News SportsOpinionsEntertainmentLifestylesNEWLY-ELECTED USG LEADERSHIPAre Hickert and Davidson focusing enough on the details?Pg. 12

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WHAT’S INSIDE:

CHANCELLOR’S IN-AUGURATION

THE GRIND: FAT SHACKThis haven of fried food isn’t for everyone; read more in this week’s Grind.Pg. 5

FUN FACTS ABOUT MILKY CHANCEFind out more about this year’s artist for DUPB’s May Days MusicFest.Pg. 8

April 29, 2015

University of Denver student newspaper since 1899

www.duclarion.comVol. 122, Issue 13

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On April 24 at about 2 p.m., Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson were announced as the USG President and Vice President for the 2015-2016 school year.

All of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) presidential candidates cam-paigned from April 19 to April 24. Additionally, the candidates gathered in the Driscoll Ball-room for a debate on April 22. Roughly 70 people showed up for the interactive debate, which lasted about an hour. Attendees were given paper to write their own questions throughout the debate for the candidates. They were also encouraged to tap on their chair to show support ideas presented by the candidates.

Topics covered during the

John PoeNews Editor

debate included, what is work-ing and what is not working in USG, sexual assault awareness, inclusive excellence at DU, what the candidates would bring to the table in terms of experience, how the candidates would fulfill their promises and to wrap it all up, each candidate was asked what song was stuck in their head at the time.

After the long week, Hickert and Davidson are thrilled about being elected.

“I could not be more excited right now,” said Davidson in a message sent to The Clarion. “I first asked Cam about the idea of running together almost a year ago, and then it seemed like such a distant and even far-fetched idea to us both. This election was incredible and something I will never forget.”

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CAM HICKERT AND JESS DAVIDSONCam Hickert and Jess Davidson pose outside of Mary Reed Hall for their 2015 USG campaign photos.

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Both Hickert and Davidson were also pleased with the overall experience this election offered.

“We ran against some of the best that DU has to offer and having been part of such a competitive, fun race made this week far more memorable and pushed us to work harder,” said Hickert and Davidson in another message. “Nick, Osa, Cam, Tara,

Carter and Mansfield are all amazing and I feel so lucky to have run against them. For us personally, this week was a really great way to meet tons of new Pioneers and hear what a lot of people are hoping to see next year.”

While now is a time for celebration, the two elects hope to utilize the remainder of this year to learn as much as possible from the current senate so they can start their

hard work on the right foot next year.

“Our first priority is to soak up as much knowl-edge as we can from this year’s Senate, and, after each meeting, be comparing our action items for the year with what we’re learning from them,” said Hickert and Davidson in their mes-sage. “The USG transitions period is a really valuable one that sets the tone for the upcoming year and we plan to give it undivided atten-tion. Because restructuring USG was one of our main goals, that will be in the forefront of our work this Spring. We’ll also be meet-ing with athletics and other facets of administration to get timelines on what we need to be doing to accom-plish our goals for next year.”

Hickert and Davidson have many plans to ensure

Cam Hickert and Jess Davidson win USG presidencythey can easily be contacted by the student body throughout this transi-tion, and in the future.

“We would first and foremost like every Pioneer to know that they can contact us at any time. We will make

our contact infor-mation public, and you can always find us on Facebook as well, or just say hi if you see us on campus,” said Hick-ert and Davidson in their message.

“We plan to be as accessible as possible, and next year we will be starting a tradition called ‘Coffee with Cam and Jess’ where students can join us for a cup of

coffee to talk about what they want to see from USG. We hope to have a few sessions of that this spring so we can work with that information over the summer. Please reach out to us at any time. We would love to hear from you about how we can better DU,” they said.

“Our partnership is one based on years of trust and friendship, and we plan to run this next year like a true team,” said Hickert and Davidson in their message. “We both take our responsibility for next year extremely seriously, and are dedicated to doing right by the Pioneers who elected us. Thank you for entrusting us with this leadership for next year. We look for-ward to working with you all.”

More information about USG can be found on their website.

With a growing applicant pool, DU’s Pioneer Leadership Program (PLP) is set to accept 22 additional applicants from the freshman class starting next fall.

The incoming freshman PLP class will increase from 66 stu-dents to 88 students.

An email announcement from March 10 cited an increase in qualified applicants over the past two years as the reason for program expansion. There have been over 450 prospective stu-dents who have applied in the last two years.

“Fundamentally, we believe that all students can grow and develop as leaders, so it’s exciting to provide more students with the opportunity to learn through this leadership studies program,” said Executive Director Linda Olson.

Johnson-McFarlane Hall will continue to house PLP first years in a Living Learning Community (LLC)

environment. Forty four students will live on the first floor while the other half will live on the second floor of the McFarlane wing of the dorm. There will be an additional LLCs housed on each floor along with PLP.

“Although it is gonna be different, it’s exciting to be able to get involved

in whole LLC community,” said sopho-more Emily Wolverton, a Biology major from Mon-trose, Colo-rado. Wolver-ton serves on the Scholar’s Board along with a handful of other PLP students from each class.

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regarding the new shared floor between PLP and two other LLCs.

“Before, PLP was its own thing. I think that this will help us be more socially engaged with the entire LLC community,” Wolverton added.

Calvin JouardStaff Writer

Chancellor’s Inauguration movedJohn PoeNews Editor

PLP set to accept more students

On April 2, DU sent out an email to the student body concerning Chan-cellor Chopp’s Inauguration. The email explained that the original date for the inauguration was set for May 15, but due to speakers not being avail-able at that time, the Chancellor’s I n a u g u r a t i o n C o m m i t t e e decided to post-pone the inau-guration until September or early October.

The date has now been determined, and the Chancellor’s Inauguration will take place on Sept. 18.

“As the com-mittee began to talk about the program, we realized that we needed more time to coordinate schedules and develop the day’s events,” said Kevin Carroll, Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communi-cations and Co-Chair of the Chancellor’s Inauguration Committee.

“An inauguration, which is a formal ceremony to mark the beginning of a chancellor’s term of office, can take many forms,” said Carroll. “Our Chan-cellor’s Inauguration, to include the entire University community, will be a celebration of the role public and pri-vate higher education plays in making Colorado a great place to live and work.”

According to Car-roll, because the event is still being finalized, details are not yet avail-able. Event information will be shared with the public once the planning is complete.

“We welcome and encourage student par-ticipation in the Inau-guration planning,” said Carroll. “This is going to be a campus-wide and inclusive event.”

The Chancellor’s Inauguration Committee plans to create the inau-guration surrounding the

Imagine DU process.“The Inauguration will be one of

many opportunities in the fall for the community to both celebrate where we’ve been and imagine where we can potentially go together as an institu-tion,” said Carroll.

image courtesy of du.eduDU’s Pioneer Leadership Program plans to accept 22 additional students from the freshman class next year.

photo courtesy of magazine.du.eduChancellor Chopp’s Inauguration will take place on Sept. 18.

Other Elects:Sophomore Senators: Julia

Arnett and Margaret (Margaux)

Bole

Junior Senators: Tess

Greenwald and Rory Moore

Senior Senators: Jack Arrix and

Nicolette Smith

AHUM Senator: Tim Longfield

Daniels Senators: Mitch Ritz

and Cory Hott

Hospitality Management

Senator: Re’ahna Ray

International Studies Senator:

Aaron Hinds

Natural Science and Math

Senator: Kaela Martins

Performing Arts Senator: Scott

Ullman

Engineering and Computer

Science Senator: Hannah

Bettinger

Social Sciences Senator: Jillian

Martinez

On-Campus Senators: Eli

Friedland and Alejandro Garcia

Off-Campus Senators: Zane

Sanchez and Julia Richards

“Our partnership is on based on years of trust and friendship, and we plan to run this next year like a true team.”

Cam Hickert and Jess David-son, USG President and Vice President

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Money Smart Week, which consisted of a series of information sessions designed to help students gain financial literacy and general knowledge, took place from April 21 to 24. Although Money Smart Week has been occurring nationally since 2002, this was the second time it occurred at DU, according to the event’s organizer Esther Gil, Associ-ate Professor and Business and Eco-nomics Reference Librarian.

According to Money Smart Week’s website, the event was “created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi-cago in 2002, [and] is a public aware-ness campaign designed to help con-sumers better manage their personal finances. This is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds of organizations across the country.”

Gil worked with many groups on campus to bring Money Smart Week to fruition.

“It’s a collaborative effort, I have

people on the Money Smart Week committee from Daniels, from the Bursar’s office, from career services, and several students,” said Gill.

The first session was titled “Eat Well on a Budget,” which was presented by Mandy Sigmund, the DU Wellness Program Manager. More information on this information session can be found in the Clarion’s lifestyle section this week. Later that day, another ses-sion was presented titled “Establishing Personal Wealth and Investing,” pre-sented by Matt Thibodeau, a North-western Mutual representative.

The first information session on April 22 was titled “Opening a Small Business: Insights from the Owner of a Local Craft Brewery,” which was presented by Paul Webster, owner of The Brew on Broadway (The BoB). According to Webster, opening his own business was the hardest thing he’s ever done.

“You’ve got to fight. You’ve got to fight for what you do because there’s nobody else that will fight like you will,” said Webster.

Even considering the difficulty of

image couresy of ala.orgThe national Money Smart Week logo. The event takes place nationally.

