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"The Diviners" director Jay Louden observes the play rehearsal April 1 7 at the King Center at Auraria. As a director, Louden said his job is as "a coordinator between de-signers, stage managers and actorsj'He added that no single element of the production is less significant. Photo by Leah Mlliis . [email protected]

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Metro President Stephen Jordan speaks in front of a small crowd on the Auraria Athletic Fields April 21 during the planned Statewide Day ofEducation, which strived to inform students and the public about what cuts to higher education mean to the community.Photo by Daniel Clements . [email protected]

Education day enlightens fewSGA event fallson deaf ears amid

By Gabrielle Portergporter8Pmscd.edu

The Meho Student GovernmentAssembly's attempt to provide infor-mation to Auraria students, facultyand staff about the straits of highereducation in Colorado fell far short ofthe original forecast of thousands ofstudents attending.

With more than $2,OOO spent,two weeks of hectic planning, a bandand guest spealers, the Statewide Dayof Education event April 21 at the Au-rmia Athletic Fields didn't draw morethan about 40 people at any given timein its three.hour duration. The origi-nal attendance goal was about 5,000students plus more faculty and staff,SGA President Andrew Bateman said.

Though they were originally allo-cated $15,000 SGA Vice President C.J.Garbo said, they ended up spending52026.7 5 on advertising and hiringSky Fox, a Denver-based band.

The event was planned as a wayto educate the campus on the impor-tance of higher education in Colorado.and the way the recent budget crisishas alTected that.

Dismaved SGA members and other

advocacy group representatives tookturns using a microphone to beg pass-ing students to ;oin the small crowdspread out on the grass at the AthleticFields.

"Every time a student has an opportunity and does nothing they areadding $lOO onto tieir bill, as far asI'm concerned," Bateman said.

Even students who did attend werezurprised at the small numbers. Metromusic composition maior Andrew Per-domo said SGA representatives cameand spoke to all the music majorsabout the event,

"Everybody stayed and listened towhat they had !o say," Perdomo said."I thought there would be more peoplehere."

The instructor of one of Metro se-nior Robert Miller's classes let studentsknow that he would not be taking at-tendance and he hoped they would gosupport the event.

Miller, who sat adiacent to the fieldreading while the band played, didn'tsee any of his classmates at the Ath-letic Fields.

Other than his instructor and themass e-mail he received, Miller saidhe hadn't heard anything about theevent, n'hich may have been one rea-son more people didn't show up.

"You don't really draw peoplearound here without giving them freefood and prizes," Miller said.

Metro iunior Dewayne Jacksonwas passing by the rally and u'asgrabbed by somebody handing out fly-ers. He said he knew about the budgetcrisis and was glad to see at least somepeople doing something about it.

"They want to have everybody takeresponsibility " Jackson said, addingthat he would probably call his ownrepresentative.

Jackson, who is black and grew upin a military family in Germany, notedMetro President Stephen Jordan's in-troductory speech on the school's em-phasis on minority groups.

"It's kind of contradictory becauseminorities don't really listen to thiskind of music," fackson said, as a coverof Blink 182's 'All The Small Things"boomed from the stage. "Their targetaudience isn't going to stay out herethat long. I think I'm the only one outhere. "

Those who did make it, though,were well educated on the state ofeducation in the state. Members of theSGA wanted to focus on presenting thefunding situation to students, facultvand staff, and letting them draw theirown conclusions, without necessarilypushing a political angle.

"It takes iust telling them thefacts," Garbo said at an SGA meetingtwo weeks ago. "I feel it will ignite afire that will iust spread,"

That didn't stop anybody from of-

fering interested passers-by informa-tion on possible actions to take.

Guest speaker Adam Kretz, ananalyst from the Colorado Fiscal PolicyInstitute, bemoaned Crlorado's statusas the 49th state as far as higher-edu-cation funding.

"We're worse than Mississippi.We're worse than Louisiana," Kretzsaid. "We're worse than all those stateswe make fun of."

As a part of his organization, Kretzsaid, he is encouraging people to con-tact their stat€ representatives andsenators about Senate Bill 228, whichwent through a second hearing in theHouse Transportation Committee thesame day as the event.

Senate Bill 228 would removethe muchdiscussed Arveschoug-Birdspending cap from the Colorado gen-eral fund, allowing lieer spending toincrease in years of economic growth.

The problem with events like thisat Metro. Bateman said, is "an inher-ent disconnect" in comrnunicationand students who don't understandthe way their tuition works.

"They get their student bill andthey think that they're paying for theirschool," Bateman said. "They don'trealize that that's only a fraction of it.Flyers and e-mails ar€n't doing it."

The student governments of CCDand UCD also helped coordinate theevent.

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Capital construction fee approvedStudent funds pay 7 2I students voted on the fee

Student Capital Fee

Fall 2009 and will entirely fund the

construction of the Sfudent Success

Building.

The building will consolidate

Metro's administrative functions into

a single location and add 150,000

square feet of additional space,

eliminating the need for modular

classrooms. The Success Building

r,r'ill serl'e lr{etro exclusively, the first

Auraria building to do so.

The fee rvill gradually phase-in

over a three-year period, maxing out

at $19.8O per credit hour in 2012.

Students will be charged per credit

hour, with a cap at 12 credit hours,

as to not penalize students who take

a full load.

The fee has no end date and will

be in place until the full debl service

of the building has been paid off.

Metro spokeswoman Cathy Lu-

cas said the college r.rants to mor'e

forward on the building and is

excited to do so.

The next step is to wait on the

Legislature to approre the capital ex-

penditure.

The Capital Development Com-

mittee green-lighted the expenditure

April 2l and it u'ill norv move to the

Colorado Ioint Budget Committee

in lune. Once the JBC gives their ap-proval. it will be introduced as an in-

formation item in the long bill for the

20lO-201 I schoolyear.

Lucas said if the state budget is

in a tumultuous state again this time

next year, the college will re-evaluate

their plan.

380 voted in favor282 voted against

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By Caitlin [email protected]

The capital construction fee ref-erendum passed with 53 percent ofthe participating students in favor.Only three percent of the studentbody participated in the Student Gor-ernment Assembly election.

Out of 712 responses, 380 stu-dents voted in favor of the fee. Ac-cording to the OIfice of InstitutionalResearch as of spring 2009 N{etro'sstudent population is 2I,787 .

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SGA election yields low number of votersStudents decidenew membersof assembly

By Caitlin Gibbons

[email protected]

The Metro Student GovernmentAssembly election results are in a.ndonly 3 percent of the student bodyvoted.

Ballots nere sent via Metrocon-nect and students had the opportu-nity to vote April f 3 thmugb April18 .

Andrew Bateman, the incum-bent candidate for the presidency,won with 55 percent of the vote at4Ol. Opposing presidential candi-date, Erik Skelton, received 27 per-cent of the vote at 196. However,Skelton withdrew his candidacyApril 18, voiding all of the votes hereceived.

Bateman filed a complaint lastweek against Skelton with the Elec-tion Cornmission. Bateman's com-plaint regarded Skelton's expenditurelog, which all candidates are required

to keep for expenses incurred duringcampaigning.

Students working on behalf ofSkelton placed posters and campaignmaterials around campus, and thuswere not included on his ex?enditurelog.

SGA Election Commission Chair-man Andrew Cepeda said a candi-date's ability to file a complaint helpsto ensure the legitimacy of the elec-tion pmcess.

"The situation was a bit confus-ing because the commission does nothave any sort of recourse againstpeople who are not part of a cam-paign, but are working on beha-tf ofa candidate," Cepeda said.

Cepeda issued a temporary or-der for Skelton to stop his campaign.The suspension lasted a day anda half, according to Cepeda. Afterspeaking with the rest of the com-mission, Cepeda repealed his or-der and allowed Skelton to resumecampaigning.

Skelton ultimately withdrew hiscandidacy after the polls closed April18 in protest of the process.

"By withdrawing from the race

in protest I am better able to make thepoint I sought to in the election, thatthe system which represents our stu-dents is corrupt, broken and in needof change. It is a system which hasgiven too much power and too muchof our students' money to the officeof the presidency," Skelton wrote inan e-mail.

Bateman said in a release he didnot approve of Skelton's conductduring the election,

"I am disappointed, however, thatmy opponent, senator Erik Skelton,withrlrew his candidacy, invalidat-ing the votes of huntlreds of studentswho had supported him and demon-shating to Metro students what we inSGA have observed of him for this en-tire year: he has no regard for properprocess, and has no capacity to dealwith adversity," Bateman said.

Skelton, in response to Bateman'scomments said. "while PresidentBateman is entitled to bis opinion.however obtuse one may find it, hisattack on my character is unwar-ranted and devoid of any medt. Ientered the race hopeful, my only in-tent was to serve my school. I leave it

disheartened for I have been failed bythe system I believed in."

Skelton will finish the remain-der of his current term as a SGAsenator.

Since Skelton withdrew himselffrom the race. no further action willbe taken, and the results of the elec-tion are valid.

C.J. Garbo, who ran unopposedon the ballot for the vice presidency,won with 74 percent of the vote.

Kaiiei Higgginson ran unopposedfor the student Fustee position andreceived 78 percent of the votes. "I'mexcited to get to work for students wehave several obstacles in front of usand I'm looking forward to workingon them with students and the ad-minishation, " Higginson said.

Seven new senators were electedto the SGA. Due to an election com-mission error, Dilys McDole's nameappeared on the ballot even thoughshe withdrew from the race beforevoting began.

Two other candidates, Beth Dre-sler and Almeda Knochtel, withdrewtheir names after voting ended.

There are still three vacant sen-

ate seats. Cepeda said seven senatorsstill constitutes quorum, but therewill likely be a special election held inthe fall to fill the open seats.

The SGA ballot also included anew capital construction fee refer-endum, which did pass with 53 per-cent of votes, a total of 380 studentsout of a student body comprised of21,787 as of spring 2009.

Two amendments to the SGAconstitution also passed. Amend-ment 8, which gave the senate pow-ers to govern the entire SGA andremove all officers, passed with 48percent of the vote, and Amendment9 - which requires the SGA presi-dent and vice president to be elected

iointly, prohibits the joint election ofother officers and defines the personwith the most votes in an election thewinner - passed with 42 percent.

The national average lor partici-pation in stualent government elec-tions is only 2 percent. Metro stu-dents participation is on par n'ith thenational averase.

