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phone: (719) 255 - 3658 | fax: (719) 255 - 3600 | email: [email protected] | website: www.uccsscribe.com CONTACT | e official student newspaper of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. t h e scribe April 13 to 19, 2010 [Volume 34; Issue 24] CULTURE OPINION PADOX page 10 NEWS | Truth Bombs| Hutaree man-children to the rescue ‘Take Back e Night’ page 3 SPORTS Blue Iguana Tavern: A college-friendly biker bar? page 4 page 9 Shmokley dismantles SMGA to standing stu- dent ovation Basement Rhthym: Mak- ing the kids dance page 5 page 9 Top 10: Student Govern- ment write-in candidates Clash of the Titans: An in- dulgence of the inner-child page 4 Miss UCCS in brief page 8 page 9 College Republicans block Obama visit STUDENT LIFE Soſtball heads into the final stretch of the season page 11 $200 deposit to register for classes in Fall 2010 Continued on page 3 page 10 | This Week’s Chal- lenge | Social security: A ponzi scheme? SGA Elections: Choose who represents you Kristina Achey & Samantha Carty President/ Vice President Daniel Garcia & James Burge President/ Vice President Javier Ncaraz Student Director of Finance Evan Shelton Student Director of Finance Scott Bingham Senator of College of Business Kai Huntsman Senator of College of Business Danielle Norris Senator of College of Business Mari Amoroso Senator of Multicultural Affairs Jarod Gray Senator of Multicultural Affairs Kolby Stallings Senator of College of Education Stephanie West Senator of Nursing Jordan Orechwa Senator of Public Affairs It’s election time again, and that means you, the stu- dents, get the chance to choose your representation in student government for the 2010-2011 school year. Flip to pages 6 and 7 to see the information The Scribe has compiled to help you make your decision. v. Executive Branch v. v. v. v. Legislative Branch Senate Continued on pages 6 & 7 Kay Wynarsky [email protected] e CU system is upgrad- ing its Student Information System (SIS) to the new Integrated Student Informa- tion System (ISIS) in time for registration of Fall 2010 classes. SIS is being discon- tinued aſter 20 years of use due to the current soſtware vendor no longer support- ing the system. One of the main differ- ences with the new system is that, before registering, students are required to pay a $200 deposit fee instead of paying 40 percent of their tuition ten days before class- es start. e only other time students will pay for their classes will be on the close of registration date, when they will be required to pay the rest of their semester tu- ition. Students who qualify for financial aid though, will have the fee waived. Another main feature of ISIS is its “shopping cart” style registration system. Students will be able to fill a basket with their desired classes before their desig- nated registration time and submit their desired courses once their alloed time be- gins. Students will also be able to mitigate the issue of being placed on waitlists by placing more than one section for a course in their basket, so that if one fills up, they will be placed in the next available section. Developing ISIS for CU has taken two years and cost the CU system approximate- ly $48 million. e cost was distributed evenly across the three campuses (Boul- der, Denver and Colorado Springs) and the majority of funding came from CU President’s Office, accord- ing to Steve Ellis, executive director of admissions ser- vices. With ISIS, students can review and manage their e- mail and emergency contact information, billing and pay- ment, financial aid, degree audit and register for classes. Rather than register through the Student Online Cen- ter, which will be dissolved aſter summer registration, Referendums for special elections Avalon Manly [email protected] e Student Government Association (SGA) has pro- posed some revisions to its constitution and possible referendums for the ballot. e proposed revisions will take the currently 19- page document down to 10 pages, ease the funding pro- cess for clubs and remove the student body president’s right to veto those propos- als once passed. It will also create stricter eligibility and impeachment processes. Carole Huber’s GES 470 class (“Changing Place”) recently proposed two ref- erendums to SGA, both of which, if passed by house and senate, would be pre- sented to the student body via special elections. e first referendum, dubbed “Paperless Scribe,” would require that e Scribe phase out hard copies of its weekly editions entirely by Aug. 2015, and transform to an entirely online format, explained Huber. Due to is- sues of wording and formal appeal, this referendum has yet to be passed successfully by both house and senate, and, if passed at a later date with a petition, will appear on a special election ballot. e “Take Back the Tap” initiative sought to eliminate the sale of plastic boled water on campus. Discrep- ancies between the phrase “plastic boled water” and “plastic boled soda” have delayed this referendum to a slot on a special election bal- lot, if passed. English degree require- ments changed for Fall 2010 page 3

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� e o� cial student newspaper of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.t he scribe

April 13 to 19, 2010 [Volume 34; Issue 24]

CULTURE

OPINION

PA� DOX

page 10

NEWS

| Truth Bombs| Hutaree man-children to the rescue

‘Take Back � e Night’ page 3

SPORTS

Blue Iguana Tavern: A college-friendly biker bar?

page 4

page 9

Shmokley dismantles SMGA to standing stu-dent ovation

Basement Rhthym: Mak-ing the kids dance

page 5

page 9

Top 10: Student Govern-ment write-in candidates

Clash of the Titans: An in-dulgence of the inner-child

page 4

Miss UCCS in briefpage 8

page 9

College Republicans block Obama visit

STUDENT LIFE

So� ball heads into the � nal stretch of the season

page 11

$200 deposit to register for classes in Fall 2010

Continued on page 3

page 10

| This Week’s Chal-lenge | Social security: A ponzi scheme?

SGA Elections: Choose who represents you

Kristina Achey & Samantha CartyPresident/ Vice President

Daniel Garcia & James BurgePresident/ Vice President

Javier NcarazStudent Director of Finance

Evan SheltonStudent Director of Finance

Scott BinghamSenator of College of Business

Kai HuntsmanSenator of College of Business

Danielle NorrisSenator of College of Business

Mari AmorosoSenator of Multicultural Affairs

Jarod GraySenator of Multicultural Affairs

Kolby StallingsSenator of College of Education

Stephanie WestSenator of Nursing

Jordan OrechwaSenator of Public Affairs

It’s election time again, and that means you, the stu-dents, get the chance to choose your representation in student government for the 2010-2011 school year. Flip to pages 6 and 7 to see the information The Scribe has compiled to help you make your decision.

