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In June of this year, the Colorado General Assem-bly approved SB 11-204, which changes the mis-sion statement of UCCS to include graduate-level research. The hope is that this modification to the state-ment will help our campus over the next several years to attract more researchers and become more com-petitive in applying for federal grants and other funds.

The University of Col-orado system received more than $790 million in research funding from federal and nonfederal sources for the fiscal year. CU Boulder received $359 million and CU Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus com-bined received $419 mil-lion in research funding. McConnellogue said, “Faculty from all campus-es submit funding forms. Since Boulder and Denver are bigger research insti-tutions, they receive more funding.” UCCS received $12

million in research fund-ing, or about 1.5 percent of the system-wide total; it has increased by $2 mil-lion, or 24 percent from the previous fiscal year. Beth-El College of Nursing received $2.2 million, the largest grant at UCCS, from Colorado Health Foundation to im-prove access to nursing education at five Colorado community colleges. Two projects at UCCS are funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education: The U.S. Department

of Justice provided a grant to develop programs that protect students from victimization and build healthy relationships, and the U.S. Department of Education provided a grant to increase the number of southern Colorado resi-dents who attend college by working with a group of southern Colorado col-leges and universities. Though funding re-ceived for the last fiscal year had decreased from the prior fiscal year due to a one-time funding event for that year; an estimated $145 million came from

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009-2010, this year has even sur-passed that. It’s also important to note that research funding can’t be used for non-re-search related expenses. Associate Vice Chan-cellor for Research Mi-chael Larson said, “A key thing to understand is that the money we receive for these grants and contracts are directed specifically to achieve the goals outlined in the respective propos-als. The money can’t be used to fund what are con-

sidered normal operating costs.” Some funding is used to advance science research in laboratories and field studies, but it can also be used for education and training programs. Associate Vice Presi-dent for University Rela-tions Ken McConnellogue said, “[Funding] is not ex-clusively to science.” Larson says, “All of the projects are now un-derway — some of them were new and some were continuations of proj-ects started in previous years.”

UCCS received $12 million in research fundingMaggIe olague

molague@uccs.edu

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Since history has been recorded, clash-es between religious groups has been a part of it. Finding ways to get along has been an ongo-ing battle, and one which is likely not to see an end soon. But steps are being made toward that end at UCCS. “How do students from different religious tradi-tions find agreement? Can they? Should they?” are the questions asked by Jeffery Scholes, pro-fessor of Philosophy and director of the new Cen-ter for Religious Diver-sity and Public Life on campus. Scholes is looking to bring students of vari-ous religious traditions, as well as those of non-faith, together to engage in dialogue and activities this semester. The Center for Reli-gious Diversity and Pub-lic Life, first established on campus in February 2010, was inspired by President Obama’s In-

terfaith and Community Service Campus Chal-lenge, according to Sc-holes, who attended the conference at the White House with Provost Peg Bacon in August. Despite being very much in support of the President’s challenge, Scholes said he takes is-sue with the term “inter-faith.” He said there is also a need to appeal to those who are secularist or of no faith. He hopes the labeling of events can be done so in a way that invites everyone and makes it clear that all voices will be heard. “The idea for UCCS is for the Center to act as a place where student and community members can come together to discuss important issues,” Sc-holes said. He also said he hoped that through the chal-lenge, as well as other campus events, students and faculty can begin a dialogue and start work-ing together. “The Center is a

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place where students can listen and participate in asking questions about what it means to have or not to have faith and work together to achieve common goals,” he said. The Challenge requires that participating schools hold a kick-off event, as well as participate in community service. The Center plans to create UCCS Park Corps, a group of interfaith and non-faith students who will work with the City of Colorado Springs’ Park, Recreational and Cultural Service to work on park-related projects including tree planting, trash removal and turf maintenance. The first event to be put on by the Center hap-pened in February 2010, where six different sa-cred spaces from vari-ous religious traditions were included and set up in different rooms in the University Center. According to Scholes, the event was a success and the Center is look-ing forward to putting on similar events.

Both he and Bacon said having a physical space for the Center isn’t as important; the events create the location. “I think the definition of space we are thinking about is different than physical,” said Bacon. “There needs to be space in the curriculum and activities for students to learn and participate. This can happen any-where.” The next event be-ing put on by the Cen-ter with is the Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge kick-off on Sept. 27. Chancellor Shockley-Zalaback will be intro-ducing speaker Benja-min Broadbent, pastor of the First Congrega-tional Church, whose lecture will be followed by a Q&A with a panel of UCCS faculty and students and Colorado Springs community members. The event will be speaking on the chal-lenge and religious is-sues on campus. There will also be

weekly meetings in Clyde’s every Wednes-day at noon to continue engaging in discussions and getting to know peo-ple, said Scholes. “Knowledge is the first step toward tolerance and acceptance,” Bacon said. “We hope students will come wanting to learn and participate.”

The Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life (continued from page 1)

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Kick-Off

When:Sept. 27

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Where:University Center,

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Last spring, the Depart-ment of Women’s and Eth-nic Studies (WEST) began offering three new certifi-cate programs in addition to their major and minor. “Today, with the way things are with jobs, the more specialization and ver-satility you have, the more marketable you are in your job,” said Andrea Hererra, professor of literature and co-director of the WEST program. The concentrations for these certificates are Native American and Indigenous Studies, Latino/Latina Stud-ies and Global Studies. “When people ask us, ‘Why do anything with WEST?’ one thing we al-ways emphasize is that there is no area in your life where you cannot afford to be cul-turally conversant or com-petent,” said Hererra. “All of our courses have both a domestic and international focus.” The Native American and Indigenous Studies certifi-cate investigates American Indian issues as part of a

broader study on indigenous knowledge worldwide, with a special emphasis on the cultures in the United States, Canada and Pacific Islands. Some of the courses of-fered include Native Ameri-can Philosophical Thought, Native Communities and Indigenous Views on Sus-tainability. Latino/a Studies is de-signed to highlight the vari-ous Latino/a communities in the United States and how their identifications are defined in the wake of globalization and migration across political boundaries. Some of the courses in-clude The Chicano Com-munity, Youth Gangs and ‘Going Native’: British and Spanish Narratives of the Colonized World, according to the certificate information sheet. The certificate in Global Studies focuses on global-ization as a complex and dynamic product of many different regional, ethnic and institutional identities from a transnational per-spective. Its courses explore in-tersections among gender, race, class, sexuality and

individual identity. The courses offered in this concentration range across a broad spectrum of topics, including Sex and Gender in Islam, Caribbe-an Literature, History, and Theory and Gender in In-ternational Politics, as well as some courses from the other two concentrations. After completing the In-troduction to Race and Gen-der course, a requirement of all WEST programs, an additional 12 credit hours, including nine upper-divi-sion, must be taken from a variety of different course offerings, depending on the specific certificate a student is pursuing. These certificates are not limited to WEST majors and minors, either; anyone looking to boost their aca-demic portfolio can pursue these certificate programs. For more information on the WEST major, minor and new certificate pro-grams, stop by their office in the south wing on the first floor of Columbine to pick up handouts with course requirements or visit their web site at uccs.edu/~west/.

WEST offers new certificate programs to broaden your resumeMatt SIdor

msidor@uccs.edu

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The CU Board of Re-gents has approved the construction of a new building on North Ne-vada Avenue in an effort to build partnerships and serve the community. The Academic Health Services Center will be a 60,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility that aims to bring quality health care to lower income per-sons and senior citizens in southern Colorado. According to Director of Media Relations and Internal Communication Tom Hutton, the plan for the facility is to consoli-date various health pro-grams including the CU Aging Center, the Ger-ontology Center and the wellness programs operat-ed by the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The plan also provides space for Peak Vista, a community health orga-nization whose services include community health centers, which would pay for its space. “This is a way for the

University to have a new space but without being required to pay the entire bill. This is a good reason to go into a partnership with a like-minded orga-nization on a project like this,” Hutton said. Other partners in the project include Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the Anshutz Medical Campus in at the CU-Denver cam-pus. Among the services offered, the Academic Health Services Cen-ter will have a nutrition kitchen where anyone can sign up and take a class on cooking and creating a healthy diet. There also will be a small gym for seniors, which will have physical trainers and therapists on staff to help with rehabili-tation and movement. The facility will be a one-stop medical cen-ter where anything from blood work to yearly physicals could be done. Hutton expressed that this will not only serve the community, but de-partments on campus as well as faculty, staff and students interested in re-

search and the services that plan to be provided. Executive Director of Facility Services Gary Reynolds would remind the public that the build-ing, though approved, is still in its planning stages. “Although the prospect of having such a facil-ity so close to campus is exciting, there are many details that can’t be over-looked,” he said. “Now that the plan has been ap-proved, an architect will design the building and then a contractor will be selected.” The Academic Health Services Center will be the fifth building built by UCCS to apply for the LEED (Leadership in En-ergy Efficiency and De-sign) gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Only the most energy-efficient buildings can earn a LEED gold cer-tification. Other LEED-certified buildings on campus in-clude the Campus Recre-ation Center, the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering, the Gallogly Events Center and a pend-ing certification for Cen-tennial Hall.

