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Spirit of the Rocky lives onNew websitewill fill voidleft by paper

By Caitlin Gibbons

[email protected]

The Rocky Mountain Newsmight have died February27 , bvt a group of 30 formeremployees and three local en-trepreneurs are ensuring thespirit of the paper will live onin more than memory

A press conference heldoutside St. Caietan's CenterMarch I 6 announced the newincarnation of the Roc/<y, awebsite called LrDenvet'Times.com.

In Denver Times is an on-line only, locally-focused, real-tirne news source, featudnginnovative technology to de-liver customized news contentto zubscribers.

The news is free, The sitewill charge subscribers for in-sights, colurnns, perspectives,live interactive chats! new aFplications, mobile ner,r"s feedsand advanced technologies foras little as $0.16 a day. A 12-month subscription rrl'ill cost$4.99 per month.

In order for In DenverTimes to launch May 4, thegroup is seeking 50,000 ini-tial subscribers by April 23,the l5oth anniversary of theRocky Mowtnin News. Sub-scribers will not be chargeduntil the goal has been met.Subscribing now is a pledge.

Links to partner sites fea-hrring niche coverage will alsobe found on In Denver Times.C,eorge Tanner, Meto adjunctjournalism professor and for-mer assistant presentationand Web editor at the Rockg, isresponsible for one such site,ColoradoSoccerNow.com.

"tn Denvei llmes will de-Iiver a lot of niche topics thatother people aren't covering,"Tanner said. "It's a portal forall kinds of news."

' The announceirent aboutthe creation of the websitecarn€ on the sarne day theSeattle hst-Intekencer a]l-nounced its move to becomean online-only publication.

Since the closure of theRocky, reporters have contin-ued to produce new stories,which are published on IWan-tmyRocky.com, a website

Thirty former Rocky Mountain Nervs staffers gather to hold a press conference Mon.March 16 beside St. Cajetan3 Center. They gathered to announce plans to beginbuilding a new online-only newspaper called the In Denver Times, which theyhope to launch by May 20(Xl. Photo by Drew.Jaynes . ajaynes l6mscd.edu

debt of gratitude, that theydiiln't let this die and give upon this vision," Gray said.

Ray grew up surroundedby the newspaper business.His father, Garrett Ray, wasthe editor and publisher ofthe Littleton Indepenilent, andhis grandmother, fiUzalettr,was a reporter for-t}l'e GreelegTribune.

"If you asked me twomonths ago if I'd ever be inthe news business, I wouldhave quickly said 'no'. Butwhen the Rocky closed, I feltI had to do something," Raysaid. 'I thought it was my civicduty to give back to this great

city of Denver. I value the

contribution they (my familymembers) made and the con-Fibution tle In Denver Tirnescolleagues will continue tomake iu our sociery."

Preblud, an active mem-ber in the Denver community,is the chairman, secretary andtreasurer of the Cherry CreekArts Festival, a member ofthe board of directors of FirstAmerican State Bank, a trust-ee of Graland County DaySchool and the co-founderand chairman of tbe GralantAlumni Association,

'As a fourth generationDenverite, I could not imaginewatching the Rocky MountainNews and its legacy come tosuch an abrupt end," Preblucsaid. 'As a businessman, com-munity member and entrepre-neur, I shongly believe thhtgreat iournalism can still begood business."

The current model fornewspapers is to rely heav-ily on advertising revenue tocover production costs ancpayroll.

However, advertising hasdeclined over the years, firstwith advertisers drawn to tele-vision and more recently withthe advent of Craigslist.comand other online services.

Advertising will still playa minor roll for In DenverTimes but will rely more onthe subscriptious [o generate

The 3O former Rocky em-ployees are all donating theirtime to indenvertimes.conuntil the potential launchMay 4.

Sam Adams, a formersports columnist, is one of thejournalists donating his time.

"It's been liustrating thepast couple of weeks. Not hav-ing a voice, not being able toexpress our voices," Adarnssaid.

I think I can speak forthe people standing behindme when I say we are anxiousand ready to put our experi-ence, our resources and mostof all our passion back to workfor Denver."

The group has one monthlo get the target 50,000 sub-scribers.

"It's an exciting time for

iournalism. It's a time for pio-neers and innovators. That's

, who's here today, pioneersand innovators. " Tanner said.

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In the article "They made anewspaper" in the March 5edition of the Metopolitan,Katy Luhry should havebeen lisd as the assistant tothe Vice President of StudentServices. Kathy McKay is thevice president.

To notify The Metropolitan olan error in ang of our reports,pleav contuet Eilitor- in-Chief

lames Kruger at jkrugerT@mscdedu

"Good teachers are more than arbiters ofinformation. And knowledge is more than

what you need to cratn into your brain topass the test. "

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founded by Rocky employeesshortly alter the announce-ment to sell the paper wasmade in December 2008.

Sterc Foster and Mel Pom-ponio are two of the foundersof MantmyRocky.com, Fostersaid he knew the site was im-portant to rally support lor thenewspaper and remind read-ers the iournalism of the past150 years was about to end.

The community voiced its -support on ManbnyRocky.com. However, a buyer couldnot be found, and E.W. ScrippsCompany closed the Rocky'sdoors February 2 7.

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we all looked around at each

other and asked, 'well nowwhat are we going to do?"'Pomponio said.

'?{nd the answer was, wellwe keeping doing what wedo. The bio of guys that areour investors approached usshortly after the Rocky closedand asked 'do you want to sitdown and talk about how tomaka this work?"'

Brad Gray, Kevin Prebludand Benjamin Ray are thethree entrepreneurs who approached the group of formerRocky staffers.

"We as entrepreneurs andwe as a cornmunity owe Steve,(Foster) Mel @omponio) andseveral other people a great

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Five-year-old Justin Miller hugs his dad, Jeff Miller, during a St. Baldrick's fundraiser for childhood cancer research March | 3 at Fado lrish Pub. Participants volunteered to hanetheir heads shaned and collect donations, all of which goes to support cancer research. In the past nine )rears, eyents havetaken place in 18 countries and /l8 states, raising more than 550 million, and shaving morethan 72,000 heads. Justin Miller wa5 frst diagnosed withneuroblastoma in September 2006 and relapsed In May 2008, Photo by Leah Millis . [email protected].

Take prereqs earl!,avoid holdsay Gabjieile [email protected] .:

Metro will be tightening up therequirements fior lncoming students,forcing students to take care of reme-dial and general education coursesbefore moving to upper-level classes.

New students entering Meho thisfall will have holds on their accountsif they have not completed the reme-dial coursework and general educa-tion requirements by the end of theirfirst 3O credit hours, said AssociateVice President for Enrollment fudiDiaz Bonacquisti,

Students hansferring to Mekofrom other schools must take anynecessary tests or provide officialtranscripb proving they have com-pleted the wbrk prior to registeringfor their second semester.

While incoming students whotest low on the initial placementexam are supposed to take remedialclasses before progressing to fresh-men-lelel classes, many of themar€ fin.ling loopholes to avoid eithertesting or actually taking the reme-dial classes, said Richard Wagner,interim associate vice president foracadernic allairs curriculum andpmgrams. Ite placement tesf, calledthe Accuplacer lbst, covers reading,mathematica and English.

the purpose of placement test-ing is to m*e sure students arc in

appropriate-level classes that theycan pass, Wagrrer said.

"The whole thing really focuseson student success," Wagner said.

The biggest problem is usuallywith math classes, Wagner said.Students who dislike or are afraidof math will sometimes avoid tak-ing the remedial and freshmen mathclasses.

"They get to be a senior and nowit's been even longe.r since they'vehad a math class," Wagner said."The further along they get, the morethat's going to hurt them."

Thougb the new improvementsto the system will eliminate that is-sue inthe long term, Diaz Bonacquis-ti said, upperclassmen in the nextcouple of years might hale houblefinding spots in those freshmen-level classes they need to graduate,as Metro's fdl 2OO9 r€gistration ismuch higher than in previous years.

There are various ways studentsavoid taking remedial classes, saidDirector of Student I€arning Assess-ment Sheila Thompson.

FAst year students cal meet withan adviser who helps them registerfor their first semester, Thompsonsaid. As of right now however, thereis nothing itr the computer syst€mpreventing those students from laterdropping those remedial classes andadding wiricherar ones they chome.

