Volume 31, Issue 23 - March 5, 2009

SGA member filesrequest with courtClarification of executive bylaws stems fromcontroversial vice president appointment " ,t l

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Court to clarafy SGA constitutionMember seeksinterpretationon appointments

By Caitlin Gibbonscgibbon4Pmscd.edu

The Student Gor€rnment Assem-bly has submitted a formal request foran interpretation by the student courtregarding SGAs constitution.

Senate Speaker Pro-tempor€ Sa-vannah Powell submitted the requestMarch 2 to the court. Powell said shewants to ensure SGA is following alloutlined policies and guidelines re-garding the recent appointment of At-torney General C.f. Garbo to the vacantvice presidency.

"There were some questions andconcerns raised by people within theassembly" Powell said. "I llant to takesome steps to clari$ [the process]."

When a request for interpretationis filed with the court, a r€sponse mustbe issued within 10 bUsiness days, ac-

cording to SGA iudicial bylaws, section10.

In Powell's request she writes,"Members of the Student GovernmentAssembly are expected to uphold thehighest standards in ethical conductwhile in office as outlined in Chapter 4of the Policy Manual. If one or moremembers of the senate express a con-cern that there may be a direct conflictof interest should this be noted andrespected accordingly?" The court willdecide if this is a matter subject to aninterpretation or better suited by filinga complaint.

According to SGA President An-drew Bateman, requests for interpre-tations usually deal with present mat-ters, not past.

The int€rpretation will clarifi' thequestions of legitimacy regarding theappointment process.

"The most important thing is boensure that the SGA is acting with in-legrity," Powell said,

Powell said she has not looked intothe process for filing a complaint, as

the process is entirely different. Com-plaints deal lvith an issue surroundinga specific situation or person. If therequest for an interpretation is not theanswer, Powell said she will file a com-plaint.

"C.f. Garbo would make an excel-lent vice president. As for his qualifica-tions, he cannot fulfill all his duties,"Powell said. "This has nothing to dowith his abilities, but he cannot serveas the chair of the Student AdvisorvBoard until he is confirmed. "

Powell, as speaker pro-tempore,stepped into the vice presidenry earlierin the semester when Heather Broad-ead resigned the position.

When Powell assumed the role ofvice president, she also took over as theSAB chair.

'A person has to remain in thatposition for a full term," Powell said,noting she's still performing some vicepresidential duties even with Garbo'sappointment.

"There are split duties between us,and it has made things a little messy,"

Powell said. This is another concernPowellhas regarding the appointment,and the senate bylaws.

"We need to hold ourselves ac-countable to the student body, espe-cially since we are funded by studentfees." Powell said.

"I look forward to having someresolution on this question," Batemansaid.

The court will meet at 9:30 a.m.on March 6 in fivoli 307C. Studentsare invited to submit "amicus curiae'or "friend of the court" briefs on thematter. Briefs may be anything appro-priate toward clarifying any thoughtsor opinions on the interpretation andmay be hand delivered to the SGA judi-

cial branch office in Tivoli 3078. Bdefsmust be in a sealed envelope clearlyaddressed to the studeDt court. Briefsmays also be e-mailed to [email protected].

The court will not hear testimonyHowever, students may address thecourt during the public comment peri-od in the open portion of the meeting.

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clear afterbomb threat

By Samuel [email protected]

A bomb threat was discoleredwritbn.on the wall of a portable toi-let located al tbe conshtction site ofthe Science Building Feb. 26.

The tlreat, discovertd at approx-imately 8:5O a.m., read "On Thurs-day I will blow this construction siteto. pieces. You were wamed," Thethreat was immediately reported toAuraria police r,rrho are conductingan investigafioD-

Aurarta police Detective IasonMollendor, who is leading the i,n-vBtigation, said the threat is beingtalcn serioGly, but the real ttreat tothe Science Building was consideredminimal,

"The Port-o-Po@ walls are likebulledn

'boartls, they are scrawled

with gralffl," he said. "The threatwas vague and had no specifics."

The threat lacked credibillty butwas heated as, seriow, Mollendor

suspicious, nor any rtason for con-cern. The Auraria police would haveneeded a more concrete tlreat to calloff class or close campus.

Police said they don't believethere was ever any threat to the Sci-ence Building, studenb or confac-tors working on the building.

There are currently no suspects.However, "it did happen within thecontained consEuction site rvhich, isa secured facility, meaning the onlypeople who can get in and oirt arethe people working on the site,' saidBlaine Nickeson, director ofmunication and Installationtions for Auraria.

Due to the ongoing investigation,the Auraria police could not releaSedetails about what is currently be-ing done nor what action was beingtaken to find the culprit.

"We haven't had any closings as-sociated with the threat," Nickesonsaid, nor are there orpected to be anyclosures due to the threat.

facob's Bngineering, the manag-ing compaDy for the construction,referred all questions to the AurariaHigher Education Center and theAuraria police.

Representatives of |acob's Engi-neering stated they were leaving theinvestigation to the Auraria policeand were not conducf:ng tlreir owninvestigation.

There have been three prior re-ports of hespassing at the construc-tion site neported to the Auraria po-Iice since construction began, one ofwhich resulted in aD arrest.

Com-Rela-,

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire early March 3, at All Recycling Solutions located at F25 and 14th Avenue. The fire devoured palletsof recyclables causing'fiore than $50,000 worth of damage as estimated by the owner of the company, Pamela Pacheco. Photo by DawnMadura . [email protected]

' on the Jnterstate, he said,v The owner of All Recycling So-lu6ons, Pamela ?acheco. said shesuspected the fire was started by atransient or gang member. She said

'several transients had made campalong the train tracks that border herbuilding.; Ga+gs_ have recentlj' beentagging her building and trucks aswell, she said.

Pacheco said her business hadleased the property at 1835 14{ Qol-fax Ave, for four and a half years. TheCampus \zillage is only a half a mileaway .

"There was a need for this (typeof business) in Denver," she said.

Conner said the fire department'sinvestigation was ongoing and sug-gested a cause for the 6re would notbe determined.

change behavior."This is a completely avoidable

fee," Bonacquisti said.The $100 late fee seems like a

lot of money, but it could have beendouble that arnount.

The initial pmposal for the feewas $200, before it was decided thefee could become a deterrent andlowered to the current amount.

Not all see the late enrollment feeas being a good thing, even with thechanges in the originally proposedamount

The fee is automatically appliedas soon as a student registers late andln oder to get the fee rerarsed, the

"There's a good chance we won'tlnow," he said.

The fire ras contained by 3O fire-fighters by about 1 a.m. About a doz-en firefighters remained on the sceneto extinguish the remaining flames.

A second ffre started at about2:3O a.m. tin the opposite side of tl4Colfax building. Authorities said th€ybelieve, but Boirld not confirm, theblaze was started by transients dis-carding cigarette butts, Itspread andwas contained quicHy, Conner said.

Investigators on the scenewould not immediat€b comment onwhether the two fires were related orif there were any suspects. lnvestiga-tors referred all questions to a publicinformation officer, who could not bereached for comment.

However, Pacheco said she saw

student must complete a form ftomthe OIfice of Enrollnent Services.

Emily McKissick, assistant to thevice president for enrollment servic-es, works with Bonac4uisti review-ing the applications and determiningif a refirnd will be authorized.

However. of the 2.000 studentsrvho applied for exemption from thelate fee rule, only nine were granteda refund.

"Most students are concernedand iust need to have the reason whytheir fee wasn't refunded erplained,"McKissick said. "But it helps if tbeyare businesslike *tren they have aproblem.'

three men running west from the

block.The company

pounds of garbage from landfillseachmonth. .r.., .. ::+il,

She said most of the garbaee be-.hind her building that was deskoyedwas to be shipped oul

"I iust cen't believe someonecould do rhis," stre said.:

One oi thrj.companies' truclsw{s totaled, Danage was atso do.nqto the inside of the building,

Revenues from tle late l€gisha-tion fee added $20O,0O0 to the gen-eral fund rhis semest€r.

Students r,tho regiiter on timehave better choicee for classes andnew students can regis$er earlier forrequired college orientation classesand avoid being penalized.

Planning ahead also prerrcntsburdening school resources that arealready stretched rrin. Metro willhavetopay $2.83 million ba;k to thestale of C-olorado, This coupled witha l3 percent increase in applicafionsand a 1O percent increase in acceptarces to Meho for fall 20O9, plan-ning ahead is crucial.

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Auraria damagedby midnight flames

By Nic [email protected]

A Denver recycling company,just blocks away from Auraria stu-dent housing, suffered more than$50,0OO worth of damages after afire ripped through a facility under-neath the intersection of Interstate25 and Colfax Avenue, early themorning of March 3-. .. "The flames were higher than thehighway," Denver Fire DepartmentAssistant Chief Tom Conner said.

Ttre fire started at about midrightand was ffrst reported by motorists

By Barbara [email protected]

Metoo students who rlrait toolong to register for classes won't justface a smaller choice of classes, but ahieher bill now that the late registra-tion fee is in place.

The late fee policy was approvedin September 2008 and implement-ed for the first time this semester. Ifstudents miss the regishation dead-Iine a $1OO fee is added to their totaltuition bill.

Associate Vice President of En-rollment Services fudi Diaz Bonac-

said this new polky isn't into penalize students but to

Late registration fees haunt students

bers and plastics. Pacheco saidcompany has saved thousands

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"Freedom"by Patrick Henry

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Good ReadConflict resolution is.... a process that helps studenrs peacefully resolvc college-

related disputes.

. a rcsource for students who lvant to improve their

communication skills.

. a posirivc discussion hcilitated by a neutral third parry

. an informal lorum for students who would prefer to

h. r r : JJe r l r . i r d i .purcr pr i ' : re lv

Conflict resolution is not...

. a rcplaccment for thc College's judicial system.

. designed ro assign blame or innocence in a dispute.

. pcrsonal counscling.

. a replacement lor legal advice,

Open Monday-Friday,8 a.m.-s p.m. Evening appointments mayalso be available, Student ConJlict Resolution Services is a part ofthe Office of Student Life.

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Students tackle foreign dilemmasFuture delegatesmolded at ModelArab League

By Daniel [email protected]

Heated debates, a brief (mock)

crisis, a keynote speaker, dinner and

dancing. resolutions and an alvard

ceremony made for a busy three daysfor students participating in the lSth

Model Arab League."There is such a tremendous

history in the Middle East, there are

so many ideas of cir.ilization that

came from this region. [f there were

any truth to 'history repeats itself'

the Middle East is sholving us this is

true," said keSmote speaker Ali Thob-

hani, chair of Metro's international

studies department. before telling

the students how much he admired

them for participating.

The Metro Political Science De-partment, the National Council of

U.S.-Arab Relations and the Political

Science Student Association spon-

sored the event, Feb. 26- Feb. 28. at

Aurada.

Seventy students from Regis Lrni-

versitj4 the University of Northern

Colorado, the Air Force Academy, the

University of Utah ald Metro con-

verged to discuss the Middle East andArah world. pa-rlicipating in a series

of mock summit meetings."MAI is a regional model com-

petitior in n'here university students

from across the r.r'orld learn aboutarrd compete as represenIatives from

Student Ali El-Husseini representing Lebanon delivers an impassioned plea as Metro student Adri-ana Carlson looks on during heated negotiations at the Model Arab League's Council on PoliticalAffairs meeting. Teams from universities in the Rocky Mountain region competed Feb. 26 - Feb. 28at Auraria. Student representatives hone their public speaking and diplomacy skills while learningmore about the politics and history of the Arab world.Photo by Linh [email protected]

member states of the Arab League," di{ficult challenges," said Robert Ha- "Joint defense, political affaas,

said Marziya Kaka, president of N{et- zan, chair of Metro's political science social affairs. Palestinian affairs andro's Political Science Association, at a department. 'ltrd the energy was environmental affairs were all coun-dinner on Feb. 2 7. awesome this lreekend." cil sessions debated all over the Tivoli

'As representatives of the Arab lraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Leba- on Thursday and Friday," MetroLeague's member-states, these stu- non,lordan. Palestine andsyria w€re student Natalie Carneal said. "The

dent delegates lt'ork to achieve con- all represented by student - delegates weekend went perfect and everyone

sensus on questions real-life diplo- at the event. The student participants had a really good time. '

mats n'restle with daibr attempted to represent the viewpoint Dylan McDonnell, a participant'fhey vote on resolutions they of their respectil'e countries anddraft from the Ilniversity of Utah - r.r'ho

have written that seek to resoh'e resolutions to problems that affect also helped organize and run the

some of the Arab countries' most the entire Arab r,rorld. event - oraised Nletro and its stu-

dents lor lhe successful rrr'eekend."Metro was a great host and the

r.r'eekend could not hale gone any

smoother, " McDonnell said.

This is the third time Metro has

hosted the er,,ent.

Metro alumnus Kyle Hale1,, class

of 2008, participated in last J'ear'sModel Arab League and has sincegone to work for the Arab American

Institute in Washington D.C. Haley

flew back to Denver to participate in

this !€ar's event and spoke at the Feb.

2 7 dinner at St. Caietans.

"l!'hen I graduated last year, it

l'asn t the best time to enter the iobmarket and vou never know rvhere

life is going to take you.

But I have a great job at the Arab

American Institute and my time at

\{etro prepared me for this iob," Hal-

ey said.

