Volume 24, Issue 30 - May 30, 2002

Armando�s Mexican Trip Journal beginspg. 3

Snake Dogs as art pg. 8-9

Baseball, tennis rack up honorspg. 11, 13

Volume 24 Issue 30 May 30, 2002 http://metonline.mscd.edu

Armando�s Mexican Trip Journal beginspg. 3

Snake Dogs as art pg. 8-9

Baseball, tennis rack up honorspg. 11, 13

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I myself am currently enrolled andready to take part in this summer'sGuadalajara Semester.

I will be taking part in theInternational Business paradigm. I'meager to get going being this is actuallymy first ever trip abroad and my firstever undertaking in studying Spanish.

I am Latin American of Mexicandecent, so this program is a particularlyprecarious one. There are many socialstigmas that I already confront being ofmy ethnic make-up in the United Statesand now I'll confront in Mexico.

Know our language was stripped,beaten and seized from us during theTwentieth century. Our culture was banned frompopular society, and assimilation was forced upon myethnicity to that of Anglo America.

Those of you unfamiliar with the history andstruggle of my people I urge you to take one of the manyChicano Studies courses offered here at Metro.

Those of you who understand are aware of the anticsand processes that were decreed on Latin Americans in

the United States by the U.S.government during that time period.

Nonetheless, my journey will beexactly that: a journey into my cultureand language merged with my ideologyand construct as a U.S. citizen, as myfather before me and his father beforehim and his father before him and hisfather before him. A professor recentlyrelated to me a proverb of Confucius:"When the student is ready, the teacherwill come."

I will be recording this journey as ajournal from Mexico. The Metropolitanwill run it through each summer issueand upon my return in the fall. I

welcome you to join me on my journey as I report to youfrom Guadalajara, providing updates on the program,the city and my experiences. I look forward to sharingmy experience with you.

If you'd like more information about this program orthe other programs the MSCD Language and CultureInstitute offers, visit their web site:http://www.mscd.edu/~mdl/lci.htm.

Metro has seen many things come and go since itsestablishment in 1965: professors, programs, evendepartments. One program that has proven a Metromainstay is the Language and Culture Institute. Thissummer marks the Institute's 26th year of operation andevolution.

The Institute originated in winter 1976. TheDepartment of Chicano Studies and Modern Languagesallied to introduce a new form of learning to students: alanguage and culture experience rolled into one. Thefirst program offered by the Institute involved studyingabroad in Mexico. The original Mexico program wasonly offered in the summer and was for a total of sixweeks. It was reorganized in 1979 and split the six-weekcurriculum to three weeks of study at Metro and threeweeks of study abroad in Mexico.

1984 saw the integration of a two-week winter tourof the Yucatán Peninsula with concentration given toMayan culture. The program evolved further in thespring of 1993 when Metro, in conjunction with theAmerican Institute for Foreign Studies, inaugurated theGuadalajara semester. The initial effort was a 12-weekprogram offered only in spring. The summer offeringthen was only five-and-a-half weeks and was part of thesummer program already instituted in Mexico.

Currently, Metro runs the program with theUniversity of Guadalajara and offers it every semester.The guiding force behind the induction and evolution ofthe program is David Conde. Conde is the Associate VicePresident of Academic Affairs and professor of ModernLanguages. He, along with professor Josafat Curti of theModern Languages department, coordinates theGuadalajara semester with the help of University staff.

This semester brings a new aspect to the program:International Business in Mexico. This new addition to

the normal study abroad program in Guadalajara addsanother collaborator to the table, professor Larry Lopezof the Management department.

Lopez is excited to be a part of "this impressive andbeautiful program that has established roots not onlyhere at Metro but in the Denver community."

The program is the result of years of hard work anddetermination from the program's coordinators. Now theManagement department will be adding its efforts,

Heading South of the borderMetropolitan-staffer to takepart in 26-year-old, study-in-Mexico programArmando ManzanaresThe Metropolitan

On The Cover:St. Francis Center flew its flag high on MemorialDay.

Mexico

Guadalajara, where Armando will be studyingthis summer at the University of Guadalajara.

map coutesy - http://www.mexicosi.com

Shannon Davidson – The Metropolitan

courtesy - www.cepe.udg.mx

This is one of many churches in Guadalajara, the �City ofRoses.� The city was founded in 1542.

Armando’s Journal:Eager for first trip abroad

‘My journey will be exactly that:

a journey into my culture and language...’

ArmandoManzanares

see MEXICO 6

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transsexual Student Services office ismoving to a new location sometime dur-ing the summer.

The move was supported by all themembers of the Student AdvisoryCommittee to the Auaria Board. KarenBenson, the director of the program,was encouraged by all the support shereceived for the move.

