Volume 30, Issue 6, Sept. 20, 2007 by Met Media

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Vol. 30 No. 6

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

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Double coverage Students who missed waiver deadline will pay fee despite having outside insurance » A3

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BRIMSTONE

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Kenzie, who asked her last name not be published, asks Jason Zelaski, on Sept. 11, what he thinks love is after he yells to her, “I hate you and I hate your Father.” Tom Short, sitting, of the Firehouse Church, comes to the Auraria ﬂagpole to preach and discuss religion with students. Many heated arguments have been known to ﬂare up.

SPORTS »

Men’s, women’s tennis split Maverick matchup » A11

METROSPECTIVE »

CONSIGNMENT COUTURE RUNNING FOR A REASON Chris Manfull at Buﬀalo Exchange »

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metro THE METROPOLITAN » SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 » A3

» KENYAN CANDIDATE VISITS AURARIA »A5 » COLUMBUS ON TRIAL »A6 » INSIGHT: SQUEEZING ‘THE JUICE’ »A8

ANDREW FLOHR-SPENCE » NEWS EDITOR » spencand@mscd.edu

METRO NOW

THIS WEEK »

Friday 9.21

• Yom Kippur begins at sundown • The Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board meets at 2:30 p.m. in Tivoli suite 329

Sunday 9.22

The Autumnal Equinox (when day and night are equal length)

Wednesday 9.26

The Student Government Assembly Senate meets at 4 p.m. in Tivoli suite 329

THE METROPOLITAN 25 YEARS AGO »

September 22, 1982 Rally to protest Lebanese military action

look ‘ma,

I’M JAYRIDING Auraria police oﬃcer Ricky Evans writes the report for a bike accident Sept. 18 on Speer Boulevard. Andrew Black, the bicyclist, is a junior at Metro and received a ticket for careless driving. The vehicle in the background was driven by Joe Davis, who was not faulted for the accident because Black was riding diagonally across the street without a crosswalk.

- A demonstration, sponsored by the International Committee Against Racism, will be held Sept. 23

THE COLD FACTS » Co-eds galore!

Photo by AMIE CRIBLEY/acribley@mscd.edu

Deadline heeds no exception Metro’s full-time enrollment for fall climbed to 21,543 from 21,151, nearly 7,000 more than the 13,500 people who live in Greenland’s capitol, Nuuk.

THE MET REPORT »

This week’s top stories: • Auraria is going green • Solar lights on campus • Metro’s enrollment increase • New science building • Volleyball vs. School of Mines Check out Metro’s own student-run TV newscast at: http://metreport.mscd.edu

Students who forgot to waive health plan are double-covered By AMY WOODWARD awoodwa5@mscd.edu

The deadline to turn in Metro’s health insurance waiver has come and gone, and students who forgot to do so now face a $723 premium this semester. To qualify for the insurance wavier students need proof of health coverage from an outside carrier, a school ID number and must be registered for at least 10 credits in the fall and spring semesters and eight credits in the summer. Metro’s health insurance plan covers at least 3,500 students, and an unknown number of students may be covered by an additional

plan, said Steve Monaco, director of the Health Center at Auraria. As part of college policy instilled by Metro’s Board of Trustees, student health coverage is mandatory for full-time students. “Sixty percent of the colleges in America have a mandatory policy,” Monaco said. “Because of the problems we have with health care in America and in Colorado, we have a tremendous uninsured population.” Colorado has been supportive of Metro because the college helps insure some people who the state would otherwise not be able to afford to help, he said. Metro’s health insurance carrier, MegaLife, presented the Health Center with three options for health insurance coverage: required full coverage with no exceptions, a mandatory plan with a wavier deadline – which is the option Metro chose – or a voluntary plan that would allow students to choose Metro’s health

insurance without providing proof of outside coverage. These three options are available to any student health insurance program offered by any insurance carrier, Monaco said. “We’ve had the mandatory plan for about 25 years now,” he said. “We get the best rates for our students this way.” If Metro decided to go with the voluntary plan, the insurance rate would nearly double, Monaco said. But problems begin to surface when a student forgets to meet the insurance wavier deadline, or does not qualify for the wavier. If a student’s excuse is based on negligence, or if the student is not able to get covered outside of Metro, he or she is then immediately covered under Metro’s insurance with no exceptions. “We have a legal obligation to adhere to the deadline,” Monaco said. “We don’t want people to be double covered, that’s not the intent … it’s

only an issue when (students) don’t follow through.” Under Metro’s agreement with MegaLife, waivers are not allowed after the deadline. Once the deadline has passed, the Health Center issues checks to MegaLife, covering all the premiums for students who did not turn in waivers. Monaco said the Health Center has done as much as it can to communicate to students about the waiver deadline. Members of the Health Center send out e-mails through MetroConnect to remind students of the deadline, but students who approach Monaco often say their reason for not turning in the wavier is due to a lack of communication, Monaco said. Monaco has approached the representative for IT to see if there is a way for administrative announcements to be posted on MetroConnect

HEALTH Continued on A5»

FROM THE STREET » Do you think it is appropriate to debate religion on a college campus? CODY WIGGINS I think it’s

perfectly appropriate to debate religion on campus. It’s a free speech environment. It opens up awareness to different points of view.

RENEE RUDERMAN

That’s what we call free inquiry, and that’s why we have campuses like this. Of course you can debate questions of religion; all kinds of religion.

KASSIUS ANDERSON I think it’s freedom of speech.

THE METROPOLITAN « SEPTEMBER 20. 2007 « METRO « A5

ASHLEY HILL

I don’t think you should be able to spout out whatever you want. I think it should be almost limited in what you can say. Photos by KRISTI DENKE/kdenke@mscd.edu

Sorority confronts Latino issues Pi Lambda Chi promotes furthering education, ties to culture and family By ROBERT FISHER rﬁshe18@mscd.edu Marisela Gonzales and her sorority sisters want to help more Latina women go to college. The sisters from Pi Lambda Chi are participating in events such as the Latina Initiative’s two-day conference in the Tivoli later this month. Gonzales, vice president of the Beta chapter of Pi Lambda Chi Latina Sorority, said the work she and the sorority do to promote postsecondary education enrollment for Latina students is necessary, because it is a critical issue in Denver’s Latino communities. She said that although Latino parents encourage their kids to enroll in college, they have often not experienced the process themselves and therefore cannot offer advice to their children. “It was hard … I didn’t know about ﬁnancial aid and scholarships and had to work my way though it by

what people were telling me,” Gonzales said. “I think that a lot of Latinos don’t think that it is possible.” This year’s annual LI conference at Metro will reach out to younger students. Gonzales said targeting younger Latinas, such as 14- to 15year-olds, is a way to get them thinking about postsecondary education. The two-day conference will cover more than just education, it will also address issues Latinas face today such as health care and immigration. Latina Initiative is a Denver-based organization founded in 2002, to help engage Latinas in the political system. According to the organization’s website, it has helped nearly 4,000 Colorado Latinas register to vote. Gonzales said that of the six campuses where the sorority has chapters – ﬁve in Colorado and one in Rhode Island – the Auraria campus has the most Latino students, allowing the organization to represent a larger percentage of the student population. “I think we are going to have a lot more members in our sorority. People will ﬁnd somewhere they can go and relate to others and work together,” Gonzales said.

I think we are going to have a lot more members in our sorority. MARISELA GONZALES Photo by SARA LOVEN/sloven@mscd.edu

Marisela Gonzales, vice president of the Beta chapter of Pi Lambda Chi Latino Sorority Promoting education and community service while preserving the Latino culture is the sorority’s mission. Part of the Latino culture they want to preserve is the idea of family. Going away to college can disrupt a student’s familial connection, and the sorority can provide support, Gonzales said. “It’s a way to connect with other Latinos instead of doing it alone.” According to the sorority’s website, the Founding Madres worried about assimilation and losing their Latino identity. But Gonzales

said that it is possible for the Latino culture to preserve and assimilate into American culture and institutions. “I think we have done a good job in trying to keep within the American ways and still trying to work with our Latino communities,” Gonzales said. “That’s why we have been able to be here as long as we have.” Latina students attending University of Colorado at Boulder founded the ﬁrst chapter of the Pi Lambda Chi Latina sorority during the spring of 1994. Gonzales said the focus of the sorority has not changed, although they are more established. “The focus has always been to maintain good education and have a strong bond with your sisters,” she said.

African presidential candidate visits Auraria Kenya’s Odinga hopes to end African conﬂicts, win coming elections By DAVID CARDENAS dcarden5@mscd.edu Kenyan presidential hopeful Raila Odinga spoke at St. Cajetan’s Sept. 11 to Metro students and staff about an end to ethnic political conﬂict and establishing a new democratic order to the African nation. The event was part of an African forum brought by the African and African American department, as well as the African Students Organization Group in an effort to “build bridges across cultures.” “This landmark event brings relations between Kenya and Metro,” said African studies professor Lucas Shamala. Shamala also said that by fortify-

ing relations with African nations, study abroad programs would expand giving opportunities to those students wishing to travel to Africa. The “honorable,” as he was presented as, Odinga spoke of the inﬂuence tribalism has had on Kenya and how, to this day, European colonialism has affected current political issues throughout the African continent. “Reform is needed to African countries that have suffered through years of colonization,” Odinga said. “Through oppression from post-colonialism, African systems were forced to live in dictatorship for years.” Odinga says that all of the issues that plague Africa can be solved “not if, but when we win the elections in Kenya.” As the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement, only one of the multi-system parties that Kenya uses, and a member of parliament since 1992, Odinga has assured himself as the front-runner in the upcoming

elections in December. Odinga, with close ties to Denver, attended Denver University and was one of the first Kenyans to attend the university in its history. His visit to Auraria was significant to some students that have been affected by the negative media portrayal of the African continent. Patrick Ssebikejje, president of the Univsersity of Colorado at Health Sciences chapter of the African Student Organization Group, feels that by having Odinga come to campus, it gives students hope that there are new-age concepts and different courses of action to African conflicts. “We had the opportunity to ask him questions which we thought would help us find plausible and practical solutions to the African problems,” Ssebikejje said. However, Ssebikejje says that Odinga is not the right person for Kenya at this moment. His aggressive political mindset

could divide the country creating more problems, he said. “It is important to mention that he has served time for pressuring the Kenyan government to accept multiparty politics in the late 80s…but I’d rather see a fresh face to lead Kenya,” Ssebikejje said. Odinga had been detained for six years accused in aiding in the failed coup of Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi in 1986. He was held without trial and charged with treason until his release on Feb. 6, 1988. It was during his evolvement in the Kenyan Revolutionary Movement in 1988, pressing for multi-parties, where he was arrested and ﬁnally released on June 21, 1991. “African politics have been politics of promise, where they promise so much and under deliver when they get elected,” Ssebikejje said. “(Odinga) can promise as much as he wants but gets into power it’s going to be different.”