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Kay [email protected]

� e CU system is upgrad-ing its Student Information System (SIS) to the new Integrated Student Informa-tion System (ISIS) in time for registration of Fall 2010 classes. SIS is being discon-tinued a� er 20 years of use due to the current so� ware vendor no longer support-ing the system. One of the main di er-ences with the new system is that, before registering, students are required to pay a $200 deposit fee instead of paying 40 percent of their tuition ten days before class-es start. � e only other time students will pay for their classes will be on the close of registration date, when they will be required to pay the rest of their semester tu-ition. Students who qualify for � nancial aid though, will have the fee waived. Another main feature of ISIS is its “shopping cart” style registration system. Students will be able to � ll a basket with their desired

classes before their desig-nated registration time and submit their desired courses once their allo� ed time be-gins. Students will also be able to mitigate the issue of being placed on waitlists by placing more than one section for a course in their basket, so that if one � lls up, they will be placed in the next available section. Developing ISIS for CU has taken two years and cost the CU system approximate-ly $48 million. � e cost was distributed evenly across the three campuses (Boul-der, Denver and Colorado Springs) and the majority of funding came from CU President’s O� ce, accord-ing to Steve Ellis, executive director of admissions ser-vices. With ISIS, students can review and manage their e-mail and emergency contact information, billing and pay-ment, � nancial aid, degree audit and register for classes. Rather than register through the Student Online Cen-ter, which will be dissolved a� er summer registration,

Referendums for special electionsAvalon [email protected]

� e Student Government Association (SGA) has pro-posed some revisions to its constitution and possible referendums for the ballot. � e proposed revisions will take the currently 19-page document down to 10 pages, ease the funding pro-cess for clubs and remove the student body president’s right to veto those propos-als once passed. It will also create stricter eligibility and impeachment processes. Carole Huber’s GES 470 class (“Changing Place”) recently proposed two ref-erendums to SGA, both of which, if passed by house and senate, would be pre-

sented to the student body via special elections. � e � rst referendum, dubbed “Paperless Scribe,” would require that � e Scribephase out hard copies of its weekly editions entirely by Aug. 2015, and transform to an entirely online format, explained Huber. Due to is-sues of wording and formal appeal, this referendum has yet to be passed successfully by both house and senate, and, if passed at a later date with a petition, will appear on a special election ballot. � e “Take Back the Tap” initiative sought to eliminate the sale of plastic bo� led water on campus. Discrep-ancies between the phrase “plastic bo� led water” and “plastic bo� led soda” have delayed this referendum to a slot on a special election bal-lot, if passed. ◆

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� is year’s election has been a li� le di erent from previous elections. We have yet to see that many y-ers blocking the sunlight in windows, there are no signs posted in the grass currently and there are fewer people running. But for those who are running, we want to make them aware of one thing: You represent the stu-dents. Student government is not supposed to be a resume builder, and it is not sup-posed to glorify its mem-bers. Student government is around to help the students’ voice on campus be heard and to make change happen. In other words, the students run student government. So what should the stu-dents expect from their elected o� cials? � e � rst thing would have to be respect. All elected of-� cials are brought in by the students and stand for the students, so they should respect the students they represent. Too o� en, we see o� cials who stand up for their opinion and their side of the story, but forget that they should be standing up for the students’ opinions and the students’ side of the story. It is ludicrous for them to

think that their sole opinion is the only one that ma� ers. � is also means being re-spectful of the viewpoints and e orts of others, no mat-ter what they may be. If we do not have student leaders representing the viewpoints of all of those at UCCS, then how are they going to make decisions for our best inter-est? Being respectful does not just mean representing other viewpoints when it is convenient for you. It means representing those view-points in every aspect of your life. � is includes Face-book, Twi� er and all social networking; no ma� er how private you think your pro-� le is. If the students you rep-resent see you on Facebook voicing your outrage over an issue, how inclined are they to talk to you about the opposition of that is-sue? We need leaders who remain open and willing to talk about all viewpoints, no ma� er what they really think. � is is where student gov-ernment di erentiates from local, state and federal gov-ernments. We need to create an inclusive campus, and to do so, it is necessary that all of the voices are heard, and that the members that repre-sent UCCS students remain viewpoint neutral. Being respectful may be the most important quality needed for a student gov-ernment representative, but they also must be account-able. While being account-able may just be considered showing up to meetings, it is much more than that. It is showing up (on time) and making a di erence.

Doing something about it does not mean writing a resolution, ”working” on an issue, si� ing in on another meeting or discussing the issue for hours on end. It is � nding the solution and pu� ing it into action. What we do not see from our representatives is action, and that is what is needed on this campus. We are com-posed of mainly commuter students who show up when it is convenient for them, and then leave right a� er-wards. In order to keep them on campus, student govern-ment needs to improve the life here on campus. Too many times during elections we see promises being made, but no actions resulting from the promises. � is is where the students need to step in and voice their concerns. � ey need to let student government know that they want a bet-ter life here on campus, not just empty promises. In or-der for our student govern-ment to improve, we need to have students who care about what they want done on campus, but we need stu-dent government members who will listen. Student government is a cycle. � e students elected the SGA members and SGA members make decisions about the students, so it’s necessary for them both to work e ectively together. While being e ective is one thing, those represented must realize that they have the power to change quite a few things on this campus. But do they use it to the best of their ability? � at’s a question on which students should speculate when cast-ing votes this year. ◆

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Students take back the night

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Take Back the Night is a longstanding event that en-courages awareness about violence against women. UCCS will be hosting a Take Back the Night event on April 15 that is open to anyone interested in the cause. � e International Take Back the Night website explains, “Take Back the Night became known in-ternationally as a visible way to take a stand against sexual violence, speci� cally violence against women.” � e campaign was started in response to women’s outrage around the world at the prevalence of rape and murder that make it danger-ous for women to be on the streets at night. � e event will be held at the University Center Old Gym from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. and was organized this year by the Gender Alliance and Liberation club. Caleb

