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Cloning is pointless It is becoming a brave new world in the realm of science. This month, the first human clone will be born in Italy, opening wide a debate that has been brewing for quite a while now. Is it ethical to clone human beings? In March 1997, scientists crossed a line that they could never uncross by creating a lamb named Dolly, and Josh since then, critics have Pacheco been born around every corner, including this one. When speaking about human cloning, the question is not so much whether we could, it is, whether we should. Would we be opening a real life Pandora’s box? Introducing a new segment to society that would just create more internal strife? It is scary to think of what could become of our world if people who genetically engineer get out of hand. It no longer takes the mind of Aldous Huxley to concoct novels about a new race of humans, one that is superior to the ones who currently inhabit earth. Making the “perfect” person would be on the top of the list for any prospective parent wanting a clone baby. In time, it would be inevitable that we have a whole sub-culture of athletic geniuses that would add a different weave to an already tangled society. This subject has no light implications. If accepted into society, nearly every aspect of the world of tomorrow would be greatly changed. Fears of an inauspicious future are certainly adequate; however; what about the moral and ethical concerns of today? When scientists cloned Dolly the lamb, it took them over 300 tries to come up with a successful attempt. Why in the world would we want to subject human beings to the same trials? It is sickening to use humans as guinea pigs just for the name of scientific gain. Human cloning is not only an ethical debate. In recent months, it has also turned political. Politicians in Washington are up in arms about what would be the correct answer should be. President Bush disagrees with genetic engineering, while congress killed a bill that would completely absolve any chance of cloning in the United States. On a personal level, introducing a human clone into a family atmosphere would change the family structure, introducing a new role or a new family identity. People who have been adopted spend years trying to get over it. Human cloning would be incomparable to adoption; children feeling ousted from their own family as well as from society would absolutely cause psychological trouble with the advent of cloning. This topic will obviously be a heated debate and whatever your stance, the day is coming when we will see human clones. It will be interesting to see the different ways people and societies react. Has science crossed the line? Time will tell.
SGA disbands due to lack Killing is never easy to accept. I’m unable to do so. Stephen Darwall wrote that mutual advantage leads enemies to participate as equals in economic transactions, dissolving insult and contempt, even if only for the purpose of exchange. If we are able to build economic relations with countries such as Iraq, is it possible that insult and contempt might be slowed or completely dissolved? The Bush Administration is on the warpath. It would be impossible for someone to argue otherwise. National Security Advisor Condellezza Rice adheres Nick to the Morgenthau school of foreign policy. Bahl Morgenthau believed, as European powers have for hundreds of years, that balance of power leads to peace. Or at least prohibits world destruction. Balance of power means that there cannot be a power vacuum, superpower or dominant ideology. In the Middle East there is certainly a power vacuum and ideologies vary little. Next Monday, weapons inspectors from the United Nations are going to report on what they’ve found in Iraq. We already know Iraq hasn’t disclosed everything in their report to the Security Council last December. President Bush will lead a war on Iraq, with or without the United Nations, shortly after the inspectors report their findings. Our military is in place and will be ready within a week of the report. War is inevitable. How is it possible to calculate the advantages and disadvantages of war beforehand? I can’t say. What I can say is: none
of us on this campus are in the position to make those calculations. One day we may hope to be. What does the world community gain from an American-led war with Iraq? I cannot say for sure, but I believe that bringing stability to the Middle East will be beneficial in building a goal for world peace. There is a popular slogan that states: No blood for oil. This sound reasonable. Oil companies have huge American lobbies. So does Israel. Who does American dirty work against their United Nations Charter monthly? Contradictions are part of democratic politics, as is money. Can oil play a peace-building role in the Middle East instead of just fulfilling American selfishness? Will oil be a positive role-player since war is inevitable already? We are living in a global economy. States that have multinational companies increase yearly. One of the biggest reasons for this is supply and demand. Not in the traditional sense. Today, there is an oversupply of cheap workers along with a shrinking demand for workers due to technological improvements. Lexus has a plant that makes luxury cars with only 18 man hours per car! Wherever there are workers willing to work for lower wages, companies flock there. It’s business. If a government offers tax, trade or other incentives, companies run there. Governments want jobs and the technology transferred with those jobs. Companies want to expand their market as well as their efficiency, and by moving plants to other countries, they achieve this. In the process, they gain market access to countries they wouldn’t have been able to access because of trade barriers. Companies are looking for a profitable government and a new markets. Asia is already filling quickly, so companies are looking elsewhere. Market potential in the Middle East is much more untapped by Western companies than their
oil supply is. I will be the first person to admit that oil companies will certainly get to work as soon as the Middle East is open to them. They know that oil is there. Other companies will follow. Nationbuilding has never been a success and may never be. Fundamentally it might be necessary for countries to progress on their own. I cannot say. I cansay that if the United States and the United Nations create a successful, when I say successful I don’t mean it has to be democratic, government in a nation markets will open up. Quality of life goes up significantly for people in developing countries when multinational corporations come in with jobs. Multinational corporations may be the best way to spread democracy. They may not. That doesn’t matter. Multinational corporations build a web of dependence between states and the people living inside their borders. China is a great example of a country that has seen a drastic quality of life increase and still remains ideologically opposite from much of the world. Do you hear war drums beating between China and the West? No. Even the spy plane issue was resolved. Why? Because their economy is dependent upon ours as ours is increasingly becoming dependent on theirs. Modern war is fueled by politicians. Politicians are fueled by corporations. Corporations are fueled by greed. Greed through politicians and corporations fuels the world economy. If the Middle East opens their markets, they will become part of the interdependent web of global economics. Interdependence is the best determent of war. Losing lives for such a cause is noble. When we look back with 20/20 hindsight, hopefully we will be able to say that the killing wasn’t in vain.
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Remembering Aunt Ray Every year of my life I have been to a little bitty town in Wyoming called Pinedale. There is a big lake with a forest service campground there, and every year my family has driven the 11 hours from Sterling or Denver to Pinedale. But it’s not just my immediate family. When I say my family, I mean family from multiple states. I’m talking aunts, uncles, great aunts, great uncles and tons of cousins. I have so many great memories from Pinedale and I know relatives of mine that I never would Jenni have had the chance to Grubbs meet because of Pinedale. One of those relatives was my Great Aunt Ray from California, who recently died at 82. I knew Aunt Ray as Uncle John’s wife; a lady who would always tell you a wonderful story about growing up during the war or cook something for you or have some little trinket to give you. I remember sitting at the campfire listening to all of the stories my great aunts and uncles and grandparents had to tell. My grandmother has 11 living brothers and sisters who have 9 living spouses, and many of them have gone to Pinedale over the years, but Aunt Ray and Uncle John kept coming every year until a couple years ago when Aunt Ray got sick with Alzheimer’s and cancer. It was never an easy trip for them, driving more than 1,100 miles from
Palo Alto Cali. to the remote mountain location. Yet they were among the first of Grandma’s brothers and sisters to go to Pinedale and they kept going. I remember Uncle John coming back every afternoon from fishing with Grandpa and the gang with a big old creel of fish, which Aunt Ray and the ladies would fry up for dinner. Nothing like truly-fresh-caught fish for dinner when you’re camping. Especially Aunt Ray’s. She was a wonderful cook. I remember Aunt Ray reading my poetry when I was a teenager and gushing over even though it was pretty typical teenage poetry. I remember when Aunt Ray tripped climbing out of her camper and had to be taken to the Pinedale clinic and how scared we all were. I remember the bags of home-grown oregano that Aunt Ray would bring with her for the sisters-in-law and grandchildren. Those bags always made the teenage me snicker because they looked so much like a certain green illegal substance. We joked that our 70sish great aunt was growing dope. I remember the stories about her childhood that would last for hours. I remember her braving the frigid waters of Freemont Lake to come swimming with my siblings and me. I remember her brightly colored caftans and flowered tops. I remember her perfume, light and flowery. I remember singing with her. She had the most beautiful voice and knew so many songs.