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in communication r,vl"o aariseisdon't make il$bar that students EErcquired to take a certain remedialcourse, Wagner said.

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tle system is taking a look at whocan place and remove holds on stu-dent accounts and deciding whetherthose people or departrients arc appropriate, tlaz Bonacquisti said.Beeinning .,iith tn" fall semester,only staff at tbe Academic AdvisingCenter or the Ttansfer OIEce can liftholds.

Sometimes, individual advisersor faculty members can waive holdsif they feel the student should be ableto register, Thompson said.

"Students present compellingstories about why they need to dothis," Thompson said, "and individu-als by to accommodate them."

The technical part of the systemneeds upgrading, Thompson said,to make sure that holds are beingplaced by the right people, on theright students.

While information technologyand communication may be part ofthe problem, Wagner said, it's not en-tirely a technical issue.

"I think students also have totake some personal responsibility, "

Wagner said. "[n some cases, they'rehearing what they're wanting tohear."

There is no way the problem will

be completely resolv{ by the fall semester, Thompson said, because ofthe complexity of the issue,

"It's taking a lot of us to ffgureout how to do this right," Wagnersaid,

Part of the complexity stems fromthe fact that CCD'S administration isalso involved, Thompson said.

There are at least 10 peopleworking on the problem hom a vari-ety of departments including admis-sions, ailvising, academic alfats, theRegistrar's olfice, IT and the relatedacademic prograrns, Thompson said.

First-time students under 20ar€ not required to take the generalassessment t€st if their high schoolSAT or ACI scores are high eno''gh,Wagner said.

If a student received at least a17 on the ACT or 420 on the SAT onthe English section, they do not haveto take the test. For math, studenBmust have scored at least an l8 onthe ACT or 456 on the SA3. For read-ing, higher than 16 on the ACf or399 on the SAT is required.

Most Metro students who needremedial courses take them at CCD,Wagner said.

There are tbree levels of reme-dial coursework in English and read-ing offered at CCD, and three to fourlevels in math, depending on whatfresbmenlevel math class the.stu,dent needs to take, Wagrcr said.

Court opinionreaffirms SGA

bylawsBy Caitlin Gibbons

[email protected]

The Student Court has issued anopinion regarding whether or notthe executive branch of the StudentGoverDment Assembly is bound by aset of bylaws.

The court issued their olficialopinion March 11, finding there areexecutive bylaws. Those bylaws existbecause the SGA enacted them. andsince then, the laws have not explic-itly been repealed or nullified. Theorecutive b;zlaws remain in full forceand effect.

The clarification.was requestedby then Senate Speaker Pro-tem-pore Savannah Powell March 3 todetermine if the executive branchis in fact bound by executive bylawsin the constitution. Other membersheld the view the bylaws no longerapplied as the student body votedin favor of allowing the assembly toamend the constitution.

Powell, who has since resignedfrom the assembly, did not returncdlls for comment.

Powell's request came after SGAPresident Andr:ew Bateman appoint-ed CJ. Garbo as vice F€sident

Powell cites in her request that

Powell goes on to state in the re-quest, "if even one member of theStudent Government Assemblt ex-presses a concern regarding 4:pos-sible conflict of interest, that is tobe respected ar w.e are to upholi thehighest standards." ,,,.

Acoording to - Garbo, Poriell'srequest as it was written did notspecifically address the appohbentprocess. To his knowledgB_therEhasbeen no furtler discussion about theinterpretation, as the assam-bb iS fGcused on finishing other prolectslhis

semester. Garbo also said that noth-ing in the appointment procedrrehas violated senate bylaws.

The court ag€es with Pdv,yellthat the executive not or y.ought tbbe followed. but must bejollowed. Itfalls to the SGA president accordlngto the SGA constitution, to see thatenforcement, ana iccbraing to ihepresidential oath of office;: to do sofaithfi.rlly.

Since that is the qptueion of thecourt no olficial dction can be tabnfrom the int€rpretatiori. 1 :

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Honors Program hopes tohelp homeless

The Honors Program is lending a harrd tothose in need, filling bags with hygiene itemsfor the Denrer Rescue }lission's Hope ToteProiect.

The rescue mission hopes to hand out

about 750 of the bags, filled rvith essential

hygiene products, such as toothpaste, soap and

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Master's degree bill getssecond nod ofapproval

The House of Representatives unani-

mously approved House Bill 129 5 March 16,

moving N,letro one step closer to adding gradu-

ate degrees .

The bill u'ould change the College's role

and mission to say that Metro may offer mas-

ter's degree programs that address the needs

of an urban area.

The bill, which is co-sponsored by House

Reps. Nancy Todd, D-Aurora, and Tom Massey

R-Poncha Springs, and Sen. Rollie Heath

D-Boulder. Since it was annoulced by Metro

President Stephen Jordan on Nor,. 5, it hasgained support from the Colorado Commission

on Higher Education as lvell as other higher

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Honoring Coloradans lost in warExhibit illustratesthe casualties ofthe war in Iraq

By Samuel [email protected]

Illustrating the number of U.S.casualties in the Iraq and Afghani-stan wars is not as easy as you mightthink. but it is the intenfion of theEyes Wide Open exhibit to put thoselosses in perspective.

Marking the sixth anniversaryof the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, theexhibit visited March I I at Aurariaoutside St. Caietan's Center. memo-rializing soldiers lost in the wars bydisplaying an empty pair o[ combatboots for each lile lost. As of March15, the official death toll of U.S.troops in Iraq was 4.258 and in Af-ghanistan was 666.

The American Friends ServiceCommittee started the memorial ex-hibit in 2004 in Chicago when thedeath toll in Iraq reached 5O0 sol:diers, and toured the nation. with apair of boots for each fallen soldier.The committee works in lraq, foster-ing social justice, peace and humani-tarian aid.

When the death toll reached3,000 in 2OO7 the memorial becamecost prohibitive for the nonprofit or-ganization, so the memorial was bro-ken up and is now done by states,

The Colorado Eyes Wide. Openmemorial currently has 59 paA ofboots honoring fallen Colorado sol-

A memento of a fallen soldier rests near a pair of empty boots Aug. 26, 2OO8 at the Eyes Wide OpenExhibit in Cuernavaca Park, Since 2004 the exhibit has traveled the country illustrating the casultiesof the wars in lraq and Afghanistan, Photo by Jeremy Papasso . [email protected]

Dan Conerd, a veteran who spenta year in Mosul in the northern part

of Iraq, is now president of the IraqVeterans Against the War. He losi hisbest fiend,lohl Jared Savage, Dec. 4,2008. just days before Savage was toreturn home ftom Iraq.

"He was just doing a regularroute clearance, showing the newguys the route. It was just anothertypical day," Conerd said. "Beforehe knew it, there was an Iraq pickup

huck filled with l8-hundred poundsof explosives and it detonated rightnext to him. "

"I support the troops 100 per-cent. But I'm against the occupationin Iraq and Afghanistan," Conerdsaid.

Some veterans have expresseitdispleasure with the memorial andusing the deaths of U.S. soldiers as apolitical tool to protest t}le war.

Those involved with the memo-rial did express their desire for theU.S. to avoid conflicts it doesn't haveto be involved in and expressed thedesire to see the war iD Iraq draw to aclose, but also made clear, they holdtbe soldiers in the highest regard.

"I go through and look at thenames and try to remember thepeople because that is all I can do,"Gill said. i{nd I realized I'm so fortu-nate because I don't know anybody,I don't know anybody. The pointis there are a lot of people like me,who only know what they see on thenews, if that."

"We want people to look at warwith eyes wide open and understandwhat it is and what everyone haslost," she continued

The American Friends ServiceCommittee is a Quaker social iusticeorganization that was establishedat the end of World War I and wona Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 for hu-manitarian services after World Wartr. For the 6rst 30 to 40 years mostof their work was service related, butthev since have done advocacv work.

diers and several pairs of shoes tomark the lives of Iraqi civilians lostin the war.

"For a lot of families, it was aplace for them to grieve," Sarah Gill,AISC representative said. "Whenthe full exhibit was here there was ayoung woman who came down ftomBoulder all three days and just satwith her brother's boots,"

A single pair of white boots stoodout against the others, representing

soldiers who committed suicide alterreturning from combat, as well asthose who returned home injured ortraumatized.