Rainey, one of the members in charge of the event, said, “Take Back the Night was started in the 70s by femi-nists in order to raise aware-ness about and help stop the sexual violence that kept women o the streets at night. Now the event seeks

to stop all forms of sexual and domestic violence, pub-lic or private.” According to Rainey, the event will feature students and community speakers who will be read-ing testimonials, poetry, and participating in activities. “Take Back the Night was almost cancelled on this

campus last year. � is is the � rst time students are run-ning it though,” said Rainey. Also closely involved in the event is Sociology De-partment Instructor Kim-berly Holcomb. She has helped � nd speakers and

organize past and present events. Holcomb re ected, “� e event itself gets people talk-ing, which in my book, is always a good thing. I also think the event is impor-tant for the empowerment of sexual assault survivors who are participating, or anybody a ected by sexual assault in one way or an-other, and even spectators who view the event. It tells us that we’re not alone, that sexual assault is never OK, and that we have the

ability and the visibility to do something about ending it – and this is important – on our own terms.” Staying true to the his-torical context of the event, Rainey said the overall tone of the event is rooted in fem-inism, with a � rm stress on the fact that sexual violence is never acceptable. ◆

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English degree requirements changed for Fall 2010

� e English department is making some changes to graduation requirements for English students for Fall 2010. � e English faculty has decided to discontinue ad-ministering the Senior Com-prehensive Exam (SCE), an exam all English majors were previously required to take in order to graduate. � e exam administered on April 23 will be the last SCE administered. � ose English majors graduating in May or Au-gust 2010 who declared Professional and Technical Writing requirements and the current Literature, Sec-ondary, Elementary or Spe-cial Education requirements before Fall 2009 must take the exam on April 23. � ose

graduating in Dec. 2010 or later will be waived from taking the exam. � e English department is currently developing a process for what will occur if someone should fail in April. � e English department has also announced new assessment requirements for a senior portfolio for those graduating with de-grees in either Professional and Technical Writing or Rhetoric and Writing, or those students starting in the new tracks: Literature, Secondary Education and Elementary/Special Ed. Pre-licensure. All requirements for the � ve di erent English tracks are available at h� p://www.uccs.edu/~english//. All students will continue in their current tracks unless they are new majors. � ose starting or declaring English majors with empha-ses in Literature, Secondary

Education or Elementary/Special Ed. Pre-licensure in Fall 2010 will be signing on to new curricula in those emphases. � e English department’s main intention in making the literature changes, accord-ing to English Department Chair Rebecca Laroche, was to a ord more exibility. Instead of speci� ed British and American surveys, they will now require “breadth” courses. Breadth courses require a larger variety of literature in-stead of focusing on British or American. Two speci� c courses have been added to this � eld. � e senior portfolio re-quired for graduating Eng-lish students will also vary depending on when a stu-dent should choose to adopt a speci� c track. All require-ments for the � ve di erent English tracks are avail-able at h� p://www.uccs.edu/~english//. ◆

$200 deposit to register for classes in Fall 2010 (cont.)students will be required to go through the reforma� ed myUCCS Portal to sign-up for classes with their school username and password. � ere will also be a change in the course num-bering for classes. Rather than having course numbers with three digits, a zero will be added on giving them four digits (although some departments on campus al-ready have their numbering this way). � e change will

be re ected on transcripts, degree audits and course schedules. UCCS will implement the new system on April 26, when fall registration starts. CU Boulder began register-ing with the ISIS system on April 5 and CU Denver will begin on May 5. “We are trying to have consistency across the three campuses,” said Greg Aug-spurger, director of under-graduate programs. “We

want it to be seamless, but it might not be,” said Aug-spurger. A� er CU Boulder delayed its registration by a week to solve last minute kinks and bugs in ISIS, Ellis is hop-ing UCCS’ success with the system will be be� er. “Our campus is in a much stron-ger position; but there still may be tweaks and log-on issues. � e IT department is ready if students have prob-lems.” ◆

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Clash of the Titans: An indulgence of the inner-child

MOVIE REVIEW: 3 OUT OF 5 STARS

Byron [email protected]

Rated ‘PG-13’

118 minutes

Adventure

Starring Liam Neeson and Sam

Worthington

Clash of the titans

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Blue Iguana Tavern: A college-friendly biker bar down the road

Brock [email protected]

4325 North Nevada

(719) 260-9309

4 out of 5 Stars

Blue Iguana

Photo by Carrie Woodru� Brock chows down on philly cheese steaks � om Blue Iguana: the best in town.

A good biker bar is like a good motorcycle: Well-built and durable, while repre-senting the open-aired free-dom to wander. Both time-less traditions and owing inertia are well represented at the Blue Iguana Tavern.

� e layout is “convention-al roadhouse,” with an exten-sive horseshoe bar along the front bay windows, a few bar tables behind, pool room to the side and sunken stage area to the back. � e view is one of the best in town. While a classic biker bar (it shares the building with a bike shop called Hawg’s), the Blue Iguana is also pro-gressive. � e best thing about the place for us is that

it caters to students, seek-ing to diminish its image as a ta� ooed-and-leather-clad biker joint. College Night is twice weekly, with beer pong and penny pitchers on Tuesdays (a� er 9 p.m., it’s $5 for girls, $7 for guys), and ‘80s Night on � ursdays with ‘80s music and prices. Owner Pat Beard said that several UCCS professors sometimes stop in – a� er class, of course.