I remember Aunt Ray. I’m 22 now and I thank God that I got the chance to get to know my gruff but lovable Uncle John and my sweet and generous Aunt Ray. I have also gotten to know many of the other brothers and sisters and cousins because of family Christmas parties that my Grandma’s family has had nearly every year of my life. Many of the 12 live here in Denver with their spouses and even more of their children and their children’s children live here as well. Practically all those that live in Denver come to the Christmas parties. I have umpteen cousins and it is always special when there is a wedding or family event because I know that I will know nearly everyone. I was fortunate enough to get to go to California for the funeral, where I was able to share some of these memories with my relatives and Aunt Ray’s friends and family at the wake and rosary. I took my grandmother and Great Aunt Mildred, the two oldest sisters in the group. All except for two of the brothers and sisters were there for Uncle John. During the trip I observed how much they appreciate each other and I realized just how important family is for the soul. Family is everything. I only have two sisters and a brother and a dog. Bur the dog is getting old; she’s 11. I only hope when we are in our 70s and 80s that Heidi, Beth, Nick and I are as close as Grandmas family is.
Zilch or Jujitsu: You Decide Welcome to Mel’s Diner. Pull up a chair, have a cup of joe and sit a spell. I was wondering… Which teacher did you like better when you were growing up? Mrs. Zilch, the tyrant Social Studies teacher who punished everyone in class by taking away recess for a week when the class bully shot a spit wad at her, or Mr. Jujitsu, the very cool, shop class teacher who gave the class bully the option of standing in front of the class for ten minutes holding his arms straight out to his sides or an escort to the VP’s office for certain susMelissa K. pension… Hmmmm, Mcguire tough one, that. I think I’m going to have to go the man with the plan. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution ratified in 1791 states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants
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shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” That is what it says, verbatim. We’ve been punished in this country, all of us, for something someone from another country did. This is like Mrs. Zilch taking away our recess for the English class bully shooting a spit wad at her. Neither you nor I can reasonably expect to board an airplane without being searched. Their probable cause is our desire to travel. Well, here we are, two hundred and twenty seven years later with our Constitutional right waived. To paraphrase Ben Franklin, no one who is willing to waive his freedoms in the name of national security is worthy of freedoms. Which is why, although it really irks me to give up this little pleasure of mine, I will not board an airplane until this ridiculously overblown, invasive, paranoid mandate for the search of every checked bag loaded on an airplane is lifted. I will carry my nail clippers! On the way home from a short visit in Southern California, the flight I had booked was cancelled. I traded times, then, airlines. I was screened again, my bags were x-rayed, and then all passengers transferring flights from Frontier News Editor Noelle Leavitt Voices Editor Brian P. Reed Features Editor Ian Neligh Sports Editor Eric Eames
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Airlines were required to submit to individual searches prior to boarding the plane. The searching of my infants diaper just capped it for me. I hate this because I like to fly. But… I don’t recall anyone issuing a warrant to search my person, papers or effects. Unless I am gravely mistaken, transferring from one airline to another because of mechanical failure of a plane is not probable cause for a search. Had I the money to stay, I would have refused the search and I told the guard just that. His response rang an eerie echo of the past in my ears, “I’m just following orders ma’am.” I was dumbstruck with horror at that one simple line. Just following orders. Well, I would love to say all’s well that ends well and all that but the scenario has not yet played out. In light of recent events, personal and otherwise, I think often about what I am willing to give up to be safe. My answer: nothing. There is no guarantee of safety. My now avowed road trips in lieu of air travel are far more dangerous. I am still wearing glow in the dark clothing. And I’m pissed that the bully and Mrs. Zilch have us all in detention. Waiter! More coffee here!
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The Gadfly brian p. reed –Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. ––James Joyce Ulysses have you ever wished after going to the bathroom: i could have done better? chumsky whisking open heart well being peace-niks pray for hospitable nights stay while irreverant hostiles hope and pray for their demise given a warlord for a leader and a lack of food and social unification for a piss-be-it sanctimonious rise for something they do not and will not have given his uncompromised focus of the death of that which opposes it and the quandry between his beliefs and what is right given countless F-16’s and -18’s and B-2’s surrounding what is right and what is wrong and the understanding that no one but no one understands the true idiocy of their methods and plans as we march steadfastly for peace the monger irrate plans retribution for actions atypical of another warlord prejudiced by penis envy and satiated beyond comparison for its greed and destined for failure if not but for its revered transcient apocryphal fulfullment of its destiny lying in wait from another attack when the ad hoc preachers vent a shallow vent or breath of faith against or as they would like it for the preservation of a happenstance becoming of life as it stands true in our hearts or will ill to fail the pure humanity of what could be given the fact that we are something beyond creatures understanding less it be told the importance of life and the poeisis of living lie decrepid and humiliated in our own excrement like a bad Dali painting with worms and bugs and crap painstakingly hoping but without titles that we want and the rest of us want things absurdly to be cheerio good and people to not be killed and things to progress and life to resume all knowing that these are impossible for if possible life itself would unbearable by merely being perfect so as to accept the bearable with the extrapolation of the truly evil from the semi-evil albeit the mini me will keep us on our toes so as to match the next twin duo of evil and backwards live that makes even the simpest obviation of the true sun seem meaningfully jolly worth addressing and destroying once again and reminiscent of an oh too cool poem by Eliot suggesting that the world ends not with bang but with a whimper p.s. wherever you are, mr gant, did I not say in august: THE RAIDERS ARE SUPER BOWL BOUND!