"There are 59 paim of boots thatrepresent soldiers who listed theirhome as Colorado when they ioinedthe military. The 4,258 (lives lost) donot include people who killed them-selves after they get back. It doesn'tinclude a lot o{ the damage that isdone," Gill said.

'simpsons'writer shares recipe for successPooling ideas "We work in what can

keeps storiesfresh,hilarious

By James [email protected]

Auraria students were offered arare glimpse into ['hat goes on be-hind the scenes of the longest-run-ning animated program in Americawhen "The Simpsons" writer andproducer foel Cohen spoke March I Iin the Tivoli Ttrrnhalle.

One of the biggest but leastknown reasons behind the show'ssuccess is the unique environmentin which the show is created. "The

Simpsons' is free from interferencefrom parent network FOX. givingthem greater creative freedom, Co-hen said.

"Consequently, we work in whatcan only be called creative paradise.If we want to do a ioke, we do it. I{ wewant to do a story, we do it," Cohensaid.

This type of envimnment is oneof the main reasons for the show'slongevity as well as its ability tochange, adapt and remain relevant

Metro student Allison Greenstein attends "5impsons" writer JoelCohent speech March 1 1, at the Tivoli Turnhalle. Joel Cohen, whostudied biology, said he discovered while he was in school, "chicksdo not dig biologists,'so he became a writer forTV,Photo by Jamie Cotten . jcoften [email protected]

for 20 years.The relationship between envi-

ronment and creativity is importantin any field you could imagine, Co-hen explained.

"I think a great example of thisthat you could see for individuals ispeople often say that they get theirbest ideas in the shower, " Cohen said,noting that this is because we are.able to temporarily remove ourselves

from the stresses of everyday life andenter our olvn personal creative en-vironment.

Cohen then discussed the impor-tance of bad ideas and of working asa group, factors the people behindthe show capitalDe on to keep it fteshweek after week,

The writers have created an en-vironment in which nobody is afraidof tlrowing out an idea, no matter

only be called creativeparadise. If we want to

do a joke, we do it. Ifwe want to do a story,

we do it,"Joel Cohen,

writer and producerfor"The Simpsons"

how bizarre it may be. Finding outwhat doesn'twork is essentialto ffnd-ing out what does, he said.

Currently, the show has 15 full-time writers. For every idea and joke

they come up with, the writers haveto consider whether or not it relatesto their audience and is pertinent tothe overall story for the episode.

Sometimes writers can becomeso focused on a joke that they willbegin to wander from the original in-tent of the overarching story

"This leads to a good joke and abad story," Cohen said.

Through a filter process, theymay have to throw array some verygood ideas, but what they are leftwith is the best of the best. The writ-ers can then eventually whittle down

each episode and end up with thebest of their collechve ideas.

Offering advice to students whoare aspiring rvriters who are tryingto get their work noticed, Cohen en-couraged them to be persistent.

"Try and get involved in any wayyou can, and keep writing. Eventu-ally you will hopefully show yourworth and get noticed," he said.

And Cohen knows about persis-

tence. Before beginning work as awriter for TV he got a degree in biol-ogy from the University of Alberta.

Prior to joining "The Simpsons" - for which he has written14 episodes over the past nine years- Cohen worked on numerous otherprimetime series, including "Sud-denly Susan."

Metro student McCabe Meansenioyed Cohen's speech, especiallyhis points about working together asa group.

"I found his description of howthe writing staff is a unfied gmupand that they are their own worstcritics refreshing, " he said.

"The Simpsons" has won 24Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.In 1998. fime named the show thecentury's best television series.

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Poet memoirist speaks to The MetBy Dominic Graziano

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Mark Doty has written twelve booksof poetry and three memiors.The first

Amertcan to win theT.S. Eliot Prize for PoetryDoty will speak at Aurona March | 9.

The Met: What do you plan to talk about?Mark Doty: I'll be reading from my work

in poetry and in memoir and speaking aboutwriting from memory.

What do gou mean by writing from memory?MD: I'm a memoirist as well as a poet. I've

written three of them: "Heaven's Coast," "Fire-bird" and, most recently, 'Dog Years." Each ofthose books is concerned with examining someprt of my life, looking for patterns in experi-ence and giving shape to memory. My poemssometimes deal with stories or images from myown past as well. For every writer of poetry andfiction - aud of course, especially for memoir-ists - the ability to draw upon our own memo-ries is crucial.

What plam fues poetry have in moilernIitemture?

MD: Around the world, poehy is as richand as various as it has ever been. Contempo.rary American poetry is a very diverse, livelycommunity I think there's a poet out there whocould speak to any reader - but because po-ehy is not a commercial art, it isn't necessarilyvisible, and readers don't always know whereto find it.

Il reaforc fun't alwats krcw how to firu|p.

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Biofuel fiIm, director at AurqriaBy Beth Norris

[email protected]

FiLrmaker/narrator f osh Tickelltakes viewers on a iourney towardreal energy independence in his doc-umentary "Fuel."

Tickell narrates through hischildhood in Australia, fflled rvithbeautiful ecosystems, to his teenageyears surrounded by the pehochemi-cal industry in louisiana. He wasso passionate about alternative en-ergy he drove his homemade "VeggieVan," fueled entirely by used greasefrom fast-food restaurants, aroundthe counhy promoting biofuels.

This 81rn bursts onto the screenat the point when humanity first dis-covered oil and takes us to our pres-ent environmental dilemma.

The connection between theBush administration and monopoliz-ing oil companies is displayed seem-lessly Tickell's story sheds light onsomething most of us hardly everthink about. an oil-free economy.

The cost of fuel may enter yourthoughts from time to time, it cer-tainly did a few months ago, but nowthat a gallon of gas isn't the sameprice as your parking spot, we needa film to remind us this won't last for-ever - and "Fuel" does iust that

- It reminds us we are completelydependent on a substance we knowwon't be around forever and that weare smart enough to create some-thing renewable and clean. Tickell

"Fuel"director Josh Tickell holds a jar of the vegetable oil thatruns his "Veggie Van."Tickell will speak at the Starz Film Center af-ter the 7:10 p.m. screening on March 20. The movie shows March20 - 26, check www.starzfilmcenter.com for showtimes,

By Kara'[email protected]

'Absurdistan" is a quirky Rus-sian sex comedy in the traditionof ancient Greek comedies, Shake-speare, Chaucer, and National Lam-poon. There is a touch of "Roadto Wellville" aesthetic, mixed with'Amelie's" romantic sensibility. Inci-dentally, Absurdistan is also a termused to described ass-backward poli-

tics in Eastern Europe.Writer-dtector Veit Helmer

("Behind the Couch: Casting in Hol-lywood") invites you to a poor, ruralvi.llage where little is normal, exceptlor the passions of tbe townsfolk.

Absurdistan is off the map, underthe government radar and complete-ly isolated from luxuries of civiliza-tion like modern plumbing. The mencome from a long line of lusty, bravewarriors and t}te women come froma bloodline of legendary beauty.

Vinta ge-style, faux documentary"footage" and antiqued portraits re-lay the town's history to the flah:lentwind of a tuba, and thus the earthylegend comes to life.

The wives of the town have beenlovingly laboring for tleir men forgenerations, honoring them for theirbrave feat of creating a pipe systemthrough a distant cave to pump thetown's water supply. When the pipe

runs dry. the men would rather ig-nore the draught and stay home,ilrinking and make love tlan brave

Mark Doty will bereading from hispoetry collection

"Fire to Firej'atl1:30 a.m. March

'19 in Tivoli 320.Doty will

alsospeak at

4 p.m.in Tivoli

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Poetry Foundation (www.poefryfoundation.

org) give you access to archives of poems, andessays, blogs, poehy news - they're fantasticcollections of info.

Samples of Dotg's work can be fuund online atwww.markdoty.org.

the cave again.

. A war between the sexes is de-clared, led by a virgin (KristynaMal6rov6) and her psychic grand-motheB dividing the town and test-ing the will of her patient beau (MaxMauff.) The battle cry, translatedliom Russian. is this: 'no more nook-ie 'til there's water againt' And stillthe men, randy and unwashed, re-fuse to work.

