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llltlt|ilR0Po|.|TAtl15 YEARS AGO UMay 28, 1993Kaplan drosen as firstftmaleLmidentofJvlSCD.Ihe MSCD Eoard ofTrusteesselerted Sheila Kaplan asthe eighth president oftheMefiopolitan State (ollege ofDenver. Kaplan was formerlychancellor ofthe University ofWisconson-Parkside and directorof the adults baccalaureateprograms at the City University ofNewYork.

Studens prctestWomen3Studisdqarunent. A gmup of 35 Metro studensmarded into the outgsngpresidenfs offce, saying thatthewomen3 studies department wasracist and anti-male. Prcteslerschimed that the departmem didnot haw enough muhi-cuhunlaspecf. iln protest was dttenddby membcrs of serreral campusgoup imlding Black StudentAllhnteand MetmpolihnAmerien Stu&nt for funlity.

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including the Student Governme+tAssembly and political science As-sociation, Haley helped host formerSen. fohn Mwards and Sen. HillaryClinton during their visits earlier thisyear.

Haley, who received his degreein political science with a minor inMiddle Eastern studies, suggested heand his classmates all have one thingin common despite their many differ-ences.

"That potentially binding char-acteristic is a commitment, A com-mituent to changing our societies bychanging ourselves," he said, addingthat this requAes an active interest inworld events and civic duty.

Keynote speaker Lt. Gov. BarbaraO'Brien called the record class size"remarkable" in her address.

O'Brien praised Metro for its di-versity and the uncommon educa-tional experience it offers students.

O'Brien said the Metro exDerience

is rare because it provides a wealth oflile experience due to its tradition ofenrolling students from all walks ofMe, something that is missing frommany other college campuses.

"It is a t€stament, I think, to thiskind of urban education and the focus and cornmitment of the studentscan bring. And the word of that isspreading."

O'Brien wished the studentshealth, wealth and wisdom, thoughshe challenged the class to redefinewhat those terrns mean.

"11 i5 4nazing how much howl-edge we can gain from the in-forma-tion around us. But it has to be com-bined with the attributes you show bygraduating from Meho. Your inde-pndence, your sellsufficiency, yourcharacter, your curiosity combinedwith the wealth of information wehave around the world, that's whatwill make life so special for you,"

Like Jordan, O'Brien also encour-

aged students, who she referred to asself-initiating, focused and mature,to continue fostering relationshipsat Metro and within their own com-munities,

"We need . you. And we needyou to be connected to e!€ry personaround you so that we find ways toexcel individually but go forward to-gether."

Graduate Martha Gamboa, whorecieved her degree in paphology,believes it is important for alumni tostay involved with Meho.

"So many people helped us alongthe way, so it's the natural thing forgraduates to give back as well. "

Garnboa, the first in her family tograduate, agreed with Haley that allof the graduates did have somethingin common.

"We may not know each other,but we were in this together. We wereall working hard, staying up late, jug-gling jobs and homework," she said.

METR0NTl[ Grad record broken againniiTriirr UI 5U I t5rtrUlFriday 6.6 Spring 2008 class claimsl'letwwkirry Brcakfut title of largest, most

diverse in Metro historyByTARAMOBERIYtmoberlyemscd.edu

Metro has broken graduation re-cords once again. On May 18, 2008,1,400 students received their degreesat the 2008 Spring Cornmencement.It was held at the Colorado Conven-tion Center and featured the largestgraduating class in Metro's history

The 2008 spring graduating classedged out last spring's class of 1,380to claim the fitle of largest graduatingclass.

The class also stole the title ofmost diverse, with an estimated20 percent of graduates being mi-norities, up 1 percent from the lastspring's graduating class.

Meho President Stephen lordancommended the graduates for theirachievements and urged them tocontinue to stay involved with activi-ties at the college.

"I encourage you to become ac-tire with the Metro State Alumni As-sociation and help shape the future .of students lt'ho will follow in vourfootsteps. "

lordan also noted the class' diver-sity, both in race and age, by sharingthe story of graduates Thornel andDtrla Ruff.

The Ruffs, both married grand-par€nts, delayed college until aftertheir three children had themselvesfinished college. The couple receivedtheir degrees together at the ceremo-ny,

Following Jordan's remarks, KyleHaley was presented the President'sAward, the highest honor given to agraduating student.

Tb be eligible for the award, stu-dents must have at least a 3.75 GPAand two letters of recommendationin addition to outstanding achieve-ments in both academics and depart-ment prograns.

Joan Foster, dean of the Schoolof Ietters, Arts and Sciences, calledHaley an outstanding example of thehigh-caliber students at Meho.

"His story is a testament to seiz-ing every opportunity, both insideand outside of the classroom, to max-imize the high quality, individualizedacademic eryrerience at Metro State. "

Haley held a 4.0 GPA since trans-ferring to Metro in the fall of 2O05from the University of NorthernColorado.

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Meto gnudates celebnte theh achievemenB and gnduation on May 18 at th€ Convention Center. l,tl{10 studenB gradu-ated fom Metro this sernester.

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Surrounded. by concrete and.aparfuent buildings, the Denver Bo-tanic Gardens serve as a natural bas-tion in an urban environment, Butnow the Gardens liave let tlie city inb show they can coorist,

"Urban Nature" is the Gardens'first in-house enhibit. The exhibit fea-tures work by nationally recognizedartists and loca.l artists, including ffveMetro stual€nts.

"Urban Nature" locuses on t]resyntheCrs of urban influence andhorticultural practices. The adminis-tators for tle Gardens said they hopevisitors will enjoy the work, but alsotbink about the messages gf eachpiece.