� e entrance to the bar is within the patio to the le� of the bike shop. Inside, the jukebox is loud, but not so loud as to prohibit conver-sation. � e bar has an Elvis pin-ball machine, a “Big Buck Hunter” game, virtual bowl-ing and well-placed sports TVs, which means there’s entertainment for any per-suasion. � e Internet juke-box adorns the wall, but I must admit that the in� nite variety at ridiculous prices is much less fun than the classic parameters of quar-ter play. Without spending a dime, however, I was treated to the Beatles, Al Green and Steely Dan. Not a bad a� er-noon mix. � e food is, well, really good bar food. Simple clas-sics like the signature sand-wich the Philly Steak, made with quality ingredients and care, have no substitute. Portions and prices for ap-petizers and sandwiches are similar across the menu, so expect more-than-you-can-eat sizes of everything for $5 to $9. � e full-sized Knuckle-

head Nachos, Fried Zuc-chini Wheels and multicol-ored chips and salsa stand out on the appetizer side of the menu. All sandwiches can come with the house-made, hand-cut fries, which are fantastic alone or smoth-ered in green chile, cheese and sour cream. � e Burnout Burger with jalepenos, pepper jack and a fried onion ring, and the Julius Cheezer with swiss, cheddar, American and pepper jack lead the burger pack. � e Biker Club Sand-wich, prepared by the nice weekend bartender Lauren, might be the best I have ever had, with hand-cut meats and a� ention to detail. � e Blue Iguana has more than atmosphere, food and drinks. Live music every Friday night utilizes the nice stage setup and house PA. Last year, the � rst annual Punk Fest was met with a PBR-induced frenzy of pent-up Colorado Springs punk aggression, and will continue this year. Having grown up on punk in our anemic scene, I know that good local punk shows are

like � ne wine – rare and to be relished. And a whole Punk Fest, well, is like all-you-can-eat king crab legs with all-you-can-drink Pil-sner Urquell. Truth be told, I like the Blue Iguana because much of my childhood was spent in a bar just like it. Black Forest in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s was full of bikers. My father worked way too hard as a single dad, so quite o� en we went to the local tavern a� er work and school so that he could unwind. Before you judge him, me or biker bars, know that I learned more about human nature in those times than any since. I was well-fed and cared for, always had change for the juke box and video games, and am still cared for by an extended family that has become as important as my own. ◆

I was dreading this ex-perience, having read the condemning reviews from other pundits and minding my knee-jerk suspicion of super uous remakes, yet I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it’s got a dumb script, a leading performance from a human charisma vacuum and not even a shred of originality, but I enjoyed myself enough to recom-mend “Clash of the Titans” with the important caveat that viewers expect nothing more from the � lm than a camp-fest. � e cast, which includes such classy British actors as Liam Neeson and Ralph Fi-

ennes, elevates a script over-stu ed with sti one-liners and expositional dialogue, with the unfortunate excep-tion of star Sam Worthing-ton. Worthington (“Avatar”) has enjoyed a banner year headlining blockbusters, and is slated to become Hol-lywood’s new everyhero, but seldom has a star risen so high for such a perfunctory actor. Distracting Australian accent aside, Worthington is a sentient Ken doll who turns in a performance that can be charitably described as functional. His face is where emotions go to die. Despite its wooden lead actor and reliance upon stu-dio hackery, “Clash of the Titans” manages to recap-ture some of the magic of the original, and will likely stir the imaginations of to-day’s youngest � lmgoers and introduce a new genera-tion to classical myths that form the backbone of the story. � e endurance of the Greek mythology, particu-larly the tale of Titan’s hero, Perseus, is a testament to its archetypal resonance. Don’t bother seeing “Ti-

tans” in the 3-D format. � e � lmmakers shot in 2-D, and a� er watching it, I must say that some of the movie’s clumsier CGI sequences would most certainly not bene� t from an extra di-mension. By most accounts, the post-production conver-sion is a carelessly executed money-grab by studios and distributors alike, so you can skip the glasses without skimping on the visual expe-rience. Whether or not you de-cide to skip “Clash of the Ti-tans” is a question of inner-child indulgence: Do you recoil from the hackneyed dialogue and shoddy, crassly commercial � lmmaking, or daydream about taking to the skies on the back of a winged Pegasus? ◆

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Facebook: Friend or Foe?

culture 5 April 13 to April 19, 2010

Averi [email protected]

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Create a preferred friends list. From your homepage, click “Friends” in the naviga-tion. � en, on the le� under “Lists,” click “+Create.”

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Monitor all your privacy se� ings. Go to “Account.” Select “Privacy Se� ings.” Go through every section and make use of the “Customize” option under the tab that determines who is allowed to see what content. Also, be sure to read the privacy agreements carefully.

Filter and limit your photos posted. Don’t forget that other people can post un- a� ering pictures – including images of last Saturday’s drunken party. Social me-dia and Public Relations Expert Dr. Stephanie Blake said, “In addition to the fact that employers and potential employers may search for you via Facebook, all it takes is a couple of clicks to save posted photos on hard-drives.”

Use messages instead of comments for personal conversations. CyberPsychology & Behavior found that disclosure on Facebook was signi� cantly predicted by a need for popularity, an interesting thing to consider during disclosure.

Use foul, profane or threatening language.

Friend your extremely conservative family members or friends if you aren’t willing to be discrete all the time.

Accept friend requests from people you don’t know.

