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mymetmedia.com The Student Voice of MSU Denver Volume 37, Issue 28 April 9, 2015
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Vote On Issues that matter!
April 13–19Check out pages 5–7 for additional coverage.
Roadrunners get set to vote on issues, candidatesRTD CollegePass, student rec fees, SGA officers and more on the ballot
Cassidy Smith keeps the mound in order
MSU Denver junior Lisa Keith rides the D Line light rail to commute from school April 7. She rides the light rail because it’s cheaper and less of a hassle than driving to get to Auraria Campus. Photo by Alyson McClaran • [email protected]
For more on the RTD CollegePass, check out News on Page 3. For further information on the coming elections, see our special section be-ginning on Page 5.
Students to vote on CollegePass after fee increaseJoella Baumann
The annual vote on the reten-tion of the Regional Transport District’s CollegePass program will be complicated this year by a proposed increase in the cost per student for the pass. If passed, the fee would increase from $84 to $97. If students vote down the new fee structure the CollegePass program would be discontinued.
“Students need to understand that they are not voting on whether or not to change the fee, because that is going to change no mat-ter what. If they vote ‘No’ they are saying ‘No, I don’t want the CollegePass program to exist,’ not on whether or not the fees would stay the same,” said Austin Banks, vice chair of SACAB and an MSU Denver SGA senator.
Banks also stressed for students to realize that the overall fee is not actually changing. “Enrollment numbers are down, therefore each student has to take a bigger piece of the pie, but the fee itself hasn’t actually changed,” he said.
When the cost of the Colleg-ePass is slated for increase, chief financial officers from each institu-tion discuss the decision. Three
factors taken into consideration: ridership by pass holders, local rates being charged by RTD and projected enrollment for all three institutions.
Any structural fee changes proposed must be voted on and approved by all three institutions before they can be implemented. The Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board and Student
Government Assembly members from all constituent institutions previously discussed and approved a student body vote on whether to continue the program, which would remain a mandatory student fee if passed. Auraria campus students will have the opportunity to vote on keeping the program the week of April 13.
“Obviously I don’t want (the pass) to cost more, but I use my pass and I don’t want to get rid of it,” said MSU Denver senior Lind-sey Barnett, who rides the light rail to and from campus every day.
Though the fee increase is inevitable, not everyone is happy about it.
“I don’t think the fee needs to go up,” said Devon Swain, an unde-clared CCD sophomore.
If the CollegePass does not pass the vote, students would have to purchase regular RTD passes just like other commuters. Student riders currently receive the same privileges as someone who has purchased a regional pass, which covers fare in all riding zones for both bus and light rail. It also gives students a $5 discount on the Sky Ride airport buses. That would cost
students almost $2,000 for a yearly pass.
“Students are essentially paying a one month fee for six months worth of unlimited rides,” Banks said. “Even if they don’t ride all the time, they should see it as a good safety net if they ever get stuck in a situation where they can’t or shouldn’t be driving, or have no cash on hand to get where they need to go.”
RTD is also undergoing its own structural fee changes and is currently holding public hearings statewide for patrons of public transit to voice their opinions and become more informed about why a fee structure change is being pro-posed. The Denver meeting took place April 8.
While the contract price used to calculate the fee isn’t changing as of right now, RTD is proposing a 12 percent increase to the contract price by 2016. This would in turn result in further changes to the CollegePass fee, so students could see another increase at this point.
Students can access the ballot April 13 through 17 through their school or university emails or by visitingahec.edu/aurariavotes.
“Students need to understand that they are not voting on whether or not to change the fee, because that is going to change no matter what. If they vote ‘No’ they are saying ‘No, I don’t want the CollegePass program to exist.’”
— Austin Banks
MSU Denver sophomore Jason Madrid rides the H line light rail home after a full day of school April 7. Madrid enjoys listening to music and he finishes homework most days to pass the time on his rides. Photo by Alyson McClaran • [email protected]
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RTD by the numbers$1,936: The yearly cost of a regional RTD pass. $869: The yearly cost of a local RTD pass. $104: The current monthly cost for a typical regional RTD pass. $176: The increased monthly cost for the typical regional RTD pass. $84: The current cost of a regional CollegePass. $97: The increased cost for a regional CollegePass.
“Obviously I don’t want it to cost more, but I use my pass and I don’t want to get rid of it.”
— MSU Denver senior Lindsey Barnett
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New DCPA president ushers fresh shows to DenverCassie Reid
Eight shows new to Colorado, including a national tour launch, will keep the Denver Center for Performing Arts busy over the next season, along with new Broadway executive director John Ekeberg.
The number of novel musicals scheduled for next season is fitting, given the transition DCPA is adjusting to. It has been six months since the sudden death of the center’s then-president Randy Weeks, a legend in the Den-ver theater community. Ekeberg worked with Weeks for 17 years prior to his death and learned a great deal about the business of touring theater.
“In our business, there’s a lot of booking agents who try to get someone like me to bring their show to Denver, and one of their selling points is: this show is cheap,” Ekeberg said. “I truly mean this honestly. Price is something that comes into it, but it’s probably third, fourth, fifth down the line.” He said the Denver population’s acceptance of theater allows him to focus on what is interesting to them, and not be limited by cost.
In recent years, theater produc-ers across the country have turned to Denver as a site key to a tour’s success. DCPA is one of the few or-ganizations in the country, outside of New York City, to maintain a group of local actors and design-ers throughout each season that perform their own set list.
“On top of bringing in national tours, the theater company within the center performs its own mix of musicals,” said John Moore, the editor for DCPA. “Local artists have a chance not possible pretty much anywhere but New York.”
With few large metropolitan areas in bordering states able to contain a regular theater-attending audience, Denver audiences are known by touring casts for their activity and responsiveness, ac-cording to Ekeberg.