HEALTH»

Insurance plan required for full-time co-eds

Continued from A3

in a separate folder on the homepage, so when students log on to MetroConnect they do not have to bother with checking their e-mail for Health Center announcements. The criterion for a student to appeal his or her insurance coverage after deadline is narrow. In a letter provided by the health insurance ofﬁce, if a student wishes to object, he or she can do so only if the student has experienced “circumstances beyond their control” such as a medical emergency or a death in the family. Students are also required to submit letters explaining their reasons for missing deadlines and provide proof of their situation through a third-party witness, Monaco said. Physicians are adequate witnesses for medical emergencies, and funeral home staff members do the same for deaths. “There are deadlines in life, there are deadlines everywhere at this college – this is no different,” Monaco said. Kevin Harris, student representative for Metro’s Board of Trustees, said he understands why the board made it mandatory for students to have health insurance. The school could be held liable if a student should get hurt, but if a student should get hurt or sick, it could also ruin the student’s college career, Harris said. However, he said the college policy is strict, and he doesn’t like the insurance plan the college offers. “It’s a little bit too cut and dry and I don’t like the runaround for the students who are covered outside of school who have to prove to the school that they have health insurance,” he said. “And I don’t like that they only have one insurance plan.” Metro senior Amanda Hersh has been using the college’s insurance since she started school at Metro. “Honestly, I think if people don’t ﬁll (the wavier) out that’s their problem … we are adults, and we should have some type of direction in taking care of our responsibilities,” she said. “Maybe it’s not right to charge those who don’t want it but I see it as an asset to going to school here … $700 a semester is pretty reasonable considering what you can get out of it.” Granville Deaton, who transferred to Metro from the Community College of Denver, waived the health insurance plan this semester because he gets outside coverage. Deaton said he doesn’t think it is right to charge students for health insurance just because they missed the deadline. “I understand the school has certain liabilities, but there should be another alternative instead of the pretty expensive healthcare plan,” Deaton said.

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BEYOND AURARIA »

'Long-dead navigator' put on trial By EMILE HALLEZ ehallez@mscd.edu

Photo by EMILE HALLEZ/ehallez@mscd.edu

Carrie Dann, a Western Shoshone elder and commissioner at the Colorado truth commission, listens to testimony Sept. 9. The two-day event examined the impacts Christopher Columbus and his legacy have had on indigenous people.

BRIEF HISTORY OF COLUMBUS DAY IN COLORADO 1858: Denver is founded not long after gold is discovered at

the Platte River-Cherry Creek confluence. The area is home to Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa and Ute people.

1864

: All Indians in the area are forced onto reservations. The Sand Creek Massacre follows.

1907: Gov. Henry Buchtel signs the Columbus Day bill. 1989: The Colorado American Indian Movement declares an

effort to end Columbus Day celebration by 1992.

Christopher Columbus was a thief, murderer and slave trader, and our historical records should be changed to reflect that, said a commission investigating the value of Columbus and his legacy. “By no stretch of the imagination should these epics be celebrated,” said Carrie Dann, a Shoshone elder and commissioner at the Official Colorado Truth Commission on Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day and the Columbian Legacy, which was held Sept. 8 and 9 at the Iliff School of Theology. The three-person commission listened to testimonies from various panels over the two-day event, which also examined Columbus Day celebration and teaching Columbus as a hero in schools. Testimony content ranged from Columbus’ historic role in slavery and genocide to how Native Americans are affected by his legacy today. “This is not about a long-dead navigator,” said University of Colorado at Denver political science professor Glenn Morris. “This is about a doctrine that is stealing native people’s lands today, that is destroying native people’s languages today, that is denying access to American Indian religious freedom sects today.” The commissioners voiced their initial findings at the end of the event. They said the Columbus Day holiday and its parades should be abolished. However, the commission is in the

TRUTH COMMISSIONERS Carrie Dann

is a Shoshone elder who has fought to preserve Western Shoshone lands for more than 40 years. “Be who you are and be proud of it,” she said about American Indian heritage.

Salvatore Salerno

The parade is cancelled after protest efforts by the American Indian Movement.

is an independent scholar and editor of Are Italians White?: How Race is Made in America. “I never felt pride about Columbus,” he said about his Italian background.

2000:

Nancy Ehrenreich

1990: The Federation of Italian American Organizations

announces return of Denver’s Columbus Day Parade following a 30-year hiatus.

1992:

The parade resumes. Organizers agree to call it “March for Italian Pride,” but the named is changed to Columbus Day before the procession begins. Protesters block the parade.

2001:

Transform Columbus Day Alliance holds its first All Nations march, an alternative to the Columbus Day parade.

2007: The 100th anniversary of Columbus Day in Denver. source: Columbus Day in Colorado Chronology by Glenn Morris

is a professor at the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. “I felt like I didn’t know very much about Columbus,” she said about her motivation for serving as a commissioner.

process of completing its final report. “You can’t find any part of the Americas that is untouched by slavery,” said Larry Hales, an activist who provided testimony to the commission. “(Columbus) is the greatest murderer of human beings in history ... because of the policy that he started in the Caribbean.” Columbus established a transatlantic slave trade in 1495 upon his second voyage to the Caribbean, in which Spaniards rounded up 1,500 Arawak Indians in Haiti, wrote James Loewen in his book Lies My Teacher Told Me. The Arawaks were given as slaves to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella as payment for outfitting Columbus’ voyage, since the Spaniards did not find a vast gold supply that was thought to be in the Caribbean. The Indians living in pre-Columbian Haiti had an estimated population of 8 million people, but in 1496 the population plummeted to “in the neighborhood of 3 million,” Loewen wrote. “By 1555, they were all gone.” Estimates of the pre-Columbian American Indian population vary, though some scholars put the number at more than 100 million. The lowest estimates are fewer than than 9 million. In 2003, the American Indian population was less than 2.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite the controversy surrounding Columbus, some groups continue to defend the explorer as a symbol of Italian heritage. The Sons of Italy in America, whose New Generation chapter plans Denver’s annual Columbus Day parade, is one such group. Though the Order Sons of Italy New Generation was invited to speak at the Truth Commission in defense of Columbus, the group did not respond to an invitation, said Glenn Spagnuolo, a member of the Transform Columbus Day Alliance. The chapter’s president of parade planning also did not respond to an e-mail request for commentary on the issue. “As inherently wrong as slavery is, still it was the universal norm,” said Philip Piccigallo, executive director of the Commission for Social Justice, a division of the Order Sons of Italy in America, who was quoted in a press release. “Columbus did not introduce slavery or colonialism to the Americas.” The group believes that Columbus’ arrival marked the beginning of many Euro-American achievements in the New World, and despite the losses experience by indigenous people, the celebration of his legacy should be preserved. Scholar and former University of Colorado ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill gave testimony about genocide, ethnocide and what he called the denial of the American Indian holocaust.

“The intent to kill the members of a group on the basis of group membership – in any proportion – qualifies as genocide,” Churchill said. The U.S. did not join the United Nations Genocide Convention for more than 40 years since its inception, he said, adding that the U.S. Senate was “concerned that Klan lynchings, for example, would constitute genocide.” The Senate wanted the Ku Klux Klan to be able to lynch racially and ethnically targeted groups in order to send their message to communities, and this applied to American Indians, Churchill said. “We also have scalp bounties, which is payment by every state and territory of the United States within the continental 48 ... a reward, basically, for proof of death of any Indian of either sex and any age, including a human fetus,” he said, noting that the practice was in effect at one point or another during two centuries in the United States. The CU Board of Regents recently fired Churchill in an 8-to-1 vote, accusing him of academic misconduct and plagiarism. However, Churchill has filed a lawsuit with CU, maintaining that the firing was a violation of First Amendment rights. Another point of contention at the commission was the discrepancy between what students learn at school and the historical reality. Since Europeans benefited greatly by Columbus’ arrival at the New World, testifiers contended not only that U.S. children receive warped history educations, but that they are also disconnected with modern indigenous culture. “In 1992 I had professor Glenn Morris speak to my eighth graders,” said high-school teacher Stephanie Rossi. “I vividly remember my students asking him how he got there and where he lived. I was embarrassed, because they were really asking him if he rode in on a horse and if he lived in a tepee.” Cheyenne Holt, 12, wore an antiColumbus Day T-shirt to school, only to have her teacher berate her for it, she said. She read at the commission an essay she wrote about why she doesn’t celebrate Columbus Day. “He is not a hero,” Holt said. “I’m going to do the right thing for me, my mom and my whole family ... that is why I do not celebrate Columbus Day.” The commission came about a month before the 100th anniversary of the first Columbus Day parade in Denver, which was signed into law in 1907. The parade later had a 30-year hiatus, but resumed in 1990, despite opposition from the Colorado American Indian Movement. The next parade will take place at 10 a.m. on Oct. 6 in Denver beginning at 15th Street and Court Place and ending at 14th Street and Broadway.