DU hosts second annual money smart weekBrian BowenContributing Writer

opening his own business, Webster men-tioned that the experience was worth it and he would certainly do it again.

“It’s a new education in market-ing. [Opening a small business] uti-lizes everything you learned in college and then everything you learned in life,” said Webster.

Another information session on April 22, “A Foundation for Financial Freedom,” was presented by Jonathan Lopez, Financial advisor and author of “Foundational Financial Security.”

“Negotiate Your Salary Like a Pro,” was held on April 23 and presented by Rebecca Damas, an academic advisor in DU’s Career Center.

The first five information sessions took place in the third floor loft of the library, but the last session on Friday was held in the International House. The final session was titled “Understand

the U.S. Banking System,” which was presented by Selena Spenard, branch manager of DU’s U.S. Bank branch.

According to Gil, the Money Smart Week committee identified topics that would be useful informa-

tion sessions based on input from students who have come into the Anderson Academic Commons with questions that relate to finances.

“Money Smart Week is a way of introducing financial literacy to the University Community,” said Gill.

Ryan Marshall, a sport and perfor-mance psychology graduate student from Oregon, found the information sessions useful especially because he is about to finish up his program.

“I think it [the Negotiate Your Salary Like a Pro session] was super relevant because, at the position I’m applying for, you have to negotiate a salary, and, if you’re good at it you can really negotiate your way up,” said Marshall. “The other couple sessions that I’ve been to have been useful, life situation stuff that will be good when I finally graduate.”

Other students like Marshall who might find greater financial literacy useful can look forward to next year’s annual Money Smart Week or reach out to the organizers for a couple of personal tips.

photo courtesy of du.eduThe photo above depicts the sign of The Brew on Broadway, the small business brewery that Paul Webster opened and spoke about during Money Smart Week.

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On April 21, the Center for Multi-cultural Excellence (CME) partnered with the Media, Film and Journalism Studies department in their quarterly Flick and Feed/Back movie discus-sion over the documentary, “If These Halls Could Talk.” The event took place in Sturm’s Lindsey Auditorium. The movie centers around the issues of diversity and white privilege in the United States and how this affects dif-ferent minority groups as well as the majority Caucasian group.

The evening started with a dinner catered by Noodles & Co. and a short PowerPoint slideshow as an introduction to the movie and some rules for discussion. Some of these rules included protecting speakers’ anonymity by not letting specific com-ments leave the room, and taking all comments with an attitude of open-mindedness and a willingness to learn.

The hosts and co-facilitators, Margie Thompson of the Media Film and Journalism Studies department, Nick Ota-Wang of the Admissions department and the Graduate School of Social Work and Debbie Mixon Mitchell of the CME introduced them-selves. Soon the movie was underway.

While only about 40 minutes of the hour-and-a-half long movie were played, it clearly affected the audience. The documentary follows the discus-sions of a group of people of different ethnicities, races, sexual orientations and sexes and genders as they grapple with their roles in society.

After the movie, a group discus-sion began with the co-facilitators

‘If These Halls Could Talk’ movie screening

talking about their reactions and con-tinued with a conversation includ-ing the audience. Then each person wrote their reactions and shared with people around them in a group breakout. The discussion revolved around topics such as the existence of systematic and institutionalized racism in American society and how many minority groups are forced to conform to American culture and feel a sense of split identity between trying to hold on to their own culture and assimilate to this one.

The purpose of the conversation and movie was to raise awareness on the issues of white privilege and understand how to educate ourselves on diversity. The group discussed the idea of empathy and how, even though

not all of us have been discriminated against for our race or ethnicity, we have all been “Othered.” “Othering” is an action which an individual or group becomes classified to someone as “not one of us.” Feeling this con-nection and empathy for minority groups can lead to opportunities to challenge situations of racism and call it out when it does occur, accord-ing to the presentation.

Overall, participants in the conversation and movie spoke out about the fact that to end systemized racism, every person in society needs to make an effort to instigate a change through education and communica-

On Tuesday, April 21, DU hosted a presentation called “Eating Well on a Budget” as a part of its “Money Smart Week” initiative. The talk went from 12 to 2 p.m. and was held in the Loft of the Anderson Academic Commons. Hosting the presentation was Mandy Sigmund, DU’s Wellness Program Manager, who brought with her over 10 years of experience in the wellness industry.

There are three general rules to follow when trying to eat healthy on a budget, according to Sigmund: plan ahead, shop smart and cut cor-

Easy and convenient ways to eat well on a budget ners without losing nutritional value. Here are her suggestions for sticking to all three.

Plan aheadSigmund suggests planning out

meals before you go shopping, using a grocery app if this makes planning easier, such as AnyList, Grocery IQ and Wunderlust. This will allow you to have an idea of how much food you will need for the week and what ingredients you will need to buy, rather than shopping blindly, spend-ing more money and picking up easier foods that are more likely to be less nutritious. It’s also smart to choose recipes with similar ingredients each week, as you can buy ingredients in

bulk and use them week-to-week. She also recommends planning

out snacks and lunches that you can take to work or school, allowing you to resist the temptation of unhealthy and expensive snacks from vending machines and other convenience-based food suppliers.

Sigmund says that using a week-end or day off to cook for the week will save time during busy work and school days in terms of preparing food. Cooking extra servings of meals you do make during the week is also a smart idea, as they can be eaten as leftovers later in the week.

Shop smartSigmund recommends checking

specials and sales before heading to the store, as well as shopping with a friend so that both people can buy in bulk together and make the purchase less expensive individually. However, she cautions against easy, packaged meals and pre-made foods (salad bars, delis) as they are often expensive as well as high in sodium. Buying sea-sonal produce, often cheaper and of better quality than that out of season, is another of Sigmund’s recommenda-tions for the grocery store.

Joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) will give you great deals on local produce as well as allowing you to support local agricul-ture, according to Sigmund. Farmers markets, or even growing your own food in a community garden, will also give you the opportunity to get fresh produce at a discounted rate.

Sigmund also suggests not eating out as often, but to do so only once

every few weeks as a treat, as it can be very expensive and often not very health-conscious.

Cut corners without losing nutrition Sigmund recommends buying

frozen produce, which can be kept for longer than fresh, for staple fruits and veggies. If you can’t afford to buy all organic, she also recommended stray-ing from the “Dirty Dozen,” a yearly list of produce most affected by pes-ticides, and buying organic of those specific fruits and vegetables.

tion. It is a challenge to think more and act more, but by doing so we can make a change.

The Flick and Feed/Back movie discussion was hosted by CME, which has shown movies in the past like “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Slumdog Mil-lionaire” and “Gran Torino.” Students can contact CME or any of the co-facilitators of this week’s discussion with questions about either the movie series or the topic of diversity.

Another Flick and Feed/Back movie night will be hosted by CME in the fall. Students with suggestions about what movie they would like to see can contact them at igr@du.edu.

Courtney LusterAssistant Lifestyles Editor

Kellsie BrannenLifestyles Editor

courtney luster | clarion(From left to right) Debbie Mixon-Mitchell, Nick Ota-Wang and Margie Thompson co-facilitate the group discussion following the movie screening.

photo courtesy of herry lawford

There are many different ways of preparing vegetables to keep your diet healthy.

photo courtesy of stirfry seminars and consulting“If These Halls Could Talk” centered around conversations about diversity.

photo courtesy of flickr user michael sternBuying vegetables in bulk with a friend is an easy way to save money and eat healthier.

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The Grind: Fat Shack

Fat Shack Denver is the brain-child of Tom Armenti, who opened the first Fat Shack in 2010 in Ewing, New Jersey just after he graduated college. The fact that this establish-ment was created by a guy straight out of his university days is not sur-prising, as the menu consists of food that sounds like someone pulled random fast food out of his fridge and threw it all together between some bread.

Take, for example, the staple that I sampled, the Fat Bronco ($8.65-12.50 depending on size, there are 8” and 12” options), which is made of chicken fingers, french fries, mozzarella sticks and mari-nara. Another popular option is the Fat Doobie ($8.65-$12.50 for 8” and 12”, respectively), which consists of chicken fingers, french fries, onion rings, mozzarella sticks and honey mustard. The Fat Pioneer ($8.65-$12.50 for 8” and 12”, respectively), named for Fat Shack’s newest Denver edition, which opened in early 2015, has mac and cheese, cheese steak, french fries and BBQ sauce.

I have a feeling that this place may be polarizing. Some who read the previous paragraph are prob-

ably disgusted that such food was ever concocted in the mind of man, others are probably thinking about driving down to Fat Shack right now.

I also have a feeling that Fat Shack, being open until 4 a.m., is probably anticipating an intoxicated clientele, which I am sure would improve the experience of this haven of salt, fat and guilt. Strategi-cally placed between two popular bars near campus (Merchant’s Mile High Saloon, also known as “The Border,” and the Crimson and Gold Tavern), it certainly would be a nice place to sit down and grab some food on your way home.

The restaurant itself is small and inviting, staffed by pleasant individuals who were very helpful and polite. The food, however, was not so agreeable. At first bite, the Fat Bronco was actually pretty good in a guilty pleasure sort of way—the ingredients stacked so that each individual flavor was highlighted. However, after the first few bites, the flavors melded together and began to taste like chewing on a fried salt lick that was also very stale. I can’t say that I enjoyed it very much at all.