Health services building promises benefit to communityMark petty mpetty3@uccs.edu

CU President Bruce Benson travels to each of the four cam-puses in the CU system at least once per semester to hold a pub-lic town hall to reach out directly to any interested staff members, faculty and students and answer any questions they might have about the general health and di-rection of the university system at large. On Sept. 20, he visited the UCCS campus to hold a town hall meeting in the University Center Theater. The focus of Benson’s talk was on the challenging fiscal environment that the CU system continues to face as the econom-ic recession and state budget cri-sis continue. Benson announced that the most recent revenue forecasts from the Governor’s office in-dicate that there will need to be about $650 to $700 million in cuts to the state’s higher educa-tion budget next fiscal year. “The one good thing is that property taxes are coming in higher, so that will take some of the pressure off the general fund

budget because that helps K-12 [schools],” he said. Referring specifically to CU, Benson said that he expects an additional $30 to $50 million in cuts system-wide next fiscal year. “Our budget is now $147 mil-lion from the state, and if you look at what it was in 2003 – from $226 million – and factor in inflation, our budget should be $326 million [today],” he said. “We’ll just make do and we’ll figure it out,” he expressed. “We’re all very entrepreneurial. We’re going to make it work no matter what they do.” Benson also discussed the new Creating Futures fundrais-ing campaign, the public phase of which he kicked off last spring semester; according to the web site (creatingfutures.colorado.edu), the goal is to raise $1.5 bil-lion. “We’re doing extremely well,” he said. “We’re doing so well that we will probably increase that goal and step it up.” Benson added that the fund-raising doesn’t directly fund operating expenses, but that by raising money for areas such as student scholarships and new

buildings, this campaign will in-directly help the university sys-tem in the long run. Benson also took a moment to discuss media outreach, spe-cifically the new forms of social media that have been rising in popularity. “Outreach is a very, very important issue to me,” he said. In addition to all the tradition-al forms of print, television and radio media, CU plans to “push ahead” on marketing through all available outlets. Benson said, “We started find-ing out as we started communi-cating in the high schools that a lot of these kids don’t use e-mails, they use Facebook, Twit-ter and all of these other things, which are a little over my head but I’m involved with it any-way.” He emphasized that the CU system will need to have re-newed focus in reaching out to prospective and current students through these new outlets. At the end of his lecture, dur-ing a question and answer ses-sion, a member of the audience in the back of the room said, “I know you said that it kinda goes over your head, but I just got a

tweet from you about ‘Be Colo-rado Wellness.’” Then there was a lot of laughter in the room. “You’re really good,” some-one said to Benson. Benson replied, “It’s just a wellness program, because, you know, it’s good for you to be more well.” There was more laughter. At this point, Marcy Benson, Bruce’s wife, took the lectern from Bruce to explain the new program intended to provide free health screenings to all eligible CU employees and reduce health

care costs across the system. The next forum on campus hosted by the Chancellor’s Of-fice will be a “Student Conver-sation with the Chancellor,” her first forum this year aimed di-rectly at students. Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak will give a short overview of cur-rent issues on campus, followed by open time for students to ask questions. The forum will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 2:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m. in the Univer-sity Center Theatre room 302.

CU President addresses fiscal challenges at town hall meetingMatt SIdor

msidor@uccs.edu

Photo by Robert SolisCU President Bruce Benson spoke at UCCS on Sept. 20.

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A new feature has been added to campus road-ways for all those who bike to school: 17 new street markings, called sharrows, have been add-ed to the roads to remind drivers to share the road with others. “Hopefully when they see the signage, [drivers] will be more alert and know that bikes do travel these roads,” said Sustainable Transportation Coordina-tor for Public Safety Kayli Ciambotti. The funds for the proj-ect came from the city of Colorado Springs for the markings on Regent Circle, which the city owns, and the Parking Sustainability Fund, who provided funding for the markings for the rest of the campus. The city is also making standing signs that will be placed around cam-pus within the next few

weeks. While there have been no problems between bi-cyclers and drivers on campus yet, Ciambotti said, “We are just trying to be proactive in preventing any possible problems.” The need for the mark-ings became apparent when surveys were dis-

tributed to students. According to Ciam-botti, one of the reasons for students not wanting to bike to campus was be-cause they felt it was un-safe, and when the survey brought this to light, Pub-lic Safety decided to do something about it. “I think the goal is to raise the awareness level of motorists and cyclists and the fact that they are sharing the road,” said Steve Linhart, director of emergency management. Ciambotti added that bicyclers have the same privileges as drivers and

can take up the whole lane if they need to. They hope to market the new Share the Road campaign all over campus with e-mails, flyers and more information, so this won’t be the last we hear about this new feature. Linhart also wanted students to be aware that

there are bike racks on the campus shuttle buses. Students looking to com-mute to either the Four Dia-

monds lot or Lot N and ride the shuttle up the long hill to main campus will be able to take his or her bike with them to get around. The sharrows, Ciambot-ti said, are a positive ad-dition to the campus. “It’s definitely going to ben-efit us in a lot of ways… [and] increase safety for bicyclists. We’re hoping it’s going to encourage more people to cycle here instead of driving in a sin-gle-occupancy vehicle so we can reduce emissions. We’re always looking to do that.”

New bike sharrows encourage students to share road

leSlIe randolph

lrandolp@uccs.edu

Photo by Alex GradisherOne of the newly painted bike sharrows painted on the campus roads.

“We’re hoping it’s going to encourage more people to cycle here

Steven Hernandez knows the expenses that a college experience comes with, especially if you de-cide to go on to graduate or medical school, where even more money comes into play. “I was trying to find a way to lower my person-al student loans and get assistance with tuition to work on my master’s de-gree,” Hernandez stated. “What started as a single webpage telling my story, turned into a place where all students in my position could tell theirs,” he furthered. That “place” Hernan-dez is referring to is the website called I-Con-tribute (i-contribute.org), an idea he and his wife, Laura, came up with. The online organiza-tion connects private do-nors with recent gradu-ates or current college students who are hoping that donors can help by providing them with fi-nancial assistance. The goal of I-Contrib-ute, according to Hernan-dez, is to place a bigger emphasis on secondary education for those who are unable to afford it. Because of the rise of college tuition and living

expenses, many students have to take massive loans to afford an edu-cation and many end up opting out due to the high prices. Hernandez, the presi-dent and CEO of I-Con-tribute, believes he has found a unique solution to that problem. He says that I-Contribute helps to solve this debt problem that students usually ex-perience from taking out loans. “I-Contribute […] provides students with a single location to meet private donors that will give students an oppor-tunity to pursue their ca-reers that financial woes are holding them back from,” he remarked. Laura Hernandez, vice president of the organi-zation, said that the con-nection works in an easy four-step process that is simple for both students and donors to under-stand. “After researching many different options, we found that mixing micro-lending principles with a charitable organi-zation and online profiles was the solution,” she stated. For $5, students can build a profile page where they can list their education and work ex-periences, which donors

can search for. Donors also create an account, which details the amount of money they are willing to donate to students. The minimum donation is always $5 and donors set their own maximum. Once the contributor is registered on the site, they can begin searching for students who are in need of their assistance. After selecting a stu-dent, donors click the “contribute” button, en-ter an amount to contrib-ute and the I-Contribute team handles the rest. To ensure that the contributions are going where they are needed – to loans and student tu-ition – the I-Contribute team acts as the inter-mediary and directs the funds to students, Her-nandez said. So far, feedback of I-Contribute has been great, Hernandez said. “The first impression from people that hear about I-Contribute is very positive. The most com-mon response that I have heard is, ‘This is some-thing that was needed.’” The Hernandez’s hope that through contests (such as a free Apple iPad 2 to one out of every 1,000 people that sign up), I-Contribute can grow even bigger.

I-Contribute seeks to give college students financial assistance ryan adaMSradams3@uccs.edu

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The next time a bee whizzes by you, pause before swatting at it. Al-though you may have traumatic memories of being stung by that bee’s

brothers or sisters in the past, bees are not pests. They are friends of agriculture that pollinate one in every three bites of food that humans eat. Bees play an essential role in producing honey and beeswax, and they are now being celebrated with

an exhibit dedicated to their contributions. The Gallery of Con-temporary Arts (GoCA) is hosting HIVE, which ends its run this week on Oct. 6. Co-Director of GoCA, Daisy McConnell, said, “[HIVE] is making [peo-ple] aware of how vital bees are.” She continued, “We need bees more than they need us.” Five artists have been invited to participate in this exhibit: Susan Meyer, Laura Tyler, Elaine Ng, Matt Barton and Jane Mc-Mahan. Meyer, a Denver-based artist and faculty member at Denver University in the Visual Arts Department, created a piece called “Unité D’Habitation,” or Housing Unit. Meyer used laser-cut acrylic and figurines to create her vision of what it would look like if humans lived like bees. As a co-founder of Colorado honey company

Backyard Bees, Tyler has three pieces on display. In one piece, Tyler uses en-caustic paint, or beeswax, to paint portions of flow-ers and plants. This provides a perspec-tive on what a bee sees and the paintings have a slight scent of beeswax. Tyler also combines a flying geese quilting pat-tern and honeycomb. The darker the honeycomb, the older it is. This com-plex work took six years for her to complete. Another piece in the gallery incorporates hon-eycomb on a chair. Mc-Connell, the artist of the piece, said, “The chair is an iconic symbol of the home, and the honeycomb is home to the bees.” Ng, a sculptor from Boulder, incorporates an element of the bizarre with “Coalesce,” which is made of casted bones from Taiwanese beef noo-dle soup that lure a swarm of bees. Looking from differ-

ent angles and distances around the piece will demonstrate its depth. An interactive video installation creates UC graduate McMahan’s “Nousbee.” McMahan in-stalled cameras with audio inside two beehives. After the exhibit is over, visitors can continue to follow the progress of the hives at nousbee.blog-spot.com. Smart phone users can scan a code to listen to Nousbee on their phone. The codes for this feature can be found at GoCA. Barton, who teaches sculpting in the Visual and Performing Arts Depart-ment, has an interactive piece on display called “Dome.” It is a massive hive made out of intertwining branches, and the hive sits on a low table. Visitors are encouraged to crawl under the table and into the hive to view life as a bee. HIVE is part of a city-wide celebration, Cross-

Pollination 2011. Events from August to December will be held throughout Colorado Springs. McConnell concluded, saying, “Cross-Pollination is inspired by science and is, at its heart, a creative celebration of pollina-tors.” Information about up-coming Cross-Pollination events for this month, including the opening of an exhibit that examines moths and butterflies, is available at crosspollina-tioncollab.com.

