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� e Waldo Canyon � re destroyed more than just homes, it burned memories.

For Sun Lilly, owner of Sun Lilly Pho-tography and founder of Waldo Canyon Fire Photographers, it’s those that meant the most.

“A lot of people lost a lot of their memo-ries and a lot of their treasures, and that has to do with photos,” Lilly said. “� ey’re going to be temporarily staying at other places while their homes are being rebuilt, and we wanted to make their new place feel like home by o� ering them free family photos.”

Twelve photographers have signed on to be a part of the program, which o� ers family photo sessions to those who lost their homes. All of the photographers have experience in family portraits.

“We want to give them something private, something memorable, and be there if they want to talk about the event or about their loss, or be there just to keep them happy and not have to stress about what’s going on,” Lilly said.

� e program will o� er prints to families at no cost, and also aims to reach out to victims of the � re in other ways.

“We don’t want these families to pay for anything,” said Lilly. “We also understand that these families don’t have enough money to rebuild and refurnish their homes. We’re hoping to get donations of gi� cards,

and we want to be able to o� er them a gi� card during their photo session.”

So far, several families have spoken to Jenny McCarthy, assistant photographer, about their interest in the program, but the photo sessions haven’t yet started. It’s a pro-cess, Lilly said, that will take time.

“We don’t want to force anybody, we want to wait until they’re ready,” she said.

� is program hits close to home for Lilly, McCarthy and many of their neighbors, who were evacuated from their homes when the Waldo Canyon Fire smoldered out of control.

“It felt like a movie to me,” said McCar-thy. “I got on my roof to watch, and I literally was seeing the � re hitting houses. I just cried and cried. I couldn’t even move.”

A� er the evacuation, Lilly and her family stayed at Cheyenne Mountain High School. � e Red Cross and Salvation Army were there o� ering assistance, and the com-munity o� ered immense support and many donations, she said.

“� e kids, it was like summer camp for them,” said Lilly. “It was good, in a

way.”Neither Lilly nor McCar-

thy lost their homes in the � re, but both know fami-lies who have. As their community rebuilds, they both hope to help with the emotional recovery.

“It’s been a heartbreak-ing thing and I hope we can

give these people all their memories,” said McCarthy.

“� ey’ve lost a lot of treasures in their homes and we want to give them a new treasure.”

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� e High Park � re burned through Northern Colorado for 22 days, destroying 259 homes and displacing thousands of people. For Jerry and Patti Ellmann, losing ev-erything brought a new beginning.

� e married couple, both 72, began building their house on Da-vis Ranch Road in 2006 and have lived there for the past � ve years. � ey le� their home on June 9 under evacu-ation notice, with no idea how much they were leaving behind them.

“We just thought we would be back up here in a couple of days,” Patti said. “You know how they evacuate you just to be safe and everything.”

When they were told their house was gone, they set their sights on the future instead of the past.

“God’s given us everything we have, and he can take it away if he so chooses,” Patti said. “So when it was gone, I thought, well, OK, He’s decided there’s a di� erent path that he wants us to go on. I mean, I miss some of my funny little things, but I � gure, OK, God, this is a new adventure.”

� e Ellmanns returned to the remains of their home on June 29, and with the help of the Samaritan’s Purse organization, began the cleanup process.

“We provide the volunteers, the materi-als, and in this � re situation, we si� through the debris, reclaiming personal property,” said Tony McNeil, project manager with Sa-maritan’s Purse. “We come alongside them, pray with them, cry with them, and then

give them assistance.”Although they were able to save impor-

tant paperwork and their digital photos, the Ellmanns lost their photo albums and 8mm movies of their children in the � re. A� er Samaritan’s Purse volunteers helped them si� through the rubble, they were able to recover several belongings, including a silver and china set.

Still, the Ellmanns wish so much hadn’t been needlessly lost.

“I was just thinking about all the things that we’ve given away, probably some of them are still being used, bene� tting some-body,” Jerry said. “But everything we le� here is gone. Nobody is using it. Nobody will ever use it. So what I come away with is that in the future, it’s going to be a lot easier for me to give stu� away.”

� e Ellmanns are currently living in a rental home provided to them by their insur-ance company while they decide if they want to rebuild in the mountains again. As they celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary this month, they see this experience as a return to their past.

“It’s kind of like starting all over again, like when we were � rst married,” Jerry said.

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Left: Jerry and Patti Ellmann stand on their property in the Davis Ranch area where their home burned to the ground in the High Park Fire. Right: Little remains at a home destroyed when the High Park � re blazed through a remote Bellvue neighborhood in June. The � re burned 87,284 acres and destroyed 259 homes from June 9 to July 1. Photos taken on July 16 by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@mscd.edu

Samaritan’s Purse helps the Ellmanns clean after the � re.Photo by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@mscd.edu

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Metro’s TRiO Upward Bound program is stuck in � nancial limbo and may be in danger of closing their doors a� er 38 years on campus.

� e federal program assists low-income and � rst generation college-bound high school students complete high school and enter a post-secondary education.

Due to budget cuts in the 2011-2012 school year, the Department of Educa-tion only gave TRiO an $8 million budget, forcing many other programs nationwide to scale back their services or shut down en-tirely. Of the 1,500 grant proposals submit-ted from TRiO programs across the nation, 700 survived the cut and will stand for the next � ve years. So far, close to 300 have been eliminated. Metro’s Upward Bound is cur-rently in a “second-funding band.”