Fat Shack, however, does sell all of these ingredients separately as appetizers. French fries ($1.99-

The Clarion staff reviews bars, restaurants and coffee houses, attempting cultural mutiny on

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3.0 / 5.0 beans Looking for a fun, out-door event to partake in downtown this spring? Look no further than The Big Won-derful, a simple and fantastic weekly festival that’s chock-full of activities at 26th and Lawrence (2500 Lawrence St.) in a Curtis Park.

Every Saturday from noon to 7:30 p.m., countless hay bales are laid out across a 3-acre space to offer Denver-ites a country-esque escape. But it’s about more than just hanging out on hay bales—numerous food trucks park themselves on site alongside various other food vendors, small businesses sell a pleth-ora of Coloradan products, a craft beer garden sets up with various lawn games and live music from local talent tops it all off.

Sounds pretty awesome, right? It is. And what’s the most awesome of all is that admission is free. Just bring a good attitude, a pair of worn out jeans and a big appetite.

The Big Wonderful is a well-rounded event that helps both the common city-goer as well as aspiring business owners. The event is best summed up by the

site’s self-description: “An outdoor sustainable market that blends food, flea and entertainment... This is built for the whole family, but cool enough for everyone. With a smorgasbord of vendors, this event is a catalyst for small business and a unique shop-ping experience for all.”

The Big Wonderful is ready to come back swinging on May 2 after a long hiatus over the winter, and you’re going to want to be there. Checkout the details at the-bigwonderful.com.

Connor W. DavisEditor-in-Chief

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photo courtesy of thomas hannaPeople enjoying the many events that comprise “The Big Wonderful.”

$3.75 for small and large, respec-tively), cheese fries ($5.95), mozza-rella sticks ($6.47), chicken fingers ($7.55), onion rings ($6.47) and more are all offered as standalones. The shop also offers buffalo wings ($6.47 for six, $12.41 for 12 and $18.35 for 18) and fingers ($8.63 for six, $16.73 for 12 and $24.29 for 18), as well as burgers ($6.96 for a single, $9.71 for a double), making it a true haven of everything fried that people crave late at night.

Their dessert menu is quite creative. Deep fried Oreos ($3.99 for 3 and $5.49 for 5), chocolate chip cookies ($3.99 for 3 and $5.39 for 5), Twinkies ($2 for one and $4.96 for 3), funnel cake bites ($5.39) and more fried treats are all offered, in case you didn’t have diabetes by the end of your sandwich. Milkshakes ($4.85) are also on the menu.

The bottom line about Fat Shack is that, unless you’re intoxicated or just really love fried, salty foods, I wouldn’t recommend a trip there. That being said, heading over when a craving for appetizers or creative desserts takes hold would prob-ably really hit the spot.

A full menu and more infor-mation can be found at FatShack.com, and you can order online for delivery at MileHighMenus.com.

julie gunderson | clarionThe exterior of Fat Shack.

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With the end of spring quarter quickly approaching, many students are making the jump from living in dorms to moving off-campus, or finding a new place to live for the summer and upcoming year. The process of househu-nting can become a little overwhelming, especially because rent prices around DU are often sky-high and still increas-ing. Here are a few tips and tricks to help guide you in your search.

Start looking now, but be pre-pared to wait until the last second. Some places you can pre-lease up to three months in advance, but many others don’t know their availability until a month out. Keep your eye out to know what’s available, but don’t panic if you don’t find anything right away.

Don’t rent the very first place you like. Get a feel for what’s available in your price range and look at three to five places before you make a deci-sion. Use the strategy of thinking on it over the weekend. If by Monday you’ve forgotten about it, you probably didn’t love it. If you’re thinking about it all weekend, it might be meant to be.

That being said, if you like some-thing, jump on it. The housing market in Denver is crazy right now; according to an article in 5280, “Last summer, the inventory of homes for sale in the Denver area hit an all-time low—about 6,400 homes on the market in June 2013 (equilibrium is usually some-thing closer to 17,000). The imbalance caused, at times, a frantic market that significantly favored sellers. Owners would list their homes and immediately receive multiple cash offers higher than the asking price. Buyers tried anything to gain an edge.”

That is to say, if something meets all the criteria on your list and doesn’t break the bank, make it happen—or someone else looking at that house will.

Decide what is a deal-breaker for you and what isn’t. Some people don’t mind living farther from campus and some people need to be right across the street. Some enjoy riding bikes to campus and being far enough away not to be surrounded by other students all the time. Other people need to be close because of various commitments.

Parking is a huge factor for people who have cars. Parking near DU is lim-ited at best and finding out the parking situation for an apartment or house is essential. If you have to park on the street, you’ll need to deal with the first-come first-serve aspect of it and know that you need to get a permit. If

Tips and tricks for finding your new homeyou can snag a place with free parking, that’s best. A lot of places charge you monthly for a parking space. But if it’s on-street, try to find somewhere that doesn’t have one or two hour limits. You can get a permit, but when your friends and family come over, you don’t want them moving their cars all the time to avoid tickets.

Know what is included in rent. An $800 per month rent for a one-bedroom might seem ideal, but does that include utilities? Gas, electric, cable, Wifi, water and trash can push that price tag up at least $100. Wifi is something that a lot of realtors won’t mention unless you ask. Apartments generally have most utilities included, but often houses do not. For this reason, apartments are almost always a cheaper and safer bet.

Know what you’re getting into when you get an apartment in one of the popular complexes like Asbury Green, Vista or Observa-tory Park. They are catered com-pletely to DU students and have some great perks like being very close to campus, having gyms and sometimes giving away free food and prizes. They also come with the factor of living in a pseudo-dorm style apartment complex, complete with study rooms. While these are all positives, the apart-ments and duplexes on the other side of campus by the Mass Communica-tions building and Olin are cheaper and have more green space around them, instead of being surrounded by Evans on one side and University on the other.

When signing a lease, don’t lie about anything. If you’re planning on being loud and throwing parties, say so. If you don’t tell your landlord now, your neighbors will find out eventually and then you will have to deal with not only the landlord and your angry neighbors, but probably the police as well. This goes for things like pets, too. If the lease you’re signing doesn’t allow them and you have one (or multiple), don’t sign it.

Know the leasing companies that work near campus and get on their email lists. Cornerstone, Pinnacle and FourStar are three of the major companies with many complexes in the DU area. They are easy to contact and get set up on an email list so that you are updated when homes become available. Just walking or driving around and look-ing at places with “For Rent” signs is really helpful, as well. Even if you find a building without a “For Rent” sign that you like, it’s always worth looking it up online and calling the landlord to see if there will be any openings in the near future.

Other sites such as Walkscore, Zillow and Trulia are great tools. Each website allows you to enter your search criteria such as location, number of bedrooms and rent price range and they will search for you. All three also have an email function where they will send you lists of what is available in your search criteria.

Finally, don’t be intimidated by the process and options. Denver is an up-and-coming place to live right now; that is why so many people want to move here. There are particularly a lot of great positive aspects to living near the DU area and lots of great options for a place to make your new home. While the pro-cess can be overwhelming sometimes, a new place to live is fun and exciting, and, when you find the perfect place, you will know.

Courtney Luster and Connor W. DavisClarion Staff

courtney luster | clarionPinnacle is one of the popular leasing companies that owns a lot of properties near campus and works with many DU students. These properties are just off campus, on Gaylord Street.

courtney luster | clarionCraigslist, Walkscore, Trulia and Zillow have a plethora of options for housing with just a little searching.

courtney luster | clarionAsbury Green is a convenient housing option for DU students but comes with a dorm-style atmosphere.

courtney luster | clarionThere are a lot of apartments, condos and houses just a few blocks off campus for rent.

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A weekly examination of the finer points of Denver art culture.

Miley meets Abraham Lincoln

The American_tierWhere: Goodwin Fine Art Gallery1255 Delaware StreetDenver, CO 80204When: April 17- May 30Cost: Free

We Millennials were born into a world already dialed into text messaging and digital com-munication, making it impossible to imagine a time when such tech-nology didn’t exist. Artist Shawn Huckins puts this idea into per-spective when he asks: “If Lewis & Clark could comment today, would they click the ‘like’ button, or post ‘wtf?’ and then go check their Miley Cyrus tweet?”

In his series The American_tier, Huckins recreates historical 18th Century paintings, such as a black-and-white portrait of Abra-ham Lincoln, to reflect modernity. His acrylic paintings are so accu-

rate, in fact, that they could be mistaken for the originals—except for one minor detail. Each tradi-tional painting is covered in text messaging lingo and social media acronyms that we, as college stu-dents, use on a regular basis.

Abraham Lincoln’s face, for example, is covered in huge white letters that spell out the word “whatever.” Huckins’ remake of a 1850s painting, “Fishing On The Mississippi” has the phrase, “CUZ DEY BROKE, BUT ALWYS HV $$$ 4 WHISKY,” written on it. His rendition of the 18th Century painting “The Checker Players” has “#omfg” in bold over the players’ faces.

Undoubtedly, a transition from paper to online platforms has changed the way we verbal-ize our thoughts. Huckins opens an interesting debate when he says in his personal statement, “...does how we communicate govern the value of what we communicate? The physi-cal act of typing very fast on

small devices has undeniably impacted spelling, grammar and punctuation, encouraging a degree of illiteracy that has become the new social norm.”