GoCA hosts HIVE exhibit, makes a buzzMaggIe olague

molague@uccs.edu

The LowdownWhat:HIVE

When:Aug. 25 to Oct. 6

Where:GoCA at Centennial Hall

How much:Free

More Info: uccs.edu/~goca

Photo by Tasha RomeroA plexiglass beehive sculpture.

Finding local merchandise that suits your style, budget and morals can sometimes be a challenge. With all the retail stores that carry mystery fabrics made in Uzbekistan and local shops that carry a very specialized inventory, the search may seem futile. A relatively new business in Old Colorado City called A Call to Life, though, de-serves a visit for its focus on local entrepreneurs and unique items that are nearly impossible to find at big re-tailers. “It’s been going very well,” said owner Laura Teeters about business since A Call to Life’s 2010 open-ing. “We’re lucky to have such a great location on the corner and such good neigh-bors.” A Call to Life’s inviting atmosphere contributes to its success. The walls are covered with fun decora-tions and a wide range of artwork made by local artist Emma Ginsberg. Although bigger pieces may not be friendly to a student’s budget, smaller and more affordable pieces or prints are available and

promise to add a little color to any room. The clothes, perfect for fashion-conscious women, include shirts, pants, dresses and accessories such as belt buckles, hats and seasonal scarves. Like the artwork, most articles of clothing are a bit costly and start at about $30. However, in addition to supporting local suppliers, there is another good rea-son for the prices of winter attire, according to Teeters, who said, “The summer clothes are more whimsi-cal. The winter clothes are meant to last season after season.” While some clothes sold at big retailers only last for several washes, fall and winter clothes from A Call to Life are built to be endur-ing pieces of a customer’s wardrobe, she said. At the register is a display case of bright and funky jewelry, all of which are handmade by local wom-en. One customer, an el-derly woman, looked at the jewelry and lamented she couldn’t wear big earrings anymore because they were too heavy. Teeters assured her that A Call to Life’s earrings were

different because of one key detail: “They’re made out of aluminum soda cans. They’re also eco-friendly, so you’re supporting the en-vironment.” Although some jewelry made from recycled mate-rials tends to look aestheti-cally unpleasing, this is not the case at A Call to Life. They believe that fashion and function are not mutu-ally exclusive. In addition to clothes, jewelry and accessories, A Call to Life also sells a vari-ety of adorably snuggly stuffed a n i m a l s . Among them are handmade sock monkeys with rhinestone eyes, which were too cute for me to not take home at least one. The sock m o n k e y s are made by Flocks “O” Sox, a busi-ness started by a 13-year-old Colorado girl. A Call to Life is full of items made by simi-lar female or

couple entrepreneurs, and sells items made almost exclusively by female Colo-rado artists and designers. According to Teeters, A Call to Life supports busi-nesses that would not oth-erwise be able to break into the retail environment. “If they’re not [made by locals], we try to make sure the clothes are at least made in the United States,” said Teeters. Some of the clothes for sale are made in Canada or China, but she investigates

clothes made in China to en-sure nothing originates from sweatshops. Teeters is looking for-ward to the future, when she hopes to hire and train an intern, preferably an art student. She also hopes to teach middle school, high school and college classes about entrepreneurship, perhaps even holding an en-trepreneurship contest and marketing the winning idea. No matter the direction Teeters decides to take, A Call to Life will continue

to offer a voice to local vi-sionaries and chic items to shoppers.

A Call to Life sells local, handmade itemsSara horton

shorton@uccs.edu

The LowdownWhat:

A Call to Life

When:Weekdays 10 a.m. to

6 p.m.

Where:2502 W. Colorado Ave.

More Info: (719) 471-8888

Photo by Ariel LattimoreA Call to Life offers a wide variety of clothes and accessories.

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Eric Umenhofer had a prob-lem that many fellow coffee elitists face around the Springs: Finding a really great cup of coffee. He previously enjoyed re-ally great coffee from a friend who once owned a coffee shop of her own, but it closed down. He managed to obtain a “great coffee” fix every so often when

this friend roasted some cof-fee beans in a popcorn roaster in her own home, but it wasn’t enough. “I scoured Colorado Springs for a roaster,” expounded Umen-hofer. He eventually found one and took it home in preparation of brewing his own coffee. To his complete frustration, how-ever, it didn’t fit in his garage. He found a small space for rent in the East Fillmore area, set up his roaster and finally got to start making his great cof-

fee. Umenhofer had completed his mission, but he didn’t stop there. Umenhofer’s coffee shop is now Colorado Coffee Mer-chants, a cozy little shop with a commitment to working with local businesses whenever it can and serving up the freshest cof-fee in the Springs. Although small, Colorado Coffee Merchants roasts about 1,000 pounds of coffee each week for wholesale clients and never serves coffee that’s more

than 24 hours away from a fresh, green bean. Colorado Coffee Merchants also sells pastries and cookies from other local businesses, such as Steve’s Private Stash and Sweet Daphne Confections. Umenhofer remembers clearly how his business took off: “People were just coming in [off the street]. They smelled the coffee roasting and wanted to buy some.” Umenhofer, who had just wanted his great cup of cof-fee, was now in the café busi-ness. After about three months of “scent traffic,” he put up an open sign and officially became a business. When asked about what sets Colorado Coffee Merchants apart from other coffee shops in the area, employee Erin Fair-weather didn’t hesitate to re-spond: “We never compromise a good cup of coffee.” Colorado

Coffee Merchants uses a unique method of roasting called air roasting, or fluid bed roasting. In normal roasting, the beans lay on hot metal and can burn slightly. They are then bagged along with the by-product of roasting, called chaff. In air roasting, the beans are elevated on a layer of heated air, never touching heated metal. The chaff is also vacuumed away by a “cyclone”- essentially a funnel that separates the roasted beans from the lighter chaff. Umenhofer also attributes some of the success of his busi-ness to his commitment to fresh coffee. While most roasters will roast beans once a week, Colo-rado Coffee Merchants roasts every single day. “The precious oils that give coffee its flavor start to deterio-rate after about eight days,” ex-plained Anne Blair, production coordinator. Colorado Coffee Merchants also has a program called Cop-per Mug, where it sells a copper colored travel mug that includes a year of free coffee and dis-counts on all other drinks and pastries if you have your mug with you. “It’s our way of saying thank you to our regular customers,” said Blair. According to Umenhofer, Colorado Coffee Merchants will have mugs for sale again just in time for Christmas shopping.

Colorado Springs’ best kept secrets: Colorado Coffee Merchantsaaron Collett

acollett@uccs.edu

The LowdownWhat:

Colorado Coffee Merchants

When:Mon. - Fri. 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sat. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where:302 E. Fillmore

More Info: 437-8878

coloradocoffeemerchants.comPhoto by Shandi Gross

Owner Eric Umenhofer displays his newest coffee roaster. S

A new word might have to be invented to describe an idea that has come to Colorado Springs. Conscious Table serves what might be called “ethical food,” but that phrase doesn’t encompass the entire idea behind the new r e s t au ran t downtown. Conscious Table wants to bring lo-cally grown food to their customers. “Many people claim to serve locally grown food, but they fall short,” said Brent Bea-

vers, one of three co-owners of Conscious Table. They aim to provide patrons with a special dining experience. The restaurant offers an un-rivaled menu. The entrees on the menu include the Duabe of Lamb “Pueblo” with mirasol chiles and shallot oatmeal hushpuppies, or a Red Curry-Coconut Burmese Yardbird with pineapple tempura

and lemongrass dumplings. The menu will be fluid, how-ever, in order to accommodate the philosophy

of Conscious Table, which is to use only foods produced by sus-tainable means. Farm raised salmon and fish caught in overfished areas will never be on the menu at Con-scious Table. Likewise, it’s im-portant that the chicken are not raised in 15-inch boxes or the cat-tle slaughtered by the thousands. Small ranches promote a healthier animal and ensure that animals live in a humane envi-ronment. Beavers admitted that he loves to eat meat but still be-lieves that there are certain stan-dards that must be adhered to in raising animals for food.