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Biology Joan has passion for science Denver native is teacher, mother, president
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by Jonathan Kuenne The Metropolitan Joan Foster has an extreme passion and background in science. “I just really love science, and in teaching I get to explain it,” she said. “I usually can find good ways of explaining things — it’s fun because you can constantly learn.” Joan, a microbiologist, faculty senate president and mother of three, has been a biology teacher at Metro for the past 12 years. Foster is a Denver native. Her passion for science blossomed while she was a student at East High School. After she graduated from East, she continued on to Metro where she earned her bachelor’s in science — class of 1978. From Metro, Foster continued on to the University of Denver for graduate school where she did her Ph.D. research on cactus with an emphasis on the bacteria that rots them. Joan remembers a lot of students from her 12 years of teaching at Metro, she said. For Joan teaching comes naturally. However, before Joan came to teach at Metro she worked on several interesting environmental projects. “Initially we were planning what type of research needed to be done before to do the environmental impact statement before they did the offshore drilling around Alaska,” Foster said. “Then I switched to another group which did more marine research and not just oil drilling. I got to go on a research vessel and do more research. I predicted the Prince Williams Sound oil spill — I predicted that would happen — because of the geography.” Foster worked on the environmental research for about three to four years. She had the opportunity to respond to another oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “I got to do baseline assessments of the beach,” Joan said. “It was really wild, we got to research using a helicopter an Jeeps.” One day Joan remembers jumping onto the land, and, while in mid-air, she heard a rattle snake. “As soon as my feet touched the ground I was back in the water,” she said. “The size of rattle snakes where I was ranged in size from six to eight feet long,” Foster added. “We were constantly muddy and eaten up by mosqui-
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by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan Dr. Joan Foster, a microbiology professor, has been at Metro for 12 years and is the Faculty Senate President for the second year.
toes.” Joan was eaten by mosquitoes, but never got bit by a rattlesnake. In addition to oil spill research, Joan had the opportunity to research the bacteria in ordinary kitchen cloths with Nine News anchor Mark Kobrich. “We first studied the bacteria in frozen yogurts and soft serve ice cream. We then studied the bacteria in kitchen dish rags.”
Kobrich would randomly select a house to sample the dish rag, and Joan analyzed the bacteria content of them. “It was outrageous,” Foster said. “They were just gross.” For the future, Joan plans to continue teaching. She would like to develop and teach a course on science and religion. “Science occurs in the context of society and religion influences society. The interplay and conflict between the two is very interesting to me.” If it’s not examining dish rags, oil spills or almost getting bit by rattlesnakes, Joan is busy with faculty senate president and her dedication to her students.
occurs in the context of society, and
religion influences society. The interplay and conflict between the two is very interesting to me.’
- Joan Foster, Metro biology professor
Birthday: July 15, 1954 (I'm a baby boomer). Favorite Actor: I like the color of Richard Gere's hair. Favorite Actress: Julia Roberts does a variety of roles and I enjoy Sandra Bullock's humor. Favorite vacation spot: Anywhere outdoors, especially the mountains and warm beaches. Favorite restaurant: La Loma. Favorite movie: Moulin Rouge. Favorite pastime: Gardening and walking (I gave up running this summer because my knees were always sore). Favorite quote: “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness shall not overcome it.” If I had a million dollars I would: Invest it and use the earnings (when the stock market improves) for charitable and educational organizations. I like Compassion International, which gives animals like cows, goats, pigs and chickens to impoverished people with the understanding that the first born animal is passed on to another family. Pet peeve: People who act destructively and irrationally out of anger. Anger can provide the energy to make a positive change. Favorite book: Fun reading: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragon Riders of Pern series (science fiction/fantasy). Serious reading: Consilience (Wilson). Favorite animal: dog. Favorite band, musical artist or song: Greg Price (Biology Dept.'s Lab Technician who plays the guitar and sings on open stages). Favorite season: I like them all. I like change. Favorite holiday: Christmas. Favorite science field, fact or whatever!: I love sunrise. It's great to see beauty and light coming out of the dark of night.
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Visions of San Luis
Right: Glenn Sykes begins to take down the star on display outside of his famlily home in Estrella, Colo. The star stays up during the holiday season and is a trade mark of the town which has an estimated population of under 50. by Shannon Davidson - The Metropolitan Below: A cross marks an unidentified gravesite near San Luis, the oldest town Colorado.
by David Merrill - The Metropolitan
What happens when a group of eager, young photographers head to small-town Colorado armed with cameras, film and a drive? Storytelling‌or at least one might hope! While students were on a break over the holidays, photojournalism students from Metro took part in a project to document the visions and voices of the residents of the San Luis Valley so that people in the dozens of tiny communities in the southernmost region of the state might be seen and heard by their Front
Range counterparts. Colorado is in the midst of the worst drought in its history. Few places in the west have been hit harder than the San Luis Valley, where small communities and family farmers struggle to survive. While residents in the Denver Metropolitan area cannot water their lawns, farmers in the valley cannot water their fields. While students work here to make it to class, everyday people in the valley toil to make ends meet. As the five Metropolitan staff photographers worked in the
Valley hoping to tell the story, they found the whole story wanted to be told. So stop and look around at daily life. Then try to reflect on the small town life the photographers have documented here. It will be easy to see that as you struggle to wake up, go to school and work that these people do just this and much more to complete every day of their lives‌and they are happy and passionate about it. This is just the beginning of a larger story of hope and determination.
Left: With a pistol in his back pocket for protection, Ken Turpin speedily picks through a batch of raised donuts. Many robberies in the area have led Turpin to carry a firearm.
by Danny Holland - The Metropolitan Below: Kelly West of Jaroso, Colo. sorts two different sets of Holstien hiefers that were accidentaly mixed together to be sold to a dairy in Alberquerque, N.M. West and her husband have integrated other forms of revenue, now producing compost from manure, to try to make ends meet in the agricultural industry.
by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan
Above: Charlie Sykes of Estrella, Colo. stops to pet his dog Ajax during a hard day at his business, Star Steel and Supply Company.
by Shannon Davidson - The Metropolitan
Right: Farmhand Steve Nash returns to the barn after giving injections to "hospital cows" as dusk sets in on the San Luis Valley and the D&H Dairy. With falling milk prices there is doubt that the dairy will survive a possible third financial disaster.
by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan
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by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan Metro President Sheila Kaplan sits at her desk in Central Classroom 315 Nov. 5. Kaplan says she is still as excited about Metro as she was when she started in 1993.
Kaplan leads Metro through tough times by Ian Neligh The Metropolitan As the 13th and longest-tenured president in Metro’s history, Sheila Kaplan has seen Metro emerge from relative obscurity, becoming a school that has recently watched its alumni reach the 50,000 mark, while being nationally recognized for its outstanding programs. Even with the state budget cuts, Metro remains true to its primary goal of providing undergraduates with the highest quality in education. “When I came to Metro in 1993, I was very excited about the place,” Kaplan said. “I was excited about the mission and about the kind of school it was.” Kaplan comes from a diverse educational background, which started with a bachelor’s degree in history and continued on to a master’s degree in International Relations and finally a Ph.D. in European History from the Graduate School at the University of New York. Kaplan is also the host of the syndicated radio talk show Colorado Close-Up which airs on 16 stations statewide. “(Metro) was very much like the school I went to,” Kaplan said. “Hunter College in New York was a commuter school. I rode the subway an hour and a half each way to get to school, and here everybody takes the Light Rail or drives in.” Kaplan said that Metro felt like the kind of school that provided opportunity. “We have seen a lot of growth in the last couple of years. We’ve graduated our 50,000th student,” she said. “I think we’ve seen Metro become much more publicly visible. I think the visibility of the college is very positive. People have respect for us and the quality of the graduates and of the education.” There is always something on campus that is interesting and exciting to do, which is one of the reasons that Metro continues to remain an exciting place, Kaplan said.
