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REGIS UNIVERSITY e a biweekly publication 1 an Serving the Regis community since 1888 Volume 93, Issue 6 Regis calls for major changes: close the SOA Amber Alarid '11 Editor-in-Chief We remember and we stand for justice was the theme of the Tuesday, Nov. 16 mass and candlelight vigil. The Regis community gathered to remember the injustices brought about by the School of the Americas (SOA), a United States military train­ ing program stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia. The SOA has trained thou­ sands of Latin American soldiers in particular, soldiers that were later linked to crimes against humanity, namely their own people. "I studied abroad in El Salvador and seeing first-hand effects of our funding and training of the Salvadoran army in the Sos and early 90s is Photo courtesy of Assistant Women's Soccer Coach Nick Chapman appalling," says senior Kelsey Schmidt, The Regis women's soccer team gathers for a celebratory photo at the end of a succesful season. a key organizer of the event. "We 1--------------------------------------------­ poured about 1 million dollars into the war effort daily. Women's soccer season in review: "family" chemistry Continued on page 2 key to success Katie King '13 back in the first week of August as the another for starting positions which StaffReporter 2010 team returned to Regis for pre­ made us that much better, and made season training. They practiced relent­ our bench as strong as our starting NEWS/FEATURE The Regis women's soccer team lessly with two-a-days for two weeks lineup." has much to be proud of from the 2010 before setting out for two regional It was this competitive and hard­ LAST CALL season. They finish the season 16-5-2 games in Hawai'i against Brigham working nature that drove the girls overall, 10-3-1 in the Rocky Mountain Young University- Hawai'i (BYU) and through a memorable season. Among Students involved in Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU). the most notable accomplishments the Last Call pro­ ranked 20 in the nation. The Rangers took a beating in their from this season: in their game against gram have an excit­ For senior Captain Katie Horn, all season opening game, falling to BYU 4- Colorado Christian University (CCU) ing night at Lucky the accomplishments this season are a 0. As sophomore Marissa Davis in early October, the girls posted three Strike bowling credit to the dedication every girl has reflects, "We started off in Hawai'i goals in less than four minutes in the lanes. to each other and the sport. Yet, the slow, but as a team we decided to opening of the second half of play. In Page 2 most important part in achieving these change our way of thinking and play­ the first two weeks of October, they accomplishments is about the family ing." The team went on to post a 1-0 went on a six game winning streak, that's created through this unique win against HPU before returning to defeating Adams St., CCU, UC­ HOUSING CHANGES experience: "It is not about who scores Denver and the rest of the season Colorado Springs, Metro St., Mesa St., and CSU-Pueblo. Current freshman can plan on living the most goals. It is not even about ahead. In the team's devotion to changing Among those beaten in that six in the residence halls again next year winning and losing. It is about the their game to be one with a greater game streak includes rival Metro State. due to changes in housing policy. experience and the hardships that we competitive edge the team would meet That was the second time the women Page overcome together. The early morn­ ings, the fitness tests, the cold weather, twice a week in the afternoon to do an defeated Metro this season. Horn the two-a-days ... they are all worth it extra workout with the P90X fitness reflects fondly on Sept. 22, her favorite because we are working towards a program. As Davis states, "P90X and game this season, being their first vic­ PERSPECTIVES common goal." two-a-days were worth it-the effort tory over Metro for the first time in REGIS UNITY The women set their goals high we gave every practice was the key to nine years. from very early on in the season-way our success. We always challenged one Continued on page 3 WEEK Jimmy Sengenberger explores the idea of 'Act of vandalism' may have caused network outage diversity and sug­ gests a new event Jimmy Sengenberger '11 cable," said Delcamp, who is responsi­ called 'Unity Week' Perspectives Editor ble for overseeing the system, net­ for Regis. working and telecom teams for Regis's Information Technology Services's Page 11 Vandalism may have been the cause of one recent internet outage on (ITS). "They call it an OC-192, which is campus, says Erich Delcamp, director one of the backbones of the internet, SPORTS of infrastructure and operations. the kind of fiber-optic that ISPs use to Another outage less than two weeks talk. .. to big groups of customers," he VOLUNTEER BASEBALL later was a confirmed accident. said. "That particular OC-192 is what On Monday, Oct. 25, and again on we use for our internet access." COACH ARRESTED Saturday, Nov. 6, Regis's main campus The Oct. 25 outage, which resulted Ron Rocha, former volunteer coach internet and phone connections were from a fiber-optic cut at the 56th and for the men's baseball team at Regis, rendered inoperative by serious cuts to Pecos construction site, began at was arrested in major Denver-area two important fiber-optic cables serv­ 6:3op.m. and lasted until about mid­ drug bust. iced by Level 3 Communications, one night. It took Level 3 nearly six hours Page 6 of Regis's primary Internet Service to identify the issue, dispatch a team and repair the cable. Providers (ISP). Photo by Corey Holton "This is a pretty large fiber-optic Network cables in the ITS server room. Continued on page 4 2 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2010 NEWS SOA continued from front page Contact the Highlander 3333 Regis Blvd, Mail Stop I-8 Enabling human rights abuses and the Denver, CO 80221 killing of priests and civilians (includ­ [email protected] ing women and children)," claims Schmidt, "These abuses stem from the SOA and we need to be aware of what our government is doing or enabling. Dr. Palacios talked of all those who are killed in Chile where he is from. This is not an isolated issue but an expansive one and one that is kept as a secret from our society." These injustices however are not a secret in Latin America. "When [the SOA] was kicked out of Panama in 1984 it was called the School of Assassins," empathized Justice Education Coordinator Byron Plumley in his speech at the SOA protest follow­ Our Mission: ing the mass and vigil. Students gath­ Photo by Amber Alarid As the staff of the Regis Universi ered at the fence erected in front of the Members of the Regis community place crosses on a fence in the quad to bring a visual representa­ i-weekly publication, the Highlander, statue of Jesus especially for this tion to the names of those killed by SOA trained soldiers and policemen. e intend to serve the campus and th event. The fence symbolizes the gates Ministry according to Schmidt. age to the crosses and flyers. eighborhood by providing a foru placed in front of Fort Benning to pre­ "I think the event turned out well Each year protesters at Fort or news, information and explorin vent protesters from entering the base. overall," she adds, "I believe we dou- Benning make the individual decision ·<leas. to cross this barrier and face being Our publication is designed to cul arrested in an act of civil disobedience; ·vate awareness, understanding an in the past Plumley has been arrested · alogue about matters of communi while protesting with others from the ·mportance. Regis community at Fort Benning. "The fence may prevent our entry onto Editor-in-Chief the base... well, not all the time... " Amber Alarid Plumley joked, "but the fence cannot prevent the truth we speak." Associate Editor "I have heard several comments Angela Shugarts about the fence on campus as a repre­ sentation of the gates of Ft. Benning," says Schmidt "I think it is eye-opening News Editor to see such a symbol "adorned with Corey Holten love" as Byron spoke about." On the symbolic fence Tuesday, protestors Perspectives Editor were asked to place a cross given to Jimmy Sengenberger them after mass representing people murdered by SOA trained soldiers in South America. Throughout the can­ Events Editor dlelight vigil names were read from Emily Sloan Photo by Amber Alarid these crosses, including those of some Photos of Jesuits who lost their live$ standing up to corrupt governments in South America and a victims only four years old.