalong with Grobler and Beraneck’s high-pitched vocals. Their two-song encore started out strong, but the elevated energy levels from September dis-sipated for their final song, “When the Night.”

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St. Lucia performed at the Bluebird Theater Jan. 28.

by meg mcintyreEntertainment Editor

Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at 46

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal that hit the web this past Sunday, actor and Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, age 46, was found dead in his New York apartment around 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2. His death was suspected to be the result of a drug over-dose, as a law enforcement offi-cial reported to the Wall Street Journal that Hoffman was found with a needle in his arm.

Though Hoffman had reportedly struggled with drug addiction in the past, the offi-cial cause of death will not be determined until an autopsy is performed. According to an article by FOX News, as of now Hoffman’s death is being unof-ficially considered an accidental overdose rather than a suicide. FOX News also reported that an autopsy was to be performed on Monday, Feb. 3.

Hoffman is best known for his role as Brandt in the 1998 film “The Big Lebowski.” His other notable work includes “The Master” (2012), “Moneyball” (2011), “Doubt” (2008), “Charlie Wilson’s War” (2007), “Mission: Impossible III” (2006), “Boogie Nights” (1997) and “Capote,” for which Hoffman received the Acad-emy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 2006. In total, Hoffman received 54 nominations and 73 awards from various associations throughout the entirety of his career.

Recently, Hoffman was filming for his role as Plutarch Heavensbee in the final films of The Hunger Games series, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” parts one and two, after appearing in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” According to the Wall Street Journal, much of Hoffman’s filming had already been completed by the time of his death, mean-ing that the films will only require moderate changes to accomodate for his absence.

In a statment released to the press by Hoffman’s manager, his family had this to say of the actor’s death: “We are devas-tated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from every-one.” Hoffman’s supporters to mourn the loss of this great actor, and Hoffman’s legacy will surely live on in the industry for years to come.

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Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away Feb. 2.

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pioneer voices:

“norway.”

sommer shearersophomore

colorado

“usA.”

jordan schweitzersophomoreWashington

“Hopefully the u.s.”

rebecca matskosophomorecalifornia

“America.”

pearl schroersophomorenebraska

which nation is going to win the most medals at the olympics?

Marriage classes can lower divorce rates

Redesign the support system for assault victimsby naomi forman

Staff Writer

According to the DU Department of Campus Safety current crime log, about 20 percent of the reports since the start of winter quarter have involved assaults or harassment or the use of force. DU is attempting to prevent these occurrences, but they happen and fellow students become victims. Assault shatters the safety of some-one’s environment, and on campus, we have various organizations to help pick up the pieces. However, not only do we need to bol-ster our prevention efforts, but we must also modify and expand our resources for those who have experienced such crimes.

Here at DU, we all share a common space. When someone violates the faith we have in each other, the entire com-munity is impacted. We are a web of inter-connected lives and we share a communal experience. Someone else’s experience of assault means our collective environment and trust has developed a fracture. The incident of a student attacking another student requires immediate actions and tangible repercussions or support for those individuals involved.

There are several avenues upon which this process may begin. Though practical and effective, current support responses can be rather impersonal and lengthy,

failing to provide the empathy or urgency truly warranted.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) reports that 73 percent of sexual assaults are committed by a “non-stranger.” This means that people we know and we would never suspect are the ones hurting us. You had a friend you thought you knew, trusted and could rely on; instead, they hurt you, they broke that trust and let you down. Now you are expected to put your trust in people you do not even know to help resolve this situation.

Students are encouraged to meet with counselors from the Center for Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment (CAPE) and utilize other various resources they offer. Though not always able to provide what a student is looking for, they have such things as education for moving forward, a resource library and tips on the legal process. Their mission is to “promote healthy relationships, teach non-violence and equality and foster a respectful and safe environment.”

