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University of Denver student newspaper since 1899 Vol. 116, Issue 13 April28, 2009 www.duclarion.com ERIN HOLWEGER Contributor Chancellor Robert Coombe issued a statement Monday evening reassuring students that the university has a plan of action should there be an outbreak of the swine flu on campus. Coombe’s message came as health officials nationwide were warning Ameri- cans about the possible spread of the swine flu, which was first diagnosed last week in Mexico. “Anyone with flu-like symptoms is advised to avoid contact with others. Swine flu symptoms are the same as other types of flu and include: fever greater than 100 degrees, headache, body ache, chills and fatigue,” Coombe said in the statement to the DU community. A team comprised of representa- tives from across the campus is in regular contact to handle issues, like disease out- breaks, that arise for students, faculty and staff. e Health and Counseling Center is stocked with medications for an outbreak of the swine flu at DU, according to health center executive director Dr. Sam Alexan- der. “We are prepared for any sort of pan- demic at any particular level,” Alexander said. e university first instituted its pandemic plan of action in 2006 and is continuously updating it. e last update to the plan was in March. e health center is stockpiled with non-expiring items to treat cases of the swine flu and would move on to further steps and medications depending on the spread of the virus. “When it comes to pandemic plan- ning, it’s not a question of if, but when,” said Alexander. “ere haven’t been any cases so far in Colorado, but we have to assume there will be.” Of the cases of swine flu reported in the United States, symptoms have been similar to the seasonal flu. e cases in the United States have been relatively mild so far, said Dr. Alexander. He echoed the chancellor’s warning that students, faculty and staff with flu- like symptoms should distance themselves from others. “We do not recommend that they come in (to the health center), unless their symptoms get worse,” said Alexander. “e risk of going anywhere is infecting others.” SEE FLU, PAGE 4 DU goes on swine flu alert days left 31 SUMMER UNTIL BREAK QUOTABLE CLUB BASEBALL Pioneers season ending soon SPORTS | Page 15 OPINIONS | Page 12 “is girl suffers from the ‘ugly duck syndrome’...” SPECIAL EDITION: Meet the candidates, your guide to AUSA senate elections Getting help at PHC MICHAEL FURMAN Above: A homeless man is served lunch, which consisted of macaroni, chips, orange, cookie and a drink, by Robby Jupp and Ariel Kay during Project Homeless Connect at the Ritchie Center on Friday. Leſt: Sophomore Sophie Rosen chats with one of some 800 people who sought help at the event. About 600 DU students, faculty and staff participated in the PHC7, a joint project with Mile High United Way and Denver’s Road Home, a 10-year plan to end homelessness in the city. SEE PHC7, PAGE 2
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University of Denver student newspaper since 1899
Vol. 116, Issue 13 April28, 2009www.duclarion.com
ERIN HOLWEGERContributor
Chancellor Robert Coombe issued a statement Monday evening reassuring students that the university has a plan of action should there be an outbreak of the swine fl u on campus.
Coombe’s message came as health offi cials nationwide were warning Ameri-cans about the possible spread of the swine fl u, which was fi rst diagnosed last week in Mexico.
“Anyone with fl u-like symptoms is advised to avoid contact with others. Swine fl u symptoms are the same as other types of fl u and include: fever greater than 100 degrees, headache, body ache, chills and fatigue,” Coombe said in the statement to the DU community.
A team comprised of representa-tives from across the campus is in regular contact to handle issues, like disease out-breaks, that arise for students, faculty and staff .
Th e Health and Counseling Center is stocked with medications for an outbreak of the swine fl u at DU, according to health center executive director Dr. Sam Alexan-der.
“We are prepared for any sort of pan-demic at any particular level,” Alexander said.
Th e university fi rst instituted its pandemic plan of action in 2006 and is continuously updating it. Th e last update to the plan was in March.
Th e health center is stockpiled with non-expiring items to treat cases of the swine fl u and would move on to further steps and medications depending on the spread of the virus.
“When it comes to pandemic plan-ning, it’s not a question of if, but when,” said Alexander. “Th ere haven’t been any cases so far in Colorado, but we have to assume there will be.”
Of the cases of swine fl u reported in the United States, symptoms have been similar to the seasonal fl u. Th e cases in the United States have been relatively mild so far, said Dr. Alexander.
He echoed the chancellor’s warning that students, faculty and staff with fl u-like symptoms should distance themselves from others.
“We do not recommend that they come in (to the health center), unless their symptoms get worse,” said Alexander. “Th e risk of going anywhere is infecting others.”
SPECIAL EDITION: Meet the candidates, your guide to AUSA senate elections
Getting help at PHC
MICHAEL FURMAN
Above: A homeless man is served lunch, which consisted of macaroni, chips, orange, cookie and a drink, by Robby Jupp and Ariel Kay during Project Homeless Connect at the Ritchie Center on Friday. Left : Sophomore Sophie Rosen chats with one of some 800 people who sought help at the event. About 600 DU students, faculty and staff participated in the PHC7, a joint project with Mile High United Way and Denver’s Road Home, a 10-year plan to end homelessness in the city.
SEE PHC7, PAGE 2
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Police ReportTuesday, April 213 p.m. Campus Safety responded to the report of a suspicious male in the women’s locker room at Coors Fitness Center. Campus Safety responded; the man left prior to their arrival.
3:35 p.m. An unidentifi ed male was seen in the women’s restroom in Driscoll center. Th e man left the scene prior to the arrival of Campus Safety.
6:06 p.m A traffi c incident occurred in the parking lot near Penrose Library when a DU student struck a university-owned vehicle. Campus Safety and the Denver Police Department responded. Minor damage and no injuries occurred.
Wednesday, April 224:19 p.m. Parking Enforcement Offi cers discovered a vehicle’s license plates to be reported stolen while issuing a parking ticket. Denver Police Department responded and the party was arrested because of an unrelated traffi c warrant.
5:56 p.m. A DU staff member reported suspicious behavior at the Joy Burns Arena. Th e staff member felt threatened by another staff member aft er a verbal altercation between the two.
Th ursday, April 2311:50 p.m. An intoxicated party was reported in the 1800 block of South High Street. Campus Safety responded
CALENDARToday
Joseph Ringer will give a talk on export, fi nance and the global trade regime from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Joseph Korbel School of International Studies Cyber Café in Cherrington Hall.
He will introduce the Export-Import Bank and its various programs and the work it will do to support the export of U.S. goods and services and its role in combating the global credit crisis.
Tomorrow Th e Campus Crusade for
Christ- Th e Well will be held from 7:05 to 8:30 p.m. in Evans Chapel. Th is event is open to the campus and community.
Th ursday Th e Center for Academic and
Career Development will hold a graduate school information workshop in their offi ces from 12 to 1 p.m. Th e workshop will cover basic information about applying to graduate school.
Friday Foothills Visual & Textual
Magazine submissions for the 2009 edition are due to the editors. Contributors will see their work distributed to the campus and community during the week of May Days. Students interested in
submitting their work to Foothills can fi nd additional information and submission guidelines at the Foothills Facebook page. Submissions should be emailed to [email protected]
Delta Zeta’s spring philanthropy the Big Man on Campus Pageant will be held in Davis Auditorium at 7 p.m. Nominees from each of DU’s fraternities will compete in a beauty and talent pageant for the title of Man of the Year. Th e event is free and open to the entire community. Th e winner of the pageant will be decided by the audi-ence who will be able to submit votes for their favorite man by making one dollar donations. All proceeds will go to Delta Zeta’s charities for the hearing and speech impaired.
Coming up Submissions to DU Tube 2009
are due by May 18. Submissions should portray the DU experience. Th e goal of DU Tube is to assist new students in their transition and adjustment to DU by providing important information at the beginning of their time at the university. For more information on the project and submission guidelines visit www.du.edu/studentlife/dutube.
and discovered an underage student to be severely intoxicated. Th e student was transported to a detox facility.
Friday, April 2412:29 p.m. Campus Safety and the Fire Department reported to the Physics Building aft er a student in a classroom fainted and hit his head. Th e student had to be transported to Swedish Medical Center for treatment.
2:27 p.m. A student became lightheaded in a classroom in the physics building. A Campus Safety offi cer responded and escorted her to the Health and Counseling Center.
Saturday, April 251:55 p.m. A student was restrained by another student and moved to another location against her will, according to a report she fi led with Campus Safety and the Denver Police Department. DPD cited the student with kidnapping and the Offi ces of Citizenship and Community Standards and Genter Violence and Education and Support Services were notifi ed.
4:42 p.m. A student’s personal vehicle was vandalized in the C lot near Centennial Halls. Th e student left her car in the lot around 12 a.m. on April 4 and when she returned at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday she found damage had been done to the front left side of the vehicle.
