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THEWAR,THE IMPAIT

lhe death of herfirst son shook Kim Bid, but so did the love displayed by all ofthe fiiends who attended his funeral. The rcunion was almost large enough to keepeverpne ftom thinking about the reason for it, but therc was at least one moment for everyone to say:

goodbye, hike.Metropolitan photographer J. Isaac Small was asked, along with other staff members, to capture on

film a local protest against the war in Iraq. He dedined to attend the rally. This is why... 82

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Il|t lt|ITROPOI.ITA}I25YIANAGO,March 30,1983Enrullment in ethnicstudiesdedining. Filling seats is hard to do forMSCDT department in AfticanAmerian and fticano studies.lhe decline in enrollment havethe deprtments wonderingabout the survival of theproEams. Statistics compiledby MSCDts 0ffce of InstitntionalResearh show thatfrom thetall semester of 1977 to thetall semester of 1982 the totalnumber of seas filled in ftmedepartments dmpped fom 260t0120.

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Student veterans attendMetro on G.l. Billafterserving in lraqByDEBBIE MARSHdmarshomscd.edu

Metro students Jason Andradeand Liam Nevins learned how toshoot in the military: One of themcaptured people on film, the othercal pick someone off from morethan a mile away. Neither manwould be in school if it weren't fortheir service in the armed forces.

"There were two times I had todraw my weapon. Both times I won-dered if that was the day I was goingto die," said Andrade, 33, sprawledacross a hard plastic chair in thestudent lounge.

He sips a diet Mountain Dewwhile he talks about his years as aMarine photographer. Affable andapproachable, he momentarily letsthe somber words erase the hirt ofa smile that hovers almost continu-ously on his mouth.

Liam Nevins. 26, who is a busi-ness finance maior, wears intensityacross his face like the ever-presentstocking cap pulled 6own tlghtlyon his head. Combined with a rock-hard body that would be the enry ofmany athletes, it's not hard to imag-ine Nevins in combat.

But it's the piercing blue eyesyou can't forget. They never rest onanl4hing for long. It's a bit unset-tling when you know that Nevinswas an Army sniper for five and ahalf years.

"I've got a lot of friends who gotkillsfl," trg s2yr trratter-of-factly.

Andrade and Nevins are but twoof approximately 500 students onthe G.L Bill at Metro alone, accord-ing to OIfice of Veteran's Servicesdirector Janet Maestas.

They may be actual veterans,on active duty or a veteran's de-scendant, but they (or their par-

ent) all elected to pay money intoa fund while they began serving inthe armed forces in order to receivemany times that initial amount inbenefits for college later on.

Metro student Jason Andnde took this photo of a soldier giving waterto an haqi boy. Andradetfavorite time in Inq wasspent with a unit that performed humanitadan misions.

"I saw some pretty horriblethings," he said.

He was fortunate to also workwith a civil alfairs unit. which wasresponsible for good rapport withIraqi citizens.

They helped in orphanagesand civilian housing, and Andradewelcomed the positive interaction.When asked if he owns any gunstoday, Andrade replied, "No, never.I don't ever want to touch anothergun in my life."

Both men credit the nilitarywith making them better people.

"It gave me the tools for the restof my lile to make decisions," An-drade said. He proudly added, "I didmy iob, and I did it well."

Nevins said that his service inthe Army designed his future. "Ihave no regrets whatsoever. I miss itevery day."

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Andrade never seemed headedfor the military in his younger days.Even as a kid. Andrade said that henever liled fighting or guns. And hiswas a family where nobody followedthrough, where commitmentsweren't kept.

In his early 20s, he began abus-ing drugs and alcohol. He was ona downward spiral, falling into de-pression.

Andrade knew he had to make achange or his lifestyle was going tokill him. The military provided thestructure his home environmentwas lacking.

He wound up in the MarineCorps because, he said, "They cameto my house and talked the bestgame."

Nevins was born in northeastPhiladelphia to a working class fam-ily. He didn't have the opportunity topursue a college degree.

"I've always done labor iobs, likesince I was 12," he said,

Nevins was also a problem childwho didn't have any direction andwound up getting in houble a lot. In-fluenced by movies like 'Apocalypse

Now" and coupled with his competi-tive nature, Nevins eventually de-cided to ioin the Army to propel himout of his blue-collar environmentand run-ins with the law.

Both men signed up for themilitary before the war in Iraq hadstarted.

"I didn't expect to ever have touse my craft. Nobody did," Nevinssaid.

The act of shooting was a tinypercentage of what he did in theArmy, and he notes that, "you canbe very discriminatory" about tak-ing out the bad guy with a riflewhen compared to the mass damageinflicted by a missile.

Anclrade was deployed once toIraq and began his career in pho-

tojournalism. He was attached to acombat infantry unit for historicaldocumentation.

History of the G,l, BillrFranklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.l. Bill on June 22, 1944. 0riginallydrafted by former national commander ofthe American Legion andformer Republican National chairman HanyW Colmery the bill almostnever came t0 pass as the issue over unemployment pay deadlocked bothSenate and House members. As promised by the government 64 yearsago, the G.l. Bill continues to fund a veteran3 educational pursuits, home,farm and business loans and unemployment pay.

'I lr*e no rogrels whatsoerEr. I missit euera taylPargisfuunded.

LIAM NEVINS, METRO STUDENT AND VETERAN

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in the 9th Street Park .. phoro W DA*N MADunffdmadura@md.€dulohnson has spotted birds of

pr€y, most likely hawks, around A nbbitsiB.in the grasy.area near Einstein Bnc Bagel. Ahhough the busde of studefi adivity keeps wildlife ofrAunda

parking lot H, and there is a pair of dudng dre day, the nightlife belongs to the animals.

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..r:":1'*- "'''' campus'lolice encounter are hu- leaving their dogs in a car with the

"One of them got caught up in man-relaied' The leash law can be windows up," fohnson said.On a warm day at any time of

the year, the air temperature inside

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Pets ca.n sulfer from heatstrokeand die when left inside a vehicleeven for a short amount of time.

II campus police cantrot locateand talk to the owndfbflfifinirnal,they will call the Denver F4igg De-

' partment. Johnson said.

Doug Kelley, the director of Den-ver Animal Care and Conhol, saidthat if their officers must break awindow to free the pet, a court sum-mons will be issued.

"There is not a set fine. That isdetermined by the court. The feedepends on the circumstances andhow dishessed the animal was," Kel-ley said.

The cost of leaving a pet unat-tended in a vehicle can easily esca-late, It is considered a misdemeanorunless the animal dies.

"Then it becomes a felony," Kellysaid.

There is an additional impoundfee of $45 as lvell as a $5 per dayboarding fee listed on the DenverAnimal Care and Contool website ,

"We really don't have what you'dcall maior problems with animals,"said fohn Egan, the assistant policechief of the Auraria police.

Egan did share an unusual per-sonal experience that happeneda few years ago involving an owlsnatching a pigeon out of the air.

"Farly one morning while pa-trolling the c.rmpus near the SaintFrances Atrium, I was checking darkalleys and shaking doors and all of asudden I heard this noise above meand feathers flying all over. It scaredthe hell out of mC," he laughed.

'a soccer net, and before we could difficult to enforce when studentsget animal control here to help, it are playing Frisbee with their dogschewed off its leg to escape," John- on the socperr &ld. That.ts no! q pg

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Unveiling Muslim tradition: Aook under the hijabByJAMESKRUGBRjkrugerlemscd.edu

the hiiab, or traditional heatls-carf woru by Muslim women, isbecomlng more commonly seenas a pait of American culture asthe Muslim populadon grows. 0nMarch 17, Alexandra Contos offeredstudents and faculty a look into thelives and cusloms of the wonen be-hind the veil.

Contos said her goal was to bringa greater understanding of Muslimwomen and their customs and torip ar,yay misconc€ptions of the faithwhere women are forced to wear thehijab and are subjugated by men.

"The only way that any religioncan survive in a society - it cannotbe based on forcing people," Contossaid to a crowd oI more than 3Opeople in the Multicultural Ioungeat the Tivoli.

The event was sponsored by theMuslim Student Association and lspart of a weeHong series of eventsto increase awareness of the falth,which, as Contos said, is uot widelyunderstood by non-Muslims.

Contos, a former Cbristian, stud-ied cultural anthropology at UCDand found Islam when many kidsdiscover keg stands - freshmanyear of college.

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Allah, delivered his message tbroughMuhammad and the Ouran, the cor-nerstone of Muslim teachings. Con-tos said wearing the veil is a choicemade by Muslim women to avoid be-ing viewed as sex sfmbols,

"We thinl that being cover€dmeans being invlsible," she said.