“Until a chicken is ready to be dinner, it should be allowed to be a chicken,” he said. In the spirit of promoting this idea of a more sustainable, more ethical standard of culinary, Bea-vers and his partners Dave Cottrill and Aaron Retka are offering a number of culinary courses at the restaurant itself. The courses include vegan, French dining, Southern, “salads that don’t suck” and even a class for kids, according to Beavers.

High school students can take a special culinary class and figure out if culinary school is really right for them. Anyone interested in signing up for classes can do so at conscioustable.net. Classes are ideal for anyone wishing to learn some fantas-tic culinary techniques, but they might be especially useful for anyone wishing to learn how to create a tasty vegan or gluten-free dish. They are also a great way to enjoy delicious food while

helping make the planet a better place. Conscious Table opened for business on Sept. 29. Late night food will cater to anyone who wishes to have a late night snack and maybe a drink. Foods for $8 include a shrimp corndog with red chile ketchup and key lime mustard. Reservations are not required but are recommended, as there are only 30 seats available for dinner.

Guilt free food served at Conscious TableMark petty

mpetty3@uccs.edu

The LowdownWhat:

Conscious Table

When:Daily 5:30 p.m. to midnight

Where:26 E. Kiowa St.

How much:$10 - $30

More Info: 719-636-FARM

Photo by Shandi GrossLeft to Right: Aaron Retka, Brent Beavers and Dave Cotrill are the owners and cooks of Conscious Table.

“Until a chicken is ready to be dinner, it should be allowed to

be a chicken.

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Movie Selection Rating:

On the east side of town is the Cinemark 16, located off of Powers Boulevard. It’s the most expensive at $8.75 a ticket but offers all the newest movie experiences like IMAX and 3D. There is also a wide range of movies all showing at multiple times throughout the day, so if you want the most choices, Cinemark 16 would be your best pick. The staff is nice, helpful and keeps the theaters clean. It’s also both adult- and child-friendly. Although the ticket price may be more than you’re willing to pay for every show, Cinemark 16 is perfect to visit when you want a high-quality experience. Each theater has something different to offer, so your venue of choice really de-pends on what you want out of a movie experience. Indie or blockbuster, 3D or 2D, whatever your preference; at least all theaters advertise one common opportunity: An escape.

Find the movie theater that’s right for you leSlIe randolph

lrandolp@uccs.edu College students enjoy many pastimes, one of the most popular and longstanding of which is taking in a movie. And why not? Sitting in a dark theater for two hours and being completely immersed in a fantasy world is the perfect way to forget about term papers and exams for a while. Still, with so many movie theaters in Colorado Springs, which one do you choose? Here are a few to consider.

Nestled off Galley and S. Academy Boulevard is Picture Show Entertainment LLC, most commonly referred to as the Dollar Theater. Don’t be fooled, though; movies are only a dollar on Tuesdays and $1.75 any other day of the week. That still beats all the other movie prices in town, but you will have to wait for new movies to show there after they are no longer in the bigger, more expensive theaters. The theater is a bit dirty with popcorn all over the floor, but it’s not so disgusting that you can’t bear the thought of sitting down for a showing. The theater screen is smaller than that of other theaters and the sound is almost too quiet sometimes, but none of it made for a bad viewing experience. Concessions are reasonably priced – a rare find at any theater. A small popcorn costs $3, so the total spent for a ticket and a snack is $4.75 – less than half of what they cost at big chain theaters. The theater has a nice atmosphere overall and the staff is polite and friendly. While the Dollar Theater isn’t the greatest theater, it is well-worth the ticket price.

Downtown, off of Nevada and Pikes Peak Avenue, is Kimball’s Twin Peak Theater, which prides itself in playing a different variety of movies for those who do not want to always see the mainstream, popular films. Kimball’s has only three auditoriums, but the entire theater has a different look and feel than large theaters. It is more of the old movie-going experience. You won’t find 3D or IMAX here, but you will find a pleasant theater with kind staff and a refreshing range of movie genres. Kimball’s only accepts cash for their $6.50 matinees, but an ATM is on location if you need a few extra dollars. There is also a full bar inside, in case you’d like to enjoy some wine with your show. A word of caution: Don’t show up late or you might need a flashlight to find your seat. The theaters are quite dark, and it is especially difficult to see if you are moving around.

Cinemark 16 3305 Cinema Point

Overall Theater Rating:

Carmike 10 Theater 1550 Pulsar Dr.

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A little further down S. Academy Boulevard is the Carmike 10 Theater, which plays the latest movies. The most important details to note about the venue are the difference in prices and the student discount. If you show a college ID, you get $3 off regular ticket price, which is $8 Sunday through Thursday. It’s about a dollar cheaper to go during the week instead of weekends. If you’re hungry, Carmike 10 offers a popcorn bucket that you can buy and refill for $2.50. A small bag, however, costs $5.70 and is the same size sold at the Dollar Theater. Carmike 10 also offers a reward card, in which you can earn free perks, like movie vouchers. Every dollar spent at the theater registers on the card as one point, and mem-bers are eligible for rewards once they reach 80 points, so it’s valuable card for any avid moviegoer. The lobby and theaters are very nice, clean and the staff is friendly as well. The screen is just as big and the sound quality is just as good as larger theaters, but for a fraction of the price.

Kimball’s Twin Peak Theater 115 E. Pikes Peak Ave.

Picture Show Entertainment LLC 901 N. Academy Blvd.

Photo by Alex GradisherPhoto by Alex Gradisher

Photo by Alex Gradisher Photo by Shandi Gross

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Bunny-rabbits don’t ride bikes. But men in rabbit suits do – and they get to do it on national television.

The Yellow Designs Stunt Team, based out of Denver, got to showcase both their BMX stunts and theatrical talents in season six of America’s Got Talent (AGT), where one of them got to wear a bunny suit. The team, consisting of 12 members, was

started by 39-year-old Cheyenne, Wyo.

transplant Bri-an “Yella”

G a v a -g a n .

ter starting the Yellow Designs clothing company to make use of his artwork in 1991, he de-cided to do something more fun with it in 2000. Since biking was his pas-sion, and the company sold mostly biking gear anyway, it was an easy transition into a stunt team, he said. His first thought for the team was to do competi-tions, but he didn’t want to deal with the stress, the costs of competitions and the high risk of injury. So he thought, “Let’s

go where the guys can have fun, ride ramps, do their tricks – but let’s get paid for it.” And that’s how they became Yellow De-signs Stunt Team. The first show they did as a team was a half-time show for the Nug-gets. “It was really stress-ful,” said Gavagan, since they were told repeatedly to be careful of the million-dollar floor on which they were performing.

Since then, the team has performed at fairs, festivals and other

various events around Colorado and

around the world.

It’s all for the love of the rideBMX stunt crew take on national TVCherISe FantuS

cfantus@uccs.edu

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About a year ago, Gavagan woke up to find an email from AGT. They had found out about the team and invited them to audition in Winter Park. And since it was invite-only, they didn’t even have to wait in line. The flatlanding (tricks performed on flat ground) that he and teammate James McGraw performed in a hotel ballroom at the audition landed them a tele-vised audition in Atlanta. Four of the team members, including Gava-

gan, represented the team for the s h o w . The others include

McGraw, 41, who has com-peted in the X Games five times and holds w o r l d champion-ships for f l a t l a n d -

ing, and who brags,

“I turn tricks;” J o n Chin, 26, who has

been with the team since 2004; and AJ Anaya, 26, of Denver. Not wanting to get their hopes

up too high, they went in think-ing, “At least we get a free trip

to Atlanta, then we’ll see what hap-pens,” according to Chin.

They were stoked and feeling good for the entire performance, until Chin’s chain broke as he went up for the finale trick, and he face-planted into the floor.

“I started doing push-ups, because I didn’t know what to do,” he said. But

the judges gave him another chance to do the trick with Anaya’s bike, and he crushed it. They were able to move on to Las Vegas, but after that show, they were told they needed to do something more than just BMX stunts when they moved on to Hollywood. So McGraw got creative. “When I found out what I had as a budget, I let my mind go wild,” he said. He came up with a Mad Hatter’s tea party complete with dancers, costumes and BMX party-crashers. McGraw flatlanded as the Mad Hatter, and fel-low team member, Zach Lewis, performed stunts in a bunny suit. “I dressed up like a lunatic, and it worked,” said McGraw. Though the judges and the audience loved them, they didn’t receive enough votes to go on. They did, however, get called back as a wild card act, on the insistence of judge Sharon Os-bourne. For this second chance act, McGraw created a pirate-themed show that incor-porated BMX,

flatlanding, dancers and this time, a story. The judges and the audience were certain they were going on, but again, they didn’t get enough votes. “We don’t really feel like what we did could translate that well on TV,” said Gavagan. The stu-dio audience got to see the whole story play out, but the folks at home only got an edited version of that. Despite that, Gavagan said the fact that they got into the top 30 of 70,000 acts was a real ac-complishment. Since the show, they’ve gotten back to what they really love doing – riding, and having fun do-ing it. The shows they do at festivals and events are not choreographed, and without the stress of hav-ing to do a perfectly choreographed show, they can do whichever tricks they feel like doing in the mo-ment. “These guys are just making this up. Let them feel what the energy is right now and do whatever

they want,” said Gavagan. S

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A blend of indie, folk and alternative rock is sched-uled to fill The Black Sheep when alumnus Joe Ziegler and his band Leftmore, along with The Myth of Mod-ern Medicine and Government Camp, hit the stage next weekend. Ziegler graduated from UCCS in 2007 with a degree in communication and has been creating music since the band’s beginnings in Vail House in 2004. Ziegler released his first album, “For Every Seed a Tree,” at The Black Sheep in 2010 at the beginning of his 12th national tour and estimated he has played there between 15 and 20 times. Ziegler came back to tour this month after recover-ing from open heart surgery in late July. He suffered

an aneurism in an artery, a section of which was later replaced with a mechanical valve. Ziegler said he “feels very lucky to be in good health” and was on the road six weeks after his surgery. He said he is looking forward to playing with The Myth of Modern Medicine, whom he played with at his album release, and Government Camp. “I’m really excited that I’m starting to play again. I just feel really lucky and excited to get back on stage and see how it goes,” he said. “These are three of the best Colorado Springs local bands, so if people haven’t been to The Black Sheep, this is a great opportunity to embrace and be a part of the Colorado Springs music scene,” he added. “It’s hard to get out to live shows with ramen noodle diets and student loans. A lot of kids are looking to get $5 worth of entertainment, but I guarantee this is going to be a lot of fun and worth it.”