THE METROPOLITAN » SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 » A7

insight SECOND THOUGHTS

The Juice may never be loose

FROM THE CLASSROOM » Music and politics “I came to a better understanding of the connection between music and politics ... I have a better idea of the significance of music on multiple layers: on a sonic level, on a lyrical level, on a political level. But also on a social level – what music allows for in terms of bringing people together across various lines of difference.” – Vivek Bald, director of Mutiny, a documentary about the rise of South Asian music and politics in London in the ‘90s

POLL POSITION »

Illustrated by ANDREW HOWERTON » ahowert2@mscd.edu Written by The Metropolitan staff

About.com Who is the greatest rapper of all time? 2pac: 35 percent Rakim: 15 percent Nas: 10 percent Jay-Z: 9 percent Notorious B.I.G.: 8 percent Scarface: 3 percent KRS-One: 2 percent Big Daddy Kane: 2 percent Kool G Rap: 1 percent Other: 15 percent

A BIGGER VIEW » Re: O.J. Simpson “Finally, O.J. Simpson is where he belongs: behind bars, without bail. And there may be a good chance he’ll become very familiar with those surroundings ... We’re so pleased by the prospect of him doing time, we’ll take anything that puts him in the slammer ... Simpson could have gone to the electric chair had he not been acquitted of the murders almost everyone is convinced he committed. Instead, he remained free for more than a decade, golfing to his heart’s content and living off his $400,000 NFL pension. Even though it took so long, the chance he’ll be wearing orange jumpsuits for several years makes us gleeful.” – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

If the glove ﬁts, don’t wear it to Vegas I’ve got a piece of advice for Michael Vick: Stop the marring of your public image while you can, lest you someday drive your career straight to hell via a white Bronco. Fortunately, Vick has managed to slide from the spotlight thanks to the kooky shenanigans of our favorite non-murderer, O.J. Simpson. O.J. was arrested Sept. 13 in Las Vegas, and on Sept. 18 he was charged with 10 felonies, including kidnapping, two of which each carry a possible 30-year sentence. In fact, one count, ﬁrst-degree kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, carries up to a life sentence in prison if convicted. In the typical manner of a man who’s gone mad with delusions of grandeur, reckoning and reciprocation, O.J. jumped from denying involvement to simply “taking back what was stolen from him” to genuinely believing that the motto “What Stays In Vegas” actually holds true. In a recording on TMZ.com, Simpson can be heard demanding that nobody be allowed to leave the hotel room and saying to one of the men in the room, “Motherfucker, you think you can steal my shit and sell it.” That’s some heavy evidence, if it doesn’t get thrown out like in some trials in the

O.J. is a desperate and paranoid madman. Perhaps the world did him wrong once, but rules are rules. Even though he was in Nevada, it’s not the Old West anymore. Taking two gun-toting thugs into a hotel room to take back what’s yours is not acceptable. JEREMY JOHNSON jjohn308@mscd.edu past. There is, of course, another side to the story. One source claims Simpson came into the room cordially and without guns. Now, I understand the adage “innocent until proven guilty,” but if the shoe ﬁts … Meanwhile, O.J. and his lawyer Carl Douglas are puzzled as to why O.J. is receiving unfair treatment and no bail until his hearing. (Douglas was co-counsel to now-departed Johnny Cochran in the 1995 Simpson murder case, and if there were ever a time for Cochran’s zombie to rise … ) Douglas called the Clark County’s decision to withhold bail “unfair and over-the-top” and assured the powers that be that “O.J. has always been

able to satisfy his obligations to the court.” Sure. Just as soon as the cops were able to track his ass down, that is. I’m well aware that a public defender’s job is to defend. But is Douglas really able to make these claims with a straight face? How can anyone continue to defend O.J.’s integrity? And does anybody really believe that a suspected killer should be let out on bail in the middle of the Nevada desert? (If so, I suggest he be released deep, deep in the desert.) The fact of the matter is that O.J. Simpson is a dangerous man. Not the kind of person that follows rules or is obligatory to the justice system. (Think Dillinger, or Bonnie and Clyde.) O.J. is a desperate and paranoid

madman. Perhaps the world did him wrong once, but rules are rules. Even though he was in Nevada, it’s not the Old West anymore. Taking two guntoting thugs into a hotel room to take back what’s yours is not acceptable. Not only is O.J. still a suspected murderer to many, but he’s an unstable and unconscionable man who’s gone so far as to be ﬂippant about his wife’s murder and commit publicity stunts such as writing a book called If I Did It. (Edgar Allen Poe once wrote a similar ﬁctional account called The Tell-Tale Heart.) If O.J. is released on bail, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ran for Mexico like he was scrambling for Hertz rental cars in the 1980s. What it comes down to is, we all know O.J. can run. The question is, will he?

A8 » INSIGHT » SEPTEMBER 20. 2007 » THE METROPOLITAN »

One day, one world, one language It is estimated that 7,000 languages exist in the world today. But according to recent findings reported in the New York Times, by the end of this century nearly half of them will be extinct. Research sponsored and conducted by the National Geographic Society and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages found that approximately one indigenous language falls out of use every two weeks – a rate faster than that of plants, animals, birds or fish, the researchers said. More than half of these languages have no written form, the Times reported, and “when they disappear, they leave behind no dictionary, no text, no record of the accumulated knowledge and history of a vanished culture.” To most people with an affinity for indigenous cultures and the nuances of language, this is an alarming fact, a loss to be lamented. But to me it signals the beginning of a lasting solution to global warfare, and perhaps the genesis of a new era in human history – one filled with compassion, common goals and the sweet song of international unity. I’m no free-market apologist and

I don’t condone the Westernization of the world, but I do support the homogenization of the world, in whatever form it comes. You see, we all used to be the same people: Africans. That’s right. It has recently been proven through DNA analysis that each and every one of us came from the same tribe in Africa. (Anyone who doesn’t believe this might ﬁnd contrary proof on the moon under a pile of green cheese, but before you leave, wait for the sun to ﬁnish its revolution around the planet, that way you won’t be blinded by its rays when you sail your ship off the edge of the Earth.) Writing for the July issue of Vanity Fair, geneticist Spencer Wells, makes a compelling argument for recognizing our roots. “Everyone’s DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live. You may be from Cambodia or County Cork, but you are carrying a map inside your genome that describes the wanderings of your ancestors as they moved from the savannas of Africa to wherever your family came from most recently,” Wells wrote. The fact that we all split up thou-

GEOF WOLLERMAN gwollerm@mscd.edu

I don’t condone the Westernization of the world, but I do support the homogenization of the world, in whatever form it comes. sands of years ago and developed languages and cultures and religions is a fascinating twist of history, but one that has royally screwed us up. We now ﬁnd ourselves facing the uncontrollable and alarming consequences of globalization: war, poverty, hatred

and oppression. Globalization seems to be little more than getting reacquainted with our long lost family – a really large family that doesn’t really get along. Wells notes that it was “perhaps just a few small genetic mutations” that gave humans “the amazing minds we use to make sense of the confusing and challenging world around us. Using our incredible capacity to put abstract musing into practice, we have managed to populate every continent on earth, in the process increasing the size of our population from a paltry few thousand to more than 6 billion.” Now that 6 billion threatens daily to destroy itself. Wouldn’t it help matters just a little bit if we all spoke the same language? According to the Chicken Little linguists, speakers of just 83 global languages make up 80 percent of the world’s population. But this is just a start. We can only hope that one day 100 percent of the world will speak one language – then maybe we can actually start to accomplish something as a race, rather than wage constant war over religion and natural resources.

SPEAKOUT » Guest Columnist

Health care system needs strong medicine Even though I ran three times a week and ate healthily, I had a stroke at the age of 29. After my father submitted my bills to my insurance company, I was denied twice. Fortunately, my dad then took it up with the company’s underwriter who paid my bill. It was $65,000. Close call for me, but I had a very savvy advocate. Most people who are in this situation do not have the same support I did. In our for-proﬁt health care system being sick is not the thing to be. Students generally are healthy people, and we don’t often think about needing health care – until we get sick. Part of the problem is that many of us believe that if we have insurance then everything is handled. But this is not always the case. Insurance companies are infamous for scrutinizing the medical histories of its policyholders for anything that might disqualify them from receiving funding. After all, they make more proﬁts when they deny needed care. Some people do not feel that health care is necessary because they are healthy. But even the healthiest of us can be hit with an illness at the most inopportune times. That’s the

purpose of health insurance, to cover what we cannot foresee. The U.S. health care system is fundamentally ﬂawed, and drastic change is needed. Insurance plans are equal in limiting our health care. We spend twice as much as any other nation on health care – slightly more than 14 percent of our gross domestic product. Other industrialized nations spend around seven percent of their gross domestic product to cover every single one of their citizens. In fact, we are the only industrialized nation that does not have national health insurance. And just because other nations spend far less than us does not mean they necessarily suffer from loss of quality. Yes, the United States offers high-tech procedures that rich people in other countries stand in line for. But this is only beneﬁcial for the rich – these procedures are generally not covered by common insurance plans. Other countries’ inexpensive health care sometimes covers outrageous things considered excessive in our country. Did you know that in France, a “National Babysitter” is assigned to every

Mber Rose mfrenzl1@mscd.edu new mother in the ﬁrst few months after a child’s birth to help with laundry and cooking? This program is part of France’s health care system and it is one of the many things I learned about in Sicko, Michael Moore’s new documentary. Colorado is at the forefront of this sort of innovation. The state has the opportunity to be the ﬁrst state ever with a quality, affordable “equal-access” system. Four health care reform proposals have been submitted this year in the state legislature. One of them outlines a plan to cut out the middleman – in this case the insurance company. This plan would put

all Colorado health care dollars into a public trust governed by a board of directors that would then allow every person in Colorado to choose their own provider. It would be affordable and funded by both employers and individuals. People would pay less overall because they no longer would be responsible for paying health care premiums to insurance companies. This plan would save the state $1.4 billion and would cover every Coloradoan. This is the only one of the four plans that would save money and truly reform health care, rather than place a band-aid on our currently dysfunctional system. If you would like to be part of this Colorado movement, there will be a health care vigil Sept. 28 on the steps of the Capitol to honor those who have lost their lives because of not getting needed care. On Oct. 6 the 208 Commission – which is reviewing all four plans – will be hearing the views of the Auraria campus community in its quest to approve a new state health care plan. Mber Rose is the new campus director of the Metro student activities group HEART: Healthcare Equal Access in R Time.

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Source and

Substance

Metro’s Center for Visual Art is showing oﬀ more than 30 contemporary design innovators who use their talents for big projects and bigger causes » by Javier Toussaint, jjohn303@mscd.edu» Photo by DAWN MADURA/dmadura@mscd.edu

Ngoc Dinh peers into a tiny model home Sept. 13 at Metro’s Center for Visual Arts opening on Sept. 13. The design by Architecture for Humanity attempted to create more aﬀordable and sustainable house construction in an area hit by Hurricane Katrina. As our society advances into technology, the inclusion of every human being is central to the cause. With more than half the world’s population living in poverty, addressing the needs and concerns of all requires a humanistic approach to technology and the sciences. Substance: Diverse Practices from the Periphery hosted by the Metro State Center for the Visual Arts opened on Sept. 6, focused on improvement of the human condition, especially in Third World and developing countries. It is a display of innovative designs and dynamic engineering in the industry, all aimed at improving the human condition. With more than 40 pieces on display, the show was separated into ﬁve sections of social concern: education, community, access, wellness and shelter. “This is a call to action,” said Lisa Abendroth, curator at the CVA. “By acknowledging the need to improve these marginalized groups designers and engineers set the tone and realize that they can make money

doing something good.” Though applicable to many common problems faced by Third World and developing nations, many of the pieces were created with specific groups in focus or with consistent feedback from participants during the development stages. Not surprisingly, many of these pieces are already in use. With cyclical poverty well established in Third World countries, educators and administrators have looked to the design industry to introduce technologies that can generate change from the foundation. Part of the education section of the exhibit was the “One Laptop Per Child” project presented by Continuum and fuseproject. Committed to providing all children with an interactive learning tool, each laptop is designed for the specific user and their environment. Other installations, like a microfilm project aimed at helping impoverished communities, have logical access to long lasting and inexpensive reading materials; and an-

other that was a voting machine designed to eliminate problems like those of the 2000 election, were displayed to show the design techniques involved. The visual highlight of the exhibit isn’t the assortment of nontraditional art, nor the free food and drink. It’s the Urban Nomadic Shelter, a neon honeycomb that provides shelter for a homeless individual. The design calls for nontraditional approaches to ﬁnance, design and industry. The invisibility of the homeless contributes to their marginalization, and the neon bubbles address both facets of being homeless. The show is inspiring, showcasing the alternate forms of design mediums and is worth not only seeing but experiencing. In conjunction with our school’s effort to have a sustainable community the CVA has given those in the design ﬁeld a showcase to prove that we have an attainable goal.

