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University to demolish eight High St. homes

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Eight university-owned homes will be demolished in the coming weeks as part of DU’s turf and green space project, which will result in two new recreational fi elds in the area between CIBER Field and South High Street.

Demolition of the homes, located on the east side of South High Street between East Asbury Avenue and East Jewell Avenue, is likely to begin within the next three weeks, according to Allan Wilson, DU’s assistant director of facilities management. Th e project will also replace the exist-ing grass practice fi eld, located parallel to CIBER Field.

“We own a lot of property on the perimeter of campus, and we have been acquiring property on that block for probably 40 years,” said Wilson. “We fi nished the last acquisition about a year ago. We knew we were coming up on a construction project, so we set the lease terms with that in mind. It was probably in January or February that our funding was put together, which allowed us to move forward.”

Th e houses were predomi-nantly built during the 1920s, housing university faculty mem-bers, and had since undergone numerous resales before being acquired by DU. Th e university leased all eight properties on short-term agreements until roughly January of this year, at which point tenants were notifi ed of the project. Th e renters have all been relocated, with the majority transitioning to other university-owned properties.

“Th e variable factor was that, while the project had been planned for some time, there was no solid timeline for when fund-ing would be complete, so it was impossible to have lease expira-tion dates coincide perfectly with the project start date,” Wilson said.

“Therefore, it was not a seamless transition, but I believe that it was well man-aged. We worked with tenants to facilitate their moving prior to their lease expiration date by providing rent abatement and relocation assistance.”

Th e turf project has been a part of the “master plan” for the Ritchie Center complex since early 2000, according to Wilson. However, when the Ritchie Center was built in 1999, the university agreed to expansion restrictions with the surround-ing neighborhood.

“There was an agreement with the neighborhood that, after the Ritchie Center was built, we couldn’t expand until after a time period,” said Stuart Halsall, the assistant vice chan-cellor for recreation, athletic events and Ritchie Center operations. “That time period has elapsed, so we now have the opportunity. The remainder was contingent on fundraising, because the project is being funded through private gifts with support of the university.”

Working with a budget of $3.5 million, the university is currently in the process of receiving contractor bids. Once that has been fi nalized, a more concrete schedule will be estab-lished for the 18-week project. In the meantime, Halsall pinned down mid-autumn as a hopeful completion date for the project, with the bulk of construction occurring this summer.

CIBER Field, with its north-south orientation, will remain unchanged throughout this project. Directly west of the fi eld, however, two new synthetic turf fi elds will be constructed perpendicular to CIBER Field, extending toward South High Street. Both fi elds will be lit and will be available for use by var-sity, club and intramural athletic teams, as well as the general stu-dent population.

Th e expansion of green space on campus is becoming increas-ingly necessary, according to Halsall, as the number of athletic teams continues to increase at all levels. In the last year, the number of intramural participants has increased from 1,100 to more than 1,300, and nearly 100 new students have joined club sports teams, according to Scott Farina, the student programs manager.

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City asks DU to slash water useby sarah ford

Managing Editor

DU has begun to cut water usage throughout campus aft er being asked by Denver Water to reduce water use by a total of 45 percent throughout campus, an initiative which began April 1.

According to Campus Opera-tions Director David Snyder, the university has agreed to reduce water use by 35 percent on outdoor facilities and 10 percent within the buildings. Th e restrictions will last until March of 2014.

Th e cutback comes by request of Denver Water, Denver’s water utility which serves most of the Denver and Colorado population. According to their website, Denver Water offi cially adopted Stage 2 drought operating rules on March 27, which restrict homeowners to watering their lawns twice a week.

Th e university is working directly with a representative from Denver Water to determine how to best meet the requirements of the restriction, according to Energy Manager Tom McGee and Snyder.

“Denver has asked us to wear brown spots as a badge of honor,” said Snyder.

As part of the plan to keep

to the newly-set restrictions, the university joined the rest of the city in reducing watering many on-campus grass areas to two days a week from fi ve.

In 2011, the university used 130 million gallons of water, and last year 137 million according to Snyder. So far this year, they have used 90 million. Reduction of 45 percent will reduce that amount by approximately 61.7 million gallons.

“We’re looking at reduc-ing our levels of irrigation,” said McGee. “It could be a case where you see a few more brown spots over the summer.”

Grass on campus is now being watered twice a week from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., adher-ing to timing requirements also set down by Denver Water. However, areas on campus have been given exception to the restriction.

Th ese areas include CIBER Field, the greens near the Daniels College of Business, as well as Carnegie Green and the Admissions buildings. Accord-ing to Snyder, these areas will be watered regularly in order to accommodate summer events which are held on campus.

“Th ere are a lot of functions they have over there, graduation and stuff ,” Snyder said. “So we have to keep those green.”

Water use casualties also include several university foun-tains. Th is year, the upper portion of the pond which runs approxi-mate to the Evans Memorial Chapel will be empty, adhering to Denver Water restrictions which bar fi lling open water features with “airborne” water, or water which falls from one level to another.

However, the university has received a permit to fi ll the lower pond according to Snyder, which will be used for aesthetic pleasure for weddings and other events held on campus annually.

“With the investments in plants that we have, we’re fi lling the lower ponds and putting as many plants as we can in ther

Th e newly-built fountain near the campus Holocaust Memorial will also be empty this year, starting aft er the memorial’s grand opening. Denver Water granted the university a variance to run the fountain only for the day of the grand opening.

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More than 20 DU stu-dents volunteered last Friday for “JA in a Day”—an event designed to teach financial literacy to students at Vaughn Elementary School on Colfax in Aurora.

The volunteers taught from curriculum developed by Junior Achievement (JA), an organization that develops programs to teach students in kindergarten through high school financial literacy. The JA materials included differ-ent lesson plans for each grade level, which the volunteers used to “take over” teaching in every classroom of the school for the entire school day.

The curricula included everything from teaching younger students about the importance of certain jobs in the community and how they could get those jobs to the steps involved in running a donut shop for older students (which included an actual

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store simulation). Mariah Bloom, a fourth year El Pomar Foundation scholar on campus who helped coordinate the event, said she thought the event would be valuable for both the DU volunteers and the elementary students.

“[Financial literacy] is an incredibly important thing in our society, especially with current economic trends,” said Bloom. “I hope [DU] students that participate in this realize the value of the knowledge that they currently have. The volunteers are going to go into this and know about the things they teach about—I hope they realize they can share that.”

The event was organized and implemented by the five DU El Pomar Foundation scholars, and started when Bloom, who had worked with JA in the past, suggested the El Pomar Schol-ars work with JA at the begin-ning of the school year. When the scholars reached out to JA, one of the things the organiza-tion suggested the scholars help with was organizing a JA in a

Day event. According to Bloom, El Pomar scholars must apply through the Pioneer Leadership Program and are selected based on several factors, including their interest in the non-profit sector. Once selected, the scholars have a two-year com-mitment to projects and service such as their work this year with Junior Achievement.

“We’re excited that DU already has strong relation-ships with Junior Achievement, and they’re always looking for volunteers,” said Bloom.

In order to ensure they had enough volunteers to teach in every classroom of the elemen-tary school, the scholars reached out specifically to the Daniels College of Business and the Pio-neer Leadership Program for recruitment, but also sent out an announcement asking for volunteers through the weekly USG email updates. Volunteers went through a brief training process, which included class-room management techniques and teaching methods, before teaching the classes.

Laura Newman, a third-year Economics major, volun-teered to teach a third grade class for the day. She said her students seemed to really enjoy the activities, and she liked that the curriculum taught students concepts through activities and experience.

“It’s not the typical teach-ing style—it’s more engaging and it tries to make things practical,” said Newman. “I felt like the kids really got something for their futures out of it.”

Newman also said she found it very “eye-opening” to be in Vaughn Elementary, a school where approximately 90 percent of students are on free and reduced lunch. Bloom also mentioned this fact as some-thing that she hoped would impact the DU volunteers.

“Being able to see that as an educated college student or as an educated adult you have the power to impact these low-income, free and reduced lunch, minority populations in kind of a unique way—

DU Volunteers teach elementary financial literacythrough teaching about a donut shop—I think is really cool,” said Bloom.

She also said she thinks this particular volunteer event offered a unique opportunity for DU students.

“It makes DU students really have an impact,” she said. “It’s a really cool way to get students involved in the com-munity a little bit differently than the traditional show up to a place, volunteer for a couple hours and leave. This is really having an impact directly.”

Bloom said another ini-tiative that JA suggested the scholars help with was the improvement of JA’s social media outreach program for volunteers in the Rocky Mountain Region. Bloom says the scholars have been work-ing on the project throughout the school year.

Anyone interested in learning more about JA and volunteer activities can find more information on the Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain Region Facebook page.

Southwest CEO discusses plans to expand

Over 650 people turned out to see Gary Kelly, CEO and chairman of Southwest Airlines, speak last Wednesday night at the Cable Center. The event capped off Daniels’ College of Business “Voices of Experience” series.

“I don’t think it’s a secret that we’ve been able to get through all the ups and downs of the world in 42 years with low fares,” said Kelly. “Said a different way, that’s the number one thing that people want in addition to, ‘you gotta go to where I want to go.’”

Daniels College of Business Dean Christine Riordan led the

event, asking Kelly questions before opening it up to the crowd. Riordan also introduced Southwest as the newest corpo-rate sponsor of Daniels College of Business.

Kelly has served as CEO since 2004 and Chairman of the Board since 2008. Herb Kelle-her, co-founder of Southwest, previously occupied the roles before his retirement.

“I was CFO for a long time,” said Kelly. “What I remember most about thinking about becoming CEO, is how humbling it was to think that you were going to represent all different functions within airline and all the complexities and know that

all the people are depending on you, at least for some things. It’s right then and there you know that you need your people.”

Kelly noted how much the company has grown since its inception in 1971. Net profit for the company last year was over $400 million.

“When I started in the 1980s, it was very easy to characterize Southwest as a niche player, but to this day—we had maybe 60 airplanes at this point—today, we’ve got close to 700,” said Kelly.

Southwest bought AirTran Airways in 2011; Kelly said they will retire that fleet type by the end of next year.

Kelly said the airline plans

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to offer flights outside of the contiguous United States in the near future. He also said the airline hasn’t grown much in the past four years and he’d like to have expanded to the rest of North America by the end of the decade.

“I really think the next era for us will be going beyond the borders of the 48 states: Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean,” said Kelly. “The 737 will actually be commissioned all the way down to the northern tier of South America and that’s very exciting.”

Southwest is also planning to replace their current reserva-tion system within the next year.

“Our reservation system right now is homegrown; it’s all domestic,” said Kelly. “There is a fair amount of complexity that is associated with international flying. That work is underway.”

When an audience member asked whether or not the flights would go to Asia or Europe, Kelly said it wouldn’t work, at least not now with the current 737 business model.

“Anything transocean, it will definitely require different equipment,” said Kelly. “I think that we are open to that but we’re getting a little bit further away from our original niche and some of our core efficiencies and I think there’s a right time to consider that but for now, we’re very busy.”

Kelly said Southwest works hard to meet its customers’ needs.

“Customers tell us that they

jake newell|clarionCEO of Southwest Airlines Gary Kelly speaks with Daniels Dean Riordan at Wednesday’s Voices of Experience keynote address. Since 1971, Southwest has expanded from 70 planes to over 600.

don’t like to be nickel and dimed and so, in my opinion, it’s been a gift from our competitors to all move sort of this way as a herd,” said Kelly. “We’re sort of the lone holdout over here and it just cre-ates a point of differentiation.”

Kelly also addressed the company’s boarding system, which doesn’t assign seats. He said Southwest found that boarding was not as fast with assigned seating.

“My theory is really simple: it is that it’s human nature and if there’s some uncertainty about where you’re going to sit, you’re going to step it up, you’re going to be a little more urgent,” said Kelly. “It is amazing to watch our competitors and how slow it is and how leisurely people go about that.”

Kelly also praised South-west’s company culture.

“I think ‘family’ does the best job of sort of summarizing the passion and emotion that we want to bring to the workforce,” said Kelly. “We’ve got 46,000 family members.”

In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, Kelly said the airline is trying to spend less time in the air and use less fuel. Southwest is also currently retrofitting seats on the current fleet of airplanes, using new, lighter weight materials that take up less space and weigh less.