We substitute full sentences with numbers and symbols in exchange for faster commu-nication, often mutilating the English language past the point of verbal comprehension.

However, Huckins also rea-sons that, “these additions do not signify the death of the English language, but rather as a growing and evolving method of commu-nication, which changes, as does our world.”

To say times have changed is a bit of an understatement, and to say that all millennials talk in this manner is a gener-alization, but picturing colo-nial figures speaking with the same jargon used today is both hilarious and hard to imagine.

To see for yourself, visit Goodwin Fine Art Gallery for more on Shawn Huckins’s art.

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‘Adaline’ glides through the decades

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Blake Lively (far right) stars as Adaline, a seemingly immortal woman trying to navigate the modern world, in the new romantic drama “Age of Adaline.” Harrison Ford (far left) co-stars in the movie.

“Age of Adaline,” a time-defying romance that hit theaters April 24, opens to a birds-eye view of Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively, “Savages”)traversing present-day San Francisco, carefully acquiring a fake driver’s license identifying her as 29-year-old Jennifer Larson.

Audiences watch this kind but guarded woman go about her day fol-lowing her illegal activity, shutting her door with close to half a dozen locks and entering an apartment to her King Charles Spaniel, the closest thing she allows herself to a significant other. Lively captivates viewers right away with her subtle entrancing aloofness.

As she watches a vintage early-20th-century newsreel for her library job, her backstory swiftly comes into focus through a series of flashbacks. Born in 1908, Adaline was a remarkably beautiful yet ordinary woman of her time who married a handsome young engineer and gave birth to a daughter, Flemming (Cate Richardson, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”).

Not long after her husband’s untimely death, though, a grief-stricken Adaline crashed her car into a freezing cold river on an uncharac-teristically snowy California night. Thankfully she’s rescued by a chance bolt of lightning that not only jump-starts her heart, but also permanently stops her aging process, rendering her, as spoken by narrator Hugh Ross (“Nightbreed”), “immune to the rav-ages of time.”

Ross injects a welcome measure of humor by noting that the exact thermonuclear law in question will not be discovered until the year 2035—thereby establishing scientific accuracy as a clearly moot point for the film.

In acknowledging the absurdity of the premise forthright, the movie is granted the license to execute what follows with a surprising caliber of emotional mastery. Audiences become enamored as Adaline real-

The DU Programming Board recently announced that Milky Chance will be playing MusicFest at this year’s May Days. The band plays May 16 at 7:30 p.m. on Carnegie Green, in rain or shine. Tickets are for sale on the DUPB website for $15 and are only available for stu-dents. To get you ready for the concert, here are ten facts that you might not have known about Milky Chance.

10. They are a German folk duo made up of Clemens Rehbein (vocals and instruments) and Phillipp Dausch (production and DJ).

9. Rehbien and Dausch have been playing together since high school in Kassel, Germany, originally as a jazz trio until their drummer left. Rehbein and Dausch continued to play together, but took the music in a different direction.

8. They recorded their first album, “Sadnecessary,” in Rehbien’s childhood home in 2013 after playing only two live shows together.

7. “Stolen Dance,” their first single, took them three years to write.

6. They were nominated for the award “Best German Act” at the 2014 MTV European Music Awards.

5. Their song “Down by the River” appears in the video game FIFA 15.

4. Rehbein has said that he pre-fers to write songs in English and hasn’t considered writing in his native German because German is such a “rough sounding language.”

3. Rehbein came up with the band name Milky Chance when he was younger, but the band has admitted that Milky Chance is not the best name.

2. Milky Chance added Antonio Greger to the band in 2015 for help with extra instrumentals.

1. Both Rehbien and Dausch are only 21 years old.

izes that her condition has condemned her to a lonely and nomadic life. She begins fostering suspicion around her 45th birthday when she’s pulled over and the seemingly 20-something hands over the identification for a woman twice her apparent age. Unable to share the truth with anyone except Flemming, who soon visibly surpasses her in age and is eventually played by an exquisite Ellen Burstyn (“Interstel-lar”), Adaline moves and switches identities often, spending the major-ity of her private eternity reading and mastering new languages.

Sadly cognizant that she will never grow old with a lover, Adaline abstains from romantic relationships until a momentous New Year’s Eve Party where she meets the charming Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman, “Wild”). He pursues her with such fervent verac-ity that she can’t help but reciprocate. No sooner does she choose to pursue her feelings, however, than the film drops a shocking twist that imme-diately causes her to doubt her deci-sion. This brazen shock, which might have thrown off a less-devoted film, somehow allows for a more engross-ing experience that captures a joint epiphany as all involved attempt to understand such an absurd situation.

Those characters include Ellis’ mother (Kathy Baker, “Saving Mr. Banks”) and father, (Harrison Ford, “The Expendables 3”), who add something crucial to the emotional effect; Ford, in particular, does some of his finest acting in a long time, taking advantage of a few poignantly written scenes to portray the emotional significance of an old man experiencing both great joy and immense regret.

Ellis’ father is an astronomer by trade, accentuating the movie’s continual strain to direct audience’s attention heavenward, attempting to lend a cosmic dimension to the story. This is especially noticeable in the final voiceover which incorporates some senseless comet imagery with a pre-dictable climax that brings this softly memorable movie to a far more tactless end than it’s entitled to.

“The Age of Adaline” serves as a perfect medium for Lively’s expressive yet underplayed performance—the sort of quietly commanding star turn that can transform a story. She persuasively pulls off the inward and outward incongruity of literally being an old soul in a young body. Most of all, though, this film offers a soothing reminder that one of life’s greatest chagrins—that we never have as much time as we would like—might in fact be its utmost mercy.

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Milky Chance’s first album, “Sadnecessary.”

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Every once in a while, a new book hits the shelves and all of a sudden becomes a notable sensation. Readers start to wonder why and how the book has become an immediate success, so they read and they talk. Word about the book passes through the public like a train, rushing through readers who whiz through the pages and slow-ing down at the station for discussion, before taking off again towards the next stop. It seems appropriate that the latest sensation is the thriller “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins.

Rachel is a passenger on the train that makes its way from Ashbury to London in the morning, and from London back to Ashbury in the eve-ning. She can see into the backyards of a string of houses along the railway and her favorite backyard is that of people she’s named Jess and Jason. The couple is young, in love and perfectly happy with everything in their life, just as Rachel used to be in years prior. Now, she’s depressed, unemployed and struggling with alcoholism.

This fantasy life comes crashing down on the morning Rachel sees something shocking in the momentary pause of the train. She involves herself in the actual world of the couple, Megan and Scott, who happen to live only a few doors down from Rachel’s cheating ex-husband Tom, his new wife Anna and

their baby Evie. To make matters worse, Megan suddenly disappears and Rachel may be the one person who knows what happened, if only a large part of that night wasn’t blacked out and full of flashes that don’t make sense.

Hawkins has produced an intrigu-ing story that keeps readers on their toes, thanks to the variation in nar-ration. The point of view is altered, constantly switching between the per-spectives of Rachel, Megan and Anna. This alteration forces the reader to pay attention to who is speaking in order to understand where certain puzzle pieces are coming from, but there is little difference between the voices of these three separate characters. Each woman has her own background and story, but more often than not their narrations tend to blend together because the women sound so similar.

Though they each have their own issues, their personalities seem some-what the same. If a reader doesn’t pay attention to the specifically noted character switches, it would be easy to get lost and confused.

Strangely, some of the ideas in the novel that seem to be weaknesses are also sources of strength. For example, the novel is constructed by inclusions of the specific day and the name of the narrator for the section that follows. Each narra-tor breaks the day into ‘morning’ and ‘evening’. This structure carries the idea of the systemic regularity of the train that Rachel rides every morning and evening, creating an interesting and unique paral-lel through which to tell the mystery.

Silent film fest a blast from the pastFrom April 24 through 26, DU host-

ed the Fourth Denver Silent Film Festival in Davis Auditorium. Over the course of the weekend, 18 silent films with release dates ranging from 1912 to 1927 were shown, accompanied by live music.

These films were presented in prop-er old-school fashion—a reel projector was set up among the auditorium seats, creating a nostalgic whirring sound throughout the films. This raw set-up combined with the live scores gave a life and intimacy to the films that is often lost in modern movies.

The festival began Friday night with a showing of Raoul Walsh’s “The Thief of Bagdad,” a 1924 film loosely adapted from “One Thousand and One Nights” starring famous Denver native Douglas Fairbanks (“Robin Hood” and “The Mark of Zorro”) as a thief who falls in love with the Caliph’s daughter. The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orches-tra provided a soaring live soundtrack to the swashbuckling, magic-filled tale. The movie was highly entertain-ing with a story that was easy to fol-low, proving that these old films stand

the test of time. Part of the humor of the film was due to the amusing special ef-fects of early films, such as in magical scenes de-picting hilarious deep sea monsters or a horse flying through the clouds.

Saturday was kicked off by a conversation with Richard J. Meyer, winner of the Career Achievement Award and David Shepard, the film festival’s advisor and archivist. Following the conversation, they showed a series of five shorts by D.W. Griffith, the revolu-tionary and highly contro-versial creator of “The Birth of a Nation,” which was screened Sunday evening.

Other films that day included the poetic 1927 film “Berlin, Symphony of a Great City” by Walter Ruttman, the sinister drama “Menilmontant” (1926) by Dimitri Kirsanoff and the Moscow love triangle of “Bed and Sofa” (1927) by Abram Room.