�It felt good to have widespreadsupport for this move,� Benson said.

The office will be moving fromTivoli 311 to Tivoli 213. The new office

will be located between the MetroNew Student Orientation office andthe Clicks copy shop.

The move gives the GLBToffice maximum space to do lots ofthings, Benson said.

�We get to create more of a tri-institutional feel,� she said.

With the office located in the MetroStudent Life office, some CommunityCollege of Denver and University ofColorado at Denver students may havefelt unwelcome.

The move will also make the officemore visible.

Accessibility and the growth of newprograms are expected with the move.

The move also allows more spacefor students to come in and relax in the

office. A lot of students didn�t know thatit was a tri-institutional office. Thischange will allow the students fromCU-Denver and CCD to take advantageof the office�s services without feelingunwelcome.

This change will also allow thegrowth of discussion groups, studygroups, the library, and other resourcesthat the office carries.

There are also plans to have moreinformation available for departmentsto implement into their curriculum.

The office space will also be used to bet-ter utilize the speakers that come onbehalf of the program.

Other events planned for the GLBToffice include discussion groupsthroughout the summer. There will bethree during the month of June. Thefirst is Gender Girdle in our PublicSchools. It takes place on June 5.

For more information about this orother things happening in the GLBToffice, visit the office in Tivoli 311 soon,or 213 in the future.


GLBTSS office to move down a floorWalter GantThe Metropolitan ‘We get to create more of a tri-institutional feel.’

-Karen Benson, director Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual Student Services

It�s inevitable. Everyone gets ratedin life. Kids get report cards. Employeesare evaluated by their bosses.

Hence, it only seems natural thatThe Metropolitan should be rated bythose who mean the most to us: our read-ers, clients and members of the commu-nity.

The Metropolitan is conducting alocal reader survey. We would appreciateyour opinion on our content: what youread, don�t read and your evaluation. Thesurvey also asks questions about spend-ing habits, where you like to shop andwhat types of items you most frequentlypurchase.

Why? To make sure TheMetropolitan has the local ads you want.

It is short and easy, and there will bemany long-term benefits.

It will provide us crucial informationabout our strengths andweaknesses. Criticize us if you wish (con-structively, that is). Only by getting hon-est feedback can we truly meet your localinformation needs.

From this information, we will learnhow we can improve to serve youbetter. We want to continue to provide ahigh-quality college newspaper that iscommitted to covering the events andissues that are important to you.

The results will be tabulated byPulse Research, a nationally respected,independent newspaper research firm inPortland, Ore. The survey results will beused by everyone at The Metropolitan.All departments will do their best tomeet your needs, whether it�s in our cir-culation, classified ad, retail advertising,composition or news department.

As a way of saying thank you forcompleting the survey, your name will beentered in a drawing for a first placeAuraria Bookcenter gift certificate of$75, $50 for second and $25 for third.

The reader survey is being doneover the Internet. It�s secure, privateand will only take about 10 minutes.

Log on to:www.pulseresearch.com/metropolitanand tell us what you think. The surveyis fun, easy and very important to us.Thank you.

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When you think of a �labor oflove,� making a short movie probablyisn�t the first image that comes tomind. But a small conglomerate ofDenver artists has done just that.

Project: Bubble Puppy is anapproximately 30-minute long sciencefiction �dramedy,� a combination ofdrama and comedy. Writer SeanGuerro formed the foundation of theproject when he created the �WelpeLuft-Blassen,� German for BubblePuppy, a magnificent metal apparatusconsisting of old helicopter parts andvarious metal pieces salvaged from alocal scrapyard. The movie featuresthe sculpture.

The cast and crew of Project:Bubble Puppy, including three Metroalumni, donate the time, energy andmaterials necessary for such a cre-ation.

�Everyone is very good at whatthey do,� says Guerro.

The crew includes Metro alumniDave Flomberg, text and music editor;Kyle Loving, co-writer and actor; andPhilip Lucero, director of photographyand movie editor. The rest of the crewconsists of Thomas Ackerman, direc-tor of photography; Dawn Addington,script supervisor and hair and make-

up stylist; andGuerro, writer, pro-ducer and actor.

Guerro explainsthat graduates offilm school followtrends.

�They get biggrants and use fancycameras and film,�he says.�Independent filmshave a 99.9% chanceto fail. We�re work-ing on an art project.It�s a labor of love.�

It must be love,because the movie isbeing produced witha zero budget, whichmakes its creationdifficult. Schedulingis one of the biggestchallenges becauseeveryone supplyingthe resources has towork around his orher regular payingprofession.

Guerro says that the movie isautobiographical in a sense.