'This scarf does not deffne me,but I do believe that it is importa4tas symbol of my faith and a mark ofhonor given to me by the creator,"she said, adding Muslin womenusually wear the veil only outsldeof the home and are not required towear it in front of immediate bloodrelatives.

Contos said she had a great ex-

lrrience while attendiug college butwanted to give insigbt hto what it islike to be in her shoes.

"I'm not a scholar. I'm not aprofessor. I do not bave a Ph-D. I'mnot a prominent speaker," she said."I'm iust a young Anerican Muslimwoman."

She also condenned the killing

of young women who bring ilishon-or to the fantly, usually because ofpromiscuity or adultery,

lte practice, called honor hll-ing, has recently received media at-t€trtion.

"Where is the honor in honorkilling?" she asted the crowd, sayingkllling goes against the principles of

Islam.Parissa. a UCD student who re-

quested her last name not be print-

ed, appreciatod how r,vell Contosaddressed the iszues with Islam andoutsiders' perception of it.

"She polnted out basic flaws onboth sides." she said.

President of the MSA chapterat UCD, Saad Baradan, said C.ontos'agreed the talk was elfecttve in clear-ing up misconceptions - sometbingthe organizauon aims to do.

"Our gioal is to reach out to stu-dents and teach them about Islanbecause a lot of people in the Westcan be lgnorant about Islam," hesaid.

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Students have the change to win prizes fromthe Auraria Campus Bookstore or ticketsto the 'Apprentice Challenge at Metro: TheBoadroom Finale" event on May 1. Just takethe Apprentice 60 second Video Challengefound at wvw.mscd.edu/apprenticechallenge.

Mental Health ResourcesTo address the mental health needs ofstudents, the Metro State Counseling Centerand the Health Center at Auraria now haleone phone number that connects facultyand sta{f to a psychiatrist around the clockshould they be concerned about the safetyof a student or the safety of others. Studentscan call 303-3 52-44 5 5 for non-emergencysituations. The number will also be used asa crisis line for students n'hen the healthcenter and counseling center are closed.

Buildi n g tested for asbestosSince the discovery of asbestos in the soil atthe Science Building renovation site, Facili-ties I\{anagement has scheduled an asbestossurl.ey in the Science Building from March24 to 26. The survey wlll take samplesfrom building materials and test materi-als for asbestos that seem suspicious.No asbestos will be released during the survey,and stalf will be able to stay in the building,according to the news bulletin on @Meho,

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Apprentices challenged againBySCOTTSTEPHENsstephl9omscd.edu

The Metro State Alumni Assocra-tion teamed up with Denver's RoadHome for the Apprentice HomelessChallenge, the second installment inMetro's quest to name its Apprentice.

The Apprentice tearns, the 5280Closers and the A-Team. were as-signed the task of working with lo-cal grassroots organizations to helphomeless families access affordablehousing and other services to estab-lish seLf-sufficiencSr

Each group was given $500 tospend on the challenge. They gener-

ated food drives gathering food andpersonal care items for the DisabilityCenter for lndependent Living and ElCentro, a nonprofit organization thatpromot€s the rights and well-beirgof day laborers in Denver througheducation, job skills and leadershipdevelopment.

Their goals are to delelop a senseof community and self+u.fficiencyarnong workers and to promoteworker ownership.

Feb. 28, the last day of the drive,marked the close of the competition,Although the 5280 Closers won thechallenge, the nonprofit orgadza-tions involved benefited from the ef-forts of each Apprentice t€am's proj-ects.

The 5280 Closers had a small ad-vantage. The alumni ludges could seethe team's chemistry when the tea:ns

proposed their argument. Each mem-ber knew a gleat deal about the topicsat hand.

The team not only successfullypitched solutions to the issues athand, but more importantly, present-

ed a more effective short-term plan

for homelessness compared to the A-Team.

Winning members received VIPpasses to a Colorado Avalanche gameand were given a behind-the-sceneslook at the Altitude Sports and Enter-tainment studio.

"This secondproiectreallyshowedolT the abilties that Metro State's stu-dents have and what we can do whenwe are put to the task of helping theDenver community or any project forthat matter," said Noah Steingraeberof the 5280 Closers.

Mayor Jobn Hickenlooper andthe Commission to End Homelessnesscreated Denver's Road Home, a plan

to end homelessness in the city andcounty of Denver.

"If we are to consider ourselvesa huly great city, we must adalressall the issues that underlie homeless-ness, " Hickenlooper said.

There are more than 3,900homeless people residing in Deruer.Of this population, 60 percent ofthese are families with children.

"It truly opened my eyes. Person-ally, I think it is unfortunate becauseso many of these people that are blindor have other mental disabilities were

David Fom kight), Erin Kasch, Geidre Stasiunaite and l{oah Steingneber ofthe 5280 Ooser celebnte as tuhley Gildttistof the A-Teamongntulates then on Feb. 1 at the l(aiser Permamnte building downtown. Ihe 5280 (osen won the firtApprentice drallenge at Metro, the Kaiser Smart MealChallenge. Eadr team was giyen thetaskoftaryeting lestauranb inDenver and trying to getthem to add healthier items to their menus.

once really successful but then they sor for the Apprentice Homeless Chal- to middle school sfirdents. It began

get in a car accident, and everything lenge. March 7.

changes," Steingraeber said. The Apprentice Challenge atMet- 'It's cool how every need that is"Working with the nonprofit ro features four projects, one project met goes back into t}Ie community

organizations, DCIL and El Centro, each month, fanuary througb April. and is a slep closer to helping and

within our communities has opened The next event is The CH2M equipping people to become more

our hearts to the many people that Dreamers Math and Science Chal- self+ulficient," said Cindy C€rsantes,

need our skills and assistance." lenge. Teams will develop science and . member of the A-Team and business

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Student gets hot about Chipotle's labor practicesByEMILE [email protected]

Pahick Kelsall doesn't live in Im-mokalee, Fla, In fact, the 2l-year-oldsociolog5r major doesn't live any-where near it.

But from more than 2,OOO milesaway. IGlsall, a senior at the Universi-ty of Colorado at Boulder, feels a senseof solidarity with the region's scoresof imporcrished tomato pickers.

In the fields of southwest Florida,workers spend long days working forlittle pay.

Mct tale home about 45 centsfor each bucket of tomatoes theycan gather, Tbat amounts to about$1O,0OO per year, says the Student/Farmworker Allianca an activistgroup of which IGlsaIl is a member.

While working with an anti-sweatshop group in college, he metanother member of SFA and learnedabout &e Coalition of ImnokaleeWorkers, a collective composed most-ly of immigrants who have low-wage

iobs in Florida."I kind of see this as a way to get

plugged into a larger movement," Kel-sall said. 'I don't live in Imnokalee . . .but I see (similar) issues around me inmy community. It's a lehicle for ne

to learn about how cornmunities canorganize for their empowerment, "

Because large corporations andfast food chains either own the to.mato fields or influence the region'slabor practices through bulk-buy-ing power, SEA and other groups areorganizing nationwide campaipsagainst Burger King and Chipotle,

The hope is that through orga-nized demonshations and boycotts,the standard of living for Immokalee'sworkers will be raised.

Iust raising the amount Chipotle pays per pound of tomatoes by apenny would have an impact on thewelfare of tomato pickers, Kelsallsaid. "That would go directb to theworkers," he said.

And at noon on April 2 any-one near the Chipotle headquartersat 1543 Wazee Sr will be likely tohear the message: The burrito giant

doesn't do enougb for the hands thatpick the salsa ingredienb.

the demonsfration is one of sev-eral scheduled in Colorado duringSFAs national Student/Iabor Week ofAction, March 28 tbrough April4.

"Chipotle Mexican Grill promotes

themselves as a leader in socially re-sponsible purchasing practices," saidItobert Mccio€y, an SFA member who

was introduced to the tomato work-ers' struggle while he *orked at aninternship in Immokalee.

"They're unwilling to discuss theissue of the rights of tle farm work-ers,"

Also planned during the Stu-dent/l,abor Week of Action is a pro-

test at a local Burger King. The SFAhas launched a national campaignagainst the chain of hamburger res-taurants.

The group's website offers print-

able "profit king" masks and crimi-nal wanted posters mocking BurgerKing's crowned mascot,

But despit€ the passion of SFAsdemanils for worker rights, BurgerKing denies its agricultual Fovidersare in bad hands.