How does the ton'n live with nowater? How do the animals producemilk? Why don't the women just

find water somewhere else? Whatare the odds the entire male popula-tion of a town is that obsessed withsex? In any other fflrn, these ques-'tions

would make for inexcusableplot holes. Here, they just increasethe hilarity

And it's not difrcult to suspenddisbelief once the world of 'Absur-

distan" has been established: norooster crows in the town before 10o'clock. and when it does. it becomesa target for proiectiles; there's a post-man but no mail; the baker kneadsher dough by walking in it and otherridiculousness.

Bawdy without being offensive,cute without being saccharine, 'Ab-

surdistan" is a perfect choice for adate movie, or if you're just in themood to smile.

'Absurdistan" shows March 20 -26, check www.starzf lmcenter.com for showtimes.

etry, do you think it wiII take a lot to llourish?MD: I actually think it's already flourish-

ing. There's a lot of strong poetry being !t'rit-ten in America, and though it's not a mass artin the way that, say, the movies are, it doesn'tneed to be. It has a committed group of read-ers and more people seem to be discovering itspleasures.

How did gou get gour stnrt in poetry?MD: I started writing poetry in high school.

Like lots of adolescents, I felt this huge turbu-lence inside that seemed to demand that I makesomethlng - as if the pressure of all that in-choate feeling required that I find some kind offorrn.

Not that I wrote about what I felt directlyFar from it. But the desire to make somethingthat expressed who I was, evetr in an iAdirectway, was very powerful.

How ilificult was it to go lrom "turbulent teen"tn legitimate, prolessional poeQ

MD: Well, there's a long process there.Becoming a poet involves dedicating yourselfto your craft, learning how to make languagecommunicate feeling and perception - a longprocess of apprenticeship.

Ang advice fur aspiring Wets?MD: Read and read some more. Don't

worry about being influenced too much. In-fluence is good; let yourself drink in what youlove, and over time it will settle into place. Iookfor like-minded souls who're interested in whaty'ou do, who also care about writing and read-ing. Remember that art is not inconsequential.

Art has tremendous power, but it'sa different kind of power than thatpossessed by, say, investment bank-ers.

What place, iJ any. does the ln-ternet have in modern poetry?

MD: Plenty. It's great that youcan find information about poetsand examples of their work alnostimmediately. We're lucky to havethis huge, flexible, amazing resource.And you can talk to writers and readersall over the world. Of course, the freedom ofthe web brings some problems r,l.ith it.

It's great that you can publish anythingyou want to, anJrtime - but that also

means that work tiat's online hasn't

necessarily been edited or selected.Inevitably, it's a mixed bag interms of the quality of what'sout there. Nonetheless, diedemocracy of the Web isexhilarating.

Regarding that, do youmodern Wts will be able tosurvive in the Web-drivut me-dia em we are in now?

MD: I think poets will do better because ofthe Web. It's easier to find out about who's writ-ing now. If you hear the name of a poet who in-terests you, you can often iust surnmon up oneof that writer's poems and read it on the spot.

Large websites like those run by the Acade-my of Americin Poets (www.poets.org) and the

ReviewRussian slapstick humor: this movie's got it all

not only presents the topic, he actu-ally explains how to implement it inour society and economy.

"Fuel" documents fascinatingbiofuel technologies alongside su-perbly voiced criticism of the oil in-dustry.

There may even be a few conspir-acy theories thoughtfully sprinkledthroughout the filrn just to keep youon yow toes, but the anti-oil agendaof this film is greatly superseded bythe exciting possibilities of futureclean enerry sources.

A lively soundtrack and precisely-placed animated graphics make itentertaining and fun to learn aboutbiofuels. krterviews with popular

environmentalists, musicians, poli-ticians and inventors help the audi-ence navigate through this broadsubiect.

It presents the problem, but fo.cuses on multiple, sustainable solu-tions that would provide an econom-ic boost, energy independence andideally even world peace.

"Fuel" takes viewers on the roadfrom complete environnental indif-ference to personal responsibility.

It is definitely worth seeing withas many people as possible. You'll

leave the theater feeling smarter andbe taking the train to campus in notime.

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downtown's best venue. Located at than not, but don't let that ruin The venue's room may feel20th and Larimer, the Marquis all your boozini The bar at the Marquis small, but when any number oftoooftenriTfrlrt,.pr:rol'-*'jh. ,"f":rih:plv:"".r':t3o:"jrlo. .'3r:'rJT1"T'3r:rsjr:":h:

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The Climax Lounge looks like aMexican resturaunt turned disco turnedpunk club, and there's a good chance it is.

The decor might leave a little to be de-sired, but the Five Points adjacent club, atWelton and 22nd, will lift your spirits with acaged-off drinking area an_d more retro ar-cade games than you can shake a finger at.

In addition to the intimate (see: small)stage setting, pinballand arcade machinesgalore hold up the walls of this joint.

On a rare Saturday, 3 Kings hosts theirpunk rock flea market, your source for re-cords, stickers and all rock gear, brought toyou by locals only, of course.

And because we are in tough economictimes, the constant door price of 'theap"

should lighten any monetary woes.The venue hosts no official web site, so

keep an eye on downtown light poles forupcoming concerts.

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hds played host toseveral genres, including hip-' pie jam bandt and completelyconfused regularsjust looking for lgme synthesizQn and meowingc:rts.

www.hi-dive.com

As dive-bars go 3 KingsTavern tops Den-ver's list. On any given night. show or not,the crowd at the barlvenue at Broadway andArcher is surly at best, but that's just howthey should be.

Focusing on local punk and rock talent, 3Kings gets some outof town bandg and rarelycharges more than 510 at the door.

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The historic Bluebird Theater has filledmany roles since it was built in 1913.

Serving time as both a porno and not-so-illicit movie theater, the Bird was turnedinto a music venue and is now owned bycorporate giant AEG.

But dont let thatstop you from hav-ing a good time. With an in-house securitystaff and good-natured bartenders, the

The Fillmore,Auditorium is only worthvisiting once in a blue moon.The venuetsound dissipates very poorly in the barn-sized room, and the tendency of the crowdto fill the front half of the room will onlyleave any patron cranky and sweaty.

However, to be fair, the venue hostssome of the best national acts to comethrough Denver. At least the ones that

Bluebird is a perfect venue to catch a ris-ing artist or a falling star.The 5OO-capacityvenue gets great acts on their way up ordown.

Located mere blocks from Colorado atColfax and Adams, the Bluebird is just ashort trip on the 15.

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Even though the venue is south of F25 onBroadway, the room is well worth the trip.

Split between multiple levels, a dance

floor and a generous balcony, the Gothic hasroom for everyone, from the kids in the pit totheir parents.

Drawing bigger crowds, the bands thatswing through the Gothic are usually deserv-ing of the Ticketmaster fees.

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pacity venue is home to a smattering ofother events, including roller derby.

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Photo by Andrew Bisset . abissetl @mscd.eduJesse F. Keeler and Al-P ofToronto-based electronica groupMSTRKRFT get into the mix March 14 at the Ogden Theater.

Photo by Drew Jaynes. ajaynes l @mscd.eduFROM LEFT: Breezy, Jayme and the Reverend PeSon of ReverendPeyton's Big Damn Band play a foot-stomping set March t3at Twist and Shout in Denver. The Peytons, who hail fromIndiana, play a rousing style of rockabilly which is comprised ofwashboard. guitar. drums and vocals.

shine above and beyond.

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//: So why Pink Floyd? Why not, say, Rush?

foe Pascarell Well, I don't lile Rush, first of all.That's an often-asked question and the answer is i.twas never a conscious plan to be a Pink Floyd coverband. Todd (Cohen) and I decided to have a bandthat iust plays music we love. We didn't sit there andgo 'which band do you want to play?' It just grewout of the fact tlat we love this music, and eventu-ally, it took on a life of its own.

//. Iryhy is it, do you think, that Pink Floyd's musichas retained such an appeal to such a wide span ofgenerations over the years?

fP: Well, I'm 47 years old, and I saw the Dark Sideof the Moon Tour in 1974, and hearing that albumwas a real shocker. It still sounds great today, butyou've got to imagine hearing it then. But to answeryour question, it's great music and great music willalways find a voice in every generation.

