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17,1 David Merril - The Metropolitan The Metro women's basketball team shakes hands with visiting Chadron State after a 64-49 Metro win Jan. 31, to improve their record to 10-9 overall and 7-4 in the ~Mountain Athletic Conference•

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Between nine and 11 students wrote messages with chalk on the sidewalks of Auraria campus supporting an Anti-War rally, Jan. 27路, expressing their views on why the United States should not go to war with Iraq. Shortly before the rally began Auraria Higher Education Center employees erased the messages with a water hose.

"They were clearly marked with AHEC stuff, and the guy with the hose saw us looking at him," Metro student, Melissa Hedden, 25, said.

Hedden said she saw an AHEC truck along with four to five AHEC facilities management workers spray the sidewalks at around 8 a.m., about two hours before the rally began.

Metro student Erika Church, 26, said Anti-War Auraria, a collation of 17 different organizations on campus, got verbal permission from AHEC Assistant Director of the Events Center, Irene Oliver, to chalk their messages on the sidewalks of campus.

Oliver said there was no verba l agreement concerning chalk writings for the rally and usually people ask AHEC for permission .

Oliver said it has always been okay to chalk on the sidewalks, but the only time it is not is when the chalk is written on the buildings. If chalk is written on buildings it is considered graffiti.

Oliver said if Anti-War Auraria would have even remotely mentioned it to her than she could have called everybody and told them that they would be chalking.

Metro student and bead sponsor of the rally Erin Durban, 19, said she doesn 't know if the chalking that Anti-War Auraria was

Anti-War Auraria - courtesy photo Members af Anti-War Auraria write messages on the sidewalk of the Lawrence Street Mall near the flagpole with chalk for the campus protest Jan. 27.

AHEC used water to remove some of the messages written around the Auraria campus.

considered writing on a building or not.

"We wrote on the cement bottom part of the parking garage," Durban said.

Community College of Denver student and Anti-War protester, Jennifer Samimi, 22, said the only chalking they did was on the

sidewalks.

Hedden said that when Anti-War Auraria went to AHEC to try to find policies pertaining to chalking they gave her a runaround.

Oliver said there are no written policies in place stating the procedures for chalking

because it is common sense, and student organizations should know what they can and cannot do.

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Kaplan projects $11 million budget cut

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by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan Metro President Sheila Kaplan addresses stu路 dents, faculty and staff during the Spring 2003 Convocation in the King Center Concert Hall Jan. 30. Kaplan said 17% of the state appro路 priated $45.5 million may well be rescinded leading to potential layoffs and administrators.

Metro President Sheila Kaplan issued an advisory to the staff and faculty of the school about the state of the college budget Thursday morning stating that while Metro bas had to give back millions to the state more cuts are yet to come.

Kaplan projects that Metro will have lost a total of $11 million in state funds between July 2002 and July 2003 due to the Colorado budget shortfall.

She began with an overview of Metro's accomplishments, awards and goals, then moved into an extensive summary, outlining the bleak fiscal realities that Metro will face in the second half of the fiscal year, 2002/2003.

Kaplan quoted State Senator Dave Owen-R, who chairs the legislature's Joint Budget Committee, saying, "Round two is when things get a little tough."

This is the second consecutive year that our school bas undergone budget cuts. Last year, Metro was asked to give back $3.3 million in non-tuition, state appropriated funds, which it managed to do through prudent spending and the use of additional revenues generated by enrollment increases.

An additional $1.2 million was added to Metro's budget restrictions, bringing the total

amount of cuts to 10 percent of the college's non-tuition state appropriation.

Citing the New York Times Pulse of the Economic West, Kaplan said, "when the technology-telecommunications-transportation bubble burst, Colorado and Utah were the region's hardest hit states. Colorado's unemployment rate bas almost doubled from 2.8 percent to 5.5 percent and economists say this is

every indication they will be--the deficit will increase," Kaplan said.

She then related the affect this information would have on Metro State, "I have every reason to believe that rescissions from higher education will total 17 percent if not more. Metro State's share, now at $5 million, would increase to about $7.7 million."

"Against a backdrop of record enroll-

Kaplan projects that Metro will have lost a total of S11 million in state funds between July 2002 and July 2003 due to the Colorado budget shortfall. the worst recession Colorado bas experienced since the 1930s."