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Sept. 13 puzzle from www.crosswords.com. Solution available on the website.

DOWN 1. Money-related: Abbr. 2. Editor Wintour 3. As previously given, in footnotes 4. Forest makeup 5. Hardpressed 6. Impregnate with ammonia 7. The Tower of Pisa does this 8. Dread 9. Litigate against 10. Fitted with strings 11. Make watertight 12. Easy pace 13. Like rocks in a stream 21. Man-eating giant of popular folklore 22. Muﬃn choice 25. Exploit 26. Curved 27. Oﬀ-Broadway theater award 28. Word that can

precede bodied and seaman 30. Stalks 35. Lace collar 36. Seize 37. Meditator 39. Boss 41. Lacking salt 44. “___ Brockovich” 45. Female deer 47. Ripped 48. Vegetable appliance 53. Prices paid 54. Lowermost deck 55. Woody vine 56. Indian monetary unit 58. Basic monetary unit of Denmark 61. Salamander 62. Zip 63. 12th month of the Jewish civil calendar 64. Raised platform 66. The middle of summer?

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Hip thrifts illuminated for self-expression Commentary by Julie Vitkovskaya, uvitkovs@mscd.edu »

Photo by LOGAN LYLES/llyles@mscd.edu

Heather Horn and Chris Manfull try on some clothes Sept. 17 at Buffalo Exchange . The store buys clothes for cash or store credit and its mix of gently used vintage, name brand and costume wear results in a uniquely Denver shop. College is a time of reinvention like no other; a time when nerds finally achieve ultimate awesomeness and a third of the school’s population turns bohemian. A wide-eyed freshman shrimp such as myself might even say it is a time for the individual self to stand out. I was getting tired of fitting into the crowd and into my skinny jeans. And while it may have been hard to change my eyeliner from other hues of black, I discovered that Denver has some shops that allow you to easily and cheaply express what it means to be you.

My ﬁrst stop of the fashion reinvention was The Buffalo Exchange. The store, located at 230 E. 13th Ave., is ﬁlled with retro, spunk and even Halloween costumes that all come to the store as a kind of consignment. The prices range from under $10 for a T-shirt to less than $30 for a pair of jeans. “Don’t be afraid to wear whatever you want,” said manager Marika Ebanger. “The general feel is self-expression.” Ebanger also said that the buzz about the store has been spread by word of mouth, advertising and even

national publications such as Time. It is a national franchise, which can be found from Boulder to New York, and buys clothes from customers for cash or store credit. The trendy outpost tries to appeal to the community in which everyone can ﬁnd something. I asked what Ebanger thought would be the next direction of fashion. “It is going to be the winter of furs, turquoise, silver and the Indian Princess.” With my new knowledge of winter vogue ideas, I hotshot strutted my way out of Buffalo Exchange and up

the street toward Retro 510, a true vintage store that features genuine articles of clothing from distinct time periods. Shop owner Dick Dime said that if something looks swanky, it was probably inspired by vintage design. “You can’t recreate the stress, you can’t recreate cool. In real vintage cool is inherent,” he said. Dime explained to me that his store not only aims at providing shoppers with true vintage, but the quality of fabric you would not find in other stores. To search for clothes with better handicraft, Dime explores state sales, flea markets, yard sales and even auctions. “We provide the real thing at a reduced cost as compared to a highend designer,” Dime said. The store overflows with records, cowboy boots and retro glasses, but is not jammed with unnecessary items. In the display there is even an old skateboard with clay wheels. Dime mentioned that Björk once stopped by the shop. The journey continued as I found myself across town at a busy Broadway intersection in front of a quaint shop called Mercer Place. Lana Mercer has owned and operated this funky, contemporary resale boutique for 15 years. This specialty store contains retro design with a trendy, zesty touch. “Malls make me nervous. There is an abundance of the same redundancy,” Mercer said. Focused on the less conservative and more casual aspect of fashion, Mercer believes in following passion and offers a guru’s words of wisdom. “Wear whatever makes you hap-

py. As long as you’re not ruining your body you can have whatever color you want with whatever length you want it. I don’t care what you wear -you have to act like a good human.” The Mercer Place provides a haven from stores where you cannot hear yourself think and from pushy retail workers. Unintentionally, my decision to change the way I looked ended up being a complete change of my mentality. Even as I once again walk into the stores I realize that it is not about looking chic, it’s about looking like my own self: a complete geek.

Photo by SARA LOVEN/sloven@mscd.edu

Lorin Partridge poses in typical threads at 510 Retro on 13th and Pearl in Denver. The resale shop specializes in authentic vintage clothes. Partridge has been working at 510 Retro for two years.

The hybrid controllers, the Hollywood hype, the Halo 3 Pure eye-hand anticipation. by Ricky Wong, rwong@mscd.edu » Halo 3 XBox 360 Microsoft Game Studios Release date: Sept. 25 ESRB: Mature

Halo fans, the wait is almost over! Halo 3 will be available on Sept. 25 and Halo fever is ﬁnally coming to a full boil. Limited edition cups with Halo 3 images are next to the fountain at 7-Eleven and Pepsi Co. has even put out a limited edition soft drink called Mountain Dew Game Fuel, which you will need a lot of when Halo 3 is released. Novels have been written about the world of Halo. Microsoft is releasing special edition Halo controllers with an action ﬁgure of the game’s titular hero, Master Chief. Celebrities are also jumping on the bandwagon. In the Sept. 7-9 issue of USA Weekend Magazine, Julia Roberts was quoted saying “I will play it ob-

sessively.” The question now is: Why has Halo become so popular? Is it because of its riveting storytelling? Or does it have to do with the addictive game play? In the same USA Weekend article, a 24-year-old Chicago stock trader named Robert Atchison was quoted saying, “It created a whole new paradigm for ﬁrst-person shooter games.” Atchison is planning to buy an Xbox 360 just so he can play Halo 3 and many others will probably do the same. Halo 3 could become the bestselling game in the history of gaming. It will introduce groundbreaking new features that will shake up the shooter genre. New this year is the option to connect your Xbox 360

to your DVR recorder and record matches. This high replay value will help novice players and veterans improve their games and will offer more strategy for die-hard players. Halo 3 will set a standard for future first-person shooters just like the first two games did. The release of this game is one of the biggest events in gaming history since the release of the Playstation 3 last year. People will be lining up days before the release, so they can be one of the first people to own this much-coveted game. Will Halo 3 live up to the first two blockbuster games? We will find out on Sept. 25.

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Finding a

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hey say life is short. And no one knows that better than Metro modern language professor Lunden MacDonald. Four years ago, her 18-month-old son, Angus Dwyer died unexpectedly in his sleep. After an autopsy was performed, the results were inconclusive and no one seemed to understand the cause of death. “It was extremely frustrating, you blame yourself you know?” MacDonald said. “You blame yourself until you have something to blame it on.” After four months of desperately searching for a tangible answer, a pediatric pathologist in San Diego gave a name to the veiled killer, SUDC: Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood. A cousin to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, this fatality shows no conclusive cause of death following an examination, often leaving parents confused and stricken with guilt. “I had never heard of SUDC, even my pediatrician had no idea. I read all the parenting books and had gone to every check-up appointment and had no idea this could happen,” MacDonald said. The main difference between the two syndromes is that SUDC occurs in toddlers over the age of 12 months, which is the current cut-off date for SIDS. “There is a couple of ways why this (SUDC awareness) is important to Metro students,” McDonald said. “A lot of students have young children and SUDC isn’t mentioned in any textbook or medical reference. It’s important to future

parents and future teachers.” About a year after Gus’s death, Lunden and her husband Patrick met Jake and Tami Gove, whose 15-month-old son Josh had also died from SUDC, at a SIDS support group. The meeting sparked an instant connection and relationship, and together they began researching the disease and found the SUDC Program. The program is a branch of the SIDS foundation and was founded in 2001 by two women who had lost their babies after the SIDS cut-off date. Eventually the program gained momentum and secured funding, and its research is conducted by Dr. Henry Krous, a prestigious SIDS researcher from the Children’s Hospital & Health Center in San Diego. The main goal of this up-and-coming program is to find the cause of and an explanation for SUDC. It was soon after becoming aware of SUDC that MacDonald and Tami Gove held the first-annual “Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason,” a 5k run and a 2k family-fun walk and carnival to raise money for, and awareness about, SUDC. Last year’s event raised more than $50,000 for future research on SUDC. The silent auction raised between $8,000 and $10,000 thanks to generous sponsors such as the Denver Zoo and the Tattered Cover. This year’s event looks to be promising as well. Last week, 13 women stuffed goody bags of granola bars, candy, water bottles and pamphlets. The prep work was tedious, but the reason was apparent. “I have two little girls. The thought of losing them is just devastating,” volunteer Jennifer Henninger said. “I can’t imagine what Lunden and Tami are going through, so I wanted to help in any way I can.” The volunteers looked like they were working toward something meaningful. An untouchable feeling of hope and accomplishment hung in the air like mist. “I’m glad I came. Even though I’m just stuffing goody bags I feel like I’m doing my small part to help and organize this race,” said Lisa Rudduck, a volunteer and friend of Tami Gove.