�The movie and sculpture cametogether at about the same time,� hesays. �It all just worked.�

Project: Bubble Puppy is based on

the discovery of a contraption invent-ed by Count S. Von Teleki, a leadingWorld War II German propulsionengineer. The Count disappeared over40 years ago, so his grandson is con-tacted about the machine. To savemoney on transportation costs, Lyleand Larry Larue are hired to get theinvention from New Mexico to LosAngeles, from which it will be broughtback to its fatherland. Lyle andLarry�s antics are detailed in themovie.

Lyle and Larry discover that theBubble Puppy is a time machine, andit takes them back to the day of its

creation, Guerro says. All the while,the viewer gets a sense that �some-thing�s not quite right,� and, he says,�the viewer gets taken.�

Guerro�s inspiration came fromvisiting a castle near Bordeaux,France, that was converted into aWorld War II museum. He�s donehomework for this movie script.

�I read a lot on technology,� hesays. He feels it helps keep the moviein context.

The movie is based in World WarII and modern-day settings with a1950s sci-fi theme. Guerro went forthe inventive from all angles whencreating Project: Bubble Puppy.

�Usually when people think of aspace ship, they think of Star Wars. Iwanted a more Buck Rogers feel, whentheme created mystery, instead ofmodern day science fiction,� he says.

To achieve its World War II nos-talgia, the movie is shot on 8mm film.�The black-and-white gives a 1940sfeel,� Guerro says.

Guerro wrote Project: BubblePuppy with a nontraditional twistamidst a modern Star Wars science-fiction era. The movie�s story line,production and promotion are allinnovative.

�The problem with a lot of film-makers is that they go to film schooland become clones or copy-cats,� hesays.

The picture�s production,post-production andendorsement will be coveredin the months to come alongwith interviews with thecast, crew and audience. There is a website to intro-duce Project: Bubble Puppyand its cast and crew. Checkit out at www.projectbubblepuppy.com.

Lawn greetings


Chris Lawson – The Metropolitan

Two students arrive on campus from Speer Boulevard May 28. They are walking past a lawn sculpture displaying the initals of Auraria'sthree schools.

Metro alumni make Project: Bubble Puppy

Christine MorganThe Metropolitan

The Bubble Puppy, shown here, was created by Sean Guerro and will be used in the movie Project: BubblePuppy. The movie is a dramedy about the time machine Bubble Puppy's transportation back to Germany.Guerro, along with several Metro alumni, are in the production process of this short movie.

Shannon Davidson – The Metropolitan

‘The movie and sculpture came together at about the

same time. It all just worked.’- Sean Guerro, writer and producer of Project: Bubble Puppy

Short science fiction film made on zero budget, donated time

shadowing the Language and CultureInstitute and Modern Languagesdepartment in what they have been doingfor the past 26 years.

Taught by a professor of the Universityof Guadalajara, this new program will bestructured in two five-week modules.

The first five weeks will comprise aDoing Business in Mexico course, which istwo hours long and taught in English, andthe normal Spanish language intensivecourse, which will be shortened from theregular four hour time to two hours like thebusiness course.

Students will spend a total of four

hours per day in the classroom regardlessof what study paradigm is chosen.

The second five weeks will again consistof two hours of language intensive in theclassroom; however, students will nowassume an internship with a Mexicancorporation for an average of four hours aday, five days a week, Monday throughFriday.

The internship will be combined withweekend excursions to neighboringhistorical and cultural sites such asGuanajuato, Zacetecas, Michoacan andPuerto Vallarta.

"Keep in mind this is the first go aroundfor the business program, and we'll begoing down with a clean slate", said Lopez.

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The summertime time is here andeverybody is trying to beat the heat. As weall know, a lot goes on in the summertime.The key is to have as much fun and getinto as little trouble as possible. I am hereto tell you how to get the most out of sum-mer.

Rule number one... stay as cool aspossible. Never let anybody see you sweat.That means that the women are wearingnext to nothing. Halter tops, tennis skirts,all that fun stuff.

If you are a man, then it is all aboutwife-beaters, t-shirts and jerseys. If youare a big man, keep a towel or a headbandpresent at all times. If you have a towelmake sure it is something cool like Polo orNike.

Keep a fan on all the time. Air condi-tioners, swamp coolers, the nearest swim-

ming pool and beer also do the trick. Thekey is to do whatever keeps you cool. Ifthese first weeks are any indication, it willbe a long, hot summer.

Rule number two... always knowyour surroundings. It is summertime andthe knuckleheads come out at an alarm-ing pace. Recognize that this is the seasonwhen anything can and will happen.

Understand that sometimes thenearest exit is where you need to be.Know what neighborhoods you are in andhow to leave. If you are around some girlwho is with a man, know where he is at.Girls, do the same thing. Either way youneed to be aware of everything aroundyou, period.