Elected senators: Elected SACABrepresentatives:Hannah KaufmanMichelle Sprowl

Richmond BoakyeHashim CoatesJoseph Gerl ickGary LefmannJustine SandovalJulia WoodwardRachelZamboras

By the numbers:721 students votedMetro's student popu latio n= 21,7 87National average of student

74.37 percent

President Andrew Bateman

Votes recieved:55.62 percent

4O1ot721responses

Vi<e Prc3ident CJ. Garbo

Votes received:

536 ot721responses

Student Trustee K.ilie Higginson

Votes recieved:76.7O percent

553 ot721responses

govern ment election pa rtici pation- 270

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Further higher-ed budget cuts loomState sales tax revenuedecreases could spelladditional reductions

By Tara [email protected]

Another monkey wrench has been throwninto the higher education budget process, withstate revenue proiections signaling further cutsand a special legislative session may be neces-sary - leaving colleges and universities to con-tinue playing the waiting game.

State sales and income tax collections forN{arch r,l'ere 22 percent lower than 2008, or$57 million below revenues projection for themonth, adding to the already direbudget short-fatl.

On June 20 state economists are scheduledto reveal the last state revenue forecast of thisfiscal year If the numbers dip too lon', it couldsend the legislature scrambling to squccze evenmore monev from an already anorexic budget.

This means that despite the efforts tosqueeze $300 million out of the current bud-get to keep colleges alloat and avoid drastic in-creases in tuition, institutions may still have toface raising fees if the revenue proiections areas low as predicted.

Lower revenue projections are just one ofmany developments that have thrown the an-nual process of forming the state budget for aloop.

Following Gov Bill Ritter's April 13 an-nouncement that $300 million would not becut from higher ed.. the House axed a planApril 17 proposed by the Senate to use $500million in reserre fulds from the state rvorker'scompensation insurance compan]', PinnacolAssurance.

Larvmakers har'-e mor,'ed forrsard r,\,ith alter-native funding options - including eliminatingtax credits and exemptions, as nell as tapping a$30 million reserr,'e from cigarette tur-res.

Other money-saving options include imple-menting eight furlough days for state employ-

ees and reducing payments to Medicaid doctorsand private prisons - with total savings makingup lor the cuts proposed by the Colorado JointBudget Commitbee.

The jBC's April I decision to pull an ad-ditional $300 million from colleges and uni-versities set off a chain reaction of knee-ierksolutions, including the suggestion of usingPinnacol funds to keep the budget afloat.

The Senate pulled Bill 273, which wouldhar,'e redirected Pinnacol funds to make up forthe funding decrease. a move that drew firefrom Colorado business groups and AttorneyGeneral Iohn Suthers, rvho called the move un-constitutional.

An additional bill that n'ould har,-e broughtthe company back under state control lvasrejected April 21 by larvmakers, much to thedelight of Pinnacol CEO Ken Ross. Ross hadthreatened legal action if either of the mea-sures passed.

\A/hile the company's reserl'es seem to besaie lor now. Co\'. Ritter hasn t ruled out look-

ing to the insurer to help in future budget ca-tastrophes.

"I believe we must examine Pinnacol's le-gal and financial structure, its unique statusas a non-taxable, state-created entity, and allaspects of the legislation that governs Pinna-col," he said in the released statement. "Thisincludes a financial and performance audit, anactuarial analysis of Pinnacol's value and sur-plus, and a possible refund to its policyholders."

Pinnacol's president and CEO Ken Ross is-sued a statement Friday afternoon saying hewas pleased that SB 273 rvas withdrau'n.

"It has been our position since lawmakersraised this issue. that Pinnacol assets are pri-vate, not public, funds held in trust to protectour policyholders and their employees," hesaid. "This position rvas reiterated in an opin-ion letter from the Attorney General's office."

The decision to find alternatil'e funding andtake the Pinnacol option off the table does en-sure that Colorado will still be eLigible for $ 760million in federal stimulus funds.

Hotel LearningCenter approved

The Legislature's Capitol Derelopment

Committee unanimously approled l,,letro's Ho-

tel Learning Center April 21.

Metro 'rvill nor,r' be one of only 10 colleges

in thc country that has an on campus hotel,

President Stephen Jordan said.

The hotel will be built on the corner of

,\uraria Parkway and Speer Boulevard rvhereparking tot R is.

N4etro's Board of Trustees approved plans

for the 100,(X)0 square foot hotel in fune. Of

that space 20,000 square fect n'ill be dedicated

to a learning center that will be used strictly for

academic purposes.

The learning center n'ill house several

classrooms. including laboratories dedicated to

the different aspects of hotel management and

food production, as well as faculty ollices.

The entire project will cost $34.2 million.

r.r'ith $7.5 million of that amount funding the

learning center portion of the building.

The hotel will not be paid for with any tax-

payer dollars.

The Joint Budget Committee must norv

approve construction of the building, likely

at their quarterly meeting in |une. The com-

mittees approval must be obtained so that the

bonding process can begin.

If approved. it n'ill be included in the state's

201{) -1011 budget as an information item.

The board of trustees willdiscuss the build-

ing further at their Finance Subcommitteemeeting on April 2 8 and at the full board meet-

ilg on N{ay 6.

Provost search narrows to fourFinalists to visit WHAT IS Acampus, meet withfaculty and students

ByTara [email protected]

The next round of candidates upfor Meto's provost position will bevislting campus in coming weeks.

Four ffnalists will visit campus,meeting with President St€phen Jor-dan, other adminishators, facultyand students.

The candidates will spend theirdays in a series of meetings, cap@olf by an open forum at which theywill be asked to descdbe their planand shategies for leading a diverse,urban institution as provost - espe-cially in a changing and challengrngeconomic climate,

NeiI Matthews, vice chancellorof stuilent Me and academic allairsat Louisiana State Univerdty, andMichael Miller, dean of the Collegeof Education at Minnesota State Uni-versif-Mankato, t'ill both visit cam-pus April 2 7.

"Metro seems to be an institutionthat is emaging. It has a vision of be-ing bigger and stronger, with masters

degrees and as a Hispanic ServingInstituton. It's atr institutton thatplays an important role in an urbansettlng, " Miller said,

Bven the impending budget cutshaven t dampened Meho's appeal toMiller.

"Ive taken several jobs before inplaces that have not been easy jobs orin eaEr situations. It's all work that Ilove to do and can do very well. It re-

ally is, to my mind, the perfect situa-tion," Miller said of working with ad-minishators and legislators to solvethe problems facing the college.

"It seems like it's a very excitingplace and it would be a wonderfrrlrole to play helping the institufionlive up to its dreams," he said.

Being named pmvost at Mehowould be the culmination of Miller'slO-year career, he said, and is an opportuntty that both he and the othercandidates are approaching with ex-citement.

Matthew's open forum will befrom 2:3O - 3:30 p.m. April 27 inRoom 145 of the South ClassroomBuilding. Miller's open forum will befrom 9 - 10 a.m. April 27 in Room329 of the Tivoli.

May 4, Vicki Golich, dean of theCollege of Arts and Sciences at Cali-fornia State University-San Marcos,will visit along with the Dean of theCollege of Education at Tenness€eState Uni!€rsity Peter Millet.

Golich, who worked at UCD ftom1981 to 1984, was a candidate forthe position last fall, but had 0o with-draw her name from contention afterlearning her mother was ill.

"I was devastated, it was a job Iwould love to have. There's all kindsof reasons I would love to be in Den-ver," Golich told The MetrryIiw m

January.Shortly after Golich pulled out of

the race to become provoot, the otherfinalist declined to take the position.

Enrique Riveros-Schiifer, associate vice president of academic allairsat San Francisco State University,also withibew his name for personal

reasons, leaving the college to beginanother search.

A 14-member search committeehas been working slnce June 2008 tofill the position, which has been va-cant since former provost Rodolfo Ro-cha took a medical leave of absencein May 2007.

Rocha's leave followed com-plaints from faculty members overcontroversial new academic policies

and the tenure of his wife, DalindaSolis, a former professor in Meho'sChicano studies deparhnent.

When Solis was hired at MeEoshe was given frrll tenure, a decisionthat did not sit well with other facul-ty members, as pmfessors must uzu-ally wait seven years before applyingfor tenure.

The faculty began pushing for avote of no<onfidencc in the hopesthat Rocha would resign.

Instead, he took a leave of absence which led to the promotion ofLlnda Curran to acting provost - aposition she has remained in sincethat time.

The cur€nt search differs frompr€vious elforts as the college enlistedthe help of consulting firm Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates.

The ffrm helped streamline thework of the search conunittee bymnducting prelininary int€rviewsand narrowing the field of potential "

candida0es.A full schedule for Matthews and

Miller's visit can be found at hftp:llwww.mscd.edu/committees/pro-vost-search/candidates.shtrnl.

The schedule for the May 4 visitswill be announced April 28.

FtI: Everv dav more monev is printed for Monoooh than for the U.S. Treasury. THE METROPOLITAN . APRIL 23. 2009 . METRO . A7

PROVOST?

Chief academicofficer for:Schools of Business,Letters, Arts and Sciencesand Professional Studies

Responsible foroversiqht of:. Curricrilum. Budget. Faculty

Recruitment. Hiring. EYaluation Policies

Qualifications:. Have earned a Ph.D. 10 years as teacher and

administrator in highered.

.A record of commitmentto diversity

. Demonstrated ability toworkcooperativelywith deans, departmentchairs and faculty

The provost also workwith chief academicofficersfrom UCD,CCDand the Auraria HigherEducation Center onissues related to libraryservicet programintegration and programscheduling at Auraria.From the Provost Search Committee

HonoringHolocausthistoryEvent highlightedtreatment ofhomosexuals

By [email protected]

April 2l was National Holo.caust Remembrance Day and out ofrespect, The Gay, Iesbian, Biserrual,Ttansgender Student Services helpedcoordinate the multimedia HolocaustDay of Remembrance event to bettereducate others on how homosexualswere treated.

From 8:30 a,m. to 2 p.m., dozensof students gathered and hundredsmore passed by the Tivoli I\rrnhalleto view pr€sentations, posters, slides,and later a movie focused on how ho-mosexuals were treated during theHolocaust.

"The event went well. We want-ed to educate people on some of thethings that really went on during theHolocaust," said Renzo Figlio, whohelped run the event. 'A lot of people

are delusional to some of the thingsthat happened."

Several speakers, including Rob-ert Hazan, chair of the political sci-ence deparhent, graced the stageand passionately spoke about the his-tory of the Holocaust.