This unfortunate turn of events has translated into a dire need to cut costs in the state budget. Kaplan said, the Colorado Legislature will need to cut $850 million from Colorado's financial plan.

"If the new revenue estimates, due in March, are lower than projected- and there is

ments," Kaplan said, "(we) are doing a Herculean job of ensuring that in these tough economic times that our students receive a quality education and the services they need to succeed."

Listing what Metro bas done in the past to adjust to cuts, Kaplan said, "We have allocated

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Police Briefs Almost, but not quite A security wire was cut from a digital projector in the South classroom sometime between Jan. 20 and 31. The projector is attached to the ceiling and was not taken. Value of cable is £5. Police have no suspects or leads at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: S5.

Wait a minute, I don't have three hands A Metro student was pick-pocketed while walking down the 1100 block of 10th Street Mall on Jan. 30. The student's wallet was taken from the right front pocket of his windbreaker. Stolen: men's leather wallet, $12.; assorted currency, $55. There were no witnesses and police have no suspects or leads at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: $67.

I can't hear you now

by Joshua Buck- 1he Metropolitan Director ofthe Golda Meir Center and Professor ofPolitical Science Dr.Norman Provizer discusses President Bush's State ofthe Union Address with his On Leaders and Leadership class in North Classroom 1316Jan.29.

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by Jenni Grubbs The Metropolitan About 40 Metro students and faculty gathered in North Classroom Jan. 29, to discuss President George W. Bush's Jan. 28 State of the Union Address.

The discussion was hosted by the Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership and its director, Norman Provizer.

"The idea behind it is to get an exchange of ideas," Provizer said, "not to present a viewpoint."

It was an opportunity for faculty members to talk and listen to their students, he said.

"It was fun," Provizer said. "It did exactly what we ought to be doing here: a civil forum for people with different perspectives to express those differences. Ultimately, if education isn't about that, it's not about anything."

The group talked about issues rel:ated to the current economic recession, the federal deficit, the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the prospects for war against Iraq, according to Metro political science department chair Robert Hazan, who went to the discussion.

Hazan focused on the president's remarks about Iraq. He said he argued that, "on the basis of the data submitted by President Bush in his State of the Union address, the United States should not go to war against Iraq. The US should allow the UN inspectors more time to do their work."

Many students said they felt the same as Hazan, but some were open to war, Provizer said.

While Bush's speech started out talking about business and Medicare reforms, tax cuts, hydrogen-powered cars, and world AIDS relief, the finale was all about Iraq, which was also the main focus of the discussion.

"Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent," Bush said. "Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?"

Bush declared that if "Saddam Hussein does not fully disarm, for the safety of our people and for the peace of the world, we will lead a coalition to disarm him."

Bush also talked about North Korea and Iran as threats to the United States.

"In Iran, we continue to see a government that represses its people, pursues weapons of mass destruction and supports terror. . . On the Korean Peninsula, an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation."

The students also discussed these issues.

"The students actively participated in the discussion and their statements were thoughtprovoking," HaZan said. "All of their questions and assertions were well articulated. I sensed that they were more concerned about the prospects for war than the recent economic downturn."

TOTAL LOSS: $250.

The State of the Union dome of Bush's points include: • in 2002 the United States added the Department of Homeland Security • "tough reforms" were passed for American business laws • income tax reductions were passed, which the president proposes to take effect immediately, rather than in 2004 and 2006 as planned • a proposed end to "the unfair double taxation of dividends" • healthcare and Medicare reform • a proposed a prescription drug benefit for seruors • a proposed medical liability refonn • $1.2 billion in research funding for hydrogen-powered cars • $450 million for mentors nationwide • $600 million for drug rehabilitation and treatment • a proposed end to partial-birth abortions • a proposed law against human cloning • seeking peace between Israel and Palestine • $15 billion, over the next five years, to fight AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean • working to keep ''terrorists on the run" • $6 billion for vaccines • Iran and Korea are threats • Iraq and Saddam Hussein are big threats that must be stopped

Students suspect AHEC washed away chalk from CHALK on 3 policy and chalk is one of the things we haven' t looked at yet."

"In the absence of nothing written, anything can be washed away," Lopez said.

Oliver said if students want to know what is okay and what isn't they should ask.