Ziegler also wanted to remind students that this month is Stashtember, so mustaches are highly encour-aged.

Couches and chairs fill up in the ROAR office as members of the Asian Pacific Islander Student Union (APISU) prepare for a game of charades. A club that believes in end-ing each meeting with a fun, engaging group activ-ity, APISU continues to be prominent involved group on campus. APISU makes a point to incorporate all of Asia and the Pacific Islands, not just a select few Asian countries. Bryan Pattirane, presi-

dent of APISU, is Indone-sian and said that many group members come from all over continental Asia. “We stick to APISU because we like the name. It’s more the name; we let people know about Asian countries, like the Middle East,” added Pattirane. APISU is planning events for the semester, including a bonfire on Oct. 12 at Four Diamonds. Last year, the bonfire was can-celled because of the fire ban, but the fire ban has been lifted for this year. “Past events have been successful. Two years ago, we had [the bonfire]

on the West Lawn [and we had] open, good weather. In an hour and a half, all the food was gone,” said Pattirane. The bonfire has differ-ent acts from the differ-ent cultures included in APISU. In the past two years, an Indian dancer and belly dancer have per-formed. Every fall semester, APISU has a RACE, or Raging Asian Cultural Event. This year’s RACE will be in November. It teaches about dif-ferent Asian and Pacific Islander countries each year, so the same country is not featured two years

in a row. “It’s to educate and break the stereotypes,” Pattirane said about RACE. “There’s differ-ent cultures, different languages. People have this idea that we’re all the same; some people argue with us if we don’t look Asian but [we] say we are. Just because we’re all dif-ferent doesn’t mean we’re not Asian.” APISU members bring in artifacts, or other items of cultural significance, that they have around their homes and share them with the group. Members have the chance to enjoy foreign

foods, too; APISU orders food from the various Asian restaurants in town and tries to ensure the food is authentic. APISU is more than just a club, though; members interact with each other outside of meetings. “One of our main points is to bond with our mem-bers. We aren’t one of those organizations where you just meet and don’t see each other otherwise,” Pattirane explained. “We consider ourselves friends. We hang out, go bowling and help new freshmen adjust to the col-lege life,” he continued. Last year, the club was

made up of mostly Filipi-nos. This year, there are more Korean members because of a recent influx of foreign exchange stu-dents. “The [Korean Philan-thropy Club] and my club sponsored 15-20 foreign exchange students from Korea this past summer,” concluded Pattirane. Students who do not have Asian or Pacific Is-lander heritage may still attend APISU meetings and talk freely. Anyone in-terested in joining APISU is welcome to attend one of their weekly Friday meetings at 5 p.m. in the ROAR Office.

Club SpotlightAPISU seeks to break stereotypes, encourage educationaprIl WeFler

awefler@uccs.edu

CatherIne JenSen

cjensen2@uccs.edu

The LowdownWhat:

Leftmore with The Myth of Modern Medicine and Government Camp

When:Sept. 30, doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Where:The Black Sheep

2106 East Platte Ave., 80909

How much:$5 tickets online at ticketweb.com or at the door

After weeks of promo-tions and advertisements all over campus, the mo-ment we had all been waiting for came. On Sept. 17, the Flo-bots performed in front of a crowd of about 700 students and community members. Air Dubai, fol-lowed by K.Flay, kicked off the night with an up-beat frenzy of songs. The Gallogly Events Center transformed into a concert venue, with black drapes covering the fold-ed bleachers and carpet-ing covering the wooden floor, while the stage was adorned with colorful lights that swept the room and produced dazzling de-signs all over the walls. Just before the concert,

the Flobots met with the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission. The band shook hands and signed autographs happily for a group of kids from a peace camp that the Com-mission ran. The kids, lead by T.K. Hofmann, were part of a class at the camp called “White Flag War-riors 101,” named after the well-known song by the Flobots of the same name. The class was also hosted by the Flobots non-profit organization, flobots.org. During the class, the kids drew pictures of what they thought a “White Flag Warrior” was and contact-ed Flobots’ lead singer, Jamie Laurie (Jonny 5), in the hopes of sharing their pictures and meeting the band.

Between meeting the band members and getting various items signed, the kids also walked around with a petition to end the war in Iraq. When 8 p.m. rolled around and concertgoers had chosen the spot where they would stand for the duration of the event, opening band Air Dubai took the stage. Based out of Denver, the band brought a mixture of rap and up-beat melodies to Colorado Springs. The band consisted of all the typical rock-style instru-ments, but also added a fantastically unique trum-pet wail to the mixture. Next was K.Flay, (who visited UCCS last year, opening for 3Oh!3), who added her own blend of rap and quirky melodies to the concert as well. She is probably the fastest fe-

male rapper ever seen, and hailing from San Francis-co, brought her own style. Finally, after much ado, in came the Flobots. “Are you ready, Colo-rado Springs?” asked Ste-phen Brackett, one of the band’s lead singers. The Flobots proved once again that its dis-tinctive combination of guitar, bass, drums and viola equaled musical ge-nius. Speaking for peace and acceptance, the Flo-bots spent the next hour and a half entertaining the crowd and wearing out their dancing feet. “It was definitely the best concert I have been to at UCCS!” said an en-thused Kolby Stallings, a senior. “The Flobots were amazing, K.Flay always puts on a good show, and I am now an Air Dubai fan!”

The Flobots bring energetic sound to UCCSMolly Mrazekmmrazek@uccs.edu

Leftmore’s Joe Ziegler to play at The Black Sheep again

Photo by Alex GradisherJesse Walker of the Flobots was more than happy to sign anything, including T.K. Hoffman’s bandana. S

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edItorIal

letterS to the edItor I’ve been asked many times since arriving at UCCS this year, “Why be a part of Student Government, anyway?” I could explain and go over in detail the intricate workings of the Student Government Association (SGA), but the best way for me to get across the importance of this organization is with one simple phrase: “Because one man or one woman can make a difference.” After all, isn’t that what we all strive for in our lives? We’re going to college to get an education and a magical piece of paper that hopefully gets our foot in the door for a job interview. Of course, being a “college-educated citizen” is supposed to make us better members of our community with the idea we’re more informed and educated about the world around us. But when we finally achieve that undergraduate degree, will we only apply that knowledge toward making money? Or will we, instead, work to be leaders in our future communities, help-ing to steer it in the right direction for the better? Well, why wait? Right now, this very minute, you can get involved in the one organization that is charged with being your voice to the Chancellor, Regents, professors and to your fellow students. Student Government creates, oversees and cares for more than a $200,000 annual budget. This budget, made up of student fees, helps to fund clubs, organizations and other entities approved to receive funding. But guess what? That money has to come from somewhere, and it comes from YOU! Those of you who are pinching pen-nies and looking after every dollar you spend probably aren’t interested in seeing your hard-earned money spent in a way you might disagree with. If this is you, then SGA has a number of ways you can let us know. So I ask you, why not have your voice heard? Stay on top of Student Government happenings by visiting the organization’s website at uccs.edu/sga or follow the latest updates on UCCS’s SGA Facebook page by searching for “UCCS Student Govern-ment.” And just in case you’d rather reach out to one of us with any issues or questions you might have, please drop me a line at uccssteve@gmail.com or send me a “tweet” (I never get tired of saying “tweet”) at @UCCSSteve. I’ll make sure whatever you’re looking for is sent to the right person so we can get you an answer as soon as possible.

Remember – together, we are the future. See you around cam-pus!