Music was pro-vided by pianist Hank Troy, Music Master Class students from the University of Col-orado-Denver and University of Denver orchestras (led by world-renowned mu-sician and composer Donald Sosin) and the Mont Alto Mo-tion Picture Orches-tra.

Sunday opened with a light-hearted collection of short comedies, accompa-nied by Hank Troy’s

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jazzy piano. The 1920s comedy still holds up—these shorts had the crowd in stitches, due to the likes of famous actors such as Harold Lloyd and Char-lie Chaplin.

Conversely, D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” (1915) played after-ward (accompanied by Rodney Sauer and Hank Troy), which follows two families in the Civil War and Recon-struction era. The film is extremely controversial due to its racist depic-tion of black men (some of them white actors in blackface) and the heroic portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan.

The festival didn’t shy away from the topic, addressing the controversy in a discussion following the film. This discussion called into question the paradox of the movie, which lies in its illustration of art’s ability to make the

horrific beautiful, as well as the impact of watching the film today.

The festival wrapped up with “The Student Prince of Old Heidelberg” (Ernst Lubitsch, 1927) and “The Big Parade” (King Vidor, 1925).

As festival director Howie Movshovitz put it, these films “pertain to human life now as well as when the films were new.” This festival supports the notion that silent films are never truly out of date and continue to reso-nate with audiences to this day. Stories told at the beginning of film history are no different in content to those told through today’s technology.

For an entertaining and thought-provoking trek through film history, be sure to give silent films a shot. Keep your eyes open for more of Denver Si-lent Film Festival events in the future.

‘The Girl on the Train’ promises intrigueHowever, this strength could also

be seen as a weakness because it limits the scope of the story, making it seem as if anything notable only ever happened in the ‘morning’ or in the ‘evening.’

Simultaneous strength and weak-ness are present in the narration. All three narrators are incredibly unreliable: Rachel is an alcoholic, Megan isn’t mentally stable and Anna has extreme emotions and paranoia. None of them can accurately depict an event, and it is difficult to know if any of them are telling the truth or if they are delusional or if they are being manipulative.

On one hand, this strengthens the story because it keeps the reader guessing and grasping at straws, won-dering whom, if any of them, can be trusted. Still, it is also frustrating because the reader is left unfulfilled at the end. Even when it seems all logical questions have been answered, the reader is still taunted by the questions of doubt and uncertainty as a result of the unreliable narrators.

“The Girl on the Train” is captivating, thrilling and frustrating

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Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel “The Girl on the Train.”

all at once. Still, be warned: if you choose to read this novel, be prepared to have questions and ensure that someone you know will be willing to discuss it with you because the mystery doesn’t neces-sarily end once the back cover is closed.

photo courtesy of denversilentfilmfest.org“Bed and Sofa” is a Soviet film from 1927 that was recently shown at the Denver Silent Film Festival. .

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“Birth of a Nation” is a highly controversial film from 1915.

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Marvel has taken to the small screen again by teaming up with Netflix to create “Daredevil.” The show tells the story of Matt Murdock, the blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night who defends the streets of the danger-ous New York City neighborhood Hell’s Kitchen. This Marvel adventure is unlike anything they’ve done so far; Marvel has opted out of the quirky comedy that has come to define their brand recently. Instead, it’s dark, gritty and exceedingly violent—and it’s absolutely fantastic.

Tortured hero Murdock is played by Charlie Cox (“The Theory of Every-thing”), accompanied by best friend and law associate Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson, “The Hunger Games: Mocking-jay - Part 1”) and victim-turned-friend/secretary Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll, “True Blood”), neither of whom know anything about his crime-fighting habits. Rosario Dawson (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”) joins the fray as Claire Temple, a nurse who discovers Murdock after a particularly bloody battle.

Comic book geeks will be happy knowing the show stays true to the original story and to writer Frank Miller’s sinister vision for the setting, inspired by classic noir crime and his own experience living in Hell’s Kitchen. The cinematog-raphy is grim and gorgeous, echoing the bleak style of “The Dark Knight.”

Murdock was blinded in an accident with a radioactive substance as a child and has developed heightened senses, turning his perception of his surroundings into “a world on fire.” Using his special abili-ties, Murdock takes it upon himself to combat the forces of the Russian mob and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio, “Broken Horses”), the comic’s villain Kingpin, a powerful man whose insecurities and twisted view of community outreach are infecting Hell’s Kitchen. “Daredevil” not only portrays Fisk’s sociopathic leader-ship, but also fully delves into his abusive, haunting past.

Viewers must have patience to get to the char-acters’ full back stories, which are fleshed out in the later half of the season, keeping the audience questioning throughout the beginning.

Cox’s Murdock isn’t the average save-the-day sort—he’s a terrifying mix of good intentions and violent rage and he walks on the edge of sanity. The show is violent at a stomach-churning, exces-sive level. However, this focus on violence addresses the harsh consequences

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Throughout recent television history, we’ve come to know and love multiple female char-acters: Buffy Summers (“Buffy the Vampire Slay-er,) Peggy Carter (“Agent Carter”) and Leslie Knope (“Parks and Recreation”), just to name a few. The presence of strong women in television is growing—a fact that is pleasing a lot of people around the world. But just how much is it actually changing?

Recent statistics say that the change is there, but it’s moving slowly. According to a study from San Diego State University, women now account for 42 percent of all speaking charac-ters on broadcast networks, cable and Netflix programs from 2012-2013 (no-tably, this still does not reach the real ratio of women to men, with women comprising about 51 percent of the world’s population). In 1997-1998, women played 39 percent of roles, only 3 percent lower than it is now.

“Right now, our department ac-tually has more men than women, which is rare in theater departments in universities,” says Addie Mann, a senior theater major at DU from Golden, Colorado. “However, the higher male population reflects what we see in the real world: men typically get more opportunities than women in television.”

Female represen-tation in behind-the-scenes work is also ris-ing. According to the same study, 28 percent of behind-the-scenes workers are female, a 7 percent increase from 1997-1998. Fe-males are more likely to be producers, while the amount of women directing is still minis-cule at only 12 percent.

“Ideally, I want to see more women in big picture roles,” Mann claims. “I want to see more women producing and writing and directing and more three dimensional, inde-pendent, human female characters.”

Despite the slight increase of fe-male representation in and behind television, the nature of the female roles still has to be considered. A joint study, conducted by USC Annenberg and the Geena Davis Institute on Gen-der in Media, concluded that women in television are still highly sexual-ized and often stereotyped, two prob-lems that occur at a much lower rate in depictions of heterosexual white men. Women also hold less power-ful occupations in television. For example, 95.5 percent of high-level politicians in prime time programs are male characters. Women are also much more likely to be sidelined as side characters than their male counterparts, according to the study.

The issue of lack of women in tele-vision is intersectional—according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), of television characters, only around 27 percent were people of color, only around 3 percent identified with sexualities oth-er than heterosexual, and there is still little to no representation of disabled or transgender characters. A majority of female characters on television are white, straight and able. The depic-

tion of females is very narrow, which does not reflect the true population.

Female characters must be evalu-ated for their function: are they weak characters? Do they only serve to fur-ther a man or some sort of plot point? Strong, feminist female characters still are a rarity. While we may have char-acters such as Peggy Carter and Les-lie Knope, women still often are de-picted as damsels in distress. We must evaluate the females currently shown.

The Bechdel Test tries to evaluate women in television with a few, basic criteria: one, the work of fiction must have two or more women in it; two, these women must speak to each oth-er; and three, they must speak to each other about something other than a man. The results are shocking—only around 53 percent of movies pass all three of these criteria. While stats are

not available for tele-vision (the Bechdel Test is primarily used for movies), it shows just how low the bar has to be set for fe-male representation.

“Usually they’re only a girlfriend or a supporting charac-ter, or the best friend to the male charac-ter; they usually don’t have their own main storyline,” said Hillary Manness, a undeclared first year-student from Houston, Texas who took an FSEM about feminism in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

“They’re either sexualized or made off as the geek that you would never sleep with.”

Mann concurs with this pattern.“A lot of time, women are of-

fered one of a few roles: one of which is the love interest, in which she only exists to fulfill the man’s needs, or there’s a kind of sidekick best friend to the man or she’s a controlling [expletive] character,” said Mann.

In order to be considered a strong character, females must be able to undergo a transformation, and exude independence and deci-sion-making. Portraying a female as a caregiver or mother is perfectly ac-ceptable, but television shows must depict other facets of their person-alities. Female characters cannot be shown as objects or plot points, but as multidimensional humans.

Overall, while physical rep-resentation may be on the rise, television must focus on pre-senting socially realistic females.

Mann has high hopes for the fu-ture of women in film and television.

“I want more narratives about women that don’t center around men—I consider myself an ardent feminist, and the media reflects our current society. Media informs our youth, and I want it to value wom-en and provide leadership and op-portunities for women. Everyone is affected by media,” said Mann.

Women in media face uphill battle Jocelyn RockholdStaff Writer

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Murdock (Cox) struggles with his faith throughout the new Netflix original series.

and realities of the destruction typically involved with superheroes, something that’s often glazed over in other Marvel plots. This violence also allows for an abundance of brilliant fight choreography between Murdock and his various foes. Cox has certainly grown up since his “Stardust” days, playing Murdock as a suave, likeable lead with sinister under-pinnings fueling his actions.

