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Volume 100, Issue 12 April 2016 HIGHLANDER REGIS COLLEGE: SENIOR STAFF FAREWELL HIGHLIGHTS GRADUATION FEATURE Read staff favorites from Celebrate and commemo- Highlander undergoes the 2015-2016 school year rate Regis Class of 2016 staffing transitions //Page 2 & 3 //Page 4 & 5 //Page 6 & 7 April 26, 2016 ruhighlander.com 2 HIGHLANDER Humans of Regis Nick Tyng Dr. Patricia Ladewig SAMANTHA JEWELL SAMANTHA JEWELL STAFF REPORTER STAFF REPORTER //Originally Published: 2/16/16 //Originally Published: 4/12/16 hat brought you to Regis? hat has been your fondest W I attended Regis Jesuit Wmemory of Regis? High School in Aurora so Regis Wow, I don’t know how to an- University was always in the back swer that. My favorite event, actu- of my head. I came for a visit and ally I have two favorite events. My fell in love with the campus. I favorite event is commencement, I came back three other times af- get to be Mistress of Ceremonies, ter that and the more I saw Regis I get to watch people who are so //Natalie Scott University the more I really liked //Nick Tyng excited about moving forward and my favorite events. My fondest it. Regis University was actually taking what they have learned here memory, as I go away will be of the only school I visited. Once you ally observe the world differently and going out into the world and the people. Whatever their de- know, you know! through that. Seek the good, it is making a difference. Close behind partment, whether it be, physical What is your favorite Jesuit out there. When you have found it is the Alpha Sigma Nu induction plant, IT, whether they are facul- Value? Why? the good, you have found God. because it is so personal and it is ty or staff. The people are what My favorite Jesuit value is about the students that are joining make Regis so special. And the Finding God in Everything. I re- the Jesuit Honor Society. Those are students. BLOODY GRAND: The Rise of Virtual Reality Sye’s Last Waltz JAMES SAMARAS & ETHAN LOCKSHIN er places around the country to see BERNIE CLARK STAFF REPORTERS prospective students, they can actu- STAFF REPORTER //Originally Published: 3/15/16 ally put the Oculus Rift goggles on //Originally Published: 3/29/16 people and give them a virtual real- his visceral image became a met- generation of virtual reality ity tour of what it’s like to be a stu- aphor for the evening. The ambi- is approaching quickly. The T A dent at Regis! Students not only get tious set maintained raw power with un- Oculus Rift, The PlayStation Four to tour Regis, but they get to expe- flinching velocity. VR headset and the HTC Vive, are rience downtown Denver, go skiing The set showcased iconic pieces of the three high-end headsets that all in fluffy snow, and visit Red Rocks classical and jazz music The notes glid- allow users to experience gaming, all while wear- ed back and forth between the two pi- movies, so- ing the Oculus anists. Each flip of the paper amounted cial media, Rift goggles. to a grand gesture of churning emotion, and so much They are able ranging from exasperation to pure joy. more in a to experience With total conviction, Sye Sharp way that was what it iss like breathes life into classical music and once just a to truly be a stu- with inspiring versatility he embodies fantasy asso- ciated with dent in the great the spry playfulness that jazz demands. //Natalie Scott the future. state of Col- Two lens- orado. Regis es in these used two dif- What Is A Caucus Anyway? ferent mounts if they choose to attend may give head mount- KERRY MULLIN for shooting some last minute speeches, and then ed displays STAFF REPORTER the 360º vid- the voting actually begins. (HMD’s) //Originally Published: 3/15/16 eo. One (which The voters are then counted, and with head was used to rimaries and Caucuses are any candidate receiving less than 15 tracking hang from the state-level political events, percent of the vote is then removed technology P drone) holds 6 but both function to elect candi- from the process, hence the end of put you in GoPro cameras, dates. A primary, which is con- Gov. Martin O’Malley’s short-lived a 3D space while the oth- trolled by the state government, campaign. A second vote then takes that has Ethan Lockshin tests out Oculus Rift er mount that uses a typical routine vote where place, where undecided voters and never been // Kathrine Beers, RU Admission Counselor we used for all voters cast a traditional paper or