Furthermore, the high altitude and lower oxygen levels push per-formers, strengthening their voices while technicians handle sets and costumes hauled cross country in as many as 20 semis. Consequent-ly, several shows run previews in DCPA, including “The Little Mermaid,” or open tours in either the Buell Theatre or Ellie Caulkins Opera House, the two main host-ing venues in DCPA. These have included “The Book of Mormon”
and, this season, “If/Then.”Several recent Tony winners
are in this year’s lineup, including Best Choreography 2012 winner “Newsies,” Best Scenic Design 2013 winner “Matilda the Musical” and the reigning Best Musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”
The new shows only compose half of the Broadway lineup for the 2015-16 season, as a key aspect to drawing audiences is familiarity.
“There’s multiple booking agents based in New York that I’m talking to almost daily about what bookings, about what shows they’re representing,” Ekeberg said. “So maybe in March you get news that such-and-such show is going to tour the next season, and maybe a few weeks later you hear about another show. You’re mak-ing decisions as you go.”
Cabaret shows are also key to the center’s diversity, according to Ekeberg. Annaleigh Ashford, a Colorado-born Broadway actress, has a cabaret act, “Lost in the Stars,” playing this weekend in the Garner Galleria.
“Theater needs a safe space to grow and express,” Ashford said. “Colorado people know how to open their arms and accept all of us storytellers.”
Denver Center for Performing Arts Upcoming Season
New“Matilda the Musical”
Sept. 9-20
“If/Then”Oct. 13-25
“Murder for Two”Oct. 27 2015- Feb. 21, 2016
“A Christmas Story, the Musical”
Dec. 16-27
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”Feb. 16-28, 2016
“Newsies”March 23-April 9, 2016
“Beautiful-The Carole King Musical”
July 19-31, 2016
Returning“The Book of Mormon”
Aug. 11-Sept. 13
“The Lion King”Nov. 4-29
“Dirty Dancing-The Classic Story on Stage”
Jan. 26-31, 2016
“The Wizard of Oz”Feb. 7-13, 2016
“Riverdance-The 20th Anniversary World Tour”
March 8-13, 2016
“Once”May 24-29, 2016
“Beauty and the Beast”June 7-12, 2016
“The Sound of Music”June 21-26, 2016
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Long term goals fill this year’s Auraria Higher Education Center ballot, consisting of two bills for Auraria Campus students to vote on starting April 13. Given the paper-less nature of the election, this may well be the only time this compilation of fees will be together on one page, until someone prints out their billing. Information for these summaries was through the Auraria Higher Education Center website.
CollegePassA regular entry in annual elections, this
measure determines the fate of the Regional Transport District Pass allotted to any stu-dent taking at least one credit hour on cam-pus. The fee is set to increase 15 percent from the current value ($84 to $97), while staying 11 percent of approximate cost per semes-
Referendum:Shall the students of the Auraria Cam-pus (the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver at the downtown Denver Auraria Campus) au-thorize the Board of Directors of the Au-raria Higher Education Center to assess each institution a supplemental student fee not to exceed $5 per student per semester starting for the Fall Semester 2015 and continuing, for the purpose of funding the development, enhance-ment and ongoing maintenance of the Tivoli Quad, the Tivoli Patio and Coffee Lounge, and other future student gath-ering spaces throughout campus? The fee may be adjusted each year thereaf-ter for inflation by the Auraria Board of Directors without a student referendum. The inflation rate shall be defined as the rate of change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners for the Denver-Boulder-Greeley area as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Tivoli Quad and Student Gathering
SpacesAs opposed to nickel and diming
students, this fee requests a Lincoln for the development of a more student friendly Tivoli Quad.
In an effort to channel the growing hip-ster demographic, a patio and coffee lounge would be added off of the Roger Braun lounge in Tivoli.
The term “gathering space” is undoubt-edly used to be vague enough to cover an outdoor amphitheater, displays of campus history, a two-way bike lane and general areas for students and campus visitors to congregate outdoors.
Several pretty pictures of the Quad of Campus Future can be found on AHEC’s website.
ter of a standard RTD pass ($880) without taking into account the recent fare changes discussed earlier in the paper. Essentially the outcome of this fee depends on which hold the majority: students with a car or students without one.
Referendum:Shall the students of the Auraria Cam-pus (the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver at the downtown Denver Auraria Campus) authorize the Board of Directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to assess each institution a supplemental student fee not to exceed $97.00 per student per semester, from August 17, 2015 through August 21, 2016, for the purpose of establishing an extension of the CollegePass Program (Student Bus and Light Rail Pass)?
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2015/16 CandidatesPresident:
Cristian Solano
Vice President:Angelica Alvarenga
Senators:Gabriela CorralAaron Futrell
Christopher JohnsonKerwin Wykle
DeAngelo Liberatore
Student Trustee Delegate:Maria Garibay Campos
SACAB Delegates:Braunwyn Mumby
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By Cassie Reid
Nominees for next year’s Student Govern-ment Assembly may be uncontested, but still must provide ample reason for MSU Denver students to select them as their representatives. MSU Denver, in the true spirit of democracy, makes becoming a senator feasible to most any student with more than 12 hours at MSU Denver, have at least a year remaining, can pass a background test and a few other standard requisites.
Cristian Solano, modern languages and biology major, runs for president alongside vice president candidate Angelica Alvarenga, who hopes to bring “a new multicultural and women’s leadership per-spective” to the SGA. Pursuing the role of Student Trustee Delegate is Maria Garibay Campos. As for two representatives for the Student Advisory Com-mittee to the Auraria Board are Braunwyn Mumby, a sophomore political science major, and Amanda Pippitt, a sophomore aerospace sciences major.
Senatorial candidates are: Kerwin Wykle: a junior business major, Gabriela Corral, Christo-pher Johnson, a sophomore aviation and aerospace management major, DeAngelo Liberatore, a junior Africana studies major, and Aaron Futrell, the sole incumbent criminal justice major.