PHC7: Students give backPioneers give up a Friday to serve over 800 people
I was able to have this incident amended. I was surprised to fi nd all of this help.”
According to volunteers, the most utilized services through-out the day are medical services, applications for food stamps and requests for new identifi cation documents. Over 60 community organi-zations were represented at the event.
“In order to make this a success it takes the cooperation of many people and companies. We work with the university. Th e attorneys, the medical personnel and everyone off ering services, all are donating their time. Th is is a true community eff ort,” Shari Lawson, who volunteers for Mile High United Way and served as an area leader on Friday said,
Th is is the second time that PHC has been hosted at DU.
Denver’s Road Home is a project to end homelessness in Denver in 10 years. Th e plan was enacted in 2005 when it was
JAMIE WARRENAssistant news editor
Approximately 600 DU students, staff and Denver com-munity members volunteered on Friday, off ering services to 800 homeless at the seventh bi-annual Project Homeless Con-nect (PHC7) in Denver.
PHC7 is put on in partner-ship with DU, Mile High United Way and Denver’s Road Home, the city’s 10-year plan to end homelessness. Th is event off ers the homeless in the Denver com-munity the opportunity to seek assistance with basic needs.
Th e event was held at the Ritchie center and off ered ser-vices hroughout the morning including basic medical assis-tance, housing, fi nancial, identi-fi cation such as birth certifi cates and driver’s licenses, legal ser-vices, and child support.
Lunch was provided. Individuals charged with
petty crimes and misdemeanors were given the opportunity to participate in homeless court.
Th is court is off ered to the homeless and accelerates the judgment process so that the men and women can move towards stability.
One man who found this service helpful was James Th eil, who was issued a ticket on the RTD Light Rail.
Due to his circumstances he was unable to take care of this ticket and if he were to plead guilty in court he would have a theft on record.
Th eil said, “With this court
approved by Mayor John Hick-enlooper and the Denver City Council in 2005.
According to the organiza-tion, there are more than 3,900 homeless men, women and children. Th e city spends more than $70 million on services for these individuals, such as food and shelter.
MICHAEL FURMANTop: A volunteer helps repair a bicycle,. Bicycle repair was just one of the many services off ered . Bottom: A volunteer speaks with her client about his needs.
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Pioneers claim top spot in Green Power power purchases
BriefsState National International
DENVER — Th e Colorado Senate has passed a bill requiring anyone arrested for a felony to submit a DNA sample.
Senate Bill 241 passed by a vote of 28-7 Monday and now goes to the House.
Currently, only people who are convicted of crimes must submit DNA.
Backers say testing people at the time of arrest will help catch criminals and save lives by run-ning the DNA against evidence from other cases.
But opponents say it blurs the line between accusation and conviction and that DNA infor-mation from innocent people shouldn't be put in a criminal database.
DENVER — Th e Colorado House tentatively approved a proposal by Gov. Bill Ritter and Democratic lawmakers to remove a 6 percent limit on growth in general fund spending and replace it with limits based on personal income growth.
Supporters said Monday the budget fi x is needed because cur-rent limits won’t allow the state to recover when the economy rebounds aft er the recession.
Rep. Lois Court, D-Denver, said lawmakers are not violat-ing the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, which limits taxes and spending in the state budget, and the state is not getting more money.
ERIN HOLWEGERContributor
DU purchased 15 million kilowatt hours of green power in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2008-2009 College and University Green Power Chal-lenge, the most of any Sun Belt Conference school.
Last year was the fi rst time DU has participated in the com-petition. Nationally, DU ranked 14th out of participating colleges and universities.
Th e University of Pennsyl-vania won the n a t i o n a l award with a purchase of 192,727,000 k i l o w a t t hours (kWh) of green power. Th e Ivy League was the top ranking con-ference with 225,471,600 kWh.
T h e Green Power Challenge tracks the green power purchases of participat-ing institutions and ranks them nationally and within their ath-letic conferences.
Th e Green Power Challenge is part of the EPA’s Green Power Partnership, in which corpora-tions, small businesses, universi-ties and colleges, state and local governments can purchase green power through the EPA’s market.
Green power is sustain-able electrical energy generated from wind, solar, geothermal, low-impact hydro and biomass resources. It reduces the carbon footprint and utilizes U.S. energy resources, reducing dependence on foreign supplies.
DU’s green energy comes from a two-year contract signed in 2008 to obtain 15 million kWh of wind energy a year from Texas. Th is accounts for about 30% of the university’s annual energy consumption.
DU’s win can be largely attributed to students encourag-ing administrators to invest in sustainable energy infrastructure and green power, said AUSA Sustainability Committee Chair Mary Jean O’Malley.
“Over this past year we
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Same-sex couples in Iowa began holding hastily planned weddings Monday as the state became the third to allow gay marriage, a leap that even some supporters fi nd hard to grasp in the nation’s heartland.
Within hours of a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage taking eff ect, sev-eral same-sex couples exchanged vows at the Polk County Admin-istrative Building.
On April 3, the Iowa justices upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a state law restricting marriage to a union between a man and woman.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police say they have arrested 91 protesters in front of the White House, including some in wheelchairs who chained them-selves to a fence.
Th e protesters are calling on the president to support legisla-tion that would give people with disabilities in need of care alter-natives to nursing homes.
Sgt. David Schlosser says a large group gathered on a side-walk outside the White House on Monday without a protest permit required for groups of more than 25 demonstrators.
He says some protesters are in wheelchairs and have chained themselves to a fence. Police may use a bolt-cutter to cut them.
ISTANBUL — A police crackdown on radical groups in Istanbul on Monday led to a fi ve-hour shootout with a left ist militant who hurled explosives and opened fi re from an apart-ment building.
Th ree people were killed and eight others injured, the government said.
Th e militant attacked police as they closed in on him during a police sweep against left ist, Kurdish and other radi-cal groups operating in the city. Police rounded up more than 40 people in 60 overnight raids, and the governor of Turkey’s largest city said the suspects were plan-ning “sensational armed attacks soon.”
Th e gunman identifi ed by the government as Orhan Yilmazkaya, a top member of the left ist group Revolutionary Headquarters, was killed along with a police offi cer and an onlooker in the shootout in a residential area of the Bostanci district, on the Asian side of Istanbul.
Seven police offi cers and a television cameraman were wounded, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said.
Th e militant had a large amount of ammunition and was able to hold off hundreds of offi cers for more than fi ve hours, Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler said.
Students celebrate Earth week
LAURYN SPRUNGMembers of DU’s environmental team hand out waterbottles in front of Sturm in honor of Earth week.
learned that the administration is open to these initiatives, but administrators don’t always start them,” she said, “Th ey look to students to start these changes.”
While DU could not avoid using energy altogether, it can try to use as much renewable energy as possible, said O’Malley.
“We use energy of course, we can’t really avoid it on campus, but we want to make it as green as possible,” she said.
O’Malley is hopeful about the improvements DU has made in sustainability in the past few year, such as the wind energy contract, and the possibility for future improvements.
“We haven’t done as much as other schools,
but we’re well on our way,” she said, “Th ere are great things h a p p e n i n g because of stu-dents and a lot more room for students to get involved.”
Currently, the Sustainabil-ity Committee’s major projects are a bike shar-
ing program with the city of Denver, a community garden and composting.
Th e Green Power Challenge ranked 44 schools for the 2008-2009 awards. In its third year, the competition has grown from 16 participating conferences in 2006 to 22 in 2009.
Th e Green Power Chal-lenge was started to determine which institutions are leaders in the broad national sustainable power market, said director of the Green Power Challenge, Blaine Collison.
“It’s hard to make an apples to apples comparison,” he said, “It’s hard to see exemplars within your peer group.”
Th e ranking lets colleges and universities know how they measure up to peers, and judging them within athletic conferences inspires healthy competition.
“It’s pretty interesting to know who’s a leader and who has room to grow,” said Collison.
Collison hopes to see new conferences and schools par-ticipating in the coming years of the competition. “Th ere’s a lot of benefi t to be accomplished simply by expanding the number of stakeholders participating,” he said.
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Events raise genocide awareness
ADRIENNE ESTESContributor
Never Again!, a student organization that works to raise awareness about genocide and prevent future genocide, held a series of events last week to mark the third annual Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week on campus.
Events ranged from a fl ag display representing the victims of the Holocaust to the 12-hour litany of those who perished in the Holocaust to a genocide sur-vivors’ panel at which two survi-vors spoke about their ordeal.
Th ere was also a Shabbat
dinner that Jewish students were able to attend.
Keynote speaker Mohamed Yahya, a refugee from Darfur, spoke in Lindsay Auditorium.