Believe that the delete bu� on erases anything completely. ◆

Basement Rhythm: Local DJs make the kids danceJessica [email protected]

Brought together by their passion for music, four roommates at UCCS turned their obsession into a prom-ise they aptly named “Base-ment Rhythm.” � e group is comprised of aspiring DJs and music junkies Jordan Arp (DJ Arpeggio), Andrew Cra� y (DJ Detention), Ma� Fryc, and Nick Junker (NickTunes). Basement Rhythm formed, as explained by Arp, in order “to create a weekly music show that would start to excite more people about dance music, and get them away from the same old songs on the radio,” for – as we have all experienced – the repition of commercials and songs on the radio is painful. From Napster to turn-tables, these DJs developed their musical styles and pas-sions over the years. Some members, like Cra� y, enjoy Basement Rhythm because it gives them a reason to

blast their favorite music and spend time with close friends doing something they all love. By de� nition, dance mu-sic is composed, played, or both, speci� cally for social dancing. Basement Rhythm uses genres such as electro house, trance, progressive house, techno and under-ground hip-hop to guide our innate urge to dance. � at motivation urged the group to create a Face-book page and website this last year. Currently with 192 fans, the page provides free weekly downloads and information on upcoming events. More than anything, the group’s members are dedi-cated to sharing their talents, beats and creativity with willing listeners. As Cra� y described, “It’s the best feel-ing ever to see a big group of people dancing, loving the music you’re playing, and just having a good time.” Similarly, Arp loves to work the crowd, manipulat-ing his music to create the perfect vibe. Sarah Buckner, a UCCS student, praised

Basement Rhythm, saying, “� ey were perfect for our party.” However, before the dancing can begin, mem-bers of Basement Rhythm spend long hours listening, downloading, and � nding new music with which to mix. Sometimes, as Arp ex-plained, “� nding new songs

can take nearly a week,” es-pecially when trying to mix music no one has heard be-fore. Since the group’s launch in October, both the interest in electronic music and the group’s download numbers continue to increase. As commented by Brian Kram-er, a UCCS student and

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SGA candidates pledge to avoid giving candy to children and to show up to the officePresident & Vice President Candidates

Kristina Achey, President

Year: SeniorMajor: EnglishSGA experience: House Treasurer ‘09-’10Accountability: 85 percent

Samantha Carty, Vice President

Year: SeniorMajor: EnglishSGA experience: House Treasurer ‘09-’10 Accountability: 92 percent

Daniel Garcia, President

Year: SeniorMajor: Political Science Minor: Sustainable Development SGA Experience: SGA President ‘09-’10; Senator of LAS, ‘08-’09 Accountability: Removed from Public Relations Committee ‘08-’09

James Burge, Vice President

Year: JuniorMajor: CommunicationSGA Experience: SGA Vice Presi-dent ‘09-’10Accountability: Not required to attend meetings.

Platform: Accountability: Holding leaders and students accountableCommunity: Increasing student involvementHonesty: Transparency and open leadership

Goals:

Accountable leadership: “We need to hold ourselves and each other accountable in the areas of attendance, participa-tion and dedication,” said Carty. “We are here to represent the students, get things accomplished for the campus community and ensure that all students have their voices heard, whether it be by us at SGA or some other organization on campus. While SGA affords its members with invaluable leadership ex-perience, this association should not be looked at as merely a resumé booster.”

True representation: Carty and Achey would like to imple-ment monthly or bi-monthly student polls in collaboration with member and committee reports to find out what’s going on around campus.

Community: They would like to see increased awareness and participation of SGA within campus life and student involve-ment in other areas of campus.

Fiscal responsibility: “We are looking to compare the Budget Advisory Committee of UCCS to some of our peer institutions and to look with careful eyes at our past to see what would be the best course of action for our future guidelines and ac-tions,” said Achey.

Sustainability: Achey and Carty would like to see the con-tinuation of the sustainability initiative and work being done with campus groups to create a more sustainable campus, part of that being moving toward paperless as much as possible for SGA, including the possibility of electronic meeting agendas and online club funding proposals.

Sustainability Check: 100% recycled campaign flyers.

Platform:Community: Building spirit and prride Affordability: Keeping students in school Sustainability: Keeping UCCS “green.”

Goals:

Student Involvement: Garcia and Burge said they hope to increase involvement not only on campus, but in Student Government as well. This includes attending meetings, being aware of what SGA is doing and coming to representatives to express concerns.

Affordability: When addressing affordability, Burge said he and Garcia are looking at undertaking a study that will exam-ine the viability of having rented books. According to Sharon Coddington, the Book Division Man-ager of the UCCS Bookstore, the idea of offering a rented books program to students had been talked about for the last couple years. Due to a unilateral effort by the bookstore, the new program will finally commence next fall. “Our system will be ready to go for next fall and we are looking forward to seeing how students like it,” Coddington said.

Sustainability: “Not only is sustainability important to keep costs down, but it is the right thing to do on a moral level,” said Garcia. “We will push for Sodexo to buy food from local farmers and local vendors instead of transporting their ingre-dients from a company outside the state.” “To think that we could get all our food locally is unre-alistic,” said Sodexo General Manager Russ Saunkeah. “But I would love to talk to [Daniel and James] about this issue and share some of this information with them.” Saunkeah, who has met with Garcia a number of times this year to discuss sustainability issues, added, “We have a lot of companies we work with in-state,” listing off beef, flank steak, mushrooms, dairy products, potatoes, salads, tomatoes, tortillas and tortilla chips, sausage, chicken, honey, lentils, and cucumbers as just some of the 147 items Sodexo bought lo-cally during March.

Sustainability Check: Non-recycled cardstock campaign flyers.

Accountability percentages out of possible meetings attended. Excused, unexcused, late, proxied or unattended meetings counted against the total.Information compiled by Tim Canon, Matthew Crandall and Catherine Jensen. Photos by Ariel Lattimore.

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Senator of College of Business Candidates

Student Director of Finance Candidates

Senator of Multicultural Affairs Candidates

Senator of Nursing Candidate

Senator of Public Affairs Candidate

Senator of College of Education Candidate

Representatives at Large

Javier AlcarezYear: Junior SGA Experience: Senator at Large ‘07-’08; Senator of Business ‘09-’10Accountability: 100%

Evan SheltonYear: SeniorSGA Experience: House, Director of Fi-nance ‘09-’10Accountability: 100%

Scott BinghamYear: JuniorSGA Experience: House ‘09-’10Accountability: 63%

Goals: “One of my goals is to increase the amount of participation in club activities and events here on campus. To get people excited about what else is going on at their school other than just classes.”

Changes: ”I want to change the feeling of how the campus is a commuter campus. College is about meeting people, creating new relation-ships and friendships that you can carry on throughout your entire life.”