"The main reason we are having

. this (exhibit).is to spur dialog," saidWill Jones, public relations managerfor the Gardens. "We are hoping

iieopte wltt mme in and not only appreciate the beauty of the artwork,

b$ to lopt_ at some of the Fe€sagm-ofthe artists."

Some of the pieces in the exhibitare more prominent, like legend-ary New York City artist Iady Pink'ssprawling mural lining the walkwayby the front gate.

Other pieces are tucked in amongthe gnnderosa and wildflowers, suchas Mefro students Ian Rumlev andTodd Robinson's tufn mural.

Rumley and Roblnson's paint-tngs follow with the theme of ulrban

. and natural coexistence by thawingparallels within the wild kingdom.fire piece features a clty lvhere thebuildings. are made of honeycomb.The citizen bees exist harmoniously,living and working in the garden atthe bases of the buildings,

"Wb wanted to address how in-sects have dvilizations as r,rrell, butthey tend to cotrist with the environ-ment and not clash with it," Rumneysaid. "I lust by to remember humanbeings are inimals, and people forgetsometimes."

Metro shrdents Liz Bunker, SophieFernandez and Javier Flores also havetheir work displayed in the exhibit.

Although most of the artsts inthe'exhibit couH b€ d€scribd as stueet-style artisb, that is not necessarilyhow RumneywouH label himself.

"If somebody said, 'What do youdo?' I wouldn't say sb€et style," Rum-

ley said, "But I am a tattoo artist, andthaf has heavily influenced every-thirg I do, which is in ways an urbanart form."

The Gardens seem a natural sit€for such a progressive exhibit with itsown unique blend of natural beautyand cement.

Metro students from paintingprofessor Carlos Fresquez's muralclass were also a natural flt for theexhiLit.

"Denver has such a great urbanart community th?t when we sentout the call we got a lot of responsefrom the local artists, and some ofthose artists happen to be MetroStat€ students," Jones said. "We lovetheir work, but it wasn't a concertedeffort to go aft€r them, We were justlooking for great art."

For "Urban Nature," the Gardensdemonsfated ttds sustainability byproviding artists with panels madeof recycled material, which are lowin toxicity.

Iike any provocative exhibit, "Ur-ban Nature': has not been without itsshare of controvers3z

"We have had some visitors whodon't understand, or haven't beenwilling to, embrace the fact that ur-ban-art.ir-art " Iones said. "We havehad some people come in and say,'Why do you havc this grhffiti in themiddle of all this beauty?'"

Jones is quick tb explain that eventhough most of the art is done withspray paint, it is not gaffiti becaus€the term graftti refers to vandalismwhere this art, "Urban Nature", wascommissioned.

Although there are always peoplento. either lone or hate an exhibit,Jones said most visitors to the gardenhe has tallred with appreciate the art,

But as an artist Rucley alsowants to engage the viewer regardlessof r,uhat thcir opinion may be.

1It is gefting people interestedand mabng them think," Runleysaid. "Regardless of what th€It thinL,

. that is a positive ellect."r ike aflolerpustfng up tbrough a

crack in the sidewalk, cityscapes havetleir momenb of natural beauty.

And j ust as artists work to createan oasis in their own home; Jonessaid he hopes visitors to the UrbanNature exhibit will be inspired to dothe same.

"We are trying to show peoplethey can incorpomte nature intowhatever envtonment thery are in,"

Jones mid.The 'Urban Naturt" enhibit runs

through Nov 30 at the Denver Bo-tanic Gardens.

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Bill helps students jump tuition hurdlesRed tape for tuitionclassifi cation cleared,more students'in-state'[email protected]

While the Registrar lines mightstill be long this fall. students haveone less thing to overwhelm them,thanls to a bill passed May 2O by theColorado State Senate.

Recent high school graduates nolonger have to rely on their parentsto qualify for in-state tuition rat€s.Students have occasionally been de-nied in-state classification due to anambiguous law and how it classifiedparents of students.

With the passage of S€nate Bill08-079, students only need to pro-vide their high school information.The bill comes aides U.S. citizenswho graduated from and attended aColorado high school for at least threeyears. These students now qualify fori[-state tuition.

Those denied often have been stu-dents who are U.S. citizens with par-ents who are not.

Other students with unconuol-lable circumstances. such as no con-tact u'ith their parents or those n'horeside with someone other than theirlegal guardian, also have been denied

A line of studentsfornsoutside thedoorof theffice of linancialAidJanuary.

sembly President Aaron "Jack" Wy-lie. "Especially at Metro State. A lot ofstudents are nontraditional. "

The SGA members sent a resolu-tion of support for the bill to the Colo-rado State Senate in April. Wylie saidthe SGA supported the bill to elimi-nate a problem that was created bythe state government.

Out-of-state tuition costs a littlemore than double the cost of in-state,People who will benefit ftom this billare lower income students. Wylieadded that homeless students willalso benefit.

. "College is already difficult with-out bureaucratic difficulties placed onstudents," Wylie said.

in-state tuition in the past.According to a state fisca.l report,

only 2 6 Metro students vvere reportedas examples of the population affect-ed by the old law.

But the numbers could be higher."There are probably more studentswho never starled colJege" after beingdenied said Student Government As-

Student delegate sets sights 0n GOP conventionLocalrepublican hopesto win national seat,imspire [email protected]

Mefto student Sean Doherty hasaspirations to become a delegate lorColorado to the Republican NationalConvention this September in Min-nesota.

Doherty. a 2l-year old iunior,thinks more young people need to getinvolved in politics.

Heeding his own advice, he be-came a representative to the ColoradoRepublican Party for House District29, JelTereson Counry

This weekend Doherty will attendthe Colorado Republican Party stateconvention as one of 3,000 electeddelegates.

The convention will take placeat the Westin Westminster Hotel onMay 30 and The Broomfield EventsCenter on May 31.