Rule number three... is a simpleone. Respect the idea of ladies night atany club. No matter if you hate techno.Conserve your money for other events.Take a crew of women, hit up all theircheap drinks and have a ball with theevening. Dance, meet new women andkeep repeating the cycle.

The real truth is, every night is aladies� night somewhere.

Rule number four... respect thesummertime music. The music sets the

tone for the evening. That one song that isplaying when you meet that one personwill always be memorable.

Not only that, but the majority of theactual fun music comes out during thistime of the year. The music is never asgloomy or depressing. It�s all upbeat, mak-ing every day that much more enjoyable.

Rule number five a... enjoy everybarbeque you can get your hands on. It isthe season for cookouts. Every weekendsomebody is having one so make sure youget a piece. It is another one of those greatthings that only happens in summertime.

Rule number five b... make sureyou get some watermelon. You aren�t at agood barbeque if a watermelon is notsomewhere in the vicinity.

Rule number six... enjoy drinkingbut don�t get out of hand. There are threemajor holidays during the summer andpolice recognize this.

If you have had too much to drink,don�t drive. You already know that you puttoo many people at risk when you do that.You don�t want a DUI or a vehicular homi-cide on your resume. Also, if the girl youlike is too drunk, catch her another time.You don�t want a date rape on yourresume either. Men and women, take careof your friends.

The best rule is to really enjoy thistime of year. There is a lot going on. Justbe a part of it. Go to the movies, the bar,the club, Elitches, the zoo, the park, andthe pool. Do it all and do it safely.

With the 2004 election already inDemocrats� sights, it seems they willtake any political shot they can at theBush Administration, no matter howcheap.

The latest consists of implicationsPresident Bush knew about the possibil-ity of a terrorist attack on New York andWashington, D.C. a full month inadvance, yet, did nothing.

House Minority Leader RichardGephardt rolled out the old, What did heknow; how much did he know; and whendid he know? spiel, reminiscent of theNixon era.

However, we are not talking aboutcorruption. At most, we are talkingabout errors in judgment and the flow ofinformation -- errors made not by Bushand his cabinet, but by intelligenceservices (or spy agencies).

As Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,wrote in a piece that appeared recentlyin The Washington Post, �The presidentis not expected to work as an intelli-gence case officer. It is not his job todrag from different agencies various bitsof information, murky clues and suspi-cions that, considered together, begin toreveal the dimensions of a clear andpresent danger.�

So what did the President knowbefore 9/11? According to an article inthe May 27 Time, the Presidential Daily

Brief from the CIA contained informa-tion that, �al-Qaeda might be tempted tohijack airliners� and use hostages asbargaining chips for the release of pris-oners.

We all know Osama bin Laden andhis terrorist network totally redefinedthe word �hijacking� last September.However, a full month before that rede-finition, Bush would have been thinkingin terms of an old-fashioned hijacking.The kind where a plane sits on the tar-mac at an airport while officials negoti-ate the release of hostages.

That kind of hijacking, while seri-ous, does not sound like the kind ofthreat that calls for a state of nationalemergency and spending hundreds ofmillions of dollars to beef up airportsecurity and national borders.

Bush had already become con-cerned about al-Qaeda�s capabilities tomount an attack from within the UnitedStates. However, the information heneeded was floating around in the bow-els of the FBI, according to Time.

Bush didn�t stand a chance of pre-venting 9/11 because of multiple com-munication failures, most of which canbe blamed on the FBI, an agency that isinfamous in government circles foreither refusing, or failing, to share infor-mation.

Bush should have been told that anFBI agent developed a memo warning ofthe possibility of al-Qaeda operatives inU.S. flight schools. He also should havebeen told by the CIA that al-Qaeda hadmade plans as early as 1994, during theClinton administration, to turn air-planes into flying bombs.

The FBI�s information-sharingproblems date back as far as 1942.According to Mark Riebling�s book

Wedge: The Secret War Between the FBIand CIA, competition between the intel-ligence agencies is foundational.

Because of its law enforcement andprosecutorial mentality, the FBI wassoon found insufficient to gather intelli-gence and use counterintelligence (thethwarting of foreign spies through theuse of information and deception).

The FBI wanted to make arrestsbefore trying to gain information byobserving foreign spies. This left theUnited States at a disadvantage.

The solution was deemed to be theformation of a new agency. The Office ofStrategic Services, the precursor to theCIA, was formed in order to alleviatethese problems. The attitude of FBIhead J. Edgar Hoover, however, wasthat OSS stood for �Oh So Stupid.�

The competition between agenciesbegan and, in an ever-widening circle ofcomplication, official functions and per-sonality differences, the competitive-ness became systematized.