One of the speakers and eventprogram assistants who helped planthe event was student Sav:annahPowell, who has researched the Ho-locaust.

"I learned a great deal in re-gards to the ways in which variousgroup targeted by the Nazis were

lrrsecuted," Powell said. 1s a child,I had a morbid fascination with theHolocaust. This interest came aboutafter my mom married the son of aHolocaust survivor. I u'as made tounderstand that the survival of suchhorrors had affected him greatly,"

Minus one heckler who left theevent shouting unnecessaryobsceni-ties, the event went smoothly andwas called a success.

Figlio added that he felt the high-light of the event was the viewing ofthe film "Paragraph 157," a docu-mentary released in 2000, directedby Rob Epstein and Jelhey Friedman,and narrated by Rupert Bverett.

The fibn chronicles the lives ofseveral men who were arrested bythe Nazis for homosexuality underParagraph 175, the sodomy provi-

sion of the Gennan penal code, dat-ing back to 18 71.

The krtitute for Women's Stud-ies and Services. Beautiful Women'sAlliance and Chabad of Auraria alsohelped coordinate the event.

"The Holccaust is thought of asa fewish event, we wanted to maketoday a people errcnt," Figlio mid.

Dressing for success on abudget

Left, Metro student Jason Cordova models buslness attire pro-vided by Arc Thrift Stores at the Sustainable Style Show on April21, at St. Cajetant Center. The main purpose of the fashion showwas to inform graduating students of the "green," affordable andprofessional formal wear available at thrift stores, which is at leastone-third the cost of clothing at most department stores.Photo by Jamie Cotten . jcotten'[email protected]

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NSIGHT"There was no pnessure on myself or the men's team to beat thel0-consecutive wins. The boys go out there and try to win every

match. That's what they did yesterday..."_ BASEBALL HEAD COACH BECK MEARES, SPORTS, A1 1

THE POINT: TIME TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

AnniversarA reminds us 0f resplnsibilitiesEYESIGHT: sv LEAH MrLLrs . tmi l [email protected] exactly where I was

l0 years ago when the tragedyof Columbine played out liveon our television screens. I

was living for the fust time on myown, young and selfish ald out ofhigh school for less than a year. Ihad no personal connection to theschool, only a bond of proximityhaving been born in Colorado andIiving on the Fronl Range most of mylife. Remembering that day, many ofus find it impossible not to recall ourown high school experiences in anattempt to make sense of somethingso senseless, the good and the un-bearable, the relief of graduation orthe wishing that it lvould never end.However. we can't possibly begin toruminate on the tragedy withoutunderstanding how monumentalan event it was for the victims. theirfamilies and everyone in the United

Carmen Trier, 9, reads a plaque at the Columbine Memorial in Clement Park April 19 just before the candle-light vigil, which was held to honor the 1(hh anniversary of the high school shootings. Carmen's step-sister,Val Schnurr, was one ofthe 23 injured during the attacks.

Releasewas 9... I was on a bus that day... I was in class when our teachers told us... My God... I was at work and myfirst thought was, where are my chilclren...

We all remember. We must never forget. But at what point do we let it r€st? At what point do we releasethe ashes into the wind and allow the mountain air to carry them away? We are Columbine. Each of us, we allshare a piece. We must never forget. But we can never forget we are also much more, So in the coming years,when memories fade, and the floodlights go dim, what is left to say to the next generation? We are one, and to-gether we shall overcome.

Events such as Columbine forcethe culture to re-evaluate its beliefsauouiffiEft thmugh personal andpubtic. so!I. searching, The debateover Colurrfrine rages on todaywithout any clea y defined culturalunderstanding from which we canall move forward, The line that wasilrawnltlirough Littleton and Colo-rado was connected to Red Iake,MinL; Vtginia Tech Dekalb, Ill.;and back througb churches in Ar-vada and Colorado Springs. Whenthese events happen they leave noconscience un-stiired and no awnueof public debate un-traveled.

In the l0th year since Columbineblackened our ctr]tura] understand-ing, the debate continues. Somehave argued that guns themselvesare the reason for violence; othersclaim that guns don't fue themselvesand people are responsible for theirowqi-$fions. Some blame societ,v,parenting, lack of parenting, bully-ing ahd'any number of other mod-ern ills in the search to understandthe tragedy= The truth is we willprobably never knorir'.

Suspiciously absent from thosewho belligerently and withoutthought defend the Second Amend-ment is any sort of responsibility intheir argunentation. Bob Herbertof The NewYo*Times points out that120,000 violent deaths have oc-cured in the years since 9/11 andmost involved guns. As the ViolencePoliry Center notes on their websiteIlexican ald American governmentofncials estjmate up to 90 percentof weapons used by drug cartels irrMexico originated in the U.S. Thefact is the current debate over mean-ing covers up what Columbine is.

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It is a warning. Not a warning ofimpending doom, but a warning thatwe have reached ow limits. Whenthe right !o bear anns runs up againstthe right to life, liberty and happiness,something has to give. In ordertopro-ceed. one has to be limited,

On most computers, installingsoftr+'are prompts the rights andresponsibilities box and most of usclick "yes, I understand my rightsand responsibilities" without ever

actually reading or understandingeither. In the real world of guns andlegislation, not understanding thatrights are profoundly and unfail-ingly linked to responsibilities, andresult in real-lr.orld catastrophes.The legal right to bear arms ensuresthose *'ho would do harm have a le-gal avenue with which they can at-tain weapons. I do not advocate pry-ing guns out of the cold, dead handsof their owners, Instead, ownersneed to stand up and take responsi-bility for keeping the guns out of the

hands of those r.r'ho would use themto perpetuate their own evil designs.It's time that the National Rifle As-sociation, various other gun lobbiesand gun owners themselves ownedup to that.

In Texas, the state Legislatureis considering allowing concealedweapons on college campuses.Thankfully, there is no such threatto public safety being debated inColorado's legislature or at Auraria.Instead, Auraria gun advocates urgeyou to buy guns, offer up tips on sav-

ing money by reusing spent shellcasings and claim guns will keepyou safe despite the fact that youare more likely to accidentally shootyourself or somoone in your familythan a burglar.

Anniversaries of tragedies arenot pmper times to exalt the meritsof the Second Amendment no mat-ter how sfongly you hold your posi-tion. To do so is grossly inappropri-ate and shameful. It is, ho&'ever, atime to take action against gun vio-Ience and domestic terrorism in ourschools, churches and public build-ings, something gun owners and op-ponents alike can agree on. But fustwe must all agree that having rightsmeans having responsibilities. In theaftermath of Columbine, the searchfor meaning still haunts the state ofColorado and the nation. Meaning isnot nearly as important as prevent-ing the tragedy from ever happeningagain, something we have complete-lv failed to do.

Some have argued that guns themselves arethe reason for violence; others claim thatguns don't fire themselves and people are

responsible for their own actions. Someblame society, parenting,lack of parenting,bullying and any number of other modern

iIIs in the search to understand the tragedy.The truth is we will probably never know.

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By James Krugerjkrugerl @mscd.edu

hile growing up, the co-founder of theRocky Mountain Pinball Showdown onlyplayed video games.

Change and a new passion took shape followingDaniel Nikolich's simple purchase: a pinball machine.

Nearly seven years later, he has 5O in his home,and he and his wife and Showdown co-founder, HollyNikolich, ur h thrt d ym d cfpnlCng thcshowdown. The event will be held April 24-26 at the

JelTerson County Fatgrounds in Golden and features150 machines for people to play - with no quartersnecessary.

As an engineer, Daniel Nikolich iust wanted totinker around with his first pinball machine, fix it up,and get it going again .

Instead the machine got hirn going. Seven monthsafter he bought the machine, he was talking to otherpinball enthusiasts in the area about putting on apinball show.

"Whenpeoplefoundout,theywerejustoverwhelmed,"Daniel Nikolich said. "It didn't take much ellort to get itgoing. It just kid of s1ff1sd sn6lrballing."

Vendors, collectors and people rvho restor€ pinballgames agreed to bring in games for people to play forfree, While the first show only had 80 ganes, now thereis nearly twice thit.

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show" said Kevin McCarthy, who is bringing all 12 ofthe games he owns for people to play. "I just get a lot ofenioyment Ihom watching people play my games."

And people get a lot of enjoyment from playing thern.Once ubiquitous in arcades and bars, pinball

lrrochincs haw become more a collectors item thanan amusement, witl only one company, Stern PinballInc., still man ufacturing them.

Despite that, (or possibly because of it), Denver andthe surrounding communities have a hard-core groupof pinball plalers.

"There's very few places where [machines] arenow," Daniel Nikolich said. "I think more people reallyenjoy [pinball], and they just don't know where to find

[machines] or where to play."For three days, the Rocky Mountain Pinball

Showdown will be the place to play, and not onlyColoradans, but also people from as far as Canada,Norway and England travel to try out the machinesand compete in tle tournaments.

Aside from the open tournament, which featuesa $1,000 cash prize and is sanctioned by theInternational Pinball Flipper Association, tlere willalso be tournaments for teams, amateurs, cbildren andothers.

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"We have grandmas tlat are playin$ you'vegot hard-core people who fly in; you've got familiescoming in, and then you've got groups of singleguys coming in," Holly Nikolich said. 'That's thenice thing about pinball - there realb ls somethingfor everybody."

A pinball machine will be rafled off forcharity, and vendors will be there to sell rnachines,memorabilia, pa.rts and accessories.

But more importantly there will be balls to besaved, shots to be made, lights to be lit and scoresto be bested.

"It's very addicting, but it's a good kind," saidMcCar*ry with a laugh. "There really is nothinglike pinball."

Daniel Nikolich agreed, and it doesn't seem likehe'll be going back to playing video games anytimesoon.

"There's just something about the ball iustrolling around on a piece of wood. It's verymechanical," he said. "Pinball can't be replicatedon a X-box or a Playstation."

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Movie showca.ses journo,Iisf 's suhiectivitUBy Robyn Curtis

[email protected]

In April 2005, Los Angeles Timescolumnist Steve Lopez stumbledacross an unusual character. Na-thaniel Ayers rvas ragged and dirty,hunched over on Skid Ror.r'playing aviolin with tr,r'o missing strings.

Lopez had been walking thestreets of L.A., conflicted and dis-gruntled by the crurnbling news-paper indusky, desperately lookinglor neu' material for his column. Hesaw Ayers and stopped, struck bythe homeless man playing beautifulmusic from a broken instrument andeven without a hat on the ground tocollect money.