Mitt Rornney will speak at theconven$on in place of RepublicanPresidential nominee John McCain.

II he's picked to go to Minnesota,Doherf will be one of only 22 del-egates chosen by Coloradoans to at-tend the RNC.

Every asipring national delegatemust pr€sent a l-30 minute speechto the entire convention.

Speaking aboub his passion forpolitics is easy br Doherty. He says he

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believes politics are a part of everydaylife.

"People can avoid politics theirwhole life and still lead a successfullife, but that is not for me. I iust findpolitics exciting," Doherty said.

While attending political confer-ences in college, he noticed an im-portant demographic was missing."There were not too many collegekids involved," Doherty said.

In the last presidential electiononly 48 percent of voters aged 18-24turned out to vote.

The lack of participation fromcollege students fueled Doherty to getactive and involved. "Students wouldtalk to me about how they were nothappy with the choices being made inCongress."

He thinks that by being elected atthe May 3l state convention, he willbe able to delirar to tle natibnal con-rrention a fresh new point of view and

be a representative of younger repub-lican voters, Doherty said.

Doherty also wants to shorv theyounger voters they can and shouldbe heard by the politicians on CapitolHill.

He lvants to lead bv example andshow college-aged voters that theycan become involved in the deci-sion-making process, according toDoherff

"It is possible for students to getinvolved, by shorrving thern throughhard work and perseverance thattheir voice can be heard," Dohertyadded

Doherty also expressed his excite-ment about the possibility of walk-ing into the Republican NationalConvention and being a part of thedecision making process. His strongfeelings for politics and participatingin his cornmunity give him a greatsense of pride.

Doherty's campaign has focusedon his young age and desire forchange. He has experienced somehurdles during his campaigning,mostly because of his e age.. While a lot of people admire hist€nacity to run, some are reluctant tosee him as a leader.

"The hardest part of campaign-ing is people's perception about myage or if I am deserving of the position because of my lack of experi-ence," Doherty said,

To combat people's misper-ceptions of his lack of experience,

Doherty goes out to the communityand meets and greets as many peopleas he can.

He has also sent out ov.er 3,000flyers since he first began campaign-ing in February

"By introducing myself and talk-ing about the concerns of citizensand the policies of gowrnment, I canshow these voters that I am awareof the events that are going on rightnow and show them all that I amdeserving of becoming a delegate ofColorado, " Doherty said.

Jordan re-instatedPresident Stephen Jordan andthe Board of Trustees reachedan agreement for a three-yearextension of |ordan's contract.While details of the deal have notbeen released and the agreementhas not yet been finalized, Compen-sation Committee Chairwoman Mi-chelle Lucero said the board wouldbe updated at its June 4 meeting.The contract extended to Jor-dan, who has been presidentof Meho since Iuly 2005, atsohas two one-year extensions.The board announced its de-cision May 7, following anhour-long executive session.His current contract ends June 30.

Partner benefits 0K'dMeho's Board of Trustees votedthat a repr€sentative appmachthe Colorado Higher MucationInsurance Benefits Alliance on theboard's behalf to support healthinsurance benefits for domes-tic partners. Human ResourcesExecutive Director Judy Zewe wasauthorized by the board to approach the alliance on May 7.The decision comes after FacultySenate President Hal Nees reporbedto the board April 2 that the sen-ate and all other employee groupssupport edending the benefits.

Protecting tenureMetro's tenured professors will

be axed last and have a chance

to appeal the firing if the col-

lege experiences financial hard

times after a unanimous vote by

the Board of Trustees to change

the rules for firing personnel.

The changes are in response to

a court case brought against the

college by tenured faculty and the

American Federation of Teachers

that asserted that policy changesin 20O3 had threatened tenure.

The amendments to the college's

Handbook for Professional Person-

nel clarify in what circumstances

and how the tenured faculty can

be fired and that when the finances

improve again that the laid-o{T

teachers must first be cons-idered.

Exiting trustees laudedMetro's Board of Trustees honoredthree of its outgoing members at theMay board meeting. Virginia "Gin"Butler, who had been with the Boardsince its establishment in 2001, andSeanTonner, a 1995 Meho graduatewith the Board since 2003, acceptedthe Board's gifts of red sandstoneplaques. John Osborn, with thetrustees since 2003, did not attenddue to health issues. Taking orzerfor the three are Dawn P Bookhart,Robert Cohen and Melody Harris,

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Hillary's hip shot misses ObamaWell folks, it has been too many

weeks since I last sat down to write aranting synopsis o[ the ills of society- that term rant b€ing somethingwhich most pmple have been morethan willing to label whatever it isthat I actually do here, and somethingthat I am not necessarily in agree-ment with, But it has never been mybusiness to tell people what to think,and never would I venture to trv, forthat matter.

Butpoliticians on the other hand,well, they make a living out of ma-nipulatir,r g people's thinking, whichis most certainly and distinctly im-moral. And now it seems that theyhave even taken to stealing ideas thatI had already put into print monthsago. Plagiarism: another distinctlyirnmoral act.

Hillary Clinton told reporters thatone of the reasons she should be wel-come to stay in this treacherous Dem-ocratic horse-race for the presidentialnomiqation is that Barack Obamastands some chance of being gunneddown, making a comparison betweennow and 1968 when Bobby Kennedywas shot dead by a man who manyclaim was brainwashed by nefariousforces deeply involved in Americanpolitics. It is unclear exactly whatmight have been running throughClinton's mind when she brought thesubiect into light, but you can rest as-sured that the Clintons will have noproblem eliminating Barack Obamain whatever manner necessarv

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should the opportunity present itself.Some people claim that Clinton

made a Freudian slip, and others whoeither lcrow or know of the Clintonsintimat€ly are treating this as a finalthreat of political Armageddon andhave rushed to fill their basementswith canned food and bottled waterin preparation {or an oncoming shit-rain of Clintonian authority over thisland of feeble coruiumers. But thosepeople are cowards. A true Americanwould simply bash a saxophone overHillary Clinton's face for making suchdamning threats.