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MSU Denver sophomore PaoloSergio Cruze throws his newly constructed airplane for a � ight test before the Red Bull Paper Wings competition April 7. Photo by Alyson McClaran • [email protected]
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Red Bull gives you(paper) wingsby Jason Colbourne
Grab a piece of paper, fold it and � y it — and if you win either longest airtime, longest distance or aerobatics, you get a free trip to Salzburg, Aus-tria, to compete at the Global � nals in Hangar-7 representing the United States.
� e event, Red Bull Paper Wings, was held April 7 at the Auraria Event Center. Auraria Campus student brand banager of Red Bull, Jordi Eau Claire, the event’s organizer, spoke about how Red Bull inspires body and mind as a brand promise.
“America is sending 12 people, four from each category,” Eau Claire said. “We were competing in the north and we were three feet shy of having gone that far.”
Chester Simmons, a UCD senior, competed in all three categories of the paper airplane contest — distance, air time and aerobatics — and placed � rst in longest distance for throwing his plane 101 feet. Simmons was only three feet away from winning the whole north division to win a trip to Austria, and placed second in aerobatics and longest air time.
“I needed something forgiving, so I went back to the classic paper airplane design that my neighbor brought up and tried to weight the nose by making it shorter and making the wings not as wide,” Simmons said.
Daniel Acuna, a senior at MSU Denver, said, “I never thought doing something as basic as making a paper plane would give me the oppor-tunity to travel to a di� erent country.”
UCD junior Taylor Phelps folds a plane he will use for the long distance portion of the Red Bull Paper Wings competition at the Auraria Event Center April 7. Photo by Alyson McClaran • [email protected]
MSU Denver senior Daniel Acuna throws for longest distance at the Auraria Event Center April 7.Photo by Jason Colbourne • [email protected]
MSU Denver junior Brandon Krage constructs his airplane for maximum hang time in the Red Bull Paper Wings competition at the Auraria Event Center April 7. Photo by Alyson McClaran • [email protected]
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Feminist First Friday showcases female farmers
A quick Internet search would have you believe that most farmers are men, but in fact, nearly half the world’s food is grown by women.
Healthy sustainable food isn’t just a craze anymore, but it’s becoming a more precarious con-cern for families, as consciously grown produce becomes harder to find and even more expensive to purchase.
Feminist First Fridays at Auraria are a monthly forum that celebrates feminist professionals from different disciplines.
This month’s Feminist First Friday featured Denver Urban Gardens’ community farm direc-tor Heather DeLong, and Assis-tant Director Erika Church, who discussed women’s roles in the agriculture industry from a local and global standpoint.
DeLong, formerly the assistant director at both MSU Denver’s Women’s Resource Center and at the Urban Water Center, started the discussion by sharing her experience with agricultural and community outreach. She spent three life-changing years with the Peace Corps in Mauritania, work-ing alongside women farmers in the one of the harshest, most arid deserts in the world.
“I have never felt so healthy in my entire life,” DeLong said.
“I learned so much about how women take care of each other, cooking for each other and even cleaning each other’s feet at the end of a long day.”
DeLong and Church presented several reasons why there are so many women in what is often thought of as a male-dominated industry.
Women around the world are still mainly responsible for feeding their families, which makes them more conscious about the products they put on their tables, according
to DeLong and Church. They also said that women tend to be more aware of toxic byproducts and environmental impacts associ-ated with agricultural practices. Woman are also great relationship builders and tend to cultivate not only their farms, but alliances with their customers.
DeLaney Community Farm is a three-acre farm with a Community Supported Agriculture program in Aurora that works to provide fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers to people of every economic status
in the area. The CSA model builds relationships between farmers and local community members who invest in seasonal memberships and receive portions of the farm’s produce throughout the season.
DeLaney also strives to dem-onstrate small-scale, sustainable agricultural practices that secure the protection of the community’s environment by empowering its members through educational and leadership training.
The farm isn’t certified organic due to the costly certification pro-
cess, which includes fees for appli-cation, site inspection and annual re-certification.
“We would have to have hire an entire team,” DeLong said. “It’s just not in the picture for us.”
It is hard to define organic. “I think you would get a different an-swer from every person you asked,” DeLong said. “Some do it all by hand and consider using machin-ery as nonorganic, while others allow approved pesticides.”
From using Dr. Bronner’s brand organic soap as a pesticide, to growing vegetables more appro-priate for Colorado’s arid climate, to their transparent business model, Church believes that they are “beyond organic.”
Working with USDA pro-grams like Women Infants and Children and partnering with the Tri-County Health Department, DeLaney provides the first 15 WIC families to arrive at the farm every Wednesday with an educational lesson, an opportunity to volun-teer together and fresh produce to bring home.
“My favorite part was after the WIC days, everyone would sit down together at picnic tables and just start chatting, swapping tips and tricks about saving money but eating well and taking care of themselves,” Church said. “I just wanted to sit there with a notebook and write it all down.”
Another partner to DeLaney is Project Worthmore, which works to restore and foster self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life among Denver-area refugees. The foundation purchases four CSA shares for refugee families and provides transportation to the farm every Wednesday.
There are also 25 public shares that anyone can buy into, pro-viding a once-a-week bounty of freshly picked produce throughout the approximately 18-week season. Each share for this season is $650.
If community members cannot afford a share, they can also pick up fresh produce from the farm’s Public Farm Stand. Every Wednes-day, anyone can come to DeLaney and receive a bundle of produce for a suggested donation that directly supports the farm.
DeLaney also provides “Healthy Living Classes” through-out the summer months to educate community members about agri-cultural sustainability.