What had started out as just astory for lopez soon became a life-changing experience, where all basicjournalism rules and obiectivity werethrown out the door and a symbioticrelationship between two unlikelyfriends was found.

"The Soloist" is based on lopez'sexperiences with Ayers. Portrayedby Jamie Foxx in lhe movie, Ayers isa homeless man enslaved by schizophrenia and living out of a shoppingcart in a tunnel in L.A.

Iopez, played by Robert Downey

Jr., soon discovers thal Ayers is abrilliant musician and at one timehad been aftending fulliard. only tobe brokendown by mental diseaseresulting in life on the streets. Fas-cinated by the man's story and lovefor music, Lopez began writing about

By Beth Norrisenor r [email protected] -

The Starz Film Center's latest Old School/

Nen' School double leature will ask a valuable

question: just what klnd of person are you? Thedilferences bctween people are p:rlpablc. There

are good people and bad people, And when you

die, there;re the kind of people n'ho $'ant to be

a zombie and the kind of people r,\.ho w?nt to

be a vampire.

Each of these undead genres has created

its on'n cult following. Each has showered the

public wlth comics, movies, books and survival

guides.

As generations of follolrers grolv and

change, so does the standard to which thesegenres are held. Fans demand a certain level of

authenticity within these genres. An orthodox

has been established and r,r'hen it is broken. all

credibility goes out the window. But withinboth the zombie and vampire realms, disparity

exists: ar,resome vs. Iame.

Those disparities are examined rvhen "In-

terview with the Vampire" (1994) goes head-

to-head with "Twilight" (2008) for vampire

movie superiority April 24 at the Starz Filrn

Center.

An old schooler may scoff at the teenage

drama "Trvilight" and hedge their bet with"Interview" all the way remembering the

only time the storirline of a teen drama-slash-

vampire film seemed logical and badass lvas

lvhen it was done far better in "Lost Boys."

But a lot of "Inten'ierv rvith the \,hmpire"

supporters are the same people n'ho have been

Robert Downey Jr. (left) plays Steve Lopez opposite Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers in "The Soloist/opening nationwide April 24. Photo counesey soloistmovie.com.

Where objectivity had always been

dril led into the journalist's Lraining,

Iopez turned to subjectivity after ex-

p€riencing a night in Ayers' life and

seeing holr' he survived. Lopez said

he felt morally responsible to get in-

volved and to help get Ayers olT the

streels."It was no longer me telling a

story. It r.t'as being inspired by a friend

and trying to help this friend," Lo-

pez said. "Nathaniel took me into a

world that I didn't know well and he

moved and inspired me in walrs that I

had never been as a journalist."

lopez rn'as reeling from the de-

clining nervspaper industry and re-

thinking his career rvhen he first met

A)'ers. The undl'ing and obvious pas-

sion Ayers had for music despite his

crippling illness captivated l,opez."The greatest gift I got from Na-

thaniel, and there are many, was to

be reminded that I did have my on'n

passion and that, although there

were other things I nas consideringgoing to do, it was Nathaniel through

his passion that opened my eyes to

the fact that I had my own and that

I would nerer be happ5' doing any-

thing other than what I do," Lopez

said."Knowing that about my career

and about my purpose i{,as quite re-

vealing and to hale learned about

loyalty to the thing that you love and

about friendship from a guy I met liv-

ing out of a shopping cart. remains

to this day one of the mosl inspi-ra-

tional experiences of my life," Iopez

said.

When asked for advice for aspir-

ing journalists coming into a collaps-

ing industry, topez said to keep your

hopes up."If you decide that you really

walt to do this, if you're committed

to it, if it's your dream and nothing

else will make you happier, then go

ahead," Lopez said. "If not, then norv

is the time to look into something

else."

Ayers in his column,"I'r'e never got so personally in-

volved with a story I've been workingon,' Lopez said in a phone interview."I've never jumlxd into the story andbecome a character in it to the extentI've done wiih this story which start-ed four years ago."

I-tsqz said the experiencechanged his approach to writingbased on the support lrom his readerswho embraced his columns on Ayers.

"\{e're taught as journalists to

keep some distance and hold ontoour impartiality, even as columnists.But this was a specialcircurnstance,"Lopez said. 'T think it was kind ofcool lor readers to see a writer be-come so involved. So I've rethoughtmy history of keeping distance lromthe subject."

Iopez said that his and Ayers'relationship changed lrom r .riter

and subject to close friends after hespent a night with Ayers on SkidRow six months after they first met.

Double feature stars bloodsuckersrecentlli getting their other-lvorldly fix from

"Ha-rry Potter" and "Eragon," while "Tr4ilight"

li'as biding its time to take the stage. By the time"Twilight ' made its w?y to the !'oung adult sec-

tion of Barnes and \oble. good vampire mor-ies o-erc all but forgotten. Thcre were .r few hitsand misses from time to time. but the oualiw of"Intervielv" seems unmatchcd.

The comparison here seems straightfor-

ward. Lest rve forget the zombie-r'ampire La-

stat (Tom Cruise) rising up lrom the swamps

of New Orleans to seek revenge in "Intervie\t'

with the \hmpire." That was alesome. Or

creepy litt le adolescent Claudia (Kirsten Dunst)

running around I 9th century Paris ofting vic-

tims. Blood flows in crystal rvine glasses and

down the necks of countless Victims. 'Inter-

vier.r"' even has an entire vampire glee club in

Paris headed by a vampire Antonio Banderas.

Corpses, voodoo, coffins, blood and sinister

characters make th is a sa l isb ' ing vampi re mo-

tion picture.

The vampires in "Twilight" aren't even

scorched by sunlight - instead their skin

shines and glistens like glitter. It has abolished

a vital cornerstone of vampire rules. The sun is

like kryptonite to vampires. I&lthout that horv

w-ould mortals even survir€? "Twilight" an-

swers that question with a vampire that feeds

on woodland creatures.

.A,nd nhen a gang of bulli'-r,ampire-jocks

actually kills humans. the scene cuts awa!',

They linally have some vamplre-on-human

action, and they don t even sho\,!' it. That's ap-palling to any true vampire bufl Although a

few traditional elcments remain, there may not

er,en be blood in the entire movie. And if there

is blood. it is minimal and unmemorable."Trvilight" Iiterally has glitter vampires,

who at some point during the film. establish

their turf r,r'-ith some kind of baseball play-off It

has all the action and excitement of a Nickel-

odeon made-for-Tv movie that might premiere

at a Christian youth camp.

The vampires in "Twilight" do showcase

superhuman strength and an impressive ca-

pability to jump high, making them seemingly

incredible baseball pla5'ers. The main vampire,

Edward (Robert Pattinson). also has an aston-

ishing abilit!'to look constipated at all times.

For all these reasons and more "Twilight" is

clearly Rodan in this little shoudown and "ln-

tervier.d' is rvithout a doubt \lothra. who n'ith

the help of the tiny Ailenas twins (i.e. Ktsten

Dunst), defeats thc prehistoric lowl.

Vampires may have depleted their mass ap-

peal or greatly increased it with "Twilight," one

may ner€r knou' for sure. But as media sales

rise, the latter unfortunately seems more likely.

But don't lose your vampire enthusiasm

iust yet. Plenty of quality vampire stock ex-

ists in molies that have already been made. sr.l

1'ou're covered there. And, of course, there's

aln'avs zombies.

"lnterview with the Vampire" will go head-to-head with "Twilight" 6 p.m. on Aptil 24at the Starz Film Center. Photos courtesv of imdb.com

B4rAFNL23,2009 THEUETI

The technical crew runs through lighting cues in different scenes April 18 during the technical rehearsal. The booth is the main operating hubfor the entire production. One of the main responsibilities of the lighting crew is to match the lighting to the mood of the scene to better portray ...the different scene changes and different time of day. In the play "The Diviners,"there are no set changes. Lighting is used to help the audience- . . ..understand the transition of time and place. ,'

By Julie [email protected]

Photos by Leah [email protected]

he best techies are the ones you don't see -

that is the golden rule behfurd the curtain.l- Hannah Tippit mighj not .have the most

recognized posilion in the show but her Job is just one part in whatshe calls 'bne long link of chains." Tfpit is the House Manager for"The Diviners, " th6 s6q' play directed by fay Louden about the Lay-man family in a 19 30s rural Iniliana town inmersed in denial, theGreat Depression and thick Southern, country accents.

Bven though she is an actress and studying at Meho for a B,F.A.in rnusical theater, Tippit switched roles ttris semester to wear the

black instead of the rouge. Being a part of the tech crew opened upa new perspectir€, one that she is grateful for the opportunity tohave, Tippit said.

"I think the most important ar€a is just being the backbone tothe rest of the show. That's r,t*rat we're there to do - we're there tobe the support for the actors to the directors, to everyone else - tomake sure all of their hard work looks good," Tippit said.

No one really looks at set designs and lighting techniquestbroughout the show and thinks of the people behind the produc-tion; the audience is there to see the action and the story. But thisparticular play is unique in that the lighting determines the time

"I learned so much. The stage manage:does absolutely everything, from organizinlrehearsals to talking to everyone on the production team, to changing the paper towels irthe bathroom, " Uhl joked.

The crew is kept small since there are n(maior set changes and most of the props arl

' pantomimed. The actors wear one costuni

througbout the duration of the play.In Louden's philosophy of theater, no single entif is less signifi

cant than the rest,"It's hard to quantify how important things are. No elegn

can take the audience. It all has to be iust right," Iouden sai$:Louden has been directing since I 9 9 0 anil with eve.y pluv

"olmusical ls always learcing. Yet ooe thing remains the s3ft,

"Most fundamentally, a director is I coordinator ftj*..o a.signers, stage managers and actors - learning hg: each persorcommunicates, particularly actors," Louden said$'s not being ipsychiatrist. It's really learning to adlust the means of communication for the individual. What's the best way to g$the idea out thento make the idea their own." ry 'qi

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Every role is essential in the play's success."lt's an ensemble. Everyone is lust as ,$ful as eue.yone

Without the people in t.be back, you can't Hve the rest of igppit said.

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tech crews of plays and musicols know they're doingtheir job right if it seems like they're not there, when

actually, they' re everywhere.

and place for every scene.Stage Manager Christina Uhl designed the multi-Ievel set piece

so it can function as a platform for various scenes. In one instance,it's the front porch of the Layman family household when a travel-ing preacher comes looking for work. In another, it's the banks ofa river in which the same preacher comforts a boy named Buddyfrom his psychological fear of water.