I cannot claim to have beenthe fust to fall upon the notion thatBarack Obama is probably in some-body's crosshairs, but I was certainlythe first I know of to speak about itwithout reseration and in print noless. After all, there is a clear possibili-ty that the unthinlcable may happen.

Indeed, I made note of the risk of

Obama's assassination in an articleprinted months ago in this very news-paper. I wrote that I am still on thesideline about whether or not BarackObama is the man who we can finallysay is the anfi-Christ, but if he is notthe face of Beelzebub. then there is agood chance, based on nothing morethan history and the ominously vilenature of American politics, thatsome JesusJoving, Aryan-devotedlunatic from Georgia or possibly evenPuerto Rico r,r'ill try to shoot him.

It has long been the business ofwhite people to put a stop to any kindof social. political or economic ad-vancement of non-whites, and ourtime, though many will argue to thecontrary, is no different, It is true thatblatant discrimination is generallyfrowned upon by many, but discrimi-nation has never needed to be blatantin order to exist, and it would be follyfor all of us to pretend that BarackObama can soften the hearts andminds of people who think anyonewith even a slightly different shade ofskin is born with a clear ambition tofiIch from and destroy white society.Which happens to be exactly the waythat many people think, and a casualstroll thmugh certain communitiesin this counhy will testify to that.

To make a comparison betrveenBobby Kennedy and Barack Obama

.in terms of a possible assassinationor any other unfortutate occurrencewas not a smart political move by Hill-ary Clinton, especially when her rep-

utation and her political future rideon exactly how well she handles whatis more than likely to .be her ratheramusing defeat in this primary.

But to show up on this campusand then. months later, bring intoher professional spotlight this deliri-ous notion, which I was responsiblefor long ago, ivas an even less intel-ligent maneuver, especially since theClinton people have no idea of thesecret political power that I myselfcommand. The Clintons have no con-cept of what awaits them when theydegrade themselves to this level ofself-mockery and petty threats.

But never mind all of that. Thetreacherous Clinton family will losethe race against their own bad kar-ma soon.enough. What is importantnow is that we recognize the factthat Barack Obama and his lollowershave overcome the Clinton politicalmonstec and now that monster ismaking vague threats and clingingto laughable arguments in just thesame manner as arny other bmke andbeaten loser.

Yes indeed, folla. The air is morealive now that we hale seen a politi-cal dynasty eat shit. But the idea thatBarack Obama is a marked man is atleast morbid and very disturbing, andto pret€nd as though ther€ are notpeople in this country willing to takedrastic measures to halt the progressof a black man would be foolish. Butdon't take it up with me. Hillary Clin-ton is your man.

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This is personal. I can find noshelter in political extremism. I canfind no shelter in the former Ameri-ca-n ideal of superiority so manyAmericans still cling to in hopes ofthe return of that former glory.

When my brother sat down witius at a brat and burger shop in Au-rora to give us the news officially, I!r.as quiet. When later he pulled up aGoogle map of where he would be, Imade the frog in my throat be still.

That night on tle ride home

when it was just me and my fiance,

I cried. and it took me back to a mo-

ment that replays in my mind more

frequently these days. Late summer,

driving away from Stapleton Ahport

with my parents. It was months be-

fore the first Gulf War.I don't remember what my broth-

er looked like on that day I don't re-

member my own emotions. But as wepulled out into the road, I absorbed

the gravity of the moment tbrough

my father. It was the first time I ever

saw my father crjr

I've changed my mind about be-

ing Republican. At one time, I was

an alternate delegatr at the state con-

vention. Back when war wds taken

as Iightly as the lives taken by the war.

My conscience tells me no.

I thought of that moment when I

registered to vote this ]Ear. It can fix

very little, but perhaps in the future it

will mean that others won't be senr ro

a war that is uniustified.

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War of hearts and minds onhome frontThe word came months ago. At

first, it was the typ of rumor onlymothers seem capable of. It's the un-der-the-breath lrtrisper she wasn'tsupposed to share. But she couldn'tcontain herself. As it tums out, mymother and I have something in com-mon. I couldn't either,

For me, it was necessary to rep€atit. The simple act of letting the wordsleave my mouth assisted my brain incomprehending the words.

My brother is going to haq. He'sbeen to war before. The differenceis that now he has a daughter. Asof Memorial Day weekend. he has awife. The potential for loss is great,but we bite our tongues.

Dark realities of war are cast intothe realm of the sacred unsaid. But itgets harder to gloss over the nightlynews when the war swings close inways you don't anticipate.

The war has come home to methis year, A grade-school friend ofmine recovers at Walter Reed in

Washington after losing his leg in anexplosion in lraq. February was the4o-year anniversary of the Tet Of-fensive that left bullets in my father'sneck.

Soldiers survive war in many dif-ferent ways, but for military families,the battle begins even before theirloved ones hit the ground. My battlebegan before I even knew lor certainthat my brother was going to lraq.

My battle began r.r'hen I consid-ered the potential of my generationbeing flushed down the proverbialtoilet for a war that can only end witha chaotic Middle East and a shamefulmarch home. I consider the men andwomen who could have been teach-ers, economists. mothers and presi-dents but who are now dead.

I consider what it could feel liketo lose a man such as a brother, andit transcends the possible labels thatcome from it. I could be called liberal.But it's becoming a word that I fearless and less.