However, Kaplan admits that Metro has had its share of problems in the last several years. “This year in particular the state’s financial situation is the worst it’s ever been, and so we’re all going to be looking at some pretty tough times,” she said. “I think unfortunately the next six months we’re all going to be focusing on how can we respond to the financial crises of the state, and how we’re going to absorb the cuts that we know are coming, in such a way that we don’t negatively impact the instructional program.” Kaplan said that the key to dealing with the financial cuts is to be able to do it in a way that still allows a quality instructional program. “We’re still looking at enrollment growth. We could be up eight percent again this semester,” she said. “So we’ve got to balance two things: one in keeping our ability to provide good academic programs with a lot less resources, and hopefully in the process doing things more efficiently.” Despite the cutbacks, Metro has continued to have increases in its enrollment and has become more diverse in the last several years. Kaplan said that when she came to Metro, the school’s minority enrollment was about 16 percent, and now it is about 24 percent, which means that Metro’s numbers are almost completely equal to the demographics of the population statistics. “If you look around the seven counties that we serve, they are broken down to approximately 24 percent minority population,” Kaplan said. “We are really doing our job of serving the people who are in the seven counties. Our graduation rate for minorities is the best in the state. I think we need to be proud of that. “We’ve been named twice by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best values in the west,” she said. “Many of our programs have been nationally recognized, certainly
aerospace. I think one could say that the programs have gained some kind of national reputation, and that’s all important. The only way you know how good you are is to compare what you offer with what other schools offer and see if you’re at that level.” Kaplan believes that the public visibility of the college is much better and more positive than when she came to Metro in 1993.
The other thing that Kaplan said she thinks is important is that Metro has finally gained an independent governing board, which was a big step for Metro’s development. For about 30 years, Metro had been part of the state college system. The people who ran the state college system were responsible for three small rural schools, and Metro,
‘This year in particular the state’s financial
situation is the worst it’s ever been, and so we’re all going to be looking at some pretty tough times.’
- Sheila Kaplan, Metro president
Metro did not have a particularly high visibility back then, and Kaplan doesn’t think that’s the case now. “I think we have worked diligently over the last years to raise the profile of the college, to make it clear to the community that this was a good place to come, that students who graduated from Metro got a solid education, and I think we have been very successful in that,” she said . “That means that the value of the degree increases for students who come here. It’s important that the people who hire them have a good perception of what the college has done. I’m proud of that.” Kaplan said that when she came here, Metro was not particularly active or successful in fund raising, which has since changed. Metro has just completed a $16 million campaign, raising money from the private sector for scholarships and programs. “People who donate money choose based upon what they think is the best value for their donations, so, I mean, clearly that’s a statement of the importance of the college to the community,” Kaplan said.
which had become a major burgeoning urban institution. “There was no way they could focus their full attention on us,” Kaplan said. “Since we’ve gotten independence in our own governing board, I think that it’s going to be a very positive thing for the college to have a group of very significant individuals who care for this institution and are prepared to work hard for it.” Kaplan said that she is jut as excited about Metro now as she was when she first started in 1993. “For me its a fun place to be. There’s a lot of tough challenges, but that’s what makes things interesting,” she said. “What makes the place work is not me, it’s a lot of very dedicated faculty members, who really care a lot about students, and who work hard. “We’ll get through these tough times, and I have every confidence that the college will be well-positioned when the state’s economy comes back to keep doing more and better things.”
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Metro teaches classes in Antarctica by Ian Neligh The Metropolitan In Antarctica the climate temperatures for the warmest month average around freezing. Winter minimums drop as low as minus 40°F (minus 40°C). With its high altitude and continuous darkness during the winter months, the interior of Antarctica becomes the coldest place on earth. At McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s largest community on Ross Island, the farthest south still accessible by ship, there are Metro students taking classes. With a population of approximately 200 during the winter, and about 1,100 in the summer, people are signing up for what has been the first accredited college courses offered at the bottom of the world.
An organization in Englewood called Raytheon approached Metro Education Ventures, a the part of the college that deals with all of the outreach activities of Metro, and thought it would be a good idea to give its employees in Antarctica the opportunity to take classes. “Raytheon thought it would be great to give people an opportunity to do something other than just sit around and think about how cold it is on those long lonely nights,� said Carol Svendsen, director of Metro Education Ventures. “Not only get some college credit and learn something, but have the opportunity to interact with other people about a subject other than just thinking about how isolated you are.� Raytheon came to Metro over a year ago, and asked if the school could provide a class
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in geology. Metro was eager to take on the challenge and originally offered the geology classes through a telecourse, with an instructor in Denver who communicated with the students through fax and email. “The class actually met as a group every Tuesday http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov night,� Svendsen said. Satellite Image Map of Antarctica. “They’d get together down there, cumference of the Earth, and the sun's own watch the films, talk about the materials, and diameter. This will not be possible for the form study groups,� she said. “ So it wasn’t Raytheon students because throughout almost just individuals studying, it was actually a the entire semester it will be night, 24 hours a group study even though the teacher was up day, in the Antarctic. So I am modifying some here in Denver. activities and adding alternates,� he said. “We are doing the same thing this fall, “On the other hand, activities with the and the exciting thing is that we were able to Moon may be easier, since it will be visible find an individual down there (Rebecca for up to two weeks at a time.� Glover) who was working as a computer techOther complications may arise, Sessions nician and she actually had a master’s degree said, from the fact that communication with in geology and had some experience as a Antarctica can become difficult sometimes adjunct faculty member,� Svendsen said. and the weather will be brutal most of the Metro is also going to be offering anothtime. er class in Antarctica and the South Pole at “I can't expect the Antarctic students to the beginning of March. This one will be in spend much time outside, maybe 10 to 15 astronomy. minutes at the most,� Sessions said. The class is going to be taught by former “Students here in Denver or elsewhere in Gates Planetarium director Larry Sessions, an the Northern Hemisphere can expect prompt adjunct faculty member in physics who has responses to their questions, but the Antarctic been teaching at Metro since 1996. students may not be able to communicate as “I have been teaching astronomy in one regularly with me.� form or another for at least 30 years now,� With e-mail as the main means of comSessions said. munication, Sessions believes that the “Since sending a faculty member to Internet should be better than with a more traAntarctica just to teach this class is not feasiditional distance-learning course through the ble from a monetary standpoint, distance U.S. Mail, and likely better than using normal learning seemed the way to go, and since I phone lines and fax services. have the most experience with online astron“Overall, I think this is a great program omy programs, I suppose that I seemed to be that could conceivably lead to programs for the right person.� service and military personnel in various Sessions said that the course he will be parts of the world,� Sessions said. teaching is a survey class dealing with the “I think it would be fun to do classes for concepts of astronomy. U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, the Orient, He said that things such as constellations or, for instance, Diego Garcia in the Indian and specific observations will differ, but the Ocean. basics remain the same. “One really neat thing is that as far as “I am making some modifications to we know, this will be the first college credit specific activities to take into account some astronomy course ever provided for students specific differences,� Sessions said. in Antarctica. There is a lot for me to learn as “For instance, students here in North well, and I think it is a great ‘first’ for Metro.� America are required to make a few simple observations of the sun to determine the cir-