DeLaney Community Farm Member Angela Taylor will con-duct a “Creating Your Own Food System” class June 20 that will offer what she says are ways to eat more sustainably and responsibly without having to spend a fortune at the grocery store.
Erika Church prepares to get the field at Delany Community Farm in Aurora ready for the season April 6, 2015. Photos by Trevor L. Davis • [email protected]
By Christina Serieno
Heather De Long and Erika Church till the soil at DeLaney Community Farm in Aurora April 6. They use straw to keep the soil most and ruduce water usesage.
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MetTrendsMSU Denver is into its second week back from
spring break and trending on Auraria is a gray palette.
Gray shirts, pants, shoes and other gray accents
are all around campus. One could call it Aurarian
shades of gray.
Gray is students’ accent of choice for any outfit.
Students couple the color with reds and blues or go
with a more desaturated look.
The sidewalks seemed more muted than usual —
perhaps a sign of discontent for returning to school or
just a sign of well-spent spring breaks.
Students are appreciative of the warm, spring
weather that greeted them following spring break but
those well-accustomed to Colorado weather know that
it changes quickly.
Layers and long sleeves will likely still be seen on
Auraria as the chance of rain and snow looms — as is
customary of Colorado weather.
see more from Eric Tsao in Metrosphere’s
Story and photos by Eric Tsao
A Telltale gamer quickly learns that a calm episode bodes an epic follow up, so the next installment in the “Game of � rones” series is sure to be a smash.
� at said, the third episode, “� e Sword in the Darkness,” leaves much to be desired.
Part of this is Telltale in-tentionally creating characters di� cult to predict and subplots easily adjustable within the bigger picture, as it has done several times before. Nonetheless, charac-ters’ actions in this episode come entirely out of the blue without notable impact from previous choices, the action is minimal, the graphics fuzzy and the plot stagnant.
All this comes with arguably the most bombastic opening yet, involving a creature named a� er a
deceased Khal. House Forrester continues to
struggle to keep its reign over its house and of ironwood, a precious source for artillery. Lord Rodrik, wounded during the Red Wed-ding, � ghts the home battle deal-ing with an infestation of soldiers from their rival family.
When an unlikely ally proves there’s a snake in Rodrik’s coun-cil, every interaction becomes an agonizing balance of Forrester pride, lordly duty and desperate hope for outside assistance from his siblings.
Asher Forrester, his exiled younger brother, travels to Mereen in search of an army of sellswords, and � nds a bit more than he bar-gained for.
Mira Forrester, meanwhile a handmaiden to Margaery Tyrell (engaged to King Jo� rey), treads the intricate, political world of the Red Keep to secure the Forresters’ place in court, all in the shadow of preparations for a rather Purple Wedding.
Elsewhere, Gared Tuttle, former squire to the slain Gregor
Forrester, takes the black as a ranger at the Wall with an unwel-come � gure from the past. Gared must choose between pursuing a mystical citadel able to save House Forrester and following his newly sworn brothers, some of whom hide dark secrets, on a deadly quest.
Did I mention that’s the summary of what happens, as in shorter than the actual episode?
Were I to name every side character given a plot, (the other reviews) would not � t on the page. Despite this, none of the major characters experience a full arc within the episode.
Telltale generally has � ve-ep-isode series’ as opposed to the six slated this time, and it’s beginning to show with a lot of � ller.
In the last review, there was a hypothesis about the purpose of Asher’s plot. Without spoiling anything, hypothesis con� rmed. Yet cameos should not drive plot.
� e earlier note about un-predictable characters applies especially to overlaps between the show and the game. In this par-
ticular episode, Margaery plays an easily insulted bride-to-be rather than embodying the cool wit she is loved for in the show.
HBO is milking the excite-ment of the show’s fan base with each familiar face, hoping no one notices when they detract from the plot, which is o� en.
With season � ve starting soon, the next episode of the game, “Sons of Winter,” is not set to come out until May 19.
Until then, simply remember: valar morghulis.
Ricky Martin’s fan base now has a brand-new album to dance to and sing with. But even with a few solid songs, there seems to be something missing.
A� er four years out of the studio, the 43-year-old Grammy winner and Latin pop superstar has launched a new album called “A Quien Quiera Escuchar.”
� e album continues his tradi-tion of producing slow roman-tic tunes with fast-paced Latin rhythms.
Martin’s voice sounds as sweet as always in his ballads, and as enthusiastic as usual on his dance � oor hit singles.
� e new album has a regular edition with 10 songs and a deluxe edition that includes several bonus acoustic versions of some of the singles.
� e � rst single, “Adios,” feels like the reincarnation of an old Latin-Caribbean band from the ‘50s. Martin incorporates con-temporary dance and modern electronic rhythms that get your feet moving.
Another song that would most likely play tirelessly on Latin dance nights across the nation is “Mor-didita,” which translates to “little bite”.
It gives a taste of the Afro-Ca-ribbean roots of merengue and ba-
chata. In some moments, it seems to take bits of Wilfrido Varga’s work in his ‘80s merengues.
Two singles, “Naufrago” and “Matame Otra Vez,” have two di� erent versions in the album. In both cases, you can skip the regu-lar version and go for the acoustic one. In the case of “Naufrago,” or “Castaway” in English, the song has a slow salsa beat that makes you want to take your honey to the dance � oor on a romantic date night.
One of the best songs of this album is “Isla Bella,” which Martin sings in tribute to his beautiful native land, Puerto Rico. � e lyrics describe the feelings of those who are far away from their hometown, but carry their memories wherever they go.
So, what’s missing? Perhaps I
am just hankering for times past, but for someone who has followed Martin’s career for 31 years, I miss the singer who dared to do dif-ferent things. Somehow “A Quien Quiera Escuchar” feels like a safe bet. Good songs from good old Ricky Martin.