“He was only 18 months old but he’s making a difference in the world. Josh and Gus represent that spirit and energy to make change.” LUNDEN MACDONALD

Tami and Josh

SEPTEMBER 20. 2007 « B5

When two women lost their sons, they longed for something to blame. Now other parents are learning and Josh and Gus are behind it all. » by Rachael Beieler, rbeiele2@mscd.edu »

Photo courtesy of Tami Gove

Photo by CORA KEMP/ckemp4@mscd.edu

Lunden and Gus

All MacDonald and Tami Gove are pushing for is awareness and eventually a cure so future families won’t have to endure the pain of SUDC. “Gus was a super sweet kid, didn’t cry,” MacDonald said. “Every single person can make a difference. He was only 18 months old but he’s making a difference in the world. Josh and Gus represent that spirit and energy to make a change.”

Sept. 23» Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason» The race is USA Track & Field-certiﬁed and will be held Sept. 23 at Clement Park in Littleton along with a carnival and activities for families and children. The silent auction will take bids from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the 5k run begins at 10 a.m. and the 2k family-fun walk begins at 10:30 a.m. Dogs, rollerblades, skateboards and bicycles are not allowed. To register or ﬁnd out how to donate, visit www.joshandgus.com.

Photo by CORA KEMP/ckemp4@mscd.edu

Above left: Denver’s 9News weatherman Nick Carter interviews Tami Gove at the 2006 Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason at Clement Park in Littleton. Above right: Kay Rees donates her husband’s warehouse and her time to help stuﬀ the goody bags Sept. 15, for the Sept. 23 Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason. Rees’s grandson Gus died four years ago of Sudden Unexplained Death in Children. The race is a way for those aﬀected by SUDC to remember the boys. Above: Katelyn Renner and Kayla Rudduck help Tami Grove break apart the leftover goody bags from the 2006 Josh and Gus’s Run for a Reason to be used for this year’s race. The girls were two of the 13 volunteers who came to help put the packages together to give to runners at this year’s race on Sept. 23. Opposite page: Photos courtesy of Lunden MacDonald and Tami Gove.

B6 » THE METROPOLITAN » SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 JEREMY JOHNSON » MUSIC EDITOR » jjohn308@mscd.edu

» ’STRAWBERRY JAM’ FOREVER » B7

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Friday 9.21

By JEREMY JOHNSON jjohn308@mscd.edu

UPCOMING SHOWS » Sinead O’Connor w/ Damien Dempsey

7:30 p.m. @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre $35, 21+

Tuesday 9.25

The Donnas w/ Donita Sparks and American Bang

7:30 p.m. @ The Marquis Theater $15, 16+

Wednesday 9.26

The Chemical Brothers w/ The Faint 7:30 p.m. @ The Fillmore Auditorium $32, 16+

NEW RELEASES » TUESDAY 9.25 WHO’S THE BOSS? Animal Collective

Strawberry Jam Domino Recording Company www.dominorecordco.com SEE ALBUM REVIEW, B7

Bruce Springsteen

Magic Columbia Records www.columbiarecords.com SEE ALBUM REVIEW SEPT. 27 IN AUDIOFILES

John Fogerty

Revival Fantasy Records www.concordmusicgroup.com

White Lion

The Best of White Lion ACG Records www.amazon.com

For new music releases visit: www.newmusictipsheet.com

The new Beatles’ cover album and Columbia Pictures movie soundtrack Across The Universe is a homogenous, if not rather standard, cover of the Fab Four classics that will make the long, galactic trip to the big screen Sept. 21 in theaters everywhere. There’s a reason the Beatles are one of the most revered rock groups of all time and with that reverence comes the mass desire to mimic. And there is, arguably, no band that has been covered as often as the Beatles. A quick internet search of “Beatles’ covers” netted more than 2.5 million results and one site alone listed well over 2,000 Beatles’ covers, spanning a handful of different, international languages. According to wikipedia. org, Columbia records boasts that seminal Beatles song “Yesterday” is the most covered Beatles song with more than 3,000 different versions – more than 500 of them Muzak. Fortunately, movie execs left that dead horse alone on Universe. But what’s more, the Beatles appear on a number of other soundtracks, including both their own movie scores (A Hard Day’s Night and Help!) as well as generic Hollywood hits such as “I Am Sam.” So, needless to say, for a musician, or a group thereof, to make an impact with a Beatles’ cover requires a certain amount of inventiveness and a whole Milky Way’s worth of talent. And, for all intents and purposes, this cover album is relatively short on musical talent other than that of, among others, profound pop music vets Bono and The Edge (of U2), Dana Fuchs (of the Dana Fuchs Band) and that funny-faced fellow Joe Cocker. (Cocker’s version of “Come Together” has the same spastic force that was evident in his acclaimed cover of “With A Little Help From My Friends,” which helped launch generational TV dramedy “The Wonder Years.”) Cocker is utterly commanding with his vocal presence, and U2 frontman Bono is no slouch either, teaming up with Secret Machines on an oblique version of “I Am The Walrus” and wrapping up the soundtrack with U2 lead guitarist The Edge on “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.” But it is Fuchs that really shines, especially with her cover of “Oh! Darling.” Á la Melissa Etheridge, Fuchs’ smoky vocals are so sexy and sultry as to make even David Crosby’s baby’s mama a little wet in her panties. Fuchs also offers up a hardcore encore on track 12 with her ripping version of Charlie Manson favorite “Helter Skelter.”

Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures

If we lock lips, maybe we can breathe underwater. From left, Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess and T.V. Carpio make up the cast and a majority of the concurring soundtrack to Columbia Picture’s Across The Universe, which will be released Sept. 21 nationwide. The rest of the album, however, consists, not of musicians, but of the cast of the upcoming Julie Taymor feature film. (Taymor is most recently recognized for Freda, but has won several Tony awards and is a wellrespected Broadway director.) Essentially, the actors of the film become singers and vice versa, as the movie includes cameos by Bono, Cocker (as three different characters) and Salma Hayek (who pairs up with Joe Anderson on “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”). Lead protagonists Jim Sturgess (Jude), Evan Rachel Wood (Lucy) and Anderson (Max) round out the rest of the Universe soundtrack with a variety of songs that depict the tumultuous trials of the film’s cast. While Sturgess gives rather gripping performances of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “I’ve Just Seen A Face,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” the film’s title track and George Harrison’s classic “Something,” some of the other covers come off a bit soft and nondescript. For instance, whereas the Beatles “Blackbird” is a sweet but stinging story of renewal and redemption, Wood’s airy version is just plain sad and disappointingly devoid of the happy, background chirping that accompanied the original arrangement. Likewise, Anderson’s version of the wildly covered “Hey Jude,” is certainly sentimental, if not flat-out sleepy. Whereas McCartney gradual-

ly reaches a crescendo in the classic version, it is apparent that Anderson just doesn’t have the capacity to reach the same emotional vocal climax. In the end, Beatles covers are as inﬁnite as the stars in the sky. And though the crossover between musician and movie actor will no doubt net some substantially new cinematic results, the Across The Universe soundtrack falls light years short of the title’s suggested destination.

‘APPLE’ AND ORANGES: NOTABLE BEATLES COVERS: “With A Little Help From My Friends,” Joe Cocker “Come Together,” Aerosmith “Blackbird,” Sarah McLachlan “I Am The Walrus,” Oasis “Wild Honey Pie,” The Pixies “A Hard Day’s Night,” Ella Fitzgerald “Happiness Is A Warm Gun,” The Breeders “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” William Shatner “Tommorow Never Knows,” Phil Collins “Yesterday,” well, everyone across the universe

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Animal Collective can ‘Jam’ Flyleaf ﬁlls blank pages with mushy alt-metal

New album delivers chin-stroking tunes for discerning rockers By JOSHUA SMITH jsmith293@mscd.edu As the ﬁrst strains of Unsolved Mysteries roars to life on the Animal Collective’s new psychedelic carnival ride of experimental pop/folk, Strawberry Jam, one is confronted by the paradox in artistic progression that the band presents. This paradox is, as the band’s sound becomes more accessible to a larger audience, they have somehow gotten weirder and weirder. Long time fans of the band can point to a musical history steeped in long high pitched screeches matched by unintelligible screaming from lead singer, Panda Bear, and live shows of men dressed in animal costumes playing incomprehensible noise music to perplexed, excited crowds. Over the years though, the songs have become more structured, retaining the sonic dynamism that has marked Animal Collective’s work. It’s as if the frenetic energy that has characterized the band has somehow been locked into cages of shape and form, yet they continually dash themselves against the bars attempting to break free again. This image coalesces into Strawberry Jam, nine songs of aggressive, challenging rock music. The ﬁrst listening of the album might turn many listeners off with its dissonant and loud, droning, repetitive guitar and synth lines, as well as more prominent vocals,

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Although Geologist, Avey Tare, Deakin and Panda Bear have a disdain for normal names, they do possess a deep, all-abiding love for art-rockin’ your pants oﬀ. which range from perilously coy to stridently screaming. As far as indie rock albums go, this one might be a bit much for the most independent of listeners. But deeper exploration of the album will reveal a complexity and competency at creating soundscapes exhibited by few other bands. A perfect example of this carefully controlled anarchy can be seen in “For Reverend Green,” an adventurous pop tune that – despite a high and intense energy and driving synthesizers and drums – manages to create a calming meditative atmosphere, even with Panda Bear launching into earsplitting howls at intervals. Then there’s songs like “#1,” which is a hybrid of old and new Animal Collective that starts with a repetitive, almost grating 1970s sounding arpeggiated that slowly dissolves into abstract warbling heard on earlier albums.

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The Animal Collective’s sound has always been marked by playfulness cloaked in discord, and Strawberry Jam is no different. Long time fans will find much to enjoy in the circus sideshow sound of the band, and new fans, if willing to dig a little deeper, will find themselves greatly rewarded by the newest effort of one of the most creative and influential bands of recent years.