Stephen J. CollierUCCS Student Government House Memberuccssteve@gmail.com

I am both a major in the United States Army and an online student at UCCS. In May 2011, I completed all the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Homeland Defense; to date, however, UCCS has failed to provide my certificate. Instead of congratulations, all I receive are requests to sign up for more classes. Back in late June, after all other university students received their diplomas and certificates, I made my first call to the Center for Homeland Security to discover that the Department did not even realize I completed all requirements. In mid-July 2011, I was told that certificates would not be signed until Aug. 31, at the lat-est. For graduates, the diploma or certificate is the substantiating document to a resume. The fail-ure of a university to provide timely diplomas or certificates delays the graduate’s opportunities to procure employment, thereby directly affecting the graduate’s bottom line. In my case, I retired from the Army on Sept. 20 of this year, and I cannot mail a single resume or conduct an interview for homeland defense-related careers until the proof of my education is securely in my hands. Resumes that should have been sent in June, for interviews conducted in July or August, were preplanned for a career transition in September. The failure of UCCS is directly affecting my income. Besides having an incompetent staff, the Center for Homeland Security also has a substan-dard curriculum. One class in particular is PAD 5951: Interagency Relationships in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. “Interagency” is the moniker given to the myriad governmen-tal organizations that provide support for national security and during emergencies. The program of study covered neither the major participants of the Interagency nor the capa-bilities of those dominant members. The most basic requirement of any leader conducting any type of operation is an inventory of assets available to apply to a problem. Instead, the solitary theme of the class was learning that interpersonal communication skills are required to cooperate with outside agencies. Really? That is an undergraduate skill, at best. To demonstrate a fair and balanced assessment of the Center for Homeland Security, I must give praises to the professors of PAD 5950: Introduction to Homeland Defense and PAD 5957: Understanding the Threat, who both inspired conversation, contribution, interest and further research in their classes. As an introduction to online study, these two professors set a high and respectable standard. But for the program as a whole, that’s still only a 50 percent score. On Sept. 1, after a month of silence, I called to discover that the certificates were finally on the Dean’s desk, ready for signature, but without a clue of when they would be signed or even mailed to those that earned them. During the call, a representative from the Center grew quite condescending and uncoopera-tive. He claimed he did not even know, or at least was not willing to share, the e-mail address of his superiors with a rightfully angry student who was looking for resolution. I am disgusted with the pathetic, apathetic, haphazard efforts of the UCCS Center for Home-land Security. There has been absolutely no effort on behalf of the department to inform me (and doubtlessly others) of any delays, status updates or even reasons for the delays. The University, its colleges, departments and relevant staffs have a duty to their students (the ones who pay their salaries) to provide timely graduation, diplomas and certificates. Apparently, the University has little regard for its students and our bottom line.

John A. James Major, U.S. Army

Since the dawn of time (that may be an exaggeration), parents, teachers, pop stars and role models of all kinds have been advising to “Be yourself.” From Audioslave singing, “To be yourself is all that you can do,” to Madonna belting, “Express yourself” (though that one is about women being able to tell men what they really want, it still rings true), the sentiment is splattered all over our lives. In high school, a lot of people strive to be “different” or “one-of-a-kind,” but in doing so, they end up being just like everyone else who’s trying to do the same thing. Then, there are those who are afraid to show who they really are. They buy the clothes that the “cool kids” wear, dye their hair blonde (or whatever the right color may be) and adopt a style of speech that makes them sound just like everyone else. But then they graduate and get into the real world, and realize that it’s OK to be themselves – that people actually like the person they are inside. In college, we all really start to find ourselves, and as we get up to the junior and senior levels, many of us feel that we have a pretty good sense of who we are and stop worrying so much about what others think. Obviously, there’s still some concern, as we all generally shower every day and make an effort to wear clothes that will make others find us at least moderately at-tractive. But mostly, we are unconcerned with the opinions of others. We at the Scribe like to express ourselves through writing, photography and graphic design. Those of us who have chosen to make the Scribe a part of our lives have done so because we feel very passionately about what we do. The Flobots, who just rocked your faces off in a concert last weekend (see page 10), have chosen music as their outlet. Their unique sound and interesting lyrics give us a sense of who they really are.

The Yellow Designs Stunt Team, a BMX stunt team featured on America’s Got Talent (see pages 8 and 9), chose stunt biking as their medium. The tricks they choose to do, as well as the enthusiasm with which they do them, are a big part of who they are. We all have something in our lives that we feel truly passionate about, something that we feel defines who we are (and not just the person we want others to see, but the big “I” that is the true self). Deep down, you know that you have something that sets you apart and makes you uniquely you. The trick is finding that something. Many of us already know (most mem-bers of the Yellow Designs Stunt Team have been stunt-riding since they were kids). Many people know it, but are afraid to let others know. To them, we say just go for it. You will be much happier if you do what interests you rather than what you think other people will find interesting. If you’ve always wanted to play guitar, sign up for lessons. If joining the Bedlam Knights interests you, but you think everyone will think you’re a giant nerd, just go for it anyway. (I’m not sure if you got the memo, but being nerdy is so in right now.) The fact is that we’re running out of things that are real these days. Plastic sur-gery, airbrushing, autotune and other technologies are turning us into a society of plastics. And we want to see the real you! So tell us who you really are. Write us at scribe.eic@gmail.com or post on our Fa-cebook page, and tell us how you express yourself.

- The Scribe editorial board

When being yourself becomes an artform

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I am so over text messag-ing. I remember when it used to be a novelty during high school and my less-mature relation-ships. Now, it’s just an easy way to miscommunicate and get into fights. Let’s look at this objective-ly. Texting doesn’t work for a number of reasons. Number one, you can’t tell tone from text messaging. All of a sudden, a simple sentence like, “Go have fun with your friends,” becomes a reason to believe your boyfriend is an-gry with you, just because he neglected to put a smiley-face emoticon and an exclamation point at the end. If the words were spoken to you, the emphasis might have been put on the word “friends,”

making it easy to understand that the meaning was genuine and friendly rather than flat and angry. If someone just responds with a “k,” then he is obviously upset with you; especially if it’s capitalized and with a period at the end. Number two, we have to establish new social norms for text messaging. If you were to meet someone at a bar, school or a party and you were to ex-change numbers, the way to get to know each other is by texting them all day long. That is how you establish a relationship. If the person is a smooth texter, then you might consid-er having a conversation with him face-to-face. However, if he were to, say, call you on the phone and try to have a conver-sation with you, you would find that weird. What is this, 1982? Also, if you were to go out with your f r i e n d s , it’s no lon-ger considered rude to not give them 100 percent of your atten-tion. It’s become a new social norm to multi-task and talk to multiple friends at once in all different communication medi-

ums. Gone are the days of elegant love letters, majestically and exquisitely written in romantic calligraphy (and, might I add, grammatically correct…or is that “correctly”?). Now we swoon over an “ily” or “luv u!” Who has the time to write a sentence with commas and pe-riods? As a matter of fact, who has time to complete a word anymore? “You” becomes “u,” “are” becomes “r” and worst of all, “to,” “too” and “two” have become “2.” Our elementary school English teachers must be rolling over in their graves (assuming that the massacre of the English language has killed them). Number three, texting is quite distracting. There are definitely

more impor-tant things, like, just off the top of my head…class. Everyone’s done the hide-the-phone-un-der-the-desk-

to-text thing. No one’s fooling anyone, and its exceptionally rude to the instructor that’s trying to bore (pardon the pun) some knowledge into our heads.

It’s also distracting when you’re expecting an important text back from someone and you start to count how many minutes have passed since you texted her. Geez, it’s been five whole minutes! What could she pos-sibly be doing? Perhaps she’s blowing you off, just plain choosing not to respond to you. But how do you know that? Maybe she’s somewhere with bad reception, or she never got your text, or her brother’s giraffe had a sudden allergic reaction to her mom’s casse-role and needed to go to the vet ASAP! Now, the next time you see her, there’s that unspoken awk-

wardness of wondering whether she was rude and didn’t respond or simply never knew there was something to respond to. I hate when I check my phone and all it tells me is the time. It’s heartbreaking. Honestly, how did our par-ents and grandparents ever get to know each other without tex-ting? How were they supposed to know what each other was doing every second of every day, without it? Without the constant “What-cha doooin?” text, how were they supposed to know that the other person cared? No one is going to give up texting all together, but perhaps we could be more mature about it. Oh, wait. LOL.

Texting is for the communication-impaired

It’s a Friday night, and a group of guys get together. Inevitably, the Xbox gets turned on, and all eyes are glued to the TV. For the next couple of hours, the room sounds like a real life war zone: “Grab your AK-47 and let’s go!” “Get behind the car — now!” For days afterward, they will have their minds on the epic battle that had ensued on that otherwise ordinary Friday night, anxiously awaiting their next “Call of Duty” rendezvous. There is a plethora of video games that feature very realistic plot lines loosely based on ac-

tual events. Games like “Call of Duty,” “Medal of Honor” and “Battlefield” are a couple of ex-amples. Heck, even the graphics are pretty hard to decipher from real life if you don’t look at the TV too closely. But the very evolution of these games, from their blocky animation beginnings to their crisp, high-def present, may be the very problem with video games: They are becoming too realistic. For children who are grow-ing up playing these games every day and maybe even for some adults who have found an addiction to the hand-controller, video games may pose a very real threat to life as it is today. Take last weekend, for exam-ple. I got into an argument with a guy about lyrics that I had posted as my Facebook status. Somehow, this argument spiraled downward, eventually leading him to say that I was disrespecting him. He said that he deserved my respect because of his supposed fight for my freedom. Now let’s back up. First of all, this is someone who has never shot anything more than an airsoft gun. He spends his

days in front of his TV with his friends, playing “Call of Duty” hour after hour. How on earth could he have fought for the freedom of this country without any previous military experience? The answer, I say, is video games. With the in-depth plot de-velopment, the pristine graphics and the challenging life trials and tribulations that the charac-ters must face, video games are becoming more and more like real life. For someone who plays an excessive amount of them, vid-eo games may very well be an alternate reality. The only problem is, not ev-eryone plays video games. I, not being a gamer my-self, was utterly confused when the concept of freedom was brought into this otherwise trivial argument. When I examined the situation more closely, how-ever, I realized I was wrong. It was true: This guy really was fighting as

an American soldier day after day, fighting, essentially, for my freedom. The problem, of course, is that he and I are living in differ-ent realities. Video games are causing him, and many others, to lose sight of the difference between real life and video game life. Clearly, the lines between the two lives can blur, leaving gam-ers with a sense of confusion. Don’t get me wrong – there’s nothing wrong with video games, per se. Video games can be a great way to get away and relax from everyday life. But some gamers

can get so immersed in a game that they confuse what is real with what is just a game — that is when video games become a problem. Some gamers need to come to terms with the fact that video games are just that — games. Eventually, a realization of the fact that not everyone knows what they are talking about when they mention anything about their video game life needs to surface. Video games are causing some people to lose sight of re-ality, and that in itself, is quite sad.