The victim then might speak with a Resident Assistant or campus safety, inevi-tably making a “complaint” at the Office of Equal Opportunity. Perhaps even here, though somewhat trivial, is an aspect upon which we could improve. Language has a significant influence upon our experience of the world. Though by definition “com-plaint” is applicable, this word carries with it

connotations of whininess and seems more appropriate for dissatisfaction with a meal or haircut. Nevertheless, a “complaint,” an expression of grievance, is made.

At this point the investigation begins; all individuals directly involved or closely associated with the incident are asked for statements. This material is reviewed and after an undetermined number of weeks pass and you choose or choose not to take advantage of the possibly applicable sup-port from CAPE, you receive a “Final Letter of Determination.” Again, this language seems rather detached though the formality does express their commitment and recog-nition of the severity. Students should be reminded that this “letter” does not tell you the consequences for your attacker; rather, it states what was found to have happened based on the gathered statements.

Unfortunately, this can seem like the investigator is trying to determine whether or not what you were saying, what you went through, was the truth. Question-ing the reality of your experience is only more hurtful. Of course, this is a necessary procedure to ensure that those accused are innocent until proven guilty.

This judgment is then forwarded to the Outcomes Council, along with a personal statement from both parties, if they so choose, about the impact this incident and process has had.

The intricacies of the process should be given greater transparency; to mini-mize unexpected confrontations or phases for students. In relation to this, more immediate communication needs to be provided, whether initiated by the office or the student.

The consequences of attacking a fellow student are regarded with immense seri-ousness by the Office of Equal Opportunity and the university itself, as is appropriate. No matter what offense is being dealt with, the faculty ensure that the perpetrators awareness is raised through the penalties given for such violence, often requiring educational courses.

It is through raising awareness about prevention that will hopefully foster a more compassionate community. Our campus has many initiatives and resources, including the “Consent is Sexy” campaign, information and guidelines about “How To Help A Friend” and providing a confi-dential hotline.

Prevention is crucial and providing support for victims is equally as important. We need to ensure that the procedures we have in place are continually improved in order to facilitate a compassionate and effective process. Redesigning some aspects of it to cultivate a more self-advocating approach could be more empowering sur-vivors of these crimes.

by danny zimny-schmittSenior Reporter

There is a proposed ballot initiative in Colorado to require the completion of a “marriage education” class for couples before any ceremony is held and cham-pagne is popped. Despite what could be validly criticized as undue government interference in private lives, given the state of marriage in the U.S. and sky-high divorce rates, this ballot initiative is worth a try to see if any action can be taken to ameliorate this crisis in marriage.

The goal of the proposed marriage education classes is to better psychologi-cally prepare individuals getting married about how their lives will change with marriage and introduce them to the new

roles they will be expected to assume. This education will help them realize what they are really getting into before they say “I do.”

A total of 10 hours of pre-wedding education will be required. But if it is the second time either the bride or groom is walking down the aisle, 20 hours will be required. A third time will require a full 30 hours of education.

The curriculum for these classes, if passed, will be developed and overseen by the Colorado State Board of Marriage and Family Therapist Examiners. This board will also have the honor of issuing the “Marriage Course Completion Cer-tificate” at the end of the class. The couple would be responsible for the cost of the education, not the taxpayers. The initia-tive also includes a tax cut for couples who

continue to come to marriage education classes each year and is justified by reduc-ing the piles of taxpayers’ money spent on divorce every year.

In order to get the initiative on the ballot in November, 86,105 more signa-tures are needed by the Aug. 4 deadline.

Sharon Tekolian of the California-based group Kids Against Divorce believes education will improve the situation. “Edu-cation is the key to success in every aspect of life. This will have a positive impact on marriage,” said Tekolian.

Statistics appear to support her. Research shows that the divorce rate among college graduates is significantly less than the divorce rate for those with-out a college degree. While a 10-hour class on marriage is in no way comparable to a

college education, something is still better than nothing.

With the divorce rate in the U.S. hover-ing somewhere around 50 percent and Kids Against Divorce estimating that $112 billion in taxpayer money goes to divorce proceed-ings and unwed childbearing each year, this ballot initiative deserves to be given a try.