//: Right here in Denver. we have a Flold tributeband called Wish We lVere Floyd. What makes TheMachine stand out as a tribute band. and more soe-cifically, as a Floyd tribute band?

JP: I wou.ld have to guess that the people that cometo see us might have a different opinion, but I think

of my life, and we've played more than 2,000 showstogether. The experience we have playing this mu-sic alrnbst makes it feel like it's our own. We havegreat intimacy with the music, and I think we're

NINJA PIMTE ROBOT PARTY

able to produce that live. There's an honesty to itthat's hard to get in a cover band. Floyd's music is allabout feel. I want people to come to this show andfeel like they wolld feel if they were watching PinkFloyd themselves. I know that hibute bands have acertain stigma because a lot of them are shitty, butyou should give The Machine a shot. You'll be sur-prised. We're a good band, and we've been doing ita long time.

I With last year's death of Floyd keyboardist Rich-ard Wright all but guaranteeing there will never beanother Floyd reunion, does that put pressure onThe Machine to sort of carry on Pink's legacy?

IP: Not at all. We play this music because we reallyenioy it, and now we're fortunate enougb to makea living out of it. Whether they were going to playagain or not has had no effect on usjust because thisis what we do and we love it. I think it helps to keepthe music alive and is a tribute to them. but it neverreally occurred to me that way,

/f As many of us know the downfall of Floyd wasessentially a series of ego clashes. Are there anysimilar ego issues with The Machine?

JP: I think after this long we've really got it downelfrciently. We're all adults who have been doing thisa long time, and I think we've worked out the kinks.Also, we're not in a creative atrnosphere. which Ithink is a different experience because the music'salready created and we're just fying to pedect it.That's not to say w€ hal'en't had our dilTerences, butwe've managed to lvork through it.

8 p.m. @ Cervante's Ballroom,S2O 21+

for the big ni9ht.. By Matt Pusatory. [email protected]

MP: lhis is your frst olficial slrovrighf Are yur o<cited about it>Mike Scbroeder (Forseven): Really fucking excited and alittle bit "piss-myself terrified." Fortunately, Pete and I havelasa diligeqlly working on new music for about a monthnow. It's coming together very nicely.MP: How would you describe your music?MS: This set will be like if you got high-fived on every part ofyour body all at once.MP: And the obvious question: ninja, pirate or robot?MS: I'm going to be a robot. But seriously everyone will drinkuntll we're pretty, so it will not matter what we're wearing.

Ninja Pirate Robot Partyw/ Input, Cysco Rockwel,DJ Gatsby and Forseven3.21.098 p.m. @ the Hi-Dive55 w/ Gostume, $1O w/out, 21+

what makes the band special is that we've been play- -T-t- _ r rins this music ror so tong. I've pi;;;;';;#t f he MaCh i n e

3.27.O9

What started out as aninnocent house party hasmorphed into what could beone ofthe biggest bashesof the year. Ninja PirateRobot Party will move March

21 from a house to thehomey Hi-Divebringing a whole

night of hip-hop,free beer and plenty ofcostumed concertgoers- a great way to kick

off spring break. And thefounders of the party aremore excited than anyone

MP: How did the idea for the party come about?P€ter Schroeder (Df Gatsby): No one man can take creditfor this party. Though the idea came about when Marty Mc-Fly and fohn Connor traveled back from the future to changethe past in unpredictable ways ... and here we are.MP; How long have you been throwing the party?Chris Huth (coordinator): We have it every 31,556,926seconds for the last 2 8 dog years (four years).rVP: How were you able to make the whole thing happenthis year, taking it from a house party to an actual venue?Matt Drrnn (coordinator): After last year being way moresuccessful than any of us thought it muld be, we were surethat this year we would need to hare it at a venue. Actually,the bransition has been surprisingly difrcult. We first thoughtof cutting the house in half and hiring a crew form Nebraskato start the pain-ful process of moving the house to the Hi-Dil'e.Lnstead, we began hiding in the bathroom of the Hi-Dile un-til they were closed. We have been sleeping under the stage inshifts for a couple weeks now. This is the best way to get accli-mated to th€ new home of the Ninia Pirate Robot Partv

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THEMETROPOLITAN

JeremyJobnsoniiobn30Somscd.edu

Music Editor

ln 1976,theBobDylansong

"Hurilcane"promPtedboxer

Rubin "Hurricane'oCarter'sretrial l0years ofterthe

firsttrial, Corterkdppeolwas denied

untill986, whenhis aftorneysfiledo petition for writof habeas cotpusin federal court.

Corter's convictionwas overturned and

he wos setfree,

Iocal shows for those in the know

Photo aourtesy of w!vw.rnyspace.com,/womenmusic"Hello, Women? This is God calling. l've gotto break some news to you,,."

IESIIEAND THE LY'SDespite an inherent$ kitschy. theater-of-the-absurd

approach to her music that involves little more than co-medic lalsetto, Apple's GarageBand program and someof the ugliest, garage-sale sweaters this side of the Mis-sissippi, Iora's Leslie "&Iother Cem" Hall composes

some of the catchiest- albelt corniest - club beats

of the N1idwest. One part julie Bror"vn and one part

John Candy, Ieslie and her Ly's (perhaps short for

Hall's fave fabric, Lycra) put the' ass' in "cl ass" r,o'ith

songs such as "Tight Pants (Body Rolls)," "Blame

the Booty" and "Gold Pants," all variable techno odes

to Hall s big, round, robust ... persona. Leslie and the

Ly's are currentl-v on tour in support of thea third sfu-

dio album in fire 1ears, ceWEBrity, and rvill headlineMarch 2 7 with Ge.mun Eu.o-pupj"rs Stcreo'[ota] -; Leslie "Mother

local electro-gem b.sous, who .rtirrn"o ,i," ur"cbird S:ry Hall is the

Theater's fashionable festivities. Cr-rntrary to the lbsi il$-ji:?f;:*"

Berra-ism "It ain't over'til the fat lady sings." once the ivtidwest.heft_v tlall and her l1v's take the stage, this party l'illmost certainly begin. . By JJ

Leslie and the Ly'sw/StereoTotal and b.sous3.27.O99 p.m. @ the Bluebird Theater, 5t+.S0, t6+

WOMENThe Clalgary quartet

\A/omen have been try-

ing to bring back that

Viutag,e t'eel to indie rock

lor a little over a par. Ac-

c0rding to guitarist, sarn-plcr and vocalist Chris

Reirner, lvbmcn deline

themseh,'es as "iust fourguysplayingrockmusic. "

Their inspiration comes

from various types of

music and their style is

influenced by bands like

Vehet Underground, The

Heat and'felevision, which come through in the way of their uaique, under-ground sound. Theii self-titled debut album, n'hich nas rcleased late liist yearin the U.S, is lilled with a mlx of catchy indie hooks and noisy guitars, Ac-cording to Reimer, the album was recorded on old tape machines in curioussettings like basements, crawl spaces and server culverts, giving it a very dis-tinctive, classic quality, along with many different sound textures, "Uke oldrecords ws like, which are mostly from the late '60s," Reimer said. Women

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88. AUDIOFILES . MARCH 19. 2OO9 . THE METROPOLITAN

A8. THE METROPOLTTAN. MARCH 19, 2OO9

INSIGHT "[ have a goal not to losea single match this whole year."

_ METROTENNIS PLAYER ANGELA FASUTINO ON A12

END OF DAYS: gveNonEW HowERToN. [email protected]

'The Americanpeople donthave the luxuryof choosing topay either theircell phone billsor paying theirwireless intemetbills. They needto be able to doboth-"

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THE POINT: HIGHER EDUCATION 15 MORETHAN A CLASSROOM

Farkas was anex,ampleuntilthe endCollege is valuable for the knowl-

edge acquired in and out of the class-room.

Sometimes the lessons are onesthat we would rather not learn.Other times the lessons are pleasantsurprises wrapped in circumstanceswe would have never chosen.

As college students, we rarelyhave time to attend lectures or cam-pus events that fall outside our regu-larly scheduled class times. We worktoo much and sleep too little, eventu-ally getting around to finishing ourhomework.

This past Friday, I decided to put

off my homework and attend thelecture of Ttrrkkaya Ataiiv, a pre-eminent scholar of Turkey and itsrise from the ashes of the OttomanEmpire.