A9 ),THE METROPOLITAN,, MAY 29,2008 JOE VACCARELLI > F EATU RES EDITOR > jvacca [email protected]

'Easy' Bill spins the blues on KUU089.3's Saturday night DJtakes listeners back,t0years to R&B',s heydayByIAN [email protected]

On a Saturday evening, back inthe '60s, you could slick back your

hair, hop in your'62 Chevy Super

Sport and drive around for miles ononly file dollars of gas. All the while,music was your only companion.

From a pastoral dirt road to thebig, glistening city you could hearmusic anywhere. After driving to

the local diner, you could trust thejukebox to play three of your favor-ite songs for only a quarter. Heading

down to the lake, your fiiends couldgrab their transistor radios and tune

in to hear an artist playing their heart

out. iust for them.

This Saturday night from 7 to 9

on radio station KUVO, "Easy" BillTowber will be playing his heart out.

spinning tracks bom stack of vin-tage wax. All of the music hails from

the 1950s to the 1960s. "Easy" Billknows these decades, for they com-prise the golden age of rhythm andblues.

Towber moved to Colorado from

New York in 1997. At the age of 18.he was passionate about "Straight-

Ahead Blues," as he called them. Yet.while in Colorado, he kicked around

Boulder for a little while where hegarnered respect, love and apprecia-tion for R&8, as well as his vast collec-tion of the music.

"I probably started seriously col-

lecting and seeking stu{I out after Imoved here and began working in aCD store in Boulder." Towber said. Butfinding this music was no easy feat.

"There wasn't much Internetthen. so I read a lot of liner notes inbooks and looked to people for new

artists." he said.Tor.r'ber finally made his way to

Denver in 20O0, and a ner,l'outlet forexpressing this music fell right intohis lap.

Rolando Garcia was leaving hisposition at KUVO, Denver's public jazstation. and he needed someone to

take his place and commandeer his

show

Garcia met Towber and the two

formed a friendship through theirlole of R&B. Even though Towber

had never worked in radio before.

Garcia assigned him to take over theR&B Jukebox program in 2003. Gar-

Photo (ourtesy of Bill Tw!,b€r

cia's vision and heart remained in the

show with a little help from Towber,

who now has some of his own aspira-

tions for it."Seeing people can stream the

show on the Internet. oneof my majorgoals is to have pledges come in liom

listeners outside of Denver." Towber

said in reference to the pledge systemthat KWO operates bl/. Three timesa year, KIIVO asks listeners to pledgetheir support, and many listeners out-side of Denver do just that via the In-ternet. It pleases Towber to think thereare people outside of Dener listeningto his program because "there is noth-ing else like (the R&B fukebox). "

Every set list is unique in iti o$'nway. Towber fills the airwaves withartists he loves. From Little Richard,Fats Domino and The " 5 " Royales, tomore underyround acts of the time,like johnny Guitar Watson, RuthBrown and Wynonie Harris, Towberknows what to spin and what the lis-teners want to hear by request.

"I am in the process now of digi-tizing my music ... so that requestscan be filled easily." Towber said. Inthe past, listeners waited a week tohear their requests because he onlybrought in specific albums. Towberwants to begin attracting a youngeraudience, and perhaps going digitalwill help.

"I personally am trying to attracta younger crolrd, if they are open to-wards (the music)." Towber said. Hehopes that Denver's youth will startto respect the music of R&B and itsprimal sound. He also leels music isabout connection, and there may benothing more connecting that thesound of R&B.

"lt's tough and rough around theedges. " Towber said.

Towber feels lucky to have this mu-sic at his fingertips. H€ wants R&B tobring a connection between people, as itdid back in the '60s, when teens wouldgather at places like diners or lakes.and hrrn their radios up loud. Perhaps,back then, it was all just catching on,and Towber wants it to be that way to-day: catching and caphrring our ears.our hearts and our souls. If not that, itshould get our feet moving.

"I persondly am tryng to attracl a youngEr Erowd iI theyere opEn lowards [thE music);"

BILLTOWBER

A'10 r MAY 29,2ffi8 THE MTTRI

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Story by SaraWhitney . [email protected] by Gabriel Christus . [email protected]'

The ImpulseTheater on 18'h Street and \Vynkoop Street ward. The entire scene only lasted a minute or tw'o, but hi-

below the l!'ynkoop Brer,l'ery has an inviting nightclub/the- larity and amazement set in r,vhen the actors remembered '

ater atmosphere. with deep blue walls, smiling servers and their lines and movements - word for word, move for move

a good view of the stage from anywhere in the house. The - whether moving forward or retracing their steps, often to

shou' itself - a completely improvised show delir,'ered by a the l'ery beginning of the scene. The memory and attention

sharp and skilled improv cast - left the crond howling and to detail involved in this scene $?s intense, and the shength

wildly applauding Saturday night. and comfiort between the actors was verv visible.

The name of the game at Impulse is audience partici- O'Donnell, who has been with Impulse for two years,

patory improv No, the audience isn't pulled on stage and is a Metro sophomore maioring in criminal iustice. He first

made to do embarrassing stunts - they yell out sugges- started at Impulse when his brother, cast member Adrian

tions for the actors, which form the rules of the scene the Holquin, told him of an open position in ticket sales.

actors are about to perform. The night's emcee asks for ideas Impulse also holds six-rveek improv workshops with

for a particular scene to act out, an emotion to deliver or a space for five to l0 people, which are available to anyone ei-

theme around which to build the scene. The actors deliver ther interested in.trying something new or wanting to hone

high-quality physical and spoken improv $,irhout resorting previous skills. ttre worliihdp taoheq ti*lcipanls to build

to overt sexual innuendo, foul language or crude or crass characters, devise plots and understand how "cun{ft5,propel

iokes. the scenes, O'Donnell said- The culmination of the woiltsbo,Bg

The highlight of Saturday's show was the forward/re- out there." tverse scene. The audience gave the idea of "lion tamer" as Impulse performs Thursday at 8 p.m. and Friday and

an interesting job, and the actors improvised the scene of Sahrday at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Tickets are $18, and the

a working lion tamer from start to finish. Here's the catch: workshops are $180. More information can be found at 303

The emcee directed the actors to perform backward or for- 297-2lll or www.impulsetheater.com.