I admit it is a new, more personal governmental intrusion on private life, but it cannot hurt to give it a try and see if it makes a difference. If it saves just a few marriages, the meaning it will have for those individuals (not to mention the money saved by the taxpayers) will be well worth the risk. Besides, if a couple cannot commit to a few hours of education together, how can they reasonably commit to life together?

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by roderick o’dorisioBusiness Manager

Since President Barack Obama took office five years ago, he has consistently labeled income inequal-ity as the “defining challenge of our time.” In last week’s State of the Union address, Obama once again reinforced his position on the issue by calling for more federal intervention to solve this dilemma. He claims that the long-term unemployed are not lazy or lacking motivation, but that they are “coping with the aftermath of the worst eco-nomic crisis in generations.” Unfortu-nately, Obama has failed to realize that his policies are actually prolonging this situation.

Obama has been correct on one thing: The sluggish incomes of the middle class are impeding many Americans in the lower classes from obtaining better, high-paying jobs. However, every time he mentions this statement, a few other facts seem to slip his mind.

The combined trends of increas-ing income inequality and decreasing economic mobility have worsened incredibly over the last five years. The

Census Bureau recently reported that for the first time since 1965, the pov-erty rate has remained above 15 per-cent for three consecutive years. The median household income is down 4.4 percent from 2009 and for African American households, 11 percent.

After five years of “recovery,” over 46.5 million Americans still live in poverty. Ninety-one million Ameri-cans are not even in the labor force.

Of course, the leftist quest to blame someone other than their own policies for America’s economic ills will continue, but the real reason why more people are living in poverty today than when Obama took office is because of our government’s foolish policies. The solution has, and always will be, more government power. Has it dawned on Washington that possibly a pro-freedom agenda of tax and regu-latory liberalization might be slightly more effective?

The eruption of federal regula-tions, deficiency of corporate tax reform, indecision of federal law ratifi-cation and disastrous rollout of health care reform have all contributed to one of the greatest wet blankets to business and consumer confidence in America’s history. The most efficient way to escape poverty is to get a job. Yet the unemployment rates have been persis-tently high over the last five years.

In several of his recent speeches, including last week’s State of the

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State of the Union promising for students

Make the poor richer, not the rich poorer

by danny zimny-schmittSenior Reporter

Last Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address in front of Congress and the watchful eyes of Americans across the country. The economy was the focus of the speech, as the unem-ployment rate is still high despite more positive economic numbers in the past year. For students, Obama reaffirmed his stance to make col-lege affordable for any student who has the ambition to go and to hold colleges accountable, by measuring how much debt their students gradu-ate with and whether they can find a job. These commitments show the president cares about making college affordable, which is very comforting to hear as a college student.

Obama mentioned that student loan debt now exceeds credit card

debt in the U.S. He also reassured students he wants to keep the costs of college down while inspiring any student with the ambition to go not to have to let financial situations prevent them. While it is not a new proposal, Obama reminded those students with loans that he wants to cap student loan pay-ments at ten percent of an individual’s income after graduation, with loan forgiveness avail-able if this 10 percent amount is paid for 25 years and there are still outstanding loan bal-ances. This is a truly amazing deal; as long as students work hard after college and give a reasonable amount of their income to pay their loans back, they are guaranteed to be debt free after 25 years of work.

The president also referenced his plan to “grade” colleges in report card like fashion, with their grade determined by each college’s student

“Placing reason-able limits on what is labeled as temporary is not cruel or insensitive. ”

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While the speech was not focused on students’ issues, the parts that did were very encouraging

Union, the President has made a plea to Congress for an extension of unemployment benefits. According to the President, America needs this extension “because it will create jobs, and voting against it does not.” Obama has degraded opposing Republicans by accusing them of “abandoning our fellow Americans” and being “just plain cruel.”