Kai HuntsmanYear: JuniorSGA Experience: Volunteer work with CSU’s student government

Goals: “Talk to constituents, the people I rep-resent. See what they want. My goal is to see that their voice is heard. Actually getting out and talking to people. I would go out and talk to them, not just have office hours and have them come to me.”

Greatest challenge: “Making scheduling eas-ier for juniors and seniors to get certain classes.”

Danielle NorrisYear: JuniorSGA Experience: None

Goals: “If elected my main goal will be to create additional educational programs for stu-dent in relation to business. No matter which major a person has decided on, the knowledge of business will affect your life.”

Greatest challenge: “I am known for having an excessive amount of passion for the goals I set for myself. The challenge that I anticipate will be in having the ability to multiply my passion throughout UCCS.”

Mari AmorosoYear: SophomoreSGA Experience: None

Jarod GrayYear: SophomoreSGA Experience: House ‘09-’10Accountability: 46%

Stephanie WestYear: JuniorSGA Experience: Senate ‘09-’10Accountability: 87%

Jordan OrechwaYear: FreshmanSGA Experience: none

Kolby StallingsYear: JuniorSGA Experience: Incumbent ‘09-’10Accountability: 90%

Experience AccountabilityNerissa England House ‘08-’10 Resigned 1/29/2010Matthew Holdt House ‘08-’09 N/AAlbert Marle None N/AKevin Song None N/AEmily Tamayo None N/A Jay Taylor House ‘08-’10 100%Diana Timmerman None N/AAlex Wilkening None N/A

Open PositionsSenator of College of EngineeringSenator of College of Gradu-ate School

Senator of Residence Hall Association

(9) Representatives at Large

Contact the ROAR Office for more information.

Goals: “I hope to get more of the education students involved in campus and with SGA. I would like for most if not all of the students in the education program to know who I am and be able to voice their concerns about the college and university to me.” Greatest challenge: “Getting my name out to the students so they know who to come to.”

Why run? “I really think it’s time for the position to be held by some one that has experience in both student government and the multicultural issues that affect our campus.”Goals: “Diversity floor in Alpine Village, holding a Social Justice Fair, more gender neutral bathrooms, push for the goals that social justice groups want and need.”

Why Run? “I am a business student so this position will apply my talents very well. I am currently an honor student and already have great experience in SGA.”Goals: “Attendance policies and participation with SGA needs to be addressed. Create budgets and create more accountability within SGA. The budget and funds allocation needs to be overlooked to avoid the shortages this year with clubs.”

Why Run? Re-election, experience in the position.Goals: “Reformat budget guidelines, making club funding easier, and having plenty of time to complete everything ahead of schedule as to not run to the last second to get things done.”Changes: “Accountability in student government. Betterment for the campus, I am the creator of the newly formed standing committee ‘Campus Safety Committee.’”

Why run? “I like being able to have an influence and affect on important matters and situations. I have a lot of experience in political debate and I am going to try and continue with fair repre-sentation of all people.”Goals: “ I want to make sure to fairly put forth the concerns of the community and people first and keep representations of people fair.”

Why run? “I am already the current Senator of Nursing and want to return again. I understand everything the position entails and I have proven I can do the work.”Goals: “I want to see University Hall be more a part of the UCCS campus. I want to get some kind of food service down there too for students.”

Why run? “I have chosen multicultural affairs because I am a foreign student from South Africa. I would like to increase the activities for all the activities here at UCCS.” Goals: “My major goal would be to make sure all cultures are heard and that we learn to accept other cultures with their activities and needs.”

*Senator of Multicultural Affairs Candidate Tatyana Thomas was not available for interview as of print.

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tues: 4/13 wed: 4/14 thurs: 4/15 fri: 4/16 sat: 4/17 sun: 4/18 mon: 4/19Bookstore Inventory Sale

Eating Disorders: A Personal and Clinical Perspective @ UC 116a 4 p.m.

Step Aerobics @ Rec Center 5:30 p.m.

Bookstore Inven-tory Sale

Bookstore Student Appreciation

Student Commuter Donuts @ Colum-bine 7:30 a.m.

Bookstore Inventory Sale

Bookstore Student Appreciation

Bike Tuning Work-shop @ Campus Rec 6 p.m.

Student Short Film Festival @ UC � e-ater 6 p.m.

Bookstore Inventory Sale

Last day to order cap and gowns @ � e Bookstore

Edible Book Festival @ Kraemer Family Library 6 p.m.

Rodney Atkins @ � e Grizzly Rose 6 p.m.

Bash the Blu s, meet @ Rec Center

Bookstore Inventory Sale

Bookstore Inventory Sale

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Bookstore Inventory Sale

Get Fit Club @ Rec Center 12 p.m.

Time Management and Note Taking @ UC 116a 4 p.m.

B.B. King @ Temple Hoyne Buell � eater, Denver 8 p.m.

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“Elections are won by men and women chiefl y because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”

~ Franklin P. Adams

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Christina Perez won the title of Miss UCCS on April 8. Brittany Reese took fi rst runner-up and Ashley Cornelius took second runner-up.