The problem to overcome has littleto do with Bush�s shortcomings.

What we need is a major overhaulof the policies and thinking of agenciesthat have been dysfunctional for 60years.

The FBI and CIA must learn tocooperate with each other.Communication between the agenciesmust become efficient and seamless.

The only way Bush can be blamedfor intelligence failures is if he, like pre-vious Presidents, fails to push forreforms within the intelligence commu-nity before he leaves office.

In that regard, maybe 9/11 was awake-up call for the intelligence com-munity.

OPINION page 10

David HindmanOpinion Editor

9/11: not Bush’s fault

Summer Rules: get the most out of yours

editorjenni grubbs

news editormegan ehlers

opinions editordavid hindman

features editorjenni grubbs

sports editoreric eames

photography editorshannon davidson

copy editorsjenni grubbs, megan ehlers

reportersjohn r. crane, walter gant,

christine morgan, armando manzanares

photographersjoshua buck, joshua lawton

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FEATURES page 8-9

John David Boyd, six years old, poured a drink of well-waterfor the man in black and heard about �snake dogs� and fightingcocks.

The man�s brown terrier, trained to hunt copperhead andwater moccasin snakes, was anxious to move on. Boyd�s househad an outhouse in the back and a big cactus out front.

The man walked on down the road carrying his .22-rifle andfollowing his dog. Boyd never saw the dog kill a snake, but thisand other memories of growing up in a four-room Arkansashouse, without running water, became the foundation of hisIntaglio-art images today.

�Snake dogs are not socially relevant now, but in those daysthey had a noble purpose,� Boyd said, turning the hand-crank

on Metro�s Intaglio-printing press. Boyd, Print MakingDepartment head professor from Wichita State University, wasat Metro for the visiting-artist program March 4-8.

If art is a journal of self, then Boyd uses myths as the lan-guage of his youth. Art is a process, a correspondence with mem-ories and an affirmation of our past. Likened to a visual journal,why can not art be a foreshadowing of our future?

�To draw on life�s experiences is to be alive,� said E. C.Cunningham, Metro professor of art, coordinator of print mak-ing. In Snake Dog, Boyd speaks a universal language intendinga tangible reflection of Arkansas� hill-country society.

As part of his creative process, Boyd, an internationallyknown print maker, may daydream for hours.

�The creative process begins when daydreaming poursthings into my head,� he said. Daydreaming helped Boyd solvethe use of space, color and image ideas in Snake Dog.

The checkered design resolves spatial issues for Boyd. Thecheckered design that flattens space, but then adds dimensionin another place. The wooden-stenciled dog image containsintersecting marks for hair and dimension. The text, Snake Dog,conveys immediacy and the painterly foreground is reminiscentof watercolor paintings.

The idea is the single most important reason for art. Art canmake social statements, have no meaning, or be drawn fromexperiences. Boyd believes artists have to take chances withtheir work, to lay it on the line. The intent is the differencebetween fine art and illustration. Boyd, with 30 years of experi-ence, makes fine art.

Metro�s print-making students volunteered to help producea color-Intaglio-edition of 35 prints. Intaglio art is made on zincplates coated with different strengths of acid-resistant grounds.Artists, using hand tools, then engrave designs on the zincplates so nitric acid can erode exposed designs and produce anetched image in the unprotected areas. The prepared plate isinked and the image is transferred to paper with the use of anIntaglio printing press.

In the Arts building, you may stop and see a collection of oldshoes in black ink, curvaceous-Picasso nudes, winged tempuratrains almost any subject drawn or sculpted for an art assign-ment. That is just what happened to Boyd.

He became an artist by accident. The shortcut from studentparking to his college classes led through the art departmentand the student art on display immediately caught his atten-tion. Boyd began studying drawing, painting and sculpture incollege, but it was printmaking that captured him. And 30 yearslater, his Intaglio prints speak his truths.

�I never do a piece that is irrelevant,� he said

story and photos by Joe LinhoffSpecial to The Metropolitan

PrintmakerMetro visiting professor talks to strangersabout �snake dogs,� makes prints

Above: John Boyd inks a copy of

Snake Dog.

Right: The plate used to make

Snake Dog.

Top Left: Snake Dog: the print itself

Left: Printing 35 Snake Dog editions on an Intaglio press at Metro arestudents Naomi Mandeville, Jami Molina, Professor John DavidBoyd and student Elaine Scheffler.

The man in the black coat stopped for a drink of water and talkedabout good whiskey on an Arkansas afternoon.

May Pages 8-9 5/29/02 12:07 AM Page 2

incoming

by Shannon Davidson

Top Left: Students begin theirsummer semesterasking for help in theTivoli Student Unioninformation desk.