Obviously, our President has for-gotten how unemployment benefits are financed nowadays. Each state is responsible for financing these ben-efits, but because of our enormous debt problem, the states are forced to borrow this money from the federal government. Since these debts have not been repaid, the fed-eral government is then forced to impose payroll tax hikes, which has been the case for the last decade. An introduction to economics class teaches us that higher payroll taxes are never good for job growth and hit the working poor and middle classes the hardest.

However, Republicans are far from creating a feasible solution. The incompetence and partisan gridlock has moved the right wing nowhere. They continue to maintain that spend-ing cuts should be used to fund the

unemployment benefits, but the ambi-guity of their proposal and refusal to compromise has caused the party to fail miserably.

Instead, a solution to both party’s inability to successfully implement a concrete solution to the economic woes of this country should go some-thing like this:

Most people can agree that some form of government assistance can be effective in keeping families out

of poverty, especially when a family member is laid off or moving to a new job. Americans do not want to see a government give a handout, but a hand up.

No Republican is debating whether the government should supply benefits to people in need. The debate is actually in regards to the timeframe of those benefits. The individu-

als receiving those benefits eventually need to seize an opportunity that will allow them to be independent of gov-ernment subsidies. Placing reasonable limits on what is labeled as temporary is not cruel, cheap or insensitive.

Let the left worry about how to make the rich poorer; the GOP, on the other hand, should be concerned with how to make the poor richer.

debt load at graduation and the abil-ity of its graduates to find work after school. With this system, students will be better able to pick a school based on their financial situation and

not the glossy brochures colleges love to bombard high school seniors with.

The rollout of the Affordable Care Act, however botched, also offers an important positive piece for stu-dents: The fact that they can now stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26 years old. College students will not have to worry about seeking to buy their own health care plan so long

as they have already been on a plan with their parents.

An upset Obama also criticized Congress for doing next to nothing over the past legislative year and called for them to make this year a “year of action.” He has already taken unilateral action, through an execu-

“Obama made it clear that he cares about making college affordable to students...”

tive order, for the minimum wage to be raised for all federal contractors to $10.10 per hour, up from the federal wage of $7.25 per hour.

Obama called on the states to take action to raise the minimum wage if Congress will not.

Raising the minimum wage is an issue of importance to students, as the difference between making $8.00 per hour for some on-campus jobs and $10.10 per hour would be very significant to many work-study students and other students earning a minimum wage.

While there is no new significant legislation for students to report on (or much prospect for legislation any-time soon), Obama made it clear that he cares about making college afford-able to students and cares about rais-ing the minimum wage for students and low-wage earners alike.

Even with a do-nothing Con-gress, having the commander in chief on the students’ side is something you can comfort yourself with when you are worrying about stacking up your student loans.

President Obama continues to use divisive rhetoric instead of working to fix this problem

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Pioneers rebound from heartache and grind out a much-needed win

by calvin jouardSports Editor

Disappointment turned to delight as the men’s basketball team rebounded from a tough loss last Thursday night to beat the second place team in the Summit League last Satur-day afternoon.

The Pios retain the fourth spot in the Summit League with the win over North Dakota State University, and improve to 11-11, 4-3 in league play.

The weekend did not start out as planned. In the waning moments of the game, a botched in-bounds pass turned into a three for South Dakota State University’s Jordan Dyk-stra, who led the Jackrabbits in the second half, scoring eight points in the final 17 seconds of the game. Down 71-74, the Pios looked to have tied the game in the last seconds of the game on what looked like a three by sophomore guard Bryant Rucker. To the dismay

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“As a competi-tor, you can’t do that. Competi-tors compete. Competitors know that those things happen.”

Joe Scott, Head Coach

gaMe talk

The Clarion sports staff dives into the world of athletics.

Phenomenon of college sports

by sawyer d’argonneContributing Writer

“Man, I really hope that they win a National Championship while I’m still here.”

Since my freshman year, that’s the same thought I’ve been thinking to myself every time I’ve stepped foot into Magness Arena to see a hockey game.