The average tomato picker inFlorida takes home $12.50 per hour,said Burger King CEO, Iohn Chidsey,in a speech on Oct. 3, 2OO7 at hisalma mater, Davidson College, inNorth Calolina.

That amounts to a higher hourlywage than that earned by mmt fast-food workers, he said.

By contrast, the Department ofIabor lists yearly wages for agricul-tural workers, zuch as tomato pick-

ers, at about $17,000. And because

tomato pickers are initially given to-kens they exchange for daily pay, areliable hourly rate is impossible forthe workers to count, the SFA stated.Workers may be unable to pick thefruits during rainstorms or when, forother reasons, the fields may not beready

If Burger King eventually submitsto SFA and CIW campaigns, it won'tbe the ffrst fast-food giant to do so - a

successful boycott of Taco Bell took agrudging four years to reach fruition,but the mmpany is now working withCIW to ercpand workers' rights.

And though progress has beenmade with the success of that ca'n-paign, McGoey cautions that there isa long way to go.

"Ninety percent of the tomatoesgrown in the U.S. during the wintermonths come from Florida," McGoeysaid. "The goal isn't consumer purity,

as it is political solidarity."While the U.S. tomato supply

comes largeb from Florida, Mexico isalso relied upon as an €xporter.

"Florida and Mexico historicallycompete for the U.S. winter and earlyspring market," reads a statementfrom the U,S. Department of Agricul-tur€,

"Imports from Mexico tend topeak in the winter when southemFlorida is the predominant U.S. pro-

ducer. Florida tomatoes then domi-nate the market during the springas Mexican production seasonallydeclines. "

Because it is impossible for con-sumers to avoid buying tomatoesspecifica.lly grown in Florida, McGoeysaid, supporting change for the farrnworkers is the best way for the aver-age person to help them.

"We believe that the stuggle offarm workers is a stuggle for our free-dom too. ... Just as fast food infttshiesobiectiS youth, " McGoey said.

"These same companies viewworkers as machines that they useto harvest the cheap products thatthey put into their tacos and bur-ritos. "

'The/re unwiling to disguss ihsissue ol lhe rights ol larm workersi

ROBERT MCGOEY, SFA MEMBER

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Ife easy to pmmhe a steadywitbdnulal of hoopc, gfi/€n tb€war-tyEary natuFo of u.s. optnioaand the White ltrourc's abysmalhafiiliag of &e *ar's afterrnath.But this corfict began with as-gxnptlon$ that newr came true.Cootary to what Presidcmt Bushpomired, there nme no $orehous-es of weapoos of mas deetruction,hqq did not unite in .the wah ofSddam's departure, and tbe warnever unleaSed a flouedng of demosacy acmss the lndeasL Freshassm@ns an<l predictioru conldlilewlse be vaong.

Wishes don't produce results,at least not in Ireq, the comingmontbs anil years mait caution,as thla country thruus its militaryrntedoo iu torcwse ...

But the pr€sent mtlifary com-mituent can't be prolonged. Signsof stnin are errcrywhere: length-ened tours for soldiers, shetched-thin reserws unayailabh for othererereencies, and a $425 million-per{ay tab. Even a wealtly, power-frrI nation faces limits.

the problem for voters is sort-ing through the rhetoric. McCain,leaning on the apparent dmp inviolence attributed to the troopsurge, has said U.S. froops couldstay for "maybe I OO" years in Iraq.Obama dumped a top adviser r+'trosaid his pledge to withdraw foopswas only a "best-case scenario"that could be delayed. Clinton, whofavors withdraltal has refused toset a date or number on reducingthe militarfz

This haziness can disgui$e pGlitical doublespeak to draw in thewidest number of voters. But inthis war - oversold, badly managedand seemingly endless - caution iswarranted. It's time to get out be-fore another bleak anniversary butthe specifics need carefri study andfull debate. That's something theIraq war hasn't always received.

San Francisco Chronicle, March18 editorial

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Written hy 6E0F W0LtERMAlrf r [email protected] by ANDREW HUWERT0N, ahowert2 @mscd.edu

S top actirg like lemmings

JIMhdEK NS&&KYby napalm and American appetite. A

jhrak:-vSrnse d.edrishame indeed. You were born of men of that nature. ernment and allow it to rape. pillag€

It has now been more than seven It is too much a shame that those and murder anyone and everyonein any sense be reduced to a dollar years since the chicken-shit American slim,v cretins who took orer the ship lr.ho stands in our way.amount, those increasingly worth- people turned their backs on respon- never kner,l'that sort of courage and And, again, it is indeed our lvay.less green pieces of paper clearly sibility ald allorved themselves to be could not keep her afloat. It is the people's way r,,r'hether we likedominate the American psyche to a blinded by a small band of laul'ers, It is too easy to sit back some- it or not. Allow me to remind all offar greater degree than the lives of business executives and politicians n'here in middle-America n'ith a 1.ou of the proper nature of ourcoun-strangers. who have stolen from them every last plate full of chemically engineered try, since so many still have so much

i i seems theAmer i canpeop ieb i t o i< i i gn i t yan< i respec t . I t hasbeen r ,ege tab lesnhave wittingly forgotten n'ho owns five years since those same miserable newsmen and women recount the it is. the people are to be held respon-the rights to government, though greed heads tricked the public into day's bombings, suicides and deaths sible in all cases. Sure. you were allthey do, nonetheless, have it all in consenting to a media spectacle of lr'ith nothing more than a slightly deceived and made to be slobberingwriting... But it's iust a goddamned bombs. blood and good ol' American grim change of tone. Besides, there fools in front of the rest of the world,piece of paper. glory which has inevitably become a are hundreds of channels and one but in no sense does that negate your

And, somehovr', the spineless peo- conflict that ought to bring America is not necessarily inclined to see responsibilityple who deliberatel,v started this mess to its knees. war all the time. Not in America If we the people go on cower-are still able to walk on Iraqi soil, and I dare say that she deserves it. And anyway. ing and abiding like contemptibleshamefully so. Indeed, two babbling I'll say it again. Your day is on its way, No, certatu y not. And Ameri- lemmings, I trust justice will allowpiles of elderly, white, sub-human America. You have always praised cans have bills to pay for Christ's sake. our headstones to tell the true story:paste from the L..S. capital recentiy those dissenters of old, those radicals Things like mortgage payments, car "Here lies another coward, a babblinglanded in Iraq for reasons that no- and various other undesirables r.r'ho payments, gasoline, child support, fool who raped the great€st dream ofbody can accurately explain. One, a would never conform to the common hooker accounts, drug money and man."

Rougtrly $200 milli611 i5 ra'astefi ball cap and a trail of heavily armedeach time the sun sets on our coward- guards, set out to mock the batteredIy war in Iraq. And, indeed, it is our counhy he says ought to be underwar, the people's war.Itis our burden, U.S. occupation for all of this century.and not a portion of us can deny it. A The other, commonly recognized asdemocracy does not fight an unpopu- one of the most despicable creatureslar war, but a hoodwinked nation of on the planet, arrived dolefi:Jly andeconomic slaves knows no better. was able to direct glaring beams of

Economists estimate the final cost hate and malice from his own eyes,for the murder of what is now quite thus casting an impenetrable bar-nearly 4,0O0 American soldiers and, rier shielding him fiom psychoticthough the numbers are often con- militants and widowed mothers r.r'hosidered unmentionable, more than have seen their entire lives obliteratedone million Iraqis could reach intothe trillions of dollars.

And although human life cannot

the axe man. Cheat them until theydie. Eat their souls and shit on theircorpses. That is the American way,

I have never known an Americathat anyone had any reason to beproud of. I am too young, and in-deed most of us are. But Americansdetest any mention of their over-whelming failures and misconduct.Any criticism of the flag is at onceconsidered to be unfounded andunpatriotic. I spit on patriotism. Itis the scapegoat of our despicablervillingness to confide in our gov- r

mehospective Bl DTHE METROPOLITAN > MARCH 20,2OOgNIC GARCIA ), FEATURES EDITOR > [email protected]

THE WAR, Tif il*i,k{r,

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Kathleen Montgomery lookata portnitof herson in his Madne unifom on March 18 in her&oomfeld home.

the battle aft er the warBY IOE VACCARELU . [email protected]

athleen Montgomery hrows what itis like to have her son go to war. Shekrows about worrying whether or

not he is p$sically or emotionally lvell, andworrying about one day getting a phone callwith bad news.

She also knows what it's like to have herson come home and seem like a dilferentperson. Bxcessive sleeping, a hand hemor,severe headaches and anxiety were all traitsher son came home with when he sp€nt 30tlays with her during Chrishas. She iMntImow at the time that th€se w€re symptomsof post-haumatic sfress disorder, somettringthat hasn't received a great deal of attentionin her opinion.