"The most fun part as far as being set designer is seeing my s€t

finally painted and seeing the lights shine on it," Uhl said. In theclimax of the show the most exciting part of Uhl's job as a stagemanager is calling the complex cues - ones that require all 11 ac-tors on stage to switch ftom slow motion and back into real timesynchronized with music and sound.

Uhl does not only have an entire crew to juggle, but an exten-sive academic and professional schedule 0o manage: she is currentlydouble-majoring in musical theater and human development andminoring in elementary education. She works anywhere from fiveto 10 hours on the weekdays, and when the work is still not done,it's finished on her own time - Spring Break.

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2. Lighting designer Jacob Welch, left, and light board operator KristenLittlepage use headsets to communicate with each other and therest of the production ensemble throughout the show. Communica-tion between the crew members is vital to the efficiency and flow ofthe entire show.

3. Benjamin Cowhick takes a moment to get into character beforegoing on stage April 18 during play practice at the King Center. Cow-hick noticed many surprising similarities between himself and hischaracter. "The more you ignore (things), the more things can blowup in your face. I'm a very spiritual person, so thatt another thingtoo," Cowhick said. For Cowhick itt important to understand theexperience the different roles a crew member and actor play.

4. Christina Uhl, the showt stage manager, works with her crew AprilI 8 at one of the play3 final rehearsals in the King Center. "Whenyou're acting you're really going into the artistic psyche and youhave to be vulnerable and you have to be in touch with the emo-tions in your character. Little things that wouldn't normally botheryou might bother you in that frame of mind. Whereas being a techieyou have to have a huge thick wall around you. You have to be ableto deal with temperamental people...and you also have to be verydetail oriented, very organized, keeping track of paperwork, keepingtrack of everything and seeing it all from a different perspective," Uhlsaid.

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SOUNDING OFF: Gaslight Anthemlightingup the punk sceneIn the middle of their first headlining tour,the Gaslight Anthem are crossing thecountry with their punk-by-way-of-BruceSpringsteen sound. After breaking downand nearly getting frostbite in Fargo, N.D.the band was literally warming up for ashow in Tempe, Ariz. and the 97 degreeheat when The MeftJames Kruger caughtup with their drummer, Benny Horowitz,to see what it's like on their way to the top.

lK: Speaking of hot, how does it leel to be a part oI the hottestpunkbandin the eountry, right now ?Benny Horowitz: How's it feel? I dunno (laughs) . I would nev-er declare myself in the hottest punk band.

llk h sounils ridiculous to sag, but it's tn,rc.BH: It sounds Iike "Zoolander." Like, 'you guys are so hot rightnow.' I mean honestly you know everything that is going on, itfeels really good. It's like every'thing I wanted to do with musicand more. There's a lot of it that's weird and has taken a lot ofgetfing adjusted to, but I'm happy with the fact that I can playmusic now. and that's it.

lK: What's wetuil?BH: Um, lvell, honestly, hearing things like you lust said(laughs). People being like, 'what's it feel like to be a rock starnow?' I don't know if I'll ever get comfortable with somethinglike that because I iust don't see mys€lf like that. And then justgetting used to playing bigger venues, playing to more people,Iike we're playing a lot of festivals this summer. We're waymore comfortable in a basement with like 40 kids than a festi-va[. But it's like a new reality and we're just taking it day by dayand trying not to lose ourselves in all of this and stay a band andstay good friends and make good music, you know?

lK: DiiI gou ever expect this leaction? I mean because Aou guAswent frcm playing in hasements to .., well, I ilon't want to sagit again, but being as hot as you guys are ?BH: Not even close. It's a totally surreal experience. I don'tthink fil ever be really able to understand undl it's all over.

Photo courtesy of Side One Dummy RecordsGa3light Anth€m walks hard, but don't let theirswagger fool you. They're quite nice, really.

Gaslight Anthem4.24.O9I p.m. @ the GothicTheatre

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I grew up just reaily involved in like the punk and hardcore scenewhere the idea of making a living off music was barely a consider-ation. You did it fi:r however long you could do it and if you want-ed some sort of stable life you went and did something else. So, I'mnothing but thanldrl for it, you loow. I know a lot of people wantto do it and I'm really happy that I get to do it. Because, fuck, thereare a lot of people that can play better than us Qaughs).lK: Growing up in the punk-rock scene anilhailcore scene, aouhear about bands like Against Mel and others getting all thisshit Ior getaing biggen ls th',t even an issue for gou gugs?BH: Yeah, definitely it's an issue man. Lil<e, there's some sort ofmodel built into punk and hardcore u'here you are the most ad-mirable person, in a way, if you basically die broke and hungryand trying. And honestly, there's something to that that I evenlove. But there's another part of me that's learning what thisbusiness is all about and the fact that it is a business. I mean,

there are some shadl, fucking snakes walking around in this in-dustry and making a ton of fucking money and not really doinganything. There's less of me that's guilty about taking the op-portunity that's coming to us.

lK: So you havert't gotten ana 'sellout' tlak?

BH: Yeah. it happens lrom time to time, but l,r'e never waved alyflags in this band about being super punk rock, and rl'e neverput any kind of limit on rrvhat it could do. But yeah, r,l'e takesome shit. I understand. and I remember when I rvas a kid therewas a lot of bands that I disregarded in the dayjust because theyo t hi('opr q^ I opf if

lK: One thing I got to give aou guAs props for is putting refer-ences to Bob Seger and the Counting Crows into your songs,BH: You kno&', it's like where we're from. I appreciate that. Iknorv a lot of it comes from the fact that we know we're notreinventing the wheel over here. We're just playing n'hat wethink sounds good. And we owe a lot of tlat to people we love.So throwing them in there once a while and shit, I think it's cooltoo. It's just to pay homage.

lK: Was there pressure to lollow up the first alhum?BII: Um, not so much. I mean, I always feel pressure, man.Whatever I've ever put out, I want everything I put out to bebetter than the last thing I put out. I think that's when bandsstart to get shitty when they lose that idea. Ijust want to fuckingput out a killer record.

lK: How has the reception been abroail?BII: It's been good. It's been really good actually. What happened in the U.K. is fucking crazy to us. The reaction has beenhuge. The U.K. is probably the biggest reaction we get anywherein the world right now.

lK: Whg woulil that be?BII: I've noticed in som€ interviews that people ask us a lotabout our history and background and shit. And I think theconcept of a working-class, blue-collar American is interestingto them. The fact that we come frorn that kind of place, i1's aliftle more intriguing maybe, you know?

lK Sorry about the 'hottest punk band' crackBII: No, it's cool dude- You're still a journalist; you have to saywords like 'hot.'

The Y'new offers indie-rockknowledge backed with a country-punkkickReturning from their firstWest Coast tour, Denver country punks The Knew come home to play in one of the best free shows of the year,opening up for Florida indie-thrashers, Fake Problems at the Larimer Lounge. Fresh off the road, guitarist Tyler Breuer took a momentfrom unpacking to talk to The MeftJeremy Johnson about what the local scene has to offer now that the Wild West has been won.

fl: You guys hatte a lot of tlitlerent genres going on, There's a

Iot of punk in there, a little rockabilla, a little blues - it's hard

to nail ilown. Exactly lrhat kinil of banil is The lfttew?

TB: lVe get that question a lot but all we'r'e ever r,l.anted to be

is a direct representation of ourseh,es. We never sat down to

have a band meeting and decide on an olcrall band sound. I

can't put us into one genre, u'e just try to be authentic to our

individual selves as possible.

lJ: The proilucer of your f.rst tu,o alblms is Hor IQs' bassist

Bryan Feuchtinger, What do you think about their sudilen,

TB: Yeah. The plan this year is to get a handful of more tunestogether so we can release a full-length. I don't lmow whenwe're going to record it, it iust depends on where r€'re sittingbudget-wise. But recording with Bryan is always a pleasureand I think he has some really good insight on rvhat he can dowith our sound. The Hot IQs are going to be missed. They'vebeen around foreler. The thing about them was, wherever theHot IQs played. people from all types of scenes and people inter-ested in all kinds of genres would show up because they wereiust so inclusi!€.

wrcxpecteil breakup? t . level. But, shit, $'hat those

TB: Bryan has become a good VVe SIAVe OV€f tft€S€ SOngS tnfee af iOUf guys have been abte to do tofriendof ours.He'sourgolf bud- ttmesAWeekinASWeAtyb7Sgmgnt set youns people back intody. too. Actually. rve knerv about rock music has meant the

rheir brealup months ago. and ln f lve Polnts. VVe wouldn I Ao tt il lu€ *o116 ro me. They've madewe bought their old touring varr. didn't feel StfOnAlV AbOUt the SOnAS." good-sounding, classic rockWe've been driving that around.

- with a positive tone of salva-

In fact, we just got in last night from Las l'egas, We were on tion to it. The best thing about bands like that is that they're so

a one-week stint in Caliiornia. Utah and Nevada, and the van inclusive. !!'hen 1,ou go to a show you see people from all walks

was great. \4'e're sad the Hot IQs are gone but we're glad to of life, giving each other high ffl'es. Whereas you might go to

have the van, an indie show where people snub you and stare at their shoes.

fl: Is Bryan going to continue to conaribute, saA on Aour ttp- We're not modeled after Hold Steady in sound. but I hope rve're

coming album that's coming out this Aear? modeled after them in attitude.

fi: Who else, or what else, inspires The Knerr?

TB: Well, the four of us all listen to some very different kinds

of music, but we can all agree on what a good song is. Finding

a unifying band in town is pretty tough because everybody's

pretty distinct and v!'hat rve listen to is all over the map.

II: I noticed on your MplSpace that ltour BFF is that incofii-

gible Minnesota handThe Hold Steadg. They're one of my fa-vorite banils, too. You grtys sound a little like them, aes?TB: Oh man, I hope so. For me, personally, I'm a Hold Steady

freak. The other guys lor,'e them, but I kind of take it to another

fi :Yotr gttgs play so me big- souniling songs, an ilThe Knew has a lotof energg.How lntegruIis that ervrw to the iilentitll of the banil?TB: It's very important. We slave over these songs three of fourtimes a week in a sweaty basement in Five Points. We wouldn'tdo it if rve didn't really feel strongly about the songs. The energy

arounil and, stare at their feet.