The Pioneers did win back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005, and I have to admit I honestly didn’t take much notice. I didn’t take much notice of many college sports, in fact.

I always enjoyed watching the Frozen Four, the BCS Cham-pionship and March Madness, but without any horse in the race, it was never that big a part of my life. All of that changed the day I first stepped into my freshmen dormi-tory in Centennial Halls; that is the college sports phenomenon.

In the span of a year, I learned what it was to be a DU sports fan. I quickly caught on to all of the hockey chants, devel-oped a healthy hatred toward North Dakota and Colorado Col-lege (CC), and starting bragging to all of my out-of-state friends about how great our lacrosse and ski teams were.

While I love being a DU fan, I still recognize that their is some-thing strange about the nature of a collegiate fan base.

I have never played lacrosse and I have never met anyone on the ski team, yet due only to my association with DU, I find myself ceaselessly rooting for my fellow Pioneers regardless of the sport or opponent.

How is it that just a couple of years ago I had no real inter-est in DU sports, and now I have become a die hard fan? Again, the nature of the phenomenon.

We are introduced to a culture that fosters a living devo-tion to our school. It’s not forced on us, and there are some that reserve only a base relationship with DU sports, but for those of us who embrace the culture, it can be very powerful.

Some of us were born into it, with parents and family members being Pioneers. Most of us, how-ever, are simply a result of our deci-sion to attend DU. Just a couple of years ago, I had both DU and CC on my list of schools. While I made the right choice for me and remain thrilled to be a Pioneer, my life would be very different if I had chosen to attend another school. I would have memorized different chants and hated DU, although I wouldn’t have had as much to brag to my friends about.

In less than three years I have cultivated a level of respect and allegiance to the Pioneers, a level that took a lifetime to develop for some of my other favorite teams. This is the college sports phenom-enon. I love the Broncos, the Nug-gets and the Braves, but I actually get to be a Pioneer.

gusto kubiak|clarionSophomore guard Jalen Love looks to pass the ball during this weekends’s game against South Dakota State. The Pios lost the nailbiting game 73-74.

gusto kubiak|clarionJunior guard Brett Olson brings the ball up court. Olson had 16 points and five assists in the one-point loss to South Dakota State.

of DU fans, Rucker’s toe was on the line, and the Pios fell by one at the buzzer.

Junior guard Brett Olson scored nine of his 16 points in the last three minutes of the game despite the loss. Senior forward Chris Udofia also added a game-high 20 points.

So far this year, DU is 3-5 in games decided by five or fewer points. This includes losses at the hands of Mercer University and St. Joseph’s Uni-versity, along with losses to conference rivals University of South Dakota and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne).

“We can’t fall in the trap of being defined by a one-point loss,” head coach Joe Scott said after Thursday night’s loss. “As a competitor, you can’t do that. Competitors compete. Competitors know that those things happen.”

The Pioneers seemed to respond to Scott’s words, grind-ing out a 67-63 win over North Dakota State (16-6, 5-2 in the Summit League) on Saturday.

The Pios never trailed the visiting Bison and led by

as many as 13 points in the second half, and hung on to win by four, despite not scoring for the last seven minutes, 11 sec-onds of the game.

The team’s solid fundamen-tal play proved to be enough, going 20 for 22 from the charity stripe. DU also held the advantage in points-off-turn-

overs, with 21 points off of 15 turnovers, compared to just 12 points for North Dakota State.

The Pioneers were out-rebounded in both contests over the weekend, first by South Dakota State by a 30-18 margin, and then by North Dakota State by five rebounds.

“We’ve been playing much better, we’ve been looking like

us, we’ve been playing like us,” Scott said, adding “We’ve struggled this year with that element of being an animal and getting the ball, [especially] at those key times, when it’s win-ning time.”

The University of South Dakota heads to Magness next Saturday at 4 p.m. South Dakota is riding a four-game losing streak, but beat the Pioneers in the teams’ previous meeting this season by a 59-54 margin.