Despite the show’s many positives, it doesn’t get everything right. Marvel is better than many franchises at diversity, but the show still needs a hardcore female character who can defend herself. Both lead females were saved by Murdock within the first four episodes. In the hope of filling this void, the promise of ninja assassin Elektra of the comics hangs in the air for season two.

Daredevil includes a decent range of races, but mostly in safe, stereotypical characters. Reporter Ben Urich, originally white in the comics, is played by black actor Vondie Curtis-Hall (“Cymbeline”). Asian representation takes form in a cold, villainous ninja; an old martial arts guru; and a deceivingly meek old woman who runs the drug trade in New York. Wise, old, emotionally distant characters aren’t exactly groundbreaking in Asian repre-sentation. Meanwhile, Rosario Dawson’s Claire and Judith Delgado’s (“The House That Jack Built”) Elena Cardenas make up the Hispanic characters. Unfortunately, checking off race boxes isn’t truly how representation works.

While Marvel is making strides, they still need to make the final step by casting a person of color as the lead hero, rather than a sidekick or villain, and expanding the types of roles available for people of color. Many fans hope for the Spiderman reboot to feature the new Spiderman from the recent comics, black Hispanic teenager Miles Morales.

While “Daredevil” isn’t the typical comedic Marvel fare audiences have come to expect, it offers a glimpse of the dark side of the Marvel universe and doesn’t shy away from the harsh complexities of flawed char-acters and city violence. Consistent with other Netflix original series, this instant hit is easily worth a weekend binge.

“Female char-acters cannot be shown as objects and plot points, but as multi-dimensional humans.”

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Defense lawyer Matt Murdock (Cox) fights crime as his alter ego Daredevil.

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Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” is just one example of a powerful woman on TV.

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Best of: independent films on Netflix

Netflix is constantly chang-ing what material is available to stream, making it hard to know what to watch at times. The service normally has a broad selection of independent movies for stream-ing—some amazing and thought provoking, and others, horren-dously awful. Below are some indie flicks that are tried and true: all received “fresh” ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and positive reviews on IMDB, grab some popcorn, dim the lights and log in to Netflix.

“Stuck In Love” (2012)Director: Josh Boone

“Stuck In Love” follows the lives of a divorced father (Greg Kinnear, “Little Miss Sunshine”) and his two children (Lily Collins, “The Mortal Instruments,” Nat Wolff, “Palo Alto”) as they each struggle with love.

Bill Borgens, the father, is an acclaimed novelist who is still pining after his wife, in hopes that they will one day get back together. Meanwhile, his daughter Samantha (Collins), a college student who has lost all faith in love, meets Lou (Logan Lerman, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) and reluctantly begins a friendship that leads her to question her belief about relationships. Samantha’s brother Rusty (Wolff) is a hopeless romantic, one who has always had his eye on a girl in his class (Liana Liberato, “Trust”) who is struggling with problems of her own. The conclusion of the movie is powerful: “Stuck In Love” teaches us that while love is one of the most important things to experience, we must also be our own heroes.Fun Fact: Horror author Stephen King makes a cameo in the film.

“You’re Next” (2011)Director: Adam Wingard

Slasher films seemed to get left behind in the 70s, but “You’re Next” brings back the familiar horror evoked by movies like “Texas Chainsaw Mas-sacre.” The movie begins with the reunion of the Davison family and their respective significant others.What starts as a rocky reunion leads to something worse—a gruesome set of murders, “Strangers” style, that test the family’s most fundamental bonds. It is up to Erin (Sharni Vison, “Step-Up 3”), the girlfriend of Crispian Davison (A.J. Bowen, “The Signal”), to try and rescue the family from the fatal trap in which they are horrifyingly stuck.Fun Fact: One of the masked killers in the movie is also the film’s producer.

“Heathers” (1988)Director: Michael Lehman

Cult classics are classics for a reason, and “Heathers” will not disappoint. The movie depicts a group of popular friends in high school, almost all named Heather. The only exception, Veronica (Winona Ryder, “Girl Interrupted”) begins a dangerous romance with bad boy J.D. (Christian Slater, “The Legend of Billie Jean”).

J.D. starts as a seemingly unique, excit-ing individual, yet eventually leads Veronica down a path she never intended. J.D. begins murdering the other high school students, forcing Veronica to fake their suicide notes. Veronica must find a way to get out of the horrendous crimes her boyfriend is com-mitting and save the other students. Fun Fact: The first scene of the movie was actually the last scene filmed.

“Trainspotting” (1996)Director: Danny Boyle

“Trainspotting” stars Ewan McGregor (“Star Wars” prequels) as heroin addict Mark Renton, a man who wishes to live a normal, stable life without drugs. However, Mark and his friends Spud (Ewen Bremner, “Black Hawk Down”), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller, “End-game”) and Franco (Robert Carlyle, “The Full Monty”) get into serious trouble. After a few days of clubbing and slumming in a local drug house, the group dabbles in a drug deal-ing affair that could get all of them killed. Will Mark ever leave heroin for a cookie-cutter life? Fun Fact: It took only seven and a half weeks to film “Trainspotting.”

“Blue is the Warmest Color” (2013)Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

Simultaneously heart-warming and heart-wrenching, “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a romantic coming-of-age film starring Adele Exarchopoulos (“Boxes”) as 15

year-old Adele, a girl who finds love with art student Emma (Lea Seydoux, “Midnight in Paris”). The two begin a passionate affair, which is a shocking new experience for young Adele. “Blue is the Warmest Color” shows us the evolutions of the two’s relationship, one that is full of love, heartbreak, and touching moments that leave tears in viewer’s eyes. “Blue is the Warmest Color” is a French independent film that should not be missed. Fun Fact: Most of the film is impro-vised—the actresses only read the script once.

Sit back and choose whichever one fits the mood, and admire the artistry and hard work that went into these independent films.

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On April 24, DU’s Undergradu-ate Student Government (USG) announced the results for their annual elections, with Cam Hickert, phys-ics and international studies major from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Jess Davidson, political science and public policy major from Fort Collins, Colorado, as President-Elect and Vice President-Elect, respec-tively. Their announced goals have the potential to create meaningful action on campus. However, more as a DU student than a Clarion writer, the priority of their platform seems worrisome to me, which focuses on school spirit, student life and admin-istration, alcohol and campus safety than sexual assault.

“Our vision is simple: build bridges across campus to create mean-ingful action,” states the Hickert-Davidson campaign website. Their goals received support from students for good reason. There is a disconnect between USG and the organizations that most students participate in.

Hickert and Davidson rightfully focused on this disconnect through their campaign and, clearly, many students identified with this issue. By joining ideas of student organizations to USG, I have faith that Hickert and Davidson will be able to identify new

Hickert-Davidson: good ideas, mixed prioritiesNikki FrickSocial Media Director

Pioneer Voices

“I am happy with the new administration because they will do the most good in helping to reduce

sexual assault on campus.”

emily krebsSenior

Colorado

what are your thoughts on the results of the usg elections?

“I wasn’t aware of the elections, so I didn’t get a chance to participate

in them.”

tristan saenzFreshman

New Mexico

david bischofbergerSophomoreCalifornia

“I didn’t know much about the election because there was

relatively no information about the candidates’ policies.”

matt confortSophomore

Illinois

opportunities for USG to improve student life across campus.

As a student participant in a few different on-campus organizations, I support the methods and strategies through which Hickert and Davidson plan on identifying campus problems. However, the issues themselves need to be prioritized better to reflect the greatest needs of the student body.

The first issue on their platform is school spirit. This is understand-able to a certain extent. School spirit is something that can be improved at DU and it is a feasible goal for USG to improve, however it should not take precedence over other campus problems. Making hockey tickets free (the first action item listed under this issue) would be a nice change, but it is nowhere near the most pressing issue on-campus. The other action items, including increased funding to the spirit committee and increased access to USG are important changes, but they should not be included in the highest priority of Hickert and Davidson’s plan.

Additionally, issues such as finan-cial aid, sexual assault, administrative red tape and student counseling and advising would have a much greater impact on the well-being of students.

Ultimately, Hickert-Davidson’s focus on school spirit represents a potential lack of seriousness in their campaign. To better reflect student

needs, Hickert and Davidson should either move school spirit further down their list of priorities or sub-stitute it for an already-identified issue on-campus, such as the need for financial aid and literacy or improved student counseling and advising.

The next issue on their platform, student life and administration, encompasses the methods mentioned above to connect student organiza-tions. I wholeheartedly support these action items, which provide connec-tions to many organizations that are important to many students and me. However, this does not mean that it should be as high in priority as their platform suggests. To better reflect the needs of the student body, this issue as a whole should be clearly made a strategy for identifying on-campus issues, rather than prioritized above already existing and clearly identified student needs.

The final two issues on their platform are very important: alcohol safety and campus safety (identified as one issue), and sexual assault. These are very important opportuni-ties for meaningful change on-cam-pus. Many community members have expressed dissatisfaction with DU Campus Safety. It is a problem that could be significantly improved with USG collaboration. Sexual assault has also become an increasing issue, as shown by recent Campus Safety

notifications. Clearly, these issues are already identified and will likely have a lengthy timeline to create effective change in these problems.