“Our purpose is to plan programs to inform the students, faculty and staff of the University of Denver, as well as the commu-nity at large about the Holocaust, the dangers of apathy, xeno-phobia and appeasement, and the reoccurrence of genocide throughout the world today and to encourage activism to prevent said reoccurrence.
“We try to involve every-one at DU in learning about genocide, whether that is active engagement through attendance at programs or passive engage-ment through our yard signs or fl ag display,” ,” said Joel Portman, president of Never Again!
Lauren Goldstein, vice pres-
ident of Chabad and a member of Never Again!, believes that Holocaust and Genocide Aware-ness Week is important because it serves to educate younger generations on the atrocities that were committed during World War II.
“College students specifi -cally need to be more aware of what is considered a Holocaust and that it aff ects more people than just Jewish people,” Gold-stein said. “It could happen at any time and its something we need to stop.”
Goldstein believes the litany and the fl ag display were the two most signifi cant events that took place throughout the week.
“When you read names for 15 minutes, you can get through about one hundred to two hun-dred names. It hits you that it’s not just names on paper. It could be your best friends’ great grand-mother or a family member, and it helps you to see that genocide aff ects everybody,” she said.
Goldstein added, “I would say that it’s really important for people to step out of their box and realize that if you’re not Jewish or weren’t part of Darfur or if you didn’t have family that died in the Holocaust, that doesn’t mean you can’t be part of a solution or that it doesn’t aff ect you on some level.”
Planning of the week began several months ago, when Never Again! worked with organiza-tions such as the Holocaust Awareness Institute, which is part of the Center for Judaic Studies and Hillel.
MICHAEL FURMAN Members of Never Again participate in a memorial service for victims of genocide outside of Evans Chapel.
Students learn about past, present genocides
Two Clarion editors were awarded fi rst prize for their edit-ing and writing at the annual meeting of the Colorado Press Women Saturday.
Senior Daliah Singer, whose term as editor-in-chief ended winter quarter, and senior Sara Castellanos, former managing editor, were recognized for two special issues published by the Clarion in 2008.
Th e section appeared in the May 13 issue, which included a supplement containing profi les of volunteers and homeless persons who attended the 2008 Project Homeless Connect day at DU, and the Voter Guide supple-ment in the Oct. 28 issue, which explored issues of interest and concern to the youth vote.
In addition, Ana Savage, adviser to the Clarion, received fi rst prize for her work as an adviser to a college newspaper in Colorado.
Two DU staff members also received awards in the annual CPW statewide contest for the editing and writing at Denver Magazine. DU’s alumni publica-tion. Chelsea Baker-Hauck, who edits the magazine, received fi rst prize for her work.
Kathryn Mayer, who is a staff member at the magazine and is also a former Clarion editor, received fi rst prize for her work.
Continued | Page 1Students who feel symptoms
should not go to class, and those living in residence halls should leave their rooms as little as pos-sible.
Faculty and staff should contact their primary care physi-cian.
Students also should contact faculty prior to missing class to discuss expectations and assign-ments, the chancellor said in his statement.
A fl u shot does not protect against the swine fl u, and stu-dents cannot get swine fl u from eating pork, he said.
University health offi cials strongly encourage everyone to be vigilant regarding hand wash-ing using soap and water.
Confi rmed cases of the swine fl u have been reported in Mexico, Canada and Spain as well as in California, Ohio, Texas, Kansas, and New York.
Students who traveled more than a week ago to one of the
All fi rst–place awards are forwarded to the National Fed-eration of Press Women’s annual nationwide communication contest.
Th e winners will be announced at the NFPW’s con-vention in September.
In addition to the most recent award, Castellanos was honored with the Damon Runyon award earlier this month from the Denver Press Club for human-interest articles she wrote for the Clarion in 2008.
Also, Castellanos will leave DU on May 24-31 for New York as one of about two dozen college journalists who were selected for an internship by the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund through a competitive test. Th e internship is considered the “Pulitzer” of journalism internships.
Aft er spending a week of training at New York Univer-sity, Castellanos will spend the summer as a business writing intern for the Denver Post.
Singer, who completed an internship at the Denver Business Journal last year, was a member of the staff of the publication that received fi rst prize for a special section on “Outstanding Women in Business” in the newspaper’s Aug. 8-14 edition.
Th e award came from the Colorado Press Association.
locations where cases have been confi rmed should not be con-cerned about contracting swine fl u, as the incubation period for the virus is a week or less, said Alexander.
As of Monday, the U.S. government has confi rmed 40 cases of swine fl u, but only one required hospitalization and none were fatal.
On Monday, the World Health Organization raised the swine fl u from a level three to a level four on the WHO’s six-point pandemic severity scale. According to the WHO Website, this means the virus has moved from predominately animal infections to human-to-human transmission.
Level four also distinguishes the pandemic as causing “com-munity-level” outbreaks.
Th ough the U.S. govern-ment has issued travel warnings to Mexico, the WHO has not advised countries to impose travel bans or shut down inter-national borders.
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Mom, son cook up breakfastCADDIE NATH
News editor
Remember those pancakes mom used to make? Th e ones that were soaked in syrup and were so warm and soft that they seemed to melt in your mouth? Th e ones that had to be the best in the world? Jeanette Mueller’s are better.
Jeanette Mueller, in case you are now planning on staking out her house around breakfast time next Saturday morning, is the tiny, but tough owner of the Cozy Cottage restaurant on 2423 S. Downing St. And there’s no need to stalk her.
She will serve you up a stack of her amazing, homemade but-termilk pancakes, for which her little breakfast and lunch joint is particularly famous, for less than $10 any day of the week. Th at is, if you can get a seat.
Cozy Cottage is small. Cramped if you’re hung over, intimate if you’re not.
Th ere are only seven tables and she handles them all herself. She has owned the restaurant since 2006.
Her son, Mike Mueller, cooks using his mom’s recipes, which don’t include any “mixes or sauces,” he said.
“Most of the stuff we make on our own. It is what gives us the character that you won’t fi nd at other places,” he said.
People may come in for her amazing pancakes or fi sh and chips, but they keep coming back because at her restaurant, her cus-tomers are like family, she said.
“Because Mike and I treat people like they’re in our home, it becomes more of a family place,” she said.
She went into the food ser-vice business in 1979, aft er her husband walked out and she was unable to make enough money to care for her young children.
“My degree was in occupa-tional therapy, but the kids were very little and I had to make more
MEGAN WESTERVELTAbove: Cozy Cottage is located at 2423 S. Downing Street. Right: Owner Jeanette Mueller and her son Mike, the main cook. Left : Prepared dishes are off ered at Cozy Cottage as well as a create your own meal option. Th is dish of ham, pancakes, eggs and fruit was created by the customer.
money to raise them. So I asked, what are my God-given talents and it was cooking and serving people. I’ve been doing it since I was this high,” she said, indicat-ing with her hand less than two feet from the fl oor.
She opened a few restraints and aft er her son graduated from college tried owning a bar for ten years.
“We tried doing diff erent things over the years, but were always brought back to the res-taurants, specifi cally break fast and lunch,” he said. And this time around they seem to have made it work.
He said the restaurant has been embraced by the commu-nity and that Cozy Cottage has
quite a few regular customers. For her, Cozy Cottage’s suc-
cess is simple. “I enjoy serving food and I
care about what you eat. Th is is
a caring, giving kind of place and that’s what’s so special to me,” she said.
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Q&A with U.S. Federal Judge Blackburn
MEGAN WESTERVELTU.S. District Judge for Colorado Robert E. Blackburn addresses a business class.
LAURA HATHAWAYManaging editor
Editor’s note: Judge Robert E. Blackburn has been a U.S. Dis-trict Judge for Colorado for seven years. Blackburn was appointed by President George W. Bush in
2002. Aft er growing up in Las Animas, Colo., he attended West-ern State College in Gunnison, Colo. and received a law degree from University of Colorado-Boulder in 1974. Blackburn is 59 years old.
Laura Hathaway: What
made you decide this path?Judge Blackburn: From the
time I was in junior high school I either knew I wanted to be a lawyer or doctor and the lawyer thing worked out. Even in law school I knew that someday I wanted to be a judge and that worked out.
LH: What has been your most memorable moment as a federal judge?
JB: I don’t know that I can pick just one moment. I have arguably the best job in the world. I really don’t have any bosses, I am appointed for life at a reasonable compensation and the wonderful thing about the retirement for a federal judge is you retire at full salary. So, if you do the time you are rewarded monetarily in terms of your retirement.
LH: What is the hardest part of your job?
JB: Th e hardest part about
my job is, of course, sending someone to prison, especially for a lengthy prison term. And they’re normally men, as opposed to women, so I’m sentencing someone’s son, father, husband, grandfather, cousin to prison without knowing what the priva-tions in prison are and knowing how that is going to strain that relationship personally, politi-cally, socially and economically.