The MAL wrapped up with an

award ceremony on Feb. 28. Theygave an'ards that recognized andhonored the work of the council

chairperson, student representatives

and the council as a rrvhole.

Metro's Corrine Bidwell won anar.,l'ard for her work on the Political

Affairs Council where she represent-

ed Palestine.

More than 2,50O students and

hundreds of faculty advisers frommore than 200 universities hold

about 1 5 N{odel Arab Leagues annu-ally

Since its start in 1981. more

than 25,000 students have partici-

pated. The destination school lor nertyear's Model Arab l€ague is yet to be

determiled.

Rally aims to eliminate state budget cap228Bill would aid

I . I I ! tnlgner eoucallonfunding in Colorado

By Andrew Bisseta bisset 1 @mscd.ed u

N{etro's Student Go\€rnment

Assembly will team up with studentgovernments from around Colorado

on l\{arch 9 to lead students orr a

march to the Capitol from the Tir,oli

Commons in support of lunding for

higher education.

It is a mission that N1etro's SGAtakes serioush:

"Their future is at stake," said

SGA Senalur Amanda Spl i l t . "Th is is

something that is going to affect us

as students. The budget crisis at the

state level vr'ill hit higher education

as a whole and Metro n'ill be seeing a

very substantial cut."

.,\nd not just Auraria $tudentsare expected to attend the event

is being organized b-v-- the Associated

Students of Colorado, lthich includes

student governments from around

the state, including thc Liniversity

of Colorado at Bouidcr and Colorado

State UDiversity.

The march comes on the ASCyearl-v lobby day, u'hen the ASC askslarvmaters to consider the irnpact of

their bills on higher education."The budget crisis at the state

level will hit higher education as a

lvhole and Metro vuill be seeing a r,ery

substantial cut." Splitt said.

Nearly $3 million rvas cut from

NIetro's budget this year with anoth-er $ 5 million expected next ]€ar.

On Feb. 16, President Stephen

Jordan outlined a plan to cope with

Metro's shrinhing budget that in-cluded belt tightening around the

college but did not make any men-tion of layofls or furloughs for faculty

and stafL

Current legislation is as perti-

nent as ever to Colorado college stu-

dents. Senate Bill 228, which passed

through the Senate Finance Com-mittee last neek. r,l.ould repeal tht'Ancschoung-Bird larv. r.r.hosc focalpoint was a 6 pcrcent spending cap

on state funds.

Currentll'. the state s €lenerallund budget, from which lletro dc-

ril'es its funding, can onl1.' gror,r'up t()

6 percent liom the previous year

Since there is no cap on thc bud-get cuts now being made. this budgetceiling would prcvent higher educa-tion funding from recovering quickly

lvhen Colorado's economy turns

around."II this bill is not passed, it is

likel-v that t 'olorado n il l be stuck in apermanent recession for the foresee-

able future," SCA President Andrer{'

Bateman said.

It is this sense of urgency that

spurred the organization of a student

march to the Capitol. Splitt said the

march could show lawmakers that

average students care about higher

education funding. and that students

arc concerned about how the bud-get crisis facing the state will affect

them.

Last year's l,obb-"-' Day sarv 50

students push for the passing of Gov.Bill Ritter's budgct, r,r'hich included a

$65 mill ion increase in funding ior

higher cducation. This t'ear's march

vl'ill gather at the Tivoli Commons

at I l:15 a.m. and r,r' i l l march to the

Capi to l a t I 1 : lOa.m.

. lnitially approved by the Senate March

; Must'.be aplthe Senate.

approved a second tirne by

. Sponsored by Sen. John Morse,D-Colorado Springs

. Co-sponsored by Rep. Don Marostica,. R-Loveland

A8. THE METROPOTITAN. MARCH 5.2009

INSIGHT"It was big for us to get these four wins. Mesa is a solid hitting

team, and rve have a lot of respect for them."- METRO SOFTBALL COACH JENNIFER FISHER ON A1' I

BIGGER VIEW EN D OF DAYS: ev ANDREW HowERroN . [email protected]

CIearIg the G.O,P,DoesNotHave

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"So, our satellitecrashed into the moon,huh? Well, behead ourastronautics programsupervisor and get mea BLT for lunch. Thankyou, Cindy."

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I guess if you were to look upthe word inar'r,en in the dictidnaryyou might see my pichire. See, Iwas one of the people who genu-inely applauded Mchael Steele's .

aibensi@ to the head of the Re-publican National Committee. Ihad the opportunity to interviewnrm for my oooK rarla Lrosnrng.and found him to be not only gra-cidus but incredibly forthright.Whether you agree with him orriot, it takes a strong individualto be willing to be in the ultimateminorily. among minorilies. andthat is what someone who is bothblack and Republican is -- espe-cially lvhen they t:rke non-con-servative positions in supporl t)faffirmative aclion and in opposi-tion to the death penalty,':

At least that's vr,'hat Ith{nreht.. I cheered Steele on when he

forcefully reclaimed tle party hewas electgd to lead by proclaim-ii-g that he - not Limbaugh '. wasthe Republican Party's rightfulleader. So I was incredibly elisap-pointed to read t}tat Steele hadcalled Limbaugh to apologize, forsinply telling the truth.

What's particukiily distuib-ing about this rtory is. that Steelebecarne an unfortunate syrnbolof one of the pirty'$ most trou-bling historic images: the idea ofa strong, black man being forcedl.,o go hat in hand to a white man.for no other reason than to keep ajob that is righttully hts.

I.€t me be clear. The pu4nseof .this piece is not to kick Mi-chael Steele when he is down. Iget that -steele Snds bimself be-tween a rock and a h:rd place,but he chose to take on the taskof leading his party. Now it's timefor hlm to act like the "Man ofSteel" he has proclaimed to be,and stand up to Rush Limbaughand any other voice from theright, that stands in the way ofthe G.O.P becoming a party lhattruly represents America.

JIMMIE [email protected] the ropes and the light-s

and the sounds and everything else.

Or perhaps elcn les:. lVhLr knolt si

Indeed. it could have been less

because there \ ,?s enough talent in

the Eugenia Ran'ls Courtyard The-

atre to make up for a lack of set go-

phers and stoned,{V techs. Parade"

l','as thc name of that periormance

I salr'. and \,r'hat a perlormancc it

\,!'as.

No!r'I am no critic. especially not

on the topic of thcatrics and entcr-

tainment. I can't tell the diliercnce

betu,€en a good actor and a dead ac-

tor, But I knon' talent rvhen I sce it,

and the peoplc in the dcpths of the

King Ccnter have a lreehold on it.

I m not sure that Very many people

understand that.

And this brings me to Iny point.

Ilconomic nis[ortunes abor-rnd. Iiv

cr1'one knovr's it not cvcryollc

uuderstands it and er en li'u'er havc

an5, iclea n-hat to do about i1. Shop I

guess. I don't kuo\,v \,\ 'hat to tcll you,

l rn just a hillbil ly l i it l frorr the slicks

rr.ho mirnirges to sneiili a ii'ra'rt'ords

into print l iom tine to timc. Proba-

blv you shoukl har,'e voted diflercntb'

cight )'ears ago.

Anyhor,r'. politics and macro-

cconontics aside, there has been a

lot of hubbub lately regarding the

linancial security of our belor.ed

N{etro. And I use tbat lvord belored

lor a reason, becausc any institution

endeavoring to do what ours has

done lbr so many. r.t'hether they be

underprivileged, underpaid, under

acknon'ledged. undcr lhe boot or all

of the abole. desen'es respect, recog-

nition and a passionate defense lrom

those of us n'ho benefit from it.

fhe cditors of this nerrspaper.

among others, havc begun to do

their part to del'end the college and

renounce the fact that, as an insti-

lution, \{etro receives substantially

less in lunding lrom the State than

other colleges. lvhich are populated

habitually by drunkards and skrb-

bering fratcrnitl ' lonts in tiny polo

shirts. and rich kids n'ho've man-

i rsed t r r mal , r an ar l ou l o f t rv ing

to look poor. Which is neither hcre

nor thcre. br,rt I'r'e becn to Bor.rlder.

l'l'e secn these people, and I can say

Jc l in i t ive l l : thc . ludents r ) l ' \ l ( l r ' )

tleserve at least as ntuch money lbr

their intcllectu:rl cndeavors as any

one ol them,

I'm sick. l irlks. I m sick of hcar-

ing Nlelro is an inltrior institulioD

irnd clcscn'ing, lcss of thc highcr

education budget than other insti-

tu t ions. r r .h ich. in a l l ser iousness.

get paid bec:ruse thc)' havc students

rvho carn run last ancl shoot baskets.

Hcll. we can shoot basliets too. lbr

that matter. ' l 'he Roadrunner hoops

squad nrops the Iloor lt'ith er€r!'one

rvho h:rs the nisfortunc of coming

face to face \,vith them. Take that,

Bouldcr.

At any rate, lhere are times

when pcople simply must st:rnd up

tbr themselves. eud now is one of

those times.

And it rvas the peoplc from the

bottom of the King Ccnter rvho

sholved me this. It vras they more

than any'one else. I rvitnessed the

passion and sheer determination in

Lhe eyes and on the faces of the ac-

tors in "l 'arade." I saw people give

themsch'es over to their characlers

in a relatively unknovm and cer-

ta in l l u nderapprec i i r t cd produc l ion.

People rvho manage to put real emo-

tions into your hcart, people with

t h e a b i l i t r ' l u l e a l r ' 1 o u h u m m i n gr,r'eird tunes about (ieorgia lbr days.

I'eople from Nletro: proof that lve

har,'e every conceivable reason to de-

mand cquality:

Indeed, if 1,'ou are blind and dcaf

lu lhe nr\Tiarl rrhvs and rtherelorcs

Ibr which to march to the capitol

rvith thc SGA on \[irrch 9 to deurand

cqual opportunit-v and conlidence rn

our tinc instilution. I suggest you go

r,vatch I':rrade." It r,vill change your

mind.

THE POINT: MARCH FOR YOUR EDUCATICN

Metrl t0 show clurage lnbiggest stage AetDolvn in the decp darli recesses

of the Kjng Center - r,r'here. Ibr a

nurnbcr ol good, rational and private

reasons. only a -;er), small minorit!

0 f u : . ] tor , r :e lo 5p(nd our t imc

therc exists a lvhole underbelly of

creativity exhumed and channr:led

by a small group ol exceptionally

talented students vl'ho are somehou,

able to remain hard at n'-orh. focused,

d('termined and serious aboul lhcir

passions. despite thc uncertain polit-

ical and economic atmosphere that

has engul led the rest o I the knUwn

n'orld.But wait. t should probably start

this thing off on the right foot.

Hi folks - Yeah, that's better.

It has been a n'hile, I linorv. A fen'

weeks at least, but I can't be sure. I

have been doing everything in my

power to avoid both the idea and theact of writirg anything at all, except

under extreme circumstances. This

accounts for my absencc liom this

newspaper, for sure, but the vacuum

I left was filled rather quickly by an

overzealous, conservati\€ har,','k-boy

who has tal<en great care to remitrd

all ol us that our country is stil l a

wreck even r,l'ith a black democrat in

oftice. Never mind him though. He is

not rvhy I came back.

I came bacli becausc I sarv thoss

people under lhc stairs. I 'm being

scrious, damn it. Lislen to mc. From

r\,hat I coukl tell, thcrc must havc

lreen a1 least l0 of thcm, and an-

other l 5 or 2O lxhind thc curtains

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Metro'smusrc

momentThe life of oward-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch holdsthe same

spirit as the fight song he wrote for Metro: vivacious competition.lnterview by Steven Giles

[email protected] by Andrew Bisset

abisset l @mscd.edu

You came from a musical Jamily, was that a big inJlu-ence on you?

MH: My father was liom Vienna. He was a niusi-cian, There was a piano in the house in NewYork so itwasn't a question of what's interesting.

I would have preferred to be the center field for theNew York Yankees. I would have been really happy.But what I seem to have been able to do is [to] have anear lor music. And one of the things I have learnedover my life is that kids who have an advantage of be-ing able to do something with talent have a huge ad-vantage because they have an identity.

I feel very bad for the kids [whose] parents eitherdon't hrow that they have some sort of talent, orworse, that we are losing it in the schools. I am verylucky because I was kind of a very crazy kid; I kickedmy teacher in the second grade. Take away the pianoand I would have been in big troublel

How old were gou when gou stertzd plaving?MH: 5, 6 years old.You attended,luilliard? How old were you then2MII: Well, I was accepted at the Juilliard School

at 6 and a half. That, howevel was not the college atthat time. It was called a preparatory division. Butit still makes you a child prodigy because you are inthat school, and I wasn't there because of my love forBeethoven or Bach. I was there because I was sood atmusic.

What influence did growing up in New York City hm,eon you anil gour music?

MH: There's good influences and bad influencesof N.YC. The competitiveness - that is a New York

trait that can be very helpful at a young age becauseyou are trying to make your way, you are fying to getgoing, and you are almost being pushed by that NewYork craziness to get going. In the kind of career thatI am in, competition is part of it. Even today at 64,people say to me, When are you going to retire? AndI say, "Never."

You're one of ody 72 people to u,in an EmmA, Gmm-my, Oscar and,Tony. What do you do with your awards?