"PISD is a much bigger phenomena thanwe realize with troops that are coming back,"she said- "It's not wfulely discussed, it's beingswept under the rug, and the government isnot discussing it."

She thought that everything would beffne when her son got home, but it wasn't.That was one of the hardest parts for her, shesaid

'When they get home, it's on[ Just be.gun," she said.

Montgomery, who did not want her son'sname published because he is stili on activeduty, said her son dicln't realize r,l'hat he wasdealing with until lalking with clerg5r on hisbase.

She did mention that her son had onetour of cluty in haq and is still on active dutyin the Marines. While in Iraq, three of herson's friends were killed, she belleves contrib-uting greatly to his PISD.

"It's tough to see people one day, andttrry're gone the next," she said. "He lnewthooe people for years. That's how Iraq is un-like other wars, you could be in a city andhal'e a suicide bomber go off and do a lot oftlamage you're always on thb front lines. Younever lnow wbere something is gping to gool[."

Montgomery added that she talked to aVieham veteran rrrbo thinks Iraq will srpassVieham in PISD cases for those reasons.

A big problem, Montgomery feels, is thefact that mo6t cases of HISD go unreportedand most soldiers are r€luctant to talk aboutit.

"It's a difrcult topic for soldiers to discussand families don't how how to deal with it.

It's higbly heatable, but it's not always done.Getting into a Veteran's Ailminishation cen-ter is very dificult and soldiers don't seekhelp."

Montgomery througb her own research,said that about 30 percent of soldiers returm-ing from Iraq report PTSD, but that is only afraction of the soldiers that actually have itbecause it's not being discussed. She belielesthe military doesn't want it to be aliscussedand that it has motives to hide it.

"The military doesn't encourage it to bediscussed," she said. "It's something that's ta-boo for them. It's a very alpha-male world inthe military. They're also having a hard timewith rerruttuent f6v fhis ffvs'Jrear war, andthey don't want any attention on that. Theydon't want 6asther rcalm of issues, theydon't want it out ther€ and they don't wantanyone to *now about it."

She said the mo6t ilifrcult part is thatthere is very little support for soldiers comingback with PISD. She said she had to turn tothe Internet as well as family to ffnd help forher son.

"I can't ereu orplain how difficult it is toget help. there's nowhere to turn to, We're

iust as confused and dazed as the solider. Butit's such a taboo topig" she mid.

Soldiers are supposed to be mort thanhurnan. But they aren't, she said.

Montgomery said her fanily was veryhelpful during this time, and she suggests lis-tening to the PTSD sulTerer and to leep him

or her talking. Don't push or judge, just listento what he or she has to say

Her focus right now is getting her sonhome safely. Once he is discharged, she hopesto further spread the word of PTSD and getpople to talk about it.

She has a website called mothersofoili-tarysoldiers.com that she hopes will offer asupport syslem to nothers of soldiers andeducate people on the effects of PISD. Shehas contacted news agencies and people inCongrtss to try and get some attention toit, but has '€t to get a response from an5oneon the natonal level, sonetblng she hopesto change when her son retums home forgood.

"We must be prepared to face the illu-sions of war, We must be brave enough tolisten. PISD ls not dishonorable, we must en-courage people to speak," she said.

82 " MAR(H 20,2008,IHE M[TR0P0LIIAN

he was somebodyESSAY AND PHOTOS BY

I. ISAAC SMALL . [email protected]

I f,y friends and family were slow

l\ /l . accept my decision to ioin theI Y I ermv. lt was November of 2001.The decision to enlist came to me suddenly,alrnost as suddenly as the planes crashedinto the World Trade Center, into The Penta-gon and in rural Pemsylvania,

THEWAR,THEIMPAII His face was virtually destroyed and the rest

of his deployment was spent recovering athome.

Plqstiq qggery he said, made himbreathe better than he ever had.

Two years later he received his secondPurple Heart in A{ghanistan when he died.

An improvised explosive device detonat-ed in the road under his humvee. Hike wentin the way ali cogs fear the most: not know-

New |ersey and Denver, as well as his friendand escort ftom Afghanistan. Hike's bride-to-be flew in from Germany. He had bougbtthe ring over the phone from his hrnther'sjewelry store, but had not y'et proposed toher. I had to tell her, as an adopted son, thatshe too was now adopted into the family.

The whole town knew about the funeralfor this soldier, but they didn't lmow the cav-alry would roll in.

It was a reunion. Conley had beenstationed in Africa after the Iraq deploy-ment. He brought his fianc6e and hisfavorite story was about his pet monkeybiting him. Windburn had joined theNational Guard. Gauthier had gotten outby telling an Army shrink n4rat he n'oulddo if he had to go to Afghanistan.

Most of these soldiers - including me- shared a concern about the possibilityof protesters at the funeral. Imagine try-ing to give a brother back to the earth,and being confronted with a pack ofidiots waving signs and chanting. Thecavalry fights, and all of them wanteda round with a protester. The PatriotGuard setflags outside the funeral home.The city flew a flag lrom a fue truck. Butthere v','ere no protesters.

No Drotesters . It seemed like a dream

came to tell us what fools ue were for

fighting in a war.

Those lltro protest the war also claimto support the troops, But that line is thinand blurred. They r,rant to keep the sol-diers safe, they say, out oI harm's way.Bring them home. But $'hat no protes-tor can understand is that the trooDs are

safe knowing they are keeping your home

out of harm's wav.

0n hisfintmission asCasualtyAssistance0ffi(er,Sgt lstClass MichaelKotz givestheofficialnotificationto Robert andlfim Bidonthecondition oftheirson. Adrian Hike.

I was tired of being a nobodyIn basic faining we were broken donryr

ftom our individual selves and trained towork as cogs in a machine. This is the basicbuilding block of the War Machine: If themachine works, all the cogs are happy butwhen the cogs malfunction it sucks for ev-erybody.

My fellow cog rvas a scran'ny kid, Hike- from Iowa. It took me several weeks tolearn his fust name, Adrian, We were soonstationed in Schweinfurt, Germany, in theFirst Squatlron, Fourth Cavalry. Our nick-name was the ouarter Horse.

I{ike and myself tried to drink every beerin Gerrnany, and we had all the help we couldask for. Jagermeister and Bud Ught were reg-ular menu items. There was absinthe. too.for when we wanted to forget somethi[g.

Hike and I were gainlully employed justwatching each other's backs. He was thekind of friend I don't think you can have un-less you are, or were, a cog.

Hike went without me to Iraq in 2003. Iwas medically discharged.

Week before I enrolled at Meho. I droveto Iowa to see Hike while he was on R&R. Hismom claimed me as an adopted son. I'll nev-er forget how we spent $600 at a strip clubthe last night of his vacation from war.

I never got to see Hike again. But w€communicated by MySpace and other elec-tronic means.

He told me he received a Purple Heartwhen a car bomb went off behind him.smashing his face into a part of the Brad-ley Fighting Vehicle he spent a.ll his time in.

ing you just said your last words. In a flashhe was gone and the valley slopes were lit upby the fury of American bullets.

His MySpace profile read, "I'm moreafraid of being nothing than I am of gettinghurt."

The week of Thanksgiving 2O07 savtmore guests tbrough Carroll, Iowa thanmost years.

Menwho served with Hike came in wavesfrom lGntucky Pennsylvania, Michigan,

Ihe remains of Sgt Hike landed in Gnolf lowa the day beforcIhanksgiving.Ihe body was escorted by Sgt. Jeff Hodge, Hikdsbestftiend.

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5gtHike3fnalportrait,hisunifimdeto]atedfomtwoCombattheateninhisfour.year<areer,indudingtheAi6omeReConpatChandopur|ehfparty with the rest of the Cayalrymen who have died.

Bettina ffeuffer and Steve 6authier ronsole each other, ffeufferflew fiom Germany to help console and say her own goodbyes, after monfis ofnotseeing hetAmerican boyfriend. Gauthier, who left the sewice after his airborne tnining, seemed to (ome foranother reason.lhe guiltthat comes with haying a clotepersonalfriend die in combatsneak up qui*ly on the people who were unwilling to continue in thewar machine. Gauthiel starts to batde a feeling whichmay neverfrlly leave him, despite having aheady sel4{

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T0P: The Rev. (arla ticke fiom the Disciples ofChrist Church listensto aspeaker during an anti-war rally on Mar(h 16, Palm Sunday, atthe stepsofthe Capitol.