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Shmokley dismantles SMGA to stand-ing student ovation

Veronica Graves [[email protected]]

College Republicans block Obama’s visit to UCCS

Students rose in a standing ovation this Monday as Chancellor Anne Shmokley officially disband-ed the Student Mock Governance Association (SMGA). The group had hitherto gathered weekly to “play with fake student money,” as one disgruntled student put it. Shmokley disrobed the group with the comment, “Students previously in the SMGA need to get a better grasp on reality. The real world does not pay you for doing nothing.” Unfortunately for some members of SMGA, this dismantling was a bit of a “paradigm shift.” Stu-dents formerly in the SMGA have reportedly been seen wandering aimlessly around campus ever since the announcement was made, lost and clueless as to what they should do next. “It must be hard for them,” a student commented. “They have to get used to not having anyone to pretend-boss around or speak condescendingly to.” According to Shmokley, this was a particularly hard blow to any student hoping to run for a mock position in the future. “The elections were very close, making this disbanding even more disappoint-ing.” The now-ragtag, former student mock governors are quickly becoming known campus-wide as the SMGA Zombies. The forlorn, lost look in their eyes paired with the drooling, and wandering ways, frightened one woman so badly that she called campus police claiming that she was under zombie attack. By the time the police showed up in their zombie-proof Priuses, the woman had calmed down, realizing that the ‘zombies’ were only disoriented SMGA members. The Zombies can most often be identified by speech patterns (condescending tone, valley girl or metro), clothing (Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, Express and Gap), or personal items such as iPhones and sports cars. According to campus police, “The number one thing to look for will be whether or not these items were bought by the individual’s parents.” “The student mock governors will adjust over time; we must be patient with them,” Shmokley said in her speech, “They have been living in a bubble for far too long.” ✪

Randy Robinson [[email protected]]

The College Republicans club has banded together to prevent President Barack Obama from visit-ing UCCS. The event, originally scheduled for April 20, would give the President the opportunity to discuss the goals of the recently passed Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act to campus staff, fac-ulty and students who actually care. It would be Obama’s second visit to UCCS since his presidential campaign in 2008. The College Republicans, however, were not pleased by the president’s announcement. The club insisted that it was only fair that Obama be kept from coming to UCCS, since conservative pundit Ann Coulter was recently barred from speaking at the University of Ottawa by protesting students. “If [Coulter] can’t speak because of a bunch of whiny students, then why should Hussein Obama?” asked Penelope Mason. “It’s not like she’s made thinly-veiled death threats against her fellow Ameri-cans or anything.” In order to block Obama’s visit, the College Republicans have written a slew of letters to the CU

Regents, to members of UCCS’s administration, to city officials, and even to the Colorado Springs Police. They’ve requested road blocks, yellow tape, and officer-assisted detours in order to keep the presi-dent’s motorcade from reaching campus grounds. “We’re hopeful that our city will stand beside us,” remarked Joel Blophanich of the Col-lege Republicans. “If they don’t, Rush Limbaugh has agreed to sit in the middle of the street to keep the president’s limo from riding up.” Meanwhile, the College Democrats, while supportive of Obama’s policies, were unable to make up their minds as to whether or not to disrupt the College Republicans’ blockade. Several centrist mem-bers of the College Democrats were in support of the blockade on the grounds that the president’s visit “went too far” or was “uncon-stitutional.” But most of the College Democrats simply wanted to stay out of the way. “Honestly, I just don’t want to get beat up,” noted Phillip Keeley. “I know that when it’s time to throw down, one side will already have a game plan and the other will have to discuss it ad nauseum. And the people on my side typically aren’t sports fans.” ✪

Ozzy Osbourne – Vice Presi-dent

Bruce Willis – Campus police

Master Chief – Secretary of Defense

Leprechaun – Treasurer

Spock – President of Research and Development

Edward Cullen – Head of the Student Health Center

Mario – In charge of traffic

The Live Action Role Playing Club

Ronald McDonald – Head of Cafeteria Services

Zac Efron – President

He will spend his days call-ing in every female mem-ber of the student body to ask if he can take pictures of her. ✪

Oddly enough, Chi-nese, pizza, and sub sandwiches are all slated to come in the form of hamburgers.

In a short amount of time they will establish an effective death star.

He will take down all the speed limit signs and replace them with racing paraphernalia.

He uses archaic health techniques (like bleed-

ing), but many students clam that they feel a lot better and can party all night, and only at night.

Working hard with UCCS to develop inter-dimen-sional parking so that an infinite number of cars can park in the same spot.

Although there is evidence that the treasurer is taking a good deal of the funds, no one has been able to catch him.

He is rumored to have been seen with a flame thrower near a truck that was illegally parked last semester.

The people you see by the side of the curb will be parking viola-tors.

Everyone in the administration tries to do their best to keep this guy away from microphones.

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|� is Week’s Challenge| Social Security: � e biggest Ponzi Scheme ever?

|Truth Bombs| Hutarees to the rescue: What’s with all the militias, man?

� e Hutaree, an anti-government Christian mi-litia group with roots in the Midwest, were indicted on charges of seditious con-spiracy and a� empted use of weapons of mass destruc-tion as well as teaching and demonstrating the use of explosive materials a� er

the FBI raided outposts in Michigan and Indiana. An undercover FBI agent permeated the Hutaree ranks and ascertained that the group planned to mur-der a police o� cer and then car bomb the funeral pro-cession or another police gathering in the � rst strike of an intended war with the US government. Members were reportedly moving for-ward with their so-called co-vert reconnaissance mission before the raids on March 27th. While the Hutaree’s of-� cial website o ers li� le insight into the charges its 9 highest ranking members currently face, it does illu-minate some of the ideology that motivated their alleg-edly treasonous ambitions. To begin with, despite

their expansive private ar-mories, the Hutaree are unduly terri� ed of unlikely looming crises, such as the implementation of a one-world government and the arrival of the antichrist. Self-styled “Christian War-riors,” the Hutaree’s dispa-rate members convene in Michigan’s vast woodlands, bedecked in full camou age for � rearm and armaged-don-preparedness training every month. Convinced that police o� cers belong to a secre-tive “brotherhood,” Hutaree ri eman Joshua John Clowe wrote in a web post last month that all law enforce-ment personnel are “the enforcement arm of the en-emy.” � e master plan of Da-vid Stone, Sr., the Hutaree’s leader, or “Radok” accord-

ing to their arbitrary ranking system, was to create a Co-lonial Christian Republic in a Michigan county and wage war with a one-world army. � e militia movement, largely dormant since the Clinton administration, has

witnessed a recent explosion in membership. Since the election of Barack Obama, at least 369 new militia have sprouted across the country, each with speci� c goals and