LH: What is the most excit-ing part?
JB: Th e most exciting part is presiding in jury trials and in very diffi cult and complex trials.
LH: You met George W. Bush, what was he like?
JB: Fascinating, very down to earth, very straight-forwards, very honest. Th ere are many things about him to admire. I owe him my professional life, so I’m not entirely neutral or unbi-ased on that subject.
LH: Do you plan on retiring
anytime soon?JB: Well, the way it works is
the “Rule of Eighties”. You take your chronological age and your years of service, at least 15 years on the bench, and that has to total 80. It wouldn’t take you that long because for every year that your working your losing a year off that 80.
So, for me and my circum-stances about my mid-sixties I can do one of two things. I can resign and walk away with my full salary or I can transition from active status to what we call senior status, which is semi-retired status. I keep my cham-bers in the court house, I keep my administrative assistant and I keep my law clerks.
LH: What option would you choose?
JB: I don’t know if I had to decide today, I’ll probably do what most federal judges do and transition to senior status.
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Breakfast at Snooze, an a.m. eatery, off ers a new experience in all aspects of traditional break-fast dining.
Snooze is the work of DU alumnus Jon Schlegel. Th e name came from his daily practice of hitting the snooze button when-ever it was time to wake up in the morning.
W h i l e S n o o z e ’ s d o w n t o w n address may seem like a trek, it is a mere RTD Light Rail ride for DU students to breakfast bliss. Snooze is located at 2262 Larimer St. just a couple of blocks from Coors Field.
T h e owners of Snooze cap-tured the urban-revival style in the inte-rior design of the restaurant. Th e outside wall of the entrance is covered in a large mural that conveys this urban feel and also commemorates their third anniversary. Upon entering the restaurant there is a retro-spacey feel to the decorations and atmo-
sphere. Th e walls vary in shades of mustard yellow to lime green, and the starburst graphic logo of the restaurant is reminiscent of something out of the cartoon, “Th e Jetsons”.
Snooze specializes in break-fast items. Th e restaurant serves up sizzling dishes, 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Th ey are open 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and
Sunday. Lunch is served start-ing at 11 a.m.
Th e menu includes typi-cal breakfast items like eggs, hash browns and sausage, but there are unique versions of these tradi-tional items. Among these is Snooze’s tropical take on pancakes. Th e “Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes” for $7.50 off er fresh
chunks of caramelized pineapple with house made vanilla crème anglaise and cinnamon butter. Deliciously unique, the pancake is perfectly cooked to a golden brown. Th e crème anglaise sauce sweetly replaces traditional syrup, and the largely sized pineapple chunks in the pancake
serve to complete a sweet break-fast entree. Th e generous por-tions make this dish a delectable delight.
Another menu highlight is the vanilla almond oatmeal brulee with seasonal fresh fruit of strawberries, blueberries, can-taloupe and honeydew which is served with a little pot of cream on the side for $7. Snooze uses only fresh organic produce and most of the produce is grown locally. Also, the egg layers and beef builders eat all natural feed. Th e restaurant has some other
interesting items like “Sandwich I Am” made of scrambled eggs, Polidori sausage patty and ched-dar cheese between a toasted pretzel roll served with tomato gravy or Vermont maple syrup on the side and hash browns for $8. Snooze’s “French Toast Between the Sheets” is made with Ghiradelli chocolate chips and banana cream tucked inside challah French toast on top of a bed of peanut butter anglaise and drizzled in chocolate.
Drinks include a Snooze house coff ee, $3, from Guatemala
and made exclusively for Snooze. A variety of juices are off ered including orange, grapefruit, apple and tangerine for $3.
Th e prices at Snooze are fair considering the quality and thought that was put into each item. Th e relaxed environment combined with the laid-back and friendly wait staff help make this restaurant well worth the trip downtown. If visiting on a morning, avoid hitting that snooze button and hurry down, for there will be a long wait at this popular breakfast spot.
MICHAEL FURMAN
Comfortable booth seating carries out the retro interior design of Snooze, an a.m. eatery located at 2262 Larimer St.
MICHAEL FURMAN
“Florentine’s Eggs” and coff ee at Snooze.
goals Push the university to make it a
priority to focus on job and internship placement by building partnerships with disconnected alumni Create a judicial branch for the Senate Focus on reliving, reviving and
reinvigorating campus traditions for all Host a reception in the fall for all
student organization leaders to meet and discuss ideas Expand the current sustainability
eff orts made by the Senate to new heights
Pioneers FirstPresident Antoine PerrettaHometown: Oxford, OhioClass: JuniorMajor: HRTM
Vice President Jim FrancesconHometown: DenverClass: SophomoreMajor: Real Estate/Finance
Fill in the blank: “If you want to make sure your voice is unifi ed and heard, vote for us.”
Remember, a vote for us is really a vote for you, because YOU come First, as Pioneers.”
-on what your vote means“
AUSA ElectionsMeet the candidates
PHOTOS BY MICHAEL FURMAN
Unite.
“
President Javi OgazHometown: DenverClass: JuniorMajor: Political Science, Spanish
Vice President Joel PortmanHometown: St. LouisClass: JuniorMajor: International Studies
Fill in the blank: “If you want an improved sense of belonging and a better campus community, vote for us.”
A vote for us is a vote for self empowerment and the ability to utilize the
collective voice of the students to improve the campus community.”
-on what your vote means
goals Unite the campus community through
cross campus collaboration Ensure university responsibility to
the students Foster an accepting campus climate Embed inclusiveness into new
student orientation Create a sense of belonging on campus Rebrand our campus as a university, not a
alumni and companies to help students with internship placement
Work to involve more the of SECS students with campus wide activities
Create a network between all SECS students through discussion panels and other activities
Fill in the blank: “If you want someone who has a passion for the University of Denver and the SECS department, vote for me!”
Hometown: DenverClass: JuniorMajor: HRTM
goals Build a strong HRTM community Promote HRTM to the University and
beyond Promote HRTM student organizations
to the University community
Fill in the blank: “If you want a strong HRTM student community, vote for me!”
Hometown: GenevaClass: FreshmanMajor: International Studies
goals Create a new standardized calendar
for JKSIS students to inform them of lectures, speakers, events and interesting opportunities
To better display the potential of this school across campus and internationally Fill in the blank: “If you want an international and multi-cultural perspective on JKSIS needs and if you want a set of new eyes regarding our campus issues, vote for me!”
fi elds by giving them the opportunity to compete in local and national competitions
Make DCB more reputable and known throughout the campus and community by showing that we are more than just about business
Fill in the blank: “If you want someone who is responsible and will do the best to her ability to make DCB even better, vote for me!”
VOTING INFORMATION
WHOAll registered DU students. Graduating seniors can vote.WHATVoting for 2009-2010 All Undergraduate Student Association (AUSA) members.WHENToday 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tomorrow 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.WHEREOnline https://www.du.edu/voting or at voting booths set up in the Driscoll fi reside room and Nelson private dining room.
DCB Senator candidates
SOCS Senator HRTM Senator KSIS Senator
Perf. Arts Senator SECS Senator
April 28, 2009AUSA Election Guide
Hometown: Las VegasClass: FreshmanMajor: Political Science
goals Enhance AUSA Transparency with the undergraduate
student body Improve the DU fi nancial aid system Increase student participation in AUSA
Senate
Fill in the blank: “If you want solid experience, and a strong advocate for your ideas and needs, please, vote for me!”
Increase support for Internationalization on campus
A more approachable and open Senate so you know what we are doing for you!
Increase in accessibility of DU Shuttle for off -campus students during winter months and more consistent and dependable route for day and evening use.
Fill in the blank: “If you want someone who will do what she says and is always available to best represent you, vote for me!”
MAX RAVECHMILAN CHATTERJEE
KATIE BERNELL ERIN HOUGH MATT JOHNSON
LALU ABEBE
BEN WALDMAN
TUYEN TRISA BRI
CHRIS FETTIG NATHAN PEARSON
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.Class: SophomoreMajor: Biology
goals Dining services- Make improvements,
particularly to “To-Go” and late-night options Commuting/Parking-- Implement
“Per-park” passes. Students could purchase a pass based on a number of entrances into parking garages.
Fill in the blank: “If you want to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, vote for me!”
Hometown: Th e vast wastelands of Chicago (Suburbia) Class: JuniorMajor: International Studiesgoals
I led the DU community garden project which is off to a great fi rst season. Next year I would like to create another community garden specifi cally for organizations on campus (i.e. students orgs, faculty departments, greek houses, etc). A garden serving these diverse groups has the potential to strengthen the DU community and unite our campus. I could list a whole bunch of other crap, but I won’t waste your time. Screw campaign promises.
Fill in the blank: “If you want anarchy, vote for me!”