[EFI: A dog named Houdini wears a sign for peace Saturday ataroadside war protest. The event is held every Saturday at the intenec-tion of52nd Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Although the protestis sponsored by several protest groups, HoudiniS owner, June Golaz, isan independent voi(e. "l used to drive by the protesteR a loti'she said."Finally I gotso fed up with the waythings were going in this country, Idecided tojoin in1'

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IOP: l{atalie Wamer, a member ofdre Raging Gnnnies Protest Choil, sakl her feet hurt toomud to march in the prctest nlly on Mard 1 6 at the 6pitol. Wamer, who has publidyptotested werywarsinceVietnam sat in her ca and honked her hom to support the pasingmar<her.

[EFT: louise West and Amy Durfte West lift $eL hands dudng tte chorus of one of themany songs in the repertoire of tre Raging Gnnnies hotest Choir. the Denver drapter ofthegrcupwasformed in 2(X)3 in rcspnsetofie lraqwarand has 12 members.

invadin giraqwasa mistake we must fix

ANALYSIS BY DAVrD D. [email protected]

The bloodshed and destruction in lraq has raged on now for fiveyears, and America is no closer to bringing resolve to the region. There islitde glimmer of hope and weak ligbt at the end of the tunnel.

Iraq is unstable, and without stability reconstruction and rebuildfngis hardly a possibility - much less the establisbment of a democracy. lbomuch focus has been put on quelling tbe insurgencla 6aking lt impos-sible !o complete any other tasks.

Reconstuction in any counFy alter an invasion and occupation isno overnight task but after five long pars the progress in lraq is waver-ing between slow recovery and moving backwards.

The only progress ma<te in stabilidng haq has come with the recentsurge of 3O,0O0 Eoops in the war's fffth year. these troops were deployedto suppress the furcessant violence that was plaguing the region. Themost recent deployment brings the U,S. toop total in Iraq to more than160,0O0, the highest number of hoops since the invasion.

There is no doubt the surge has been effective. But stability in Iraqhangs on ti.e nnsustainable increase in troopo, as more Arnericans growweary of the war and are calling for hoop withdrawals.

Tte primary r€asons for golng to war given by the Bush adminisba-tion--that Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass de-stuction and linked to terrorist orgpnizations----+,ere false. The people ofthis country, for the most part, backed a war under false pretenses.

the iniflal lnvasion marked the ffrst of a long list of blunders thathave occurred over the past ffve years.

the invasion was rushed. There was no plan of action for the periodafter Baghtlad {ell the disbanding of the haqi army cast aside any helpin ftghfing the insurgency that nadve hoops could have provided. Notto mention the nu.mber of armed meu it unemployed, wtich only fueledtensions and accelerated anger.

President George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" an{Hussein has been captured, nied and executetl And yet American trloop

r, , are still qr the groud in Ira*wfrh no end in sight. . 1

But this is onf a mall part of why the United States is suffering fromwar fadgue. What's morc important is that the remolal of Hussein andthe establishment of a democracy in lraq has come at too steep a price. :

As tle war enters its sixth year, the number of American soldieriHlled nears 4,O00 and the number wounded is alnost 30,000. ConseFvative estimates count 8O,O0O haqi civilian deaths since the invasion,but other totals - upward of 150,00 - can be found. Millions of Iraqishave fled the county to seek refuge in neighboring Arab countnes, es-caping horrendous living conditions and the terror that looms on haqi$ree$.

The country is in shambles and dimrray Only 19 percent of citizenshave access to a good sewage system. Only 32 percent have acc€ss toclean drinking water, and 25 prcent depend on food rations ftom theUnited Nations. tn Baghdad, the people bave less than eight hours ofelectricity a day; the counFsr as a whole averages less than I 0.

The complete withdrar,r'al of hoops now would be devastating to tleIraqi people. They are owed more than that after what the American oc-cupafon has caused. It is sad that the American occupation has been soineffective that the quality of life in Iraq is worse now than under Hus-sein. At least there was stability in Iraq under Hussein, something theIraqi people can now only hope for.

The goal to give the Iraqi people a chance at a better life, to be free,has failed. But there is no turning back. America must finish what ltstarted and give the kaqi people stability, a government arid freedom.

Many experts predict that to fully complete the task in haq it muldtake up to an additional five years. Financia.lly, the war in lraq has sur-passed $650 billion, and these same experts predict that the eventualcost of the war will total trillions of dollars and that the death toll willdouble.

The invasion and occupation of Iraq has come at an unacceptablecost to both Iraqis and Am.ericans, but America must reap what it hassewn.

The idea of imposing democracy on a society may have been pre-posterous, but it is one America must live with. People have to want ademocracy so much they are willfurg to fight for it, and the Iraqis are notat that point.

In the end this war could take the lives of more than 8.000 Ameri-can soldiers. It could cost more than $2 killion, and could be a decade-long endeavor. With that in mind, we must ask ourselves: was it wnrthfighting?

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fester in his feet and explode throughhis mouth, just barely restrainedby the precision of his seething ver-bal delivery. Tech uses hip-hop as aweapon, but this is no carpet-bomb-ing, no vaguely defined angst or anti-authoritarian rant. Tech's rhymes areintense, Chomsky-esque social andpolitical critiques.

Of Afro-Peruvian descent butraised in Harlem, N.Y., Felipe Coro-nel's credibility transcends the streetsand ventures into darker places.

Gentrification, racism, rape, humanrights, globalization, religion andpoverty smolder among Tech's long

list of targets. His messages discreditpoliticians, expose hypocrisy and ex-amine human nature in tn'o or tlreeloaded lines. As overwhelming andinfuriating as his rhlmes can be, Techbalances his criticisms with solutions.Through his own activism, Techsearches for answers to the questions

his music asks. Through hjs music.Tech urges his listeners to read andbecome informed.

Immortal Technique's perfior-mance threw the crowd into raucousfrenzy, stopping between songs formonologues ferr can pull off. His stagepresence was reminiscent of I(RS{ne

commanding rapt attention from thecrowd, broken only by the scatteredcalls of "Viva la Revoluci6nl"

During one such speech, Techdiscussed the revolutionary natureof hip-hop music, saying that corpo-rate rap is a direct strike against thetrue pot€ntial of the art form. He saidtiat once a group signs on to a ma-jor record label, all potential powerto impact American culture is stifled.Although Irnarortal Technique hasbeen of{ered deals with at least onemajor record label, he remains inde-pendent, a choice he discusses in hissong "Freedom of Speech."

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What had looked like a crowdcomposed of mostly white Boulderstudents waiting for a peprally to be-gin hansformed the second the lightslowered and Immortal Techniquetook the stage March 14 at the FoxTheahe in Boulder.

As he opened with an a cappellarendition of "The 4th Branch," theenerry rose and sizzled through thevenue. Clenched fists began punchingholes in the elechified air and bodiescompressed into one tight army infront of the emcee.

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lilile high lnttd( minutes rFresh face keeping the Denver musicsceneToung'

With his laid-back persona, impeccable

style and bright, toothy snile, young Kenny

lee Young is an easy guy to like. And with hjs

stunted, fack Johnson-ish guitar chords and

rhlthmic, silk-inflected (or satin'soaked) vo-

cals, Young conjures up the kind of disarm-

ing charm and alfable acoustic that appeases

a broad range of music listeners.

"I think that the big thing that attractspeople to my music the most is the mlxing of

clifferent genres," Young said. "I think that

really appeals to a person's ear."

Young found out just how marketable he

was while attending college at Cenhal Michi-gan Universi[r where he participated and

dominated local talent shows. Not satisfied

with the gig options in the middle-American

North. Young set his sights on a more prolific,

and competitive, music sc€ne he had heard

about out \Vest."Ifound out Denver had the second-high-

est venues per capita in the nation," Young

said about coming to the lr{ile High cityl 'And

Denver's a really young city. The people wholive here are r,'ery young, and my music tends

to appeal to that ]'ounger generation."

And the lnunger crowd has responded.

After performing in a number of caI€s and

cabarets (including Thursdays at Lannie's

Sweet Caroline! Good times neverfelt as good asthey will March 28 at"Diamonds Are Foleveri'a NeilDiamond tribute concertfeaturing Aaron Rose andseveral bandmemben from"Ihe lastWaltr Revis-ited;'including another local band, Polytoxic.

Clocktower Cabaret), Young has begun toreceive recopition for his palatable guitarplucking and lyrical sensibilities as he, alongwith a trio of other young Denver artistsincluding J. Russo, Ryan Madson and RyanFlick, host the "On The Up" March 2 I at TheWalnut Room, iust north of IoDo. Thoughit's 2l and over to get in, it's sure to be a veri-table fountain of youthful talent.