MH: All of my awards that I have are usually in myapartment behind me so I am not looking at them. Iam very proud, don't get me wrong. But I wish I coulddo it again.

Whtt do you do to prepare for a perJormance?MH: Preparation is the name of the game. Be-

cause it's not like luck is going to strike and all of azudden something that was lousy is going to becomegreat o-nly because tonight's the night. No, it doesn'twork like that.

Do gou ever second-guess or find yourself saying, "Icoulil've done this or that?"

MH: I'm very well kno$al that alter the first per-formance I usually change things, (laughs). So I'vebeen quoted saying I thought the eraser is one of God'sgreatest gifts.

You attended Queens College, correct? What was thatuperimce like.

MH: I went all the time. I had to, there was a prob-lem. There was a thing called Vietnam. In order toavoid Vietnam, you needed l2 credits. So I had to findschools that would somehow give me 12 credits andI was s[l] the rehearsal pianist for Bell Hour. So BellHour rehearsed ftom 10 to 5.

"lhsd, a standingtaxicab waiting for methat could zoomme toNew York andbe there

Wow, that's a long time.MH: Yeah, so, at 8 in the morning I was in Queens

getting four to five credits from 8 to 9:30.I had a standing taxicab waiting for me that could

zoom me to New York and be there by 10 o'clock, InNew York the universities are all tied [together]. Youcan get your 12 credits even though not all 12 are inQueens.

Is a degree necessary for show business?MH: No. I've never seen an artist come up and say,

"My name is Frank Sinatra, I graduated from..." Putup a show. You either got it or you don't.

I mean, a degree may be more helpful for someoneIike a director, or a set designer, costume designers -

when you are learning a craft. Singing and dancinga lot has 0o do with, you know having nothing to dowith talent, but there's also people [who] have a look.

Do gou have any advice for college students that wanttt be in show business?

MH: There are three components to know if youare really going to be in show business, One, you reallyhave to be talented. Not iust becaus€ your mother saysyou are good. Two, you have to be crying when youthink that your life would be without show business.Vou would almost die if you dicln't make it.

And three, and this is the topper: I think it is veryirnportant for most college kids, to get a job, hopefully,in a tleater, in a summer stock production of any-thing. I-et it be the smallest part because after threeweeks of sunmer stock, eight shows a week, you're go-ing to know if this is the life you want.

In show business, it's a rough world. You mightfind that it was a great idea; it was a greatthought, butyou lmow, after three weeks, I really miss aly lifs, 1jus1miss having a life. So yes, I would think if there's 100people who all &'ant to be in show business, probablyfive will get there.

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While on the phone Feb. 2 5, fosh Fre-

itzle slipped inio a so-far unending sleep.

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and disconnected when the repres€nta-

tive on the other end of the line realized

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20 minut€s before our representative

rlas able to return to the call." said AAA

spokesperson Mike Anderegg.

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over a foot of snow on the ground,"

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Independent designs from some independent guysBy Jul ie Maas

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Tired of all the same old T-shAts?Need something lresh to adorn yourframe? Then check out Indylnk.

According to owner Dave Rogge-man the store offers "affordable low-brow art, better thal cocaine andsexier than your mom."

What you really want is a newcustom tee that compliments the artistof the month, or any of the other localartists who conhibute to their shirt de-signs. Howwer, if you see somethingyou like, you better grab it.

"Everything rve do is all in lim-ited runs," Roggeman said. "Whenit's gone, it's gone. Like 3O of eachdesign, that's it, we don't reprint, "

The first Friday night of everymonth, lndylnk, located at 84 0S.Broadway in Denver, hosts an awesomenight dedicated to one local artist.

"It's our kind of advertising, and itbrings people inro the shop. gets us in-volved with allthe local artists and sh f.And then we can take some of their artand make T-shirts from the shows aswell. So it's fun," Roggeman said.

The shop 'will

be wall{o-wallwith people. The music will be loudbut the conversations are louder.Owners Roggeman, 33, and AaronCohrs, 32, along with desigaer ChrisHuth. 2 7. ale there to host.

During daylight hours, you canshop for one-of-a-kind custom artistprints in this unique shop.

El'en if you miss the 6-foot-8-

Designer Chris Huth, separates co-owners Dave Roggeman, left, and Aaron Cohrs, right, of Indylnk,a Denver company specializing in custom screen printing, They pride themselves in their ability toptint any graphic or photo on a shirt. Photo by Cora Kemp. [email protected]

TEI$ JUST IN: Youll never be yoq aq.ip. Ad .cGoldirdv. . THE METROPOLITAN . 3.05.2009 . 83

inch guy with sleeves of tattoos whenyou walk in the custom door, you'restill bound to notice some of the awc-some local art on the walls. You havea clear view of the back room whereyou will generally find Cohrs doingthe printing, while Roggerran holdsdown the front of the house greetingcustomers and working on designson his Mac.

According to Roggemar, startingIndylnk in 2001 was pretty simple.

'Aaron just ffnished school in

graphic design and wanted some-thing to do. He looked through thepaper and found some screen print-ing equipment for sale, called me upand said, 'I€t's start a company,' -'cause I used to print. That's it. That'show we started. Pretty easy. We bor-rowed money lrom his mom for theinitial investment, " Roggeman said.

With no original intent of start-ing a retail shop, Indylnlr openedtheir doors in 2003.

"We just wanted to print logos

and stuff for businesses, Then westarted making shAts for our friendsso we did more. We did shirts forsomebody who was in that shop be-fore us. He told us he was movingso we jumped on it. We never reallywanted to do retail, but since he hadthe space and it was cheap, we de-cided to do it. "

Chris Huth came on board in2OO7 as a desigper.

"He designed both logos. I'll dosome here and there, but Aaron and

Chris are the artists, " Roggeman said.'And then we have other artists thatwe buy artwork from."

Don't expect to find Indylnkproducts anywhere else. They haveno plans to expand and peddle theirgoods at the corporate mills.

"l thinl it would be cool if wehad our own line of clothes and

iust worked out of this shop. Just beone of the stores that's always beenhere," Roggeman said.

During the summer, Indylnkuses the Annual PlastisolFree For Allfor additional advertising.

"We have our big party once ayear - a big T-shirt art competition- it's iust an open call. twenty bucksto enter, and then the public votes,and then we print the top I 0 shirts. "

Every other Saturday, Indylnk of-fers screen printing classes.

"We take their artwork andshow them how to print the shirt,from their art to T-shirt, all the stepsinvolved in that. The cost includessome T-shirts," Roggernan said,

Although they can reuse thescreens, you do have the option ofbuying them at the end of the class,Roggerman said.

They have definitely rirade somemistakes in the past, but when Rogge-man printed a shirt with his own faceon it, it was planned.

"I thought if I sold shirts withmy face on it, I would be famous," hesaid.And how did that work out?

"Well, we sold all the shirts, so Imust be famous," Roggeman saic.

Reviews"Phantom" in Denver

By Nic Garcia. [email protected]

Put simply: 'The Phantom of theOpera" is the best musical ever written.

It's no wonder why it has sold moretickets than blockbusters "Titanic" and"Star Wars" worldwide. It's the musi-cal that does everything rightdespite its ending being solwong, The music is pow-erful. The lyrics spellbind-ing.

From the momentthe iconic chandelier ris-es to the ceiling of the theater,audiences can't help but to beentrapped by the "music of the night."

Written by acclaimed composerAndrew IJyod-Webber ("Cats," "JesusChrist - Superstar"), "Phantom" is thestory of a boy who grew up first in a hav-elling circus and later in the catacombsunder a Paris opera house. Born a mon-ster and a genius, hik - forced into ex-ile because of his defects - grows angryat the unorld and acts out in murderousways to those who live and work at [,eOpera Populaire.

Based on the classic novel "Ie Fan-tome de IJOpera" by Gaston Ieroux, thetitle character, our anti-hero, falls in lovewith Christine Daae, a Swedish soprano.He dedicates all his energy into mak-ing her a star. While his intentions are

noble, they are not exclusively for Chri-tine's greater good. Deeper, the Phantomis looking for acceptance and respect.

The current U.S. tour stars fohn Cu-dia as the Phantom. Tbista Moldovan asChristine and Sean Maclaughlin as herchildhood lover and the opera's patron,Raul. All three are phenomenal. Unlikemost musicals that allow some liber-ties between casts, there seems to be no

room for artistic freedom. Acast who seem to under-

stand the exquisitenessof the show supportsCudia and company.Whether it's hitting ex-actly the right note orprecise choreography and

blocking in a scene, it's hardto remember you're seeing

"Phantom" for a second, third or fourthtime - all with different casts.

In the end, it is a iob well done byall. By the time the performance hadnearly reached the end (when the Phan-tom kidnaps Christine) a collective sighcan be heard with wishes the show wasnot over. But anyone knows the magicdoes not end at curtain call. Hummingthe tunes for the remainder of the weekis a common side effect when seeing amusical of this caliber. And of course,the magic starts up again the next time"Phantom" is in town.

"Phantom of theOpera" playsthrough March22 at the Buell lheatre. For showtimes che€kwwwdenv€rc€{rter.org.

has a producer credit in the docu-mentary, Eno and othermusiciansWalker worked with and inspired.such as Jarvis Cocker of Pulp,Alison Goldfrapp, Marc Almondof Soft Cell, and fohnny Marr ofThe Smiths. The interviews framerare autobiographical musingsliom Walker himself. Lilrc everyartist should when discussing hiswork, he manages to maintainhis Kalkaesque inscrutability.

The fflm capitalizes onWalker's well-knor,lTr eccentrici-ties. He's used fists beating on araw slab of pork as percussion,screaming donkeys as sound ef-fects and sung about S&M, CIAtorture, Blvis' stillborn twin,cockfighting and the Greek god ofmusic and mysticism. Orpheus.He has covered Belgian cabaretsongs, spent time in a monastery

studying Gregorian chant, de-scribed his roots as "beatnik, " anddrawn aesthetic inspiration fromthe moody, atmospheric films ofBergman and Kurosawa. Inter-viewees attempt to deconstructthe structure of Walker's sound- how he buries melodies in dis-cord to unsettling eflect - anduses nonrepresentational \ricsas his mode of storytelling.

"Scott Walker: l0th CenturyMan" is a postmodern portrait.It invites you to penehate theaura of the tortured genius andtbe mystery of his methods. Spe-cialized biopics like this one aretypically only seen by fans, anddevotees will not be disappointed.But for the uninitiated wanting tobroaden their musical horizons,3fth Century Man just mightconvert you.

Movie fuII of indie musician cnmeosBy Kara Kiehle

[email protected]

Scott Walker's voca-l chordsstrangle the wind like a sob, ora ghost moving across the atticfloorboards above your head atnight. David Bowie's most b'agicdemon howling, and Brian Eno'smost abstract. alien soundscapes,are echoes of Walker, the subiectof Stephen Kijak's 2OO6 docu-mentary "Scott Walker: 3othCentury Man."

The late '6Os was the daurof a socially weird and liberatingera that gave birth to a varietyof disparate music sub-genres.It also marked the beginning ofa 4o-year course Walker slrnlstruggling against the current ofmainstream tendencies.

From his days as theeccentric,roguevocalist/bassistof Americanboy-band trio The Walker Broth-ers - whose canned, sedative AMstrains were fervently embracedby England as Beatlernania ragedEtateside - to his solo works of ex-treme sonic expressionism, "3OthCentury Man" describes this fas-cinating, epic iourney that led toWalker's most recent albums, Tftand,Drift.

The movie includes anecdotalinterviews from Bowie, who also

"Scott Walker 30th Century Man" airs Mardl 6 - 12 at the Starz Film Center.For shou^imes, <heck www.starzfilmcentet com.

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The last edition of the Rocky MountainNeuts came off the presses Eeb.27, On opposite ends of (the San Francisco Chronicle and the PhilailelphiaDailg News are both on the brink of the same fate. I

rates plummeting and the increase in Web usage for publication, one question is on the minds of puland readers alike...

Is the newspnper dead?Commentary by Dominic Graziano . dgrazia 1 @mscd.edu

Yes,ffii#*: No,3;l*ffiflAnyone can be a reporter these days and we've lost

that crucial small-town feel. Soon the only thing left onthe page will be car arls and classifieds - and Craig's Listhosts those for free.

The Internet is taking over iournalism, and anyonewith a pen and pad or a laptop can cover a story.

Bloggers can do the job of 'any

seasoned reporter.Granted, the words are stilted and the metaphors are a'Iittle lacking, but who really cares when it's offered up ata small, or nonexistent, price?

Subscription rates are dropping and ad rates are fol-lowing suit. Why would a company pay for a full-pagead in an even widely circulated newspaper when anyonewith an Internet mnnection can see the same ad online- a service consumers already pay for.

Speaking of paying, more and more newspapers offersnippets of their articles online and the complete story isavailable for a small [ee, utilDing the Internet as well asthey can and making some money along the way

But those same stories are hosted free on another sitefor any tenacious Web crawler.

Even if papers l*e The Washington Post and ?he NewYork Tirres survive it won't be in print. Their websites arealready streamlined and content is updated as quickly

and regularly as possible, but it isn't enough.Why buy a copy of The Post when the print edition's

story has already been updated, copied and pasted onto

'your roommate's blog?Dailies across the country are relying more and more

on wire service stories. On any given day, a newspaperprints handfuls of stories available in any other paper oronline.