Hometown: Saint Paul, Minn.Class: JuniorMajor: International Business & Spanishgoals
Inform seniors of what the Departures program off ers and expand the program
Support small organizations through senate committees and specifi cally work to publicize the fi nancial support that is off ered through Board of Contingency
Work to create open communication between AUSA and other campus organizations to allow for more input from other students regarding senate aff airs
Fill in the blank: “If you want to have a wonderful senior year, vote for me!”
Hometown: Westminster, Colo.Class: JuniorMajor: International Business
goals Bring together the class of 2010 through
diff erent celebrations/events to create a more cohesive class
Work to provide a senior class gift that is signifi cant, symbolic, and remarkable
Host a memorable Senior farewell party Work with administration to increase
the number of graduation tickets, or even eliminate them as a whole
Fill in the blank: “If you want progression, vote for me!”
SONIA WILK
Home town: Clearwater, Fla.Class: FreshmanMajor: Sociology
goals To be a comprehensive voice for
on-campus residents To bring together the residence halls
through combined programming To continue the work of my predecessors To bring in diverse and inclusive food
options as well as more meal plan options and hours of the dining facilities
More accessibility for people who are non-able bodied Fill in the blank: “If you want a voice, vote for me!”
DILLON DOYLE
Hometime: MinneapolisClass: JuniorMajor: Music
goals Ecology Diversity Democracy
Fill in the blank: “If you want a socially just candidate that will promote plurality ideals of democracy sustainability and diversity, a candidate who isn’t afraid to publicly voice concerns and problems, and a candidate who represents all no matter how diff erent one’s ideals may be, vote for me!”
Move forward the process of fi nding a third year coordinator
Make the Crimson & Gold Global Gala a more well known event for juniors coming back from abroad
Having more programming when juniors come back from abroad to re-orientate them with DU
For juniors not going abroad, doing programming while everyone else is abroad
Fill in the blank: “If you want a senator who is going to work for you, then, vote for me!”
Hometown: Rye, N.Y.Class: SophomoreMajor: Business (Accounting)
goals More career placement opportunities Larger alumni base On-campus events for returning Juniors Easier access to DU resources while
abroad
Fill in the blank: “If you want change, vote for me!”
Hometown: BostonClass: Freshman*No response
Off -Campus Senator candidates
On-Campus Senators Senior class Senators
Sophomore class SenatorsJunior class Senators
Th is candidate supports Denver Boone, but the Boone revival is not a part of the candidate’s platform.
PHOTOS BY DAVID LORISH
Q&A with presidential ticketsPioneers FirstPerretta & Francescon
CADDIE NATHNews editor
Caddie Nath: If you are elected, what do you hope to accomplish in the next year?
Antoine Perretta: We focused on three distinct areas; pioneering strong foundations, strength through unity and unity through traditions and pride. Within pioneering strong foundations we want to increase transparency of the Senate.
For example, I’ve already reached out to the Clarion to see how we can work together to publish Senate updates. I want senate committees to publish a spending report so students can see where we are spending their money. We want to post weekly video updates, not only from myself and Jim, but from other senators as well so that students know who their senate is. We also want to revaluate the budgets of certain larger o r g a n i z a t i o n s so that smaller student organiza-tions can receive the money that isn’t being used. Th is year we were able to give about $11,000 to smaller student organiza-tions.
Next year we’d like to push an additional $10,000. Finally, we want to bring senate to the students. Right now we meet in the Driscoll Gal-lery, but not very many students come. We want to bring it to them, have it in the J-Mac Lounge or the Halls lounge so that people can see that there actually is a Senate and that we actually are doing things and being proactive.
Jim Francescon: Currently Senate does not have a judicial branch. Th ere is no real checks and balances system in the senate constitution. Th ere is no way to handle confl ict between student organizations. Our next major point is strength and unity. We want to build
key partnerships among diff erent organi-zations on campus. A lot of organizations have similar goals and could help each other accomplish their goals faster. We’d like to work with alumni relations and student life. Currently, the career center is strong in the preparation- getting the interview, resume building, etc. - but we’re not as strong with actual placement. Our next point is Pioneer Fusion. It’s sad when everyone says, “I’m a Daniels student,” or “I’m a Korbel student,” because we’re all DU Pioneers! We will work to bring everyone together as one group; conse-quently, improving our campus identity and improving campus traditions and pride.
AP: Ultimately, we’re all here to serve the needs of the students and we want to make sure that we do that together as opposed to separately.
We’ll be creating opportunities for fi rst year students to get involved. Over the summer I’ll be working as a Discover-
ies Orientation intern so I’ll have access to the incoming fi rst years, and be able to work with the organi-zation presidents to make lasting connections so that we engage fi rst years over the summer and they will already feel like a part of
campus come September.Th en there is the Departures Pro-
gram. We do a really good job with ori-entation- but there’s not enough emphasis on the culmination of students’ DU expe-rience. Th ere have been diff erent attempts at creating a Departures Program. Seniors should be excited that they were Pioneers for four years, and we should focus on reminding them that they are Pioneers not just for four years, but for life.
CN: If you are elected, what do you hope to accomplish in the next year?
JF: Our platform is very specifi c, real-istic and can be accomplished.
”“I want senate committees
to publish a spending report so students
can see where we are spending their money.
ANTOINE PERRETTA
CADDIE NATHNews editor
Caddie Nath: What will you be trying to accomplish if you are elected President and Vice President?
Javier Ogaz: One of our biggest goals is to transform student government into a community of service that is based on the idea that the senators and executive branch reach out to students in a more active manner.
Th is whole idea of Unite seems really simple, but it also has the chance to be really power-ful. Students are the ones who come fi rst in the university. Without the students there is no univer-sity.
CN: So let’s get concrete- what are you going to do? What are you going to change?
JO: Student organizations are very important as the smaller images of our overall theme of community. We want to change the way that they apply for funds by clear guidelines, the way they are licensed, and the way they get support to program on campus to create a process that works for them, not against that.
Joel Portman: Th e student organiza-tions committee currently exists only to license student organizations. It should be a resource for student organizations, providing the groundwork to learn how to program.
JO: We want to see is a campus com-munity that recognizes that we can learn from each others diff erences. One of the strongest points of inclusiveness is the ability to come together despite diff er-ences.
JP: We want to work with administra-tors so that they understand that the uni-versity can’t have this top down hierarchy with students at the bottom and discuss
why there isn’t more of a focus put on the commitment of the university to the students.
JO: We want to begin to address the student attitude of feeling unable to aff ect change beginning this summer. One of the ways to do that is by restructuring the student gov-
ernment from the ground up including the creation of a three branch system.
JP: We will be making Senate more accountable. People aren’t active.
And they aren’t fulfi lling the obligations that they signed
on to. People need to understand that senators aren’t here for something to put on their resume, they’re here to help the university.
CN: So I’m a DU student, why should I vote for you over the other ticket?
JO: I’ve seen a lot of the short falls in leadership and the development of our campus community. I would ask all students to take into account that this campaign isn’t just a way to get your vote, but a way to involve you in addressing the issues that are at the heart of DU’s problems. Th e idea is to bring students together as we’ve seen them come together time and time again on issues that are really impor-tant to them.
JP: We’ve both been involved since we got to DU. Our platform is not something we threw together, but a plan that we’ve developed over the past year and beyond. Our platform isn’t something we’re using to get elected; it’s something we’re using to get students involved. Work on our platform will continue throughout next year as we try to utilize the stu-dent voice to make these changes.
Unite.Ogaz & Portman
”“I’ve seen a lot of the
short falls in leadership and the development of our campus community.
JAVIER OGAZ
AUSA Election GuideApril 28, 2009
MICHAEL FURMANFrom left : AUSA candidates Antoine Perretta, Jim Francescon, Joel Portman and Javier Ogaz.
11April 28, 2009 www.duclarion.com
What does the acronym AUSA* stand for?
GRACE SULLIVAN Freshman
International Studies
Pioneer Voices
STEPHEN CONYERSFreshman
Mechanical Engineering
BRANDI THOMASFreshmanBusiness
“Student Association… I don’t know… “
”AUSA… Something Student Association.”
“All students, I really don’t know. I don’t have a guess.”
“American University Sen-ate… I have no idea.”
Student loans: How to choose between private and public lenders
Borrowing money for col-lege can be an intimidating experience. Oft en, students don’t know what their income will be once they graduate, so it is hard to assess the manageability of the loan once re-payments begin.
Of course, if you can pay for college without borrowing money, you will be better off as the interest on this borrowed money
can be very costly. But once you have decided to borrow, you will have to make a very important d e c i s i o n : public or
private?Public loans are provided
by government, or government-sponsored agencies and are available to almost all students. If the student is a co-signer, meaning the co-signer is equally responsible for the repayment of the loan as the parents.