Top Right: A group of studentswait in line to receivevalid student idenifi-cation cards to startoff the summersemester in the TivoliStudent UnionTuesday afternoon.

Left: Metro Senior StudiesStudent StephanieKrein looks for neces-sary books she willneed for her molecu-lar biology class inthe Auraria CampusBookstore Tuesdayafternoon.


SPORTS page 11

It�s rare to find Metro baseball head coach VincePorreco taking a breather these days.

Ever since the season ended with the team�s firstever Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceChampionship on May 11, Porreco�s schedule has beenfilled with meetings � with all 28 players, parents ofplayers and athletic administrators � and lunch on therun, while trying to keep a leg up on new recruits.

Porreco has been through the same tired-out rou-tine for years now.

But this year wasn�t the normal swing-and-miss atthe RMAC title. When the Roadrunners constructed animpressive winning streak and captured the conferencecrown, it left an invaluable impression on the 10-yearhead coach.

�I will always learn from my assistants, from myplayers, from my colleagues, and I really believe whenyou stop learning the game of baseball you need to getout of it,� Porreco said. �The biggest thing learned (thisyear) is that leadership and confidence will help you getthrough the tough times, from the coaching staff to theplayers.�

With contagious hitting � Metro batters hit a com-bined .395, averaged 10 runs a game with a .607 slug-ging percentage � and continued solid pitching � 5.39ERA and 106 strikeouts � Metro won 16 of its last 19regular season games to creep into the RMAC playoffsas the No. 4 seed.

Early in the season, when the Roadrunners weresuffering through a 6-18 dry spell, playoffs seemed faroff.

�When you go through slumps it becomes a mentalgame,� Porreco said. �You start looking from a individ-ual stand point you start pressing. You start putting toomuch pressure on yourself to perform. You start lookingeach other. The big thing that is going to get people topull out of it is the leadership. And the leadershiptoward the end of the year � with all the players �really picked up. Leadership gets you out of thoseslumps.�

Prior to the win streak, Metro had the worst recordin the conference at 15-18 (3-9 RMAC). A week laterthey were 19-18 (6-9) and tied with Regis at the No.4spot. With 19 games left Porreco felt there was only onesure way to get in the RMAC ChampionshipTournament.

�Coach talked to us after one of the games and toldus that we needed to go 19-0 to be where we wanted tobe,� sophomore outfielder Brian Edwards said. �We real-ized that we needed to win almost all of our remaining

games to make it to the RMAC tournament and once wegot there we had the confidence that we could beat everyteam there.�

With senior pitcher Steve Fox on top of his gameand batters collecting hits like Anna Kournikova web-sites, the Roadrunners besieged host and No. 13 nation-ally ranked Southern Colorado 7-5 in the first round ofthe double elimination tournament.

Metro then toppled perennially RMAC power FortHays State in two games.

On May 10, Metro beat Fort Hays 7-5 with seniorfirst baseman Nate Lavrenz providing the winning runsin the tenth inning on a three-run homer.

The following day, Fort Hays one-upped Metro witha 9-5 win in a game that ended at about 2:30 p.m. A half-hour later Metro and Fort Hays squared off for thechampionship. Fort Hays, ranked No. 23 nationally,won back-to-back RMAC titles in 1997 and 1998. Fox

couldn�t have cared less. With a first-rate pitching performance that earned

him tournament MVP, Fox pitched a complete game,eight-hitter as the Roadrunners overwhelmed theTigers 13-1.

�Coming back (after one day�s rest) in the champi-onship game and throwing the way he did was unbe-lievable and unheard of,� Porreco said of Fox.

Metro�s first five batters combined to hit .555 andscored 11 runs in the title game. Senior David Dudleydrove in three runs with his fourth homer of the year.

�For our seniors and our club to get a taste of win-ning the RMAC title, the first since we�ve joined theleague, was just indescribable,� Porreco said.

He�s waited 10 long years for this moment, butPorreco won�t pat himself on the back; he is concedingthis one to the players.

�This is their accomplishment,� Porreco added.

Eric EamesThe Metropolitan

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Above: Metro starting pitcher Steve Fox was named the Rocky Mountain Atheletic Conference tournament MVP after asterling complete game 13-1 win against Fort Hays State on May 11 for baseball�s first ever RMAC championship. Below: Fox slides in safely to third base during a earlier regular season game.