Covering a contentious topicfilled with recriminations and con-troversy, the content of the lecturewas not the education I nalked awaywith. Instead, I left campus with aninsight into the culture and purposeof higher education.

Knowledge is possibly t}re mostimportant purpose of higher educa-tion. Exposure to it allows the stu-dent to move the information gainedin their head to create the ideas thatshape the world around them. Free-dom of thought allows the genius ofhuman nature to create art, philosc.phize on meaning and solve complexpmblems. This freedom also has cre-

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ated the conditions where humanshave enslaled their own kind, raisedarmies built on hate and sought toeliminate populations based on ra-cial or ethnic dilTerences.

My contemplations were fur-ther refined after I left the bustlingconfines of the Tivoli for the relativesanctity of the King Center to attendthe second event of the day. Iwasex-pecflng a much-subdued a.ffair in theKing Center, a retirement-memorialparty for Dr, Paul Farkas, who passedaway in December.

Dr. Farkas was a professor ofEnglish at Metro for more than 3Oyears. His dedication and passion forteaching was evident in the swarmof attendees who filled the Englishdeparhnent's conference room andspilled out into the halls. Students,some of who had attended his class-es 2 5 years ago, mingled with profes-

sors of philosophy human perfor-

mance and sport,

Though, regrettably, I only hadthe opportunity to meet Dr. Far-kas on a few occasions, most of theshrdents, including my girlfriend,in the room had taken every classthey could with him. Some profes-

sors spoke of his amazing ability toremember details of their familylife and he never liorgot to ask howeach member of their family was do-ing. Students spoke of his ability toinspire through his love of the lan-guage and through the artists whohave corralled the written word.

The sudden departure of Dr. Far-kas was a shock to the English de-partment and the college as a whole.

Students were left in the darkabout his disappearance in the mid-dle of the fall semester and left list-less and wondering about their edu-cation.

From experience I can tell youthat inforrration is not freely dishib-uted to students when a professor isnot able to teach a class. One of myclasses met for two weeks before tleprofessor stopped showing up. It wasanother two weeks before the depart-ment sent an e-mail explaining all ofthe sections taught by the profes-

sor were canceled and we would behelped to enroll in other classes. Inthis case everything turned out wellfor the professor and the students,but the withholding of informationled to two tumulhrous weeks for ev-ervone involved.

Dr. Farkas was a well-hownscholar of Janes Joyce and relishedthe author's epic novel "Ulysses."Cynthia Farkas, Dr. Farkas' widow,commented on the "Bloomberry"muffins that my girllbiend hadbrought to the poduck in honor ofDr. Farkas and his love of "[Ilysses."Cynthia mused that she should read"Ulysses" one of these days, and thenproceeded to tell us Dr. Farkas hadasked her to bring in a tape of thenovel while he was in the hospital.

Husband and wife listened to ex-cerpts ftom Ulysses together, with Dr.Farkas periodically pausing the tapeso he could explain to Cynthia whatwas going on, and its signiffcance.Few professors can rival Ih. Farkas'genuine enthusiasm for the transfer-ence of knowledge, as is evident bythe fact that he was a teacher to thevery end.

Good teachers are more than ar-biters of information, and knowledgeis more than what you need to craminto your brain to pass the test.

Knowledge is the ability to usethe information acquired to formtruths about the surrounding world.Knowledge, and its formation, is thegoal of higher education and good

teachers, whether they are in theclassroom or on tle street.

And tothis end, higher educationis so much more tlan a diploma.

A10. THE METROPOTITAN. MARCH 19,2009

SPORTSKATE FERRARO . SPORTS EDITOR. [email protected]

Metro track runner Anthony Luna Photo illustration by Cora Kemp . [email protected]

But running professionally is

it'hat he r.r'ould prefer to do."I'm looking forward to my de-

gree, but I don't v,'ant to pursue that

right away," Luna said. 'I want to

rrl 'ro live the dream. lt s something

I love doing and I want to trv to push

that as long as I can."

Having time to spend with his

son and to do outdoor activities are

also benefits of doing so.

Luna knorvs he'll be a marked

man at the CU Potts Invitational

I\{ar. 2 l, lvhich marks the beginning

of the outdoor season."I'm the guy to beat now so it's

got to be that much more intense,"

Luna said. "But I'm up for the chal-lenge."

Wherher it 's running or li le ingeneral, Luna is ready to talre on

anything that comes his way."He's one in a mill ion.

' Julian

said.

. Named to the RMAC AII-Aca-demic team as a 2OO6 freshman. Luna was Mefro's first-everrepresentatve at the NCAA Cross-Country Championships.. Earned NCAA All-Arnerica hon-ors in the 800-meter for indoorand outdoor in 2008..

"Remember that art is not inconsequential. Art has tremendouspower, but it's a different kind of power than that possessedby,

say, investment bankers."'-MARK DOTY POET, METROSPECTIVE, 83

SIDETINE

3.19TennisWomen 2 p.m.

vs. Dixie State@ Auraria Courts

3.20TennisWomen 9a.m.

vs. CentralOklahoma

@ Auraria CourtsWomen 2 p.m.

vs. Cameron@ Auraria Courts

Baseball6 p.m. vs. Mines

@ Golden

3.21SoftballNoon and 2 p.m.

vs. Fort Lewis@ Durango

BaseballNoon and 3 p.m.vs. Mines@ Golden

TrackAll day Potts Invite

@ Boulder

3.22Softball11 a.m. and 'l p.m.vs. Fort Lewis@ Durango

BaseballNoon vs. Mines

@ Golden

3.25SoftballNoon and 2 p.m.

vs. Regis@ Auraria Field

3.27BaseballNoon

vs. Regis@ Auraria Field

TennisTBA

@ Abilene,Texas

"It's easy to pitchwith a defense

like this. We're ahard team to beat,

that's for sure."SOFTBALL PITCHER

BRITTANY MOSSSAIDON HERTEAM'S

DEFENSE

Runningwith styleLuna first inschool historv towin 800-meter

By S. Douglas [email protected] u

Metro distance runner AnthonyLuna became the lirst indoor or out-door fack and lield champion inschool history Mar. 14 at the NCAAIndoor Track and Field Champion-ship in Houston.

Luna won the SO(lmeter run,his favorite event, finishing morethan a second faster than the com-petition with a time of l:51:99.

"That's what $€ fain for, " Luuasaid. "I've been here four years now,and it's been a long tim€ coming. "

Metro President Steven Jordanand Athletic Director foan McDer-mott were on hand to root for Lunaand the men's distance medleyteam, which took fifth place and All-American honors.

That display of support plays abig part in the team's success.

"We're not on the podium be-cause people thought we couldn'tdo it," head coach Peter Julian said."We're up there because peoplethought we could."

But Luna is motivated by more

than that.

His son, 4-year-old Anthony lr.,influences el'erything he does.

"NIy son is my biggest inspira-

tion," Luna said.

Luna became state champion

in the 80Om his senior year of high

school andplannedtorun for Adams

State College, but, with a ner,r'born

in lhe mix. everything changed.He took a year off from school

and running to n'ork full time as an

electrician, dedicated to supporting

his child.

But he couldn't escape his pas-c inn fn r r r rnn ino

"I missed it e!'ery single da!', "

Luna said. "I figured, why not? I canmake it happen if I really want to do

it."

Luna got into running almost

by accident. After being cut from his

middle-school basketball team, he

wrestled for awhile, but it wasn't his

thing. One of his coaches suggested

that he and his twin brother Gabrielgo out for cross country at Ranum

HiCh."I had no idea what cross coun-

rry w'as, he said. "l stafled running

and fell in love with the sport."

Luna, a criminal justice ma-jor, has an above average GPA and

would someday like to get his mas-

ter's degree and work for the FBL

"I'm Iooking forwardto my degree, but I

sue that right away.Idon't want to pur-

want to trv to live thedream. It's something Ilove doing, and I want

to try to push that asAnthonvLuna

Sbtslong as I can."

ANTHONY LUNA SAIDON HOW HEWANTSTO

RUN BEFORE PURSUINGA CAREER IN CRIMINAL

JUSTICE.