Repayment and interest on the borrowed funds normally does not begin until graduation plus a grace period (usually 6-12 months). Th is fact is important, as interest piling up over four years can really start to add up.
Public loans are also given on a fi xed rate, while most private loans are variable, which means the interest rate fl uctuates
Today, when interest rates are at historic lows, an interest rate that adjusts will most likely be doing so upwards.
Private companies base student loan interest rates on the market rate plus a surcharge if the applicant does not have an excellent credit rating. Th is is called default risk premium. Th is makes private loans better for students with better credit, as they will be able to fi nd a lower interest rate than their riskier counterparts. Student’s wit a bad credit rating may not even be eligible for a private loan if the bank deems them to be too risky. Because private companies can catch applicants with hidden fees, rate adjustments and other practices it is generally the course of action to borrow as much as is possible from the government
How much is too much? Th e general agreement is that a student’s monthly payment should not exceed 8 percent of the student’s post-graduation monthly income. Be sure to do your research before signing anything.
A signifi cant element in the current recession can be traced to people t a k i n g out loans they didn’t understand or couldn’t aff ord.
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Editor’s note: Th e question the Clarion posed was, “Would you like Boone to be placed next to your information in this week’s insert on the election for the AUSA Senate?”
COMPILED BY MARY JEAN O’MALLEY
Current AHUM Senator and Chair of Sustainability
Th e current Senate Aff airs Committee strongly encouraged candidates to not use Boone as a campaigning tool. Current senators, some candidates and other community members want to share their thoughts about this newspaper’s decision to ask candidates whether they support the former mascot as it relates to current elections.
JOHN MCMAHON AND TESS CROMER
Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Aff airs CommitteeWe are disappointed in the
Clarion’s decision to force the candidates for AUSA Senate into answering a question regarding Boone. Chancellor Coombe and this year’s Senate (2008-2009) have already made a decision regarding the offi cial use of Boone. Consequently, next year’s Senate will have no infl uence on the future of Boone. Because of this, we believe that the sole pur-pose of the Clarion’s actions is to be divisive and controversial.
Furthermore, by focusing on the issue of Boone, the Clarion is minimizing the actual substan-tive issues over which next year’s Senate will be exercising control.
Th e role of a student newspaper should be to inform students about relevant and sub-stantive issues and enable them to make educated decisions, not to divide them over an already decided issue.
ANTOINE PERRETTA AND JIM FRANCESCON
Candidates for AUSA President and Vice President
Denver Boone is represen-tative of DU, more specifi cally of DU’s past. Th ere is no question that students mobilize, on both sides when the issue of Denver Boone arises. What we are here to decide, however, is which candidate team is best represen-tative of the undergraduate stu-dent body and who best be able to serve them. Perhaps today Denver Boone does not accu-rately represent the vast diversity of students that comprise of the undergraduate student body, but what we can and what we must acknowledge is that we are all Denver Pioneers.
We can all unite around that name, whether there is a physi-cal manifestation of it or whether you determine a Pioneer truly is. We are all here at DU to learn, grow, mature and set the stage for the rest of our lives.
Remember that when you make your decision on who to vote for, not on their opinion of Boone. At least for the two tickets running for president and vice-president, there is no diff er-ence of opinion.
JAVI OGAZ AND JOEL PORTMAN Candidates for AUSA President
and Vice PresidentWe have decided not to
take a stance on Boone during AUSA Senate elections. In the fall, Chancellor Coombe and the AUSA Senate concluded that while Boone has been an impor-tant part of DU’s history, he will not be the university’s mascot in the future. Because this decision has already been made, print-ing or not printing Boone next to each of the candidates in the Clarion is irrelevant in these
elections. It is our hope that the stu-
dent body will focus on relevant, substantive issues that we need to address as a university com-munity going forward.
DILLON DOYLE Candidate for On-Campus
SenatorFirst of all, it is not possible
to explain my thoughts on Boone in less than 50 words, so I am instead going to complain that this question was even asked. First of all—sorry, out of words. Visit http://dillondoyle.com to read my response.
ERIN HOUGHCandidate for Off -Campus
SenatorFeeling about Boone: indif-
ference.
AUSA senators agonize about BooneShould students and alumni continue to fi ght for a mascot, offi cial or unoffi cial, that resembles Boone?
ONLINE POLL
*AUSA stands for All Undergraduate Student Association
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Web comments
‘Two athletes charged’
What a pathetic attempt at reporting. Th e Clarion must be hard hit by these diffi cult economic times if they’re promoting individuals of her intelligence to ‘managing editor.’
-N. Grace
As a DU student, I am absolutely shocked this biased article got released. Th ere is clearly a bitter and nasty resentment held against athletes here at DU. Th is girl suff ers from “the ugly duckling syndrome” and should be ashamed.
-disgusted
Th is is a refl ection on Jamie Munro and how he has no discipline or control over his players. Th e best thing DU could do is get rid of him, the players themselves are good, respectful young men.
-Giambi
Most of my friends are athletes and I do acknowledge that every weekend and most week nights there is a routine of heavy drinking followed by picking up fi ghts at the bar aka the border, especially with fraternity boys. It is time for the athletes to learn their lesson and know that the fact that they are athletes does not entitle them to believe they are Gods and they can do whatever they want.
-BB
I am not surprised that this type of altercation occurred. Th e athletes at DU are pampered and are never held responsible for their actions.
-TR
SudokuLevel: Moderate
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strate-gies on how to solve Sudoku visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
For this week’s answers to Sudoku and the Crossword puzzle, visit www.duclarion.com
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‘The Soloist’ evokes powerful emotionsNATE KNIFE
Entertainment editor
Th e plight of the homeless is one uncommon to the silver screen, probably because there are no clearly defi ned villains to face down or solutions to be embraced.
On the other hand, stories about crusading journalists fi ghting for truth and justice have been consistent box offi ce draws as of late.
Th e two concepts combine into an emotionally powerful fi lm in “Th e Soloist.”
Th e story follows Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a columnist for the Los Angeles Times struggling to fi nd interest-ing stories in a world becoming more and more disinterested in newspapers.
Lopez fi nds his story in a homeless man he meets, Nathan-iel Ayers (Jamie Foxx). Ayers spends his days playing the two remaining strings on his violin, drowning out the sounds of traffi c with the music of classical composers.
As Lopez digs deeper, he discovers that Ayers was a prodi-gal music student at Julliard who was forced to drop out due to severe schizophrenia.
As Lopez digs deeper and deeper, he fi nds himself more involved in Ayers’ life than he ever really wanted to be.
Director Joe Wright has a reputation to maintain, and he does
He was responsible for “Pride and Prejudice” in 2005 and the Oscar nominated “Atone-ment” in 2007.
Moviegoers will be glad to know that his shift from classic British stories to this more con-temporary tale has not impacted the overall quality in the least.
“Th e Soloist” is a technical achievement that pushes the envelope just enough to impress without alienating audiences. Even more impressive is that this is Wright’s third fi lm based on a book. He continues to be one of the few directors capable of a decent “book-to-fi lm” transition. Wright defi nitely knows what it takes to make a good movie.
Th e acting is superb.
Downey Jr. does a fantastic job of portraying Lopez as a fl awed and believable human being that anyone can relate to. Foxx, however, steals the show as the schizophrenic Ayers. One can’t help but feel a profound mixture of pity and marvel at the musical prodigy turned homeless man in Los Angeles.
Th is fi lm is not without its fl aws, though.
While deep characters and a quick moving story do go a long way in proving the quality of the fi lm, the political aspect defi nitely means that some view-ers are going to end up feeling left out.
Whether or not the issue is important enough to merit this alienation is up for debate. And, while rare, there are at least two instances of pee jokes that seem
out of place against the overall dramatic backdrop of the fi lm.
“Th e Soloist” shows defi nite signs of being an awards season contender. It’s a political and emotional story of human frailty that audiences will defi nitely be able to identify with. It has all the right elements. Th e only ques-tion that remains is whether or not critics will fi nd it appealing or preachy.
DREAMWORKSJamie Foxx plays as the schizophrenic Nathaniel Ayers, a musical genius whom Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is instantly entranced by in the dramatic new fi lm “Th e Soloist.”
‘Fighting’ is pretty much exactly what it sounds likeMARK FLEMING
Assistant entertainment editor
For all of the angry, angry people out there who are too “gentle” to step up and show their stuff , there are and always will be digitally based entertainment to soothe that inner rage. Next time you’re itching for a fi ght, head to the theatres and relax. “Fighting” is the fi lm for you.
New York City can be merci-less at times, yet the indomitable spirit Sean MacArthur (Chan-ning Tatum) has is unmoved. Sean’s disturbing past life in Bir-mingham, Ala. apparently leads Sean to the Big Apple, where he sells counterfeit merchandise as a living.