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Skiers Sochi-bound

by sawyer d’argonneContributing Writer

Th is weekend, the Pioneer men’s tennis team won games against the Air Force Academy and Brigham Young University to make for a perfect weekend. Aft er going 1-1 in last weekend’s matches against Middle Tennessee State and Ohio State, the Pioneers came back this weekend winning both matches convincingly.

Friday’s game pitted Colo-rado opponents Air Force against DU at the Denver Country Club. Denver won the match 7-0, shut-ting the Falcons out. Th e Pioneers

Pioneering success in the NHLby sawyer d’argonne

Contributing Writer

While Denver hockey play-ers are deep into their season and focused on making a late season run, past Pioneers have recently made a big impact at the next level of the game, both pro-fessionally and internationally.

Perhaps most notable is Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny. Stastny just earned a spot on his second U.S. Olympic hockey team. Stastny also skated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver four years ago. He played in all six games, record-ing one goal and two assists in helping the U.S. bring home a silver medal. International play is nothing new to Stastny, as he has also competed in three Ice Hockey World Championships for the United States.

“It’s always a blessing every time you put the U.S.A. jersey on, and I’ve been fortunate enough to put it on a couple of time now. And every time you can, it just keeps getting better and better,” said current Pioneer Quentin Shore on Stastny’s achievement and his own expe-rience representing the United States at the U18 World Junior Championships.

Stastny is an NHL All-Star, but he played some of his best hockey at DU. He made an immediate impact at Denver, putting up 45 points in just 42 games on his way to WCHA (Western Collegiate Hockey Association) Rookie of the Year. His achievements continued at DU with an NCAA champion-ship in 2005, a selection to the WCHA First All-Star team and a selection to the NCAA Second-Team All American.

Stastny has also made a big impact in the NHL. In his rookie season, he played his way to the NHL All-Rookie Team and broke the record for consecutive games with a point by a rookie. He is top 10 in Avalanche franchise history in goals and assists while being selected for two NHL All-Star Games.

Pioneers Making a Name for Themselves

While Stastny is the biggest Pioneer name in the NHL right now, there are several others in the league still looking to make their mark. Tyler Bozak recently made a loud statement in an

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‘Pioneers currently in the NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins Beau Bennett

Toronto Maple Leafs Tyler Bozak, Joe Colborne

Calgary Flames Chris Butler

Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Carle

New York Islanders Matt Donovan, Rhett Rakhshani

Florida Panthers Drew Shore

Colorado Avalanche Paul Stastny

Ottawa Senators Patrick Wiercioch

Minnesota Wild Jason Zucker

Women’s BasketballRecently: Lost to both South Da-kota State (72-61) and North Dakota State (85-79).What’s next: Away vs. South Dakota on Friday.

Swimming & DivingRecently: Both the men’s and women’s teams out-swam

Utah (163-99, 140-122). The men’s team however lost to Air Force on Saturday.What’s next: Away @ Summit League Championships Wed. Feb. 19.

Women’s TennisRecently: Beat out Princeton 5-2, led by four singles vic-

tories (all decided by tiebreaker).What’s next: Away vs. Utah Thursday & Away vs. BYU Saturday.

Men’s GolfWhat’s next: Away @ Farms Collegiate Invitational Feb. 10-11.

Men’s LacrosseWhat’s next: Away vs. Air Force this Saturday Feb. 8 in season opener.

Fast Break a brief recap of recent DU sports

by sawyer d’argonneContributing Writer

Th e Pioneer ski team con-tinues to succeed on the backs of Olympic athletes Trevor Philp and Sebastian Brigovic. Philp, a Calgary native, will represent Canada in the 2014 Sochi games, while Brigovic will be represent-ing Croatia. Denver has all but run the Rocky Mountain Intercol-legiate Ski Association (RMISA) this year.

Philp and Brigovic are not the only skiers DU has sent to the Olympics. Former Pioneer Leif Kristian will also make the trip to Sochi to compete for Norway. While the whole team is strong as always, Philp and Brigovic have certainly proved a big part of their success.