Even if newspapers are seen as complete packages,

marrying photos, non-narratives and stories for overallcoverage, the Internet can do it better.

All too soon a paper's website will be seen not as asupplement to the hard edition but as a replacement.

And what are the corporations that run these dyingbehemoths doing?

Rolling orrcr.Sure they fight the good fight for a little while, updat-

ing their sites as often as they can, and maybe hosting afew videos, podcasts and slideshows.

But all that does is showcase how much the print edi-tion can't do.

The same u'ell-crafted stories can be hosted online,alongside the same perfectly framed images, at a muchlower cost and without nearly the same space limita-tions.

Other than the romantic ideal of holding outdatednews in our hands, newspapers are worth far less thanthe fish they are wrapped in.

News on printed paper will exist in some fashion forthe rest of time, but the corporate cash cows that we'vecome to know and love will die.

Iong, long ago the only cities with newspapers werethe biggest and grandest in the nation.

Now almost every city on a maior highway pubtish-

es its own daillr Even a small mountain town like Aspensupports two papers, for the time being.

And that is the future of print iournalism - thesmall town paper.

Those small town papers have the right idea. Theyrun the big international news when they have to, butfor the most part, every page is filled with what the higbschool football coach is doing differently this s€ason andeditorials about the speed bump on Main Street.

And isn't that what people want to read - at least inthose small towns?

Think of all the people who pick up the paper in smalltowns. They are the aunts, uncles, grandmas and grand-pas of stellar athletes. They are the directors and stars ofthe town's small plays. They are the everyday Joes rvhoadvertising should be aimed at.

Metropolitan dailies have inflated staffs and budgetsand can't cover everything the people want.

Denver itself could support a handful of small dailiesthat only print news based on vicinity

The Capitol Hill paper wouldn't touch the Five Pointsnews and the Highlands paper rvould stay away fromanything south o[ Colfax.

The major sports would still have to be city wide, but

the prep coverage wouOn top of that, tl

ally be worth reading.neighborhood would Ibe inpacting them.

No more glossed oplaced by coverage-a1ground rebuilding inil

Nahonal and inteand wire services like Iand Reuters will havtgoods.

But lvhen we takeage presented at a loc!really want to read: lor

Another importana local and national kdiflerent media.

Sure, that story onmmpelling, but what r

Using multimediaonline message boardshelp erplore t'he issuebe founil on the newsy

At this point we'r(on multimedia and fotown papers are stickifrom anything techno

Both tlpes of papbe saved,

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Leisa Greth and Jelf Branson embrace in a tearful farewell as Shantytown comes dorrrr April 29. f 9SS. . Photo byDale Crum

Finding ahome along Speertlr".l*',Ht::t::lt ocrober 1e87 the rivori parking tots HEADTINES FROM 19?9-1989

fust started offering parking validation

f | /hen The Metropolitan st4rt- for anyone who shopped at tle fivoli, to ttMefuo.ge{p

firSt-ever natiOnal

l/ l/ ed. the Auraria campus was the chagrin o[ students and restaumnr Cnampfon"y Y still young. and in July 1980, onmers alike. March 14 1984

separate.In 1981, Metro lost its third president

in five years when Donald Maclntyte toldthe school he would be leaving for anotherposition at Canada College in California.

Aug. 15, 1985, the Tiroli rms re-opened as a shopping mall after l0 yearsof planning, but four years later only 57percent of the storefronts would be occu-pied.

One of tle last things on the agendafor MSC was a simple name change.The work began in 1989 to change theschool's name to the current Metropoli-tan State College of Dener.

Senior feff Smith became the first Metro athleteto win a national championship when he won thethree-meter diving title at the National Associationof Intercollegiate Athletics Swimming and Divingchampionships,

Ironically, Smith did not qualify for the meet untillate in the season.

Metro sent a record nine swimmers to the meet.

"Dysentery sweeps child carecenter"Oct 9, 1987

At least l8 confirmed cases of Shigella wererecorded at the Auraria Child Care Center in earlyOctober.

The Colorado Department of Health set up a pro-gram to have all of the children and adults who visitthe center to be screened for the disease.

The outbreak put strain on students who hadchildren and attended class at Aurala.

"Kleg calls it quits"Sept 8, 1989

After an entire semester of threats of impeach-ment, Metro Student Senator Joel Kleg quit his posi-Oon.

Kleg was under scrutiny because of racist,homophobic and all-together threatening remarkshe made about other senate members and leaders ofstudent groups.

One senator responded to Kleg's resignation bysimply saying "than-k God. "

IN THEIR OWNWORDS

Emerson SchwartzkoofEditor, 1979-1980

Since the bulk of the readership- and staff - turn over every fewyears, college newspapers can haveshort Me spans. Froml9T 6-78 atAuraria, I saw five of them die.

The factthatThe Metrorylitnn nowapproaches its 3o-year history ranksas a tremendous achievement. As oneof the founders, I like to think I gave ita good running start.

?he Met was born out of contin-genry. The college administration setaside $ 1 5 , 000 in case the newspaperservicing the campus stopped publish-ing. lncredibly. in the last half ol19 78, all of them collapsed.

Steve Werges and I drew up abusiness plan to start another news-paper.

One vivid memory involved analternoon at the state government'ssurplus-properfy warehouse, whereI spent hours in a hall of abandonedgoods in an attempt to find a fewworking typewriters. We ended uphauling away a motley collectionof beat-up desks, mismatched olficechairs and whatever else we could fiton a flatbed truck.

We stalTed the paper with anequally motley collection of staff.Some of them worked for the otherfailed campus papers; others iustwanted !o be writers. Nearly all ofthem turned out to be top-notchreporters.

I remember one guy who workedfull-time as a night bartender; hecovered the public-safety beat. I'dwake him up on T\resdays around 1Oa.m., and he'd drowsily compose oIIthe top of his head over the phonewhile I wrote up the report, like someold-time rewrite desk.

fust as the first edition rolled out,an influe.ntial state senator introducedlegislation overhauling Coloradohigher education - and eliminatingMetro. The college was in a fight forits life. We covered the statehouse in-depth, and made sure every legislatorhad a copy of the paper at his or herdesk every Weilnesday morning.

We made the case for Metro andthe legislation failed. [n some sma]lpart, ?fte Met helped the college sur-vive. That's a pretty good legacy, andthat'sjust in its ffrst semester.

Stafiing The Met gave me thetools to build my career. learning toimprovise, controlling the chaos andadapting diverse talents to creat€ apublication from scratch enabled meto eventually launch four business-to-business trade magazines.

the face of downtown Denver was just "The restaurants bring people in, notbeginning to be formed when the plan to the merchants. Tivoli is alienating theirrevamp Speer Boulevard was made. best base - thd students," said Phil Wen.

"We were ready to line up. both sides zel, manager of Rocky Rococo Pizza.and whoever was left standing would win An enrollment cap placed on Metro'sout," said Roger fohnson, tle chief engi- student population in 1985 was lifted inneer responsible for planning. 1988, making room for a treasury in-

Eventually this construction would creased by $4.1 million.lead to more closures at Aurirria, namely Included in the plans for the extraLarirner and Iawrence sheets. money was $240,000 for the renovation

A proposed merger of the then named of the Auraria Library.Metropolitan State College and the Uni- In December 1989, the Aurariaversity of Colorado-Denver eventually lligher Education Center approved $1,76ffzrled out when a report released by the million for an air-conditioner proiect,Colorado Commission of Higher Educa- planned to be completed in time for thetion stated that the schoolS should remain 1990 summer semester.

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Kevin VaughanEditor, 1984-1985

In spring 1984. when I rms 2O. I

was named editor of The Metropolitan.

I r.ras, at the time, the youngest

person to hold the job, and I'm sure it

shoned. I rode my skateboard to the

olfice after the announcement, eliciting

nervous laughter from lhte Lutrey, then

the director of student publications.

"We've never had anybody do that

before, ' she said, and I'm sure she was

wondering whether a mistake had

been made.

It was a question Kat€ could have

asked with good reason. Because the

truth is, I had no idea what I was do-

ing. I banged out angryresponses to

lefters-to-the-editor writers I disagreed

with. I played darts in the production

room on paste-up day I came in late,

stayed even later, missed classes to

mala deadline (at least in my memory

I always made it), put my feet up on

my desk because I thought that's what

newsmen were supposed to do, andjust generally made it up as I went.

I thought I knew a lot about

iournalism, and in some respects, I

suppose I did.

But a quarter century later, I can

look back and see hou' wrong I was,

how much I learned during that year

and how much it continues to shaDe

me as a journalist.

The reason is simple. Journalismis about people - those you lr,'ork

with. those you encounter, those

you write about. A good iournalist is

the person who can, not only craft a

smart lead paragraph and synlhesize

a complicated story succinctl)I but

who understands this iob is a series

of relationships. Even if we blon

into someone's life for an hour or aq

afternoon, we cannot forget: what we

write matters to them.

The best thing about my time at

fhe Met was I was allowed to stub my

toe and do the occasional face-plant.

I'm still humbled by memories of the

day I walked down the hallway to The

Met's ofEce in the basement of the

Plaza Bui-lding to find a line of people

waiting to yell at me about something

that was in the paper. I listened to

each one, and though it was uncom-

fortable, I learned something about

myself that day that I carry still.

I leamed that long after we have

moved on to the next assignment our

words remain. I learned that how we

heat people - even people who are

the subtect of tough stories - says

as much about us as the stories we

publish.

I've been a newspaper reporter

for more than 22 years now covering

some of Colorado's biggest stories. Theyear I spent as editor of The Met made

that possible, even if I still find myself

sitting, at times, witl my feet up on

my desk.

'Martin fails in bidtoskew editor pick"May4, 1990

Metro's Student Government AssemblyPresident Kelly Martin tried to sway theselection of ?he Met's editor-in-chief in April1994.

According to the article, Martin wasupset at the coverage she received in the pa-per, so she sent her vice president-elect, DanHolden, to a Board of Publications meetingto recomnend her ou'n choice - Holden.

The board asked Holden to leave, and aSGA representative later denounced Mar-tin's actions.

"Metuofaculwsplits SI5million Lotto iackpot"April 12,1996

Two Metro faculty members had thewinning numbers, not in the classroom, butin the state lottery for a $ l5 million jackpot.

Mattr professor Celestino Mendez decid-ed to purchase his ticket after lecturing onexpected value in his probability class. Hechose to receive his payment in a lump sum,and received a check for $2.04 million.

Metro Director of Teachers for Colorado,ferry Minjarez did not purchase his ticket,his wife, Christine Miniarez did. The couplechose to receive annuity payments. Theirfust check was for $f 27,500.

At the time Mendez and Minjarez didnot plan to quit their job.

By James Krugerjkrugerl @mscd.edu

ff! he changes that marked the'9Os were not lost

! on the newly christened l\4eropolitan StateA Colleee of Denver, which added its hometown

to the title be-fore the decade began.During the first years of the 1990s, the once quiet

mining tonn of Auraria was on its way to morphinginto the urban campus we knoll'today. The campuswas outgrowing its pioneer footprint and was lookinglo expand.

A former brewery and failed shopping mallseemed like the perfect solution.

"We are exploring all options to solve our spaceproblems at Auraria. The Tivoli is just one elementin that plan," said former Auraria Higher MucationCenter Interim \4ce Presidgnt firn Schoemer to TheMetropolitan in March 199O.

Horvever, the bricks and smokestacks that areiconic to all three colleges at Auraria didn't comewithout a fight - with Metro's neighbor UCD want-ing them all for itself.

In November 1991, the UCD student governmentasked students in a referendum to vote for a fee in-crease to outbid AIIEC in the quest for the 62-yearTivoli lease.

"The campus is supposed to be a conglomerate,"then UCD student Keith Rossi said. "How can it be aunion if one school owns it?"

One school wouldn't own it. and the Tivoli dealwas finalized by AHEC in 199 3 for S 6 million.

Around that tilllle. The Met Editor-in-Chief from'92-93 Shawn Christopher Cox picked a fight withMetro's Board of Truslees, calling on the board til re-lease the names of those applying for the position ofpresident of the college.

They refused, and aided by the Society of Profes-

sional Journalists and Metro's iournalism depart-ment, Cox took the fight to court. While it nel'ermade it that far, as the records were released and theapplicant search was called off, the battle marked animportant time in The l{et's quest to get informationaffecting students to students, regardless of what ittal<es.

As the masthead changed and technology irn-proved. the paper evolved along with the college andthe surrounding city.

There was concern over whether or not the PepsiCenter would negatively impact the campus in I 9 9 7;safety was questioned as a new light rail pulled in toprovide transportation to students in 1994, and a de-bate raged as to whether or not to change the nameof the college once again to simply "The Met." But

- what was certain was Metro and The Mef had madea home at Auraria.

"Parking funds missing"Dec. 3, 1993

More than $133,000 in parkingrevenue was stolen during the 1992-9 3fiscal year, according to an article that brokethe story in the Dec. 3, 19 93. issue of theMetropolitan.

kslie Edwards. former referee for Aura-ria Higher Education Center's Parking andPublic Safety Division, was fired and saidthat employees steallng ftom the debit cardmachines at Aurarla had been ignored.