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Text war starts as new store enters scene
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by Shannon Hasty The Metropolitan Big Dog Textbooks hopes to provide another option for students this semester: lower prices. Located off campus at 1331 15th St. in Lodo, the store offers an alternative to the wave of students washing through the Auraria Book Center during the first weeks back in school. Although the store opened their doors Dec. 5, one week prior to fall semester’s end, business was satisfactory during the book buyback. Stephanie Duncan, the store director, siad she hopes that students will take full advantage of their alternative and give Big Dog a shot this spring. Big Dog specializes in used textbooks, attempting to hold true to their motto, “More books for your bucks, more bucks for your books.” Big Dog purchases new textbooks “only as a last resort,” Duncan said. “80 to 90 percent of our books are used.” According to Auraria Bookstore cashier supervisor Gail Marston, a new bookstore is not a serious threat. “ We are just as busy as previous semesters,” she said. The size and convenient campus location might explain why. “Our size enables us to carry more titles,” Marston said, “and we are right on campus.” Auraria also tries to stock more used textbooks than new, but according to Marston, the used book supply is first to sell out. The prices on new textbooks may be higher at Auraria, but that is not within their control. “We are owned by the state, so we charge the prices that the publishers and wholesalers tell us to,” Marston said. In contrast, the independently-owned Big Dog makes its own rules. The second of two stores, the downtown Big Dog is located in a lofty building right in the heart of Lodo. “We looked at several locations,” Duncan said, “but I just liked this building.” Big Dog’s chosen home is also the closest location to campus they could find. Big Dog Textbooks also has a store location in Fort Collins close to the Colorado State University campus, which opened last May, and has been doing very well since. If you can’t seem to find what you are looking for at Big Dog Textbooks, it is probably because they are not fully stocked yet. The organization of the store is similar to Auraria. Books are set up alphabetically by department and numerically within the department. Duncan plans to have the store’s book bank “ built up to the rafters” by fall semester this year. The first day of classes did not seem to bring any fierce competition between the two stores. “I have been sending students over to Big Dog,” Marston said. However , when a representative of Big Dog was passing out fliers in the Tivoli, referring to Auraria Bookstore as “the enemy,” Marston had a slight change of heart. “I don’t think that is fair,” she said. “It might affect my choice to send people there.” The success of Big Dog remains to be seen, but Duncan says they’re not going anywhere. Why? “I think that we are very big on ‘the customer is always right’ kind of service,” she said. “It is kind of painful for students to buy and sell books, and we go out of our way to make it easier.”
Todd and Wendy Erickson admire the work on display at the opening of the Western Materials Front Range Contemporary Quilters exhibition at the Metro Center for the Visual Arts Jan.16.
Terri Beaman and Don Conroy admire the work on display at the opening of the Western Material Front Range Contemporary Quilters exhibition at the Metro Center for the Visual Arts Jan.16.
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by Eric Eames The Metropolitan That’s team manager Eve Watanabe behind the camera and perched above the basketball court. For the last two years, the technical communications major has dutifully video taped each Metro men’s basketball practice. Afterward, Watanabe hands an assistant coach the video, which is later dissected for player perfection. Whether she realizes it, the Japan native is recording the best basketball team in Colorado. And with each press release, Metro sports information director Nick Garner likes to remind everyone of that, and rightfully so. It’s not to say the defending Division II Champs can beat the Denver Nuggets or the University of Colorado (Metro has pursued a match up with CU) but it’s time to face the music, compared to the Roadrunners everyone else is screeching along. Over the past five and a half years no team, men’s or women’s, at any level, has a better record than Metro in the state. Since head coach Mike Dunlap arrived for the 1997-98 season, the Roadrunners have gone 151-30. Not the CU men’s team (90-77) nor women’s team (96-70), not even the Nuggets (137-281) have won more games. “It’s something that comes as a result of hard work and having really good players and having a good administration,” Dunlap said. “...It’s a standard that we’ve worked towards in a very distance way, but day in and day out we crawl on all fours to get that.” While carrying a humble attitude and fully recognizing the feats of the other athletic programs, the coaches and players also carry an aura of calm professionalism about them, albeit blue-collared. For example, after a loss to Fort Lewis back on Dec. 14 went down like chunky milk, and dropped their national ranking 23 spots to No. 25, the Roadrunners spent more time preparing and less time regretting. The result, an eight-game win streak, continuing with a recent 66-51 win over Southern Colorado Jan. 18. Now 13-2 overall and 6-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Metro is back in top half, with a No. 11 national ranking. The ascent produced no signature moments. But the two-adays, extra shooting, film sessions and lifting over break are paying off big time. The Roadrunners are in a mode where they are making each other look good by “getting the right people the right shots in the right spots,” said forward Mark Worthington. The right people would be All-American mentions Luke Kendall (19.1 ppg) and Patrick Mutombo (18.3 ppg). Both have taken nearly half of the teams 892 shots and combined to shoot 49 percent. Kendall has erupted at times, scoring 34 points to carry Metro in a 60-54 win against Sonoma State Dec. 21. His career high is 38. “When he is in a zone you just leave him alone, and the guys do a good job of finding him,” Dunlap said. “Our players are very good about being unselfish and getting our better shooters and scorers the ball, so (Kendall) and Mutombo are getting a lot of shots, as they should.” It helps that both players can move without the ball and can catch and shoot off screens. Mutombo is shooting 50.7 percent, because most of his shots are off curl picks that leave him no more than 15 feet from the rim, which is like a lay up to the 2002 Elite Eight MVP. It also helps when the best point guard in the conference is at the top of key directing everything and seeing everything unfold.
Women’s Hoops vs NebraskaKearney 5 p.m. Auraria Men’s Hoops vs NebraskaKearney 7 p.m. Auraria
Jan. 25
Women’s Hoops vs. Fort Hays State 5 p.m. Auraria Men’s Hoops vs. Fort Hays State 7 p.m. Auraria Swimming vs. Denver & Colorado College at Denver University 11 a.m.
Jan. 29
Men’s Hoops at Regis University 5:30 p.m. Women’s Hoops at Regis University 7:30 p.m.
WEEKLY RESULTS Jan. 18 Men’s Hoops beats Southern Colorado 66-51 Women’s Hoops lost to Southern Colorado 65-63
Jan. 18 Men’s Hoops beats N.M. Highlands 77-52 by David Merrill - The Metropolitan Metro junior Lester Strong dunks over Mesa State guard Jeremy Cummings during a 85-52 win Jan. 9 at the Auraria Events Center.