The company is launch-ing a new Boeing 737 model in 2017 to replace less fuel-efficient planes.

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“Since I first got here in 1999, our number of field sports, especially on the club sports side, has drastically grown,” said Halsall. “This will be a good opportunity to meet those needs and offer more opportunities for students. I think this is going to be a really positive contribution to the campus.”

With the addition of the new fields, Farina hopes to expand a number of the field sports offered at the intra-mural level, adding women’s leagues in sports previously restricted to men’s and co-recreational leagues and increasing the number of teams within each sport.

“We have 46 intramural

soccer teams this spring, and that’s the most I’ve ever seen,” said Farina. “With the new fields, we’re hoping to expand to 60 teams next year, and we’re also hoping to double the number of Ultimate Frisbee teams. The fields are really just allowing us to offer a lot more.”

In addition to allowing for the expansion of intramurals, the new fields will also benefit several existing club sports, such as the men’s club soccer team. According to club vice president Stephen Molinari, the team is allotted only one hour of practice time each week, beginning at 10 p.m. on Wednesday nights.

With the addition of the new turf fi elds, Molinari said he is looking forward not only to

Students organize for campus “day of action”

Last Saturday, May 11, DU Service and Change (DUSC), the Diversity Summit, the Center for Community Engage-ment and Service Learning (CCESL) and the Center for Multicultural Excellence (CME) brought 300 Munroe Elementary school students, parents and faculty to the DU campus. The “Day of Action” was a collaborative effort to promote the goal of college for these families.

According to Alicia Carter, a third-year student from California studying International Studies and co-President of DUSC, the idea of the day was to show these stu-dents that college is an oppor-tunity in their futures. This was achieved through various departmental presentations including poetry writing, a

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trip around the world, and exploring the brain a campus tour and information sessions on financial aid.

“For the past few months Munroe Elementary School has practiced a call and response cheer in order to stir excitement about college,” said Carter. “Munroe teach-ers, principals, and other staff would ask the students ‘College?’ and they would yell back, ‘for certain.’”

The day was organized by numerous student and campus organizations that spent “countless” hours marketing and recruiting volunteers. Current DU students, faculty and staff and alumni volun-teered their time.

According to Maria Ory, a senior majoring in international studies and co-President of DUSC, it was the volunteers that really brought the day together.

The volunteers were orga-nized into groups of 15-20 Munroe students and parents, with whom they participated in tours, discussions and presenta-tions about college.

“The 100 plus volunteers were amazing and engaged the kids and their parents, taught them about college and helped these children visualize their bright futures in education,” said Ory.

“For so many of these students college was a very far away unattainable idea, but after Day of Action, I believe we ... succeeded in making it not only a possible part of their future, but motivated them to do what it takes to get there,” said Carter.

Both Carter and Ory said that once they heard the “Col-lege? For Certain.” call and response cheer echo through Davis auditorium, they had “goose-bumps” and their

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longer and better-timed prac-tices, but also to the ability to host games throughout the week. Th is year, since the practice fi eld is not lit and the lacrosse fi eld does not have proper soccer lines, the team was forced to schedule all of its games on weekends during daylight hours, resulting in two or three games occurring in a single weekend and, consequently, severely exhausted athletes.

“Just about every guy on the team has mentioned that they would like to practice more often than this,” said Molinar. “The club has made great strides the last couple of seasons, and we anticipate that these new facilities will be a huge help moving for-ward. We are thrilled about the new fields.”

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Senior citizen housing built

The $14 million Univer-sity Apartments construction project next to University Sta-tion will open for leasing to senior citizens in December according to George Thorn of Mile High Development, one of two developers on the project. The developers, Mile High and Koebel and Com-pany, bought the site from RTD in 2010.

“One of the reasons we decided to do [senior living] is because we had a similar project at Yale Station two stops down the lightrail, which was very suc-cessful,” said Th orn. “We found that seniors like to live next to light rail, but it also provides them with great bus service and great access for their family members and caregivers.”

The building will offer 60 units of affordable housing under the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s low income housing tax credit program (LIHTC). The low income housing tax credit will be sold to a private inves-tor, RBC Capital Markets.

Construction com-menced in March of this year and will finish around Feb. 15 next year, according to Thorn.

The architect is Beck Architecture and the gen-eral contractor is Beck Con-struction.

According to Thorn, rents will vary based on the income of the renter. The square foot-age of an average unit will be between 600 and 900 square feet. Parking will be in the building’s garage and the RTD parking structure.

“In the interest of the neighborhood and transit users, we’ll be building a new kiss n’ ride/pick up and

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drop off facility at the station that doesn’t exist today,” said Thorn. “People will be able to drive into our east parking lot and be able to pick up drop off for the light rail station and circulate back out onto Buchtel with the signalized High Street intersection without having to jump ramps and do awkward traffic movements that they currently have to do.”

Key Bank and the Office of Economic Development in the City and County of Denver also provided funding.

“Most of the capital is coming from the construc-tion financing or from the tax credit investor,” said Thorn.

Thorn said there are many successful senior housing projects adjacent to college campuses nationwide.

“The university itself is a great amenity with the Ritchie Center,” said Thorn. “The campus and university atmo-sphere is also very appealing to seniors.”

“hearts were completely full.”“Many of these children

may look back on May 11, 2013 as a point in their lives where everything changed,” said Carter. “I knew we were chang-ing people’s lives, and I have the assurance that these kids would someday attend college.”

Ory said that Day of Action was a “huge success” and that it “could not have gone better.”

This sense of achieve-ment was reinforced during the volunteer reflection ses-sion at the end of the day. For example, Caitlin Mendenhall, a group guide for Day of

Action, mentioned that one of her second grade student’s whispered in her ear “I think I want to be in college.”

Carter said that many other remarks such as “I never want this day to end” and “when can I come back?” were heard throughout the day.

Both DU and Munroe are hoping to make Day of Action a tradition. Some DUSC mem-bers have even been discuss-ing bringing other schools in the Denver area to DU.

“To be a part of all this is more than I could have ever asked for in my experience at DU this year,” said Carter.

Construction project scheduled to open later this year.

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Drought restricts DU water usage for 2013-2014The Boettcher ponds will also remain

empty this year.According to Snyder, Facilities con-

served 33 percent of its regular output in April, the first month of the restric-tions. He also noted that this percentage, calculated by Denver Water, includes use of the irrigation system, which has not been turned on yet. Snyder believes the actual numbers, now being determined by Denver Water, may be even higher.

Snyder said most water use, how-ever, comes from on-campus build-ings. Last year, only 34 million gallons of the total 127 used on campus were used through irrigation. The university has also initiated a number of projects within the buildings to reduce water usage.

According to McGee and Snyder, several initiatives are underway to reduce water usage within campus buildings, many of which were in progress before the water restriction was declared. One experimental project is the “Silver Bullet Program,” which is in place inside Nelson Residence Hall, Nagel Residence Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd building.

The Silver Bullet Program reduces water use through use of cooling towers. An assessment by Denver Water found that if implemented campus-wide, there is a potential for 800,000 gallons of water saved through this program.

“What they are doing is they are identifying what the rebate would be. So we will look at the numbers they come back with and we will do an assessment based on the rebate of what it would cost and what kind of savings we would be able to generate,” said McGee.

In addition to this pilot program, McGee said there are a number of tech-nologies being utilized to reduce use, including LEED development within buildings and wide scale use of low-flow showers and toilets.

According to Sustainibility Council Vice Chair Christy Cerrone, Housing and Residential Education is also jump-ing in on water saving practices. The department has worked with Facilities on the implementation of low-flow showerheads in all the residential halls starting in the summer of 2011, as well as directing educational programming for residents regarding water use.

In one program, five-minute timers were put into each shower in the resi-dence halls so students could time the length of showers.

“That was our education initiative, to make people conscious of how long they are in the shower,” said Cerrone.

Despite the efforts, McGee said it will be difficult for the university to find ways to reduce the amount of water use being asked by Denver Water.

“It is a challenge in particular for the university because I think the uni-versity has done a lot in terms of water conservation in the last five or ten years, so there’s not as many opportunities for additional conservation because we have already done so much,” said McGee.

Sustainability Coordinator Chad King said DU’s sustainability team has also been involved in the reduction through separate projects including Xeriscaping, which focuses on water conservative landscaping, and with a Daniels Net Impact Water Team.

They are looking to further contrib-ute to the effort next year.

“Next year we will be working on campus education efforts about the drought, and will be working more directly with programs in the residence halls. We also hope to be expanding on the efforts of the Xeriscaping team,” King said.

Other large-scale remodels include replacing campus greens with more shrubbery and flowers, accord-

ing to Snyder.“If you look at Ben Cherrington,

that was an effort to get away from some of the grass area, and there are a lot more plants,” said Snyder. “But there are certain areas on campus that we just can’t do that because kids like to break out and play Frisbee.”

Other large-scale projects the uni-versity is undertaking include instal-lation of Astroturf adjacent to CIBER Field, as well as further use of the campus well to offset some of the costs of the watering restrictions.

In 2011, the university used five mil-lion gallons from the campus well. Last year, that number increased to 10 million gallons, which is the number they hope to reach again this year according to Snyder.

“That helps offset the cost of Denver

Water,” said Snyder. “That was about a third of the cost of Denver Water … that’s one way we’re able to water the center portion of campus.”

According to University Head Architect Mark Rodgers, this is a direc-tion the campus will continue to move in coming years. Rodgers is currently working with campus administration to update the campus 20-year plan, which was created in 2002 and last updated in 2007 according to Rodgers.

“The update does expand on the campus landscape and encourages rely-ing less on lawns and more on planting beds that require less water over time,” said Rogers. “A goal over the last twenty years and into the near future is the ideal to create more natural spaces and rely less on surface parking lots.”

Snyder said the restrictions may also impact enrollment at the university.

“When tours are coming through in the summer, they see a well groomed campus and a clean campus,” he said. “But if they come here now … they see the grass is brown, and the flowers are dying, they won’t understand the whole impact and so they may go to another university.”

Vice Chancellor and Chief Mar-keting Officer Kevin Carroll said he expects campus visitors to understand the impact of the drought on the campus.

“People who come to visit are always impressed with how pretty our campus is,” he said. “In some ways this is a good story because we are doing our part as community citizens.”

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Even the non-culinary experts got to sample gourmet summer dishes at the Cookin’ for a Sizzlin’ Summer event on Friday night from 6:45-7:45 p.m. in the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management.

Th e free event was the fi rst collabora-tion between student organizations DU Programming Board (DUPB) and the DU Cooking Club. According to hotel, res-taurant, and tourism management junior from Steamboat Springs, and co-chair of the DUPB special events committee Kylee Swiggart, DUPB realized they had extra funds for the remainder of the year and wanted to put on a smaller event students would enjoy.

“We got in contact with some people from cooking club and they were really easy to work with,” said Swiggart.

On Friday night, the fi rst 50 students in attendance got to sample the prepared fi ve-course meal and watch the president of Cooking Club, senior economics major from Pueblo, Zach Gonzales, demon-strate his culinary skills to the audience by showing how to prepare everything from salad dressing to garnishing a plate. Each audience member got to take home a recipe booklet fi lled with summer reci-pes, including some of the courses from the event, prepared by DUPB.

“DUPB and I sat down and they gave us some recommendations of ideas of dishes that they were interested in and then we talked to our chef mentors and had our own ideas and we combined what we thought into fi ve dishes that rep-

HRTM, DUPB sauté sizzling samplersresented the spring time,” said Gonzales.

Th e taste-testing event allowed audi-ence members to sample dishes prepared by members of the Cooking Club.

“We worked for four hours last night and three hours earlier today to put everything together so there is defi nitely a lot of action,” said Gonzales.

Th e audience came hungry and anticipated each new course. Th e fi rst course, a homemade red pepper hummus, was served with roasted vegetables and the second course was a mixed green salad with a champagne vinaigrette dressing. Following this came a summer favorite, bruschetta with cherry tomatoes, moz-zarella and a crostini with a goat cheese, apricot and onion purée topped with a fi g and balsamic glaze.