Photo courtesy of The Knew and Doug Beam

Denver indie outlaws The Knew know a lot aboutpunk-infused country rock, but liftle about canoes.

fl: What has separaterl The Knew from the rest of the scene?

TB: Well, first of all, we're all very tall. People notice that right

away and it helps us stand out. (laughs) I don't know I guess

we don't try to be particular to anybody's scene or hang out

with a certain group of people. Anybody hanging out in the

Denver music scene, they're all good guys and gals, and there's

no reason to exclude ourselves from that.

ll: It can be a bit of a trendy scene ,

TB: Exactly And I think people that are in it for the longevity

of it and have the music scene's best interest in mind look past

that, and it isn't an issue. I hope that's something that comes

across because that's how we feel and I know there are a lot of

Denver bands that feel that wav. too.

irround us is about having a good time. 4.27 .Og

fl: It's definitelg not one of ahose shows where people stanil

Fake Problems w/The Knew

8 p.m. @ theTB: I hope so. There are bands from that genre u'lth that at-titude but, man. we don't \.mnt to be one of them. FREET 21 +

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Photo counesy of Ashtree Clote @ wr,vwmyspace.com,/ashtreecloseDenver's Ashtree Close are victims of their own censorship.

ASHTREE CTOSEFormer members of local burds Places. The Lasting Effect and As Flood \Ara-

ter Rose havd reccntly come together to form thc Denver trio Ashtree Close. 'Af

ter many late-night ta]ks, we decided to take a lot of the songs we had written onour own and put them together," pianist and vocalist Will Johnston said. trVhilethe band incorporates many dit'ferent genres of music, contemporary indie stylesuits them best. According to Johnston, Ashtree Close maintains familiarityby getting across "a real message thal ercry'one feels throughout their lives."The band has iust finished recording their fust EP, still unnamcd at this time. atMarigolds and Monsters recording studio in Atl:urta. It consistsol live songs andshould be released sometime in May. "\\ie are iust getting the finishing touches

done," Johnston said, Ashtree Closc will be taking the stage April 24 at Iifespotin Centennial. For more information go to wwr4'.myspace.com./ashtreeclose.

. By Nathalia V6lez . nvelez@mscd,edu

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Af ter giv ing i t some ser ious thought, Denver indie prodigies HotlQs decided to cal l i t qui ts.

For Denver music fans,Hot tQs breakup smarts

Onc ol l)cnrcr's rnost bclrled barttls. tlot I(ls, has dcciticd to call it quits.' l 'he

locirl trio. \\ 'ho has Lrern nraking grcat. htxrk-laden. booty-shahin intlit '

pop lor nrorc than livr Years. has sutldcrt l1' deciclcrl to mor c on, Prior to the arl-

nouncen(:nt for tl:cir l inal thrce sho'"r's. 1]rc bartd rnade irn oiiicial anrounce-

rrent viir a \I1'Sprrcc bulletin Aprii l4 u'lt ich rearl in parl. It rr-as a ltard deci-

sion. but r,r'c r,e dci it led this is the ertd ol the nxrii for I lol IQs. '

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lirren'ell shor,,' is st hcduled lirr June 19 at thc li l lucbird'l ltcrttct itttcl is l iec lbr

l lrose or,r:r l l ,

Thc trnnouncerncnt colncs on thc heels ol rr nctr. -ringlc and nttrsic viclctr' ' Hountlslrxrth, " n hich shol,"'ed promisc, but urrlirrtunalcly rnirrl is l. irc cncl ol'

the band s output. I lndoubtcdlv one ol the nrosl popular bancls in tht: Denver

rrrusic scene {\\ ' inninll thc ll i 'stu'old's llcst l l ldie I'op Bantl arvard t$'ice in a

ror," and voted thc sccontl-best band in Coloraclrt in last voar's Ror'ky ,\ ' loltrttri itt

\r 'rls poll). the IQs rtrzor-shirrp n'it ancl catchl' songs n'il l bc sorell rttissed all

across thc Coloritlo rrrusic sccne. . By Matt Pusatory

When themembersof OrangeCounty'sHalos aren'tlost in thewoods they'remaking sweet,surging. neo-punk together,God blessthem. JeremyJohnson

ijohn30Somscd.eduMusic Editor

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debut atthe CavernROADSIDE REVIEW: Club in Liverpool,Halos are California's new angels England.The

Photo courtesy of LoStateMinor.comWilliam Elliot Whitmore sings blues like a man with a banjo, butsans porch.

WILLIAM EttIOT WHITMOREWilliam Elliott Whitmore has the l'oice of an old. haggard man that has bcen

to hell and back.In fact, when listening to his newest album,{nirrtals ln The Dark,

you might swear that you're listening to an ancient bluesman strumming his

guitar on the front porch. So irnagine the surprise $rhen it turns out l,Vhitmore

is a 30-year-old farm boy lrom lowa. \A/hitmore 's

musical style of eady spiritual

blues sounds remarkably contemporary, $/ith a someivhat political edge. Hc will

take center stage April 26 at the larimer Lounge. The show should be an excit-

ing mix of high-energy showmanship and tear-ierking balladrl,. Whitmore is a

fantastic musician and all blues fan should marli their calendars.

. By Matt Pusatory . [email protected]

William Elliot Whitmore w/The Wheel4.26.09I p.m. @ the Larimer Lounge, $10,21+

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band th i r l has a Lrn ique qual i ty 'and ly r ica l depth, l r -h ich. in turn . is u t i l i zed

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to captivate the cnrwd, but t Ialos broLrgltt togethcr his slrong, yet wcLcoming.

rcice rvit h bril l iant rlusiciarrship. loslr IJuber's licr' lroitrd crpcrtisr: built songs

such irs Spectrcs' to an rr)rotional sn'cli, l l itb the mtlodl' ntovittg lorn'ard

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THE POINT: THETASK IS AT HAND

StuCo must solve identy crisisThey like to wear suits.

Maybe it validates them?

I know I feel like a pretty girl

when I dress up, too. But this isn't

about fashion statements.

Instead, this is about lrnagi-

nary Student Government Assem-

bly President-Elect, Master Andrew

Bateman's, and Vice-President-Elect,

C.J. - I'r'e only been on the job for a

month - Garbo's lailure to launch.

The boys won re-election, sure

enough. Ner,'ermind the complaint

Master Bateman filed against com-

petitor-turned-quitter Erik Skelc-

tor. Nlaster Bateman wanted to sec

hon' much money his opponent was

spending, but those reports $'ere

never filed. causing the Election

Commission to temporarilr- suspend

Skeletor's lefter to ?he Corrstiutiondl

R(porfer campaign. Too bad the pa-

per had alread-u- hit the street.

Instead of standing up and tak-

ing it like someone who carcs. Skel-

etor threw his hands in the air and

withdrew his name from the ballot

after the polls had closed. Yeah, it

doesn't make sense to me either.

Imaginary scandal aside, I sat

don'n with On-The-Job - not to be

confused with Odd Job - and asked

him r.t'hat goals he had for next year.

On-The-lob said it was too earll'.

actually "premature" was the term

he used, to discuss goals for next 1'ear.Alter all, there are a few nell' kids in

the sandbox: Student Trustee Elect

Kailei - The Black Republican -

Higginson, for one. A wild card, for

sure.

But On-The-Job knows our Stu-

dent Council will be far more effec-

tive next year because of the poliry

manual, bylaws. constitution, regu-

latory codes, statuettes, playbook

and owners' manual he helped write,edit and/or amend this year,

"This was one of the more effec-

tive years," he said. nnd I'm looking

forward to next year."

I digress. The boys in the suits

NIC [email protected]

have done a decent job getting out

there in this time of financial peril.

Tfendsetters, really: You see, N{aster

Batcman and Co. had a fun little rally

at the Capitol Iast month. That u'ould

be bclbre the sky almost fell. But not

to be outdone, On-The-Jobtook credit,

today for overtuming the $300 mil-

Iion budget cut to higher education

after there rgcre tn'o other marches -

neither planned by StuCo.

So I ask r,r'h at u,'as one or tr!'o go als

he felt StuCo completed this l,ear that

madc them so effcctive? Nlore di-

rectll:, I asked On-The-Job what r.rere

some of the goals the elected ofticials

set out to accomplish in September

that had been planned and executed

throughout the ]€arHe couldn't give me one.

I asked him again: if I rvere to

supply a list of his coronspirators,

and told him to go down the list and

tell me what they did, would he be

able to?

Then the light clicked. He told

me about lormer Stuco Speaker Pro-

tempore Savannah Powell who was

in charge of a campus safety evalu-

ation. She was put in charge of theproiect in October. She canceled the

only meeting ever scheduled for the

cornmittee to meet.

Powell left her seat five months

later after a dispute over On-The-Job's

appointment to the vice presidenclr

He had previously been the Student

Council's "unique counsel."

Pornell didn't return my phone

call to comrnent. Too bad.

But getting back to the future,

On-The-Job is convinced all the new

rules will keep the elected representa-

tives honorable and on-task.

But that's the problem. They are

task-less. Their hands are tied. They

areparalyzed. Do they do anything to

fk it? Nope. They bitch and they hope

that one day The Black Republican

or any of his predecessors will have

some sort of vote that matters. They

talk behind each other's back. 'How

n'ould you like it half your staff drops

the ball?" On-The-Job asks me. I tell

him. some one dkl drop the ball this

u'eek and that's lvhy I'rn talking ro

him.

I had a hole to fill.

The fact of the matter is. the only

thing On-The-Job has a ready ansrver

lor is where he gets his suits: The

ll{en's !!hrehouse.

His intcntions may be noble, but

until Stuco recognizes their problem,

their lack of goals, their lack of fol-

low through, their lack ot (fill in the

blank) they n'ill continue to be noth-

ing more than a waste of $2 70,0(X)

in student fees.

StuLb is in a unique prniflon. The

leader of the tost Bols and Girls has

identified the problem. Well, actuaily I

identified it. but I r,urn't takc credit. The

inhrition, fresh off the campaign, can

cometr]gether and untie the red tape that

lends io infighting and sullocation.

On April 21, Stuco played part

in Statewide Bducation Day On-The-

lob said the mission of the day was

to educate stakeholders about all theproblems Metro Commuter College

of Denver is facing. Similar events

were held on campuses across the

stat€. Each campus had two weeks

notice. About 100 people showed up,

On-The-lob said."II we learned anything this

year," On-The-Job opined, "we need

to get the n'ord out sooner."