"I really like the energy ftom the crowdand being able to connect with them, " Youngsaid of the upcoming show. "That's the bestpart of being an artist is sharing your experi-ences with other people. "

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Boulder's oltn Aaron Rose describes his typical

st-vle of music as "outlar,', rock'because "it's outside

t}te laws of a particular genre." And n'ith his sih'er

and turquoise rings, his long hair and his even lon-ger Southern drawl. Rose might be part outlar.t'rock-

er and part lovechild. but he's all Neil Diamond.

Rose and an 1l-piece backup are part of 'Dia-

monds Are Forever: A NeilDiamondTtibute," rvhich

will take place March 28 at C€rvante's Masterpi€ce

Ballroom. The show is the brainchild of Rose and

several members of Denver bandPo\toxic. arnong others.

"('Diamonds') stemmedfrom Polytoxic's show 'The LastWaltz Revisited,"' Rose said. Ac-cording to Rose, his caricatureof the American icon elicitedrave reactions from spectatorsat the show "Polytoxic startedtalking to me about doing a full

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do a tribute shon', especially if people really Nie it."

Polytoxic proved that tribute shorvs could pay

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claimed "Waltz" shorv, the Denl'er mainstays \\€re

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contemporary artist of all timeby Billboard Magazine, hashis share of copycats, includ-ing a fictional tribute band inthe Jack Black flop Saving Sil-verman. One of those hibutebands, Super Diamond, will be

Neil Diamond show. It turns out that people reallyget into it when I get into character like that."

Rose became a fan of the eccentric rocker yearsago when his mother spun Diamond vinyls at home.

"I was raised on Neil Diamond, and I really likehim as a songwriter," Rose said. 'l{nd I really like todo his stuff as a performer, and I'm not too proud to

performing March 27 at the Ogden Theatre. ButRose stands by the value of his performance, andcorxiderably cheaper ticket price.

"We're definitely investing a lot in bringing alot of musicians together to make it sound as closeto the original as possible," Rose said. "People aredefinitely going to get their money's worth. "

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U2 3D features in-your-face concert footage and a bit of 'Vertigo'After walking into the theater

that was showing U2 JD, it was ob-vious rhat true lans flled the seats.Everyone anticipated the start of themovie wondering if Bono himselfmight reach right donm out of the gi-ant screen and touch them. Then themovie began, and ewry viewer in thetheater put on their 3D glasses, satback and waited for the magic of U2.

U2 3D uns shot in latin Americain 2006 during the Vertigo Tour, tak-ing place in Mexico City; Sao Paulo,

Brazil; Santiago, Chile; and BuenosAtes, Argentina. After filrning wasover, all the footage was edited to cre-ate the illusion that only one concertwas filmed instead of many.

The movie consists of ll songs,including a two-song encore, andlasts for 85 minutes. Because of thetour being filmed, it was only appropriate U2 started the movie withtheir hit "Vertigo." The moment thesong began, the 3D feature was im-mediatelv noticeable. and Bono's face

was so close to your own that the the-ater &las forgotten. Bono, already anexcellent live performer, sang morethan half of "Vertigo" in Spanish tohonor the Latin audience.

The songs performed compli-mented the rock documentary for-mat, making for the perfect U2 expe-rience. AII o[ the favorites were playedincluding "Beautiful Day," "SundayBloody Sunday" and'Pride ([: theName of lane\." Ioshun l|ee classic"With Or Without You" was saved for

the last performance of the night, andit was the ideal end a U2 experience.

If you missed U2 at the Pepsi Cen-ter in 2005, the U2 lD movie is an in-expensive way to fill the void. It won'tcompletely make up for the sensationof seeing one of the greatest bandsof our time play live, but it's a decentway to get excited for the next timeU2 goes on tour. And the 3D featurewasn't half bad either.-BSDESIREE CI-{RK,ilcla*[email protected]

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An identity mfssingin actionFrom a distance, my father's his-

tory is blurred. It doesn't take shapeuntil you draw closer and see thathe's experienced war and that it's lefthis body disabled. It's not until youhear his stories you begn to under-stand what r,var has done to him.

At the age of 16, curicity andteenage rebellion drew me into asearch for my father's history. He wasnever the typical peeuree-coaching,go-get- em-tiger father. Yet his identityas a veteran helped form my identity

I Lnew the songs on the radio thatremlnded him of the war. I knew bu]-lets wonld pull apart skin and leavelong pink lines with staple-pockededges. I knew the dark was some-thing worth fearing.

I wanted to how where he'dbeen, where he'd served. I mountedan online search, tbmwing his nameto an Internet reunion group andhoped for a response.

It wasn't tle war I was searchingfor. I was searching for my fatlrer ata dilferent time and place. By ffndingthose who hrew hirn before. the man

he had become could be reconciledwith his losses.

It huns out even I couldn't antici-pate the response.

A batde action report steeped intechnical language arriled with acryptic note attached warning me ofa "can of worms," if I searched too far.I was stunned, and thougb tlie docu-ment was ofrcial, it offered no names,just an official rcport of where, whenand how.

It wasn't until a month later thata man from Texas found me and sentme an e-mail.

"I was in Ft. Hood and Vietnamwith your father, we were in the samecompany"

A lump developed in my throat,"I was wounded on tbe same

day your dad was wounded. He waswounded so bad and some how foundthe courage to make it back to saGty,most people would have girren up. Iwas on the med evac with him, hecouldn't even t"lk and I asked himhow he was doing, all he could dowas give me rhe thumbs up. "

HRISTI BEI{[email protected]

At the dinner table that night,I considered telling him. I actuallywanted to yell across the table thatI had found his missing link. I hadfound the people he'd never searchedfor himself. I had made the connec-tion for him.

I held back and planned for a bettertime Ferhapd tomorrow Ferhaps atChrishas, ftrhape as an adult, w{renI could bust my on'n words and bestong enough to ask direct questions.

As it turns out, the same manwho e-mailed me saved me from pl.an-

ning for a better time. He had beensearching for my father, too.

My mother answered and put thephone in my father's hands.

He sat rrnmoving at the edge ofhis bed. In between the occasional

]res and no, words of the war werespoken in a way even ry mother hadnever heard.

My father was known as muchfor his dry sense of hurnor as he isnow He was hown as the "old man"because he was in his late 20s whenhe was drafted into a company of 18-year-olds. He would pop out his den-tur€s to make people laugh, whichwas the sarne hick he used to enter-tain his children.

My father would not be rrho heis without war, but his identity is notthe war. He won't allow himself to beidentified that waSr

No one &ru.ts to be defind bD'their most frightening moments, be-cause it's the survival that followsthat is the most importart. Fortyyears later, my father is still a story ofsurvlval.

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The paper is a liberalragwith no substanceRe: The Mehopolltannews,Irap€r as a whole

I\[r. Pollan,

I am so disappointed - no, sick-ened - with the school newspaper.There is so much going on at Metrothat is about the school. not aboutyour opiniorls. The paper is so lib-eral and so negative. Fach depart-ment at Metro has so many eventsand personnel that you could writeabout, but no, you choose to writeabout how much you hate the war,hate America, hate President Bush.hate conservatism or anlthing thatdoesn't agree with your agenda, hatethis, hate that, and how much voulove socialism and liberalism.

You have the right to expressyour opinion, just as I do with the e-mail. America gives you the right toexpress your opinions. You would notbe able to do that in so many othercountries unless you agreed with thepolitics of that counFy. I am only oneperson.

I will say that you are at least lessliberal and trashy than the other pu-lications available at Metro such asWestword and the Onion. Their ads,which consist mostly of the lower

the Metqo[tan nrdccner d tesers toe Mebo *udut* bachra faodtyand dniehaton. kfioE8 Eust be typ€d and submitt€d to Tb€ M€fiopofitanby 3 pn , Mondry b&c pro&rclloo Send htters to @lan@nscrtcitr c

part of our society, bring no value toone's life. You are held acccountablefor what you write. Someday youwill have to account for your words,The words ar so full of pride andarrogance. There is nothing hurnbleabout your paper or you.

I dislike that my tuition moneygoes to pay for such garbage. You willthink nothing of this letter, and thatdoes not bother me. I feel sorry foryou. You have the capability to makea d.ifference in the lives of Meho stu-dents, but you don't care. You areabout yourself and "as the leadershipgoes, so go the followers." I no longerread the paper. That is my protesr.