Of course, illegitimate dealings would not be complete without outside criminal activity. A group of petty thieves make an attempt at stealing Sean’s mer-chandise, but Sean proceeds to brutally thrash the group single handedly.
Harvey Boarden (Terrence Howard) catches a glimpse of the fi ght – and likes what he sees. Sean’s natural fi ghting prowess is nothing to scoff at, and Harvey intends to take full advantage
of it. Being a true businessman, Harvey works together with Sean to fi nd fi ghts and make some money.
Th e best part of “Fighting” is that the title says exactly what you should look forward to in the fi lm. Sean has nothing to lose, and therefore the fi lm itself has no real plot. Two men fi ght, one man wins – simple as that.
Surprisingly, the acting is quite convincing in the fi lm. Th e men and women look and act tough and are not there to fool around. Th e only contradic-tion with their character is the fact that the script is so poorly written you may fi nd yourself giggling at the painfully obvious comments.
Th e movie itself sounds and looks nice and has you sitting on edge for all of the fi ght scenes. Nothing at all worthwhile occurs in what could best be considered the fi lm’s ‘downtime.’
“Fighting” is a strange fi lm. Th ere are moments where you’ll love it, and others when you’ll simply wonder why you shelled out eight dollars for this plotless mess.
Do not expect much quality outside of the fi ghts.
ROGUE PICTURESChanning Tatum plays Sean, an eager young fi ghter with nothing to lose and something to prove in the new fi lm “Fighting.”
14 April 28, 2009
Thievery Corporation puts on stellar performance
CAPITOL RECORDSMIMS releases his second studio album Guilt, with the single “Move (If You Wanna).”
DEVIN PITTS-ROGERSContributor
Popular singles are rare in the music industry. But having one can rocket an artist instantly to superstardom.
An album that contains songs just as memorable as that initial single is also a rarity.
Remember the chart-top-ping track “Th is Is Why I’m Hot” by MIMS?
His fi rst album was a decent fi rst eff ort, but nobody remem-bers anything but the single. His subject matter lacked any real depth, and it sounded as though his career may suff er from death by hubris.
Many artists try to recapture audiences based on their initial appeal. Th ey seldom try to take advantage of the momentum they make.
Luckily this time around, MIMS seems to have acquired the desire to be something more than the cliché rapper.
With this in mind, the new album, Guilt, is more memorable than his original single, though this may not be refl ected in radio play.
First off it sounds as though MIMS has put more thought into his career as a rapper and has placed less emphasis on using the genre as a get-rich-quick method.
His lyrics have more mean-ing, his instrumentals are stron-ger and he is aware that his genre is interwoven with genres such as rock.
“Rock ‘n Rollin” uses band names like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Evanes-cence and Nine Inch Nails in the lyrics, which isn’t too much of a
HUNTER STEVENSContributor
For the lucky fans that caught Th ievery Corporation’s second show in Denver, it was more than just a concert; it was like stepping into a scene from an exotic far-off locale.
Th e sold-out Fillmore was packed with psychedelic danc-ing bodies swaying in time to the music booming out of the speakers and the kaleidoscope light show.
For the next two hours, the Washington D.C. based DJ/pro-ducer duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their accompanying 15 or so piece band took the crowd on a musical vacation. Th e band included two drummers, a horn section, a bass player, a guitar/sitar player and a group
of vocalists from Tehran, Buenos Aires and Guyana.
Being a band that could be considered a mix of trance-techno/electronica, Th ievery has an impressively large-world music background. Hits such as “Lebanese Blonde,” from their 2002 album Th e Mirror Con-spiracy and “Th e Richest Man in Babylon,” blend musical instru-ments from around the globe.
Th ese are a joy to experi-ence, as the band plays them as if they were trained musicians from that native region. Impres-sively, Th ievery is able to create a distinct mood with their music both on stage and on record.
Possibly the best moment of the performance was during the second encore. Two lovely sing-ers from Buenos Aires came out and led the crowd in “El Pueblo
Unido,” a song fi lled with opti-mism that is based on a protest chant used worldwide. To say the crowd loved the performance would be a complete understate-ment. Th roughout the haze of smoke and moving bodies, it seemed like every single person in attendance knew the words to each song and sang them with as much energy and commitment as the musicians onstage. Th is performance proved that Th iev-ery knows exactly what drives their audience and why they have cultivated such a large following.
When the lights fi nally came up, many in the audience seemed to be convinced they would come back on again for a third encore. All we can do is hope that the music gods will smile on us again and deliver another brilliant Th ievery performance.
EIGHTEENTH STREET LOUNGE MUSICTh ievery Corporation packed the Fillmore with eager fans Th ursday, April 16, 2009.
MIMS’ newest album proves to be more memorable
HANNAH MORRISContributor
Ray LaMontange is an artist whose breed may be on the brink of extinction. No paparazzi follow his every move.
Lamontange remains elu-sive. But his delivery is not. With eyes shut, mouth wide open, Lamontange sings from the gut. Unfortunately, despite a strong debut in 2004 with Trouble, he hasn’t done much. Better known in Britain, Lamontange, 35, has been touring and working on his third release, Gossip in the Grain.
“I feel like I kinda got tagged immediately as some kind of blue-eyed soul and that’s really not me,’’ he said about his raspy bluegrass style.
Instead, this former carpen-ter says he can do anything. ‘’Not necessarily very well,’’ he admit-ted, “but I just love music.’’
“You are the Best Th ing” is the fi rst single from Gossip in the Grain that demonstrates how good this guy really is. Th e lyrics, which he writes himself, are simple but his burning delivery gets your attention. Download “Hold You in My Arms” from Trouble.
common occurence.Guilt also has its shortcom-
ings. Despite the strength of the lyrics, Guilt is fi lled with unuti-lized potential.
Th e words that MIMS uses tell a powerful story, but the way in which he attracts the listener needs improvement. In a genre with such a diverse sense of vocabulary, it would be nice to see more colorful diction between points A and B.
MIMS latest work is defi nitely something worth listening to.
He is more mature as an artist and has put more eff ort into the composition of songs.
Th ere is a catch, though. MIMS is still fi nding his strengths as a lyricist.
We can only hope that the messages in his music grow stronger as he fi nds better ways to vocally deliver them.
LaMontagne, rare talent
MYSPACE.COMRay LaMontange’s newest album Gossip in the Grain is a great addition to his work.
15April 28, 2009 www.duclarion.com
JASON MULLERContributor
Stuck underwater and upsid-edown in a submerged kayak can be a beginner’s worst fear. Sopho-more Megan Beardsley may never have found herself in this situation if it hadn’t been for DU’s kayak club.
During her fi rst year of kayaking, Megan became stuck in what kayakers refer to as a “hole.” A hole is a spot where water tumbles over an obstacle and con-tinually reverses the fl ow of the water, trapping the kayak from traveling downstream. Trapped under water and upsidedown in her kayak, Megan was forced to free herself from her kayak and swim to safety. But that was a unique situation.
“It’s a misconception. A lot of people think that kayaking is really extreme or really danger-
ous,” said former president Chris Ruff , certifi ed instructor for the American Canoe Association (ACA). “A very small portion of kayaking is really dangerous.”
Ruff also assures anyone looking to join the club team that, “there are a lot of safe and enjoyable types of kayaking, whitewater kayaking is very safe.”
Th e DU kayak club meets at the El Pomar Natatorium every Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m., to go over upcoming trips and prepare for real situations one would encounter while kay-aking. Th e kayak club recently held their Platte River clean up event,where they help to clean up the community by fl oating down the river and removing trash.
According to the club’s cur-rent President, Kevin Th ompson, the club intends on making more trips available in coming years.
Kayaking club shares secrets of their sport
ARIANA RANAHOSSEINIEditor-in-chief
Being a freshman isn’t easy. And for most students, it’s not something you have to deal with alone.
Th is quarter is the fi rst for Blake Shannon, and not only is it his fi rst as a college student, but also his fi rst as a Division I athlete.
Now, he’s blogging about his weekly experiences as the latest addition to the men’s soccer team.
In December, Shannon graduated from high school in Houston, a decision he and the DU head coaches made last fall.
“It was the right time and a good decision for me to come early and get a head start on my freshman year,” Shannon said.
Shannon sees this as an advantage as an athlete.
“In the fall, you come in and have to play games right away for the season, get a feel of how the classes are going to be right off
the bat,” Shannon said.But the transition hasn’t
been slow. He has started in each game of the spring season.
“I was thrown into the fi re fi ve days in, getting my fi rst collegiate start against one of the better teams in the country,” Shannon wrote in his blog.
He also writes about the transition to college, classes, training and the team’s eight hour road trip to Omaha, Neb., in minivans.