Metro Baseball Honors

West Regional First TeamSenior catcher Donnie GwinnerSophomore outfielder Brian Edwards

RMAC All-Tournament Team (tournament stats)MVP: Senior pitcher Steve Fox............................ 14 2/3 innings, 0.61 ERA, 7 strikeoutsSenior cathcer Donnie Gwinner........................... .388 average, 5 RBIs, 2 doublesSenior third baseman David Dudley................... .400 average, 4 RBIs, 3-run homer Junior outfielder John Burney............................ .333 average, 5 RBIsSenior pitcher Jason Richardson......................... 6 innings, 1.50 ERAJunior reliever Dan Morasci................................ 3 1/3 innings, 8 strikeouts

First Team RMAC All-Conference (season stats)Senior catcher Donnie Gwinner......................... .395 average, 26 doubles, 61RBIs, 10 homerunsSenior reliever Eric Cummings.......................... 7-2 record, 2.54 ERA, 10 savesSophomore outfielder Brian Edwards............... .459 average, 58 RBIs, 39 steals, .722 slugging.

RMAC Honorable Mention (season stats)Senior pitcher Steve Fox..................................... 8-5 record, 4.35 ERA, 45 strikeoutsSenior first-baseman Nate Lavrenz.................. .362 average, 55 RBIs, .989 fieldingFreshman JC Reigenborn.................................. .322 average, 104 assists

Cherishing first RMAC title

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During the Roadrunners� end-of-the-semester athletic awards banquet, coach-es and players of other sports were in aweof the Metro men�s and women�s tennisteams.

When the Rocky Mountain AthleticConference awards were announced,every member of both tennis teamswalked across the dais. What was moreuplifting was the ovation they receivedfrom their peers

�One of the greatest compliments thathas been given to me all year was at theaward banquet,� tennis head coachEduardo Provencio said. Both teamsswept every first-team award in theRMAC, minus the No. 5 men�s singlesspot. �I had coaches come up to me andsay, �Holy crap! I didn�t realize how goodyour team was.� I was like, �Yeah, youknow, we are pretty good.� �

In the shadows of the Division II pow-erhouses that are Metro�s volleyball andmen�s basketball programs, theRoadrunners tennis teams have arousedinterest, raised expectations and blos-somed to nearly full flower.

On May 3-4, both teams groundstroked and volleyed their way to the menand women North Central Regional tennistitles at the Auraria Tennis Courts. With5-2 victories, the men beat SouthernColorado in the semifinals and NorthernColorado in the finals. Meanwhile thewomen manhandled their opponents with5-0 wins against Mesa State in the semisand against Rockhurst (Mo.) in the titlegame.

The regional championships paved away for both men and women to enter intothe national tournament held in KansasCity, Mo., May 9-12. While walking amongthe top 16 teams in the nations, theRoadrunners found themselves the under-dog, instead of the top dog.

�I don�t think they realize the caliberof some of the teams out there,� Provenciosaid. �I always told them that we are thebest of the worst in this North Centralregion. The Florida region is unbelievableand the California region is real good, soonce we get into the final sixteen we are no

longer by any means the team to beat. It�sgoing to be an unusual situation for them.�

Playing in the least competitiveregion hurt the Roadrunners at the bigdance as both teams fell hard to nationalpowers in the first round. The men failedto win a match against No. 8 ValdostaState (Ga.) in a 5-0 loss, while the women�sseason ended with a 5-1 loss to No. 6 WestFlorida.

Although the defeats were sour, thenational exposure provided invaluableexperience for next season. The one win bythe Metro women against West Floridawas huge. Metro�s top doubles team ofJasmon Crabb and Hande Gorur defeatedthe No. 15 nationally ranked doubles teamof Eva Papastratides and Diana Olave 8-6.

The Metro women finished the seasonwith a 22-5 team record, in which theyalso captured the RMAC crown, wereranked No.1 in the North Central regionand No.38 nationally. While they were bitupset about the low national standing,they couldn�t have done any more to con-vince the ranking committee. In 15 match-es they held their opponents to one pointor less.

�The domination is a pleasant sur-prise,� senior Lisa Pascual said. �I neverthought that we were going to do this well,but everyone was just so fired up to win�.The talent of the team has contributed toour success, but even more is our personalrelationships. We really enjoy each other�scompany, so you really want to win foreach other more than anything.�

Added Provencio, �We knew what thegirls were capable of doing, but not in themagnitude in which they did it.�

In the regional tournament it seemednot even the chain-link fence surroundingthe tennis courts could contain the Metrowomen�s talent. Early in the season, theyinched out a 5-4 victory over Rockhurstduring a spring break roundtrip. Thenthey were without No. 2 singles playerRebecca Meares, who sat out because of aself-reported academic NCAA violation.

With Meares back in the fold, Metrohad little trouble against the Hawks thistime around. Meares� 6-2, 6-0 victory overStephanie Werthmuller sealed the 5-0team victory.