I am grateful for Metro. I amgrateful for all the schools and depart-menh. I think that Metro has someof the best programs in the state, butyou won't read about that in The lf{et-ropolitan. There are professors, teach-ers and employees who are excellingin all areas. The only area you blowyour Metro horn about is the Sportssection.

This e-mail will pnrbably onlyincite your liberalism and pride. Yourquest for excellence in journalism*as probably the papers you wrote inelementar5r school.

Iou Anna M. Bunker

What'swrongwith ourchurch and its doughnuts?

Re: "When faith hits the fan" bv Kristi Denke inMar.ch 6 issue of The Metropolitait

Dear Kristi,

It's kind of interesting that I came upon your article (When Faith Hits theFan, March 6) because I never read the paper. However, one night I found my-self going to the light rail with nothing to read so I picked one up.

I started reading your article (without looking at your picture or name)and thought wow boxelders, bats in the choir loft this sounds like [the church Iattendl . This is when I looked up and saw yow picture and saw that it was [thesame church] you w'ere talking about.

I was iust curious as to why you thought it was so bad. I still go there andhave only fond memories. I wish I had your article with me so I could find theword you used, but I admit to being one of those doughnut eaters, although Inever knew about the freezing thing (kind of scary) .

Anl'way, I don't feel that I am, for lack of a better term, blinded by deepermeaning of the doughnut. I love going and smiling and talking to people thatI've knon'n for years. I guess I'm just curious as to why you have those views.

Thank you,

Beckie Shellenberger

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) S0FTBALL SPLITS SERIES WITH CSU-PUEBL0,nrz) MEIR0 SWIMMING AND DIVING SEASON A SUCCESS ,A12) MEI MEDIA PENCILS lN MARCH MADNESS P|CKS,nrl sp

ERIC LANSING " SPORTS EDITOR " [email protected]

SINELINEIl||SlTtll(nThursday 3.20BASEBALt3 pm. at Regis

Friday 3.21BASEBALL11 a.m. & 2 p.m. at RegisSOFTBALLl{oon & 2 p.m. vs. NM Highlandsat Auraria Field

Saturday 3.22SOFIBALtl1 a.m. & I p.m. vs. NMHighlands at Aurada FieldBASEBATLNoon at RegisG0s5(ouilTRYCU ht$ Collegiate Invitational inBoulder

SlYlTllATl n1'l'm hoping to bearound next season. I

hada gruattime

dominance of the 90s;"-Gsey Story, Mefro intedmswimmftE coad, on finishingthe 2fi)7-2d)8 season and

bbecme head coach.

illetmt softball team leads tfieRllA( in home runs with,,l0 sofarthis season.Ihe team withnext highest tobl? Whstem NMlns hit just 25. Metro outfielderAshley Johnson leads the teamwith eiglrt.

lltltltRSGltt rnffdionalnnkingof Mesotbaseball team after they sneptFevkrus l{0. 18 Mesa State infurgma.lhe Roadnmnersouenfi nodh nour2S4, and

Pitchs Derek(olbert, dght, and Hudson Beasley,left, celebnte with high-fives March 16 after sweeping Mesa State at Aurada Field. After losing seven ofeightregularseason gamer tofte Mavedds last season, Metro now stands alone atop offte Rlil/l( standings with a 12-0 confercnce record.Ihey arc 16-4 ovenll.

ttre scoreboard until the sixth inningwhen shortstop Mike hovencherblasted a pitch over the left field wall.

With the score tied 1-l headinginto the final inning, Carma's elec-tric shrlf began to cool olT as Metrofinally mustered up some baserun-ners. After Meho right ffelder MarcelDominguez reached first on a fielder'schoice, Abshire r,ralked. Meho catch-er Reece Gorman flew out to recordftg inning's ffrst out, but Palmer thenreached base and Carma loaded thebases with a walk.

Metro outfielder Mike ColTey, whoentered the game in the sixth inningto pinch run, singled in Dominguez totake the 2-1 victory.

Coffey may harr been the hero inthe bottom of the seventh, but it wasthe steady arm of tocL:hart wtro kept1trs mighty bats of Mesa State at bay.

As well as Lockhart pitched, hechalkod it up to his defense who keptrunners oII the basebatbs. Pierce saidthat despite bis pitcher keeping theMavericks oll the scoreboard, he wasa little hoarse in the first few innings.

'At 6rst, I thought I was going

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'Runners rise to occasion \Metro baseballteamsweeps RMAC favorites,now 12-0 in conferenceByERIC LANSINGIansingomscd.edu

When you're performing as wellas Meho's baseball team has beenplaying this year, it seerns like noth-ing can go wrong.

The Roadrunners fought througha pitching duel, a firrious late in-ning rally and a large deficit March14-16 to take all four games againstthe highly touted Mavericks of MesaState at Auraria Field.

"You got a lot of guys out herecompeting with a lot of heart," Met-ro head coach Bobby Pierce said."There's a lot of belief there and it'sa gut<heck crew. These guys grind itthrough and do what th€y do to wingames."

As soon as Metro first basema.uTerry Abshire caught the last out ofthe series, the players ran out ontothe field to hug one another and cel-ebrate a series victory that may havebeen impossible in the past.

"It feels really good to sweep thembecause they're always so good in theconference, " Mefro second basemanTroy Spabn said. "To get the four winsand sweep these guys is awesome."

Meho pitcher Joel lockhart wasecstatic about the team's triumpantvictories, but knew the team wasready to battle with the conlerenceheavyweight.

"It's a grcat feeling," Inckhartsaid. "But I expect it out of us. Weexp€ct a lot out of ourselves, andwe lmew if we played well, we couldwin."

The series featured the top twoteams in the Rocky Mountain Ath-Ietic C.onference with Mesa Stateleading the conference with an 8-0record. That was nothing new forthe Marcricks, who, year in and yearout, are hrown for their dominancein the conference, but the Roailrur-ners usually reside at the bottom ofthe standings. things are ilifferentthis year as Metro also came into thematchup without a loss in the confer-ence at 7-0.

A.ft.er Friday's impressive l0-7win over Mesa State's top pitcher fackAmidei, who held an unblemished re-

mrd at 5{ before the loss to Meho,Saturday's games were just as skik-ing as the team took both games indramafic fashion.

In the ffrst contest, the Roadrun-ners carried a 12-8 lead heading intothe final inning when the Mavericksput together a solid charge to tryand steal tle game away After reliefpitcher Josh Eckert quickly recordedtwo outs, Mesa State scored tireeruns on the senior. Wittr two men onbase, Pierce brought in pitcher DerekColbert to stop tle bleeding and did soby getting second baseman AndrewMartinez to fly out.

A pitching duel took place ingame two of the doubleheader, Mav-ericks pitcher Ctris Carma and Metropitcher Iockhart came into the con-t€st sporting similar records at 3-1.

Carma gave up a first-indng runto Meto when oudelder Iake Palmerdoubled in first baseman Alex Krohn.But that would be the last run the'Runners would see for a while as theMavericts' left hander kept them offbalance at the plate.

On the other side of the mound,Iockhart held the opposition hitlessuntil the third and kept Mesa Stateoff

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Metro takes two from'WolvesByKATE [email protected]

Meho softball split a four-gameseries against CSU-Pueblo March| 5 and 16 at Rawlings Complex inPueblo,

For the third series in a row. theRoadrunners weren't able to make itpast the .500 mark and win a series.

Metro gal€ up the first game ofthe doubleheader on Saturday, 8-2.Pikher Libby Balogh started the se-ries on the mound. but was relieredin the fiflh inning after giving up ninehits and six earned runs.

The offense struggled againstThundern'olves pitcher Kelsey Suan-berg, lr'ho held the 'Runners to tworuns on two hits while recording sixstrikeouts.

"We didn't hit the ball as well aswanted in that first game," Metrohead coach lennifer Fisher. "That

Swanberg is a good pitcher."The Roadrunners responded well

to the first game loss witb an aston-ishing 1O-8 victory in the secondgame of the doubleheader. ShortstopAmber Roundtree was 4-for-5, driv-ing in two runs, including the game-winning double in the top of the finalinning. Pitcher Jessica Fisher pitcheda complete game. improving her re-cord to 5-6 this season.

"We made some really good ad-

iustunents," Fisher said on her teampounding out 10 runs on 17 hits. 'I

felt like we were a lot more aggressiveat the plate. "

Metro took advantage of the runrule in the first game on Sunday win-ning easily 1 4-6 in five innings. It wasthe second time this season that Met-m forced the mercy rule on the oppos-ing tearn. The Roadrunners explodedfor 12 hits including two home runsand four RBI from designated hitterAshley fohnson. Johrson now has

eight home runs on the season.Metro leads the Rochv Mountain

Athletic Conference in home runswith 40, \{estern New Nlexico is sec-ond with 25. but the reason that haskept the nerv softball program in themiddle of the conference is the lack ofbaserunners wtren the long ball is hit.

