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REGIS UNIVERSITY e a biweekly publication 1 an Serving the Regis community since 1888 Volume 93, Issue 10 2011 Free days at the STAND hosts Anti- Genocide Denver Zoo Candace Powell '13 Conference StaffReporter On Feb. 19 the Denver Zoo was flooded with people rushing to get their chance at seeing the animals, but what really made it special was the price. Since 1989 the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) has been offering free days at various organizations throughout the Denver area. Free days are funded by the citi­ zens in the metro area through the SCFD 0.1% sales and use tax. Organizations that receive funds from the SCFD voluntarily decide if they want to offer free days and, if so, how many. This year the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Zoo, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts all offer discounts and free days for Colorado residents. The free days are a way for the cul­ tural organizations to thank the resi­ dents of the district for supporting them through the 1 penny on the 10- dollar sales tax that generates the rev­ enue. Peg Long, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Executive director Photo by: Michael DeGregori '13 commented on the free day program, Omhagain Dayeen (center) speaks about her experience as a refugee forced to flee Darfur. saying, "It allows residents to sample and enjoy cultural experiences at no Michael DeGregori '13 dehumanization, organization, polar­ awareness about the conditions faced cost. This is especially important for Staff Reporter ization, preparation, extermination by those still living in Darfur. families who would have to pay for sev­ and denial. Other boards detailed spe­ Darfur, a large region in western eral admissions to enjoy these togeth­ Monday Feb. 21 the Colorado cific acts of genocide that have been Sudan, has in recent years been torn er." chapter of STAND, a student-run perpetrated throughout history, apart by ethnic violence and acts of The Denver Center for the branch of the Genocide Intervention including the Spanish Inquisition, the genocide perpetrated by the Sudanese Performing Arts is not offering free Network, held a conference to raise Nazi Holocaust and the Nanking government against the non-arab days, however every Tuesday at 10 am awareness of the genocide acts occur­ Massacre. indigenous population in the area. they will release a limited number of ring in Darfur. The message of the exhibit was The Sudanese government has ten-dollar tickets. Ten seats will be The event featured speaker clear: insufferable acts of genocide made use of the Janjaweed, mounted available for every Denver Center Omhagain Dayeen, a refugee who happened throughout history and will mercenary militias working for hire, Theater performance that week, which lived in the Darfur region of Sudan continue to take place as long as the to carry out a campaign of rape and could be up to 25 shows. before being forced to flee with her international community remains murder against the civilian popula­ Between 5 and 6 million people family, as well as an exhibit titled complacent and fails to take action. tion. take advantage of these free days "The Deadweight of Complacency," The main speaker for the event, The conflict has resulted in many annually. Regis freshman Jaclyn provided by the Colorado Coalition of Omhagain Dayeen, is a refugee from thousands of people killed and over 2 DeKay benefited from the free day at Genocide Awareness and Action. Darfur who is currently living in million others displaced. A significant the zoo on the 19th saying, "The free The exhibit featured a series of Denver with her family. Dayeen number of deceased persons died days are a great opportunity for college information boards with photographs taught at a university in Sudan until from the famine plaguing the war­ students, such as myself, who are and text showing acts of genocide the escalating situation in Darfur torn region. In Darfur alone, there are broke to enjoy all that Denver has to throughout history and around the forced her to flee into Egypt with her as many as 173 refugee camps, where offer." world. The stated purpose of the family. civilians live in intolerable and dan­ The next free day is March 5th at exhibit is to "create public awareness While still in Egypt, she applied gerous conditions. the Denver Art Museum. For more and to galvanize public opinion for and eventually attained refugee Dayeen announced her plans to information about the free days and against these heinous acts." status from the United Nations, and return to Darfur this March in order the dates visit the SCFD website at It provided viewers with a clear then immigrated to the United States to gather more first-hand informa­ www.scfd.org. definition of what "genocide" means with the rest of her family. After tionon the conditions there as well as and outlined the eight stages of geno­ learning to speak English, Dayeen has cide: classification, symbolization, spent much of her time spreading Continued on page 2 NEWS FEATURE ARTS & CULTURE SPORTS Bo,•ine corned)' performance i\lcct the candidates: RLSG \ Guest mustc performance at A student athlctt:'s outlook on Page 2 hopefuls Kutandara school spirit Physical Plant deals \Vith snow Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 removal Page 3 Ro!!_~O preview: an interview with For a full schedule of athletic STAND kicks off first meeting the director Gore Verbinski events visit wwvuegisrangers.com! Page 3 Page 6 2 -WEDNESDAY MARCH 2 2011 NEWS Bovine comedy performance sets a new standard Contact the Highlander 3333 Regis Blvd, Mail Stop I-8 Denver, CO 80221 for on-campus Improv Troupe [email protected] MaeBuer'14 ed me outside so I couldn't bear what "We like to focus on working on Staff Reporter was being said, helped e~:plain it to me the three rules of improv: '"Yes, And ... ,' pretty well, .. says Hayes. "I did feel it 'Don't Write the Script in your Head,' Campus brightened up amidst the was a different experience compared to and 'Listen to the Group Mind,"' winter cold last Thursday night Feb. 17 what we have to do [in our own prac­ Mercier explains. "[We're always] when 5 players from Denver's own tices]." using our imaginations and coming up BO\;ne Metropolis lmprov Theater Freshman Taylor Clapp was also with creative, collaborative scenes group hosted a performance in the picked to help out the players in anoth­ from a simple prompt." Student Center Dining Hall. er skit. He and one other student Mercier, along \'t1th OutRegis! Vice The troupe, known throughout became responsible for the player's President Jake Garcia '14, hope to have Denver and the surrounding area for movements in the skit as they impro­ the troupe of ten regular members their abilit) to think on their feet and vised a conversation from their forced ready to perform a large Spring pro­ create scenes on the spot, spent an movements. gram as well as a short-form program hour performing their best skits for "It was really hard to figure out before the end of the school year. those in attendance. how to move [the players] in a way that Their moderator, Communication Our Mission: Among the spectators were mem­ fit with the scene," recalls Clapp, rub­ Professor Janna Goodwin, also attends As the staff of the Regis bers of Regis's very own Improv bing his neck in slight embarrassment. the meetings to offer advice and new University bi-weekly publication, the Comedy Troupe, OutRegis! Club presi­ "So I did the first thing that came to my prompts to the hardworking actors. Highlander, we intend to serve the dent and improve enthusiast Angela mind... making them slap each other." Both Goodwin and Mercier are elated campus and the neighborhood by Mercier 'n, along with Shannon Hayes There was no shortage of laughter at the larger amount of meeting atten­ providing a forum for news, informa­ '14 and Spencer Jordan '14 who sat from the crowd, despite the somewhat dance which has been tripled since the tion and exploring ideas. happily amongst their friends in the violent nature of the skit. club's formation last year. Our publication is designed to crowd. Mercier attended the show not just "We can put on a great show with cultivate awareness, understanding Bovine's players took the stage at for some laughs, but to get some only like five people, but we're always and dialogue about matters of com­ 10:30 p.m. and entertained the crowds insight on what exactly to put in the trying to get new people to come. munity importance. with a variety of skits, some of them troupe's expanding repertoire. The The more the merrier!" Mercier added using members from the audience.