Th e main entrée was Israeli couscous with corn, braised chicken, parmesan cheese and basil. Th e dessert, inspired by French cuisine, was a mix of berries on top of banana foster, caramelized bananas accompanied by a drizzle of sabayon sauce.

Each course came on a separate plate and was passed around to the audience members. While they ate, audi-ence members watched Gonzales and his fellow cooking club offi cers as they taught diff erent culinary techniques. Th ese ranged from how to cut, mince and dice an onion and garlic using diff erent types of knives, to making a champagne vinaigrette dressing.

In the time between courses and the cooking advice, there were diff erent trivia questions that audience members could answer for a variety of kitchen-related prizes including measuring cups and a vegetable peeler.

Unlike regular cooking club meet-ings, this event was less about audience participation and cooking lessons and more about taste testing. Some of the audience members were regular cooking club attendees and others just wanted to enjoy the free food.

“It’s fun, usually our events ... cost money because we try and get premium ingredients, but it was fun to do a free event and clearly there were people that showed up,” said Gonzales.

The audience went home fully sat-isfied with a handful of recipes to try out themselves.

“We fi lled the place and we were actu-ally a little bit over capacity, and there was enough food for everyone and we were 100 percent successful,” said Swiggart.

Vocal jazz students dazzle Denver

by camilla sterneContributing Writer

Vocal jazz students of the Lamont School of Music gained real-world performance experi-ence last Wednesday night in the candlelit “Showroom” at Dazzle Jazz, a music venue on Ninth and Lincoln, that is entirely dedicated to supporting and maintaining jazz culture in Denver.

Th e event, which took place from 7 - 9 p.m., cost $10 for non-DU students, and $5 for students with a DU ID. Approxi-mately 60 students, community members, parents and jazz-lovers alike attended the event.

Dazzle Jazz, founded in 2002 by Donald Rossa, is a hybrid restaurant, bar and

music venue. Household names including trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonist Richie Cole and bebop pianist Bob Dorough have performed at Dazzle over the years. Dazzle is a hot spot for local jazz musi-cians such as Bob Montgomery, Paul Romaine and Eric Gun-nison. Gunnison is currently a jazz piano professor at DU and has been performing at Dazzle since 2003.

Nellie Quinn, a sophomore vocal jazz major from Denver who performed in both groups, expressed her enthusiasm about the Dazzle performance.

“It’s fun to think of all of the amazing jazz musicians that performed before us on that very same stage,” said Quinn.

kim nesBitt|clarionCooking Club president Zach Gonzales demonstrates his cooking skills in the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management last Friday night.

photo courtesy of donna wickhamSophomore jazz vocalist Nellie Quinn singing “Th e Ballad of Harrison Crabfeathers” at Dazzle Jazz last Wednesday night as part of the Vocal Jazz Repetoire ensemble.

Both the Vocal Jazz Reper-toire combo and the Vocal Jazz Combo performed a set which included songs such as Stevie Wonder’s “Hey, Duke” and jazz classics like “Autumn Leaves,” along with a variety of free jazz and student originals.

Th e vocal repertoire combo performed fi rst. Members of the ensemble consisted of vocalists junior musical theater major Jenna Bainbridge, sophomore vocal jazz major from Denver Sarah Dubetz, Nellie Quinn, freshman vocal jazz major from Golden Brendan Schuster and freshman vocal jazz major from Shanghai Smee Wong. Th e instrumentalists included junior jazz bass major Eli Acosta from Denver, senior audio produc-tion major Charlie Fitz from Atherton, Calif. on guitar, senior audio production major Joey Genetti from Westport, Conn. on piano and junior jazz drum major Jackson Hillmer from Larkspure, Calif.

“I think it’s good profes-sional training because all of those students expect to be gigging regularly if they’re not already gigging regularly,” said vocal jazz professor Donna Wickham, who directs both groups. “It’s a good way for club owners and managers to get to know the individual musicians. Th ere are a lot of students that started gigging at Dazzle because they performed there with my groups and the managers asked them to return.”

Th e Vocal Repertoire Combo focused on individual performance, and each singer in the group arranged and per-formed several songs with the same rhythm section, which included a grand piano, an elec-tric guitar, an upright bass and a drum set.

Aft er a quick set change, the Vocal Jazz Combo, which con-sisted of aforementioned vocal-ists Dubetz, Quinn and Schuster as well as junior vocal perfor-mance major Sam Barrasso from Aurora, collaborated with junior jazz bass major Hunter Roberts from Parker, jazz drum major from Saint Louis, Mo. Patrick Shields and graduate jazz pia-nist Jon Parker performed four songs. Th ese included an arrage-ment of local band Paper Bird’s song as well as one of Parker’s original tunes. Th e group of four singers and four instrumental-ists collaborated in composing and arranging a variety of jazz tunes, from free jazz to fast-paced swing numbers.

Th e vocal jazz students have a wide range of styles, and each are encouraged to develop their own individual strengths through personal interpretation and song choice, according to Wickham.

Wickham, who organized the performance for her stu-dents, expressed the importance of music students having the opportunity to perform in an applied setting like Dazzle.

Th e proceeds from the Dazzle performance, around

$288, will provide a small amount of funding for the vocal jazz program, which are used to augment the program by provid-ing necessities like cords, micro-phones and monitors for the singers to use. Th e program has performed at Dazzle annually for the last fi ve years.

In keeping with the vocal jazz program’s emphasis on real-world experience, the students of the vocal jazz program are currently working to compile a book of annotated musical transcriptions of the greatest jazz artists’ interpretations of classic jazz tunes.

Th e scholarly musical book is in the editing process and will be submitted to a publisher at the end of June, possibly to be released in mid-November. Th e book, which is a collaboration among students in the vocal jazz program, will have a companion CD and website.

Wickham is enthusiastic about the success of the vocal jazz program.

“Every time somebody asks me how the program is going I say the same thing. It literally gets better every single year. Success seems to breed more success. Th e students get better and stronger,” she said.

Th e vocal jazz program will have its fi nal performance of the year this upcoming Friday at the Lamont School of Music’s “Flo’s Underground” in Room 130 of the Newman Center from 5-7 p.m.

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Pollan speech cooks up a crowdAcclaimed author Michael Pollan visited campus to discuss the importance of cooking

by kameryn tanitaSenior Reporter

Celebrated for his research in food, agriculture, health and the environment, author Michael Pollan has written four New York Times bestsell-ing books. His latest book, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation,” came out on April 23.

On Wednesday night, Pollan spoke to a crowd of 446 people, including DU students, in Davis Auditorium at 7 p.m. The event, hosted by DU’s Enrichment Program and the Tattered Cover Book-store, cost $35, which included a copy of “Cooked” and was sold out a week and a half before the event, according to Deb Olson, director of the Enrichment Program.

The Enrichment Program is part of the University Col-lege, the college of professional and continuing studies at DU. Tattered Cover Bookstore was looking for a larger venue to host Michael Pollan and DU’s Davis Auditorium was large enough to hold the event, according to Olson.

Although the event’s audi-ence was predominantly parent and adult oriented, Pollan still had advice for college students. Pollan suggested organizing fellow students to change the food service. Some of the DU students in attendance included people in the Students for Sus-tainable Food Club who are advocates of changing the food service.

J u n i o r g e o g r a p h y major from Wilton, Conn, K a t h r y n Saphire, is the founder of the club and a fan of Pollan’s work.

“I am a huge Michael Pollan fan; every time I read one of his books, I feel like my perspective on food, plants, culture, industry and nature is completely altered,” said Saphire. “So it was really great to hear him articulate his per-spective in person.”

Pollan grew up in Long Island and attended Benning-ton College, Oxford University and Columbia University and now lives in the Bay Area where he is a professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. For the past 25 years, Pollan has been on a journey following the Ameri-can food chain, and his speech addressed one of the key issues facing American society today: the decline in cooking.

Pollan’s speech highlighted the evolution of cooking and the journey he took within his own kitchen while writing this book. Pollan himself admitted

to the crowd that he used to be apprehensive of the kitchen but now appreciates what it takes to make a meal.

“I was a thoughtless cook, an impatient cook; I always fought that time in the kitchen, I didn’t think I had enough of it and there was always something better I could do when I was sautéing the onions,” said Pollan.

His latest book, “Cooked,” looks at the middle ground between the earth and health in the food chain and is less of an argument than an adventure story, according to Pollan.

“The middle link of the food chain is taking things coming out of nature, plants and animals mostly, and we transform them into delicious, nutritious foods, or the oppo-site, things to eat,” said Pollan.

One of the key points in Pollan’s speech was how the industrialized food system has come to overpower the Ameri-can diet within the home and within the grocery store.

“I came to understand that the way our food gets cooked or processed and I juxtapose those words because we use the word ‘cooked’ when we are talking about what humans do and we use the word ‘pro-cessed’ when we are talking about what corporations do and it is really good that our language has preserved that distinction,” said Pollan.

Pollan related to the audi-ence by sharing his memories of cooking in the kitchen with his mother and grandmother and how meals used to be the basis of the American society. Pollan noted his favorite memory of

his mother cooking his favorite dish of Chicken Kiev.

“Meals, I think, are one of the most i m p o r t a n t i n s t i t u t i o n s of human life and of, I would argue, of democracy. I actually think the family meal is the nursery of d e mo c r a c y,” said Pollan. “Think about what your

children learn at the table: They learn the art of conversa-tion, the news of the day ... this is really important teaching time and we are losing it and this is why I think the collapse of cooking is something to worry about.”

When studying the nutri-tional aspect of food, Pollan researched the science of nutrients and realized the complexity of digestion and food composition. Pollan mentioned the health conse-quences that accompany a diet based on industrialized food versus cooked food.

“I realized the cooking piece was very important to our health and at the same time it was very important to our agriculture.”

At one point, Pollan warned the audience that this was not a book filled with 20-minute

recipes, but rather a book about slow food and how to appreciate the time it takes to cook a meal.

“Cooking goes really deep in our collective and individual pasts and that’s why I believe we have this unshakeable thing, even though we don’t have as much time as we once did to do it,” said Pollan.

For the final part of his speech, Pollan read a passage from “Cooked” regarding a night off he took from cook-ing to eat a microwaved meal from the grocery store with his family.

Pollan’s passage highlights what many American families struggle with and his memo-ries of the frozen food section resonated with the crowd as they shook their heads and laughed in agreement about how home meal replacements, such as microwave meals, have replaced cooking.

“Very little about this meal was shared,” said Pollan. “The single-serving por-tions served to disconnect us from one another, clearly as much as from the origins of this food, which, beyond the familiar logos, we could only guess at. Microwave night was a notably individualistic experience marked by cen-trifugal energies, a certain opaqueness and, after it was all over, a remarkable quan-tity of trash.”

Saphire urges college students to take advantage of Pollan’s advice and utilize the resources to cook.

“I do think there are many other social and economic complications college stu-dents face regarding cooking and proper meal times,” said Saphire. “Kitchen space may be limited to a microwave and mini-fridge and many of us seem to preference alcohol quantity over food quality when funds are tight. To add insult to our mostly amateur cooking skills, there are oh so many fast, cheap food establishments within walking distance.”

Pollan recognized that food service is unavoidable sometimes.

“There are times in your life when food service is going to be what you have got, but there is no reason food service can’t support good agriculture and actually be good healthy food,” said Pollan.

Of the collaboration

between the Enrichment Program and Tattered Cover, Olson stressed that there will be similar events in the future, including one next year.

“[This event] was the first collaboration, but won’t be the last,” said Olson. “We’re bringing Elizabeth Gilbert to campus in the fall on October 12.”

kameryn tanita|clarionMichael Pollan poses with members of the Students for Sustainable Food organization after speaking in Davis Auditorium last Wednesday night about his passion for natural foods and his newly released book, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.”

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The Grind: Williams & Graham

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camilla sterneClarion Staff

Our two Grind writers set out for the ultimate hip experi-ence last Wednesday to take a look at Williams & Graham, the Highlands speakeasy renowned for drinks, skilled bartenders and a bookcase entrance.

And essentially, that is exactly what W&G off ers up. And not a drop more.

Aft er hearing about W&G for a year and a half and being recommended by every person and their mother, we ventured out on a rainy school night to get our fl apper on. We’d been assured by friends and Yelp reviews that W&G was positively impossible to get into, darling. We’d heard it was the bee’s knees and the cat’s whiskers. We’d even heard it was swell.