Maybe it's time to ditch the wing

tips for tennis shoes.

By Philippe SandsTbeGuadian

Dear Mr Cheney,

call, hr exanrple, that

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"bold" interrogation program. der whether you have ever reflected on the consequences

new legal memosto reports that have not been declassified "that show ment) when you decide to use on it ottrers, then wby

as a result of this activity", should other nations not r€sort to its use, even againstspecifically r*thatif I am a tad sceptical. I re- Americans who may be detained overseas. at some point

I testified befor€ the House in the future. I once had a chance to put that question toI holr you'll excuse

summer, Congressman ltent Geneml Myers, the chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,was used on only until2005, in respect of a raftof lesser techniques.

source on whom he relied - Michael Hayden, who happened to be the forrner head of the CIA - wasn't entirelyaccurate. This week's news reports that two of tlose men

week's publication of four of your words and actions for others, If waterboardingg torture, so you rcferred isn't torture (or even cruel, inhuman or degrading treat-

fudiciary Committe€ kFlanks reported that rrthree men and that inthan one minute, That

case, it had lasted no more Bring on that honmt debate, I say. Put your moneya grand total of three mtui- wherc your mouth is. Call for all the evidence - all of

of waterboardFs. all the fuss &orrl Con- it-tobe put before theU.S. Congress or an independent

Tuition scale neededWith the cuts higher education has faced in the last few weeks, the ad-

ministration has considered numerous solutions, from capping enrollment to

raising tuiUon.

While these and other possibilities must be considered as the situation de-

velops, there is one that should undoubtedly be applied going into next year.

Students enrolled in programs that cost more to provide, teach and maintain

should pay more in tuition.

It simply makes sense - some students should not be forced to shoulder

the high cost of other students' education.

The aviation department at Metro, lor instance, requires high-tech tech-

nologl', simulation-training programs and other cutting-edge machinery for

instruction.

tr{eho's Deparhnent of Hospitality, 'lburism and E\cnts also has a restau-

rant management concentration w-ith hillh costs for culinarv equipment.

Obviously it costs more to maintain and develop these departments as op-

posed to the Iinglish or Spanish departments. which basically require books.

buildings and instructors to lunction.

lvletro u'as and is a college based on opportuniry, but lre are facing a new

economic landscapc. If A,letro wants to continuc to gronr its sfudcnt body and

the size of its campus. it must also be willing to malie changes that &'ill liot

jeopardize its tradition of being an open and aftbrdable institution. The idea

of raising tuition across the board, and the amount of the increase being dis-

cussed. n'ill cndanger its long-standing philosophies.

While the future is cloudcd regarding how much tuition will rise duc to

the crisis facing higher education. rrith the passagc of the lee for Metro s new

building, full-time students certainly can expect to pay nearl,v $100 more in

tuition in three years.

lf this college plans to use this building as a chance to derelop ner,r,'and

forward-thinking programs, students who will benefit directly from those pro-

grams should expect to pay more for such opportunities.

!!'hich brings us back to the present.

Before moving forward, Metro needs to look at ideas that u,ill help in the

long term and be nilling to make tough, but fair. decisions regarding the finan-

cial demands they make of their students.

Researching and recognizing how to equalize holt' much each student

pays for their education now will reinforce the equd in Metro's equal-oppor-

tunity vision.

And it illustrates that Metro, with one foot stepping in the future, recog-

nizes the needs and value of its students in the here and now.

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METRO MEN 3-0, METRO WOMEN 2-2

Men's tennis first in RMAC'Runners grabregular-seasonchampionship

By Enrico [email protected]

Meho men's tennis team clin-iched the regular-season RockyMountain Athletic Conferencechampionship and tied the schoolrecord for lO-consecutive wins afterbeating Colorado State University atPueblo April 2O at Gates Tennis C€n-ter.

"There was no pressure on my-self or the men's team to beat thel0{onsecutive wins," head coachBeck Meares said. "The boys go outthere and try to win every match.That's what they did yesterday [April2Ol against CSU-Pueblo, but I'msure they were all concentrating onthe RMAC win. It was just a bonusthat match happened to be the 10th-cons€cutive win."

The Roadrunners entered themarch April 20 against CSU-Pueblo

iust one match ahead in the RMACstandings but pulled through withthe 5-4 win to claim the regular sea-son RMAC championship.

The men traveled to Billings,Mont., April 17 with nothing butwinning on their minds and beatUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney8-1. Player of the Week, senior Sas-cha Ruckelshausen won in No. Idoubles with junior Scott Bradley.Ruckelshausen, has a 5-0 singles re-cord. However. he didn't play singlesagainst Kearney because his back isstill hurting and was saving his en-ergy for Montana State University-Billings. Junior Angelo Faustino tookhis place and won at No. I singles6-2, 6-2. The only loss came fromMatt Ferrari at No. 6 singles.

The Roadrunners shutout MSU-Billings April l8 9-0, Ruckelshausenreturned from iniury and beat MSU-Billings sophomore Franco Valdez6-3, 6-4. Sophornore Ryan Campbell shutout his opponent, freshmanBrian lrSueur, 6-0. 6-0 in No. 5singles.

"The men's team are regular-season champs after going 8-O inconference play," Meares said. "Weare now focused on the RMAC tour-nament startlng Friday (April 24)."

The women lost to both Kearneyand MSU-Billings 5-4. FreshmanYerica Pessoa is proving 10 be an all-star on the team, Her win againstCSU-Pueblo April 20, placed her at

Metro junior Scott Bradley dives for the ball in a match against University of Nebraska at KearneyApril 3 at the Auraria Courts, Ment tennis captured the regular-season conference championshipmatch against Colorado State University at Pueblo April 20 at Gates Tennis Center. Phoro by BrittneyHanze. [email protected]

"The men's team are

-HANNAH TIPPII"THE DIVINERS" HOUSE MANAGER, METROSPECTIVE, 84

SIDETINE

4.24BaseballNoon and 3 p.m.

vs. Colo. Christian@ Auraria Field

TennisRMACTournament

4.25BaseballNoon and 3 p.m.

vs. Colo. Christian@ Auraria Field

SoftballNoon and 2 p.m.

vs. Chadron State@ Auraria Field

TrackAl lday

Jack Christensenlnvitational@ Fort Collins

TennisRMACTournament

4.26Softball11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

vs. Chadron State@ Auraria Field

"This was a bigwin for us. The

"It's an ensemble. Everyone is just as usefrrl as everyone else.Without the people in the back, you can't have the rest of it."

bench was reallvimportant to us."

Baseball firstbaseman

Jordan Stouffer

Metro track juniorsAnthony Luna andTodd Tolentinoposted NCAAChampionshipqualifying timesduring the Mt.SanAntonio CollegeRelays April l6 and17 at the Mt. SACin Walnut, Calif.Luna automaticallyqualified and set aschool record in the150o-meter run witha time ol 3246.44.Tolentino placed anNCAA provisionalmark of 30:23.83 inthe 1OoOO-meterrun and placed 24thoverall.

nine-consecutive singles n'ins. The$'omen won against the Thunder-wolves 8-1, with the only loss com-ing from No, 1 singles Mitra Hirad.

"The girls played sfong yester-day (April 20) against CSU-Pueblo,"

iunior April Hirad said. "Everyonetook care of earning theirpoints andplayed with the RMAC tournamentin mind."

Both teams n'ill compete in theK\IAL' tournament April 24 and 25at the Auraria Courts and Gates Ten-nis Center in Deru-er. The men haveearned the top seed in the confer-ence, vvhile the women have to waitfor other teams to finish their seasonto determine their seed.

regular-season champsafter going 8-O in

Tennis head coachBeck Meares

conference play."

METRO 3 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 1'Runners continue power hittingBy Josiah Kaan

jkaanPmscd.edu

Metro softball ponered their wayto three road lvins April 19 and 2Oorer the Universiq o[ Nebraska atKearney rvith great team hitting thatproduced 42 runs in the conlerenceseries.

''Those rvins feel exlremelygood," shortstop Amber Roundtreesaid. "They kept us one game aheadof Mines in the RN{AC. They n'ere keygames to n'in-"

The series was pushed back fromApril 18 to 19 due to rain. but thisdidn't seem to affect the Roadrun-ners, as they started it out with aconvincing mercy-rule win.

Second baseman Sarah Ruschstarted off the scoring in the first in-ning with a two-run home run thatgave Metro an early lead.

The scoring continued for theRoailrunners in the second inning ascatcher Lauren Hainlen hit a three-run home run followed by a two-runhome run by Roundtree, helpingMetro to an eight-run inning andlO-run lead.

Pitcher Christie Robinson sealedthe win for Metro as she held the Lopers scoreless through all five innings,helping Metro end the game early10-0.

"In the first game we scored allten runs off of home runs," centerfielder Kellie Nishikida said. "Our hit-ting was a big part of the win."

The second game saw more ofthe same oflensive production, as theRoadrunners put up another eight-run second inning, and closed thegame with steady scoring, that wasbacked up with solid defense thatgave pitcher Brittany Moss her l lthwin of the season.

'We spent a lot of time focusingon pitch selection and hitting theball in practice," Hainlen said. " Westrung a lot of hits together Sunday

[April 19]."

The first game April 20 did notstart as smooth for the Roadrunners,as they dropped the fust game 7-5due to a Loper five-run fou-rth inningthat Metro never recovered from.

The loss was only the sixth con-ference loss of the season, but sawcatcher Tara Mickelson hit her 18thhome run. which is the second mostin the Rocky Mountain Athletic Con-ference.

"They hit the ball better the sec-ond dav." Roundtree said. "We dirln't

hitconsistently all through the games

the second day."

Metro came back strong after

their previous loss and $'on an excit-

ing game 10-9 due 10 a seventh in-

ning rally.

Down 8-3 going in to the sercnth

inning, Nishikida sparked the come-

back with a home run to center field

lhat opened an e{ficient offensive in-

ning producing seven runs in seven

hits, and gave Meho a 1O-8 lead.

Robinson came in and closed the

game out strong, only giving up one

run in a little over two innings and

gained her conferenceJeading 20th

n'in of the season.

Metro showed no signs of gir'-

ing up their hold on first place in

the RU/\C East Dir ision. as lhe-v im-

proved to a 26-6 conference record,

and 3 3-9 or,-erall."The better our record is. the

more pressure $'ill be taken off of usgoing into the playoffs," Nishikida

said.