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Jared Hartmann, Pat Seals, Lacey Mosley, Sameer Bhattacharya and James Culpepper wear black on the outside, because black is how they feel on the inside . By DESIREE CLARK dclark67@mscd.edu If you have a little built-up hostility and rage, just put in Flyleaf ’s self-titled album and listen as a really pissed-off girl sings inspirational and confessional, alternative metal. Coming out of Belton, Texas, Flyleaf was originally formed in 2000 and was previously known as Passerby, before changing their name due to trademark reasons. Lead vocalist and songwriter Lacey Mosley has a voice similar to Avril Lavigne’s, however, Mosley’s lyrics can be heard loud over the band’s two guitars, bass and drums, helping to develop a strong alternative metal sound. The ﬁrst song on Flyleaf, “I’m So Sick,” was featured on the Live Free or Die Hard soundtrack and will also appear on the soundtrack for Resident Evil: Extinction, the latest movie spinoff of the popular PlayStation gaming franchise. And, no doubt, the disturbing lyrics from a song titled “Red Sam” (“Here I stand/ Empty hands/

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Wishing my wrists were bleeding/ To stop the pain from the beatings”) will most likely be featured on some depressing Sundance Film Festival movie soundtrack in the near future. Meanwhile, another song, “All Around Me,” has strong sexual lyrics that suggest a rather lusty affair: “My hands are searching for you/ My arms are outstretched toward you/ I feel you on my ﬁngertips/ My tongue dances behind my lips for you.” The gem, “There For You,” features additional guitar work from former Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers member Dave Navarro. While Navarro’s expertise is always a welcome addition to any good rock ‘n’ roll song, the track still resonates with Flyleaf ’s apologetic and regretful, sad and sorry sincerity. So, whether they offer gripping songs about depression and sad confession or randy romps in the dark, like a good book, Flyleaf is just waiting to be opened up. And the ﬁrst page is all yours.

tronic music with a mind tuned into the dance ﬂoor. Injecting subtle undertones of a political nature into each of his tracks, Attentat creates heart and soul in a genre often accused of being cold and uncaring. Tune in, turn on and rock out.

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Betterment of species over nature is discreditable Our species is in shambles and likely to be doomed to whatever is the most unpleasant and terrifying extinction imaginable. I have formulated this opinion quite recently after years of following the news and engaging in both scientific and spiritual discourse with friends and other various people I’m associated with. To be sure, as I see it, modern humans are the single most unsuccessful and utterly backwards twig that the bush of life has ever turned out. This is not to say that our incredible ability to comprehend our environment and ourselves is not without some merit, but that our incredible inability to use such knowledge for the betterment of our own species is discreditable at best. Let us imagine for a moment that spirituality is a product of the neurological makeup of the human mind, and that invisible entities aren’t hovering in the sky waiting to redeem our immortal souls and rescue us from this life-giving rock that we’ve effectively made into our own little dumpster. In this scenario we find that our condition compels us only toward sex, protein and the effort to use our immense capacity for knowledge to find some way to pop the lid from our forsaken dumpster and move to a cleaner one. Life seems easy and we have millions of years before the great ball of fire will destroy us so there is no rush to go mating in the streets, but feel free.

Modern humans, however, are unlike all the rest of Earth’s species who seem to see no purpose in anything but feeding and mating or, in essence, living according to what is necessary for survival. Our species generally finds these aspects of life to be quite vulgar and so attaches to them various degrees of acceptability in accordance with standard convention. Standard convention, in this sense, is another product of the neurological makeup of the human mind. Instead of lives of utter freedom and candor, we elect to live lives of structure, convenience and submission to whatever arbitrary hierarchy we have allowed to rise above our collective consciousness. As a result, the artificial societies, polities and, now, corporations we so willingly adhere to, drive us, as a species, to pollute our home to the degree that it may veer uninhabitable for us and most other creatures before nature finds an opportunity to evaluate itself and, hopefully, neglect to create anything like the human species ever again. Never in my life have I heard mention of any organism known to have existed that has taken upon itself a willingness to consciously destroy its own habitat as completely and remorselessly as Homo sapiens. One would likely assume, quite ironically, that once an intelligent species begins to alter the natural state of its own environment in an astonishingly considerable way, that the species

JIMMIE BRALEY jbraley@mscd.edu would simply quit doing it due to the forthcoming lack of survivability. This assumes, however, that the species in question has the same survival goals as every other creature known to exist and this doesn’t appear to be our case, unless we’re incredibly dumb. It may, nonetheless, be beneficial for us to brood over the question of our own existence a bit more seriously than we normally do. Instead of kneeling before idols and imagining we know for certain that an all-loving and generous creator is waiting to judge our battered spirits, perhaps we should stand up and solve our own man-made problems with man-made solutions. It’ll be fine. We’ll simply let God know that we had some very serious problems to take care of back on Earth and that we didn’t have time to be kneeling around and bowing incessantly to random objects. There are many things we can do together to fix our environment and

It may, nonetheless, be beneﬁcial for us to brood over the question of our own existence a bit more seriously than we normally do. Instead of kneeling before idols and imagining we know for certain that an all-loving and generous creator is waiting to judge our battered spirits, perhaps we should stand up and solve our own manmade problems with man-made solutions. better our lifestyles. I’ve heard great and sincere optimism about our generation in particular, though I’ve yet to see any real reason to share it. One solution would be to ﬁnd a stick of dynamite and shove it into the exhaust pipe on your car and rid all of us of your evil machine. That would be a bit drastic, but if everyone did it, our dumpster would be much cleaner, except for the piles of smoldering car wreckage everywhere. Another would be to gather around the Democratic National Convention once it arrives and throw rotten fruit at the candidates when they get here and utterly refuse to work or pay taxes until these people decide to either step down or do something about the contaminated world they have helped enormously to create. But, I digress. Why indeed would the American people stand up to be those free and brave souls as they are so zealously self-described? At any rate, only a fool would dis-

IN RESPONSE » Letters to the Editor On Nic Garcia »

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Respect troops

Glib columnist not spokesman for gay community I was a little disappointed to see that Mr. Garcia’s back for another semester at the Metropolitan. As an openly gay student on this campus, I’ve found his articles (“Stronger, Faster, Prettier” 7/07, “On Pride and Politics” 6/07 and “Marriage More than ‘death and Taxes’ 8/07) disturbingly marginalizing and trite. As an openly gay writer for the ever upand-coming Campus Connection, I ﬁnd his articles self aggrandizing, loquacious and uninspired. With comments like, “ We (homosexual men) throw together multiple outﬁts in a day, have the best jobs, go to the most amazing clubs and are generally on the go all the time.”(Stronger, Faster, Prettier) Mr. Garcia generalizes, diminishes and stereotypes not only himself but all his gay male readers. He never fails to remind us that he’s a “journalist” and “fabulous” (the latter perhaps nearer the truth then the

former), but he repeatedly uses language that demonizes. Words like: Fag, Faggots, Fag Hags, Hags, Stags and other street-worthy jargon frequently feels offhandedly glib and insensitive - his reference to gay men as “being little balls of glitter” was particularly dehumanizing. His most recent work showed improvement (Marriage More Than ‘Death and Taxes’), but was greatly uncreative and arrogant. The ideas he expressed are the ones most all gay men have decided on as appropriate and have published volumes of articles regarding since this topic came into the limelight in 2000; still Mr. Garcia takes sole credit for the conversation by saying, “If we don’t heed my suggestion, the government and church will”. It’s not YOUR suggestion, Mr. Garcia; you’re not telling us anything we haven’t read in Out Front magazine.

After long discourse with some friends, I feel obligated to remind Mr. Garcia that he is not a spokesperson for the greater GLBT community and although his efforts to raise awareness of gay issues is well meaning his choice of words, attitude and lack of experience and information is offensive. I’d also suggest that if Mr. Garcia continues to make the topic of homosexuality the central theme of his journalistic endeavors at the Met, he might do us the favor of restricting his commentary to personal opinions and experiences and to not drag the rest of us, the campus gay community, down with him in his tail spin of uninsightful and demoralizing writings. Thank you, Michael Frazier Campus Connection

Re-thinking the pursuit of happiness Something rang true to me when I read Nic Garcia’s Sept. 6 column. It prompted me to search out the nearest computer, requiring a walk from the Tivoli to the West Classroom to write this response. It is a line I have used over the years in defending successful and wealthy businessmen, and my general belief that nothing in life should be given or expected. This relates to my desires in the

world of free enterprise. The reference was, “Our forefathers did not guarantee us happiness, but the pursuit of it.” For me, this always meant the right to work hard and, with a little chance, be rewarded accordingly. In short, this meant the right to pursue happiness, however I interpreted it. Until I read that line in your article I never

agree with the obvious fact that our planet is pissed off and will very likely become our enemy within the next decade or so. Unfortunately, there are many of those fools everywhere and, considering simple statistics alone, some of you reading this are likely to be among them. Please feel free to complain to the editor and, once Greenland melts away and its massive stockpile of frozen water raises sea levels by 20 meters, effectively engulﬁng the entirety of Florida and Louisiana, and once the average global temperature rises to a degree that all precious, furry little animals die of heat exhaustion and oxygen-producing ﬂora begin to wither and die; once you begin to fear the very concept of going outside for any reason, count your precious greenbacks, hug your beloved car and acknowledge yourself as a member of the most laughable and obnoxious species to ever inhabit this beautiful little oasis in the frozen vacuum of space.

thought of it in the context of personal rights and freedoms. It was like being hit with a wave of epiphanies. Each wave of civil rights movements was backed by individuals with the same mindset. Instead of assuming their rights, they pursued them. Thank you for opening my eyes to a whole new realm of what that pursuit can mean to us. Austin Broussard, abrouss1@mscd.edu

Before you start running your trap about the troops, I suggest you attempt to walk in their boots instead of sitting in your air-conditioned ofﬁce typing out crap you know nothing about. Unless, of course, you have served in combat operations, but my guess is that you haven’t. Seems as if we found another latte liberal coward. Steve Wells U.S. Army

The Metropolitan welcomes all letters from Metro students, teachers, faculty and administration. Letters must be typed and submitted to The Metropolitan by 3 p.m., Monday before production. Send letters to dpollan@mscd.edu or leave your letter for David Pollan in the Ofﬁce of Student Media, Tivoli Student Union, Room 313. Editors reserve the right to edit all letters for content, clarity and space. Letters must be signed and dated with contact information for the writer.

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SIDELINE

THIS WEEK »

Friday 9.21

VOLLEYBALL 7 p.m. vs. CU-Colorado Springs at Auraria Courts SOCCER Women 5 p.m. at Mines Men 7:30 p.m. at Mines TENNIS Maryville, MO, TBD

Saturday 9.22

VOLLEYBALL 7 p.m. vs. Regis at AurariaCourts

Sunday 9.23

SOCCER Women 3 p.m. at Colorado Christian Men 1 p.m. at Colorado Christian

SAY WHAT? »

“Since the conference is so wide open, we just need to make sure that we pick up our game every time we are in practice, every time in games, and we need to play our level to win every game .” - Julie Green-McFarland, Metro volleyball senior, on the upcoming RMAC games.

DID YOU KNOW »

Metro cycling earned its second win in team history at the Colorado School of Mines Rocky Mountain Collegiate Conference mountain bike race. Metro Cyclist Matt Fisher took first place in the downhill event on Sept. 15, ahead of 37 riders from all of the other conference teams.

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Number of Metro men’s soccer players that have scored at least one goal this year, with only one player scoring more than three goals, senior midfielder Phillip Owen who has six so far.