“� e second-funding band does not entirely eliminate a program,” said Pau-lette McIntosh, director of Metro’s Upward Bound and Upward Bound alumni. “[We] may or may not be funded depending on how far the [remaining] funds go.”

Metro’s Upward Bound is scaling back on summer services and still has not heard from the DOE regarding additional funding. � ey hope for good news before the start of the fall semester, but if they receive noth-ing, they will be forced to close their doors August 31, said McIntosh.

Aaron Vasquez, a 17-year-old ju-nior at Bruce Randolph High School, feels that there is no other place that compares to Upward Bound when it comes to preparing disadvantaged students for college and getting indi-vidual attention.

“It’s disappointing. A lot of people’s lives depend on it, there’s a lot of help through it. Just to hear that the government doesn’t want to give money to education, it’s just wrong. � ey’d rather spend the money on other things,” Vasquez said.

Both of Vasquez’s sisters are alumni of Upward Bound who have received degrees in business manage-ment. Vasquez recently traveled to Washington D.C. with other Upward Bound students from across the na-tion to urge their senators to � ght for additional funding for the program. McIntosh also urges supporters of the program to call and write to their representatives.

A� er failing to attach an additional funding of $85.1 million for TRiO in the recently signed student loan bill, the Coun-cil for Opportunity in Education is now confronting the DOE for their preferential treatment of urban communities over rural communities when it comes to TRiO grant competitions.

In their letter to Secretary of Education Anne Duncan, the COE said, “We are trou-

bled that the Department of Education’s im-position of a Competitive Preference Priority targeting ‘Persistently-Lowest Achieving School,’ which states generally identi� ed in urban centers, seems to have disproportion-ally harmed and disadvantaged thousands of low-income, � rst generation high school students in rural communities.”

Metro’s TRiO Upward Bound program consists of three components: an academic year component, a summer module, and a

bridge program for the college bound high school graduates. For now, McIntosh is try-ing to keep a positive attitude when thinking about the students if the program were to close down.

“We’re looking at di� erent avenues, di� erent resources, so that these students are not le� out. And of course myself and others on my sta� — they have our numbers, so we’re still a resource to them,” McIntosh said.

Mary Kimble of Denver’s East High shows the bridge that her team made as part of the Upward Bound program.Photo by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@mscd.edu

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Within the labs of the Science Building, Metro faculty is playing with germs.

Metro’s science research ranges from pathology to animal ecology. � e work is local and will have a large impact on the rest of the world, making Metro the epicenter for major waves on the scienti� c front.

One example of this research is led by Dr. Rebecca V. Ferrell, Professor of Biology at Metro. Ferrell is studying nitrifying bacteria and the way they are a� ecting world ecology.

Nitrifying bacteria is common in sewage treatment wetlands, which are used by many third world countries. � ese wetlands a� ect the entire ecosystem surrounding them, making it crucial to maintain their balance. � is research is improving the conditions of these wetlands, which in e� ect will better the condition of the ecosystem.

“� e research began when we were in-vited to Mexico to view composting toilets to � gure out if they were working,” Ferrell said.

� is work led to the study of the sewage treatment wetlands. Raw sewage contains massive amounts of ammonia, which seep through the ground and into the ocean wa-ter. � ese high levels can cause an explosion in algae growth in the ocean, which kills coral reefs o� the coast of Mexico.

Nitrifying bacteria converts ammo-nia into nitrite and nitrate; plants in the wetlands can then absorb these safely. � e

excess nitrate is easily converted into nitro-gen gas. A majority of the air people breathe is made up of nitrogen gas.

� ese bacteria minimize the amount of ammonia that is running into the ocean, protecting the reef and the creatures within it.

Another example of how tiny bacteria has a big impact is the research being con-ducted on antibiotic resistant diseases.

Dr. Sheryl Zajdowicz, Professor of Biol-ogy at Metro is heading the research on the pathogenic bacteria in hopes of � nding ways to inhibit these bacteria and stop them from killing people. � e strains of bacteria are Group B strep and Enterococcus faecal.

“Group B strep can cause meningitis in newborns. Babies and the elderly are espe-cially susceptible,” said Zajdowicz.

� ese bacteria are especially deadly be-cause they are o� en contracted in hospitals and are highly resistant.

� e bacteria perpetuates by creating toxins and enzymes which extract and bind iron from the host’s cells. In the process, the host cell is destroyed. Zajdowicz is study-ing the ways in which these bacterial cells are extracting iron on a genetic level. She wants to � nd a way to block these cell-killing particles.

If the bacteria can be stopped from tak-ing iron from the host cells, then they them-selves will not survive. � is research has the potential to save lives worldwide.

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Metro is proceeding with the imple-mentation of its Colorado High School/GED Non-resident Tuition Rate despite the opinion of Attorney General John Suthers, who said the new rate is unlawful.

Metro o� cials said no tax payer money will be used, no state subsidy or � nancial aid will be applied, no U.S. citizen will be displaced, and the new rate will cover all costs associated with education in the general operating budget. Suthers released his formal opinion on June 19 saying the new rate is still considered a public bene� t, which cannot be applied to undocumented immigrants.