“Th ursday hit as the team set sail for Omaha in four mini-vans,” Shannon wrote in his most recent blog. “Th e eight hour or so drive wasn’t bad as coach Korn and some of the other freshmen I rode with made the long journey entertaining with our rap sessions.”
Visit denverpioneers.com to read Shannon’s blog each week.
Shannon and the Pioneers have offi cially fi nished with their spring season. As the off season begins Shannon will seek to fi ne tune his game.
Soccer player leaves high school for DU
MEGAN WESTERVELTBrent Ellman and Eli Rozansky practice in the El Pomar Natatorium Wednesday.
LAURYN SPRUNG
Baseball swings for success
MICHAEL FURMANClub baseball played three games against University of Wyoming over the weekend.
LAURA HATHAWAYManaging editor
It has been almost two years since the return of the DU club baseball team and already the Pioneers are making a splash in the club baseball world.
Denver is ranked second in their conference with an overall record of 12-11 and a conference record of 8-3. Th e team has a 35 game schedule this year, with only four games remaining.
Th e Pioneers may have lost their chance to play in the club sports World Series aft er three consecutive losses to University of Wyoming over the weekend.
“Th ere’s a chance. But either way, last year was the fi rst year we had a team,” said Mari Yandall, general manager and founder of the club baseball team. “Wyo-ming is a good team, they’ve had a club team since they lost their varsity team.”
Yandall and head coach Jared Floyd started the team together aft er fi nding out that there was no option for students who wanted to play baseball.
“We just kind of barely scraped by last year,” Yandall said. “Th is year we had a fall season, we hosted a tournament and we had an alumni reunion where we brought the varsity baseball players back. We had a great time.”
Th e Pioneers also traveled to Tucson, Ariz. over spring break to play the club teams from Uni-versity of Arizona and Arizona State University.
“University of Arizona’s club team is awesome. And every week we see club players going up and playing for varsity. Club teams are legit,” Yandall said.
Th e club baseball team had fall and spring seasons this year and may have a summer season.
Senior Anthony Floro, fi nance major, is one of the two capitans of the team and plays outfi eld and pitcher.
“I love baseball. I was out of it for a couple years and then
when they brought it back, I really wanted to do it,” Floro said.
Floro added that the team has “great guys and a “great com-petitive spirit.” He is one of two seniors who will be leaving the team at the end of the season.
According to Yandall, people have been contacting the team and saying they want to come to DU because they can play baseball.
“It’s a good way to get involved on campus,” said Floro. “Keep your ears open on campus. We have try outs pretty much every quarter.”
Th ere are always try outs in
the fall, but if someone wants to try out during the year, they can contact the coach, said Yandall.
Th e Pioneers will be travel-ing to Gunnison, Colo. this Sat-urday and Sunday to play three games against conference rival Western State University. Th ese games will close out their spring season. For more information about club baseball, go to duclub-baseball.com or search DU Club Baseball on facebook.
“I am really proud of what we have done. In the last year, we’ve competed with the best, I mean Divsion I as well,” Yandall said. “People miss baseball.”
16 April 28, 2009
DENVER ATHLETICS
MICHAEL FURMAN
women’s l ac ros seD U 1 4 , U C DAV I S 16
Th e women’s lacrosse team was upset this weekend in the quar-terfi nals of the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation Tournament on Th ursday aft ernoon in Stanford, Calif.
Midfi elder Karen Morton scored fi ve goals and had three assists to become DU’s all-time goal scorer. Morton already holds the DU all-time record for most points.
Th e Pioneers also received goals from Lexi Sanders, Steph Coyne and Tulley Sapp. Coyne had a hat trick and two assists, and Sanders added two assists to her goal.
Denver’s last goal was recorded with 1:31 left in the game. But there wasn’t enough time to advance in the tournament.
Th e Pioneers conclude their season with a game at Loyola Univer-sity on May 2 at 10 a.m.
men’s l ac ros seD U 7 , A I R FO RC E 10
Th e men’s lacrosse team lost to Air Force Academy in their fi nal match of the regular season, Sunday, April 25 at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
Mark Matthews led the Pioneers with a hat trick and an assist. Seniors Austin Konkel and Joey Murray both managed a goal in
their fi nal regular season game at DU. With the goal, Murray extended his consecutive goal streak to eight games, marking his 25th goal of the season.
Before the game began, DU honored its six seniors for their hard work during their seasons at DU.
Th e seniors honored were Murray, Konkel, Cory Schaeffl er, Cliff Smith, Mike Anderson and Kyle Widerstedt.
men’s soccerD U 1 ,
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Th e DU men’s soccer team was edged out by the Colorado Rapids, Denver’s professional team, on Tuesday, April 21.
Th e Rapids scored the fi rst two goals of the game in the fi rst half of competition.
Although the Pioneers were down 2-0 aft er half time, they came out in the second half working as hard as they have all season.
Despite the Pioneers low scoring aff air, they had multiple shots on goal within the 18-yard box.
With 20 minutes left in the game the Rapids pulled off another score to make the game 3-0.
Th e Pioneers responded quickly when Collin Audley made a goal from a free kick 20 yards out.
Th at ended the Pioneers spring season.
DAVID LORSIH
ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor
Editors note: Daniel Wax is a senior who has played for the DU golf team since 2006. Wax has the best single round average this season for the golf team. He was a part of last year’s SBC champi-onship team. Wax believes he has potential to be a pro-golfer aft er he graduates.
Zac D’Argonne: What have been your greatest accomplish-ments as a Pioneer athlete?
Daniel Wax: Being a senior and approaching graduation, I oft en look back on my years as a Pioneer with great memories. Th is year when I won the indi-vidual crown in Palm Springs at the Wyoming tournament was my biggest accomplishment. It gave me a great boost of confi -dence, and I proved to myself I could compete at the highest level. It is a memory that I can share with my teammates for the rest of our lives.
ZD: How did you become a leader on your team at DU, even though golf is an individual sport?
DW: Golf is by far an indi-vidual sport and if I perform well as an individual it can only benefit the team as a whole. So
Q&A with aspiring pro golfer
Still struggling as seasons near end ON THE SIDELINE WITH ZAC
Th e NFL Draft took place this Saturday and Sunday. It is safe to say that some of the Bron-cos draft c h o i c e s may have left t some of us scratching our heads.
I won’t go as far as to say that the draft was a f a i l u r e but it certainly was very interesting. Although many people expected the Broncos to draft completely defense, the Broncos chose a total of six off ensive players including RB Knowshon Moreno followed by a WR, OT, C, QB and TE.
People were not too upset with the Broncos fi rst pick of the draft in Moreno. Th e Broncos may have a problem throwing the ball so RB’s are at a premium for the Broncos, especially with their injury troubles last season.
Th e Broncos did get the man they were aft er in DE Robert Ayers of Tennessee. Th e Broncos made three more defensive picks in the draft of two safeties and a corner back.
Th e move, however, that has to be questioned on Saturday was when the Broncos traded their fi rst round pick for the 2010 draft to move up for the fi rst pick in the second round, in which they draft ed a TE. Th ere has been criticism that the Broncos do not need a TE, and the pick could have potentially slipped to their later slot anyways.
Only time will tell how the draft turned out, all there is to do it wait.
One thing is sure, the Raid-ers helped Broncos, as they passed on Michael Crabtree and Jeremy Maclin to draft Darrius Heyward-Bay. Th anks Raiders.
ZAC D’ARGONNESports editor
Broncos, only time can tell
the best way to lead is by my work ethic and performance on the course.
ZD: Aft er fi nishing second as a team at the SBC tourna-ment, where do you go from here?
DW: Last year I fi nished second at the SBC’s and this year was a big disappointment for me. I had high expecta-tions and just had an off week. However, my roommate and best friend Espen Kofstad held us up this year by winning the i n d i v i d u a l title.
Z D : Do you have plans to continue playing golf aft er col-lege?
DW: Aft er college I am planning on turning pro. I am in the process of put-
ting together a schedule for the summer and going to see how it goes from there. I’m very excited to play on my own and move to the next level. I feel like I am
ready to bring my game to the next level.
ZD: What was your greatest
moment on the golf team?
D W : M y g r e a t e s t m o m e n t
on the golf team was w i n n i n g the Sun Belt C o n f e r e n c e
Championship last year as a
team. The entire
trip was great and it was a must win to extend our season which made it extra spe-cial.
Winning as a team is something special because it brought me closer to my teammates
and gave us a bond and memory
that will last forever.
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on
DAVID LORSIH
Club water polo team prepares for next season
Top: Matt Gill attempts to outrun his head coach Mike Webb to reach the ball fi rst in a recent practice at El Pomar Natatorium. Bottom: Goalie Paul Davis swats the ball away from teammate Greg Ackley in a team practice Th ursday.