Clayton Smith is averaging league bests in assists (7.27) and steals (3.53) per game. “I think we are playing pretty basketball, and we are playing at that magical level we can achieve and reach,” Kendall said. While perfection is a ultimate goal for most of us, so is progress. During the win streak, Metro has cut its turnovers down from 14.4 a game to just 10. And while there is more than a month of basketball left to play, Metro might be, but isn’t, concerned about their ranking in the North Central Region. They have no ranking. And only the top six teams in the region go to the National Tournament. “We’re not ranked, great,” Mutombo said. “We are just going to put our heads down, our knees on the ground and keep working and keep digging, digging and digging and our chance will come.” The Roadrunners will definitely have to get down and dirty for their upcoming game. They face fifth-ranked Nebraska-Kearney Jan. 23. The Lopers (14-0; 7-0) are the best shooting team in the country at 54.1 percent and boast the best offense in the conference at 91.5 points a game. They’re also loaded at every position. “Kearney has been building over the past two or three years with this group that they have that is
laden with seniors for this moment,” Dunlap said. Metro counters with the sixth-best defense in the land, tops in conference, holding opponents to 56.7 points. Though, Metro likes to work the ball on offense with orderly set plays that eventually wear a defense down or lull them to sleep (take your pick), they’ll look to run the fast break first, especially when Smith and center Lester Strong are on the court. Both have world-class speed, and when the two hook up, it’s highlight reel material. In February, the schedule doesn’t ease up. Metro closes the regular season with games at Fort Hays (13-2; 5-2) and Nebraska-Kearney, both unforgiving arenas. But along with the national title, the Roadrunners also carry the burden of being favorites no matter where they go. They’ve heard the commentary all year from the masses. “These outside influences….,” Mutombo began. “They come and ask you all these questions and put all these expectations on you all the time, and they put that title on you. But I’ve never seen that guy in practice. I’ve never seen that guy on the sideline telling me that when I’m taking my jumpers to not fade away. I don’t believe in that. I believe in us working together as a cohesive group, everyday. The rest of it; that is not our problem.”
Women’s Hoops beats N.M. Highlands 82-66
Jan. 12 Women’s Hoops lost to Morningside College 83-71
Jan. 9
Men’s Hoops beats Mesa State 85-52 Women’s Hoops beats Mesa State 66-60
Jan. 4
Men’s Hoops beats Western State 81-55 Women’s Hoops beats Western State 63-40
Jan. 3 Men’s Hoops beats CUColorado Springs 74-50 Women’s Hoops beats CUColorado Springs 61-56
JANUARY 23, 2003 ~ THE METROPOLITAN ~ PAGE 25
Women’s b-ball on the right track by Eric Eames The Metropolitan It’s all in the eyes of the beholder. For Metro women’s head basketball coach Dave Murphy, the “Laker Drill” is all about gaining mental toughness and confidence. Coming at the end of a grueling practice, as it usually does, the players see it as a full out assault on their heart rate. “Conditioning,” junior forward Rachel Grove said. “It’s all about good conditioning.” They start by using two 20-pound medicine balls. Then each player sprints the full length of the court for a lay up, while passing the ball to three teammates staggered on the floor. Players rotate as three minutes tick off the clock. The goal is to make 100 points before zero. If not, the team starts over, which the players have learned to avoid. “We try to deliberately run it at the end of practice, because we know that there is probably not a lot left in their tank and we want to really test their mental toughness,” Murphy said about the drill. “It’s a situation where you really have no place to hide. You can’t hide in that drill. If you are loafing everybody knows. So there is team pressure, the coaches are watching, the clock is running, the points are being kept—it’s all or nothing.” What the Roadrunners have learned most over break is they need all 12 players to contribute to the team’s success or like Murphy said, Metro will wind up with nothing—in the W column, that is. The Roadrunners were in a nose-dive entering the break at 2-5. They emerged above the clouds with a winning record for the first time in two years. The Roadrunners (8-7; 5-2 league) have won six of their past eight games. In one stretch they went on a five-game winning streak and defeated Mesa State, the reigning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champions. “Even though we’ve lost a couple of close ones that has built a little bit of momentum, but there is nothing like winning to really make you believe,” Murphy said. “Everyone of these kids can be phrased about their commitment level and work ethic. I don’t know anybody who has outworked them. I’m just hypoethically saying that I can’t believe anybody has outworked us over Christmas and that’s the beauty of it.” Metro, though, will be trying rebound with from a last second 6563 loss to Southern Colorado on Jan. 18. They have home games coming up against two of the top teams in the RMAC in NebraskaKearney (12-3; 7-0) Jan. 23 and Fort Hays State (9-3; 5-2) Jan. 25. It’s been sheer joy for Murphy to watch his team grow tighter as a unit. Instead of rushed shots, forced passes and ill-advised turnovers, smoothness is starting to prevail. Metro’s starting five each have had big games. The leading scorers are Malene Lindholm (12 ppg) and Natasha Molock (11.5). The Roadrunners bench has been awesome as well. In a 63-40 win over Western State Jan. 4, a win that put Metro over the .500 mark for the first time in 63 games, the Roadrunners got 33 points and 14 rebounds from their bench. For the year, Murphy has gotten steady production from subs Natalie Quinn, Martina Gandzalova, Jillian French, Saree Meccage, Crystal Deichert and Michelle Duncan. Together they have averaged 19.1 points and 9.3 rebounds. “They come off the bench and we don’t have a drop in the level of play,” said Courtney Pettitt, the starting point guard. “The five that come off the bench can be starters in any moment of the game.” One of Metro’s biggest feel good moments of the year came in a 60-53 loss to Colorado State University, or how they like to look at it, a near win over a solid Division I program. “Their coach came up to us afterward to say that we deserved that game,” Quinn, a guard, said.