Video games are an alternate view of reality

“Who has the time to write a sentence with commas and

periods?

JulIanne SedIllo

jsedillo@uccs.edu

Photo courtesy of Alton

Molly Mrazek

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Campus Chatter - Story by aaron Collett

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Listening to music can be crucial to getting through school. It can help us focus when we need to, or it can distract us when we need to be distracted. We wanted to know what kinds of music you love and what musical experiences have been especially memorable. Here were some of your answers:

Alan McLeodFreshman, Psychology

What is your favorite style of music? What is your favorite thing about that style?Hip hop and alternative rock. There’s not just one style you have to have, there’s lots of different forms of it. If you could go to any concert, past or present, what would it be? I’d go to a Beatles [concert] because there are so many artists that say, “Oh, the Beatles are my inspiration.” I want to know why, through personal experience.

Justin TorresSophomore, Biology

What is your favorite style of music? What is your favorite thing about that style?In particular, I like Indie rock. It has lots of soul. It’s more rough, not as refined and polished as some main-stream rock, and that gives it charm and makes it better, in my opinion.

What is the best concert you’ve ever been to, and why was it the best?The best concert I’ve ever been to was Foxy Shazam up in Denver because they are kind of an indie band, too. They usually put on the most crazy shows ever. During one of their heavier songs, the singer actually climbed up on the rafters and started swinging, and the rafters looked like they were going to fall out of the ceiling. It was nuts.

If you could go to any concert, past or present, what would it be?I’d go to Woodstock, because it was so epic and crazy and monumental.

Hannah PinarJunior, Biology

What is your favorite style of music? What is your favorite thing about that style?Techno and dub step, because it makes you dance; you have no choice.

What is the best concert you’ve ever been to, and why was it the best?Skrillex at Red Rocks last summer. [Sonny More] took everyone on a journey with him.

If you could go to any concert, past or present, what would it be?Sublime. The original Sublime, because they are clas-sic.

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the ScribbleDisclaimer: The contents of the Scribble are completely fabricated, peppered with inconsistencies and laced with lies. Any resemblance to the truth found here-in is a matter of sheer luck. The Scribble should be approached with a healthy dose of skepticism, and its claims should be taken - if they are taken at all - with many grains of salt.

The Scribe is officially number one. In a recent poll, UCCS students were asked to choose the best UCCS student news-paper and voted overwhelmingly for The Scribe. In the poll conducted by the Scribe staff, UCCS students were simply asked to choose their favorite UCCS newspaper. With nearly 85 percent of the votes from the 15 students surveyed, The Scribe is clearly the favorite. When asked why they chose The Scribe, most students argued that the choice was nothing more than obvious. Sophomore Joseph Sunlight stated, “Well, I guess it is the best. I don’t even know if the school has another paper.” Senior Dakota Starling supported his vote with, “So… I mean, it has to be the best. There isn’t even another option.” Nearly all of the Scribe staff agreed that the paper is number one. The Scribe won nearly 80 percent of the staff vote. While some may find it odd that the paper did not win 100 percent of the staff vote, the following statement was re-leased by The Scribe to explain the un-derwhelming percentage of staff support: “Indeed, there are those among us that do not support the paper. However, this is a democracy, and our staff members are allowed to make their own decisions. Those that did not vote for The Scribe are

free to make that choice. That is freedom, and with freedom comes responsibility. Now those unsupportive members just need to deal with the consequences of that choice.” The Scribe has been celebrating all week for this victory. With that success, plans are now being considered for ex-pansion. Editor-in-Chief Sharita Fantasy said, “I believe that we have indeed reached the level of success that we need to move forward. We are working on a proposal to begin charging for the paper. It’s obvi-ous now that this is the number one uni-versity paper and the public has always been willing to pay for the number one resource.” There are some who argue, however, that The Scribe is also the worst paper on campus. As freshman Claudia Beaumont put it, “Well, yeah, I guess that The Scribe is the best campus paper, but it’s the only one. That means it’s also the worst paper.” This student has not been the only one to make this argument, though many say that they don’t mean any insult toward The Scribe; it’s simply a matter of math. The official response from The Scribe is still that the paper is number one. As Fantasy said, “I don’t care if anyone tries to argue some sort of mathematical se-mantics. We won the vote. Furthermore, if any other university paper were to pop up, we know that we’d take them down…with extreme prejudice.”

Students will find any reason to drink beer and eat wieners in a parking lot.

Last Monday night, in preparation for the town hall meeting with Chancellor Pat Shocker-Zanzabar and CU President Brice Beesting, students gathered on campus for a tailgating party. Trucks started arriving at about 10:30

p.m., just after the last classes of the day ended. The party didn’t end until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, when the town hall meeting actually started. Amanda Freetodance, taking a break from dancing, said, “This is amazing! We never did anything like this in high school!” There were about 150 people gathered in Lot 4. Ten stereos were blasting while people got their dance on. Six barbecues of various shapes and sizes were smoking away, cooking burgers, brats and whatever meat people had managed to bring. There was a large bonfire blazing off to one side, being fed physics and chem-istry textbooks, which left the fire burning for hours before any more fuel had to be added. One of the students responsible for planning the tailgate party, Jeff Drunka-gain, said, “Yeah! Whooohooo!” Then he crushed a beer can on his head. Junior Shannon Repto, looking quite bleary-eyed loudly proclaimed, “I like tur-

tles!” before passing out. Not everyone, however, loved the idea of tailgating. Campus Safety urged students who are going to tailgate to do so safely. “It’s all fun and games until someone gets their clothes run up the flagpole or has their car moved into the library. That’s nev-er funny,” said Police Chief Tim Rice. There was also some student backlash. Students Protesting against Random Tail-gating Association (SPARTA) also made an appearance, but they were not partying; they were picketing. When asked about the purpose of the club, President Mark Handley was quite clear, saying, “There needs to be a clear reason to tailgate. What’s with all this ran-domness? Once people start tailgating for any reason they want, that’s the beginning of the end.” Handley declined to explain what he meant by “the end.” “If you don’t already know,” he said, “it’s too late for you.” Sophomore Leo King chimed in, “We are SPARTA. It’s what we do.”

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Did You Know? - JulIanne SedIllo, jsedillo@uccs.edu

Did you know that a famous chamber ensemble called the Da Vinci Quartet were the musicians in residence at UCCS? They were founded in 1980, and their first concert was in the fall of 1982, which began their 24 consecutive season run. They disbanded in 2005, marking more than 25 years of success. They are now artists-in-residence at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, the ensem-ble-in-residence at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and they also serve a residency with the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association. The Da Vinci Quartet has created five albums and was awarded the 2001 Peak Area Performance Award for the “best classical music performance by a small ensemble.”

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Although a poor third round cost the Mountain Lion golf team a possible top 10 finish, the team did put together two solid rounds at the Air Force In-vitational on Sept. 19. The team finished with a combined team score of 877, three strokes behind Division I Air Force and five strokes behind San Diego and Wyoming, who also compete in the Divi-sion I venue. The two day tourna-ment took place Sept. 18-19 at the Eisenhower Blue Course, which some may consider one of the best golf courses in the city of Colorado Springs. The Colorado Buffa-loes and UNLV Rebels tied for first after three rounds with final team scores of 844. UNLV took down Colorado in a team playoff, and won the Fal-con Invitational for the first time. Coming into the tour-nament, the Mountain

Lions found themselves in the same position they were a year ago: They were the only Division II school competing in the tournament. Last year, the Mountain Lions shocked the college golf world by beating out all of the Division I invites and taking home the title. Although head coach Phil Trujillo knew how the team fared last year, he still wasn’t too disap-pointed with the Moun-tain Lions finish this time around. “I thought the team played two really good rounds,” stated Trujillo. “Unfortunately, it’s a three-round event and we didn’t play well in the second round of the 36-hole day. We got off to a bad start and the boys struggled coming down the stretch. Finishing just outside the top 10 was disappointing, but we did beat some good [Division I] teams,” he added. However, the men did have some great moments coming from juniors Spencer Biersdorff and

Eddie DeLashmutt, by re-cording under par rounds throughout the tourna-ment. “Spencer played three really good rounds on a very tough golf course. Shooting 67 on the open-ing round was good enough for second place against some really good Division I players. He also had a strong finish again this year with a one-under round of 71,” said Trujillo. “Eddie DeLashmutt played some good golf as well. This was his first time playing in this event and his rounds of 74, 72 and 69 kept us ahead of many good schools,” he added. Behind Biersdorff and DeLashmutt, freshman Patrick Skakel finished third on the team with a three round score of 227, followed by junior Kevin Witte at 231 and senior Mitch Buchner at 233. The team’s next event is at the second RMAC /NSIC Crossover Tourna-ment at Wild Horse Golf Course in Gothenberg,

Neb. This tournament will finish up Sept. 26 and is the second RMAC tour-nament of the season. It will be important for the Mountain Lions to build

on their improvements at Air Force and play even better. “This was the first time playing this event for three of our guys. It’s a demanding golf course

and even more pressure playing against all D1 teams. Overall, not our best tournament, but we are starting to figure it out as a team,” concluded Trujillo.