It’s a solid production that will surely have singles leading the Lat-in pop charts throughout 2015, but nothing unexpected. It has nothing completely explosive like “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” or as romantically breathtaking as “Vuelve” or “A Medio Vivir.”
Still, it will be a guaranteed good time.
“The Sword in the Darkness”
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“Motown the Musical” chron-icles the rise and decline of the famed Motown Records, and the life of its founder, Berry Gordy Jr.
� e show begins with Gordy as a child listening to the radio as boxer Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling. � e � ght was marked in the show as a great moment not only in African American history, but a great triumph of
America over Nazi Germany. � is moment is credited with sparking Gordy’s dream to bring the same joy to America through music.
� e story continues with Gordy working as a songwriter and acquiring a loan from his family in order to found Motown Records. It goes on to portray the discovery of talents like Smoky Robinson, � e Supremes, and � e Jackson Five.
It was refreshing to see that the show boasted no Hollywood star power. � e show is cast
with performers that would be unknown to anyone outside the theatrical community. � is al-lows the performers to disappear into their roles of these ‘70s pop culture icons.
� e actors performing the parts of a young Michael Jack-son and Smoky Robinson are especially astonishing in their abilities to bring the characters to life.
Gordy was heavily involved in creating the show, and “Motown the Musical” brings the music and times to life in a loving,
idealistic way.� e musical numbers are an
astonishing treat for those who weren’t around to see Motown groups perform live.
I encourage everyone to go see “Motown the Musical,” but I especially encourage young people. � e show is like a time machine that transports its audi-ence to a period of great change in American history and uses the music of the time to re� ect those changes.
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The future of the Metro Roadrunners softball relies heav-ily on the team’s ability to close out games and consistently have a balance of hitting and pitching. Halfway through the season, that future looks pretty bright for the Runners, with sophomore pitcher Cassidy Smith on the mound.
Sitting in third place in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence at 26-10 (17-5 RMAC), the Lady Runners are in prime posi-tion to make a run in the post-season. Smith is certainly helping their case as best of the west.
“Last couple of weeks I think we’ve found our way,” Smith said. “Our ability to mesh as a team has gotten a lot better as the season has gone on.”
Smith is setting the bar for the Metro rotation with her con-tinual growth and accuracy on the mound that has brought the bar up for this squad of talented pitchers.
After going 3-0 with a 1.56 ERA March 28 and 29, tossing three complete games and giving up only four runs in her three out-ings, Smith earned RMAC pitcher of the week honors for the first time this season and the second time in her career. The honor has made the motivation of the second-year pitcher even stronger.
“It makes me want to do better (than last year),” Smith said. “Not that I have something to prove to everybody, but show that I deserve that.” It’s nice but I couldn’t have done it without my team. My of-fense and defense is what brings out the best in me. ”
The Colorado native grew up in Loveland and was a multiple-sport athlete, also playing basketball as a guard in high school, has been around softball since she was 10.
“My club team actually played together for nine years,” Smith said. “I wanted to stay close to home for college and Metro was a good choice. Most of my family is from down here and I just really like this area.”
Deciding to join Metro her freshman year, Smith made the most of her time in the rotation on the center circle, as she lead the Roadrunners to the RMAC championship game and a berth in the NCAA tournament. Smith went 18-4 in her 31 appearances as a true freshman pitcher, starting
23 of those contests. She recorded a 4.03 ERA in just over 147 innings that saw 41 batters walking to the dugout with a K.
Smith led the Lady Runners in wins and showed her talent with the rest of the RMAC last season, where she ranked sixth in total ERA (3.68) and wins with 10. She
was also ranked 15th in innings pitched (93.1) and lowest batting average (.321).
This year she’s 12-5 with one save and a 3.33 ERA. Smith is also the first pitcher for Metro to hit double digit wins this season, she said she intends to increase by staying consistent and keeping the
same mentality that she’s had for the whole season.
Smith has not only gained the trust in the locker room, but also friendships, with a few of the girls.
“I’ve been playing with her since I was 11,” said sophomore centerfielder Colissa Bakovich. “Cassidy is just very funny, very
easy going, very friendly and she’s just super nice. I have all the confi-dence in her.”
Without pitching to balance out the offense for the club, then the team will always struggle to find wins and generate postseason appearances. What makes this team dangerous is that Smith is only in her second year and was named the RMAC Preseason Pitcher of the Year and named to the Preseason RMAC All-Confer-ence team.
“She’s a very strong, indepen-dent person,” said Metro senior second baseman Kaylynn Harmon. “I have my 100 percent confidence in her. I know that when she’s on the mound, she’s going to get the job done. Whether her arms hurting or not, she’ll pitch all four games in a row.”
Not one to really believe in superstitions, Smith does do one thing the same every game.
“I do the same pre-game pitch-ing,” Smith said. “I throw out the same pitches, in the same order.”
While the Roadrunners are part of the upper tier of the confer-ence, Smith still likes to do all of the same things as college women would do.
“I like to go outside, shopping, hang with my friends,” Smith said with a chuckle.
Smith and the Lady Runners have a three-game series with the UC-Colorado Springs Moun-tain Lions April 11 and 12 before hitting the road for a four-game showdown with the Regis Rangers April 18 and 19.
Second-year Smith brings ace to Runners
Metro sophomore pitcher Cassidy Smith, who won pitcher of the week for the second time in her career after going 3-0 with a 1.56 ERA March 28 and 29, poses for an environmental portrait April 1 at The Regency Athletic Complex.Photo by Michael Ortiz • [email protected]
By Scott Corbridge
Cassidy Smith 2014-2015 Stats
Sophomore pitcher12-5 Record1 Save3.33 ERA 45 Strikeouts30 Walks109.1 Innings Pitched133 Hits63 Runs52 Earned Runs
“I couldn’t have done it without my team.”
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Softball returns home April 11 & 12 vs. UCCS. April 11 is TEAL Day.