Softbdl war firet crlled inrloor . THE METRoPOLTIAN . MARCH 19. 2009 . SPORTS . A11

the season for the Roadrunners.The Roadrunners mnnected on

24-ol-5l field goals in the game. TheWarriors came into the game amongone of the nation's top 10 in 3-point-ers made, but only hit six the entirematch. Wagstaff posted a team-highof only 15 points after averaging l7points a game the entire season. Af-ter averaging 14,6 points a game,

Carrington cou-ld only score seven.Forward Donte Nicholas added 12points.

"We did exactly what we wanted0o do defensively," Hays said. "We

shutdown their scorers and 3-point-ers and played \ rith great effort. Sodid Winona State, but just one pointbetter. "

Wagstaff was the leading scorerand rebounder this season averag-ing 1 7.8 points per game and 7.5 re;bounds. He ffnished his caredr rankedfourth in school hisl.ory wilh scoring(1,545 points), fourth in rebounds(750) and first in ftee throws made(407). Wagstaff also ranks amongthe top-lO in steals, games playedand field goals.

Wagstaff was named NABC ffrstteam All-District March 13, and it'sthe second all-region award for Wag-staff after receiving Daktronics firstteam All-Region March 12. He is noweligible for the State Farm Coaches'Division All-America. Tbroughoutthe entire season. Wagstaff wasnamed AII-RMAC, Academic All-District and Academic All-America.Hays said he believes he will be a hardplayer to replace in years to come.

"He's been a great team guy,"

Hays said. "He wants to do what's

best for the team. He's ahvays thefirst at practice and the last to leave."

Carrington led the team in assistswirh 727, averaging 4.2 assists pergame. He also led the team with 74steals, averaging 2.5 per game.

"He's a leader as a point guard,"Hays said. "He took his scoring downto benefit other people, r,r,hich is avery- unselfish thing to do. He's alsogoing to be hard to replace."

Metro ended their season 27-4and is now 29-11 in NCAA tourna-ment play.

'We did exactly whatwe wanted to dodefensivelv. We

shutdown their scor-ers and 3-pointeis

andplayed with greateffort."

HEAD COACHBRANNON HAYS

METRO 59 - WINONA STATE 60

Roadrunners hit end of roadMetro loses infirst round ofNCAA Tourney

By Kate [email protected]

Metro men's basketball saw theirseason end in the fust mund of theNCAA Tournament against defend-ing NCAA champion Winona StateMarch 14 in Marshall, Minn.

Despite the loss, head coachBrannon Hays said he believes theseason was still a success.

"Definitely a very good season,"Hays said. "We added eight players

and the new guys meshed very well.We won the RMAC season and tour-nament. "

The two teams never led bymore than seven points in the en-tire match. The Roadrunners largestlead was 44-38 with 10 minutes left.

Over the next five minutes, the War-riors outscored Metro 14-1, postinga 52-45 lead. Metro pulled withintwo points wit-h two minutes left.However. a dunk from the Warnorsput themdown 60-56. Forward JesseWagstalf scored two points from thefree-throw line, before forward Nel-son Ekeh scored on a lalup with 27seconds remeining but nre,re still be-

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The Roadrunners had a chanceto take the lead away with 11 sec-onds left after Winona State guard

Ben Fischer missed a free thronleaviDg Metro with one last shot.Ekeh caught the rebound and hitCarrington with a pass. As Car-

Metro forward Jesse Wagstaff is blocked from making a shot byCSU-Pueblo guard lmari Thomas March 6 during the first round ofthe RMAC Shootout tournament in Pueblo. File photo by Dawn Madura. [email protected] raced up the floor, his shot the rebound, but the referee calledwas blocked by Mnona State guard traveling, turning the ball back toDavid fohnson. Carrington grabbed the Warriors, ending the garte_and

the weekend a{ter five innings. Themercy rule took effect in a l4-1 winol'er \ArNNI

Left fielder Jennessa Tesone start-ed off the game with a three-runhome run to left field, helping Metrotake a four run lead after the first in-

ning."It felt really good," Tesone said.

"I was in a slump and that woke meup,"

Metro continued the olTensivetear with a nine-run second inning.Center Selder Kellie Nishikida started

the inning with a home run to rightfield, followed later in the inning bya three-run home run by designatedhitter Tara Mickelson.

"This whole week we worked onhitting in practice," Nishikida said."It's paying off"

Moss ended the game with hersixth win, only allowing one run andoutlasting three Western New Mexi-co pitchers.

As of March 8, Metro moved upfour spots to No. 20 in the NationalFastpitch Coaches Association Divi-sion II top 25 poll.

"It's great to be ranked up therewith the top teams in the country,but we can't get too conr-fiortable,"third baseman Corrie Nishikida said.

The Roadrunners' grip on fust inthe Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer-ence East Division tightened as Metroimproved to l3-1 in conference play,

and 20-4 overall. Metro will try to

extend their conference win streakMarch 21 and 22 when they play

Fort trwis College in Durango,

METRO 4 - WESTERN NEW MEXICO O

Softball sweeps for second consecutive weekMetro defensedominates versusNew Mexico

By Josiah KaanjkaanPmscd.edu

The Metro softball team swepttheir second consecutive confer-ence series due to great team defenseagainst Western New Mexico Uni-versity March 14 and 15 at AurariaField.

"Our defense took care of us,which usually isn't the case," headcoach Jen Fisher said, "We knew theywere going to be tough. We workedthrough and got four wins out of it,"

MeFo won the first gane of theweekend 6-1 with most of the scor-ing coming from a three-run secondinning. Pitcher Christie Robinson

sealed the win, grving up only onerun in 2 8 at bats.

The Roadrunners won the sec-ond game 8-3 due to solid pitching

that was backed up by six runs in theboftom of the sidh.

Catcher Lauren Hainlen tied thegame with a solo home run to startthe sixth inning. Second basemanSarah Rusch provided the winningruns with a three-run home runlater in the inning. Pircher BrittanyMoss pitched a complete game andstruck out 10 batters.

"It's easy to pitch with a defenselike this." Moss said. "We're a hardteam to beat, that's for sure."

The second day of the seriesstarted off with a defensive battle thatwent into nine innings before Metrodrole home the last run in the bottomof the ninth, winning 3-2. Robinsonpitched all nine innings only givingup two runs in 13 at bats, and gain-ing her 12th win of the season.

"Our defense kept us in it, " short-stop Amber Roundtree said. "Our hit-

ting wasn't on like it has been lately "

The Roailrunners made up forthe extra innings they played earlierin the day by ending the last game of

Third baseman Jennessa Tesone sprints toward first base March14 at Auraria Field. The Roadrunners won the game against West-ern New Mexico 61. Photo by Adriana Carlson . [email protected]

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Cowboys finish off 'RunnersBy Robert [email protected]

Metro baseball suffered a dis-appointing weekend, losing three

.of four games at the hands of NewMexico Highlands University March1 3- I 5 at Auraria Field.

Metro got hit hard by Highlands'offense, which piled up 3 3 runs overthe four games, including a 10-lshelling in game two.

Metro fell to l4-l I overall recordand is now only 5-7 in the RockyMountain Atl etic Conference. Theseries also pushed the Cowboysahead of the Roadrunners for sec-ond place in the Mountain Division.The 'Runners are now third in thedivision but fourth overall amongthe RMAC's eight teams. Mesa StateCollege held on to the top spot whileColorado Christian University is lastin the division.

Three out of the four gameswere by margins of three runs orless. Meho got off to a bad startwhen they gave up a lead of fourruns and gave up the game in thetop of the ninth inning losing 7-4,

Metro did avoid a sweep in gamethree winning 8- 7 in a tight contest.Metro junped out to a quick leadbut Highlands fought back to makea game of it,

Nevertheless. Mefto couldn'ttie up the series and had to settle forthe single victory, Game four endedin an 8-7 loss in l0 innings, Thiswas in spite of a grand slam by third

PitcherTed Jamison winds up for the opening pitch of the first game of a four-game series March13 at Auraria Field.The Roadrunners lost the series 3-1 against New Mexico Highlands. ehoto byKyle Staebell . kstaebel @mscd.ed-

"Our defense is better but it canalways get better," Dominguez said."I think the games against CCUproved that. We could have madeplays that could have made the dif-ference. I'm iust frusbated when welose like that."

Metro will play Colorado Schoolof Mines March 2O-22 in Golden.Mines carries a 5-20 overall recordand are 2-10 in the RMAC.

baseman Dakota Nahm in the thirdinning.