According to Suthers, state and federal law de� ne the new tuition rate as a public assistance.

“� e question is whether nearly $9,000 in discounted tuition is a bene� t for purposes of these laws,” Suthers said.

� e Board of Trustees has the authority to set its own tuition rates for both in-state and out-of-state students, according to the President for Marketing and Communica-tions Cathy Lucas, last month.

“Because we found the discounted tuition rate was a public bene� t, we did not address the question of whether Metro State University has the ability to unilaterally cre-ate a new tuition classi� cation,” Suthers said.

Former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo said that legislators, not a Board of

Trustees, should be making the laws and the new tuition rate gives an incentive for people to come into the country illegally. As of June 26, Tancredo’s Rocky Mountain Foundation is planning to sue Metro over the new tuition rate.

“We are de� nitely going ahead with it,” Tancredo said. “I’ve engaged a law � rm and it will be a very short time going through the process of receiving information through CORA or the Colorado Opens Record Act.”

Regarding the lawsuit, Lucas said it is hard to speculate on something the school hasn’t seen yet.

“We have not gotten anything yet, we haven’t gotten a CORA request, and we haven’t received word other than through the news media,” Lucas said.

To further study this issue, Metro has secured the law � rm of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.

“Although I believe we’re operating on secure legal ground, we are also looking into the legal questions raised by the attorney general’s opinion and we’ll assess any po-tential implications for implementation and advise the board,” Metro President Stephen Jordan said.

According to the O� ce of Marketing and Communications, as of July 16, nearly 100 prospective and current students have turned in the required documentation to qualify for the new tuition rate for Fall 2012. � e applications are currently undergoing review in the O� ce of Admissions.

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‘Huzzah’ to a fair Renaissance FestivalBrent Zeimenbzeimen@mscd.edu

It’s a hot day in Larkspur, Colo. just south of Castle Rock. Dust hangs in the air as a crowd of people in short sleeves and sunglasses makes the trek from their cars to the tall gates at the other end of the field that serves as a parking lot. Atop the gates, an old man wearing a crown waves to the crowds and declares loudly that the Colorado Renaissance Festival is open for the day. Heavy wooden doors open inward and several ticket collectors in full costume begin allowing the crowd inside, exchanging tickets for maps of the hillside that serves as the Renaissance Festival’s home.

The Colorado Renaissance Festival is a long-held tradition in the state. The gates have opened every summer for 36 years. The festival features musicians, comedians, and craftsmen and women from around the state and the country. The entire perimeter of the hillside is lined with shops and food stalls and the paths are full of entertainers and visitors alike. Scattered around the hill are a variety of stages, each with its own schedule of performers, from animal experts to musi-cians and everything in between.

The food and shops are all interesting enough and add to the experience of going to the festival, but the performers and acts are the real treat. There are many types of performances, from the well-known jousting matches to the less over-the-top troubadours who play music in the middle of the paths and crossroads around the festival. There are several bands and musical artists that play sets on the stages, as well.

Cast in Bronze is a unique show, featur-ing a four-ton instrument called a Carillon. The Carillon is a huge assortment of bells, each with a different tone. Just like each key on a piano, each lever on the Carillon causes a different bell — associated with a different note — to ring out. The owner and player

of the Carillon and the creator of Cast in Bronze, Frank Della Penna, has played at Disney World’s Epcot Center in Florida, the presidential inauguration, and for Pope John Paul II.

Not all of the musical acts are this outlandish, of course. Celtic Legacy is a five-piece band utilizing a variety of drums, a guitar, and bagpipes to create what the band members call “Renaissance Rock ‘n’ Roll” The group plays a variety of their own com-positions, but also will pull in some stand-up comedy and more easily recognizable tunes, like the “Mickey Mouse Club” theme or the “Star Wars” theme. The high energy of their show makes watching them live very enjoyable, and better than just listening to their music alone. Leading the band is Ben Holmes, who has been performing at the festival for more than 20 years.

However, if the music isn’t all that interesting, the comedy acts are great at the festival. At the end of every show, The Washing Well Wenches proudly exclaim that performing all across the country is their passion. Whinny and Izzy’s act focuses on raunchy humor and bringing the audience into the show.

The Puke and Snot show is a must-see for anyone visiting the festival. The show features the comedic talents of two actors, dubbed Puke and Snot. The pair spend their time on the stage with quick and funny banter, playing off of each other, much to the amusement of the audience. Some who went to the festival as children may remember the pair tossing insults back and forth across the duo’s pirate-ship stage. After all, the hilarious show has been running for over 30 years. Just like Puke and Snot, the Colorado Renaissance Festival is equally quirky and memorable. Hopefully, it will be running for another 30 years.

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Above: Celtic violinist Nicole Rafferty serenades the crowd July 15 at the Colorado Renaissance Festival.Below: A Renaissance-era knight prepares to joust a formidable enemy at one of the festival’s main jousting events. PhotosbyHeatherNewman•hnewman3@mscd.edu

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Jazz adds some blues to a purple memorial

Beating the heat with cool summer treats

Purple ribbons adorned trees and posts throughout Denver’s City Park as residents came out on July 1 to show their support and express condolences for the loss of Denver Police O� cer Celena Hollis. A vigil was held in honor of Hollis who was shot and killed just a week before at the same park while trying to break up a � ght a� er a concert held to honor jazz bassist Charlie Burrell. Denver Police and other law enforcement personnel stood in solidarity, and escorted Celena’s family into the concert grounds.