On the outside, W&G is a kitschy dream; cheesy fl ickering sconces outside the Williams & Graham “Bookstore” bring out the inner Disneyland giddiness in anyone who assumes they were born in the wrong era. Our Grinders entered with high hopes of fringed dancers, tweed- suited fellows and ‘20s glitz from head to toe.

A hostess waited behind the counter and wrote down names on a small card before sliding it through a hole in the wall. We excitedly waited for a green light to allow us into the glorifi ed speakeasy.

While waiting, we listened to the music and booze-induced laughter from the other side of the bookcase. For a moment, we felt a glimmer of what it must’ve been like to live during Prohibi-tion. Like rebels with the sole cause of getting perfectly tipsy, we made it in and were seated at the bar minutes later.

Th e dark interior felt authen-tic, but the roaring ‘20s energy wasn’t there. Th e man down the bar wore a t-shirt and a baseball cap, instead of double-breasted suit and a bowler, which jolted those hoping for authenticity from overindulged fantasies.

Perhaps the hip expected too much.

While the atmosphere might be lacking, the staff was attentive, knowledgeable and made some of

the best, while admittedly pricey, drinks in Denver at around $10 a piece. Th e dapper, suspender-clad, clean-cut bartenders made a point to memorize our names before we sipped on a complimentary cham-pagne apertif.

We moved onto the harder liquor, which included the notable Blackberry Sage Smash: With 120-proof whiskey. Th is strange hybrid of delicate blackberry goodness and unapologetic whis-key aft ertaste provided the perfect combination of sophistication and prohibition-era grit.

Similarly, the Old Old Fashion, complete with a slowly melting block of ice to dilute the whiskey as it was being enjoyed, was a smooth and delightful nod to the generation who revels in all things “grandpa.”

The bartenders made a real show of making the drinks. The use of a butcher knife to chip giant ice cubes, the pouring of fiery booze from one sconce to the next and the shaking and mixing—all the while looking perfectly cool in their dapper getups. This impressive display made our writers somewhat less resentful about the 10 excessive clams they had dropped on a single beverage.

Taking a cue from the new Gatsby soundtrack, this 1920s bar played a shuffle of Modest Mouse, alternative singer-songwriter jams and some ‘70s blues. The absence of authentic music was offputting, and in a bar which only spans the length of a long, narrow hallway, it’s difficult to maintain conversa-tions unless you score a nearly impossible booth.

Ultimately, with all the hype, W&G failed to impress. Had it been just an accidental wandering into a Highlands bookstore which turned into a revolving bookcase hiding a dimly lit bar of perfectly mixed drinks, then Williams & Graham might have been hip to the jive. However, the high prices, random tunes and low energy made W&G a less than fantastic affair.

However, we might venture back in full fl apper gear for a night of whoopee and one-too-many dirty martinis.

Maybe next time (if there is one) we’ll have the guts to get the attractive bartender’s digits.

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Professor displays art collection to honor Holocaust victimsby brenda Velasquez

Contributing Writer

Last weekend on May 5 at 2 p.m., DU’s David and Laura Merage Foundation Art Gallery, located in the Merage & Allon Hillel Center on campus, fea-tured the opening reception for a new art exhibition titled “Chil-dren in the Holocaust: Th e Print Collection of Arthur Gilbert.”

Th e exhibit presented a 26-piece display of black-and-white fi ne art prints owned by DU international studies associate professor Arthur Gilbert in conjunction with his graduate course “Genocide and the Human Condition,” a class that explores mass murder from several angles including origin, development, race, sex and political power.

Aft er stumbling upon his fi rst Holocaust print inside an art gallery during a summer vacation trip in Cape Cod, Mass., Gilbert began his quest for more Holocaust art.

“I have been a collector of art most my life,” said Gilbert. “And I have many collections in many areas other than the Holocaust; this collection, however, is the most recent and is designed for public viewing.”

Th e exhibit’s dessert reception was free and open to the public, although registration was required. From 2-3 p.m. inside the small gallery, Gilbert gave a lecture to approxi-mately 50 attendees concerning the art-work’s subject matter.

“I asked my students to come see it because I believe in integrating visual art into the classroom,” said Gilbert. “It enriches my classes, especially since I’m fortunate to have an original collection—I don’t have to rely on slides, I have the real things. Turning my classes into a gallery is a wonderful way to connect students with subjects.”

Although Gilbert did not require students to attend, he asked them to come to gain more knowledge about the sub-ject matter.

Th e display is a product from Gilbert’s previous “Etched in Memory: Th e Graphic Art of the Holocaust” exhibit hosted in the Jewish Community Center’s Singer Gallery, which opened in January and closed in March of this year. Kelli Th eis, executive director of Hillel of Colorado and exhibit curator together with Lori Goldman, a Hillel of Colo-rado development associate, visited the Singer Gallery and hand-picked the works for DU’s exhibit, focusing on children’s experiences in the Holocaust.

“We hope this exhibit will off er a new perspective on the horrors children faced in the Holocaust,” said Th eis. “Exhibits such as these are necessary to help ensure history does not repeat itself.”

According to their website, “Hillel: Th e Foundation for Jewish Campus Life” embodies

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the largest Jewish campus orga-nization in the world, spanning more than 550 colleges and uni-versities through a global net-work of Hillels on campuses and in communities. Hillel of Colo-rado is a subset of this parent foundation with three university campus Hillels established in the state. Th e other two Colorado Hillels are at Colorado State University and at University of Colorado at Boulder.

Housed within this center, the exhibit depicts the plight of Jewish children of the Holocaust through the eyes of Jewish and non-Jewish printmakers, survi-vors and witnesses, according to the event’s press release com-piled by Goldman.

“We worked to focus on the fate of children because the death rate was [extraordinarily] higher in children than adults,” said Gilbert. “Children couldn’t run away and Nazis didn’t hesi-tate to kill children. Th ere had been no shows that we knew of that had the same theme and it allowed us to focus on the fate of very young people.”

Th e Holocaust artists are composed of both survivors and of individu-als who were not involved in the genocide like Mary Costanza, but studied the event nevertheless and produced art-work as a form of memorializing it.

Other artists include Samuel Bak, Leo Haas (whose artwork appears in the permanent col-

lection of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memo-rial located in Jerusalem), along with A. David Crown and Sig-mund Laufer (whose rare piece titled “Fear” made its Colorado debut at the exhibit). Although Gilbert matted and framed each piece himself here in Denver, the artworks were mounted and arranged in the gallery by a hired professional.

Th e prints varied from lithographs, graphic art, wood-cuts, etchings and dry point, and many of the prints portray scratchy, sketch-like engrav-ings of emaciated fi gures with bare heads, elongated jaws and protruding cheekbones. From all around the gallery, numer-ous pairs of hollow eyes stare out continuously at the viewers

Brenda VelasQueZ|clarion“Children of the Holocaust: Th e Print Collection of Arthur Gilbert” opened May 5. Arthur’s collection included top print, “Surrealistic Pear in a Landscape,” by Samuel Bak and bott om print, “Deportation to Death,” by Leopoldo Mendez.

circulating among the works.One piece was a set of

two large-scale images placed back-to-back in juxtaposition. One image featured a giant pear sliced into fourths, its insides overfl owing with smaller tum-bling pears. When the audience walked around to the other side of the wall, the second image off ered a contrasting view of the same subject, featuring a giant captive pear held together with nuts and bolts, a heavy lock imposed upon its surface. According to Goldman, the pear is a metaphorical repre-sentation of the Jewish people’s fruitfulness before the mass murder and their captivity during the Holocaust.

“Th e images are not easy, as one would expect them not to be,” said Goldman. “But we’re very honored to have them.”

Before the exhibit’s open-ing date, Th eis invited middle-school students aged 11-14 years from the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Denver to see the works and discuss their content. Th e students also par-ticipated in an activity involving songs and poems written by Holocaust children during their internment at the Terezin Con-centration Camp.

“Th at was an extraordinary experience,” said Gilbert. “Th ey didn’t shy away from frightening images. I really consider that one of the highlights of this whole venture: to have children try to connect with other children who had died.”

In the future, Gilbert, Th eis and Goldman plan to make “Children in the Holocaust” a traveling exhibit, visiting other Hillels within the nation and perhaps around the world. While at DU, the display will run until June 9 on the Hillel Cen-ter’s second fl oor. Center hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednes-day and Th ursday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

“Turning my class into a gallery is a wonderful way to connect students with subjects.”

Arthur Gilbert,Associate Professor

photo courtest of williamsandgraham.comWilliams & Graham provides prohibition-worthy alcohol but the atmosphere fails to captivate the nostalgic fl apper.

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by meg mcintyreEntertainment Editor

‘Gatsby’ accomplishes ‘great’ things

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Jay Gatsby, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, attempts to rekindle a passionate love affair from the past with Daisy Buchanan, played by Carey Mulligan, in the newest adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is considered to be one of the most celebrated novels in the realm of American literature; it has been wor-shipped ceaselessly by literary nerds and mere dabblers alike since it was first published in 1925. With the advent of the “hipster age,” “The Great Gatsby” has seen a revival among the youth of today, and the book’s reborn popularity has proven its value once again. This makes it the perfect time for the magic of “Gatsby” to make a transition into the world of film—an endeavor taken on by writer and director Baz Luhrmann, whose film adaptation of the iconic novel was released last Friday.

The film hugs the curves of Fitzger-ald’s storyline incredibly tightly, never straying significantly from the plot laid out in the novel. “Gatsby” tells the story of Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire, “Spider Man”), a young bondsman trying his hand at finance in 1920s New York. As the summer wanes on, Carraway discovers that he is living right next door to a local celebrity of sorts—Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”), an Oxford man from a prestigious family (sadly, all dead now) who is known for opening his extravagant home to the public for outrageous parties that put all other manners of frivolity to shame.

Yet not much else is known about Mr. Gatsby, and as the party-goers speculate on his possible status as a spy or a murder convict, Carraway finds his way into Gatsby’s confidences and learns they are connected in more ways than one. Thus ensues a summer of secrets, lies and utter extravagance as Gatsby attempts to rekindle a long lost love affair with Carraway’s cousin, Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan, “Drive”).

The only significant plot change made

within the film is the framing of Nick Car-raway as its narrator. In order to facilitate Carraway’s storytelling, he is depicted discussing his summer with Gatsby with a therapist, recounting the tale to him and eventually writing it out word by word to help him cope. Though this aspect of the story was not included within the novel, it is somewhat necessary in the film to give Carraway’s narration purpose. The technique also allows for some interest-ing cinematographic effects as the words are seen overlaid with footage, seemingly departing from the screen and joining the world of the viewer. This is one aspect that could be intriguing to see in the 3D ver-sion of the film, but there are few other elements that would make the adaptation more dazzling than it is in 2D.

In fact, the cinematography accounts for much of what makes this film great, as the brilliant sheen of the picture transports viewers to a different time and place. Full of dazzling colors and bright hues, it is a wondrously mystical embodiment of the Jazz Age in which Fitzgerald’s characters live. The use of contrast between these luminous, effervescent colors and the deeply muted hues used in scenes of despair or conflict also bring Fitzgerald’s symbolism to life, creating a visual representation of the novel’s implicit meanings. Luhrmann also makes sure to include and visually emphasize important symbols from the book, never allowing one bit of Fitzger-ald’s masterpiece to be lost in the fray. Lovers of the novel will immediately recognize the flashing green light, the city of ash, Dr. Eckleberg’s spectacles and Gatsby’s audacious yellow car, symbols from the book that have been given a home on the silver screen.

One directorial choice that was ques-tioned by many was the decision to use modern music in certain sequences of the film, a supposed attempt to relate the folly of the Jazz Age to the “party mental-ity” of youth today. Music from the time

period is also included, but most of the scenes depicting Gatsby’s parties include modern hip-hop and rap music. Gener-ally, this element doesn’t detract from the film, but there are some instances in which it doesn’t work as well as intended. Viewers shouldn’t let this deter them from seeing the film, though —the music is never distracting and doesn’t change the meaning of the film as a whole, especially since the costuming and sets make it perfectly clear this is a period piece. With flapper dresses, bow ties and bobs galore, this film is the 1920s incarnate.