Photo by KRISTI DENKE/kdenke@mscd.edu

Miriam Evangelista waits for her teammate to serve in the women’s tennis doubles match early on Sept. 15 at Auraria courts. The game went for nearly an hour before Metro was defeated by the Mesa State doubles team 8-6. The Maverick women went on to defeat the Roadrunners despite three wins in singles competition.

Splitting the diﬀerence Men’s tennis trounce Mesa State 8-1 while women miss mark against Mavericks 6-3 By ZAC TAYLOR ztaylor2@mscd.edu Metro’s tennis teams split their weekend match with conference rival Mesa State Sept. 15, with the men coming out on top and the women falling short at Auraria Courts. There was still a chill in the air when the doubles matches began at nine a.m., but the men got off to a hot start, putting themselves ahead of Mesa early. Metro senior player Riley Meyer used his powerful serves along with doubles teammate Sascha Ruckelshausen to defeat Mesa’s Nick Provenza and Jordan Chomko 8-2. One match later, Metro’s David Scott and Angelo Faustino won a lopsided match as well, taking an 8-1 victory. “We expect to win doubles every time, and it puts pressure on the other team to do well in singles,” Scott said.

This proved true for the men after the third and final Metro doubles team topped their competitors 8-5, as the Metro’s men swept the Mavericks. “A lot of teams will have equal players at the top of the roster but our depth is our strength,” said head coach Dave Alden about his men’s roster. “The difference between my No. 3 and No. 6 (players) is negligible.” The women didn’t get to rest a lot as all three doubles teams played closely with the conference favorite Mesa State. The final game stretched nearly an hour long before Metro’s doubles team of Miriam Evangelista and Alecia Jenkins were defeated 68. The other games didn’t go quite as long, but in both games Metro’s women kept it close, losing 9-7 and 8-5. “All the matches we lost have been winnable, but we still have to find a way to do it,” Alden said. The men had already begun their singles matches when the final women’s match let out. The Metro men

continued their dominance of the Mavericks, with the only speed bump coming when Provenza shocked Meyer by winning 1-6, 7-6, 1-0. The visitors couldn’t manage any other wins on the day and the men were able to cruise to their third win of the fall season with a ﬁnal score of 8-1. “Our depth is our recurring theme,” Alden said. “We have four returning starters and four outstanding freshman.” Metro’s women battled back in their singles matches, with three wins in six games going to Metro including wins from Evangelista and Jenkins, despite their doubles loss earlier in the day. Metro’s Alexis Alvarez picked up the third win. Being swept in doubles competition came back to haunt the Metro women and their three singles wins were not enough to tilt the points in their favor, as they lost to the Mavericks by a ﬁnal score of 6-3. “We don’t have a willingness to quit, but we have proved that we can more than compete with any team in the conference,” Alden said.

Metro vs. Mesa State Sept. 15 - Auraria Courts Men - Metro def. Mesa State, 8-1 Singles Sascha Ruckelshausen (MSCD) def. Jordan Chomko (MSC), 6-2, 6-2 Nick Provenza (MSC) def. Riley Meyer (MSCD), 1-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (7) Angelo Faustino (MSCD) def. Jerimah Driscoll (MSC), 6-1, 6-0 Brandon Lupo (MSCD) def. Niko Carrizo (MSC), 6-1, 6-0 Ryan Campbell (MSCD) def. David Smith (MSC), 6-2, 6-1 Sean Carlton (MSCD) def. Kevin Nydam (MSC), 6-4, 6-3

Doubles Ruckelshausen/Meyer (MSCD) def. Provenza/Chomko (MSC), 8-2 Faustino/David Scott (MSCD) def. Rockow/Smith (MSC), 8-1 Howard/Campbell (MSCD) def. Driscoll/Carrizo (MSC), 8-5

Women - Mesa State def. Metro, 6-3 Singles Teri Mayeda (MSC) def. Mitra Hirad (MSCD), 6-2, 6-4 Kate Lowder (MSC) def. April Hirad (MSCD), 6-2, 6-2 Miriam Evangelista (MSCD) def. Victoria Sargent (MSC), 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (8) Alecia Jenkins (MSCD) def. Kelsey Bottinelli (MSC), 6-4, 6-2 Alexis Alvarez (MSCD) def. Krystal Smith (MSC), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) Jamie Hanks (MSC) def. Katie Reitz (MSCD), 6-2, 6-0

Doubles Mayeda/Bottinelli (MSC) def. Evangelista/Jenkins (MSCD), 8-6 Lowder/Sargent (MSC) def. M. Hirad/Alvarez (MSCD), 9-7 Hanks/Smith (MSC) def. Reitz/Orzalla Nabiyar (MSCD), 8-5

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Roadrunners outlast Orediggers Metro volleyball defeats School of Mines despite slow start in final game By ERIC LANSING lansing@mscd.edu The women’s volleyball team brought its brooms to Golden and swept the Colorado School of Mines Sept. 15 with scores of 30-22, 30-22 and 30-26 in front of a rowdy crowd at Lockridge Arena. The Roadrunners ran through the first two games without much competition from the Orediggers. The School of Mines were without a kill in the first game and had a .043 kill percentage in the second game. Metro didn’t fare much better hitting a .190, but improved for the second game with a .227 percentage. The Orediggers woke up in the third game and gave the Roadrunners some trouble. Mines jumped out to an early 18-14 lead and seemed to have the game well in hand. But the Roadrunners went on a 9-1 run, in which Mines committed four errors and Metro outside hitter Julie GreenMcFarland came through with three kills. Metro never relinquished the lead the rest of the game and pulled off the sweep. The growth and maturity of Metro’s young team really shined through in the third game with a comeback victory over the Orediggers, a game most young and inexperienced teams would have lost. Metro head coach Debbie Hendricks likes the fact her team finished

strong, despite being outplayed early on in the final game. “We talked about that in locker room, the fact that we came and controlled the match for two games, probably our fault letting up a little bit, and I think Mines got a few things going on their side of the net,” Hendricks said. “We controlled things at the end of the match and I think that was a testament to the fact that we are growing and improving on how we handle pressure and being pushed a little bit.” One aspect of the game the ’Runners have improved on is their ability to block their opponents’ shots. Metro lost three middle blockers from last year to graduation, and it has hurt the team significantly this season, as there is little to no experience at that position. But Metro outside hitter Kelsey Ellis is seeing an improvement in the game of her fellow freshmen, especially in the block department. In its win over the Orediggers, Metro came up with six blocks. “Our team is coming together since the beginning of the year,” Ellis said. “We’ve been working on blocking so I think our team came out and blocked really well.” Green-McFarland led the ’Runners in kills with 15 and has been the leader that has held this young team together. Her team is off to a 3-1 record in the conference and said the great start is creating a confidence among the team that allows them to compete with all teams in the RMAC. “It is right now, but we can’t look

Metro vs Colorado Mines (09/15/07 at Auraria) GAME SCORE 1 2 3 Metro ...................(3) 30 30 30 Colorado Mines........(0) 22 22 26 STATS: Metro: K DIG J. G.-McFarland 15 1 Kelsey Ellis... 10 14 Stephanie Levi 2 8 Sarah Vallejos... 0 13 Megan Murray 7 1 Lisa Jones... 8 2 Amy Watanabe 1 10 Erin Keller... 2 0 Bri Ostler... 0 20 D. St. Pierre... 6 1 Total... 51 70

B 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4

CO Mines: K DIG B E. Serra-Hsu 10 12 0 M. McElhaney 5 4 0 K. Edmiston.. 10 9 0 C. Cashel... 0 8 0 Emily Collett 2 4 0 K. Erickson... 1 2 0 Gianna Ricotta 0 6 0 C. Magnusson 2 0 0 Tara Schwein.. 3 0 0 K. Bunting... 1 9 0 34 54 0

past anybody,” Green-McFarland said regarding the team’s confidence level. “Since the conference is so wide open, we just need to make sure that we pick up our game every time we are in practice, every time in games and we need to play our level to win every game.” Coming up for the Roadrunners is the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, which is 4-0 in the conference and only one week ago upset Nebraska-Kearney 3-0 in Nebraska. Hendricks also understands that her team cannot play with too much confidence with a tougher team coming up on the schedule. “We still have some of the toughest matches in our division coming up down the road. But no question we are starting to gain confidence and with each win like this, we stay steady and keep our composure. I think it is just helping us to prepare for those better matches that we will be seeing in a few weeks.”

Photo by CORA KEMP / ckemp4@mscd.edu

The volleyball team celebrates after their sweep of the Orediggers Sept. 15 in Golden. The win improved Metro’s record to 3-1 in the conference. Metro next play host to the UCColorado Springs Sept. 21 and Regis Sept. 22 in conference play at Auraria Courts. They have beaten the Cougars 23 out of 26 games, including an

11-0 record at home. Metro also has a successful record of 18-8 at home against the Rangers.

Metro blanks RMAC rivals CSU-Pueblo and UC-CO Springs Roadrunners improve to 6-1-1 overall with a tie, 3-0 and 4-0 shutouts By AUSTEN ROSENTHAL arosent3@mscd.edu The 20th-ranked men’s soccer team battled three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams on the road in five days coming away with two wins and one tie, bringing their record to 6-1-1 overall and 4-0-1 in conference play. Their first game was a makeup game against the Rangers Sept. 12 on Regis’ home field. The contest was canceled due to lightning on August 31. Regis had taken a 2-0 lead in that game before it was canceled, which was fortunate for the ’Runners who were being dominated by the Rangers. Metro State came ready to play in the makeup and controlled the first half by holding Regis to only one shot on goal. On the other side, Metro had

many scoring opportunities, but was unable to score. One goal even got called back due to an offside call. The Roadrunners were clicking on all cylinders with excellent passing and possession of the ball, staying in Regis’ zone for a majority of the first half. In the second half, Metro midfielder Sam Rolph made a nice hustle play and banked a shot off one of the Ranger defenders to put in the first goal of the game. With only 15 minutes left in the game, Metro seemed to back off the attack and start playing defensive ball. In doing so, Regis caught a break when a Metro defender passed the ball back to goalkeeper Ryan Vickery that skipped past his foot and started rolling toward the goal line. Vickery hustled back to scoop the ball up before it crossed the line, but Regis forward Nathan Kafer was there to hack the ball out of his hands and into the goal. Ranger fans went nuts when the late goal knotted the game at one with only five minutes left.