philosophies, but uni� ed by an irrational fear of govern-ment takeover couple with a worshipful love of � rearms. � e only person who loves guns more than a militia member is a hyper ca ein-ated 10-year old boy at a Mi-chael Bay movie. While unfair to con ate the cultish Hutaree with the majority of militia groups, it’s an easy enough mistake to make. Almost immedi-ately a� er the Hutaree story broke, representatives from the Oath Keepers to the Michigan Volunteer Militia alike rushed to distinguish themselves from their re-cently arrested brothers in arms. Indeed, the Hutaree homesite links to a number of area militia organizations with whom their members

have trained, but each of the groups listed profess their ignorance of the o ending group’s intentions or beliefs. I would readily, if reluc-tantly, concede that most militia members do not cur-rently pose a threat to the nation at large, and amount to li� le more than nervy, conspiratorial man-children who never grew out of play-ing “army” with their bud-dies. As a general fan of freedom, I respect their 2nd Amendment protections. However, the question of their relevancy in the 21st century, especially when considering the palpable threat posed by the fringes of the movement, remains. Should we even have mi-litias anymore? I mean, I think we’re safe from the Redcoats now. ◆

Should we even have militias any-more? I mean, I think we’re safe � om the Red-coats now.

What is a Ponzi scheme? Most of us can recall a cer-tain Bernie Mado who, af-ter about 4 decades, cheated thousands of wealthy inves-tors out of what ultimately amounted to billions of dollars. He did this by us-ing a Ponzi scheme which ultimately landed him a 100 year+ prison sentence. � e term “Ponzi” was coined a� er an Italian immigrant named Charles Ponzi, who

was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison a� er hav-ing been found guilty of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars on No-vember 1st, 1920. At the time, it was the largest � -nancial crime ever commit-ted in U.S. history. A Ponzi scheme works like this: New investors invest their money with whoever is running the scheme, when the guy run-ning the scheme � nds more investors to do the same; he immediately pays back his � rst investors with the funds from the newer investors. Ultimately the entire en-tity is insolvent (or unable to pay back every one of its investors at any given time) and when the in ux of new investors ceases to exist, the scheme ends and collapses as all the newer investors are le� empty handed. � at said, allow me to introduce the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history: So-

cial Security. Now, if you ever log onto the Social Se-curity Administration’s web-site, you will most likely � nd that everything about social security isn’t very far o from a “happy joy” theme of a Disney movie. And to tell you the truth, I person-ally wouldn’t be surprised if Bambi and � umper them-selves hopped right o the monitor and started singing to you. � eir press releases boast about the decrease in hear-ing backlogs, President Obama’s divinity for show-ering it with a 12.5 billion dollar increase, and my per-sonal favorite: the cast of � e Pa� y Duke Show. � e truth of ma� er is that the new investors of social security, the younger gen-erations of tax payers, will never see the money they put in until they are old or disabled. And even though everyone has a Social Secu-

rity account that does not make those accounts pay-able. � eoretically, if Social Security were required to pay every social security account today, it would go bankrupt and cease to ex-ist. And I don’t know about you, but when I see a Ponzi scheme requesting billions more from the govern-ment to keep it a oat, I’m inclined to start thinking that the scheme most likely collapsed a long time ago and that Social Security is now nothing more than a free hand out from the gov-ernment to citizens of the United States. In which case, why are we still even paying a tax on it when the govern-ment’s willing to subsidize it no ma� er what? Social-ism! (Woops, you’ll have to excuse that last claim, as my ji� ery ca eine ridden � ngers accidentally slipped on the keyboard there for a

moment.) For those actually interest-ed in this subject, I encour-age you to check out more on it through the following link at businessweek.com:

www.businessweek.com. Is Social Security noth-ing more than a dead Ponzi scheme turned into a gov-ernment handout? You make the call. ◆

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So� ball team heads into the � nal stretch of the spring season

Le� : Freshman Lara Mathewson hits the game winning hit against Colorado Mines. Photos by James O’Shea IVMiddle: � e UCCS so� ball team huddles up during practice.Right: Senior Stacy Ortiz guns a pitch against Chadron State.

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� e UCCS So� ball Team plays the most games of any athletic team on campus. � e Mountain Lions play throughout the spring, which o� en leads to games being cancelled due to bad weather. Despite the weath-er, they consistently suit up amd show up for every

game. “We try to get the lead out every inning, to score � rst, win every inning, have fun, stay positive, and to leave it all out on the � eld,” Fresh-man Melissa DeWi� said. � e girls realized that if they can achieve this they may have a be� er shot of qualify-ing for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tour-nament. DeWi� also explained how competition in the RMAC can be di� cult, and said,

“I think that the competi-tion both in and out of the RMAC is very competitive. We faced some really good teams when we traveled to Las Vegas at the beginning of the season. A lot of them were ranked in the top 25 nationally. � ere are also teams within the RMAC that are also ranked in the top 25. RMAC teams have very good hi� ing, and every game we have to be ready to play top level so� ball. Any-body can beat anybody else

on any given day. You have to show up and be ready to play.” � e team has worked hard over the winter to be able to compete with other schools and play at the level that’s re-quired to be successful. “During the winter, we had 6 a.m. practices three times a week that were spe-ci� cally for conditioning and strength. We also had individual practices. During those times we were able to focus on what we needed to

improve individually rather than as a whole,” said DeW-i� . � is work has helped the team with some of the prob-lems that plagued them last spring. ”Last spring, there were a lot of injuries on the team and a lot of people who were playing out of position. � is spring, there are a lot more girls and each position has more than one girl who is able to play there. I feel like we are be� er than last year. � ere is so much

talent on our team, and ev-eryone really knows how to play so� ball. I think that we are still growing each game and are learning more about how to work together as a team as the season progress-es,” explained DeWi� . � e Mountain Lions have earned an 11-20 record with a recent winning streak, succeeding in seven out of their last eleven games. UCCS will travel to Grand Junction to take on Mesa State and Fort Lewis. ◆

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