In fact the first words out of CSU head coach Chris Denker’s mouth were: “We got lucky.” With less than six minutes to play, Metro held a seven-point edge at 4942, and began to believe they could pull off the upset in front of 2,256 fans at CSU’s Moby Arena. But Metro went the next three minutes and 28 seconds without a basket, as the Rams took their first lead, 50-49, and eventually pulled away to the final margin. “We had a lot of confidence in that game,” Quinn added. “We wanted that game so bad. I’ve never seen us want a game as bad as we wanted that one.” After a home loss to Fort Lewis Dec. 14, in which they shot 27.8 percent, the Roadrunners took some time off for Christmas. They returned to practice with a new attitude and a effective jump shot as Metro swept through the Grand Canyon Classic in Arizona Dec. 28-29 by beating host Grand Canyon 75-62 and Georgetown College 66-61. In her starting debut, Gandzalova promptly lead the team with 17 points against Grand Canyon. Most importantly, the Roadrunners got out of their shooting funk, hitting over 52 percent in the second half. “Going into Christmas break we were 2-5 and still doing a lot of soul searching and a lot of sorting out in terms of who can play where and what combinations were good for us,” Murphy said. “In Phoenix, we got on track.” The five-game winning streak began there and continued thanks to a Hein three and a Molock steal as Murphy snuck off with a 61-56 win against his former team at CUColorado Springs Jan. 3. In four years at CU-Springs, Murphy pulled the program out of a string of five losing seasons. Last year he led the Mountain Lions to a 19-9 by David Merrill - The Metropolitan mark, which included an 81-44 Metro center Malene Lindholm battles Mesa State’s Rosa Masier for a loose ball during Metro’s blowout of Metro. It seems the tables 66-60 win over the defending conference champs on Jan. 9 at the Auraria Events Centers. have turned a bit. Up by as many as 11 early in the second half, the Roadrunners “We are playing really well as a team, we are starting to gel and figure out our roles,” Grove said. “I don’t know if it’s coach Murphy held off a late surge by Mesa that cut the lead to one with 25 seconds left. But Metro hit its free throws for a 66-60 win Jan. 9. Molock that’s been the turning point. We just decided to get it done.” With the score 56-56 and 17 seconds to play, Hein drained a three scored 17 points, showing that her game is more than just dribblepointer. Then Molock striped the Mountain Lions’ B.J. McNeally drive. During the beginning of the second half, she scored 10 straight points on long jumpers from the corners and from beyond the arc. from behind and was fouled. She sealed it at the line “Their coach said a couple words about us that we were not going In the next game, Metro shot down Mesa State head coach Steve to be a problem,” Pettitt said after the upset. “I think we definitely Kirkham’s remarks with ample bite to extend its win streak to five. Ousted by the Mavericks in the first round of last year’s confer- proved that we are a problem, not only to them, but to a lot of the ence tournament, the Roadrunners had a score to settle, plus they teams in the RMAC.” were a bit peeved by Kirkham’s radio remarks before the game.
Dunlap becomes winningest b-ball coach by Eric Eames The Metropolitan Great coaches know how to inspire their athletes. Head men’s basketball coach Mike Dunlap is just honest with them. Sure some players (Patrick Mutombo and Clayton Smith) have dwelled in Dunlap’s doghouse; others (Luke Kendall) have stayed on the front porch but if he hadn’t hollered at them like Marine recruits, they wouldn’t be as successful in life and they all know it. “If he wasn’t hard on me my first couple years here, I wouldn’t be the type of player, the type of person I am today,” said Smith, the starting point, who has learned to open up to people. “He believes in us,” center Lester Strong added. The day before Dunlap collected win No. 148, a 85-52 victory over Mesa State Jan. 9, to surpass Bob Hull for the most basketball victories in school history, the sixth-year head coach had his team gather around him after practice. He didn’t trumpet the record-breaking event. He did, however, tell them how he really felt about wins
and losses. He doesn’t really give a damn. Yeah, Dunlap would love it if the team won, only because he wants his players to feel the sweetness. But he doesn’t stay up nights wondering how to beat Nebraska-Kearney. He stays up worrying about his players, his family, his assistant coaches, the athletic trainers and even the team managers. He loves them all. He Mike Dunlap gets frustrated with the team’s constant mistakes, but he doesn’t want to be anywhere else. Dunlap also worries that he might not be doing the best job as coach, mentor and friend. Deep down, though, he must realize that bad coaches don’t win two Division II National Championships or have a nearly 100 percent graduation rate. “He’s a great coach, the best coach I’ve ever had and I’m not saying that to kiss his butt,” said Mutombo, who was selected as a preseason All-American. Two years ago, he was riding the bench. Dunlap continues to fine-tune his coaching skills. He learns how
the best coaches and teachers ply their craft. He reads a lot of leadership books and constantly talks about Norman Vincent Peale, whose famous book, The Power of Positive Thinking, sold more than 20 million copies in 41 languages. “Each morning you wake up and say I don’t know a lot, I need to find out more,” Dunlap said. “And if you say that in a Norman Vincent Peale way, where it is an affirmation, then you are always on the hunt for more information as I am. This teaching thing is a hard deal and it’s going to be hard until the day you turn out the lights, but it is rewarding in moments.” Every year a rumor enters into the media whirlwind that Dunlap is headed for a Division I school. But he continues to pass up the dough. He’s happy at Metro. He likes the program and the people he works for and his family loves Denver. “It’s going to take something special for him to leave,” assistant coach Derrick Clark said. Meanwhile, the man continues to worry, with his family and team being his hobbies, and the four-to-five hours he sleeps at night, being his leisure time.
JANUARY 23, 2003 ~ THE METROPOLITAN ~ PAGE 27
Baseball team brings smiles to children Visit to The Children’s Hospital both humbling, moving by Eric Eames The Metropolitan Chase Hanebrink has everything needed to play baseball—soft hands, good speed, a positive attitude—except he never gets off the bench. At times during practice he would freeze up and his heart rate jumped. Then he’d just stand there for a minute, stone quiet, while maybe the ball went by him and maybe his teammates yelled something at him, but the words came through like scrambled eggs. Soon enough, the seizure would pass and he was back in his defensive stance, on his toes. Coaches, though, were scared to insert him in a game—he could get hit, he could cost us the win—so Chase sat. It was the same for football and soccer and wrestling. His parents thought it was unfair. The day before Chase, 11, went in for brain surgery that would hopefully stop the seizures, four members of the Metro baseball team knocked on his door on the fifth floor of The Children’s Hospital. Brian Edwards, Jason Humphrey, Aaron Garcia and Matt Ludwig handed him a stuffed animal and a Roadrunner sticker and started talking sports, when Chase, with his head heavily bandaged, froze up. Doctors came rushing in, asking him questions, but Chase couldn’t respond. He didn’t know where he was. Chase’s mother, Denece Crowe’dotson tried to get him to focus on the word “house” and “home.” The baseball players backed against the wall
and held their breath and waited in stunned silence, before Chase shifted back to being a kid again. Asked afterward what he felt, Humphrey just put his hand over his heart and clutched his chest. No words were necessary. “It’s so unfair that these kids are here,” pitching coach Tim Carlson quietly said. All 27 players and three coaches split up into three groups, each taking a different floor, to visit with the children Jan. 16. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champions weren’t shy about inviting anyone out to a home game, either. Several players spent by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan 15 minutes signing and writ- Metro baseball player Aaron Garcia signs a message while Mike Crump holds Children's Hospital patient Kayla Ross's ing get-well wishes in 13- scrapbook. Ross was to be released from her stay Jan 16. year-old Kayla Ross’s scrapbook. “These kids go through a lot,” Porreco said. fist-sized part of his brain) his mother happily A while back, Metro head baseball coach “Doing this just humbles you, brings you back reported that the surgery went “super great,” and Vince Porreco had an ill niece in The Children’s down to earth and it makes you realize that these that Chase was recovering nicely and going home Hospital. He was grateful for the family-orientated kids don’t have it as good as these guys (the play- in a few days. Chase, who can’t wait to play baseball again atmosphere, and how they took care of her. He ers) do.” thought it would be nice to go back and bring some Swinging to the opposite field will always be and wasn’t scared going into the procedure, wantsunshine to the children with the team. Always easier than staying in a hospital for a month or hav- ed to pass along this message to the Roadrunners: more spectacular than any medical break through is ing brain surgery, which brings us back to Chase. “I hope you guys have a great year and win all your the human touch. Two days after the operation (doctors removed a games.”