Three more employees were fired byAIIEC because of the missing $133,634,and,The Metwas cli.tical of IoAnn Soker,then executive vice pr€sident of administra-tion, and her handling of the incident.

iOgearc

Metfights for open records

Participants of World Youth Day walk through Auraria between Centraland West classrooms on Aug. 13, 1993. Photo by Andy Cross

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Former Student Trustee Stephen Hay's son, Steyie, stands in front of St. Caietanb following a menorial service forhis father. adorned with a msh printed "daddy" outside St. Caietanb Oct. 28, 2OO5. . Photo by Matt fonas

By Nic Garciangarci206mscd.edu

I tretro was given autonomy inll /l Aueust 2002. After being a

I Y J- part of a system of collegesthat was governed by one board, it wouldhave the ability to govern itself. The firstboard was comprised of people like oil-man, GOP big-wig and current Unirersityof Colorado President Bruce Benson andVirginia "Gin" Butler, the depury directorof the Office of Economic Development forColorado.

But not even a year later, the schoolwas rocked when Sheila Kaplan resignedfrom her post as president. She was Met-ro's first fema]e president and served forl0 years. Rumors were rampant on whyKaplan resigned, but most believed shewas pushed out by the Board of Trusteesshe helped create. Her inl€rim replace-ment was Ray Kieft.

As SGA scandals go, the plight of pres-ident Brotha Seku takes the cake, First,Seku was suspended March 6; 2003, byMetro's judicial officials on five counts ofviolating the student conduct code.

The Metropolitnn was denied access tothe meeting that decided Seku's fate, de-spite written permission by the SGA presi-dent. But Student Iudicial OIEcer ElyseYamauchi said tle coverage of the trialwould violate Seku s FERPA hghts.

"It's such a complicated issue," MarkGoodman, executive director of the Stu-dent Press Law Center said. "I don't nec-essarily buy into the notion that FERPAactually prohibits access in any context.

FERPA itself doesn't really prevent any-thing."

News editor Noelle l€vitt and report-er Lindsay Sandham sued the college butlost.

The college had come to a completehalt while Kieft ran the school, Almosttwo years with an interim president willdo that to a college. Most, if not all; upper-lelrl administrators carried the interimtitle, too. No one's job was safe during thistime of limbo, and fear set in the longerthe Board of Tlustees took to find a newpresident. Finally a lone candidate wasnamed: Stephen Jordan.

The Board of Thustees promised thisman from the West would solve all of Met-ro's problems, that he would bring stabilityand a face to the college that would cometo face an uphill battle fighting to preserveMeho's role in higher education.

fordan went right to work in Octoberof 2005 to help pass Referendum C andD, two measures that restructured highereducation. funding and helped even outMetro's funding with other colleges.

In 2W7, it was announced Denverwould host the Democratic National Con-vention at the Pepsi Center in 2008.Itwasannounced that all of Auraria would beshut down, and the party later nominatedthe flrst African American to lead a maiorparty ticket, Barack 0bama. While mostMetro students took an extra week off. IfteMe[ stall took to the streets of IoDo andthe halls of Pepsi Center to report via blog,Twitter and prht the week that would for-ever change the world.

HEADT.INES FROM 2OOO-20O9

"This is a crisis"Mardr9,2006

One of President Stephen lordan's first and biggestchallenges was the Feb. 2 5, 2006, theft of a laptop con-taining thousands of Social Security numbers of students..._ past and present, Wbie The Met wasn't the first tobreak the story of the theft, it was the ffrst to report whohad the laptop before it was stolen. An online story identi-fied Daniel Parks, then associate director of admissionsand data management, was working on a master's degreeproject when the laptop was stolen, [t was never found.

'Dr. Evil?"February 16,2fi)6

Metro professor Zia Meranto had always been abontroversial figure in Metro's history. But in February2006, Meranto was named one of "the most danger-ous" professors in the U.S. by conservative actMst DavidHorowitz. HorowiE had previously spoken in Denverabout the rights of academic fteedom and the liberal biasat universities and colleges.

"Metro setfles rowt'June 26' 2003

' Metro's former president Sheila Kaplan received a

$25;O0O settlement from Metro after alleged disparag-ing remarks were made against her by Trustee ChairmanBruce Benson. Kaplan had resigned earlier in the year.

Z?4 Tl'Y'V.Z"A 13Vi?'1wLlkltsAdam GoldsteinFeatures Editon 2005-2007

It all started with cartoons.When I returned to Denver from

studying abroad for two years in2003, I had no degree, no job and noprospects.

I enrolled at Metro equipped withvague ambirions lor a bachelor's inmodern languages and a cartoon-ing hobby On a whim, I decided totry to make my fondness for pen andink more legitimate, and turned in abatch of cartoons to The Metropolitnn.

That was all it took to get mehooked.

The cartoons quickly led to featurearticles, and my budding role as areporter demanded I spend more andmore time in the cramped Met officeon the third floor of the Tivoli.

By the time I neared graduation in2005, I was the features editor for thepaper, a role that saw me trying myhand at layout, meting out assign-ments to writers and slaving long intothe night over a keyboard.

I graduated in the spring of thatyear, and it only took me 6ne summerto come running back.

I spent the next year earning asecond bachelor's degree in journal-ism, a move many labeled imprudentand rash.

It was one of the best decisiors Iever made.

The next two years saw even morc.late nights in the newsroom, eyen milremanic marathons to make deadlines.and a seemingly endless stream oftheater reviews, comic strips and artistprofiles, all tumed ir at the last minute.

lt was a brutal gauntlet, a never-ending source of shess that kept me upat nights and robbed me of spare time.

And I loved erery second of it.My endless hours at The Met

helped teach me the fundamentals ofjournalism, lessons that were impos-sible to fully glean in any classroom.

I made connections with fellowaspiring writers and editors in the of-fice that have remained strong.

My experience as features editormade me a better writer and a better -

ardst. It helped me secure my first iobat a small newspaper in Brighton, andmove on to my present post as a stalIwriter at the u{urom Sentinel. It helpedme find freelance gigs at the RockyMountain News andlhe Westworil

MoBt importantly, it helped melearn how to tell a good story.

Even as major metro dailies foldaround us, and even as the futureof journalism as we kno$/ it s€emsever more dubious, I can't regr€t thedecision I made to come back to Metroand pursue tbat second degree,

It was one of the best choices Ierrer made.

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N[ews in the back yarderng acommutercampus has

its drawbacks.Throughoutthe years, ?heMetropolitanhaschronicled themany problemsour communityhas faced.Low turnoutin studentelections, worseparticipation inextracurricularactivities, Butbeing locateddowntown, onthe other hand,brings manybenefits - likebeing in themiddle of anynews story.

Then Sen. Barack Obama takes the stage at Civic Center Park Oct. 3O, 2OO8, Daysbefore the presidential election, it was his biggest domestic audience to date: lO,O00.. Photo bv Dominic Chavez

Ku Klux Klan membersgathered in Denver for a rallyin 1991. . Photo by Dominic Chavez

Rev. fesse Jackson urged a crowd of 3,OOO at Auraria to casttheir ballots in the upcoming election. ]ackson spoke October1992. One hundred and one students, following Jackson, castabsentee ballots.. Photo by Dominic Chavez

Pope fohn Paul II came to Denver for World YouthDay Aug, 12 - 15,1993. Youth from as far asSwitzerland, Italy, Vietnam, El Salvador and Mexicobegan arriving at Auraria Aug. 9. to celebrate theirfaith and to see the Pope. . Photo by Andy Cross

Then Sen.Hillary Clintonis welcomedto Auraria bythousandsof studentsOct.24,2OO7,She wascampaigningfor theDemocraticpresidentialnomination,. Photo byJohannah Snow

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Some things never changehile researching this special section, something became apparent. The problems and scandals that fill the pages of ?heMetropolitan today, did so 30 years ago. WhethEr we're talking about tuition increases, parking rates, or SGA trouble, somethingi never change. Below is a look at some of the stories from back then and 2009.

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TUITION

Tuitions, salaries to jump atall three Auraria schoolsMarch 26, 1980

Proposed by the foint Budget Committee, fac-ulty member's salaries will increase for the 1980-8l year. As a result, tuition for MSCD students willbe raised to meet the deficit. The proposed tuitionincrease will raise the price from $4 I 6 to $ 5 24 per

semester for residents.

Fund Freeze Equals TuitionhikeJan. 15, 2009

A 2 . 5 percent budget cut for all of highereducation could force a tuition hike next fall. Withthe decrease in tuition many schools are lookingto develop plans that would allow them to breakaway from state regulations. Metro's in-statetuition is at $5,OOO, half of what comparableschools in other states charge.

PARKING

Auraria parking ratesincreaseSept. 5 1979

Changes in parking lot rate shuch.lres approvedby the Auraria Board of Directors doubled the cost ..

of parking The rate hike was enforced for tha firsttime by elechonic gates.

SGA says nay to parkingincreaseFeb.5,2009

Mebo's Student Government Assembly calledfor campus adminisFators to delay planned park-

ing fee increases scheduled for fune.'AnrlrewBateman, president of the SGA, said olficials had

'hot given enough data to show the need of theplan, and the Student Advisory Committee to theAuraria Board needed to speak up on the issue.

TEXT BOOKS

AIIEC bookstore: no windfallprofitSept. 5 1979

One of the most common complaints the book-store gets is the price of textbooks, wen though themark up is 20 percent less than private retail stores.The main profft the bookstore gets is ftom its suIFplies instead of their textbool$.

No relief from high pricetagsAug. 14,2008

A new bill sigrred April 8 by Gov. Bill Rittercame into eITect on Aug. 6. The bill forced pub-

lishers to unbundle exfra materials such as CDsfrom their books. Atthough the bill was seen asa price saving measure, matry shrdents have notseen the savings.

CONSTRUCTION

Plans finally settle for TivoliApril 3O 1980

The fivoli Brewery plans to get a face-Mt bysigning a 62-year lease with Ttisec Western toconvert it into a shopping center with restaurants,theaters and other specific stores. Businesses thatwould be in conflict with the campus bookstore andcafeteria-style restaurant are being discouragedfrom building. Construction on the fivoli is sched-uled to be complete in two years.

Plans for Metro's on-campus hotel move forwardJan.29.2009

A new full-service, state-of-the-art hotel andrestaurant management school is planned to bebuilt on campus. Metro will handle $8.1 mil-lion of funding for the project while the AurariaHigher Education Center will handle the remain-ing $30.5 million of the project. The new hotelwill be built on the southwest corner of Auraria

Parkway and Speer Boulevard, replacing I,ot R

and the athletic fields.

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tbe better than ever.r poltfical coverage would actu-nstead of big-billpd items, everyr able to see exactly what would

r stimuli packages. Ttrey'Il be re-rnty of pothole ffllings and play-

Fves.tational news is still important,e Associated hess, C;etty Imageso stick around to pmvide their

rt watereddown national cover-'evel we are left with what peopleI coverage done right,:hange that needs to be mAde, on:1, is the acceptance of new and

re speed bumps on Main Street isre do we do to engage readers?e audio from town hall meetings,nd even slideshows or videos cani speed bumps. All of which can.)er's website.plit - the big papers are focusedetting local news, but thd smallI to their guns and staying away

$cally advanced.s have work to do. but both can

TOP - The last edition of the Rocky on the presses Feb. 27 at theDenver Newspaper Agency Building in north Denver. Photo byCora Kemp . ckempr4€rmscd.eduBOTTOM - John Templg editor, publisher and president of theRocky Mountain lVer,vs takes a moment to reflect during a pressconference held Feb. 26 at the Denver Newspapel Agency indorntown Denver. Photo by Drew Jaynes . ajaynesl @mscd.edL

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lntheir own wordsFive former Rocky employees with Met,.o ties speak abouttheir time at the paper and the future of thn industry.

JOHN ENSSIINJournalism ProfessorAtthe Rocky z4yearc."[Newspapers are] morphing intosomething else.The reason I say that isbecause the appetite for news is strongerthan it ever has been. Just look at the lastelection. The business model needs tochange.The big circulation, metropolitandailies may be deadi

."The bigger loss is the watchdog element. lf wecan't paysomebody to go to the city council meeting then the city councilfigures that out pretty fastl

KEVINVAUGHANMetropolitan Editor-in-Chief, 1 984 - 1985Atthe Rockyl2yearc. "When I look at the last three monthsthere were a lot of days that I picked upthe paper and I was proud ofwhat we putin there."."1 don't know where journalismt headed.I need to sort ofsee how the next fewmonths play out3

."f am extremely grateful that lhe Denver Post offered me a job. Ihope to bring something to the paper and learn something fromthat group of people:"

CHRISSCHMAEDEKEMetro StudentAtthefiockyseven years."1 enjoyed being able to work in journalismwhile taking journalism classes. I had thgtreal-life experience that I could conre into aclass and say,'l've done thisl. What was your first Rocky story -"Myactual first byline was a state basketball, a

and took care of itiMore of Schmaedeke\ interview online at mscd,edu/-themet

ARMANDOARRIETAJournalism ProfessorAt the Rocky five years.What did the Rocky mean to you? -"Everything.lt was myworld. Best job. My'dream job.lt was everything I wanted todq and I was only there for five years. Icould only imagine what it's llke for peoplewho have been there for 2Q 30 yearsl.What killedthe Roclcy? - "Officially,

the recession. Personally, reader habits.The success oftheInternet doesn't translate into the curre-nt economic model ofnewspapers."