Denver Police Chief Robert White and Denver’s Mayor Michael Hancock addressed the crowd before the concert began and both urged Denver’s citizens to pursue peace this summer and show support for both Hollis and the community. Hancock closed his re-marks saying, “Let’s get this party started!” � e Lionel Young Band provided music as the citizens of Denver turned their mourn-ing into dancing in honor of Hollis.

Story and Photo by Kate Rigotkrigot@mscd.edu

Orange Creamsicles� ese creamy, fragrant treats taste just like the ones you used to (or still) get out of the ice cream trucks, minus the arti� cial � avors and colors.

Ingredients:1 ½ cups vanilla, orange, or orange-pas-sion fruit yogurt (two 6-oz. containers)¾ cup half-and-half¾ cup frozen orange juice concentrate1 T. agave nectar or honey1 T. vanilla extract

Directions:1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, using a fork to break up the frozen orange juice concentrate until it is dissolved.2. Divide evenly between popsicle molds (6 if using 8-oz. molds) and freeze for 5 – 8 hours until set but not quite rock-solid.

Variation: Orange piratecicles. Substitute ¼ - ½ cup of dark rum for the vanilla and agave nectar.

Chocolate Raspberry Almond PopsiclesPut the raspberries through a sieve or a blender for a smoother consistency. Or, you can substitute seedless raspberry jam, preferably the kind without added sugar.

Ingredients:2 cups unsweetened chocolate almond milk (or sweetened, per preference)½ cup mashed-up raspberries3 T. amaretto (or 1 T. almond extract plus 1 additional T. powdered sugar)1 cup powdered soy milk or milk powder1 T. powdered sugar¼ cup cocoa powder ~ ½ oz. bar chocolate or baker’s chocolate

Directions:1. Whisk together almond milk, raspber-ries, and amaretto or almond extract. 2. Add the soy milk/milk powder very gradually, whisking constantly, so that lumps don’t form. Add the powdered sugar and cocoa powder in the same man-ner.3. If using, shave o� slivers of chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler and mix them in. (*Note: to prevent the chocolate shav-ings from concentrating toward the bot-tom of the popsicle, mix them in to each one a� er they’ve already thickened a bit in the freezer.)4. Divide evenly between popsicle molds (about 4 if using 8-oz. molds). Put in freezer until frozen solid, about 5 – 8 hours, depending on freezer temperature and the size and shape of your molds.

Yogurt-and-Berry Pops� ese tangy treats are a snap to make.

Ingredients:1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt1 ½ T. agave nectar or honey (if using plain yoghurt)1 ½ tsp. vanilla¾ - 1 cup raspberries, blackberries, blue-berries, or a mix

Directions:1. Mix together � rst three ingredients.2. Mash the berries up with a fork (or put them through a blender if you want a smoother consistency).3. Mix the berries in with the yoghurt. Or, swirl them loosely together without mix-ing all the way if you want a cool-looking marbled e� ect, and try to let some of the yogurt stay white.4. Pour the mixture into popsicle molds (~2 – 3 if using 8-oz. molds) and freeze for 5 – 8 hours until set.

Ginger Limeade Ice-PopsFor this, you’ll have to use the stove, but it will be worth it for this cool spicy treat.

Ingredients:1 ¾ cups water6 T. sugar, or to taste1 T. minced fresh ginger ½ cup fresh-squeezed lime juice

Directions:1. In a small saucepan, stir together 1 cup of the water, the sugar and ginger, and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Simmer it for 3 minutes.2. Strain syrup through a � ne sieve set over a bowl and let it cool (or drain the syrup o� of the ginger or � sh it out with a fork if you don’t have a sieve). 3. In a pitcher combine the cooled syrup, the remaining ¾ c. water, and the lime juice and stir the mixture well.4. Divide the limeade evenly among pop-sicle molds (~3 if using 8-oz. molds).*Adapted from Gourmet magazine

In the sweltering heat of summer, few things beat the clichés quite like a popsicle — whether you’re a kid or a grown-up. But forget those � uorescent-colored sugary pops. You can easily make your own gourmet treats with minimum ingredients.

You can pick up a set of popsicle molds at most places that sell food storage containers. However, if you’re on a budget you can always improvise. Try using plastic or paper cups, or cut the top part o� of plastic bottles or freshly emptied single-serving juice containers.

My favorite things to reuse for popsicles are 6 or 8-oz. yogurt containers, especially the kinds that taper and are narrower at the bottom, such as Wallaby®.

Use le� over plastic table knives if you don’t have fresh popsicle sticks on hand. To get them to stand straight up in the center of the popsicle, wait until the icy part is partially frozen and thickened, and then stick the knife or stick in the middle so that it stays there.

You can get creative and experiment with di� erent kinds of things to freeze, like fruit juice, juice mixed with herbal tea, smoothies, iced co� ee drinks, cocktails, custard sauce mixed with berries, etc. You might have to experiment to come up with the right taste or sweetness, but the possibilities are endless.