"We can'[ play down to theirlevel," said left ffelder MarcelDominguez, who had a home runin the series. "We have to tip ourhats to them. In mme two, they putthe lights outs but we can't let goodpi0ching overcome great hitting.''

Pitching and bas€ running werethe primary concerns for Metroduring the series. Several runners

got picked off at first base, losingthe scoring threat and the extra out,which compounded Meho's prob-lems.

One area of optimism is the de-fense. They have had games whenerrors have gotten fhe best of them,but Metro had five errors over thewhole series with Highlands. Theyhad six errors in a single game

against Colorado Christian Univer-sity earlier in the season.

METRO 9 - BC O, METRO 2 - AFA 5, METRO B - HASTINGS 1

Tennistakestwo out of threeBy Enrico Domihguezedoming2qmscd.edu

Meho's tennis program pmwdto be phenomenal March 14-16winnlng two out of three matchesat the Air Force Academy and Au-raria Courts.

The women were able to sweepBethany College from Kansas94 even with the doubles rosterswitched up a little bit. Senior Mir-iam Evangelista and junior MandyBowling won 84 at No. 1, while se-nior Mitra l{irad and new teanmatefreshman Yerica Pessoa won at No.2 doubles 8-1. Junior April Hiradand sophomore Alexis Alvarez alsoplayed a good match winning 8-2 inNo. 3 doubles.

Singles was iust as easy tak-ing all matches and givir:g Pessoaa chance to shine winning twostraight sets 6-4, 6-2.

"We killed it,' April Hirad said."It was fun."

The men's team lost to DvisionI Air Force Academy 5-2 March 15in Colorado Springs. Sophomore

Metro tennis player Mitra Hirad returnr a volley March 2 at theAuraria Coults. File photo by Linh Ngo . [email protected]

Angela Faustino led the way by win- gle match this whole year," Faustinoning not only in doubles with a tie- said.breaker, but also in singles 6-3, 6-4. Coach Beck Meares felt after theFaustino took the point for doubles team won in doubles, thqy becamefrom Air Force, showing he wasn't really confident.intimidated at all by the Dl power- "We played hard but still lost,'house, Meares said.

"Ihavea goal not to lose a sin- Faustino backed up his goal

against Hasflngs College March 16by not losing a single garne. He wonin doubles with teammate juDior

Georgie Perez 8-0, then swept insingles 6-O, 6{, making it look easy,spinning his racket on his finger inbetween serves.

"I'm iust having fun warmingup well before matches and stayingrelaxed. " Faustino said.

Meares thought before thematch that the team wouldn't haveany problems playing against Hast-ings.

The only point the Roadrunnersgave up was No. I doubles losing8-6, but both senior Sasha Ruck-elshausen and iunior Scott Bradleybounced back winning thet singlesmatches. drMng Metro into theirfinal win.

The women improved their re-cord to 5-4 and will be back on thecourts March 19 and 20 againstDixie State, Central OHahoma andCameron. The men are now 3-3and will play their next match seriesMarch 27-29 in Abilene, Texas.

Volleyballsplits firsttourneymatches

ByWill Howardhowa [email protected] u

Metro men's volleyball team com-peted in their fust tournament everMarch 15 at Colorado Christian Uni-verslry,

The team split games with ColoradoSchool of Mines en route to a four-and-four finish, which placed them third intheir bracket.

Head coach Gavin Markovits. whois also an assistant coach for Metro'svarsity women's team, was pleasedwith the results.

"We have nothing to hold ourheads down about," Markovits said."We proved we can compete with theseteams, and we can build on what hap-pened today."

Several of the other teams in thetournament have been plalng togeth-er for much longer than Metro.

"Mines has been playing togetherall year, so for us to compete &'ith themis great," Markovits said. "The highlightof the day was splitting a7ftfu thern "

Metm also spllt games with Shinka-ra White and easily defeated ColoradoPerformance Volleyball two gamesto none before being swept in a closematch by a Shinkara Sapiens team thaiwas unstoppable.

Sapiens player Chris Powers saidhis tearn had been playing togetherfor years and has been to the nationaltournament,

"That's the dilTerence between sea-soned players and newcomers," Marko-vits said.

Freshman Koby Cox made selcralgreat plays throughout the day andadds experience to the new te^yn. Coxhas played volleyball competitively forabout 1 0 years, including competing inthe Junior Olympics.

"It was fun," Cox said. "We did pret-

ty well for our first time playing."Senior George Georgiev is the emo.

tional leader of the team. His frequentoutbursts in Bulgarian help keep theteam loose and help the other playersrally behind him.

Markovits has a positive outlook forthe future.

"We need to focus on our side in-stead of them," Markovits said. "If wecan play our game, we can be competi-tive with anybody."

The team will play again March 29at CCU.

"We proved we cancompete with these

teams, andwe canbuild

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GAVIN MARKOVITS

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Swimming moves on to nationalsBy Lauren [email protected]

As fingertips strained for thepool's wall amid a wash of whitewa-ter and the cheers of teammates, itbecame final - The Metro swirnmingclub team was going to nationals.

After battling March 14 and 15against University of Texas at Dal-las, University of Kansas, Univer-sity of Nebraska at Lincoln and rivalUniversity of Colorado at Boulder inthe Regional meet, the Roadrunnersachieved an incredible feat. Withonly 16 members, the outnumberedRoadrunners had the BuITs runningand were leaving the other teams intheir rrwke.

Swimmers Ben ke, Averill Se-hler and Kendra Dobie dominatedtheir individual races and provided askong leg in their team relays. Dobieset three American Swimming As-sociation University league records,and many other swimmers led theirGam by placing fust and second intheir individual races, beating tleirown personal records and achievedtheir personal goals.

"[Before the meet], I didn't feel

Metro swimmer Michele Funk fights for a breath during the women's So-yard butterfly consola-tion ftnals at regionals held March 15 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Photo by Drew Jaynes .ajaynesl @mscd.edulike I would place as well as I did," Se- second off her preliminary time of her the necessary edge on her com-

hler said, who took first place in both 58.45 seconds in the IOO-yard liee- petifion in order to take first place

of her individual events in the March style race, and in a sport where time with a time of 5 7.44 seconds.

15 ffnals. Sehler even took a whole is everything, that one second gave Sehler advanced to nationals af-

ter a seven-year hiatus ftom swim-ming, proving the wat€r is without adoubt where she belongs and will bea key component of the Metro swimteam at nationals.

However, Sehler isn't the onlynewb e making a difference. Al-though he's been with the Metro clubswim team since 2002 , this is the firstseason that Chris Farris has acted asnot only a swimmer but also a coach.He was surprised by the success ofhis team in regionals, and althoughit cotrld be attributed to exceptionalcoaching, Fanis gave the credit to hisswimmers and teammates.

"We have a lot of dedicated swim-mers here," Farris said. "We practicehard nine times a week, often twoand three times a day. No NCAAteam practices like we do."

'Such dedication has served themwell so far, and it will continue to leadthem to success as the Roadrunnershead to the National Finals April 4and 5. at the University of Miami, infford, Ohio.

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournamentRound I

I Louisville16 Moorhead,St.8 Ohio State9 Siena5 Utah

Round 2 Regional Regional Semifinalssemifinals finals

FINALS )elrunnals Regional Regionalfinals semifinals

Round 2 Round I

16 E. Tenn. St.8 Oklahoma St.

9 Tennessee

5 Florida St.12 Wisconsin4 Xavier

l3 Portland St.6 UCLAIl VCU3 Villanova14 American

7 Texas10 Minnesota2 Duke

16 Radford

8 LSU

12 Western Ky.4Gonzaga

13 AkronArizona St.

ll Temple3 Syracuse14 S. F. Austin7 Clemson

12 Aizona4 Wake Forest13 Cleveland St.

6 West Virginial1 Davton,3 Kansas14 N. Dakota St.7 Boston Colleeel0 Southern Cal.

15 Robert Morrisl Connecticut

8 BYU9 TexasA&M5 Purdue12 Northern Iowa

t: t"tirri*lpgj_Et_6 Marquettell Utah St.3 Missouri

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t_+ Cornell_@-l0 Marvland2 Memphis15 CS Northridge

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