voters of the removed candidates achieved be- the other loca- electronic ballot. choose to back any of the remaining fore. Unlike tions has 10 GoPro cameras. The Caucuses are run more like a presidential hopefuls. a 3D movie where your presence is 6-camera mount is center weighted meeting, organized by 0arty offi- Each state varies in how they broken by the borders of the screen, (and lighter) so it works best for the cials in the state. During the eve- handle results of the caucus, and here you are able to turn within the drone, while the 10-camera mount ning of the election, voters will ultimately choose a delegate to rep- world a full 360 degrees without worked better for when there is a gather to support their candidates resent the winning candidate in the seeing anything else but the virtual lot of action surrounding the cam- in communal meeting places across National Convention. At the Na- reality. era. The Regis oculus experience all the state’s counties, districts or tional Convention, delegates cast Regis University’s office of has “fun facts” inside each of the precincts. their vote for their party’s nominee, admissions is one of the first admis- videos. Those are a special feature After each precinct chooses del- typically voting based on the re- sion offices for colleges and univer- of the video portion, along with egates to send to the national con- sult from their precinct. After these sities in the nation to use Oculus having a soundbed and voice over. vention to act as a party represen- votes are counted, each party can Rift for advertising. Now, when our These make the experience more tative, party officials or even the announce their presidential nomi- admission counselors go to Califor- than just a location to explore. presidential candidates themselves nation. nia, Nebraska, New York and oth- April 26, 2016 ruhighlander.com 3 HIGHLIGHTS Denver Marade People from all over came to celebrate the legacy that Martin Luther King Jr. left to the fight for equal rights. // All photos by Addison Callahan, Natalie Scott, and Gabrielle Ocana. //Originally Published: 2/2/16 Denver Broncos Championship Parade //Originally Published: 2/16/16 Denver bled orange and blue as they celebrat- ed the Broncos’ big win in Super Bowl 50. Arrupe On Lockdown Over 1 Million DIANNA RIVERA people filled STAFF REPORTER //Originally Published: 11/17/15 downtown Den- ver for the pa- n Wednesday, Nov. 4, them for them to finally leave... Luis Rodriguez, a senior The bus driver was not getting rade. Ofrom Arrupe Jesuit High the urgency of what was going School, was leaving work from Re- on. It wasn’t until a Regis em- gis University like any other day. ployee came out to explain the Regis has a number of students situation that the bus driver took from Arrupe that work in different it seriously.” departments of the university at Both students say that neither least five times a month. Regis nor Arrupe prepared them, Arrupe Student Rene Flores had were there to be an incident already been made aware of the again. Nor were they advised, lockdown from those in the School either before or after the inci- of Pharmacy. “I was right about to dent, to receive RU alerts, like catch the bus...I was surprised be- the other employees of Regis. cause they said it was the first time The commented that there a lockdown has happened.” Flores was no change in environment was advised to stay in the office upon returning to work at Regis. with Regis faculty. And while As for future safety training for Flores was under the supervision of students, Ortiz does not expect Regis faculty, the Arrupe bus driver any type of change in protocol was not ready to leave campus or training for students after the without all of the students. events from Wednesday. According to Ortiz, “It took about ten minutes of talking to April 26, 2016 ruhighlander.com 4 CONGRATULATIONS Abeth K Okall Ashley Nicole Copeland Christopher Andrew Denise Kafka Smith Heather Jenson Abigail Elizabeth Peters Aubrey L Girardin O'Connell Desiree Marie GrandPre Heather Marie Humphrey Abigail Faye Chimenti Audra Ann Swies-Gladysh Christopher Douglas White Diamond B Ridley-Pierce Heather Michelle Wynne Abigail Marie King Audra Belden Christopher John McQuade Diana Morales Heidi Hough Abran L Mora Autumn T Talbert Christopher Ross Rector Diana T LeDoux Heidi M Hill Achaemenides Andy Rangel Barbara Marie Ryan Claire H Draudt Diane M Talsma Hilary Ann Bates Afeyok Yaie Fien Bay'lee Tye Purdy Claire P.