� e following are my favorite things to freeze in popsicle molds. I tend to undersweeten things, which can be refreshing in itself, but feel free to up the sugar if you like it sweeter

Make your own popsicles with these fruity recipes

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Above: The Lionel Young Band performed at the City Park Jazz concert held in honor of slain Denver Police Of� cer Celena Hollis on July 1, 2012. Left: AnDré Mali of the Lionel Young Band delights some of the youngsters in the audience who were gathered at City Park for a jazz con-cert held in honor of fallen Denver Police Of� cer Celena Hollis on July 1.

Elephants explore new habitat at own paceToyota Elephant Passage provides more room for pachyderms to play

Dolly, the friendly older lady, and Bodhi, the hormonal adolescent boy, are the only elephants at the Denver Zoo to brave the bridge in their new habitat.

Born in the wild and later privately owned, Dolly, 48, is a self-assured aging lady. Bodhi, 8, is a temperamental young guy who loves to break his toys. Bodhi and Dolly are both Asian elephants and the most adven-turous of the four currently housed in the Denver Zoo’s Toyota Elephant Passage.

Dolly traveled around the country doing shows at carnivals and county fairs before she came to the zoo in 1986.

“Dolly’s history means she’s been there, done that,” said Barb Junkermeier, one of Dolly’s trainers.

Adjusting to new surroundings came easier to Dolly than to the other elephants.

“Dolly is more willing to go out and explore,” said Rebecca McCloskey, assistant curator of Toyota Elephant Passage.

New zookeepers start out working with Dolly because she is more laid back than the other elephants and accepting of new people.

“She’s a sweet elephant,” McCloskey said. “She’s very forgiving.”

Dolly’s early life is somewhat of a mys-tery. Her trainers think Dolly is originally from Sri Lanka because, at 7,600 pounds, she is smaller than most other Asian elephants a trait of Sri Lankan elephants. Her keepers affectionately call her “Dainty Dolly.”

Unlike Dolly, Bodhi was born in captiv-ity. He came from the Columbus Zoo to Denver in November 2011.

All elephants at the zoo learn to perform certain behaviors on their trainers’ com-mand in return for apples, carrots, mangoes or grain treats.

Bodhi raises his great trunk above his head and lets the trainers throw goodies into his mouth. Dolly can’t do quite the same thing. Her trunk was partly paralyzed at some point in her shadowy past. She puts

her trunk in her mouth instead, since she’s unable to raise it over her head.

Dolly knows around 25 behaviors and some of them are leftover from her carnival days. When told to “shake it up,” Dolly will wiggle her head back and forth.

“Their intelligence is up there with dolphins and whales,” said Gabe Kibe, an elephant trainer.

While Dolly, in her old age, is set in her ways and harder to train, Bodhi is learning new things every day.

“What’s cool about him is he’s young and eager to please,” Kibe said. “He makes you

feel like you’ve really accomplished some-thing as a trainer.”

Bodhi likes to learn new behaviors so he can receive more treats. He’s learning new commands constantly, like how to lie down on either side. Sometimes Bodhi tries a new behavior several times, to make sure he knows what he’s being rewarded for. Bodhi moves with surprising speed for his 7,200 pounds.

Pushing on structures and trying to knock things over is one of Bodhi’s favor-ite pastimes. He’s starting to go through a hormonal period that makes him a little temperamental.

“He just turned 8 so that’s like a 14-year-old boy,” McCloskey said. The trainers have to be careful around Bodhi because he might swing his trunk or throw things. He enjoys destroying his plastic toys and stacking sticks.

Bodhi and Dolly have much more room and many areas to explore in their new exhibit. The Toyota Elephant Passage is 10 acres in total. It features 6 connected living and play areas with 100 gated passages. The whole exhibit is built to give the animals mental stimulation and to let them explore and find out what they like to do on their own.

“We want people to see them as repre-sentatives of their wild counterparts,” Mc-Closkey said.

Toyota Elephant Passage opened to the public June 1. Recommended separate reser-vations for the elephant exhibit can be made online. Entry is included with the price of zoo admission. The Denver Zoo is located at 2300 Steele street in City Park. The ticket office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. while the zoo stays open until 6 p.m. Adult tickets are $15 per person.

Above: Bohdi is currently going through a hormonal period that makes him a little tempermental. He weighs 7,200 pounds, but might weigh up to 12,000 when he’s done growing. Photo by Christopher Morgan • cmorga37@mscd.edu

Right: Dolly (right) hangs out with her friend Mimi, the other lady elephant at the zoo. Mimi and Dolly hang out together pretty often and Mimi tends to bully Dolly from time to time, according to their trainers. Photo courtesy of Denver Zoo.

Dolly, an older lady elephant, enjoys playing in the water spray at her new home in Toyota Elephant passage at the Denver Zoo. Self-assured and adventerous, Dolly had an exciting life before coming to Denver. She traveled all over the country with her private owner doing rides at fairs. Photo courtesy of Denver Zoo

Caitlin Sievers csiever2@mscd.edu

8 July 19, 2011 MetroSpective TheMetropolitan

The Zombie Apocalypse infects ColoradoOn July 14, Colorado was infested by the Run For Your Lives 5K zombie obstacle course

at � under Valley Motor Cross in Lakewood. � e course included hurdles, water slides, barbed wire, tons of mud, and of course, zom-

bies. Zombies were placed between the di� erent obstacles and their job was to infect runners (by capturing their “health � ags”, much like � ag football). � e runners were released in dif-ferent waves throughout the day.