Third round woes lead to 11th place finish at Air Force Invitationalryan adaMSradams3@uccs.edu

Photo by Alex GradisherPatroc Skakel eyes up his putt on the 18th hole.

Since 1978, the Unit-ed States Olympic Com-mittee (USOC) has been headquartered in Colora-do Springs, making it a huge part of our identity and culture. There have also been several UCCS athletes over the last several years that competed in various Olympic compe-titions, including Colin Robinson, Jillian Roman and Kaitlyn McKim, who travelled to Athens, Greece to compete in the 2009 Judo Junior World Championships. Aside from producing several Olympic student-athletes, the school also has a nationally recog-nized Team USA triath-lon club, which marks only the fifth team in Colorado, along with CU-Boulder, Air Force, Colorado College and CSU. The USOC is bound to host future UCCS Olym-pians as well, since it is contracted to remain in El Paso County through

at least 2038. The committee oc-cupies what was once the ENT Air Force Base, located at the intersec-tion of Union and Boul-der. When the USOC left New York City in 1978, the only other city that initially wanted them to move in was Baton Rouge, LA. As time went by, how-ever, more than 80 cit-ies were involved in the bidding process to claim rights as the USOC’s home. Chicago was close to winning, but once the bidding process was over, it appeared that it was in the best interest of the USOC to move to Colorado Springs. The USOC was estab-lished in 1894 and was first headquartered in New York City. In 1948, the USOC was officially chartered by the U.S. Congress. Since it was estab-lished, the United States has hosted the Olympic Games for a total of eight times, in various cities. The four U.S. sum-mer games have been stationed in St. Louis

(1904), Los Ange-les (1932), Los Ange-les (1984) and Atlanta (1996). The four U.S. winter games have been host-ed in Lake Placid, N.Y. (1932), Squaw Valley, Calif. (1960) and Lake Placid, N.Y. (1980) with the most recent being held in Salt Lake City (2002). For a country to be recognized by the In-ternational Olympic Committee, and thus be able to participate in the Olympic Games, they must have a national Olympic committee in their respective country. The International Olympic Committee was constituted in 1894 in Paris, and today, hosting the Olympic Games is a highly public, multi-tril-lion dollar venture. In August 2012, the latest addition of the summer games will be hosted in London. Jim Morrison, leader of Indianapolis’s Olym-pic sports efforts, stated in August 2010 during an Olympic gathering at the Broadmoor International

Center, “Every top tier city in the U.S. would kill to have the USOC head-quartered in their town.” In 2008, former Col-orado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera assessed the value of the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Spring to be worth $341 million in annual economic im-pact, with a direct tax income value of $3.4 million. Consequently, cur-

rent Mayor Steve Bach is aggressively work-ing on a branding plan to make it more visible to the general public that Colorado Springs is home of the U.S. Olympic Committee, since there is a tre-mendous amount of economic value in the Olympic brand. Colorado Springs may be rich with cul-tural diversities and many important histo-

ries of years past, but it’s the unique, possi-bly unknown, athletic icons, including the USOC, that bring an essence of flare toward a town that isn’t known primarily for its athlet-ic roots. Students are encour-aged to visit the USOC since it plays a vital role in the Olympic structure, and carries a hefty impact on annual economic entities.

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Photo by Robert SolisThe Olympic Traing Center is where several UCCS students train.

UCCS never let cross-town rival Colorado College get ahead and swept them in three straight sets (25-17, 25-13, 25-14) during Whit-eout Night, Sept. 21. The ladies not only put on an impressive display of power and agility, but also played great team volley-ball, overall. Junior Nikki Kinzer led the team with 11 kills, senior Cindy Bathelt led with 33 assists, and sophomore Sky-lar Lewandowski rounded out the stellar night with a team-high of 10 digs. Fundamental team play wasn’t the only thing on tap, however at the Gallogly Events Center. “Whiteout Night,” an idea spearheaded by the Office of Student Activities and FIGHT Club, drew a rowdy crowd of around 600 students. The event started at 5 p.m., but students eager to get their hands on one of

the 200 hallowed Whiteout Night t-shirts showed up even earlier. The pregame festivities were held at Berger Hall and included an array of free food and energy drinks. The event was spon-sored by Jimmy Johns and Noodles & Company, who provided sandwiches and pasta. For $2 or a canned food donation, students could also get a free white Moun-tain Lion bandana. Monster was there, as well, hand-ing out free energy drinks and students got their faces painted to show support. Sophomores Wes Levan-duski and Arick Zeigel were two of the 600 students who were basking in the fun of Whiteout Night. “I didn’t realize that our volleyball team was this tal-ented and #2 (Nikki Kinzer) can really wreck the ball!” said Levanduski. “I’ll defi-nitely be at more games this year cheering them on,” he furthered. Zeigel, in similar fash-ion, expressed his positive

thoughts. “It’s fun to see everyone in one place and supporting our athletes,” he stated. “I had a great time and can’t for Whiteout Night next year!” Head coach Keith Barnett seemed to notice the energy his team was drawing from the boost in attendance, which may have had quite the effect on the quick out-come. “I think the game went better than expected, as we really took it to them from the beginning and never allowed them to get com-fortable in the match or our gym,” said Barnett. When asked about White-out Night, Barnett had noth-ing but good things to say, as well. “Whiteout Night is a great concept and I know it helped our team play well. Whenever you have a large crowd, it inspires players to play at or above their ability level,” stated Barnett. “Now we need to make sure the student body con-tinues to come to games as they can be the seventh man for volleyball games

through their vocal support and, of course, their intimi-dation of any visiting team!” he said. The Mountain Lion’s next couple few weeks may bring some tougher competition, but Barnett hopes they can use the dominating victory and electric crowd on Whi-

teout Night as a confidence boost. “I think we are on track for a good season, but we will not know until we get deeper into confer-ence play. The east side of the RMAC conference is riddled with good teams and can be brutal,” said

Barnett. “We have some big home games coming up versus nationally ranked teams and I am hop-ing that we can have the crowd play as big a role in those games as they did on Wednesday,” he con-cluded.

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For the first time since the program’s inception four years ago, the UCCS wom-en’s soccer team finally has the kind of experience and leadership needed to compete for a conference title amongst the powerhouse Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence (RMAC). With a record of 3-1, the team is off to a hot start. Not surprisingly, Head Coach Nichole Ridenour traces this early success back to leader-ship. “The key to our success this year has been the leader-ship we have. They call each other and hold each other to a higher standard than the coaching staff can,” said Ridenour. “This year I’ve had a lot of help from the seniors hold-ing the team to a higher stan-dard, which just allows me to do my job and coach,” she added. This experience has al-lowed the lady Mountain Li-ons to implement a new for-

mation this season, the 4-3-3 (instead of a 4-4-2 system). This new alignment will, po-tentially, provide an offensive boost, but requires constant communication from defen-sive players. “Before, we didn’t really have the connectivity to run a 4-3-3 because if you don’t have one part of the 4-3-3 work, your defense ends up getting pounded and your for-wards end up standing there,” said Ridenour via gomount-ainlions.com. “This is the first year that I feel confident that we have the players on the field, the mentality and the leadership to run it,” she continued. Ridenour also believes that the 4-3-3 will give her team an added dimension that has been lacking from previous teams. “It gives our team a lot of versatility because we can easily drop back to our old formation if necessary. The girls know it; we can run it easily. The new formation gives us a lot of firepower because we have seniors who are capable of running it,” she said.

Last year, UCCS finished sixth in the conference, earn-ing a road playoff game at New Mexico Highlands, which resulted in an early playoff exit. This season, the team not only has its sights set on a re-turn trip to the playoffs, but hosting a home match. In order to achieve their goal, UCCS will have to finish in the top four of the RMAC, in which the top two teams receive first round byes, and the third and fourth teams host playoff matches. “We’re thinking if we work our butts off early and get into the rankings where we want to be, we can have more success in playoffs and go a little further,” concluded Ridenour. With a talented and ex-perienced core of senior playmakers to lean on, that’s something that has the poten-tial to happen this year. The ladies return home Oct. 2 to face Nebraska-Omaha at Mountain Lion Field, followed by a showdown with con-ference rival Nebraska-Kearney on Oct. 7.

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