Both teams had chances to win the game in the two overtimes, but they were not able to capitalize. Regis had a shot that went off the post and Metro had a few shots that were saved by Regis goalkeeper Trevor Steege, but the game ended in a tie. The next game was against conference opponent CSU-Pueblo down in Pueblo. Metro once again was quite dominant. Metro outshot Pueblo 23-5 overall, holding Pueblo to only four shots on goal, all saved by Vickery. In the first half, Metro outshot the Thunderwolves 10-1. With only five minutes left in the first half, Metro finished a corner kick when Metro defender Garrett Sadusky put in a header off of Mike Martinez’s cross. With the Roadrunners holding a 1-0 lead, CSU-Pueblo midfielder Corey Cullen received a red card in the 50th minute forcing Pueblo to play a man down for the rest of the game, and only three minutes later did Metro forward Phillip Owen capitalize on a Shaun Elbaum assist to give Metro

Metro vs CSU-Pueblo (09/14/07 at Auraria)

Metro vs UC-CO Springs (09/16/07 at Auraria)

GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro .................... 1 2 - 3 CSU-Pueblo .............. 0 0 - 0 STATS: Metro: Sh Garrett Sadusky 2 Phillip Owen... 2 Wynne Mason... 1 Tyler Hambrick.. 0 Shaun Elbaum... 0

G 1 1 1 0 0

A 0 0 0 1 1

Pueblo: Sh T. Martinet... 2 U. Obotette.. 1 Dillon Good.. 1 Ryan Gomas 1

GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro .................... 2 2 - 4 UC-CO Springs .......... 0 0 - 0 G 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 0

a 2-0 lead. In the 80th minute, Wynne Mason put some insurance on the game scoring his ﬁrst goal of the season and the third of the game for Metro. Vickery preserved the shutout despite some late efforts by CSU-Pueblo and Metro went on to win 3-0. Two days later Metro took on UCColorado Springs, who is one of the weakest teams, with only one win and six losses overall. Metro continued their dominating conference play by completely controlling the game against the

STATS: Metro: Sh Mark Cromie... 5 Phillip Owen... 5 Garrett Sadusky 2 Steven Emory... 3 Sam Rolph... 0 Wynne Mason... 4

G 1 1 1 1 0 0

A 0 0 0 0 1 1

CO Springs: Sh Jarad Giegler 2 B. Stoeber... 1 I. Tengesdal... 1 D. Oladiran... 1 Bobby Cinea 1

G 0 0 0 0 0

A 0 0 0 0 0

Mountain Lions. The ’Runners outshot UCCS 25-6, and scored two in each half in the 4-0 win. Vickery only had to make one save in the entire game. Goals came from midﬁelder Mark Cromie, defensive back Garrett Sadusky, Owen, and midﬁelder Steven Emory. The Roadrunners will continue their road trip, taking on the Colorado School of Mines Sept. 21 in Golden and Colorado Christian Sept. 23 in Lakewood.

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No time to get weak knees in week three Wow! That is all I can say about the exciting Week Two that occurred for us Fantasy Football owners who witnessed an astounding point explosion from our players. Check out some of these stupendous statistics that some owners drooled over as the day progressed. Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer: 401 yards passing and six touchdowns Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson: 328 yards passing and ﬁve touchdowns Cincinnati wide receiver Chad Johnson: 11 catches, 209 yards receiving and two touchdowns Carolina wide receiver Steve Smith: eight catches, 153 yards and three touchdowns Cleveland wide receiver Braylon Edwards: eight catches, 146 and two touchdowns New England wide receiver Randy Moss: eight catches, 105 yards and two touchdowns And the list goes on … for a while. I am happy to say that I had three players from the Bengals/Browns game in which 91 total points were scored; Palmer, T.J. Houshmandzadeh and the kicker Shayne Graham. Needless to say I easily won Week Two in my fantasy league and the margin was well over a hundred points.

So, what is in store for Week Three? I know you are asking me which game is going to give us another 91-point performance in the next week and which players you should start and which players to leave riding the pine so that you can pull out a win and be a superstar in this amazing world of fantasy football, just like me. MATCHUPS: Indianapolis against Houston: This game could turn out a highscoring affair as touchdown-machine Peyton Manning takes on Matt Schaub, who has found a second life in Houston and has led the Texans to a 2-0 start. Both teams are playing well with undefeated records and, even though I laughed at the thought of Schaub succeeding in such a losing atmosphere as Houston, don’t be surprised if these two teams run to well over 60 points in the contest. (I heard Houston wide receiver Andre Johnson is out with an injury, but I will stick to my guns. I may use it on myself if Colts romp to a 40-10 victory.) Cincinnati against Seattle: If Cleveland can score more than 50 points with quarterback Derek Anderson, wide receiver Braylon Edwards and running back Jamal Lewis, then chalk me up for 100 points from

against Tennessee and Matt Schaub against Indianapolis. Running backs: Lamont Jordan against Cleveland, Shaun Alexander against Cincinnati, Clinton Portis against New York Giants and Brian Westbrook against Detroit.

ERIC LANSING lansing@mscd.edu

Wide Receivers: Laveranues Coles against Miami, Reggie Wayne against Houston, Marques Colston against Tennessee, Santonio Holmes against San Francisco and Roy Williams against Philadelphia.

the Seahawks who have a more efﬁcient offense than the Browns. With the Bengals scoring points every week, make sure you have as many players as you can from both teams.

Tight Ends: L.J. Smith against Detroit, Todd Heap against Arizona and Alge Crumpler against Carolina.

Tennessee against New Orleans: Didn’t the Saints blow open the scoring ﬂoodgates last year on Monday Night Football? Although the Titans held the Colts to only 22 points in last week’s near upset, watch for New Orleans to switch on the offensive light and explode for 40 points. The Saints can’t stop anybody either, so Titans quarterback Vince Young and the gang will score some points of their own. WHO TO START: Quarterbacks: Matt Hasselbeck against Cincinnati, Drew Brees

Kickers: Shaun Suisham against New York Giants, Robbie Gould against Dallas, Jeff Wilkins against Tampa Bay and Mason Crosby against San Diego. Defenses: Pittsburgh against San Francisco, New England against Buffalo, Oakland against Cleveland and New York Jets against Miami. LATE FREE-AGENT PICKUPS: Josh McCown, quarterback, Oakland: The Raiders take on the Browns who gave up over 500 yards of total offense to the Bengals one week ago. I am not saying McCown is going

to throw for over 400 yards and six touchdowns, but Cleveland is not going to improve their defense in one week, so expect a decent day from him. PREDICTION: 22 completions, 225 yards and two touchdowns. Bobby Engram, wide receiver, Seattle: This guy has worked his way into the starting lineup in Seattle where the offense is struggling. But what a better way to put points on the board than on the team who gave up the most in Week Two. The Bengals will play to stop Shaun Alexander leaving Engram some space to grab a bunch of passes and a possible score. PREDICTION: 7 catches, 98 yards and a touchdown. Joe Jurevicius, wide receiver, Cleveland: If Cleveland can ride the momentum that carried this team to 51 points, than the Browns could use this receiver to carry some of the load off of his fellow running back who will be the focus of the Raiders defense. Oakland’s defense is solid, but Javon Walker of the Broncos had a decent day against the Raiders. Not to mention that Broncos’ receiver Brandon Stokley grabbed a touchdown, and if one white wide receiver can score, so can another in Jurevicius. PREDICTION: 6 catches, 88 yards and a touchdown.

Metro overwhelms opposition Metro Award Winners ‘Runners allow one goal in two games, outscore competition 15-1 By ZAC TAYLOR ztaylor2@mscd.edu Metro’s women’s soccer team improved to 3-0-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with convincing wins over Colorado State University-Pueblo on Sept. 14 and Adams State on Sept. 16. In Pueblo, the Roadrunners defense kept the home team scoreless while the offense, led by forwards Becca Mays and Katie Kilbey, who scored two goals apiece, led Metro to a 5-0 rout for their second RMAC win of the season. “Our back four played well all weekend,” said Metro head coach Danny Sanchez. Rachel Zollner, who is being featured on the television show NCAA On Campus, displayed her goalkeeping skills by saving ﬁve shots for the 29th shutout of her career. In the second game of the weekend set, Metro produced a ﬂurry of goals in a 10-1 win over Adams State. Kilbey continued her weekend

success with four goals against the Grizzlies, netting two balls in each half. “(Kilbey) had been playing well before but goals were hard to come by,” Sanchez said. “She had a great game.” The Roadrunners also outshot the Grizzlies 40-3. Amanda Nance started the scoring for Metro early on, scoring the ﬁrst goal less than two minutes into the game. Mays added another score by the fourth minute, and the Roadrunners’ scoring machine didn’t slow down the rest of the game, pushing Adams State further into the conference basement with a 0-4 conference record. Metro State is now 6-1-1 overall and will be vying for win number seven on Sept. 23 when they face off against Colorado School of Mines. The Orediggers are currently undefeated and ranked ﬁrst in the conference. “Mines is a huge game,” Sanchez said. “It’s a tough place to go and get a result.” Metro has been improving since the upset loss to Winona and tie to Fort Lewis, although Sanchez admits that it is a lengthy process to return

to form. “We’re continuing to develop week by week,” Sanchez said.

Metro vs CSU-Pueblo (09/14/07 in Pueblo) GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro .................... 3 2 - 5 CSU-Pueblo............... 0 0 - 0 STATS: Metro: Sh Becca Mays... 5 Katie Kilbey..... 3 M. McQuilliams 5 Jenna Oney.... 3 Amanda Nance 0 J. Stevenson.... 0

G 2 2 1 0 0 0

A CSU-Pueblo: Sh 1 E. Warmack.. 3 0 J. Barnes....... 2 1 C. Thimm..... 1 1 1 1

G 0 0 0

RMAC Players of the Week Women’s soccer forward Katie Kilbey

Men’s soccer back Garrett Sadusky

-vs. CSU-Pueblo 2 goals on 3 shots

-vs. CSU-Pueblo Game-winning goal -vs. UCCS 1 goal on two shots - helped Metro defense allow 1 goal in 3 games

A 0 0 0

Metro vs Adams State (09/16/07 in Alamosa) GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro .................... 4 6 - 10 Adams State ............. 0 1 - 1 STATS: Metro: Sh Katie Kilbey.... 10 Amanda Nance 6 M. McQuilliams.. 3 Becca Mays........ 7 J. Stephenson.... 1 Justine Monoya.. 0

G 4 1 2 1 1 0

A 0 2 0 1 0 1

Adams State: Sh A. Harder..... 1 K. Larghe...... 0 A. Sales........ 2

G 1 0 0

A 0 1 0

-vs. Adams State 4 goals on 10 shots