Swim team going the distance, but still needs work made waves. Junior Brenna Fernandez swam a lifetime best in the 100-yard butterfly, knocking nearly a second off her old record, with a time of one minute and 8.85 seconds. Christine Jiskra finished second in the 50-yard freestyle, establishing a new team best with a time of 26.60. On the men’s side, 6-foot-5 Tim Auty swam the 500-yard freestyle under five minutes to finish first at 4:57.37. Auty also helped the men’s 200-yard medley relay team to a first place finish over Mines, with a winning time of 1:41.96. This being the sixth (and probably not the last) time Metro and Mines have competed against each other this season, the contest’s atmosphere had more of a picnic by the pool feel to it. “We see them so often that our guys cheer for them when we go to other meets and they cheer for us,” LeDuc said. Plenty of admiration went to Espinoza, who gave a triathlon-type performance and still wanted
to go longer. For the first time in her life, she swam the 1,000-yard freestyle in 13:22.28, which is 40 lengths of the pool or over half a mile. “I asked him (coach LeDuc) if I could swim Sometimes Vanessa Espinoza feels like swimit,” Espinoza said. “I wanted to swim it just to try ming all day long and quite frankly, the freshman it once, but I wanted to swim the mile,” but the from Lakewood is one of the few that can swim on mile is not an option. and on and on and…. Right after the 1,000-yarder, Espinoza jog “The longer the distance the better she is,” over from lane two to lane five and bounded onto Metro head swim coach Rich LeDuc said. the diving board like a kid upon hearing the recess After a serious two and a half hour morning bell. With her heart thumping out her chest and workout in the pool on Jan. 11, the Metro men and seemingly unfazed, Espinoza clapped her hands, women’s swim and dive teams lost in a short meet ready for more. Ten seconds lapsed before she was against the Colorado School of Mines later that doing the 200-yard freestyle, which she swam in afternoon. The men lost 105-82, while the women 2:33.16. That’s nearly 16 straight minutes of arm were defeated 216-146 at the Auraria Events swinging and leg kicking. Later she swam the 500Center in what was only the second—and final— yard freestyle in 6:47.17. swim meet at home for the Roadrunners. “She more than anybody, or certainly more Overall, LeDuc was “exceptionally” disapthan most people, handled it better than I thought pointed with the results, but a couple of athletes she would,” LeDuc said. “... She was not feeling very well after she swam the 200 and she kind of tried to weasel out of the 500, but I told her that wasn’t going to work.” “I was exhausted. I’m still exhausted,” Espinoza said, with an ice bag wrapped around her right shoulder. “I wasn’t expecting to swim the 200 right after the 1,000 (usually there is a break in between). I thought they were kidding, but they weren’t.” Just like the other winter sport programs, LeDuc took advantage of the break to put the teams through double session workouts. Perhaps by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan it’s a problem with being considered a Priority III Metro's Brenna Fernandez swims the last leg of the 100-yard butterfly Jan. 11 during the team's home meet against sport, but whatever the reason Colorado School of Mines. Fernandez swam a personal-best time of 1:08.85 and finished third.
by Eric Eames The Metropolitan
LeDuc didn’t have the luxury of drilling a full team. Several people went home for break and LeDuc hopes they are working out with their respective club teams. A few Roadrunners were missing in action from the meet against Mines, most noticeably national qualifier Mathieu Mermillon, diver Steve Snyder and junior Jonathan Stercy. “As you might have been able to tell today, some of the people that swam didn’t swim a lot over break and the results reflected accordingly,” LeDuc said. Between renovating her house and her job, Espinoza was one of those people, who didn’t put in a lot of pool time. But she nearly made up for it in one day. Mermillon heads to National Tournament After the first part of the season, Mermillon has already qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament. The junior, made the “A” cut for the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:06.21. He also made “B” cuts for the 100-yard breaststroke (59.50) and the 200-yard individual medley (1:56.12). An “A” cut means a swimmer gets an automatic invitation to Nationals and the NCAA pays for the athlete’s trip to the tournament, while an athlete with a “B” cut time isn’t afforded such a luxury. For the next couple of weeks, LeDuc will continue to push the swimmers through two-a-days and allow them to rest a bit before the conference tournament. The fourth annual Central States Conference Championships is slated for Feb. 1315 in Springfield, Mo., at Drury University. By then, LeDuc expects to see significance seconds shaved off every swimmer’s time. “At conference, that would be the time where we are trying to have everyone swim the fastest,” LeDuc said. “That’s where we measure are self yearly, by what we do at conference and that’s where we expect everyone to have their best performances from as many people and in as many events as possible.”
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Ongoing Mat Pilates. - Mondays 12:00-1:00. Begins February 3. Located in Tivoli 444. Improves flexibility and increases strength. Yoga: For Everyone 3 Classes Weekly. Tuesdays 12:00-1:00, 5:00-6:00 Wednesdays 12:00-1:00. Begins February 4. Located in Tivoli 444. Yoga helps to relieve built up stress. T’AI CHI for the Body and Mind.. - Thursdays 12:00-1:00. Begins February 6. Located in Tivoli 440. T’ai Chi’s purpose is to moderately exercise all the muscles and to achieve integration between mind and body. Strides: Lunchtime Walking Program. - Walk at your own pace and get committed to walking on a regular basis. Call Linda ar (303) 556-6954 for more details.
Jan. 24 AvantGuitar Summit.. - Friday starting at 7:30 p.m. Concert will be held in the Recital Hall at the King Center. $10 general admission, $7 Seniors/non-CU-Denver students, $5 for CUDenver students. To order tickets call the box office at 303-556-2296.
Jan. 31-Feb. 2 2003 State Chess Championships. - Tivoli Turnhalle. Approximately 500 participants, family members, and spectators will attend the event.
Feb. 7 Resumes That Work.. - 2:30-4:30 Free and open to all Metro students. Held in CN-203. Preregistration is required in person at CS office or by telephone, (303) 556-3664
If you have an item for our calendar, please submit it to Tivoli 313 or e-mail it to grubbs@mscd.edu by at least the Monday before the event. All calendar items are published subject to space limitations. Crossword answers from page 25
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Joyful Breathing. - Thursday, February 6 in Tivoli 640. All About Homeopathy. - Thursday, February 6 from 2:30-3:30 in Tivoli 640.
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Homecoming Week. - February 8-13 Lots of activities planned,culminating with the Homecoming basketball game on Thursday, Feb 13. Roadrunners battle cross-town rivals Regis University. Rocky Mountain Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Leadership Summit.. - Friday, Feb. 14-15: “Beyond Diversity: Building an Anti-Racist Movement.” Saturday: Workshops and Keynote Address. Registration Fees: Conference $20 Students, staff, faculty. $30 Community members. Institute only: $10 students, staff, faculty. $15 community members. For more information call (303) 5566333.
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