"When we asked for the rules, people were very rude to us," Hedden said, adding, "Personally I think its garbage, because rules

A Metro student's cell phone was taken from his backpack while he played basketball in the Physical Education Center on Jan. 30. The cell phone was on top of his bag at the side of the court.

Stolen: Motorola cell phone, $250. Police have no suspects or leads at this time.

Maybe it was the wicked witch A Metro student's bike was stolen from the bike rack between Central and West classrooms at 8:20 a.m. on Jan. 29.

Stolen: Mongoose bike, $200; cable lock, $20. Police have no suspects or leads at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: $220.

Didn't run fast enough A 1999 black Chevy truck was damaged in a hit and run while in the parking garage. The right rear bumper and quarter panel was dented. A witness was able to get the hit and run vehicle's plate number.

The damage was estimated at under a $ 1,000.

No, that is not what that's for A transient was arrested at 11 :50 p.m. on Jan 31 for urinating in public.

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were enforced that do not exist."

She also said Anti-War Auraria made very clear what was going to happen, it was very organized, so there would be no surprises about what was going to happen.

"The administration signed off on our application and permit," Hedden said Durban said the chalking they did was of the tragedies that might come if the United States did go to war with Iraq.

"We did body chalking of people," Durban said.

Along the side walks were outlines of dead bodies lying on the ground, and big peace signs with statements around them that said, "No war with Iraq."

After the Homecoming game please join students, faculty, staff and alumni for a post-game party hosted by Metro's Student Government Assembly at Brauns Bar & Grill, 1055 Auraria Pkwy, across the street from the Tivoli.

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American civil rights in jeopardy U.S.A. Patriot Act, Dept. of Homeland Security pose threat to privacy

by Travis Combs The Metropolitan Since the attacks on 9/ 11 , the civil rights of American citizens have been put in significant jeopardy by the passing of various bills through the congressional house, according to former Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney.

The U.S.A Patriot Act, the funding for the war on terrorism bill and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security all pose a real risk to the rights and freedoms Americans now enjoy, said McKinney in a speech given in Tivoli 320 on the Auraria campus Monday morning.

McKinney, the first African American woman who has represent Georgia's fourth congressional district for ten years, but lost that seat last year.

"I do want my government to protect me from terror, but who's defining terror and what type of terror do I need protection from?", said McKinney.

What is defined as terrorism can be relative to whomever is doing the defining according to McKinney. "l remember when the U.S. thought Martin Luther King Jr. was a terrorist just because he wanted black people to vote," said McKinney. "I remember they went after Josie Carmichael just because he said ' black power'. I remember they banned James Brown from the radio because he said that he was black and proud and now Dick Cheney and the crowd that's in the White House now, also thought Nelson Mandela was a terrorist."

McKinney's speech, entitled ''The War on Terrorism and the Future of Civil Liberties", addressed the past methods the Federal Government has _used 1n the past to combat what was then deemed a threat to national security and the Bush Administration's current policies in the

wake of 9111.

"I voted against every bill that passed through congress having to deal with homeland security," said McKinney. ''Not because I don't want our country to be secure, but because I fundamentally disagree with the road down which our country is going."

According to McKinney the groundwork for the current administrations policies in regarding the eroding civil rights of individual Americans is the result of a deliberate and carefully executed plan.

"This is a political landscape which we have a hand," said McKinney. "The grand design was laid out many years ago, but it took all of us in our own way to mak!! it happen."

To add weight to her claim, McKinney said that one just has to look at recent events to bring to light what is currently happening to individual liberties in the Bush Administration.

"Ifwe were to go back and look at some of the historical documents that reveal what we were doing at home and abroad fifty years ago, it becomes easier to understand the layout and design as we see it today," said McKinney.

Even the civil liberties of universities are in danger with the passing of the homeland security bills, according to McKinney, who claims that professors can be punished for expressing civil dissent and the F.B.I can now work with campus police to survey potential student terrorists.

According to McKinney, The U.S.A Patriot Act, which was passed shortly after the attacks on Sept. 11th, give the Federal Government sweeping powers of surveillance and access to private information on individual citizens both domestic and abroad.

With the passing of this legislation the restrictions on telephone and internet surveillance is eased. The ability of the Federal Government to

by Olga Chilian - The Metropolitan Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Representative, speaks Feb. 3 in TlVOli room 320 about the U.S. Government's role in the War on Terrorism and the future of civil H~. logged in 16,000 man hours trailing Dr. King," said McKinney. "That's why I find it hard to believe they don't have a clue what happened at 6 p.m. in Memphis, Tennessee On the balcony of the Loraine Hotel where Dr. King was killed."