JUDYDeHAASPhotojournalism ProfessorAt the Rockyfive yearc. About her class at Metro -"1 want tochange peoples'lives. l'm not going tostop just tause some.corporate whateversarqn't making moneyl."No one goes into journalism that wantsto make money.What does happen is adeep sense of fulfillment and purposel

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:taftel wolking^on s growth at all, and want to play for asRounds and a Sound. "

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,.^...,fq you mde. people rvhen you play on the sFeets, and it was funi,.tl): Isreal (Nebeker) and I had done bike tours a hanging out with the other sheet musicians. We

couple fi"'es. the ffrst time it was iust the two of are always pretty fond of that srrmmer.us. We started in Vancouver and we were going to ED So in five years, where do you want your musicride down to M€xico, but our bikes were stolen in to be? Do you want to sfick to indie or do you wantSan Ftancbco, so I'm not quite sur€ the mileage on to get with a major label?

RDr As things pro-gress, more peopleneed to be involvedto make the proj-ect grow and to getmore people to hearthe music. A lot ofpeople talk about la-bels disappearing aI-

we started in Washington, iust south of the border, together. We'll see later down the road. We're prettyand ended with a show in San Diego. It rounded out grateful to have the label that we ha!€, as small as ittojust (more than) 2,000 miles. is. It's a big help to have things taken care of on theED: How much did you guys prepare for the bike business end a little bit more because it is a prettytour? Or did youiust go? complicated business. It definitely seems we're moreRI): You sort of iust go out tlere and do it. We;re of an indie band than a major commercial band,normal people. We really don't work out all that but we're also not really afraid of growth at all, andmuch. We eat burritos and drink beer. But we like to want to play for as many people as we can. So if r,l'eride bikes. The first few days we kept to shorter dis- did end up on a major label, it would have to be un-tances. The ffrst few days are really tiring, but then der some certain terms that we wouldn't be givingyou get use to it. up to much of what we do.ED Did you write very many songs while you wereon the road? It's easy to imagine the open road rthilelistening to your music.RD: There's deffnitely a feeling of havel and a senseof place in the music that comes out. We get a lot ofideas for songs, and when we actually have a littlebit more time to sit down and work on them, (they)get filled out into proper songs.ED: It said in your profile you met in college. Wereyou roommates or did you meet around campus?RD: We had a couple mutual friends. Israel had aband in high school, and I was a grade ahead ofhirn, and there were two other guys in his band atthe time. At ffrst they wanted me to be the clrum-mer oI that band, but we had one practice, and af-

ED: You seem very passionate about your music.How long hale you been involved in music?RD: I started playing music n*ren I was 8 years old. Ijust like creating stujl Initially, when Israel and I start-ed playing togethea I was doing a lot of painting and hewas writing a lot of songs. We would work on thingstogether and sort of bounce things off of each other.ED: What inspires you to go ftom iust playing an in-strument, to creating a band, and creating a lot ofyour very own music?RD: There's something intimately better to meabout playing with other people. I've seen a lotof other bands play with pre-programmed beats.There's definitely an energy you get playing withother people that you iust don't get on your onm.

The Broken West, Blind Pilot and Maqic Mice3.11.O98 p.m. @ the Hi-Dive, 512,21+

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PHOTO FTASHBACKTHE OMENS AND THE UMCONSCIOUS

The Omens'Michael Daboll rocks electric to a large and eclec-tic crowd during the bandS CD release party Feb,27 at theHi-Dive on Broadway. Pick up AUDIOFILES March 5 for a reviewof The Omens'new album Send Black Flowers.

AEOVE: Boogie B, Sibs, Johnny L and DJ AJ of Umconsciouscontinue their ascent into the upper echelon of the Denverhip-hop scene as they perform to more than 500 fans Feb. 28,following the release of their video "Road Rage/ the secondvideo and single, offtheir 2008 release fhe Avenue. Watch thevideo now at www.myspace,com/umcons<iouos or at YouTube.com, keywords: UMCONCIOUS/ROAD RAGE.

BELOW: Drummer Sibs and DJ AJ get ill with it Feb. 28 at TheUmConscious video release party at the Bluebird Theater.

Photos by Ryan Martin . [email protected]

Upcoming shows: Brother Ali brings witty hip-hop to the FoxT\Mo years after the release of his critically

acclaimed sophom ore album, The Unilisprd.-ed Tfuth, Rh)'rnesayers' royalty Brother

Ali is hitting the road in support of anew nine-song EB The Truth Is Here.Ali wil be taking the stage March 5at the Fox Theater in Boulder.

Ali's distinctive vocals and

Brother Ali has mad lyrics. rabid rhvmes make him one ofthe best emcees in underground

hiphop. His songs can cover any topic from political 0o biographical,and are always delivered in a hard-hitting and honest fashion. \Atthhearry beats to go with his lyrical frar*ness, Brother Ali is sure to put

on a blazing show worth the Front Range drive.

Brother Ali3.5.099 p.m. @ the FoxTheatre

deadline is 3.20.094.9.09

Photo by Drew Jaynes 'ajaynesl @mscd.edu

3.7.099 p.m: @ the Carioca Caf6

FREE,21+

For a commanding knor,l'Iedge of the seedier side ol

the Mile High City's punk-rock scene, one need look nofurther than to the rustic gut-s of renown Denver dive the

Carioca Caf6 (better known as Bar Bar, due to the neon

sign hanging above the door). Denver's The Get Downlis pure compositional pandemonium, with chainsawguitar and incessant, hollow drums paving the way forgraveled lyrical deliveries. Punk-rock cousins The Get Itl

continue that theme, but with more metal influx, while

The Knew offer a country-punk buffet that's heavy with

meaty indie complexity and tasty lyrics. While all threespan different subsets of the punk genre, each offer a

decidely unified sound explosion, sure to ratde the dust

off the Bar Bar's lone bottle of high-end whiskey.

. ByJJ

Photo by Rya'r Martin - [email protected]

Hawks of Paradise fiontman James Miles takes the audience to ahigher place Feb. 27 during an opening set at the Hi-Dive.

There's good logic to Hawks of Paradise's moniker. They are a band whose

tempo, at a moment's notic€, tatas flight straight up into a heavenly '60s

freak-out climax, only to have the band's direction downsbift into dmninggarage rock and lou Reed.like apathy, Then, ellortlessly, they soar once rr-roe,flying high with a sense of sheer, grinding, electric urgency until they reach

I a splintering crescendo, thick with \krx organ psychedelia. '[t's the kind ofmusic that makes you tired in a fine and emotional sense. Currently openir:g

venues for acts such as garage rock brethren The Omens and The Swayback,. the Ha$46 are one of-those "watch out" bands that arelikely to rise abor€ the

rest very soon. In the meantime, take flight with the Hawks March 17 whenthey open up for weirdo folk trio Akron/Family at the Oriental Theater.

. By Jeremy.lohnson . [email protected]

Photo courtesy of thepaperhearls.com

Fort Collins-based bad boys Dfag the River willtake theircountry-punk act on the road this spring. Hide your beer.

Drag The River is one of Colorado s best-kept secrets. Formed in ft.

Collins in 1996, the band has been making music for more than a de

caile. Witlr the recent release of Bad at Breaking Up, they show no signs

of slowing down. The title itself muld sene as an indication. The band's

sweet blend of punk roots and county twang put Drag The Rircr in the

company of bands like Lucero and Drive-By Truckers. The gmup is still

toudng and wil be hitting the East Coast tbis spring with a return to Colo-

rado in the surnmer. Drag The River has been working hard and plans on

releasing more singles later this year: If alt-country is your bag, Drag The

River has damn near perfected the genre, and carled themseh'es a nice

little niche in the Mile High City's music scene along the way

. By Matt Pusatory. [email protected]

TheKnewfrontmanJacobHansenbringsbig hair,bigsoundMarch7 to theCariocaCaf6.

ofthe BandsNT$: AURARIA BATTTE OF THE BANDS

The lt{etro Office of Student Activities. in coniunciton with UCD and

CCD, rvill hold an Auraria Battle of the Bands 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22

during the annual Spring Fling at Auraria. Each band must turn in a

brief application and a demo to the Office of Student Activities in Tivoli

30 5 or the OIfice of Student Media in Tivoli 3 13. At least one bandmem-

ber must be an Auraria student rvith a valid ID. The submission deadline

is March 20 and rvinners will be announced April 8. Four semifinalists

will be selected to perform a paid set at the Tivoli Commons outdoor

stage. For more information contact the Olfice of Student Activities at

303-5 5 6-2 59 5 or go to hftp://studentactivities.mscd.edu.

'BvMP The Get Downl,The Get lt! andThe Knew

S15, al l ages

for more info

BS.AUDIOFiLES . MARCH 5. 2OO9 ' THE METRO

NOTICE OF INTENTTO HOLD A

REFERENDUM VOTE

At the February 18, 2009 meeting of the Auraria Board of Directors, the following questionwas approved to be put forth to the Auraria Campus student population for a vote. An

Auraria campus-wide student referendum vote will be held on April 1st and April 2nd, 2009on the following question:

"Shall the students of the Auraria Campus (the Community College ofDenver, Metropolitan Sfafe College of Denver, and University of ColoradoDenver at the Downtown Denver Auraria Campus) authorize the Board of

Directors of the Auraria Higher Education Center to collect from eachinstitution a supplemental student fee not to exceed $46.00 per student persemesfer plus the established institutional collection fee, from August 17.

2009 through Ausust 22, 2010. for the purpose of establishing an extensionof the Student Bus and Light Rail Pass Program?"

Pollinq places will be institution-specific:

Community College of Denver students will vote at South Classroom

Metropolitan State College of Denver students will vote at Central Classroom

University of Colorado Denver students will vote at North Classroom

For further information; contact the Student AdvisoryCommittee to the Auraria Board at 303.556.4589or at www.tivoli. orq/sacab

: STUNENT ADVISoRY. CoMMITTIE

TO THEAuRRnIA BoARD

SACAB

"Good lawc have theit

SPECIAL COMMENTARY: BY ANDREW BATEMAN

SGAs march for educational fundingcouldprove a costly hiII to climb

On Monday, March 9, the N{etro

Student Government Assembly r,r'ill

be leading a march to the capitol.

r,t'here it lvill join rvith students and

student organizations from across

the state of Colorado in asking the

State to save higher education. We

are calling upon the students of

Metro to join us.

As you are reading this. t he leg-

islature is in the beginning stages of

determining the Colorado state bud-

gel for 2()09. Wilh lhe economy in

trouble, the 2009 budget is likely to

sustain enormous deficits. With the

law as it stands, higher education

r,r'ill bear the brunt of these cuts

Colorado is already 49 in the na-

tion for higher education funding.

Within that already limited pot of

funding, Metro gets the least amount

of funding per student.

From the early estimates, it looks

as though Metro rvill be cut more

than any other institution next year.

\{rhat this means for you is higher

tuition, larger class sizes arrd less

course sections. It also means Metro

may har,'e to begin turning away

qualified studenls fur the {irst timc in

the school's historl'.

To make matters u.orse. the

Anrschoug-Bird provisions in the

state lalv books restrict the state lrorl

ever being able to rccover lrom thcsc

massivc cuts. The lalv says the state

can increase the general fund by no

more lhan 6 perc('nt over lhe pr|vi-

ous year. Since this is approximately

ho$ ' much the cost 0 f s ta le serv i (es

increases each year, the net result isthe state can ne\€r increase funding.So, when the state makes these enor-mous cuts to higher education next

Andrew Bateman isPresident of the StudentGovernment Assembly.Contact him at mscd-

[email protected]

year. they will be permanent.

To understand the effect of the

Arveschoug-Bird law, imagine that

you spend $100 on food every week

this year. In 2010, you get to in-

crease that to $106 (6 percent). In

2011, you lose your job and work

parl-time. so now you can only af-

ford $80 a week. In 2012, you get

a job lha l pays uhal you made in

2009, but it doesn t matter, because

you're still only allowed to spend

$84.1t0 a week. due to the 6 percent

limit. In fact, at this rate, you rvon't

be able to return to your 2009 lcvels

unt i l 2 ( l l r . regard less o f any ra iscs

or promotions 1'ou get. N{eanwhile.

thc cost of food is going up 4-7 per-

ccnt every !'ear, so even though you

are allowed to spend $1O0 a week

again, it buys much lcss food than it

d id in 2009.

Senate Bill 22|i. sponsored by

Scn. N,lorse (D) and Rep. i\{arostica

(R), rvould repeal the An'eschoug-

Bi rd lavv and a l lorv lhe s ta te to begin

lo rcs tore fund ing to lhe s tarv ing

state programs. including higher

education, once the economy recov-

ers. If this bill is not passed, it is likelt'

Colorado will be stuck in a perma-

nent recession for the foreseeable fu-

ture. This rvill not only cripple higher

education. but K- I 2. transportation.

Medicare. conections, lalv enforce-

ment, and every other service that

relies on state funding.

For more information on the

Arveschoug-Bird laws and other

state lunding issues, visit the Colo-

rado Fiscal Policy Institute at http://

rvww.cclponline.org.