Mafthew Adamsand KimberlyNauert havea good laughwhile enjoy-ing the show.lmpulseTheaterfeatures audi-ence partidpa-tiofl and fullimprovisation bythe actors.

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With vibrating synth-pop cou-

pled with intriguing club tunes. thc

four members of Ladytron create mu-

sic that is both intoxicatingly catchy

and eclectic. Over the course of their

extensive global touring, Ladytron's

music has developed into a more so-

phisticated sound through the vocals

of Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo.

The other half of Ladytron, Daniel

Hunt and Reuben Wu, also employ

their creative geniuses to ensure the

group's dynamic authority in the

music world.

It wouldn't be right to label Lady-

tron in a specific music category: The

foursome from Liverpool has expand-

ed the genre of electronica to include

more stylized, dubbed-up synth beats

and combined sna.zy dance music

with tender sentiment. It's as though

Ladytron took the old electro pop to

the cleaners. rinsed it and leftit smell-

ing like a completely new genre.

The group had three albums

under their belt before they started

work on the band's upcoming lune3 release, Velocilero (made available

May 18 on iTunes). The new record

experiments with edgier rhythms

rather than recycling the sentlmen-

tal soft tone of the previous records.

Ever since 2OO6's Witching Hour, the

group has r.r'orked rvith producer fimAbbiss (Placebo, Arctic Monkeys)

to stretch away from pop music and

into alternative rock.. Although Ar-

oyo's voice is as haunting as ever, the

pounding rhythms of Velocilero arc

no comparison to the delicate beats

of the earlier records.

The invigorating opening of the

Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hun! Helen MaInie and Reuben Wu are liveryool3 elx-tro-pop pdn(esses, hdytron. With trans-hypnotic lydcs and delicate beats,Ladytron beckons listeners to buy their new album Yelocrfero, which comes outJune 3, the same daythe band comes to EnglewoodS Gothiclheatre.

album begins v"ith "Black Cat," a grittier percussion breaks.

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diences around the world. Velocifero

will be the very first to be produced

under the band's new label Netwerk.

Ladytron will perform at the Bonna-

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Formed in the fall 2005, The In-

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SINELINESAYIT1|AI?I"The standards havebeen set pretty highcoming off this year.We?e always lookingfor the best playersregardless of position.You can determinewhat you want in yoursystem and go find theplayers that fiti'- Metro head men3 soccer coachKen Parsons talks about hjsrecruiting strategies that led to alarge dass for the next season.

DIDYoU l(]l0t{ IMetro ment baseballwon 38games in the 2fi)8 season,the most wins they have everattained. This mark was madeonly a year afterwinning only17 games and finishing thirdout offourteams in the division.However, last yearS baseballteam actually fared better inthe poslseason, upsetting No.'1 Mesa State for one win in theR[ilAC Toumament, which wasone more win than the teammanaged in the 2008 RMACTournament.

DID YOIJ lfi{0$l Iilletro men3 tennis team wonthe only RMA(Tournament ofany Metro team in the 2007-2$8 school year, After losing tol(earney in the regular season,the Roadrunners responded bybeating $e Lopes in the RMACand N(AAToainaments. .

II[|[|B[RS GA[|[ I10/Ihe number of new resuiti forthe Metlo men3 solcFr team,induding four players from(olondo, three from Arizona.one from New Mexico, one fromNevada and one from Tetas foi avery diverse recruiting class.

FreshMetro men's soccer finds10 promising recruits toadd depth to lean roster

Metro ment soc(erforuard Shaun Elbaum sprints away fiom a Regis player during their early season game August 31. Elbaum is one offive key players graduating'part ofthe reason why head coadr Ken Panons has reciuited a rc<ot to frestrmen from the 2fi)8 recruiting class in case the_2fi19 class doesn't yield prospects.

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label on the team. but Parsons is al-

ways building Metro men's soccer

program.

"The standards have been set

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for the best plalers regardless of po-

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for the men's team."This was a year to stockpile a lot

of kids." Parsons said. r'It's a little bitof a safety net in case there is no '09

recruiting class."Parsons is playing it safe this year

because he said that he realized Colo-rado's soccer recruiting prospects forthe next year are weaii.

In fact, Parsons said Colorado'scurrent class isn't very strong either.which is why many of the freshmenhail from surrounding states.

"The '08 class in Colorado vt'asn'tas deep," Parsons said. "So we had toventure outside of Colorado to lindthese kids."

Included in the new roster are

three players from Arizona and oneeach from New Mexico. Nevada and

Texas. With only four of the 10 ad-

ditions from Colorado, the fteshmen

n'ill help diversify a largely in-state

team.

The newcomers will also add tal-

ent to a team that lost fire marquee

players last season,

Forward Phillip On'en finished his

career at Metro as a terror to oppos-

ing goalies. In 2O07, he had 19 goals,

14 more than the No. 2 scorer on the

Roadrunners' team.

Owen's partner at the ftont,

Shaun Elbaum, is also gone. The for-

n'ard led the team in goals in 2006,

and although his production dropped

last year, he was an integral part of

Metro's attack.

Del'ense will also benelit trom

added depth alter the Roadrunners

graduated thef top defensive players

from last season. A4drew Donnely

and Garrett Sadusky held the back

line together last season and q'ere es-

sential to Metro's eight shutouts.