In terms of acting, the film was cast nearly perfectly. Leonardo DiCaprio is sensational, as always in the role of Gatsby, emulating the mysterious regality of the character while simultaneously embody-ing his fervent desperation to be reunited with his lost love. Mulligan plays her part beautifully as well, and viewers will be utterly enchanted by her ethereal depiction of the vapid Daisy (“a beautiful little fool”). The onscreen chemistry between the two is undeniable, all but forcing audiences to

root for their love affair despite its obvious futility. Tobey Maguire’s performance as Nick Carraway is less emotionally charged, but his role as the protagonist and narra-tor of the story is absolutely essential, and Maguire brings the hero-worshipping nature of Carraway to the screen with skill.

Luhrmann’s version of “The Great Gatsby” does what other adaptations have been unable to in that it translates the entirety of Fitzgerald’s novel to the screen, symbolism and all. By deftly utilizing cin-ematography, color and music, Luhrmann has breathed life into the implicit mean-ings found within the novel. The impec-cable casting has also allowed Fitzgerald’s characterization to truly blossom, and viewers will come away understanding and considering “The Great Gatsby” in a different light. The result is a film that Fitzgerald lovers and newcomers alike will be able to appreciate. It’s true that adaptations have been attempted many times before, but can you repeat the past? Why, of course you can. Especially when you do it like Baz Luhrmann.

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From left, Chris Baio, Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig and Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend stoically enjoy a bite to eat, clad in their trademark East-Coast Prep attire.

Vampire Weekend matures on ‘Modern Vampires’

Vampire Weekend has always been unique in the sense that there’s both a lot to love and a lot to hate about them. On the plus side, you’ve got a band with razor sharp hooks, solid musicianship and a highly versatile lead. On the other hand, Vampire Weekend’s lyrical themes, which often revolve around a sort of “woe is me” Ivy League emotional detachment, have served as a bit of a lightning rod for those who find the group more than a little bit pretentious.

No matter which camp you previously landed in, Vampire Weekend’s much-anticipated third record, Modern Vampires of the City, is an impressive piece of work. It’s the band’s most mature record to date, and consistently uses more traditional instrumentation in a way that feels strikingly new for the band. And although it’s not nearly as immediate as sophomore effort Contra and occasionally has some ill-informed electronic experimen-tation, this is Vampire Weekend at its absolute best.

The record begins unas-sumingly, with opener “Obvious Bicycle” immediately re-introduc-ing Ezra Koenig’s charming voice layered over slow percussion and a somewhat regal-sounding piano. Where the group’s last two records have opened with highly immedi-ate tracks, “Bicycle” is given some more time and space to grow, and for the first time, Vampire Weekend almost sounds old-fashioned. It’s a wonderful opener that owes itself to more traditionally American influences than anything Vampire Weekend’s delivered before, and

is a strong demonstration of the truly mature and confident group at work here.

The best that Modern Vampires has to offer combines Weekend’s knack for clever hooks and tight orchestration with more traditional instruments. “Unbelievers” uses a ‘60s rhythm to great success, while “Don’t Lie” and “Finger Back” showcase old-school rock organs in place of what would probably have been synths on the group’s prior releases. Perhaps one of the best moments on the record is the piano solo towards the end of the mid-album “Hannah Hunt,” which feels

like a nod to Springsteen’s best—in general, the use of piano on this record is fantastic.

The more mature aesthetic on this record makes it tough to pick an immediate standout, but if the record does have one, it’s probably the late-album show-stopper “Worship You.” Opening with a feverish guitar line and snare beat, Koenig quickly pops in, spitting out some breakneck sixteenth-note verses. While some may find the approach grating, you’ve got to appreciate the sheer technical mastery of it, and the chorus later opens up as

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the most beautiful moment on the record. You can really see the sonic landscape on this track, and it feels like something Vampire Weekend could never have come up with before.

The only really questionable moments on this record occur when the band over-uses vocal manipulation, as it does on “Step,” “Diane Young” and “Ya Hey.” All of these are nice enough songs, but when Koenig’s already effer-vescent vocals are fed through a vocoder, it just sounds irritating and completely takes you out of the moment.

The good news, however, is the specific nature of these downsides also makes them quite easy to avoid, especially when practically everything else on this record is done quite well. Modern Vampires of the City is an almost uniformly strong third record, one that revisits some of Vampire Weekend’s signature techniques but also takes the group out of its East Coast polo-wearing niche. It’s the group’s most mature and thoughtful work to date, and ironically, its more traditional approach feels like the band’s most innovative move yet.

Redbox Instant demographic too narrowLast month, the people

behind everyone’s favorite thing about 7-11 convenience stores announced it would be getting into the online video streaming game with Redbox Instant. This move came as a shock to many (myself included) who thought Redbox didn’t need to do anything other than keep up those wonderful $1.20-a-night DVD kiosks. And in a market already over-saturated by instant streaming services (including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime, Comcast Xfinity, Walmart Vudu and Warner Archive, the

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new major-studio attempt to screw over consumers), this move seemed especially puz-zling for a company that really seemed to have found its niche (and brought down Blockbuster in the process).

Look closer at Redbox’s deal though, and it starts to make a little more sense; for $8 a month, along with unlim-ited streaming on a variety of devices, you also get four DVD rental credits. Not a bad deal if you like to rent lots of movies.

But therein lies the issue—Redbox Instant has no intention of offering anything aside from movies, which gives Netflix a huge advantage. To illustrate this: Of the 40 “popular titles”

on Netflix, only two are feature-length films. It’s clear, then, that on Netflix, a streaming service which already has a rather extensive film library, most people are logging in to watch content in episode-length chunks (or go on the occasional “Breaking Bad” or “Office” binge after midterms are over). Redbox Instant’s pure film-goer approach cer-tainly injects a nice bit of simplicity into this convo-luted market, but one can’t help but feel like the Redbox execs are missing a huge opportunity

by ignoring the opportunities of the television market.

What’s more, Redbox Instant also fails (at this point) to even match up to Netflix on

pure movie titles alone. According to TechCrunch, Netflix (U.S.) offers around 9,000 feature films, nearly d o u b l i n g R e d b o x Instant’s start-ing catalogue

of 4,600. Obviously, Redbox Instant is a newcomer, and its catalogue will grow over time, but it’s difficult to see it offer-

ing anything in its current state that Netflix doesn’t already do.

In a business such as this, whoever makes the first move often gains a huge advantage. Netflix adopted instant stream-ing services when the market was still relatively fresh, and as a result has managed to gain a huge base of loyal consumers. Redbox Instant might be a great approach for those who only want to watch movies, but that seems like a pretty limited con-sumer base. We’ll see if the ser-vice can grow over time, but one can’t help but wonder if it’s too little too late. Redbox, you know I love your kiosks, but I think I’ll be sticking with your older comrade for the time being.

Editor’s Picks for this week in entertainment

Movie: “Star Trek: Into Darkness”

The much anticipated sequel to the latest “Star Trek” reboot, directed by J.J. Abrams, will be premiering next week.

The must-see, must-attend and must-read events and releases this week.

by meg mcintyreEntertainment Editor

In this installment, the iconic characters return to battle a villain more evil than they’ve ever faced before, to be played by the adored Benedict Cum-berbatch. Based on the first film in the series and the epic teaser trailers released of the movie to come, the hype surrounding this blockbuster will be well deserved. Plus, what could be better than adding Mr. Hand-sombatch to an already fantastic (and good-looking) cast? This is one film I’d splurge for to see on the big screen.“Star Trek Into Darkness” premieres nationwide on May 17.

Concert: Imagine DragonsColorado locals Imagine

Dragons will be returning home this week for a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. on Thursday, May 16. Even if you’re unfamiliar with the group, you’d surely recognize their hit sin-gles “Radioactive” and “It’s Time,” which have been taking over airwaves since the band’s recent spike in popularity. The electric setting of Red Rocks coupled with the intensive energy of this band’s music are sure to create a concert worth attending. Unfortunately, tickets are currently sold out, but

if you can get your hands on a pair you should definitely take advan-tage of the opportunity.

Book: “Inferno”

Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code,” “Angels & Demons” and “The Lost Symbol” is releasing the latest novel in the Robert Langdon series, “Inferno,” today, May 14. This installment follows Pro-fessor Robert Langdon’s quest to decode the famous “Dante’s Inferno” and solve the mysteries surrounding it. Other than that

“It’s difficult to see it offering anything in its current state that Netflix doesn’t already do.”

measly tidbit, the plot of the new novel has been carefully guarded, which has only contributed to the fan hysteria preceding it. The book is projected to do extremely well in stores, with the largest level of customer pre-orders since JK Rowling’s “The Casual Vacancy.” It also doesn’t hurt that the last book in the series, “The Lost Symbol,” was released in 2009, which left fans with four years of waiting between installments. “Inferno” is going for $17.49 on Amazon (hard-back edition), and the electronic Kindle version is priced at $14.99 and was released today.

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by julia kuttlerStaff Writer

Bo Burnham blows Boulder away

Fans of stand-up comic Bo Burnham will be happy to find that his five-year-long withdrawal has finally come to an end. Burnham ends his hiatus this year with a slew of new offerings that will come as a sweet fix to even the highest expectations, as well as a delight to newcomers.

If you’ve never heard of Burnham, here’s a primer: He began on YouTube in 2006 at only 16 years old, where he turned stories of being a high-school outcast into viral, laugh-out-loud videos.

The channel remains online to this day and anyone looking to learn more about Burnham should start there, where it all began, with songs like “3.14 Apple Pi.” It was clear from the beginning that this comedian is not only hilarious, but he is also deeply intelligent; there is depth to his humor, and each time you listen you are peeling away another layer to rediscover the wit underneath.

Burnham just kicked off a new nationwide tour, “What.,” and the Boulder Theatre was lucky enough to host the first installment on May 5. “What.” will be released as a Comedy Central special later this year, and it has been worth the wait. Burnham’s new show is a multimedia extravaganza offering not only the artist’s trademark musical comedy, but also new elements such as miming, dance numbers and “stunts.” Even the impromptu encore jokes last Sunday night were met with not just rounds of applause, but with cheers and multiple standing ova-tions. For tour dates in other major cities, check the come-dian’s website.

Here’s a teaser of what fans have coming when they get to see the special released in the fall.

The jokes are all new but in a familiar format to fans of Burnham’s style. Like in his

Netflix comedy special “Words, Words, Words,” there is a mix of traditional stand-up and pre-recorded songs; the jokes range from crude to deftly witty, and you can expect Burnham to be as self-deprecating as ever. No matter how much he insults himself, however, the audience will not be fooled into think-ing he is some run-of-the-mill, 15-minute famer.

Within the show, fans will see the return of wind chimes as well as the usual electric keyboard, poetry reading and musical segments much like those seen in “Words, Words, Words.” There is his trademark mix of serious and satirical elements—from songs about religion to poems written from the viewpoint of a dog.

How he manages to deftly combine the somber and the silly is one talent that makes Burnham so unique as an artist.

As an encore Burnham performed two of his best-known songs, “Love Is” and “Oh Bo.” He updated to include current events; for instance, in the “Love Is” joke about Anne Frank’s privacy being breached by the publishing of a private diary, he included a reference to Justin Bieber’s comment about how he hopes Anne Frank ‘would have been a Belieber.’

In 2008 Burnham became the youngest person to ever record a fabled Comedy Cen-tral special.

First was the EP “Bo Fo Sho,” and afterwards, a self-titled debut in 2009. This was followed up with the Netflix-instant-available “Words, Words, Words” in 2010. If you want to see this work of modern comic genius, act fast—it will only be available for streaming until May 22 of this year.

Plus, at only 22 years old, Burnham is barely over the legal drinking age and yet manages to draw a crowd ranging in age from 10 to at least 60 years.

Suffice to say the man has mass appeal, and deserv-edly so. His customary style

of nearly painfully self-aware comments only makes him all the more lovable. As fans of Burnham know, the comedian, in a manner similar to his idol George Carlin, turns his inter-nal conflicts into emotionally charged comical fodder.

For a look at Burnham’s more serious side, check out his song “Art is Dead.” It is clear from the first listen that there is nothing shallow about even his most seemingly care-free jokes.