Hickert and Davidson should prioritize action on these items before working on more menial campus problems like student spirit or before trying to identify more issues to address. These actions are examples of issues that clearly matter to students and should be prioritized as such. Furthermore, their focus on sexual assault almost singularly addresses awareness. They also need to ensure services and support to victims of sexual assault to create a comprehensive strategy for address-ing the problem.

Ultimately, Hickert and David-son have great potential to connect a variety of students across campus and I appreciate their support for student organizations, especially the Clarion. I think it’s definitely possible for them to successfully address all of the issues on their platform, but they need to adjust its arrangement to ensure that sexual assault and safety are receiving more attention than school spirit and organization connections.

I look forward to what Hick-ert and Davidson have in store for campus and have faith that they will be able to create meaningful change, as long as they recognize the priori-ties of student needs from the start.

“I was completely ambivalent to the elections. The candidates were not very interactive and I didn’t really know much about those who ran.”

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In the past few months, DU has undergone massive and revolutionary changes on campus in an attempt to bring our university into the 21st century and create new academic programs to prepare students for the future.

However, as DU focuses on improving its existing academic programs, the uni-versity should heavily invest in pioneering new academic programs that focus on teach-ing students about opportuni-ties that are unique to Colo-rado, specifically focusing on Colorado’s beer and marijuana industries. Through develop-ing academic programs that teach students about these two emerging and thriving indus-

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tries, DU can mold the future leaders of these industries and better prepare students for future opportunities in the state of Colorado and around the world.

On April 6, Colorado State University announced that, after receiving a $1 mil-lion gift from the New Bel-gium Brewing company, they will create a Fermentation Sci-ence Program that will award graduates a B.S. in Fermenta-tion Science and Technology. This program gives students a unique opportunity to inter-act with leaders in the brew-ing industry that are based in Colorado, expose students to the latest and greatest inno-vations and advances of this multi-billion dollar industry and create future leaders of the brewing industry.

Like CSU, DU must take a giant leap forward in develop-ing new academic programs that revolve around major Colorado industries or risk being left behind missing a massive opportunity to edu-cate and expose students to the booming marijuana and beer industries. Our univer-sity is located in a state that is undergoing massive and unprecedented changes, and not developing academics that focus on educating students about these industries would be a huge failure on the part of the university.

DU currently has a class on marijuana law at the Sturm College of Law, but there is a huge potential for other departments on campus to teach classes about these thriv-ing industries. The Daniels

College of Business and Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management has the potential to develop an in-depth cur-riculum based on how to build successful marijuana dispen-saries or breweries, exposing students to leaders and inno-vators in these fields who are based in Colorado.

The Josef Korbel School of International Studies can develop courses discussing the impact of Colorado’s mari-juana industry in impacting global affairs and the global war on drugs. DU could even develop a program similar to CSU, focusing on researching fermentation sciences and or marijuana cultivation. The possibilities are endless.

Colorado is a mecca of the beer and marijuana industry, slowly but surely

CSU smokes DU in 21st century educationdeveloping multi-billion dollar industries that have a huge potential for growth and expansion. DU must seize this unique opportunity to offer possibilities for students to explore these industries academically and graduate to become future leaders that lead these industries.

There are huge opportu-nities for DU to take massive strides in developing unique and groundbreaking academic programs that expose students to the cutting edge of these groundbreaking industries. Therefore, as the university continues to grow, focused on educating students for the 21st century, DU must heavily invest in developing programs that educate students about these incredible opportunities unique to Colorado.

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gusto kubiak | clarionPioneer senior Nina McGee strikes a pose during one of her floor routines this season in DU’s Hamilton Gymnasium. McGee finished second in the nation in the floor event.

Nina McGee places second in the NCAA finals

On the weekend of April 17, the NCAA National Gymnastics Champi-onship was held for collegiate gymnas-tics in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pioneer senior Nina McGee (Cin-cinnati, Ohio) was the only gymnast representing DU on the national stage. Her entire season has been a success. She was named Mountain Rim Gym-nast of the Week three weeks in a row and the conference then decided to no longer give her this award so that other gymnasts would have a chance to win it. McGee also won the all-around at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Confer-ence meet.

McGee was named All-American by the National Association of Colle-giate Gymnastics Coaches and Women in both floor and all-around. The NCAA also named her a First Team All-Amer-ican in floor and a Second Team All-American in the all-around.

While these are very commendable accolades, for McGee, taking home the second place trophy for floor was the best achievement of all.

After tying for second in the all-around at NCAA Regionals on April 4, McGee was guaranteed a spot at the Na-tional Championships. The opportunity to compete on the biggest college stage possible, however, did not affect her. The rest of the team continued to train with her and offer their moral support.

“I pretty much tried to keep every-thing the same, I wanted to treat it like every other meet of the season,” she said.

McGee made it to the semifinals for both floor and all-around. She scored a 39.375 in the all-around, earning her sixth place in the second bracket. This all-around score is the highest score by any gymnast at the NCAA National Championship in the history of DU’s program. For floor, she scored a 9.925, which helped her advance to the finals.

When finals came around, Nina was prepared but still a little anxious.

“It was my first time at nationals and I was rotating with No. 1 Oklaho-ma. I was going up against some former Olympians and ex-elites. I did a lot of deep breathing to help me relax. I was so nervous. I just went over my routines in my head a lot. I was making sure I was

mentally tough,” she said.When competing on a huge stage

like Nationals, everything lies in the pre-meet preparation.

“Honestly, before I got up there I was just like ‘Oh my God. Don’t forget your routine.’ I took a deep breath before I got on the floor. When the music started, I just let it take me,” she said. The event, which took place at the Fort Worth Con-vention Center, is a large venue and due to the sheer size of the area coupled with the large crowd, it was difficult for Mc-Gee to hear the music. Her routine was set to Ariana Grande’s “Problem.”

The event had real-time scoring, which meant that McGee did not have to wait long to receive her score—a 9.95. Her average score for the season was

Pio Bio: Duke Douglas

SPORT: BasketballGRADE: SophomoreMAJOR: Integrated scienceHOME STATE: Louisiana

Carolyn AngiolloStaff Writer

du media relations| du

This week, the Clarion sat down with basketball player Duke Douglas.

Q: When and how did you begin play-

ing basketball?A: When I was five my dad took me to

the park, they had peewee basketball and I started playing that.

Q: When did you start playing com-petitively?

A: I started playing school ball when I was in the fourth grade. I played club

ball in a league, too.Q: What capacity did you compete in

during high school?A: I played club ball in the summer and I played school ball in the win-

ter. Club is how you get recruited for basketball.

Q: Was your high school career suc-cessful?

A: Yes. I was captain my senior year. I was the MVP for the city’s small

school division senior year and I was on the state’s All-Star team.

Q: Why did you choose DU?A: I came to DU because it’s a good

school and I really liked it when I came to visit, so then I signed and

came here. Q: How was your freshman year?

A: Freshman year season was un-eventful for me. I was redshirted, which means I didn’t play, I only

practiced. I eventually found my spot on the team. It was good because I got practice and now I get an extra

year to play.Q: How was this season different

from last?A: This year we weren’t as good of

a team for whatever reason. Maybe our competition was better, but the

team struggled. We just have to make transitions from here.

Q: What was your season highlight?A: I had an offensive rebound at one

of the conference games and that sealed the deal for us. It wasn’t that

big of a deal, but it was for me.Q: What do you see in terms of per-

sonal and team improvement moving forward?

A: Personally, I just have to get better with my offensive game and my de-

fensive one-on-one game. As a team, we have to be better and be more

decisive, especially when the game is on the line.

Q: What do you do to get pumped before a game?

A: I usually take a 30-minute nap, then I eat a peanut butter and jelly

sandwich and I listen to Meek Mill.

9.93 and her high score was 9.975. With this 9.95, McGee took second place.

The title of champion was given to the University of Florida’s Kytra Hunter who scored a 9.9625. For the most part, McGee was satisfied with her season and the results.

“I was excited that I had placed. I knew where my mistake was so I was kind of bummed about that. I can’t go back and fix it. It just kind of lit the fire for next year and I’m determined to do better,” she said.

Although McGee is technically a se-nior, she will be returning for another year due to an injury from freshman year—a tibia surgery including the in-sertion of metal rods into both of her legs. She lost a year of competition be-

cause of this surgery, making her eligible for one more as a Pio.

“I haven’t even thought about it [next year]. I’m just trying to catch up on sleep. I won’t really give it much thought until June,” she said.

Carolyn AngiolloStaff Writer

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Women’s lax wins final regular season games

During an unusually rainy week-end, DU’s women’s lacrosse team took home two regular season victories at Peter Barton Stadium on April 24 and 26. After earning these two wins, the Pioneers now stand with a 12-4 overall record and 7-2 in conference play.

In a close game against the Univer-sity of Oregon on Saturday April 24, the Pioneers were able to push ahead and outscore the Ducks 15-9. In a back and forth game, Denver was down by two goals at half, but fought until the fin-ish to secure their victory and spot in the upcoming Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Tournament on April 30.

A variety of Pioneers contributed to the victory, including senior Jill Re-menapp (Woodbine, Maryland). Re-menapp recently earned the honor of having the second all-time assist record in NCAA history with 190 helpers.

She also broke the all-time goal record for Denver, which was previously held by former Pioneer, Kara Secora, who graduated in 2013. With more games remaining in the season, Remenapp already has a staggering 294 career points. This also makes her the third highest point holder for current players in the NCAA.