The final senior who left last

season was center midfielder Mark

Cromie, a delensive player who could

both lock dovvn opposing midfielders

and also set up chances that, many

times, led to Or,ren's goals. -

But the replacements for 2OO7's

star senior class n'ill most likely not be

the incoming freshmen.. "Returning players have a lot of

advantage already knowing the sys-

tem," Parsons said on the steep learn-

ing curve the newcomers face.

Parsons' new freshmen instead

will strengthen a team he believes

has returning players who can steP

up and become the new stars.

The coach said soon-to-be

seniors Kellen Johnson and Ola

Sandquist, along with last year's

freshman phenom Stephen Emory,

can keep the offense tough. And the

return of goalkeeper Ryan Vickery

will keep a veteran presence in the

backfield.

Persons said he believes that

a few newcomers, like EmorY last

year, will take to the collegiate level

quickly, and he is excited to see some

of them possibly break into the start-

i n g 1 1 ."II you're good enough, you're

good enough," Parsons said. "It'doesn't

matter what year in school

you are."

Losing five stars may not be

enough to place the "rebuilding"

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How the mighty have fallen. Ourbeloved Colorado Rockies went fromthe top of the hill in the 2007 WorldSeries to the bottom of the NationalIeague.

So what is going on? We havethe same manager, the same playersand the same altitude, so what haschanged since last season?

One concern is the Rockies arenot getting sulficient relief from itsbullpen. Out of the last 13 games theRockies lost, half of those have beenby one or two runs.

On May 21, Ubaldo Jimeneztlrew a spectacular seven-inningshutout against the San Francisco Gi-ants. The Rockies were one out awayfrom a vlctory when reliever BrianFuentes blew the save and sent thegame into exha innings. The Giantswent on to take the game 3-2.

About a month ago, the Rockieslost to the Ios Angeles Dodgers 3-2 inenha innings, as well. Rockies stan-ing pitcher feII Francis started thegame and pit ched seven solid innings.giving up only ffve hits and two runs.However, closer Manuel Corpa.s gave

up the game-winning run in the bot-tom of the l0th inning.

Inluries have gutted the roster,which has contribured ro the losinswoes of the Rockies.

After a stellar rookie season. short-stop Troy TtrlowiEki went dor,m witha torn liganent in his left quadricepsand isn't expected back until aroundthe All-Star break. T\ o's batting abil-ity is mis5sd, but his defense is u'hatthe Rockies lack in the niddle.

Tulo's backup, Clint Barmes, alsohit the disabled list when he sulferedfrom a sprained medial collateral lig-ament in his right knee thtspast week.

In addition to Ttrloand Barmes, right field-er Brad Hawile suffereda right hamstring strainMay 20 against the Giants.Barmes should be back

up it lmked as if2007 MVP can&-date Maft Hollidaywould have to carry theload to steer the sfu in theu'inning direction. But theRockies' left flelder also i,vi]tmiss some time from the

lineup. After tweaking his hamstringagainst the New York Mets, Hollidaywas placed on the l5-day disabled list.

Without a familiar face in theshortstop position, or any position forthat matter, it's difncult for the Rock-ies when they are unable to play withthe same team every game, whichhas been a problem for the lastcoupleof years.

Between the iniuries and the con-stant position changes. becomingcomfortable enough and developingenough team chemistry !ostring wins

together can be difficult.

I\{anager Clint Hur-dle did a lot of moving

in the transaction listto fill those holes. He

called up ouifeliler SethSmith, who hit a three-

run home run Sun-day, and Triple-A

, Colorado Springsthird basemanIan Stewart toput a sparkin the team.Hurdle alsolooked forimmed ia tehelp, start-ing OmarQuintani l laat shortstoplast week-dnd.

The team's longest winningstr€a-k this season is four games, twoof which were against the lowly SanDiego Padres, while the other twowere against the Houston Astros rnApril.

Hitting must emerge from playersother than third baseman Garrett At-kins. With the injuries to Tulo, Hawpeand Holliday, offensive productionneeds to cbrne from catcher YorvitTorrealba, whose salary increased inthe off-season, and Todd Helton, r,ttrocan't play lust to play in the twilightof his career.

The Rockies' recent losses haveplaced them fourth in the division, 1 Igames under .500. At this point lastseason, tley were 22-27 (.449) andbeginning to climb out of the base-ment.

It's not too late for our hometownheroes, but in order to compete withthe rest of the league, they have toraise that team batting average andto see quick recoveries hom the marncomponents of that World Seriessquad.

Next up for the Rockies is a longroad hip that could determine theoukome of the season. But don'tgive up on those sumrner-time slug-gersjust yet, because if we've learnedanything from last season, it's thatanything, and I mean anything, canhappen in a baseball season.

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Meho distanc€. runner AnthonyLuna advanced to the NCAA Finalafter running a time of 1:50.41 inthe 800-meler May 23 at the NCAACharnpionships in Mt. San AntonioCollege.

Luna qualified for the NCAAChampionships in April after posting1:51.O2 at the Tom Benich Invita-tional at the Univ€rsity of Northern

Colorado. Luna's time nas a personalbest, and it was also the best time inDivision II.

The sophomore is tle only Road-runner at the char4rionshipa, aI-though a few of his teammates werenamed among the best in academics.

Distance runners Greg Zadinaand Jessica Jenkins urere named ashonorable mentions by the RockyMountain Athletic Conference intheir l?ack and Field All-Academic

Teams.In order to be named to the list,

the athletes must carry at least a 3.2 Ograde point average, be a starter or akey reservri and have completed twoconsecutive s€mesters at their respec-tive college.

Adams State dominated the listwith nine runners, four on the men'sside and ffve on the women's.

Jenkins has a 3 .49 GPA, while Za-dina carries a 3.54 GPA.