"I think that has a lot to do n'ithit." Fisher said. 'I think home runshurt a lot more rvhen ]'ou got runnerson. I do think we needto be morecon-sistent with on-base percentage. Sorae just need lo gcl on base any waYw-e can and make those home runshrrr t a l i t t lc morc. '

Metro took control in the secondg:rme with an 8-6 lead in the bottomof the seventh. Balogh started thegame. pitching six innings, and giv-

ing up seven runs. Fisher replacedBalogh in the ser,'enth before the 'Ruh-

ners made two errors and threw hryowild pitches in a rorv, handing over a9-8 rvin to the Thunderwolves.

"l felt bad for the team beciusethey worked really hard and playedreally weli. We iust didn't finish acouple of plays. 'Fisher said.

The Roadrunners moved to 12-1 I overall, 8-6 in the RMAC, slaying

iust above .500. Meho will returnhome and host a four-game seriesagainst New Mexico Highlantls onMarch 2l and 22.

The Cowgirls are 2- I 0 in the mn-ference, and it is a chance fior Metroto impro!€ upon their record, Fisherisn't ready to call these games must-wins. but she understands her teamcan take the opportunity to win whenthey are handed the chance.

"I don't think we need to startthinking that way," Fisher said whenaskd if the upcoming series weremust-wins. "But our conference istough, and we can't take any gamefor granted."

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SophomonshonstopJesska Haab hisatwo-run homerun in thethid inningof theRoadrunned9-0victotyovetU(6on leL Zl Auring ttre Mile High Invitational at the Hidden lakes (omplex in Arvada. Meto leads the RlilA( in home runs.

Swimming, diving exit pool while tennis opens seasonry took over the reigns to finish the Meredith (Lanphier)," Story said. "It

2OO7 -2OO8 season. H€ ailmlts the was a really cool farewell swim for

hansition wasn't always easy on the (her)."lhe loss of lanphier will not set

, ,:.1 t€rim head coach Case,y Story look tournament Story's coaching style back the women, accoditrg to Story.

. : back on the 20O7-20O8 season as was accepted. the new rtcruib entering the Meto

.. a srmms-'ds Roafumrrs+- rtivq "fi/hile'-we"all -llrd"of'trutted prcryranrshould make theKenny Rhoades took All-Anericanhonors at Nationals and men's andwomen's swlm teams ffnishd thldin the conference tournament,'

"The season ffnished awesome,"Story said. "The team came togetherin a really great way. "

Rhoades was the only team mem-ber to make nationals, but the under-mannd men's and women's swim-ming teams still managed to make

- waves in a choppy season.The season began October 2OO7

under the direction of previousMetro head coach Winthrop Dyer.Dyer resigned for personal reasonsNov. 15, and beginning D€c. 1 Sto-

heacls in the two weels going up to stronger.the conference week,' Story said. "There's nothing but pot€ntial in

"They all trust€d me enough to buy these guys," Story said.ino the program and swim success- Unfortunately Story himself is

fully (at conference)." not able to contibutc much to the r€-

Swimmer Aleian<lro Hernandez cruiting process iust yet. He will need

swam very successfully, paking the to complete bis NCAA recruiting tests

NCSAA B-cut for the l00yard but- if he becomes head coach for tlre upterfly the only Metro swimmer to coming season. His job coaching high

make the cut. school swimming at Bear fteek does,

For the women's t€am the results holrrcver, give him the contacts and

this year displayed the great team krowledge of new recruits he willskills the seven switrtmers hale. The need if he continues at the collegiate

conference meet was especially great level.for senior Meredith Lanphier, swim- Story is excited to have the pos-

ming for Meho for the last time. sibility to become the head coach at"We got to all say goodbye to Me[o and lead what he believes will

be a t€am that will take MeEo swim-ming and &ving back to prominence.

Metro women's temis teamcouliln't ffnd their footing in Kansas,

coinc f-2 on March 15 in their fumeet of the 2008 season.

County, only Metro sophomore KatieReitz came out with a win. She won1-o (5) in the third set after takingthe fust 6-2 and losing the followingset 2-6.

The Roadrunners grabbed theirsemnd win of the season 6-2 in thene)(t match versus Newman Univer-sity. Sophomore April Hirad led theway in singles, shutting out her opponent 64 and 64, leading Mehoin taking lour of five in the singlesmatches.

Meho couliln't keep up its mo-mentum against final weekend oppo-nent Emporia State, falling 8- f .

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M€tro diver l(enny Rhoades takes adive Feb. l5 in Golden.

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II anoth€r ru.n at a NCAA Championship.lbey will do so on the[J s6oaaers of Acc PlaF of tbeYear1yb Hansbrough-

ilidrvestKansas€\ IGnsas will be the team to beat in tbis r€gion. The Jayhar'ls

# wotr 20 games in a row during the regular season and ttre re.lF nrrn of Srandon Rush wilt mab thts gr€at team even betier.

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North CarcXna to the Final Four.

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F UCLA ftom gffingtothetualForr. in whatisquitepm{bSthe- easi€$r€Cbn" It doesn't hurt to hm a beaS like Kevin Lor,e.

Sorilh:TexasIb[as is a force to be rcdoned with- The onb t]reat ln thdr rc-gion is Stanfod but dayiDg in Hou$on wil give tfi€m the ad-v'antage,Irok for DJ. Angudin to lead th€In to a dunflond p.

East llorth6rolinaAs much as it pains me to say as a Ddc fan, but IJNC is ttrc mo6t

t lented team in the tourney. )unior forward[ler llansbnot4h

is a\teraglng 2 3 po'mts per mme along with 10 reboun&.

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lost to St€na early h the season. But thery shor.rred signs the.y can

hang rtrith the best with tftp narlow defeab 'g.inst UCL.d

DaVid D. POllan €\ . . wut h o,,t ror lonsas. This team has so much lErsadlity aril

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MESA D Top hitting Regis 0n deck for Metro0o lose my voice cause (Lckhart)u/asa'1 mabng atry adjushentson the mound earlier in the gane,"Pierce said. "He was lucky theymissed some barrels and some ballsw€,Fe hit right at people. But he setdeddown, got a mechanically sound de-livery and was pretty good."

The 'Runners completed thesweep Strnday by erasing a 54 defi-cit with a six-run seventh inning.The rally was spurred by Spahn whotripied with the bases loaded. Spahnwas part of the team who lost selenof eight games to Mesa State last yearand hrew how important it was toget these wins under tbeir belts.

'itll series long, they had beentlrowing me firstaitch fastballs, andI iust got a good pitch and hit it well,"Spabn said on the pitch he sent to theouffield for a triple. "It's a huge confi-dence builder for the tean, especiallygoing into the r€st of the season.'

The four wins improve the Road-runners record to 204 overall andrc6aingd undefeated in conferenceplay at 114. They continue withRMAC action March 20 tbroughMarch 24 in a four-game set with Re-gis University in Denver.

Pierce was happy his team could

enjoy an astounding win over zuchan outstanding foe, but just like everygood coach, they forget about the se-ries as soon as the last out irs recorded,and they begin to focus on the nextgame.

"lfs a huge Eonli-dance buildp lorlha leam, EspE-cidly going intolha rcst ol the

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TROY SPAHNMETRO SECOND BASE-MAN SPEAKIN6 ON HISTEAM's SWEEP OF MESA

"I'm pretty excited, but nothingexhaordinary simply because nextweekend we have Regis in a shortseries, and they are the best hittingteam in the league," Pierce said. "Ifwe get happy and celebrate on (sweepof Mesa), Regis could tum aroundand do the same thing to us."

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Metrc utility playerhsh Mamer, dghL slides into home plate past Mesa pitdrerJason Enwold, left, Mard I 5 in the fo wth inning of a 1 2-l 1 victory for theRoadrunners at the Aunda Field. Metro went on to srsep $e Mavedtfu.

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Moving ileditation - Join us for alllevels of physical ability and inspiring music ofmeditation. The event is held every Thursday at2:30 p,m, in 5t. Francis Atrium.

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heetThe Auraria Board of Directors, at the request of the Student Advisory

Committee to the Auraria Board (SACAB), has approved a referendum to supportrenewal of the fee to provide for the RTD Bus & Light Rail Pass Program.Continuance of the program will require an increase in the RTD Pass Fee.

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