Bo continues to embrace his dark side in “What.” and it only makes him that much better as an artist.

Burnham goes a step beyond the usual self-belittle-ment, not just joking about his flaws but truly exposing his deepest insecurities.

If you’re looking for a taste of Burnham’s self-mockery, check out old tracks like “My Whole Family…” and “High School Party.”

For his trademark mix of the offensive and creative, listen to “New Math” or “The Perfect Woman,” both from his self-titled debut. Looking for something both laughable and insightful? “Rant” or “Ironic” are safe bets; if you want some-thing to sing along to, “What’s Funny” and the titular “Words, Words, Words” are a good start-ing point.

This is the perfect time to get acquainted with Burn-ham if you are not yet a fan. The comedian has a new show on MTV, “Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous,” made in the mockumentary style first used for shows such as “The Office” and later “Parks and Recreation.” “Zach Stone” premiered May 2 on MTV, but viewers should be familiar with Burnham’s style before jumping into it feet first.

Burnham jokes onstage that “Zach Stone” is likely to be cancelled after the first season, though that would hardly be enough to stop his momentum.

Later this year a new DVD and T.V. special will be released, with a book of poetry to come in the fall, and Burnham will be all over the U.S. this summer for “What.”

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Comedian Bo Burnham performed live in Boulder last Sunday with his current tour “What.” Burnham’s career has recently taken off , with a TV show, DVD and CD on the way.

The most important lesson for old fans to know is that Bo Burnham is back, and for those who have never heard of him, this is your chance to get on board, as this train shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. Boulder-area residents cer-tainly jumped at the chance to welcome Bo back into the fold with open arms, and I predict that his summer tour will be a sold-out success.

Burnham honored Boul-der fans who waited outside in the chilly, driving rain by being not only hilarious enough to earn his keep, but also impressing the audience with his generosity as he stayed for hours afterwards to greet fans, sign autographs and pose for photos with his fans.

What is most astounding is the fact that this man seems to be a genuinely kind and wonderful person.

Don’t let the onstage per-sona fool you.

When performing, Bo Burnham is an overconfident alpha male, yet in his meet-and-greet, he was down to earth and gracious.

This mix of charac-teristics is what proves Bo Burnham deserves to be right where he is: in the spotlight.

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CU should hire more conservative professors

by danny zimny-schmittSenior Reporter

At the Regents of the University of Colorado meeting on April 30, chancellors from the four campuses gave formal reports about intellectual diversity efforts on their campuses. They then spent an hour in a spirited debate about how to expand the intel-lectual diversity on campus by hiring more right-of-center professors.

Given that the CU system has an overwhelming majority of liberal professors, hiring more conservative professors would provide students with more perspective and foster a more diverse intellectual environment.

The Board of Regents is a nine-member board that is elected by the pop-ular vote of Colorado’s voters. The board cur-rently has a 5-4 Republi-can majority.

A few years ago, the board added “political, intellectual and philo-sophical” diversity to its guiding principles.

After the chancellors gave pre-sentations on how their campuses are trying to implement intellectual diver-sity, Republican regent Steve Bosley said that all of their reports failed to address the core problem of lack of faculty diversity.

Republican regent James Geddes has led the charge in recruiting more conservative scholars in the humani-ties and liberal arts departments. He warned that if the universities continue to hire professors on the left, “That’s a dead department. It’s dead.”

“Like it or not, the University of Colorado, particularly the Boulder campus, has the reputation for being a liberal campus. It is true that conserva-

tive scholars are just not welcome at the University of Colorado,” argued Geddes at the meeting.

In an educational institution, it is important that scholars across the politi-cal and ideological spectrum are wel-comed so that students have the oppor-tunity to hear both sides of an argument. CU needs to take further action to implement its guiding principles on diversity in its teaching environment.

The panel did not make a spe-cific policy decision at the meeting, but several regents called for the chancellors at the four campuses to increase their focus on the board’s

guiding principles.Geddes made his

point clear: “I’m not sug-gesting that every side of the fence needs to be represented. But when you talk about the dif-ference between liberals and conservatives in the United States, there is a fence with a lot of people on both sides.”

While conservatives have long grumbled and moaned about the

political and ideological imbalances found on most college campuses, the April 30 meeting marks the first time a major university system has taken the issue up to the highest level of leadership.

Still, Democratic regent Stephen Ludwig questioned how universities would determine political leaning without investigating voter registra-tion records.

It is the university’s institutional duty to give its students an array of ideas and perspectives on which they can think critically.

And it is the student’s job to ulti-mately decide which side they support on this issue.

Only hire professors based on inherent merits

by chris bachOpinions Editor

The University of Colorado (CU) is considering hiring more conserva-tive scholars to its faculty. The regents of the university have been discuss-ing whether or not more conserva-tive professors will make for a more diverse teaching environment. Well, of course it will. But they still shouldn’t hire conservative scholars just because they are conservative.

CU is not a unique university when it comes to having a major-ity of liberal professors. A study conducted by Inside Higher Ed, an online publication focused on col-lege and university issues, found that over 72 percent of college professors in the U.S. identified as leaning lib-eral while only 11 percent said they were conservative. Most colleges have more liberal professors than they do conservative professors. But is that a problem?

Not necessarily. While it is good to get a wide variety of opinions and viewpoints from professors, it shouldn’t be done at the expense of qualified liberal professors. I fear that CU looking to hire more conservative professors will cause it to overlook more qualified liberal professors. If two candidates apply for the same position with virtually the same qualifications, then by all means hire on the basis of political beliefs. But if a liberal applicant has more experience and overall better qualifications, then don’t hire a con-servative applicant just because that person is conservative.

I believe in the saying that the best person for the job should be the one hired. To hire on the basis of politi-cal beliefs is a form of discrimination. Liberal professors would be blatantly discriminated against just because of

their political views. It seems ironic that the goal of being more diverse would be achieved by discrimination.

Furthermore, the greatest profes-sors try to not let their biases show in the classroom. These professors will attempt to show both sides of an argument and then push their stu-dents to decide for themselves what they believe. Hiring the best qualified candidates will better ensure that professors like these are the ones that get to teach the classes. Just hiring conservative scholars for the sake of trying to even out the ratio of liberal professors to conservative ones will ensure that professors that teach directly from their own biases will be the only ones teaching.

Now, if the reason that the gap between the percentage of liberal pro-fessors and conservative ones is so large is because there is a preference for lib-eral professors, then yes, more conser-vative professors should be hired. There should not be a preference for hiring on a political basis for either side.

However, this isn’t the case because those with postgraduate degrees such as a Ph.D. tend to be liberal anyway. In the 2012 presidential election, Fox News had exit polls showing that 55 percent of people with postgraduate degrees voted for Obama compared to 42 percent of those that voted for Romney. The reason there are more liberal professors is precisely because there are more liberals with Ph.D.s than there are conservatives.

Even though I consider myself conservative, I wouldn’t recommend hiring more conservative professors based on that fact alone. I would rather the hiring committee look at a candi-date holistically and decide on whether to hire based on past experience, rec-ommendations and interviews. Don’t give the job to a conservative just for being a conservative.

Pioneer Voices:

“MusicFest.”

callie mcintoshFreshman

Texas

“The carnival.”

michael fairSophomore

Colorado

“The movie.”

nick iwanickiSeniorIllinois

“The movie night.”

lindsay middletonFreshman

Oregon

what are you most excited about for may days?

“CU needs to take further action to imple-ment its guiding principles on diversity in its teaching envi-ronment.”

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by anita balakrishnanEditor Emeritus

“It all comes back.” This is what Joan Didion writes in her canonical post-modern long-form article, “On Keeping a Notebook.” Didion reflects on the spirit of her journal of private musings, not the public kind one reads in a newspaper. But my life, too, has been captivated by the impulse: “The impulse to write things down is a pecu-liarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to jus-tify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.”

If one looks back through old issues of the Clarion, it all comes back—the feelings that you didn’t know you shared—those imparted on you by Pioneers past and Pioneers future. The Clarion, in a way, is a jour-nal of our collective lives as students in 2013—our hopes, dreams, interests, concerns and attitudes about our campus, society and the world.

My life has been locked in this journal for the past three years—between fast-printed lines of thin and fading newsprint I can dog-ear every event in my college career, and as I read back, my eye dances across my own gentle resentments and remises,

the thalassic crests and falls of joy and pain, all interwoven into the stories that have helped define the agenda and experience of DU students, and the production cycle that has held captive my Monday (and Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday) nights.

To my friends, family, and perhaps most importantly, Clar-ion staff members, who have guided me through these times—your sup-port, while often unac-knowledged, has been invaluable. I have been ill, exhausted, frustrated to the point of being repulsive more than once over the years—and the fact that you stood by me has only reinforced my passion for journalism and for life itself.

My time at the Clarion has helped refine my identity. The importance of exploring, preserving and expanding the right to free press on this campus has gotten me out of bed on the most dismal days, inspiring me to pursue a career in journalism. In many ways, I was lost before the Clarion found me. And find me it did, despite my adamant denial to commit to a career as a writer.

There is a tendency to describe “the Clarion” as if it had a life of its own. But the reality is that the Clarion

is people. It is a team of incredible, multi-talented, charismatic, hard-working, passionate, funny, astound-ingly intelligent individuals who read, write, edit and take photos each week not because documenting DU life will advance their careers, pay them a measly wage or make them popular—

but because they rec-ognize that it is des-perately important to keep a journal of the events that affect our lives. This year they went above and beyond their duty in so many ways, trans-forming the crucibles of pay cuts and a tough transition into

amazing storytelling.Running the Clarion is hard—

there were 60-hour weeks, 6 a.m. production nights (the end and the beginning of the day), floods, con-stant financial crunches and clashes with administrators, faculty and even friends. Being the one who stops the buck, hires and fires staff and pays the bills didn’t make it any easier, and often pitted me against the staff members whom I most adored. But I developed the strongest relationships I can ever hope to have (Manthan!) and told the stories that needed to

be told—becoming the voice and the facilitator for the most inspiring set of individuals I have ever met, in and out of the office.

Alex and Sarah, you and the rest of the staff have such incredible potential and are fortunate enough to be entering 120 years of Pioneer legacy. With a new mascot, new athletic conference and DU’s 150th anniversary on the horizon, you won’t have a day for the next year where you don’t think of the Clarion. But believe me, when it’s all said and done, you won’t want it any other way. Be brave, be calm, focus as hard as you can, and never stop reading.

As Didion writes, “It is a good idea, then, to keep in touch, and I suppose that keeping in touch is what notebooks are all about. And we are all on our own when it comes to keeping those lines open to ourselves.” If there is anything I wish for the future of the Clarion, it’s that the lines stay open.

Our lives are a high-speed train from which we will all get off at dif-ferent stops only to eventually arrive at the same destination—and the train keeps moving along to the relentless momentum of the natural world. But while we are all here together, it’s the little things, like a newspaper, that help us keep in touch with ourselves and each other.

Sign off from the editor-in-chief

When one looks deeply into the present situation in the world, two things stand out as particularly important: the danger of war and the acceleration of the Earth’s ecological imbalance. There are, of course, many other problems: the economic debacle which affects many countries, especially in the West; the huge increases in the price of food, especially the staple diet of many millions; the huge, and growing, disparity in living standards between the rich and the poor. All of these problems are impor-tant and require early resolution. The two first named must command the attention of all sen-sible men* and governments for they present the greatest threat to man’s well-being. Wars, large and small, should by now be unthinkable, but, sadly, this is not the case. Even a world which has known the folly and futility of war at its most terrible has still not relinquished, totally, that abomination. The governments are seduced into thinking that old ways will, after all, ren-der up their coveted prize. The weapons of war,

therefore, have become indispensable and a major trading asset. While the weapons are there they will be used. Small wars beget large wars as more

countries become involved. Large nations fight by proxy through their allies and so prolong unimportant quarrels into war. This major danger must be abandoned by all nations. It threatens the very existence of men on Earth.

Apart from war, nothing so profoundly affects the future of all men as much as pollution. Some countries have recog-

nised this fact and have taken some steps to limit pol-lution and global warming. Others, sometimes the chief polluters, deny the reality of global warming despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Daily, now, the climatic changes prove beyond doubt that the planet is sick and needs immediate and skil-ful care to re-establish equilibrium. Time is running out for men to halt the transformation which is be-ing daily wrought on planet Earth. Every man, wom-an and child must play their part in the task. Time is, verily, running out. S.O.P. Save Our Planet! u

S.O.P. -- Save Our Planet!