Registration to be either a runner or a zombie took place well before the race, but spots sold out quickly with only spectator tickets available on race day.

Elite Race Management was in charge of the o� cial timing of the runners. Runners that completed the race with at least one of their “health � ags” were considered alive and eligible for prizes, while runners with no � ags were deemed infected. Results are posted at www.eliteracemanagement.com.

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1st Place

Miss the race or just want more zombie fun? Check out The Frightmare Compound’s new attraction, where you and one teammate can make your way through a zombie infested course with paintball guns. The event occurs once a month (excluding October when the property becomes Frightmare Haunted House). Tickets are $39 per person or $78 per team. Tickets and more information available at www.thefrightmarecompund.com

1st Place 2nd Place

Lonnie Cruz25m 0.07s

Nate Lerma27m 43.5s

Justin Chosich34m 7.4s

INFECTED ALIVE ALIVE

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Kayla Whitneykwhitne2@mscd.edu

Zombie actors plague the course at The Frightmare Compound for zombie paintball.Photo by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@mscd.edu

Above: A runner crawls her way through the muddy � nish line.

Photo by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@mscd.edu

Above: A runner climbs her way to the top of a wa-ter slide near the end of the course. Left: Crawling her way to victory, a runner gets down and dirty in the mud. Below: Zombie Justin Abshire scares run-ners as they exit the maze on the course.

Photos by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@mscd.edu

Left Top: Zombie Justin Spott shows off his � ags. Left Bottom: A group of � ag hungry zombies awaits the next wave of runners. Right Top: A runner crawls through a muddy obstacle. Right Middle: A runner makes her way out of a bloody/muddy pool. Bottom Right: A banana zombie steals a runner’s “health � ag.”

Photos by Kayla Whitney • kwhitne2@mscd.edu

Located at:10793 Yukon St.

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The event occurs once a month (excluding October when the property becomes Frightmare Haunted The event occurs once a month (excluding October when the property becomes Frightmare Haunted The event occurs once a month (excluding October when the property becomes Frightmare Haunted The event occurs once a month (excluding October when the property becomes Frightmare Haunted

Left: A wave of runners awaits their release while guarded by an Umbrella Corporation staff member.

Photo by Cosme Lindstrom-Furutani • clindst1@mscd.edu

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Underground Music Showcase to rock this weekendAchille Lauro moves up

Achille Lauro are six-year veterans of the Denver scene. According to guitarist Luke Mossman, the quartet is Denver’s premier “indie party pop” band.

The band’s lineup includes Luke’s brother Ben Mossman on drums, Jonathan Evans on bass and Matt Close on guitar.

For the past four years, the band has played the UMS. This year the band will be performing on the main stage to a bigger audience.

“We got involved because the UMS is about the best event of the year for music in Denver, and it would be heartbreaking to miss out,” Luke said.

Achille Lauro has released two full-length albums and two EPs.

“Our hopes are to keep moving forward,” Luke said. “We’re gonna record another EP this fall/winter, and then we’ll probably win

a Grammy.” Achille Lauro plays at 4 p.m., July 22, on

the Goodwill Main Stage.

A Place to Bury Strangers plans to psych you out

The experimental Brookyln-based psychedelic-rock outfit, A Place to Bury Strangers, is stopping at the UMS as part of their national tour.

Since 2007, they have released three albums, including their self-titled debut, the critically-lauded Exploding Head (2009) and this year’s Worship.

The band’s lineup includes Oliver Acker-mann on guitar and vocals, Dion Lunadon

on bass and Robi Gonzalez on drums.“A Place To Bury Strangers does not so

much play songs as allow them to pour out. They are songs about longing, heartbreak and confusion played extremely well and at a passionately loud volume,” says their Facebook bio.

A Place to Bury Strangers plays at 7 p.m., July 21, on the Goodwill Main Stage.

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake has big dreams

In March, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake was on tour in Boise, Idaho, sharing the stage with their idols, Built to Spill. For singer, Haley Helmericks, it was a special time in her career.

“This is amazing. Look at where music has brought me now,” Helmericks said.

Helmericks is the vocalist of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, a band that formed in Denver in 2009. The band’s sound has a “dance aesthetic with a punk rock attitude,” according to Helmericks. Their first album, Sineater, was released in October 2011. And, Westword voted them the Best Indie Rock Band in both 2011 and 2012.

In addition to Haley, the band members are guitarists Doug Spencer and Wilson Helmericks (Haley’s brother), bassist James

Yardley, and drummer Andrew Warner. They will be playing this year’s Underground Music Showcase on Saturday at 8 p.m. on July 21 at the Goodwill Main Stage.

“It’s just one of those things that has become such a Denver institution that I, and the whole band, looks forward to it all year,” Helmericks said. “It’s a big celebration of the music community in Denver, and I love it every year.”

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake is focusing on writing the music for their follow up to Sineater. They are taking their time, and making sure they perfect their songs in order to have a strong second album. There will be a tour after the release in hopes of catching a national audience Helmericks said.