Denver also honored breast cancer awareness by sporting pink gear dur-ing the matchup. California State Uni-versity, Fresno faced the Pioneers in a complete downpour on Sunday, April 26. The second game of the weekend for Denver, the team did not show any signs of being worn down or appear affected by the cold, bitter rain. Denver defeated the Bulldogs 13-6.

It was also Senior Day, and Denver honored seven soon-to-be graduates. Kiki Boone (Cherry Hills, Colorado), Nikki Bracken (Highlands Ranch, Colo-rado), Chelsea Cook (Bayshore, New York), Rachael Dillon (Mount Sinai, New York), Hannah Hook (Arnold,

The Colorado Avalanche were re-cently awarded an outdoor game for the 2016 season in which they will play the Detroit Red Wings on February 27 in the open air of Coors Field. On some pre-vious occasions, college hockey games have accompanied the outdoor weekend festivities with a game of their own.

DU vs. Colorado College would be the perfect rivalry match to com-pliment the classic Avalanche vs. Red Wings matchup.

DU has made no formal announce-ment of the school’s hockey team par-ticipating in an outdoor game, so this article is based purely on speculation.

By looking at history and current facts, the possibility for the game to oc-cur can be narrowed down.

The National Hockey League (NHL) implemented the first Winter Classic hockey game in 2008. The game was played in an outdoor stadium in front of many more fans than any regular hockey arena could hold and created a spectacu-

lar, breathtaking atmosphere in Buffalo, New York. Many children learn how to play hockey outside on actual ice, so the game feeds into the culture of the sport.

The Winter Classic game has be-come a staple of the league since then, becoming an annual tradition every January 1.

In 2014 and 2015, the league cre-ated an additional outdoor game se-ries, called the Stadium Series. These games were played at unusual loca-tions where hockey still needs growth, such as California.

This is the type of game the Ava-lanche will play in February, a Stadium Series event at Coors Field where the Colorado Rockies normally play.

The Pioneers are conveniently scheduled to play Colorado College the weekend before, on February 19 and 20 in 2016.

It’s possible that the ice could be set up for the DU vs. CC game for both in-creased revenue, as well as a test run for the official NHL game.

While Denver can be cold in Febru-ary, it also can warm up enough to cause

problems with maintaining outdoor ice. A practice game for the maintenance crew may be beneficial.

More importantly, though, it would draw more attention to the sport of hockey and how there is more in-state talent than just the Avalanche roster.

DU and CC are often nationally-ranked powerhouses in NCAA hockey that deserve more publicity and fan sup-port. An outdoor college game would pull in people who may not be fans of hockey yet, but simply want to experi-ence the amazing atmosphere.

DU freshman goalie Tanner Jaillet (Red Deer, Alberta) is in full support of an outdoor game.

“I think having the opportunity to play in an outdoor game against CC would be something special for sure,” said Jaillet. “It would definitely add to the rivalry, for the fact that you might only get the chance to play in an out-door game once. It adds importance to the game because people will re-member who wins, versus just another rivalry game against CC. The experi-ence would make it more special.”

Jillian QueriSports Editor

gusto kubiak | clarionDenver’s women’s lacrosse team cheers each other on before their game at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. The Pioneers downed the University of Oregon Ducks 15-9 on April 24.

Braiden Albrecht-ReedSenior Reporter

Maryland), Ali Proehl (San Diego, Cali-fornia) and Remenapp were honored by their parents, teammates and coaches before the game began.

Boone led the way for the Den-ver, scoring four of the team’s 13 goals against Fresno—a fitting way to end her last regular season game as a senior Pioneer. Denver made a six-goal run against Fresno, which the Bulldogs were not able to recover from.

“I think it was awesome. We got ev-ery senior in there. It was so fun to play as a team. The underclassmen stepped up a lot; it was a rough, very cold and wet game, but I’m glad to come out with a win,” said Boone in an interview with Denver Women’s Lacrosse.

The Pioneers are now preparing to play in and host the MPSF Tournament, which is scheduled for April 30 to May 5 in Denver.

The Pioneers will open the tourna-ment against the Ducks on Thursday April 30 at 4 p.m. at Peter Barton La-crosse Stadium.

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Could DU hockey play an outdoor game next season?

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Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams finished the Summit League Tournament in the same way that they closed out regular season league play—as champions.

In a particularly dominant outing, both squads hardly surrendered a point on the way to victory. The two teams each entered the tournament as the No. 1 seeds.

Beginning on April 25 at the Dr. Rudy and Rhonda Kachmann Tennis Center in Indiana, both teams cruised to victories to ensure spots in the champi-onship match.

The men’s squad swept Oral Roberts University while the women beat the University of South Dakota 4-0.

A day later, the men’s team produced another 4-0 shutout against tournament host and third-seeded Indiana Univer-sity-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

In the No. 1 singles spot, Craig defeated Fort Wayne’s Gerard Guell in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

The men’s team began its domina-tion by claiming the doubles point. In the No. 2 spot, sophomore duo Yannik James (St. Georges, Grenada) and Diogo Rocha (Lisbon, Portugal) won 8-4, while junior

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David Fox (Chipstead, Surrey, U.K.) and freshman Jesse Ruder-Fox (Denver, Colorado) solidified the doubles point with an 8-3 win.

Rocha, Fox and James all went undefeated on the day in both doubles and singles play.

Craig posted an impressive unde-feated record against Summit League opponents this season.

The women’s tennis squad won in similar fashion, posting a 4-0 win over South Dakota State University in the final round.

Sophomore No. 1 singles player Maureen Slattery (Newport News, Virginia) defeated South Dakota State’s Iasmin Rosa in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.

Denver claimed the doubles point thanks to an 8-1 effort by sophomores Morgan Barnhill (Austin, Texas) and Sonja Radosevic (Miami, Florida) along with a win at the No. 3 doubles spot by upperclassmen Charlotte Derbyshire (Stockton, England) and Michell Garpenlov (Tyreso, Sweden).

The Intercollegiate Tennis Asso-ciation (ITA) has the men’s team pegged at No. 51 in the nation going into the weekend. Two of the team’s players are ranked in the top 125 players in the nation. Rocha is No. 109 while Craig is ranked no. 113. The women’s team was unranked as of April 21.

Situated in an outrageously competitive Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets have recently become an after-thought in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This past season, the team finished 12th in their conference and 24th overall.

Multiple factors have caused the Nug-gets to slip into their current status as a sub-par team. Two seasons ago, the Nuggets fired head coach George Karl despite his status of reigning coach of the year.

Karl had taken the Nuggets to nine straight playoff appearances, but only advanced past the first round once. With an up-tempo and fast break reliant scheme, the Nuggets were never built for post-season play, where defense and half-court offense efficiency are pivotal.

Consequentially, Nug-gets’ management decided to hire Brian Shaw as their new head coach in 2013. A young coach, Shaw implemented a more defensive-oriented scheme. However, he was not given the right type of players, as the core of the Nuggets has essentially stayed the same over the past two years, revolv-ing around players such as Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari, JaVale McGee, Wilson Chandler, Aaron Afflalo and J.J. Hickson. Unable to adapt to a more slow-paced style of basketball, these players largely under-achieved during the past two seasons, leading the team to zero playoff appearances.

The mismatch in play-

Both teams advance to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. NCAA pairings were determined this past Tuesday.

Last year, the men’s team lost 4-0 to No. 15 University of Kentucky in the first round of the tournament. The women’s team also lost in the first round by a 4-0 margin, but instead at the hands of Rice University.

Baylor University will host the NCAA Tournament Championship in Waco, Texas May 14-25.

simon chen | clarionDU men’s soccer player Sam Hamilton.

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Men and women’s tennis dominate the Summit League

ing styles of players and coaches resulted in Shaw being fired last March. Interim coach Melvin Hunt provided some energy down the stretch, but was unable to solidify the team in their last few games. The selection of the next head coach will be a key process in the Nuggets’ future success.

Injuries have also played a large part in recent struggles, as Gallinari and McGee have missed most of the last two seasons. McGee was traded at the trade deadline, as was Afflalo. Wilson Chandler has one year left on his deal and is a prime trade candidate looking ahead to next year.

Kenneth Faried and Ty Lawson are the two major building blocks for the team, but both come with their own red flags in terms of superstar potential.

Lawson is an elite assist man, but sometimes struggles with his shot. Faried lacks defensive skills, and while his offense is improving, he relies on cleaning up rebounds for most of his value. Young guns Jusuf Nurkic, Will Barton and Gary Harris breathed some fresh air into the roster, but

aren’t expected to be franchise players.DU student and Nuggets fan Blaise

Mariner gave his opinion of the team moving forward.

“[The Nuggets] are a small market team and should be structured like the San Anto-nio Spurs. In San Antonio, there isn’t one superstar, but multiple unselfish guys who care about winning more than individual performance,” Mariner said.

In a league dominated by superstars, the Nuggets have been trying to win with a team mentality ever since Carmelo Anthony was traded in 2011.

With Denver also not being a prime location for NBA free agents, the only way to secure another star would be via the draft, a risky and costly approach.

The Nuggets have several solid, if unspectacular, players who could fill roles on championship teams. Soon, they will need to make a monumental decision about getting aggressive about reshaping the roster versus attempting to reach the playoffs with an above average, but underachieving group.

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