Denver came in second in the 2014 Pat Miller Invitational, losing to Utah. Since then, how-ever, the RMISA has been all

about the Pioneers. At the 2014 Giant Slalom NCAA Qualifi er, the Pioneers took the top spot in both the men’s and women’s divi-sions. Kristine Gjelsten Haugen took fi rst in the event for Denver with a time of 1:59.64. Meanwhile Philp (1:55.49) and Brigovic (1:56.02) showed why they have been selected to compete for their respective countries, fi nishing fi rst and second in the same event.

Denver backed up their individual performance with a team win at the 2014 Montana State Invitational. Sylvia Nords-kar and Silje Dahl Benum led the women’s 5k team to victory while Mortiz Madlener won the event for the men.

Th is last weekend, the Pioneers won the University of Colorado Invitational, continu-ing their dominance. Denver will head to Red River, NM this weekend to try and further their success this season.

Heading into conference playmoved up to No. 54 in the nation aft er the win.

Th e Pios turned right around Saturday winning a 5-2 match against the No. 49 ranked Brigham Young Cougars. Th ough sophomore Henry Craig (86th ranked player in the nation) and freshman Alex Gasson lost singles matches, both won their doubles matches.

Th e Pioneers are now 3-1 for the season. Th e team will face No. 60 University of Nebraska on Saturday and will travel to the University Nebraska-Omaha on Sunday in their fi rst conference match of the season.

overtime goal to help the Toronto Maple Leafs win the 2014 Winter Classic.

In the biggest game of the regular season, with over 100 thousand fans packed into Michi-gan Stadium, Tyler Bozak scored two goals including the game winner in a shootout against the Detroit Red Wings.

This was the spearhead in his rise to fame certainly, but Bozak has been very productive in his five-season career with Toronto. He is averaging nearly a point a game this season and continues to develop as a player.

“It means a lot you know, it’s just knowing that they came from here and that they’re having a lot of success,” said junior defens-man Josiah Didier. “It makes me want to work just as hard as them to try and get to that level and be as successful as them.”

Denver star Beau Bennett was drafted in the first round by the Pittsburgh Penguins and is currently in his second year with the team. Despite injuries, Bennett was able to skate his way to a starting position in last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. He rewarded the Penguins by scoring in his first ever playoff game.

Matt Carle, who is currently

playing for the Tampa Bay Light-ing has also seen success in his nine year career. After winning the highly prestigious Hobey Baker Award for best collegiate hockey player in the nation, the defender went on to be drafted in the second round by the San Jose Sharks to a maximum entry level contract. Carle proved his worth with his selection to the NHL All-Rookie Team.

“When I see them do that kind of thing [succeed in the NHL] it makes me proud. That’s something our guys can do someday,” said freshman for-ward Trevor Moore of DU. “It’s exciting to see that someday in the future it could be us.”

These are just a few of the many Pioneers who have found recent success at the next level, although there will likely be many more in the future.

Current Prospects

There are always future and potential NHL stars skating through Magness Arena on their way to bigger and better achieve-ments. On the current 21-man-roster, seven players have already been drafted by NHL franchises, with several others who are now draft eligible. For some, this may be their last season at DU, while others will choose to continue their college careers.

Didier, who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 2011, says that he is not yet thinking about his future.

“It’s a pretty cool experi-ence [being drafted], but you know I’m here right now and I’m just trying to get better every single day to work on winning a national championship here. Then hopefully taking the next step,” said Didier.

The good news for Pioneer fans is that there are currently 12 freshmen and sophomores on the team, who will likely hang around for a while longer. This includes sophomore Quentin Shore who was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2013. He called being drafted a “great experience.”

When they do leave, how-ever, they will still represent the University of Denver at the next level.

“Growing up watching the Pioneers and then finally being able to be a Pioneer, and then being able to represent them. That would be pretty cool,” Didier said.