Baseball

Metro baseball players ReeceGorman and Jake Palmer have beennamed to the National CollegiateBaseball Writer's Association Divi-

, sion [All-West Region first team.Gorman, who catches and acts

as designated hitter, made the rcamfor the second time, while teammatePalmer was named for the first hme.

Pa.lmer played left field foi Met-

ro and led the tearn and the RockyMountain Athletic Conference in RBI(89), while leading the team in homeruns (12), third in batting average(.412) and doubles (15).

Gorman led the teem in battingaverage (.417), runs scored (81)and doubles (27). The catcher's runsscored and doubles were team r€-cords.

Palmer and Gorman led Meho toa school record 3 8 wins.

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Metro sports'postseason woes hurt rankSchool drops from No. 1to No. 4 spot in RMAC AllSports Competition (up

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N{etro dropped from No. 1 to No. 4

I\{ay 14 in the Rockl' Mountain Ath-

letic Conference All-Sports Competi-

tion Cup ior the 20O7-2008 school

year.

The cup, which evaluates a

school's athletics programs' success

during the season. put Kearney back

on top for their 12'r title in I 3 y-ears.

Adams State and Fort Le&'is

shared second and Metro had to settle

with fourth after suffering many dis-

apointments throughout the sports

]€ar,Taking fourth a year alter a n'om-

en's soccer NCAA title and a score of

RMAC Tournament Championships

is a distressing sign for lMetro's sports

teams.

The problem with the past season

of Metro sports is that many of the

programs had good, if not better, sea-

sons than 2006-20O7.

But only men's tennis won the

RIUAC Tou-rnamcnt, and no team

breached the second round of the

NCAAS.

When sports tearns fail in the

postseason, the usual culprit is a lack

of senior leadership. But this year, the

youngest team &?s the Conlerence

Champion ririn's tennis team.

Men's soccer and n'omen's bas-

ketball had large complements of

starring senior players, but neither

could make much of a splash in the

postseason.

So wh1: the Roadrunners ath-

letics teams ran out of steam in thc

playoffs carries a different ansn'er lbr

dilferent teams.

Many ol Metro's teams entered

the I'ear with recent coaching chang-

es, but this \,\'asn t the case for either

soccer program.

N{en's head coach Ken Parsons

was entering his fifth season and.

lvomen's head coach Danny San-

chez was starting his sixth. Both

teams also brought veteran talent to

the field.

Men's soccer displayed five se-

niors in starting positions aed looked

to have the skills and leadership to

blast th-rough the RMAC.

They did iust that in the regular

season. posting a 16-l-3 record on

the way to hosting the conference

tournament.

In the tournament, the team un-

raveled. The Roadrunners' defense,

which had put together a streak of

four straight shutouts in Octobec col-

lapsed. School of Mines upset Metro

3-2 at Auraria Field. and then the

Runners; fell 8-l to Midwestern Statein the NCAA Tournament.

Women's soccer didn't fall as

hard in the postseason, but they fell

nearly as fast after also taking the

regular season RMAC champion-

shi!.

The women s defense can't bc

blamed for their playoff collapses as

T,oilner shut down thc goal. Instead,

the scoring duo of Becca }Iays and

Katic Kilbel' faltercd in the RIUAC'lburnament as Fort [,en'is grabbed

the 2-0 upset.

Unlike the men. the women rc-

bounded from thcir early RN,IAC

Tournament exil and shutout \Vest

Texas A&tr4 1-0 in the NCAATourna-

ment first round.

But the succcss didn't last, and

\4elro lost to Incarnale lVord in a

shootout for a second round exit from

the NCAA Tournament, just one sea-

son after they won it all.

The soccer programs began the

postseason choking. but basketball

soon follorved suit.

The men and r,r,'omen both had

good regular seasons on Auraria

courts. The women took their defen-

si\€ pron€ss to the top of the R\IAC

regular season standings, and the

men rebounded from a shaky start

to take third place in the RMAC East

Division.

Metro's basketball teams had

more obvious reasons lor their col-

lapses in the postseason: new coach-

es.

Men's head coach Brannon Hays

struggled through his second season

as head coach, and new addittion

Lawrence Billings took too long to

establish himself at center, so when

Metro lost to regular season champs

Colorado Christian in the first round,

theirweaknesses seen during the reg-

ular season continued.

The women had less of an excuse

to lose in the tournament as they

came in not as underdogs, but favor-ites.

The women made it past the first

round of the RMAC Tournament, but

they lost by fwo to Nebraska Kearney,

after a clutch shooter failed to sink

shots for the Roadrunners.

If Metro basketball can use new

coaching as an excuse, baseball ap

peared poised to use new coaching

as the reason the Roadrunners had

stormed to their best regular season

in history.

But Metro finished its regular

season and postseason with an eight-

game losing streak.

Iop: Metro plays a gameagainst the SchoolofMines April 12 on thehwayt0 winning 9-1. Thewinning wouldn't lastbecause before long,the baseballteam fal-teied as the seisofwent aiong, finallyfinishing their iegular season and portseason with eight straight losses, knocking them fiom the top spot in the RMAC.

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Their 38-17 regular season re-cord couldn't notch them even onewin in the playoffs, the pitching col-lapsed as the nerv addifions, whichspurred the team's success, also con-tributed to their do$.nfall.

The drop ftom No. I to No. 4 is

due to Metro s postseason failures inthe past year, another reminder thatthe results that matter happen afterthe reeular season ends.

Above: (arolyn Dennee,left, Paige Power, center, and Rae Bean, ilght, sit on the bench during thesecond halfoftheRMAC tourniment game on Marth 7 at the events (enter in Pueblo. Metro lostthe qualifying game 59-58 to Keamey.The women missed the NCAA Toumament because ofthe early loss, an abrupt end to a solid regular season.

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