Students, join us on llarch 9 and

be a part of Colorado's future. If you

want to make sure that your tuition

stays low and your teachers keep

their jobs, take a couple of hours out

of your day to n'alk to the steps of

the capitol and make a difference.

\4re n'ill begin to gather and dis-

t r ibuteT-sh i r ls and s igns in theTi ro-

li Commons (between the Tivoli and

thc l ' laza Bui ld ing l a t l0 : lo a . r r . .

At I 1:15. I will adclress the

crold and the press and make our

intentions clear. r\t 11:30, we n'il l

depart from the campus and be es-

corted by police through downtor,t'n

Denver to the capitol buildjng where

thc Associated Students ol Colorado

r,r'ill be holding thcir press confer-

ence al noon.

Iior most students. this means

missing a singlc class, at n'orst.

n'hich is a small sacrifice to save

higher education in Colorado.

FLASH BACK: BY THOM, FORMER CARTOON l5T

in bad rnorals." - Arnbtosius Macrobius . THE l'4ETROPOLITAN ' I',LARCH 5, 2009 ' INSICHT ' A9

No plans to quit'lbdal'. lve stood two inches ;tvay from the founder of The N{etropolitan' fhp

ping through the yellorved, brittle pages of the fLst issue and sharing stories of

its beginnings. They were six key journalism students who worked themseh'es

tirelessll', skipping class and staying up pastbedtime, to erectthe paper for which

lte proudly work for todal'.

Many journalists lr,'ho have n'orked in a nervsroom before might recall 'the

glory years'- when their spell check was a just dictionary and the large plates

on which the papers r €re printed were fragile enough to breat.

The technology may have changed but one thing remains: the pmple. !!'e

are journalists. \Ve assemble, intetpret and analyze the information 1'ou read. V!'e

make it easierlor the people to understand the world s chaos. We are the public's

watchdogs, critics and entertainers. Our newsroom seems more like home than

our own apartments, and the people lre share it with become our famillr

Every nelvsroom has its own personality. Our home ne\€r stops laughing.

We've lost count on the numerous inside jokes and sbries we have with each

other. There are exhausting nights of shouting. editing and seemingly never-

ending n riting. Believe it or not, we have bickered and fought o\€r one sentence

that's made all the difference. A newsroom is nel'er still unless it's closed.

This is why the Rocky Mountain N-eti,s's loss has alfected us all in a deep way

A ner,l'sroom has died; the whole atmosphere of ideas, humor and excibe-

ment has been sucked out of it. An entire space filled n'ith the most talented,

brilliant reporters. editors and columnists have wiped their desk clean. Their

cror.lded cubicles now stand completely empty. The people we respect and learn

from are left displaced. Some may have joined other ner,r'srooms, but more are

still recuperating from the shock.

The business model may hare failed, but thc people hale not. They are still

the storytellers 1,ou depend on to bring lile into pdnt, In a sense, nte are your

public sen'ants; if the public rcfuses the service we provide. the loss is greater

than just a printed nenispaper.

Journalists will never stop doing what they do. They ltill continue to ptrsue

the stories and lind a way tobring it to the people's front dooc even if it's lhrough

the Internet. This is not an ending for journalism, it's a fresh beginning, and any

journalist will tell 1'ou that they re readi/ to adapt just as they alw-ays have. lt'ork-

ing tirelessll', may'be skipping class and sta]'ing up past bcdtime. to bring )'ou a

paper we are still proud of tcday: We have to. It's all r,r,'e knorv how- to do.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEFJames Kruger

jlcrugerlomscd .edu

MANACING EDITORNic Garcia

ngarci2)omscd.edu

NEWS EDITORTara Moberly

[email protected]

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITORCaitlin Gibbons

[email protected]

FEATURES EDITORDominic [email protected]

ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITORJulie [email protected]

MUSIC BDITORJeremy Johnson

jjohn30Somscd.edu

SPORTS EDITORKate Ferraro

[email protected]

ASSTSTANT SPORTS EDITORRobert Dran

[email protected]

PHOTO EDITORCora Kemp

ckemp4omscd.edu

ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORS. Dawn Madura

[email protected]

Drew Jalmesajayneslomscd.edu

COPY EDITORSClayton Woullardcwoullaromscd. edu

Andrew [email protected]

Samuel [email protected]

Rob FisherfrishelSomscd.edu

DIRECTOR OF STI'DENTMEDIA

Dianne Harrison [email protected]

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OFSTUDBNT MEDIA

Donnita [email protected]

ADVISERJane Hoback

The lvletropolitan is produced by and for the students o[ Ivlctropolitan State

Collcge of Dcnvcr and serves the,,\uraria Campus. The N{etropolitan is supported

by advertising rcvcnue and student fces and is published every Tbursday duringthe academic !'ear and monthly during the summer semestcr The Mctropolitan

is distributed to all campus buildings. No pcrson may takc more than one cop]'of each edition of Thc Nlctropolitan $'ithout prior written permission. Plcase

direcl any questions, comments, complaints or complim€nts to trIetro Board of

Publications c/o The l\{etropolitan. Opinions expressed within do not neccssarily

reflect thosc of l\'letropolitan State Collcgc of Den!€r or its advertiters. Dead-

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A1O. THE METROPOTITAN. MARCH 5,2009

SPORTSKATE FERRARO . SPORTS EDITOR. [email protected]

METRO 84 _ UCCS TB,METRO 86 - UCCS 76

Metro wins first round_By Kate Ferraro

kferraro6mscd.edu

Metro men's basketball tookthe first garne of the Rocky Moun-tain Athletic Conference Shootoutagainst Univcrsity of Colorado atColorado Springs March 3 at the Au-raria Events Center,

F,arlier in t]le season, the Road-runners (19-l in the RMAC, 25-3overall) beat lhe Mountain Lions(10-10 in the RMAC, i0-18 overall)92-81. Metro ald UCCS met onc€again Feb. 2 8 for the last regular sea-son game in Colorado Springs wherethe Roailrunners beat them onempre time 86-76. Metro guard BrianMinor said he believes even thoughit was the third time playing UCCS, itwasn't any easier.

"It gets harder and harder everytime you play a team over and over,"Minor said. "It's been getting tough-er and tougher every game."

Metro began their third meet-ing with the Mountain Lions withthe score going back and forth. TheRoadrunners went on a 13-3 runfor a 32- l8 lead with seven minutesleft in the fust half. The MountainLions were scoreless on their last 11straight possessions. UCCS roaredback going on a I l-6 run. closingthe Roadrunners lead to only sevenpoints with a score of 3 8-3 I at half-time, Metro shot 53.6 percent fromthe floor and forced 11 turnovers.

With the Roadrunners alead46-39 only four minutes into thesecond half, the tlvo teams had a3-pointer duel. UCCS guard BenFeilmeier buried a three cutting theRoadrunner's lead to 46-42, butMetro guard Ma.rquise Caningtonanswered right back with his orn'n3-pointer. UCCS guard Jordan I\{c-Clung scored another 3-pointer forthe Mountain Lions, but again Car-rington responded, maintaining aseven-point lead at 52-45.

"We definitely pick it up whenwe need to," Minor said. "We startedofl slow, and then the second half,we definitely picked up our defense,which helped a lot."

The Mountain Lions scoredeight of their last nine points to tiethe game at 53 n'ith 12 minutes left.The Roadrunners went on a 12,1run opening their lead to 10 points.With five minutes left. Carrington hita 3-pointer. and then stole the ballfrom the Mountain Lions on theirnext possession and hit a 19-footjumper to put Metro ahead by 11 at76-65.

"Marquise (Carrington) has beena leader of this team." head coach

Brannon Hays said. "He does just agreat job of gethng the team g,oing

and getting guys involved in the of-

fense. \A/hen we do need to hit a shot,

he'll hit a shot and he came throush

big in the second half."

Despite only hitting 6-of- I 2 fromthe line in the final four minutes, the

Roadrunners held on to their lead

and won the game 84-78."\47e got a resfient group of

guys," Hays said. "They find ways torvin games. ltr/e're bending, but we'renot breaking. The guys do a greatjob

of keeping their poise."

The Roadrunners have won 17games in a row ind will play Coiora-

do State University at Pueblo in thesemi-finals of the RMAC Shootout

March 6 in Pueblo, If they win, Met-ro will move on to the championship

match at 8 p.m. March 7 in Pueblo.

Carrington said he believes it doesn't

maller who they play, the team isready to play whichever team comes

their way."We feel like \4€ can take on any-

body." Carrington said. "Our one goal

is to get into the national tournament,and get into the elite eight. From there,

we har,e to beat the best anyn'ay so we

don't care, brine it on."

Ment basketballFirstTeamAcademic

AlFAmerica

Meho men's basketball guardJesse Wagstall was named toESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA firstteam Academic All-America Feb.2 5. The teams are voted on bymembers of the C-ollege SportsInformation Directors of America(CoSIDA). This year, he was oneof five players named to the Col-lege Dvision first team.- This isWagstaff's second year in a rowthat he has been honored on anAll-America team. Wagstaff hasa 4.0 GPA as a cir.il engineeringtechnology maior.

)on and 3 p.m.vs. Colo. Christian@ Lakewood

3.7BaseballNoon and 3 p.m.

vs. Colo. Christian@ Lakewood

n and 2 p.m.vs. New MexicoHighlands@ LasVegas

3.81l a.m. and 1 p.m.vs. New MexicoHighlands@ LasVegas

3.1 0ennts

1p .m.vs. Dallas BaptistAuraria Courts

"We started down2-0 against a

team ranked threespots above us.

This feels so good."Tennis junior AprilHirad said on win-

ning their first matchagainstWinona state.

1 0 ,n"numberof alI-RMAC awardsthe track teamreceived afterthe Indoor RMAC

mpionships2 in Chadron,

The menrned eight

awards, includingsecond-team

honorees.Thementookhomeawards. Junior

Luna wasonly runner tolify for nationals

which willbe heldMarch l3-14 in

"In the kind of career that I am in, competition is part of it. Eventoday at64, people say to me, 'When are you

going to retire?' and I say 'Never."'-Marvin Hamlisch, composer of Metro's fight song METROSPECTIVE, B1

SIDETINE

Metro Guard Chris Robinson takes the ball inside the paint Mar. 3 at the Auraria Events Center. Theoffense played a crucial part in the win over University of €olorado at Colorado Springs and ensureda spot at the RMAC semifinals. Metro defeated UCCS 84-78 in the first round of the RMAC Shootout.Photo by Brittney Hanze. [email protected]

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Metro drops ball in playoffsBy Eric Lansing

[email protected]

I\{etro women's basketball teamgot a sweet taste of playoff basket-ball after winning five of six gamesto finish out the regular season. Butit quickly turned bitter aller blowinga nine-point lead with six minutesleft March 3 against CSU-Pueblo ina 57-54 loss in the first round of theRMAC Tournament in Pueblo.

The Thunderwolves, who alsocame in playing at the top of theirgame riding a six-game win streak,put the clamps on Mgto's offense inthe tust ha.lf.

Metro managed only 2 3 points inthe first frame, including a mere twopoints from Metro forward Rae Bean,who seemed to be double-teamedevery time the 'Runners were on of-fense,

The olTense looked lost whenthey couldn't find Bean, but Meho'syouth{ul team might lave been

showing lale season growing pains.

Freshman guard ]asmine Cervantescommitted fi,r'jo fouls in the Erst min-ute of the game, while missed la1'ups

and ill-advised passes kept the offenseolT-balanced.

'We had houble making easyshots," Meho head coach LindaLappe said. "We had houble mak-ing threes; we had four airballs, andI haven't seen that from our teamall year. I think we had a little bit toomuch energy and maybe too manynerves."

Pueblo guard Michelie ambuul

Metro guard Chelsea Witliamson holds on tightly as UCCS forward Jazzmin Awa-Williams tries tostrip the bal! Jan. 23 at the Auraria Events Center. File photo by Linh Ngo ' Ingopmscd.edu

tallied 11 first-half pgints to give herteam a 33-23 lead at tle intermis-$on.

The Roadrunners came out ffringin the second half, putting together a164 run to take thrcir first lead sinceearly in the first half. Bean poweredher way inside for six of those points.'

"We knew our season was onthe line," Meho forward Megan Sin-clair said. "We knew we had to comeout and play with heart, and wejust didn't want to go out without affeht."

METRO 83 - UCCS 70, METRO 54 - CSU-PUEBLO 57

But the run didn't stop there, astbe offense took advantag6 of poor

shooting by the Thunderwolves.The 'Runners pushed their lead upto nine at the 6:57 mark on a mid-range iumper by Bean.

The lead was short-lived as eightturnovers in the next six minutes al-lowed tle 'Wolves to climb back with-in one with under a minute to go.

After back-to-back misses by

Metro, Pueblo had a chance to takethe lead with under 30 seconds re-maining. Meho's defense held Pueblo

to a long 3 -point aftempt by Ambuul,who had yet to hit a three since thefirst half. But after the ball hit off therim, a late whisde on a foul by Metroguard Chelsea Williamson put Am-buul on the liee-throw line for a one-and-one chance.

' Ambuul <lrhined both glvfng her

t€am a one-point edge with nine sec-onds on the clock. On the inbound,Metro freshman guard l,eanrlra

Sands tried to pass to half court towhere Sinclair was standing, but

thaper came up with the steal. Drap

er went on to drain both free tlrowsfor a 57-54 lead with six ticks re-maining.