The men didn�t have it so good in theregional tournament or in the season for

that matter. They finished with a 17-8record that accompanied a RMAC titleand a No. 39 nationally ranking.

In the regional championship matchagainst Northern Colorado, Metro dropedtwo out of the three doubles matches, leav-ing the Bears three match wins shy of thetitle. Metro faced the same on-the-brinksituation once this season against theBears and ended up losing the match.

�They beat us earlier in the seasonand they definitely came out thinking itwas going to be a walk-over,� senior MattKulbe said.

As it turned out, Metro cake-walkedto victory, getting straight-set wins fromits No. 1, 3, 4 and 5 singles players. SeniorBruce Dicker led the way at No.3 singles.After what Provencio called �the worstmatch I�ve every seen him have� againstSouthern Colorado, Dicker had a stellarperformance against the Bears. He beatBrian Bishop quickly 6-1, 6-0 as theRoadrunners rolled to a 5-2 comeback win.

�It was his last match and he knewit,� Kulbe said. �He wanted to come out ontop and he did. He killed the guy. Blewhim off the court.�

¡Perfección!No one was able to douse Carlos Delgado this year. The junior from Ecuador, who shouts

�¡Vamos!� (Let�s go!) after every winning point, became the first singles player in Metro tennis his-tory to go undefeated in singles play.

Delgado was just as shocked as anybody about his 16-0 record. He transferred from West TexasA&M last season, where he was a bit roughed up in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles spots, finishing witha 9-7 record.

This year, Delgado went 9-0 at his primary No.2 singles spot, but also won a match at No.1 sin-gles, four at No.3 singles and two and No.4 singles.

Nevertheless, individual perfection was not his goal. �Our main goal to go to nationals,�Delgado said. �I don�t care if I�m undefeated, if the team wins that is better. Even if you look at myrecord at 16-0, the team matters.�

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After a recent meeting with AthleticDirector Joan McDermott, Metro baseballhead coach Vince Porreco was rummagingthrough a notebook at his desk. Separatedinto neat piles were returned Roadrunnerjerseys, some with grass streaks that nevercame clean, others with dirt stains.

Meanwhile, at Auraria Athletic Center,sophomore Brian Edwards was liftingweights, already preparing for next season,which doesn�t start until February 2003.

Despite being the seventh-best hitter(.459) and twelfth-best base stealer (39) inDivision II and being named to the 2002West Regional first team, Edwards� appetitefor wrecking havoc on opposing pitchers is

not quenched. And his career .432 averageis good, but not great. Just listen.

�I was satisfied with what I did (lastyear hitting .388), but I thought I could do alot better,� Edwards said. �And I even thinkI could have done better than I did this yearpersonally. I�ve always had high expecta-tions of myself. And it�s just basically a mat-ter of how the cards fold out.

�You can�t really help what the pitchersare throwing you and how they are going topitch, but it�s just basically worked out forme.�

Senior catcher Donnie Gwinner alsogarnered first team West Regional honorsby posting a .395 season batting averageand ranking fifth nationally with 0.47 dou-bles (26) per game.

Edwards, Gwinner and senior relieverEric Cummings earned first team Rocky

M o u n t a i nA t h l e t i cConference hon-ors.

After a dullseason in whichhis ERA stag-gered to 7.71,C u m m i n g sbecame the cat-alyst for theRoadrunners

this year when the ninth inningapproached.

With a closer�s mentality, Cummings�s2.54 ERA and 10 saves (tied for sixthnationally) in 49 and two-thirds inningshelped Metro win 19 of its final 23 gamesand the RMAC championship.

�When we had the lead late in the ballgame, we knew he was going to come in andget the job done,� Porreco said.

Yet, it seems to be a mere paradox thatthe hottest team in the West Region didn�t

get invited to the regional tournament.Instead two teams, Mesa State andSouthern Colorado, that didn�t reach theRMAC championship game got to go.

�Everyone is disappointed,� Edwardssaid, �but everyone understood that wekind of did it to ourselves by not performingthe way that we should earlier in the seasonas we did toward the end�.We understandwe have to work that much harder to get tothe regional.�

With 11 seniors leaving the program,the Roadrunners are in for a large overhaul.But with contributing underclassmanreturning and one of the best recruitingclasses coming in, Metro should have plen-ty of firepower to repeat as RMAC champs.

�It�s exciting in two respects that No.1the returners have a taste of winning aRMAC championship,� Porreco said. �And2, is the talent and the recruiting we aredoing now is better than it�s ever been, so itis an exciting anticipation of what we aregoing to do and accomplish next year.�

Metro baseball has plenty in store Edwards and top recruiting class getting setfor another title run, bigger year in 2003

Brian Edwards


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