By Kailyn Lamb and Caitlin Sieversklamb6@mscd.edu csiever2@mscd.edu

Snake Rattle Rattle Snake will help you shake it July 21 at the Underground Music Showcase.Photo courtesy of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake

Achille Lauro moves up at this year’s UMS.Photo courtesy of Achille Lauro

Brooklyn’s A Place to Bury Strangers, due at the Goodwill Main Stage July 21, will bury you in sound.Photo courtesy of A Place to Bury Strangers

Skaters roll out skills for local charityThe Denver Skatepark near

Little Raven and 20th street in Denver hosted Stronghold Society’s 2012 “Skate For Life” competition on July 14.

“Skate For Life” is a char-ity designed to benefit at-risk youth, particularly those of Native American descent, by promoting a healthy lifestyle through skate culture.

Stronghold Society founder Walt Pourier of Arvada, CO said the goal of “Skate For Life” is “to promote inclusiveness and a positive impact on youth of all races by incorporating artistic achievement, social change, innovation, education, and healthy way-of-life outlooks.”

Every summer around the end of July, the Denver Post Un-derground Music Showcase brings together a ton of national and local bands for a weekend-long festival. From July 19-22, nearly 375 aritsts will be playing a handful of venues across South Broadway and more than 13,000 attendees are ex-pected. Here are a few bands to check out at one of Denver’s most beloved music festivals.

Jason Mitchell of Louisville, Colo. lets it fly at the Denver Skate Park during the One Gathering Skate For Life event put on by the Stronghold Society in Denver, CO on July 14, 2012.

A skater who identified himself as Spacoli at the One Gathering Skate For Life event held at the Denver Skate Park in Denver on July 14, 2012.

Photos and story by Melanie J. Rice • mrice20@mscd.edu

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Title IX turns 40 this year. As women throughout the country celebrate the law that changed the face of gender equality, female Metro students go about their busi-ness with little recognition – a testament of Metro’s commitment to equal opportunities for its students.

In 1972, when President Richard M. Nix-on signed Title IX into law, women were a minority at colleges and had limited oppor-tunities in education, access to scholarships and little to no access in sports. Although the law is recognized as an equalizer for participation in sports, it doesn’t mention athletics. Title IX is about more than equal rights for women in sports, it’s really about making sure women have access to the same opportunities as men.

At Metro, Title IX falls under the Office of Equal Opportunity headed by Metro executive director Percy Morehouse, who knows that it takes more than just comply-ing with the law to improve gender equality among Metro students and athletes.

“Before Title IX, women were discrimi-nated against in the type of courses they would take, which ultimately affected the types of jobs they would get,” Morehouse

said. “There were fewer women

taking math

and

science, and that translated into fewer doc-tors, attorneys and engineers, [which were] predominately male fields.”

Four women graduated from Metro with a science or math degree in 1972. In 2012, that number increased to 173, a 7.11 percent increase in 40 years. Morehouse thinks that number could be improved with programs like Metro’s equity assistance center.

“Through this program, we offer train-ing and other resources for K through 12 schools in six states to help promote equal educational opportunities for all students,” Morehouse said.

The EAC is one of 10 regional centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Educating Metro about gender equality doesn’t stop with students. Metro will hold Title IX training in August for various as-sociate and assistant deans, as well as other administrators at Metro.

Title IX opened up more opportunities for financial assistance in the way of athletic scholarships. In 1989, a complaint was filed that Metro offered more funding for men’s sports than women’s. The claim was investi-gated and Metro was found to be noncompli-

ant. Metro responded by adding scholar-ships for the volleyball program.

“Our

goal is to make sure that men and women athletes have equal opportunities,” Metro athletic director Joan McDermott said.

Compliance is a bit of a numbers game and although some colleges struggle, Metro is proactive about meeting requirements.

“The first step is participation and matching that to the colleges overall per-centage of male to female population. That is something we are always looking at,” McDermott said.

Metro was ahead of the game in regards to women’s access to athletics with volley-ball, softball, basketball and track teams that were fielded in 1968. Tennis and swimming teams were added to the women’s sports program in 1971. The women’s soccer team formed in 1980 and made it to the NAIA

semi-finals in 1984. Metro

is in compli-ance but will be adding women’s golf in 2013.

“I think it’s [Title IX] helped me because this is why

I’m here. They give you equal rights for men and women to play sports,” senior soccer de-fender Hayley Renko said. “That’s the reason I’m here and I have a scholarship, so I think it’s helped me get to this point.”

Women coaches at Metro have also ben-efited from Title IX with increasing oppor-tunities to transition from player to coach at

the collegiate level but

their ex-peri-

ences with the law is very different than the athletes they coach. In 1968, all of Metro’s women’s teams were coached by Patricia Johnson and Jane Kober. Now, each team has a coach specifically for that sport. All of Metro’s women’s team are coached by women with the exception of track and field and cross-country. The men’s tennis team is coached by female head tennis coach, Beck Meares.

Many Metro athletes don’t remember a time when girls didn’t have teams or money for uniforms, access to playing fields or col-lege scholarships. Metro softball head coach Kristi Lansford experienced the benefit of Title IX first-hand.

“I grew up playing football and base-ball with the boys in my neighborhood, and when they signed up for little league, I tried to sign up too and they told me no. So I became the scorekeeper,” Lansford said. “When I got out of the Air Force and went to college, it was a different story and I had op-portunities in softball because of Title IX.”

Women’s head basketball coach Tanya Haave doesn’t think it is a bad thing that today’s female athletes don’t know about the law that gave them the numerous opportuni-ties they now have.