Metro guard Sharaya Selsor'slast-second 3-point attempt hit therim and the 'Runners season sarncto an end,

While the Roaclrunners shot 42percent from tbe floor, the 17 turn-o!€rs kept the Thunderwolves in thegame. Pueblo also hit 15-of-18 ftomthe charity stripe that won them thegam€, despite shooting an abysmal24 percent from the field and 0-of-9hom downtor,rm.

Sinclair led Metro with 16 points

and 16 rebounds, while Bean had abetter second half finishing with 14points but only three rebounds.

This game was the last time Sin-clair would don a Roadrunner jersey.

The senior spent her entire four-yearcareer at Metro and said she enjoyedher time on the court, as well as thefriends she made olT of it.

"It's been amazing," Sinclair saidfighting back the tears. "I've gotten

so much more out of Metro than just

basketball. t couldn't have asked for abetter season. "

Iappe enjoyed her two years withthe s-foot-l l-inch forward from Vic-toria, Australia.

"She's a senior tlat every coachwants to have," Lappe saitt. -she's

been a tremendous leader all year -

in the locker room and on the floor."

METRO 4 - MESA O, METRO 1 - REGIS 1

Roadrunners sweep home openerMetro wins 4straight gamesagainst Mesa;5-l in RMAC

ByJosiah Kaan' [email protected]

Metro softball started conferenceplay strong, winning all four gamesagainst Mesa State College Feb. 28-Ilfarch 1 at Auraria Field.

"It was big for us to get these forlrwins," head coach fen Fisher said."Mesa is a solid hitting team, and wehave a lot of respect for them. "

The Roailrunners diiln't playpast the fifth inning Feb. 28 as theyoutplayed Mesa in both games.

Metro won the ffrst game of theday with great team hitting that pm-

duced 12 runs batted in on their waYto bedt Mesa 1tl-3,

Ahead 5-2 at the end of the fustinning, Metro put on the gas with a

seven-run third inning, followed by atwo-run fourth inning.

Pitcher Christie Robinson playedgood defense, laking care of fiveground balls and not allowing a runthroughout the last three innings.

"Robinson pitched very well,"Fisher said.

The second game ended sinilarlyas Meho continued hitting well, lead-ing to a 16-8 victory.

Pitcher Corrie Nishikida startedthe game throwing three. scorelessinnings as the Roadrunners rackedup a 134 lead due to a nine-runthird inning. Mesa made an attemptat the lead with a five-run fourth in-ning and a tlree-run fifth inning.

Corries Nishikida led olT the bot-tom of the fifth with a double to leftfield, then was later batted in for thegame ending run by center fielderKellie Nishikida.

"We want to set the tone for the

RMAC," Kellie Nishikida said. "Every

game is important from here on out."Meho won the first game March

1 , 5-4 in a match won by good defOn-

Metro third baseman Jennessa Tesone is congratulated by herteammates after scoring against Mesa State March 1 at the Aura-ria Fields. Photo by Andrew Bisset. abissetl @mscd.edusive play. All of Meho's scoring cameearly with a three-run first inning,due to a two-run home run by sec-ond baseman Sarah Rusch, followedlater by a home run by right fielder

Tma Mickelson, and a two-run sec-ond inning.

"I'm really happy with the suc-

cess we're tiaving, but I don't think

we've reached our capabilitY Yet,"Robinson said. "We still have a longroad ahead of us."

Metro won the last game of the

series 9-2 due to solid play on both

offense and defense. Pitxher BrittanyMoss started the game with great

pitching as she held Mesa scorelessthrough the first three innings, help-

ing Meho tale a 6-0 lead. The Road'runners sealed t}te game scoring

two runs in the fffth inning, followedby another run in the sixth inning,while holding Mesa to only two runsfor the game.

Moss pitched a complete game,striking out seven batters and allow-ing only four hits.

"We're going !o be a hard team tobeat," Moss said.

The Roadrunners also played adoubleheader against Regis Univer-sity March 3 at Regis. Metro won thefirst game I 1-5, but fell in the secondgame 4-1.

The Roadrunners improve to12-4 overall with a 5-l conlerencerecord and is placed second in theRocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence's East Division behind ColoradoSchool of Mines. Metro plays threeconference games at New MexicoHishlands University March 8 in Ias

Vegas, N.M.

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A12 ' SPORTS. MARCH 5, 2009 . THE METROPOLITAN . !8ven are orr the rul over if rit tt€re." actor Will

Luna to compete in NCAAMetro runnersearn l0 honorsat conferenceChampionships

By S. Douglas [email protected] u

A slew of tr{etro runners col-lected All-Conference honors Feb. 2 7and 28 at the Rocky Mountain Ath-ietic Conference Championships inChadron, Neb.

The team of 1l men and wornenthrived as 10 runners finished sixthor better in various errents to bectrrneAII-Conference.

"It n'as a small group, but theyperformed great," head coach Peter

Julian said. "It was probabl_v one of

the best meets we've had."

Sprintcr I)erek Fiorini continued

to electrify by making All-Conferencein three events.

''lt s really cool to stand out as

a freshman and contribute to the

team," Fiorini said.Fiorini placed fifth in the 5 5-me-

ter dash n'ith a time of 6:64, fourthin the 20(!meter at 22'.92 and rat

the fust leg of the men's 4X400-

meter relay to help the team finish

fourth."I love running with the guys,"

Fiorini said. "Track can be so individ-

ual, but r,t'ith relal', you get the teammentalit]'. "

Distance runner Anthony Lunadidn t compete in his strongest e!€nt,the half-mile, but managed to make

All-Conference in the one mile, an

event he hadn't competed in all year.

Luna ran away &'ith the second heat.

but the end result didn t satisflr"He should have won the whole

thing," Julian said.

Luna anchored the 4x400-meter

and ran in the men's distance relayas n'ell.

Middle distance runner JudithChavez, a freshman, contributed in

the vr'omen's distance relay as n'ell

as individualll '. taking third place in

the 800-meter run rrr.ith a time of

2 : 1 8 . 8 4 .

Distance runner Todd Tolentinoplaced fourth in the men's 5000-

meter and helped the 'Runners clean

up in the men's distance relay uith athird-place ffnish.

"Todd ran a fantastic race." Ju-Iian said about the 5000-meter race.

Sprinter l,indsay Novascone

broke out from a 15th seed to fin-

ish sixth in the u'omen's 5 5-meterwith a time of 7:43, and led off thewomen s 4X400-meter relay whichfinished fifth.

Julian and the team are waitingfor results to determine who \r' i l l join

Luna March 13 and 14 at the NCAAIndoor Championships in Houston.

"It was a small group,but they performed

great, It was probablyone of the best meets

we've had."' -Track head coachPeter Julian

U.S. Track & Fieldand Cross Country

Coaches AssociationAl|-Academic Tearn

Metro cross countrv and track run-ner Danielle Kehoe was namedto the USTFCCCA All-Academicteam Feb. 27 for her performrmcein the classroom. Kehoe has a 4.0GPA as a human performance andsport administration major. Kehoeis currently in the track season,where she competes in the distanceevents.

Correction

In the Feb. 26 issue, it said trackrunner Anthony Luna will be run-ning in the half mile. Luna is notplanning on running in the halfmile.

A13 ' SPORTS , MARCH 5, 2009 ' THE METROPOLITAN. rfhe 6rd bhd( to wb th. U.S' r.s Arthur Arhe

and ended Metro's -three-game los-ing, streak after winning thei-r previ-ous five. No. 4-ranked Mesa defeabedMetro in the other three games in theseries 18-8. l4-4. and 12-11.

Though Metro was excited tograb an emotional victory headcoachferry Schemmel said he felt theteam should have done better.

"We could have won [the thirdgamel and split the series,' Schem-mel said. "In this game, Mesa hadfour errors and their shgrtstop wassuspended. We played hard and hada no{uit attitude. When that happens you'll win the game."

The normally polite and profes-sional Schemmel was eiected fromthe third game.

As for the rest of the series, theNo. 4-ranked Mavericks out-scoredthe Roadrunners 4 I -2 J in the threegames Mesa won. Metro did comeclose in the third game with a highscoring 12-ll loss, but Mesa wonthe game with a walk off home run.StouJTer had a good third game forMetro by going 3-for-3 with twohome nrns. He added another in thefinal game to increase his conference-leading total to eight home runs onthe season,

Metro will spend March 6 and7 playing a pair of doubleheadersagainst Colorado Christian Univer-sity in Lakewood.

'They've got a good team Ofs

)ear," Schemmel said of CC'U. "We'reconfident but were not overconfident."

behind me are moreimportant to me."

Metro designated hittelBrent Bowman

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METRO 1 _ MESA STATE 3

Baseball loses opening seriesRunners barelyavoid sweep inRMAC opener

By Robert [email protected]

Meho baseball managed to claima victory and avoided a series sweepat the hands of Mesa State Feb. 27througtr March I in Grand function.

Metro scored four runs with twoouts in the top of the ninth inning of

the final game to win 10-9.Designated hitter Brett Bowman

saved Metro from a quick one-two-three inning by singling olT Mesapitcher Aaron Guinn. Bowman ad-vanced to second during the nextat-bat when catcher Tyree Abshiresingled. After left fielder MarcelDominguez walked to load the bases,second baseman Tommy Frikken hita ground ball that tu-rned into a two-run error for Metro. With the teamsseparated by one run center fielderChris Redding was walked to load thebases. Shortstop Maft McConnell hitthe tying and go-ahead runs with a

double off the wall in center field.Though embarrassed at his

teammate's claim that he was theman who started the rally, Bowmangave a sober assessment of his shat- .egy at the plate.

"[I was] just trying to be aggres-sive," Bouman said. "The guys be-hind me are Fo1€ important to me.The difference for us iD this game isthat we kept them close. They're abunch of good hitters."

Slugging first baseman Jordan

Metro outfielder Chris Redding charges toward third base Feb. 22against the College of Santa Fe at All-Star Park in Lakewood. Flleohoto bv Andrew Bisset . abissetl @mscd.edu

Stouller was quiek to cgmpliment his "I iust have to say I an impressedteam's performance after being the with our team's mental toughness,"first of two outs before the rally. Stouffer said.

Mesa only managed a single in

the bottom of rhe ninth and Metro ..(I WaS) iUSt tfying tO

held their lead to win the game. The '

:n'in stopped illesa's chance at a sweep be aggressive' The guys

METRO O - WYOMING 7, METRO 5 - WINONA STATE 4

Roadrunners grab first victory'

By Enrico [email protected]

The women's tennis team starteda little rough against University ofWyoming March 1 at the Air ForceAcademy but ended on a high noteagainst Winona State March 2 at Au-raria C,ourts,

funior Mandy Bowling hurt herknee and was unable to play in bothmatches, which caused the teamto forfeit No. 3 doubles and No. 6singles.

"t hope to be back soon," Bowl-ing said. "Not quite sure what theiniuy is yet."

funior April llirad says it's dif-ficult beginning the match downby two points when it hasn't evenstarted.

"It's a lot harder when the matrhstarts 2-0 because Mandy is out," Hi-rad said.

With Bowling being out, it forced

theh whole roster to shift below se-nior Mitra Hirad. Senior MiriamEvangelista played No. I doubleswith Mitra Hirad, and April Hiradplayed with sophomore Alexis Alva-rez at No, 2 doubles alter only a fewdays of practicing together.

"Doubles is a little foreign ter-ritory right now" head coach BeckMeares said. "If we can go into singles2-1 or 3-0 that would really help."

Sophomore Katlleen Thompsonlost 6-0, 6-l but was still looking for-ward to the match against WinonaState.

"Probably one of my best match-es, although the score may not havereflected it," Thompson said. "I feltlike we had an intense week of prac-

tice just like the week we played AirForce."

Although they didn't win a sin-gle match, they all seemed to knowsomething the scoreboard didn't.

'We weren't expecting to winagainst Wyoming," Meares said. "[

Mandy Bowling, lefL and senior Mitra Hirad set up to receive aserve Feb.22 against Colorado College. Bowling and Hirad playeda tough game in doubles, but eventually fell to their opponents.File ohoto by Daniel Clements . [email protected]

scheduled the D-I teams at the be- started off the match against Winona

ginning of the season for a reason. State down 2-0. Doubles began with

Our season starts tomorrow against new parhfers Evangelist and MitraWinona." Hirad tag-t€eming for a win against

Once again, the Roaclrunners Winona's No. l doubles 9-7.TheNo.

2 te"in. which consisted of Hirad andAlvaraz, lost their match 7-4.

In the far court, Thompson wasstarting what the team was promised

to see more of as the actual seasonstarted. Before anyone knew iL shew"as coming oll the court wiLh a win,carrying herself with an anticipatedsense of satisfaction.

Not only wasThompson winningher matches, ttre rest of the teamwere winning too. While Evange-lista won her match 6-3, 6-3, Hirhilstarted playing like she was shot outof a cannon around her frfth game

and pulled the match out 6-3, 6-3.The whole team watched as Alvarezfinished off her match winning 6-2,/ -> .

"We started down 2-0 against a ]

team ranked three spots above us,"Hirad said. "This feels so good."

The win puts the women's beamat an even .5OO overall. The men willplay against Dallas Bapflst March lOat Auraria Courts.

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