Sweeping New Mexico Highlands in a four-game series, the Roadrunners baseball team continued its home win streak to 13 straight, vying for a Rocky Mountain division lead with just under a month remaining in the regular season.
Game 1: 3-2, WAt The Regency Athletic Com-
plex April 3, the game remained scoreless until the bottom of the seventh inning when senior pitcher Ryan Baca sacrificed on a fly ball that scored senior centerfielder Mitch Gibbons.
Things briefly fell apart for the Runners in the ninth inning as Cowboy outfielder Andrew Ratter-man singled to right field, bringing his teammate EJ Stanton in for a run. After a dropped fly ball by Gibbons, Ratterman scored the go-ahead run, making the score 2-1 entering the bottom of the ninth.
When Metro got its chance at the plate, redshirt freshman Trent Maloney hit a ground-rule double advancing junior outfielder Jeff Levett to home plate.
Following a failed double-play attempt, Levett would seal the vic-tory for the Roadrunners when he scored an unearned run following a reach on a fielder’s choice ending with a final of 3-2.
Levett finished with two runs off four at bats while Gibbons scored one run off four at bats in the 11-inning game.
Game 2: 7-4, WConsistent batting continued
in game two of the doubleheader as Maloney singled to left field that
brought Levett in for a run to jump off the scoring. Metro added two more runs in the second inning led by sophomore shortstop Jake Thur-ston, who notched a run batted in and a score in that inning alone.
Pitching and defense was just as reliable when senior pitcher Mike Thill took the mound and threw eight strikeouts along with seven hits allowed in the seven in-nings he pitched.
Later in the third, after a score from the Cowboys, the Runners extended its lead to 4-1 when senior catcher Darryl Baca hit a home run to left field.
Maloney would then steal third base off a throwing error in the bottom of the fifth, eventually coming home to add another run to their lead.
Highlands did make an at-tempt to salvage the four-run defi-cit leading into the sixth inning. With the Cowboys stealing bases of their own, they added two runs to its total, one being unearned.
The Roadrunners went on to score another two runs in the bottom of the same inning before assuring the win.
Game 3: 9-4, WNew Mexico Highlands started
strong, in the second doubleheader April 4, after an error in the out-field led to three unearned runs for the Cowboys scoring a total of four times at the top of the first inning.
In the bottom of the first, it didn’t take Metro long to return to its much improved batting. With one base loaded after Levett was hit by a pitch, Gibbons hit a timely home run to score two RBIs. Ma-loney was next at bat who hit the ensuing home run to help assist the early comeback.
The Runners tied it at 4-4 in the bottom of the third inning when Gibbons scored off a Malo-ney line drive to right field.
Junior leftfielder Alex Walker gave the Roadunners the lead after a two-run single in the sixth and scoring an unearned run.
For the remainder of the game, Metro kept Highlands scoreless while they attached another two runs to the total. The Runners had five consecutive scores to finish the game 9-4.
Gibbons finished 2-for-4 at the plate while Maloney went 2-for-3.
Senior pitcher Nick Hammett had an impressive performance with four strikeouts, allowing only five hits and just one unearned run in seven strong innings.
“Consistency,” Head Coach Jer-rid Oates said. “We’ve pitched well, we’ve played good defense and have had timely hitting.”
All of these were factors that spilled over into the final game against the Cowboys to secure the sweep.
Game 4: 9-1, WThe theme remained the same
in the last matchup against New Mexico Highlands.
A Darryl Baca RBI in the bot-tom of the first led to a Levett run putting the Roadrunners on top by one to start the game.
The second inning went to the Cowboys with one score, that be-ing their lone run of the game by catcher Morgan McCasland off a wild pitch.
Metro scored six runs in the third inning led by redshirt freshman third baseman Hunter Donaldson who had two RBIs and a score of his own.
Redshirt freshman pitcher Ju-
lian Garcia pitched the entire seven innings as he struck out seven bat-ters, allowed just six hits and only one walk.
“It’s awesome to see our start-ers go seven innings,” Gibbons said. “That’s what we want from them.”
Baca had a great outing at the plate going 2-for-3 with three RBIs while Levett did the same but with just one run batted in.
“It starts with practice,” Gib-bons said. “We do a lot of batting practice.”
After a Baca home run to left field, the Roadrunners closed out
the game with the 9-1 victory con-tinuing their win streak of five and home win streak of 13 while still struggling away from The Regency Athletic Complex.
The weekend sweep against New Mexico Highlands (13-17 overall) allowed Metro to raise their record above .500 at 16-13, (11-9 RMAC).
“Everyone is doing their job at the right time,” Gibbons said. “It’s great to be over .500 right now.”
The Roadrunners will face Adams State in another four-game series April 10-12 at home.
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Domination at the plate sweeps Cowboys
Josh Graetz, Nick Baker upset No. 42 Colorado Mesa
A combination of youth and experience teamed to knock off the No. 25-ranked doubles pair in the country when sophomore Josh Graetz and senior Nick Baker de-feated Colorado Mesa University’s No. 1 doubles 8-5 at The Regency Athletic Complex April 4.
Graetz and Baker tallied an 8-1 win over Montana State University Billings April 3 as the men’s team blanked the Yellowjackets 9-0.
Sophomore Trevor Jones and junior Sam Stember clinched a 5-4 Metro victory Colorado Mesa Uni-versity April 4. Jones and Stember,
playing at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively, both won 6-2, 7-5.
After an injury to Baker, junior Porter Emery was inserted in the starting lineup at No. 6 singles and won 6-3, 7-5. The Roadrunners fell to South Dakota State University 3-6 April 5. The men’s team is 10-8 overall.
Freshman Haleigh Choba-nian and junior Kasey Love beat Montana State Billings 8-2 at No. 1 doubles but the team lost 4-5.