The Roadrunners will play theh

last conference series of the seasorr

April 25 and 26 against Chadron

State College at Auraria Field.

RMllCSoftballHome Run leaders

1) Jessika Anastos(uccs,221

2) tara Mickelson(MSCD,18)

3) xristina Barr(WNMU 14)

4) Sarah Rusch([,tscD,l3]

5) xettie Nishikida{MSCD, tr}lbleighStar{csM, t1}

6) ShannonGalanek{ASC,10)Jessica Haab(MSCD,10)

Metro catcherTara Mickelson slides into home in a game against Regis University March 3 at Regis.Metro scored 42 runs in four games against University of Nebraska at Kearney April l9-20. They wonthe series 3-1. Photo by Leah Mil l is . lmil l [email protected]

Lacrosse looks to first playotf appearanceMetro finishesregular season8-2. seeded No. 2

By Kate [email protected] u

The Metro men's club lacrosseteam missed the playoffs by one gameduring their inaugural 2008 season.They weren't going to miss the op-portunity this season. They will becompeting in the Rocky Mountainlacrosse Conference playoff gamesMay I and 2 in Boulder.

The Roadrunners have been ateam for four years but have onlybeen in the RMLC for two years.What made last year's missed playoffsso rough was that they were only onegame behindrival Colorado School ofMines. Unfortunately, Metro couldn'tplay against Mines this y€ar, becauseMines was kicked out of t}re league.

"It was pretty disappointing lastyear," head coach Drew DeMariesaid. "This year, we c.rme out withhigh expectations. We're hoping for

international play. We're not at thetop until we get there."

Metro improved a great deal thisseason, winning games l9-O, 22-2,and 2O-0, and ending their regularseason 8-2. Team captain and mid-fielder Adam Hulbert talked aboutthe team growth.

"We lost to Montana last year byone, ald ended up beating them this

lear by seven. We've also gained a lotof players," Hulbert said.

The only losses for the Road-runners came against University ofNorthern Colorado and Fort l,ewisCollege. Hulbert said he felt the rea-son for those tr.r'o losses was mainlyhow they lost focus of hor,,r. theywanted to play. He said they finallyopened their eyes and realDed howthey rvanted to play the rest of theseason and rvhere they lranted to befor playolls. Despite the two losses,Hulbert said he believes the team hasimproved and thinks the season hasbeen a success.

"I thinli we have exceeded ourexpectations. especially only beinga second-vear team." Hulbert said.

"It's very exciting, especially for mepersonally, because I've never beenin playoffs before in any sport."

The Roadrunners will play insemi-finals of the RMLC playoffs May1 in Boulder. If they win, they willmove on to finals May 2.

"We only have a week and a halfso we're locusing on n'hat we need todo and come together as a group,"Hulbert said.

"[t was prettydisappointing lastyear. This year, we

came out with highexpectations.

We're hoping forinternational play.

We're not at the topuntil we get there."Lacrosse head coach

Drew DeMarie Metro midfielder Shane Nugent throws a ball to a teammate dur-ing a passing drill at practice April 2l at Dickt Sporting GoodsPark in Commerce City. Photo by Drew Jaynes . ajaynes [email protected]

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METRO 2 - MESA STATE 1

Metrotakesseriesfrom No. 1 MesaBy Robert [email protected]

Metro baseball won the series against thebest team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic C,on-ference, Mesa State, 2-l in a three-game seriesApril 19 and 2O at Auraria Fields.

The series was Mesa's fust loss all season.Mesa now stands at 35-7 overall and 25-4 inthe RMAC. Metro improved 23-18 overall and14-14 in the RMAC. The 'Runners were re-sponsible for tlrree of Mesa's seven losses thisseason. The Mavericks have not lost more thanone game to any other team this spring.

The series was pushed back from its originalschedule, because of the heavy snow and rain.Orignaly rescheduled for two doubleheaders,the fust game April 19 had to be canceled dueto field conditions.

Nevertheless, Metro found themselves ingood condition to face the Mavericks. In gameone, Metro snuck out a 9-8 win when pinchhifter Kevin Coughlin hit a walk off home runin thd 10th inning, which was also his firsthome run of the season. Even though one runmade the difference, Meho led for most of thegame off of pitcher foel lockhart's six-inning

lrrformance. tockhart struck out three andleft the game with an 8-3 lead, though he waslater charged with two more runs. Pitcher SeanWalter got the win for Metro.

"That was a big, big win," fust baseman

Jordan StoulTer said. "We had all of our guyspeaking at the right time. The bench nas reallyimportant to us. [t's great to see guys that yourarely get to see play so well."

The first garne of the doubleheader April2 0 was a l5-6 route by Metro. Pitchers Ted Ja-mison got the win and Ryan Eccles got the savefor Meho. famison finished with three strike-outs but also gave up as many walks as inningspitched, six. Bccles had two strikeouts, and didnot let the Mavericks score during three in-nings of pitching.

At the plate, designated hitter and RMACPlayer of the Week, T\nee Abshire continuedhis bot sfreak by poulrllng Mesa pitching. Ab-shire went 4-for-4 with six runs batted in anda home run in game one. Shortstop Matt Mc-Connell and StoulTer each had two hits and twoRBIs for Metro.

"I iust try to stay aggressive," Abshire said."We played really well as a tea.m. That made thedifference for us this was our biggest weekendof the season."

Meho could not close out the sweep, losing10-3. Mesa scored four runs in the first inningand nerrer looked back. Pitcher Ross MacDon-ald had four strikeouts but gave up seven mnsin five innings. Abshire hit his second home runof the weekend and is now tied with Stouffer forthe team lead at I 1.

"You have to be pleased," head coach fer-ry Schemrnel said. "I wish we could have thesweep but when you get good pitching againsta team that's hitting close to .400 as a ball club,you have to be happy."

Metro hopes to use their momentumagainst a weaker Colorado Chistian teamwhen they play April 24 and 25 Auraria Field.Though Colorado Christian is only 6-22 in theRMAC and 12-30 overall this season. Schem-mel has repeatedly shessed all season thatthough in last place Colorado Christian is amuch imoroved team.

Second baseman Tommy Frikken dives to catch the throw and tag out Mesa StatelKevin Becker on second base April 18 at Auraria Fields. Photo by Cora Kemp . [email protected]

Metro catcher Tyree Abshire, left, is greeted by Jordan Stouffer, Maft McConnelland Mike Coffey after his first inning grand slam April 20 at Auraria Fields. Metrodefeated Mesa State 15-6. Jonathan Ingraham . jingrahl @mscd.edu

Outfielder Mike Coffey hits a ball during the first game against Mesa State April l9at Auraria Fields. Coffey had two of the nine runs that won Metro the game. Thegame went into extra innings where Kevin Coughlin hit a home run to center field.Photo by Cora Kemp . ckemp4@mscd,edu

Handball comesto Denver, looks .-to compete in2012 Olympics

By Lauren [email protected]*

It's a startling fact that only about I per-cent of NCAA athletes will go on to play theirsport professionally. Even fewer will get the opportudty to represent their county in a worldtournament such as the Olympics. But in onesport, you don't have to be an NCAA athlete ora professional to see such high lelels of com-petition. Team handball, a popuJ,ar sport inEurope, has made its way to the eastern UnitedStates and is making its way across the Midwestto Denver. This fast-paced game, similar to la-crosse, has become increasingly popular acnoasthe U.S. and olTers an opportunity for athletesof all backgrounds to compete on the nationaland internation al level.

Currently, there is only one ofrcial hand- '

ball team in Colorado at the Air Force Academyin Colorado Springs, but through the efforts oflocal handball enthusiasts, Denver has begunto form its oivn men's and women's handballteams. Although the teams lack enough play-ers to be official, they practice diligently everyThursday in preparation for summer tourna-ments. Both teams are looking forpeople to join .

in order to have enough members to compete,but be warned, it takes a true athlete to keep upwith these players.

"Handball is a very demanding sport thatrequires players to be in shape," said FzadinaKiss, an organDer of Denver Team Handball."We are looking for very serious and commit-ted players and we want people to know thatthis is not just for fun. This sport demands com-mitment. "

The Denver Team Handball teams inviteanyone who is 21 or older to come out to prac-tice at 7 p,m. every Thursday in the SalvationArmy Gvm, Potential players are advised towear sports attire and bring court shoes to playin. Also, you may need to sign a liability waiverbefore practicing. For those who are interest€din joining the tea m , you must fust register withthe USA Team Handball Ieague for $60 andbring a minimum of $20 to practice to coverequipment costs. All of this is a small price to

'

pay in comparison to the possibilities for the in-dividual handball players.

"There is great potential the make the Unit-ed States national team. The U.S. has never senta handball team to tle Olympics, but we arehoping to do so for the 2012 summer Olympicgames," Kiss said. "We are hoping to play in thenational tournament, and that's when playerswill be selected for the National team. "

In preparation for the tournaments, theDenver handball teans will be scrimmagingthe Air Force Academy teams as well as play-ing in several tournaments over the summerall around the West Coast. The teams will alsocompete against other handball teams ftomall across the United States beginning in May.They are preparing for the national tourna-ment in the summer 201O, and it is likely that -some will get the chance to go on to compete forthe United States 2012 Summer Olympics.

For more information on Denver TeamHandball, visit their website at www.denver-handball.org or calt Kiss at 72O 266-8528.'

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Mat Pilates - Mondays, Noon-l p.m. Pilatesfocus on improving flexibility and strength forthe total body. People of all ages and physicalconditions can benefit.

Hatha Yoga - Tuesdays, Noon-1 p.m. Forall levels. Learn how to rejuvenate your bodyand mind with simple yoga postures whilediscovering how yoga connects the body, mindand spirit.

Gentle Yoga - Wednesdays, Noon-l p.m.Gentle Yoga is about gently bringing your bodyand mind back in touch with each other andgiving yourself a chance to heal. lt encouragesyour body to let g0 of built up tension andstress. This gentle, slower paced practice makesit accessible to people of all sizes, ages andfitness levels.

Yoga os Therapy - Wednesdays,lJ5-2I5 p.m. Whether you are recovering froman operation or physical injury or lack the abilityt0 practice a normal exercise program, Hansa'syoga teaching can adapt classical poses topeople who have physical challenges.

Crypto Science Society - Learnabout strange and unusual phenomena, discussmysteries, expl0re the unknown, experience theohenomena first hand and become a certifiedfield investigator. For more detailswww.msrd.ed u/-crypto/

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