“I think it’s a tribute to the leadership at Metro that our athletes don’t know the struggle. They have grown up not really

knowing anything different,” Haave said. “But I do think that it is important for our athletes to be edu-cated about Title IX so they know why they have the opportunities they have.”

What Is Title IX?

Title IX may be best recognized for banning sex discrimination in sports but the original federal legislation, included in the Equal Opportunity for Education Act that President Nixon signed into law in 1972, actually doesn’t mention sports or athletes.

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

I think the biggest accomplishment of Title IX is how many female athletes

are able to participate in sports at a colle-giate level and professional level.

I think Metro does a good job at treating female athletes in an

equal manner. They don’t do it because they have to, they do it because it’s the right thing to do.

I think the recruiting process for athletes going from high school to

college is the same for females and males. As a female, I have an opportunity to get a scholarship, to get a free education for my athletic ability just like a male does.

— Volleyball head coach Debbie Hendricks

— Jenessa Burke, basketball, sophomore

— Alex Green, volleyball, junior

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ESPN’s “SportsCenter” leads with men’s sports — baseball or basketball, maybe even a little football. and the Women’s National Basketball Association? Maybe during the Major League Baseball All-Star break. How-ever, the female athletes still fi ght on.

Women still have to deal with heart-breaking defeats, the joy of winning a gold medal and the moments that should be immortalized by Hollywood. Th ese are the Olympic Games. However, 112 years ago, women weren’t allowed to compete in the summer games. Look how far women have progressed since the fi rst modern Olympics in 1896. Th e fi rst time women competed in the Olympics was in 1900. Charlotte Cooper of the United Kingdom was the fi rst women to win a medal. She won gold in tennis.

Fast-forward to 2012 where women are on the equal playing ground, right? Not quite. In 2000, women were allowed for the

fi rst time to compete in weightlift ing. And in 1984, women could compete in shooting events. In the 1992, Summer Olympics 35 countries were still fi elding all male sports and in 2010, three countries (Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Brunei) had yet to send female athletes to the summer games. Because of pressure from the International Olympic Committee, those countries decided to let females compete in the 2012 Olympic games.

With all of the progress being made, women still struggle for equality. Did you know women are still not allowed to partici-

pate at the presti-gious Augusta National Golf Club? Even though there are a lot of prominent female golfers, they can’t participate because of gender.

American women had their fi rst success in 1960. Sprinter Wilma Rudolph became a pioneer for women’s track and fi eld as the fi rst American woman to win three gold

medals during the summer games. In 1976 Margaret Murdock became the fi rst woman to win a medal in shooting.

Every four years, Americans fall in love with a female Olympian. In 2008 Dara Torres proved that age is only a number as she became oldest swimmer to win a medal at the age of 41at the time. Th at same year swimmer Natalie Coughlin became the fi rst American female athlete to win six medals in one Olympics. In 1984 Mary Lou Ret-ton was the fi rst female gymnast, outside of Eastern Europe, to win the Olympic all-

around title. But the

best moment came in the 1996 sum-mer games in Atlanta. Th e United States

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the “Magnifi cent 7” which included

Kerri Strug. In the fi nals the U.S. women struggled. it

came to down Strug’s performance. Aft er the fi rst vault she got a high score however she injured her ankle. In hindsight, Strug already won the gold medal because of a poor performance by a Russian gymnast. But in order to mathematically clinch the gold, she needed to go again. In obvious pain

Strug limped back to the runway. Aft er Strug landed the vault on both feet she collapsed and needed help getting off the runway. As a result of her performance, the “Magnifi -cent 7” ended the 46-year Russian dynasty on women’s Olympics. Aft er that moment, Strug was on the covers of a Wheaties cereal box and Sports Illustrated.

Today there are a lot of prominent Amer-ican women athletes. Serena and Venus Wil-liams are the most successful tennis players in the world and some might argue whether they are the best female athletes of all time. In soccer Hope Solo and Abby Wambach are the faces of the prestigious US women’s soccer team. Missy Franklin, a young swim-mer from Centennial, is being compared to Michael Phelps. Finally in women’s basket-ball Diana Taurasi and Candace Parker are the reasons why the WNBA is so popular. And former Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers’ Pat Summitt is the best coach of all time, going 1,098-208.

Th e male athletes get the most fame, the most fortune, the most glory. But women sports are where the true champions live. Its easy to play a sport where your name is lead-ing “SportsCenter” or plastered in the local newspaper. But for the women athletes, they don’t get that much recognition. And that is why I respect women sports more. Th ey just compete because they want too.

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Today in History 7.19

1799: Rosetta Stone found in Egypt during Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign.

1879: Doc Holiday commits his � rst murder.

1942: George Washington Carver and Henry Ford begin synthetic rubber experiments.

1972: Vietnam War peace talks resume.

1979: Oil tankers collide in the Caribbean Sea.

Touche. Dude, I fastened garters. Drunk. I deserve a medal from a drag queen.

I’m at home, drinking with my cat. While this is an enjoyable lifestyle, other plans are preferable.

James this is colleen. This is my new number. You just texted my grandma about getting cock-blocked. Congratulations.

It’s not that fact that I woke up wearing a tutu that bugs me. It’s the fact that I have 75 photos of me wearing a tutu on Facebook.

Chilling. The soap was talking at one point if I rememeber right...

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