ShareInternational.info/ud 888-242-8272 This article, published in Share International magazine, was written by a Master of Wisdom. The Masters, headed by Maitreya, the World Teacher, are highly advanced teachers and advisors of humanity who are planning to work openly in the world very soon.

It is hoped that S.O.P. will eventually become an internationally well-known phrase to rally all to take action to save our planet.

*The words “men” and “man” are used throughout the article as general terms meaning humankind.

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Letting go of Denver Booneby william cross

Contributing Writer

I am 73 years old and have inadvertently repli-cated John Evans’ sojourn across the continent. I spent my youth in Evanston, Ill., was inspired to go to col-lege by walking the campus of Northwestern University and enrolled at DU in 1959, graduating in 1963. I have yet to visit Evanston, Wyo. Any person who could help found two universities and provide leadership to the territory of Colorado in its nascent days was by definition an accom-plished and more to the point, complicated person. He, John Evans, was also a man of his time—a white man, no less—who helped create, support and sustain a climate that made possible the genocide of native people. More spe-cifically, Evans is linked to the Sand Creek Massacre.

At one point, a great deal of Colorado territory was given to Indians as part of a treaty; when gold was discov-ered, the treaty was broken and Indians were forced to live in a territory 1/13 the size covered by the original treaty. When John Evans was appointed territorial gover-nor, part of his charge was to carry out the constriction of the Native American land and, as can be imagined, such a charge was met with resis-

tance by Native Americans. Every act of resistance was met with over-reaction, and what ensued was the “total” defeat of native people, where “defeat” was translated to mean genocide.

Emblematic of White over-reaction to Native American resistance was the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. John Evans did not partici-pate in the massacre but he appointed Colonel John M. Chivington, who oversaw the barbarity. The Colonel was also a Methodist Preacher. When details of the massacre leaked back to Washington, at least three inquiries were conducted and eventually John Evans was forced to relinquish his post as Territo-rial Governor. The reader is encouraged to go online and read the eyewitness testimony provided at these hearings. Once the reader has absorbed such information, it is read-ily understood why Colonel Chivington was never nomi-nated to be DU’s mascot.

The extermination of Native Americans was not suc-cessful. Our alumni include descendants of those mas-sacred at Sand Creek. Their presence presents DU alumni with a unique opportunity for dialogue—a conversation yet to be started. In this sense we have fallen behind the actions of our sister institution, North-western University. Recently

the links between the Sand Creek Massacre, John Evans and his founding of NU have become the focus of an official study group—a group made up of distinguished faculty, inclusive of Native American and Holocaust historians. They are to report back to the NU President in the summer of 2014.

And DU’s response? The Boone fiasco. My interpreta-tion of the messages being conveyed by the First Nation people who are DU alumni is as follows: “Look, you won, we were defeated—almost to the point of extinction. If making John Chivington the pioneer mascot is a repulsive suggestion, what makes it so hard for you to comprehend that Daniel Boone, whose reputation was built in part on his image as a killer of Indians, is, at the very least, offensive to us.

Why do you interpret my request as an act of political correctness? Why are you so ignorant to your own people’s history? Let Boone go. Now clasp my hand so we can walk forward together in the search for a mascot worthy of the modern image of the University of Denver.” How ironic that despite Evan’s racist behavior in the past, he created this wonderful institu-tion—DU—and it is here at DU that all parties can come together to achieve a greater

Crop Mobs: a new way to cultivate communityby naomi forman

Contributing Writer

There’s a new mob in town and they are aggressively plant-ing vegetables. Crop Mobbing, a gathering of volunteers that assists sustainable urban farm-ers, is my kind of mob: pro-moting sustainability, helping others, fostering community and cultivating both good food and compassion. It’s time to get our hands a little dirty and bump off some weeds.

This movement began in North Carolina about five years ago and has since spread throughout the nation. The Denver Crop Mob was estab-

lished in 2011 and has since hosted 17 events with two more approaching. These events are sponsored by Slow Food Denver whose national founder, Carlo Petrini, just spoke here at DU and Grow Local Colorado.

The intention of these orga-nizations is to connect urban farmers with able-bodied and willing workers. Sustainable agriculture involves an immense amount more work than modern industrial agriculture; Crop Mob-bing allows farmers to accom-plish in a several hours what could otherwise take months.

Volunteers participate in various tasks, from planting seeds to building fences, all

sense of common destiny and humanity than was possible during Evans’ life.

Perhaps he understood that a university education values the historical perspec-tive, and makes it possible to create campus activities and debates that afford people in the present the opportunity to apply healing ointment to scars carried over from the past. Thus, here we exist in the same space: The progeny of Chivington and Evans alongside the descendants of those who survived the Sand Creek Massacre. We have come full circle and must take advantage of this otherwise surreal opportunity.

What is needed is for the Trustees and Chancellor of the University of Denver to com-mission its own study group; we can then hold a teach-in dedicated to an intense, real-istic and forward-leaning dia-logue between representatives of the local Native American communities and DU staff, faculty and students. We can investigate whether it is true that the leader of the Sand Creek Massacre—recall he was a Methodist Preacher—played a role in the early days of the Colorado Seminary.

Perhaps a wealthy DU alumnus can fund a DU Remembrance & Reconcilia-tion Fund, dedicated to schol-arship and dialogue around the relationship between

Native Americans, our nation in general, Coloradoans in particular, and DU’s history. Would it not be wonderful to construct an arch of remem-brance and forgiveness right here on campus, close to the Iliff Seminary? It could be engraved with the names typi-cal of those massacred at Sand Creek (the names of the vic-tims are not recorded). After reading a plaque containing the details of the massacre, a person could walk under the arch and experience the spirits of the dead, and upon exiting the arch experience a sense of relief at having sent a silent message to the dead, request-ing forgiveness and a wish that their restless souls find peace.

Finally, the struggle for reconciliation is not a “racial” thing—pitting white versus Native American alumni. I am African American, and there was a time when I had misguided pride in the his-tory of the Buffalo Soldiers. No sooner had my own people stepped out of slavery than some of us joined the Army to participate in the defeat and destruction of Native peoples. One oppressed group turned on another. Should the remembrance and forgive-ness arch ever be built, I will be one of the first in line to take my turn at walking under the arch. My soul is no less in need of cleansing, forgiveness and reconciliation.

while enjoying the company of others. And their compensa-tion is a meal of wholesome food provided by the farmer. In the words of Slow Food Denver, “We work together, share a meal, play, talk, and make music. No money is exchanged. This is the stuff that communi-ties are made of.”

Some critics of this move-ment, such as Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, professor of agri-cultural history at Iowa State University, attempt to degrade it by labeling it as “agricultural tourism.” These arguments seem to doubt the genuineness of participants’ involvement. Comments highlight the city

dwellers that take these events as excuses to get away for a few hours or a day. So what? Even if that’s all Crop Mobbing is for some people, they are still breaking free of the monotony of modern life and contributing to the community. At the end of the day every, individual there has some sore muscles, new friendships and a sense of satis-faction with their achievements.

Another critique offered by Professor Riney-Kerhberg was that Crop Mobs hold no significance for larger-scale farms. This is true, as larger farms require heavy machinery, but is also irrelevant as the pur-pose is to assist small, local and

sustainable farmers. Participating in a Crop

Mob is a great new opportunity for the veteran farmer or the “agri-curious” college student.

Check the next one out: Saturday May 18, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Broomfield.

You would be support-ing a community garden that feeds the local hungry and homeless, all while burning calories, making friends and eating good food.

Support the movement; support your community; as Ron Finley, known as the gue-rilla gardener of South Central L.A. says, come “get gangster with your shovel.”

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Berg propels Pios past Albany

Men’s lax set to batt le North Carolina in NCAA quarterfi nals

by alex proiettiSports Editor

Th e No. 4-seeded Pioneer men’s lacrosse team outscored Albany 19-14 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium to advance to take on No. 5-seeded North Carolina in the quarterfi nals in Indianapolis, Ind. on Sunday.

“When you get NCAA opportunities, they are spe-cial,” said head coach Bill Tier-ney. “It is a rare and unique thing to be with these young men. We go through such an emotional yet wonderful ride. Win or lose, this has been an incredible group of seniors that we have. I’m very happy that we live to play another day. Congratulations to Albany on a great game and an outstanding season. They are more than you can imagine on trying to defend that team. It was an honor to play against Albany.”

Despite battling Albany’s top-ranked off ense, sophomore midfi elder Wes Berg led the Pioneers with a career-high eight goals and nine points in the game. Th e game was played in front of a record crowd of 2,621 fans, topping the previous record from the last time the Pioneers hosted an NCAA game in 2011 when 2,575 fans attended.

“I was probably a lot younger and there was no goalie in the net [the last time I scored eight goals],” said Berg. “Any goal is important in a game like this especially going back and forth. Their defense was look-ing to get the ball back to the offensive player and they were

pushing up on us a lot, but it was a lot of fun playing lacrosse in a game like this.”

Also scoring for the Pioneers were seniors attackman Eric Law and midfi elder Cam Flint who each scored four goals, sophomore attack Sean Cannizzaro with two goals and sophomore midfi elder E r i c

Adamson with one goal.

Adamson and fresh-man attackman Gordie

Koerber each tallied three assists in the eff ort as well.

Sophomore Ryan LaPlante and junior Jamie Faus split time in goal with LaPlante making eight saves and allowing six

goals in the fi rst 30 minutes and Faus taking over the second half and making seven saves and allowing eight goals. Senior midfi elder Chase Carraro won 22-of-35 face-off s and snagged nine ground balls.

Th e Th ompson trio led Albany in scoring on Saturday. Sophomore midfi elder Lyle Th ompson led the team with four goals and one assist, while

all photos By kim nesBitt|clarion(Above) Th e Pioneer men’s lacrosse team topped Albany 19-14 Sunday to move on to their third-consecutive NCAA quarterfi nals on Sunday. (Below) Geoff Davis, left , and Pat Kaorle, right, celebrate the team’s success.

junior attackman Miles Th omp-son fi nished with one goal and fi ve assists and junior attackman Ty Th ompson added three goals.

“We knew all week that it was going to be a track meet type of game and an exciting game for the fans to be a part of,” said Law. “Albany is such a great team, and the Th ompson trio can score goals at will. It was fun to get up and

down the fi eld and take advantage

o f t h e

oppor-tunities we had.”

Albany opened the scoring just 2:30 into the game to take an early 1-0 lead, but Denver

responded less than 30 seconds later with a goal

from Cannizzaro to knot the game at 1-1. Th e Great Danes scored the next two

to take a 3-1 lead with six minutes remaining in the opening frame.

Denver knotted the score with a pair of goals from Berg and Law to send the game into the second quarter with both teams tied at 3.

Albany opened the scoring in the second quarter with a goal just under three minutes in before Denver responded to take their fi rst lead of the game. Berg

found the net twice in a row to put the Pioneers up 5-4 with 9:37 remaining in the fi rst half.

Albany leveled the score with nine minutes remaining in the period before Denver went on a four-goal run sparked by Berg’s fourth goal of the game, which Law and Cannizzaro followed up with one each before Berg capped off the run with his fi ft h goal of the evening to give the Pioneers a 9-5 lead. Albany added one fi nal goal in the fi rst half, stopping the Pioneer run and cutting the lead to 9-6 to send both teams into the locker room for intermission.

Th e Great Danes continued their scoring trend and opened the second half with a goal less than three minutes into the third quarter. Law sent the team to double-digits with a goal at 6:39 to make the score 10-7, but Albany answered seven seconds later to cut the lead to two goals again.

Berg scored his sixth goal to complete the sock-trick with just

Sports Editor

Th e No. 4-seeded Pioneer men’s lacrosse team outscored Albany 19-14 on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium to advance to take on No. 5-seeded North Carolina in the quarterfi nals in Indianapolis, Ind. on Sunday.