Freshman Courtney Wright pulled double-duty in singles and doubles April 4 against Colorado Mesa. Wright and sophomore Ana-Jelena Vujosevic won 8-6 at No. 2 doubles. Wright then regis-
tered another win at No. 1 singles (6-3, 6-1). Despite Wright’s efforts, Metro lost 3-6.
Wright and Vujosevic secured Metro’s lone victory at No. 2 doubles as the women’s team fell 1-8 to South Dakota State April 5.
The women’s team is 3-13 overall after losing three straight matches and seven of its last nine.
By Mario Sanelli
Sophomore Josh Graetz stretches with supreme focus for a forehand return against No. 42 Colorado Mesa University April 4 at The Regency Athletic Complex.Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • [email protected]
Senior centerfielder Mitch Gibbons slides into third base in the win against New Mexico Highlands April 3 at The Regency Athletic Complex.Photo by Abreham Gebreegziabher • [email protected]
Men finish 2-1, women winless in three weekend matches
Upcoming matchesMen & women:- April 10 - W. New Mexico Univ., 9 a.m.- CSU-Pueblo, 2 p.m. - @ Silver City, New Mexico
The Lady Runners split their doubleheader at Fort Lewis April 3 at Aspen Field in Durango, coast-ing to a 12-2 victory in the first game before falling short by a score of 7-6 in the second game.
Up 2-1 at the top of the fifth inning in Game 1, the Runners capitalized on three errors by the Skyhawks’ defense and came away with six-consecutive runs to increase the lead to 8-1. Senior second baseman Kaylynn Harmon reached base safely on a fielding error, which enabled senior third baseman Mary Towner and senior shortstop Susie Oury to score.
Later in the fifth, freshman catcher Sarena Espinoza hit into a fielder’s choice, but after a throw-ing error by the Skyhawks, Towner scored. The inning of fortuitous miscues culminated when sopho-more outfielder Colissa Bakovich got on base after another fielding error, which scored freshman third baseman Taryn Calori.
Senior second baseman Annika Anderson added a pinch hit two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning to make the final score 12-2
and put an exclamation point on Metro’s rout. Harmon went 1-3 with four RBI’s and a triple, while Espinoza added four RBI’s of her own and a double to finish with a 2-4 outing.
Game 2 saw Fort Lewis open with a seven run first inning. The Skyhawks didn’t score another run for the remainder of the game, al-lowing Metro to gradually close the gap, but that early deficit proved to be too much for the Runners to overcome. Espinoza had another strong outing at the plate, going 2-3 with two RBI’s and a double. Oury also went 2-3 with a double of her own.
Metro rebounded April 4 with a dominating performance in its second-consecutive doubleheader against Fort Lewis, notching two victories — 8-3 and 9-0.
After trailing 2-1 early in Game 1, the Runners dialed up some offense with a four-run second in-ning that gave them all the insur-ance necessary to win the game.
The Lady Runners once more benefited from a strong outing by Espinoza, who compiled three singles and two RBI’s to finish 3-4. Oury went just 1-4, but her lone hit was an RBI double and she man-
aged to get on base on two other occasions, once on a fielding error by the Skyhawks and again on a fielder’s choice. She took advantage of the extra opportunities and scored three runs, while also com-ing up with two stolen bases for the game.
In the second game of the doubleheader, freshman pitcher Kenzie Mattey (8-2) shut down the Skyhawks offense, surrendering only five hits in a 9-0 shutout win for Metro.
The Roadrunners augmented Mattey’s strong pitching with efficient offense, as Harmon went 2-2 with a double and Redmond finished 3-4 with a double.
The Runners wracked up four-extra base hits as a team, as Towner hit two doubles of her own and en-sured that her teammates weren’t left stranded, racking up four RBI’s to go 2-4. Oury had a 2-3 outing with an RBI and was once again ef-fective on the base paths, running away with two stolen bases for the second consecutive game.
The three wins in four games put Metro’s record at 26-10 (17-5) for the season.
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With the score tied at 12, the Roadrunners’ defense couldn’t hold up the wall any longer and fell 13-12.
Metro kept the lead for a majority of the game, with at least a two-goal diff erential at the end of the quarter. CSUSM’s defense, however, became implausibly resil-ient to the Runners’ attack, causing them to fall in the end.
“It was a really well-fought game,” said junior midfi elder For-est Lambert. “Th ey’re a top 25 team and we really wanted to knock them off and we knew it was going to be a close game. We came out well and defense talked well. We just have to get better at ground balls and calling out picks.”
Sophomore goalie Bryson Ole-jnik was in net for Metro. With an overall 5.167 GAA, Olejnik stood strong for the Runners, but one shot whiff ed past him to seal the deal for CSUSM.
“It was defi nitely a close game,” Olejnik said. “It’s a tough one to swallow. We really wanted that bad, but I think it all just came down to off ense. We worked our tail feathers off . But ultimately, I think we played great all around.
It’s just that we need to work on some stuff and get better.”
Th is game was the fi rst time the team played at the Regency Athletic Complex. Home games are usually held at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
“We really wanted to play on this fi eld and we were stoked that the school gave us the opportunity and everyone came out, so that was really awesome,” Lambert said. “I’d like to thank everyone that came out to support us. Th is is so cool.”
Th e Roadrunners currently sit 7-2 overall and 1-0 in their division, compared to their last season, in which they fi nished 2-7. Th ey added nine new players and a new head coach, and are prepared
to fi nish out the season on a high note.
“I think we learned a lot from this game and it’s going to get us ready for next week against Fort Lewis,” Lambert said.
Metro heads down to Cedar Fields in Durango for two games this weekend. Th e Runners face Fort Lewis April 11 at 4 p.m. and New Mexico April 12 at noon.