“When you get NCAA opportunities, they are spe-cial,” said head coach Bill Tier-ney. “It is a rare and unique thing to be with these young men. We go through such an emotional yet wonderful ride. Win or lose, this has been an incredible group of seniors that we have. I’m very happy that we live to play another day. Congratulations to Albany on a great game and an outstanding season. They are more than you can imagine on trying to defend that team. It was an honor to

Despite battling Albany’s top-ranked off ense, sophomore midfi elder Wes Berg led the Pioneers with a career-high eight goals and nine points in the game. Th e game was played in front of a record crowd of 2,621 fans, topping the previous record from the last time the Pioneers hosted an NCAA game in 2011

attack Sean Cannizzaro with two goals and sophomore midfi elder E r i c

Adamson with one goal.

Adamson and fresh-man attackman Gordie

Koerber each tallied three assists in the eff ort as well.

Sophomore Ryan LaPlante and junior Jamie Faus split time in goal with LaPlante making eight saves and allowing six

goals in the fi rst 30 minutes and Faus taking over the second

the fans to be a part of,” said Law. “Albany is such a great team, and the Th ompson trio can score goals at will. It was fun to get up and

down the fi eld and take advantage

o f t h e

oppor-tunities we had.”

Albany opened the scoring just 2:30 into the game to take an early 1-0 lead, but Denver

responded less than 30 seconds later with a goal

from Cannizzaro to knot the game at 1-1. Th e Great Danes scored the next two

to take a 3-1 lead with six minutes remaining in

shy of eight minutes remaining in the third frame before following it up with another tally to give the Pioneers a 12-8 lead. Albany added two-straight goals before Flint, Adamson and Law added a goal apiece in the fi nal two min-utes of the third quarter, giving Denver a 15-10 lead at the start of the fi nal stanza.

Flint struck fi rst in the fourth quarter to stretch the Pioneers’ scoring streak to four unanswered, but Albany responded with a pair of goals to cut the lead to 16-12. Flint found the net for the second time in the fi nal frame to extend the lead back to fi ve goals before Albany responded with another pair of goals, but the Pioneers managed to regain the fi ve-goal lead with another goal from Berg and one from Flint to make the score its fi nal 19-14 margin.

Denver is set to face-off against North Carolina on Sunday in Indianapolis at either 10 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. in the quarterfi nals.

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Pioneers complete record-sett ing season

Women’s lax reaches 2nd round in fi rst-ever NCAA tournament

by anna gauldinSenior Reporter

Aft er receiving its fi rst-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament

ryan lumpkin|clarionTh e Pioneer women’s lacrosse team won their fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament game on Friday before falling Sunday.

on May 5, the No. 13 Pioneer women’s lacrosse team played among the nation’s best competi-tors over the weekend, defeating Jacksonville 14-7 on Friday to advance to Sunday’s Sweet 16.

“We played our game,” said head coach Liza Kelly of Friday’s win. “I think we were excited to get on this big stage and show them what Denver Lacrosse is

all about, and the girls came out and did just that. They prepared well for Jacksonville.”

Following Friday’s first-round victory, the Pioneers fell 16-5 to No. 4 Florida on Sunday afternoon to end a record-setting season. Finishing their 2013 campaign with an 18-3 overall record and the Moun-tain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) regular season title, the Pioneers also boasted the MPSF coach of the year in Kelly.

Th e team’s 15-game win streak, spanning March 2 through May 2, was both a DU and an MPSF record, and a number of individual players set their own records as well. Redshirt senior Kara Secora set the all-time scoring record on April 26 with 261 career points, and sophomore Jill Remenapp broke DU’s single-season scoring record with 113 points during Sunday’s action, recording a goal and an assist for the Pioneers.

“I am so proud,” said senior defender Kate Henrich of her team. “By far, this is the best team I have ever been a part of in my four years. We made history by not only getting to the NCAA Tourna-ment, but getting to the Sweet 16. Florida is an awesome team and I wish them the best of luck. If we are going to lose, I am glad it is to them, because I can see them being the next national champions.”

Th e Pioneers started the weekend strong with a decisive victory over the Dolphins, led by Remenapp’s two goals, four assists and three ground balls. Utilizing hat tricks from Secora, junior Jenn Etzel and freshman Rachael McKinnon, Denver led for the entirety of the contest aft er jump-ing out to an early 3-0 lead, head-ing into the locker room with a fi ve-goal cushion at 7-2.

Senior Mikayla Clark was also a major contributor in Fri-day’s game, recording one goal, one assist and four caused turn-overs to aid the Pioneers in their victory, while junior Meredith Harris posted two goals as well.

“We were excited to get on this big stage and show them what Denver Lacrosse is all about.”

Liza Kelly,Head coach

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On Sunday, Tiger Woods continued his impressively mounting comeback tour, win-ning the prestigious Players Championship tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Jacksonville. Winning by a final count of two strokes, Tiger won a tournament for the 54th time after having at least a share of the three-round lead, a testament to his legend-ary red-and-black Sunday attire.

In a sense, it was a truly typical Tiger win. He held good position after the first round, taking advantage of pristine conditions to shoot a five under 67 on day one, trailing leader Roberto Castro by four strokes. Castro’s opening day 63 was figured to be unsustainable, a prediction that proved true as he shot four over par for the remainder of the tournament.

Day two saw Sergio Garcia jump up the leaderboard, a place where he would remain with Tiger until he reached the 17 hole on Sunday, where he fell apart as has become custom, crumbling into a quadruple bogey, which he then followed up with a double bogey on 18. Sadly, those two holes dropped him to eighth in the tourna-ment, a fall worth somewhere in the vicinity of $500,000.

So, with Garcia falling apart and three relative unknowns following behind in the wings, the Players was all Tiger’s for the taking, which he took in typical fashion, rallying back from a double bogey on 14 that dropped him into a share for the lead. His feel for the moment and experi-ence were clearly on display as he rallied and held position, rather than dropping shots as his more inexperienced competitors did on their fi nal rounds.

While it is not a major championship, of which Tiger has won 14, trailing just the legendary Jack Nicklaus who recorded 18 wins at such events, the tournament does feature most of the best players in the world. Th is year’s event featured the likes of Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Th e Master’s winner Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson.

The win gave Tiger 600 FedEx Cup points, bringing his year to date total to 2,340. His total is 866 points higher than second placeholder Brandt Snedeker.

Woods’ win also earned him an impressive $1,710,000. On the year, Tiger is averaging almost $600,000 per tourna-ment played in purse winnings alone, a figure that does not account for his massive spon-sorship totals.

In all, it has been a tremen-dous year for the once fallen Tiger, who in addition to his return to golf glory, has began dating Colorado and Olym-pic hero Lindsay Vonn. This development came shortly after finally regaining his place atop the Official World Golf Rank-ings, a position he once held for a record 264 weeks.

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Clark’s and Harris’ eff orts helped DU to outshoot the Dolphins 13-4 in the fi rst half, in addition to a dominating 9-2 advantage in draw controls.

“We knew it was going to be a hard game, because they’re very well coached and a very tal-ented team, but I think we came out ready for them,” said Kelly.

Sunday, an overwhelm-ing fi rst half sent DU into the locker room trailing the nation’s fourth-best team 12-1 at halft ime. Despite a strong performance in the second half, the Pioneers were unable to overcome the defi cit.

“I think we were a little shell-shocked on defense,” said Kelly. “I don’t think we were doing the

things we typically do, causing a lot of turnovers. We were playing a little tentatively. We weren’t sending the slides we usu-ally send, doubling down and giving Hannah [Hook] the shots she can usually save. In the second half, we started doing that. We made some better double-teams, coming up with some checks and ground balls. We made it a 4-4

game in the second half.”Remenapp, Etzel, Clark,

McKinnon and junior Annabelle Gilbride each recorded a goal in the Pioneers’ eff orts, while Secora added a pair of assists. Defensively, Henrich tallied an impressive fi ve ground balls and four caused turnovers. As of May 6, Henrich is leading the nation with 65 caused turnovers, averaging 3.42 per game.

In goal, redshirt sophomore Hannah Hook recorded 17 saves between the two contests, increas-ing her season total to 190 saves—the third most in program history.

“I think Florida was hands down the best team we have played all season,” said Kelly. “Walking into a big stage against a good opponent, I wish it hadn’t taken 30 minutes to calm down a little bit. We just needed to recog-nize it’s just lacrosse and we can play the game.”

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Women’s golf fi nishes 17thby danny zimny-schmitt

Staff Writer

The DU Women’s Golf team competed in the NCAA West Regional at the Stanford University Golf Course. Going into the three-day, 54-hole tour-nament, the Pioneers were 11th seeded and ranked No. 32/33 nationally, making their 12th consecutive appearance at the NCAA regional.

DU won its fi rst Western Athletic Conference title in its last tournament. Th e top seeded teams in the tournament included USC, Arizona, Van-derbilt, Purdue and Stanford, respectively. Th e Pioneers went 15-12 against the fi eld of 24 teams in 2012-2013.

On the tournament’s open-ing day on Th ursday, senior Kelly Drack shot an even-par 71 to lead the Denver women’s golf team to ninth place on the team leaderboard aft er the fi rst of three rounds of the NCAA West Regional at Stanford Golf Course.

Th e Pioneers shot a 15-over 299 that day, and sat two strokes behind California for eighth. Th e top eight teams from each Regional advance to the NCAA Championship, and hopes ran high for ninth place Denver.

“I’m pleased with our team total today, but we know we have some work to do for the next two days,” said head coach Lindsay Hulwick. “Kelly was very solid and consistent for us today, and

even-par on this course is very impressive. Tonje also played very well.” Junior Tonje Daffi n-rud recorded a one-over 72, and is in 15th aft er Th ursday’s action.

Freshman Elyse Smidinger shot a two-under, 34 in her fi rst nine holes, but shot a seven-over on the back to fi nish the fi rst round at fi ve-over. Smidinger, who carded three birdies in her round, sat in 63rd aft er the fi rst day.

As a team, the Pioneers were back nine aft er the fi rst nine holes.

“Th is course is playing long and the holes are challenging,” said Hulwick. “Tomorrow is a big day for us, and I know that every-one is ready and eager for the challenge. All fi ve golfers started very well today, and we were one-under through six. It’s great to have fi ve players make some bird-ies and pars, and that stretch will give us some confi dence heading into tomorrow.”

On Friday, redshirt-senior Melissa Martin shot a four-over 75, and Drack remained in the top half of the fi eld with an eight-over 79, as the Denver women’s golf team fell to 18th aft er the NCAA Regional Second Round at Stanford.

“Melissa played really well on a tough course for us today,” said Hulwick. “I’m looking forward to see how the team bounces back tomorrow aft er a diffi cult day today.”

Sophomore Rachael Watton carded a six-over 77 in the second round, a three-stroke improve-

ment from Th ursday. Daffi nrud and freshman Smidinger shot a 10-over 81 on Friday.

On the tournament’s fi nal day on Saturday, Watton carded a two-under 69 to lead the Denver women’s golf team to a fi ve-over 289 on Saturday in the fi nal round of the NCAA West Regional.

“I’m happy for Rachael for fi nishing the spring with a two-under,” said Hulwick. “Th e entire team broke 75 today, and I was really happy to see how we responded. Th e girls played with a lot of heart and pride for the University of Denver. We fi nished with the fourth-best team score today, which is impressive on this tough course and with this tough fi eld. We ended the season on a great note today.”

Watton fi nished her sopho-more campaign with a clean scorecard, bogeying the fi rst hole before 15 pars, an eagle on the par-four 13th and a birdie on the par-three 14th. She picked up 29 spots on the leaderboard on Sat-urday, fi nishing in 60th overall.

Drack and Daffi nrud both recorded 73s (two-over) in the fi nal round, fi nishing 39th and 60th, respectively.

Th e Pioneers team score on Saturday was a 10-stroke improve-ment on Th ursday’s round, and a 23-stroke improvement on Friday’s round. DU fi nished the event in 17th with a total score of a 48-over 900. Th e No. 1 Southern California fi nished fi rst with a three-round total of seven-over 859.

photo courtesy of usga.comFreshman Elyse Smidinger competes at Stanford University.

photo courtesy of denVerpioneers.comJunior Tonje Daffi nrud ended up in 60th place aft er the Stanford tournament.

photo courtesy of denVerpioneers.comSophomore Rachel Watt on improved her game over the weekend.