Roadrunners push it to the final minutes
Metro junior midfi elder Forrest Lambert tires to dislodge the ball form the offense during the Roadrunners’ April 4 match up against Cal State San Marcos at The Regency Athletic Complex. The Runners lost 13-12 and are 7-2 on the season. Photo by Siobhan Lloyd • [email protected]
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4.11: Strange Americans, Andy Hamilton and the Whiskey HItchers, Anthony RuptakLocation: Larimer LoungePrice: $12Time: 9 p.m.
4.11: Infected Mushroom, Au5Location: Ogden TheatrePrice: $40Time: 9 p.m.
4.11: Rowdy Shadehouse, Dragondeer, James and The DevilLocation: Bluebird TheaterPrice: $15Time: 9 p.m.
4.11: Tonight We Rise, Random Hero, Pullman Standard, Skyfox, Syke 96Location: Gothic TheatrePrice: $13Time: 8 p.m.
4.13: Deap Vally, Bud Bronson & the Good Times, LA Witch, The VelveteersLocation: Larimer LoungePrice: $15Time: 9 p.m.
4.13: Sixx:A.M., Apocalyptica, VAMPSLocation: Ogden TheatrePrice: $40Time: 8 p.m.
4.13: Nosaj Thing, ClarkLocation: Bluebird TheaterPrice: $16Time: 8 p.m.
Across1. Utter roughly5. Aimee of ‘’La Dolce Vita’’10. Decent, so to speak14. Hipbone parts15. Take potshots16. Vallee of song17. Command for quick action19. Alda or Arkin20. Toughen or harden (Var.)21. Cushy job23. Extends shoe life, in a way26. Type of jacket27. ASAP32. Place for a school dance, perhaps35. Testa cousin36. Nail partner37. Oscar winner for ‘’Hud’’39. To divest of weapons42. Yarn that is spun43. Mythical strongman45. Café ___ (black coffee)47. Spider’s parlor invitee48. Immediately52. Lavish affection (on)53. They’re not available in Spain57. Wavering61. Dressing bottle62. Like Patagonia63. ‘’Move it! Move it!’’66. Desert ‘’monster’’67. April 7 baby, e.g.68. It may be posted69. Dickens’ Pecksniff
70. Kathmandu is its capital71. Toward the sheltered side
Down1. Jockey, e.g.2. Unrivaled3. Air-� lled skull cavity
4. Emulate a police of� cer5. Hungry-bear center6. Capt.’s heading, perhaps7. Human or fact � nishers8. Elevate9. How you may be interested10. Eccentric one11. Singer of a Poitier � lm title
12. Purim’s month13. Bit of force18. Daniel’s sonnets to ___22. An End of London24. Grayish yellow25. Largest organ28. Fawn-colored antelope29. Pass time idly30. ‘’___ cost you!’’31. ‘’So ___ say’’32. Eat like a mouse33. Sasquatch kin34. Whiskey ingredient38. Words of the pretentious, perhaps40. Some bucks41. Distance in a Stephen King title44. Combustion byproduct46. Dressing type49. Area code 801 resident50. Professor’s security blanket51. People of southwest Nigeria54. Of the country55. Lofty residence56. Savoir-faire57. Macbeth trio58. Canal of song59. Mud deposit
60. Excursion64. ‘’Michael Collins’’ actor Stephen65. Fashion monogram
Difficulty: Easy
H o r o s c o p e sH o r o s c o p e sOverheard this week
“Jesus, you’re tall. I don’t say that much.”
“Your life is going to be a living hell when you graduate.”
“Yeah, I had class at 9:30 and left my house at 9:15. It wasn’t a good morning.”
“I’ve ridden an elephant before. It’s like riding a waterbed.”
“Running through brick walls and stuff. Like you do.”
“I mean, everybody knows those people, right?”
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Sudoku
AriesMarch 21 -April 19
TaurusApril 20 -May 20
GeminiMay 21 -June 20
CancerJune 21 -July 22
LeoJuly 23 -August 22
VirgoAugust 23 -September 22
LibraSeptember 23 -October 22
ScorpioOctober 23 -November 21
SagittariusNovember 22 -December 21
CapricornDecember 22 -January 19
AquariusJanuary 20 -February 18
PiscesFebruary 19 -March 20
You � nd yourself singing along with “Tuesday’s Gone,” and wondering where your life took such a sur-real turn.
You found love in a hopeless place. Sadly, that hopeless place was your own heart.
Every day, in every way, your co-workers drive you toward drinking.
� is month, you correctly predicted the Final Four! Unfortunately, it was the day a� er betting closed. Good job, that.
You can’t help it. It is your nature.
Golden-winged cherubim descend from the heavens, delivering an important message: You need pizza. Immediately.
Repeat a� er yourself: I will not be ableist in the horoscopes. I will not be ableist in the horoscopes. I will not be ableist in the horoscopes.
In your upcoming biopic, your role will be played by Morgan Freeman — regardless of your own race or gender.
Whatever you wish upon your worst enemy will happen to you. Yes, even screaming children and cluster headaches.
Your world will be upended by the misplace-ment of your lucky pen. � e replacement just doesn’t cut it.
A tall, long-haired, lanky man will sing Taylor Swi� ’s “Shake It O� ” at you. It compares unfavorably to � e Rock’s lip-sync performance.
I see London. I see France. I see an expensive plane ticket in your future, Gemini. Maybe even two. You are a twinsy, a� er all.
Difficulty: Medium
Answers:
Opening Day!— Mario Sanelli
Doing taxes.Kate Rigot —
Being able to play fullcourt basketball in the park.
Scott Corbridge —
Shopping.— Mackenzie Masson
Hiding from the sun, playing Minecraft and avoiding allergies.
— Cassie Reid
Skiing and hiking 14ers.— Jason Colbourne
Listening to Taylor Swift.— Timothy Ulrich
Barbecue by the pool.— Taylor Thornton
Source: OnlineCrosswords.net
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