Quoting George Washington, McKinney pointed out that that 'the mere presence of a large military is in and ofitselfhostile to liberty' and that a patriot in an often misunderstood term in contemporary society as it was used in Washington's day."

Patriots are the ones resist the intrigues of favored countries and unprincipled men," said McKinney, paraphrasing Washington. "Sadly he also had to add that true patriots are liable to become suspect and odious."

conduct secret searches has expanded and allows for the deportation of non-citizens who are considered members of suspected terrorist organizations, said McKinney.

"When the U.S.A Patriot Act was rushed through congress in the days after the Sept. 11th, it bore little resemblance to what was needed to prevent another attack," said McKinney.

Throughout U.S. history leaders and members of civil rights movements have been victims of scrutiny and occasionally violence from the Federal Government, who perceived these organizations as threats to national security, said McKinney.

"When the United States Government started talking about homeland security, I remembered that in 1968, two hundred forty military personnel were surveying Dr. King and in j ust two months in March and April of 1968 those military personnel

Early retirement looms for some f acuity members from KAPLAN on 3 -- - - - new tuition revenue from enrollment growth to compensate for the loss of state funds; we have instituted a hiring freeze, and we have eliminated positions by merging Information Technology into the Division of Administration and Finance." Kaplan refers to this as "win-win strategies."

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"We have exhausted the 'win-win' strategies for managing Metro State's share of Colorado 's budget shortfall," Kaplan said, adding, "Undoubtedly, decisions will be made that will spark consternation and even dissention. But I am confident that by working together and sharing burdens to the extent possible we can manage this crisis in ways that keep the college as whole as possible today and position it for tomorrow."

Feb. 5, Kaplan asked the Board of Trustees

to declare a fiscal emergency and to institute the Early Retirement Incentive Program for staff and faculty members who have served the school for 20 years or more.

Those having served 10 to 19 years will be eligible for the Early Separation component of this plan.

Depending on how many eligible employees take part in the early retirement and/or separation plan and how much money is saved due to these departures, the school may be able to lessen the severity of future mandatory conces-

sions.

During her speech, Kaplan made plain what the staff and faculty are being asked to do.

"We're all expected to tighten our belts," she said, "They should make a belt puncher available," which prompted troubled laughter from the audience.

Students are being urged to contact the state legislature an~ insist that they protect funding for Higher Education. Information about your representatives, including contact information, can be accessed at www.congress.org. ·

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01ces Revisit your past with a journal · We, as students, get plenty of opportunity to write. We often get stressed out when deadlines grow near and procrastinate when our papers due. The last thing we would want to do is to write for fun; but, believe it or not. writing can be therapeutic as well as stress relieving.

Over Christmas break ,1 have .been reintroduced to a great past time. In those Josh quiet moments at Pacheco home when no one is around, I have found that starting a simple journal can be one of the greatest ways to track your thoughts and bring importance to the way you feel from day to day.

Life sometimes gets monotonous and the trudging of life as each day goes by sometimes makes things seem bland. I have found that when you keep a record of your thoughts and are able to reflect upon past events of your life, then it takes the rust off your past. Memories are no longer· just memories- they become brighter and more detailed, which is important.

There are times when it seems like no one understands what you are experiencing in life. In those times, when you need an outlet, I have found that simply writing down your thoughts makes life seem so much more manageable and easier to cope with.

It seems like such a simple thing, but sometimes it's the smallest things that make a difference in life. As you grow as an individual it is important to remember the places you ' ve been and the people you have met along the way. It is important that each of us maintain our own unique stories. After all, the diversity in each of us is so prevalent and deserves to be recorded.

What is your story? Wouldn't it be neat in twenty years to be able to look back at the way you were and have something to hold on to and with which to relate? Too many times we let time slip away and go unheralded. The way you felt when you bumped into an old childhood friend or when you succeeded at a class which seemed impossible at the beginning of the semester. None of this is unimportant.

So, as you hustle about your busy life this semester, don't forget to stop and record the present and think about the past. It is important to take things a little slower and enjoy the moment that you are in and to recognize the people that are in your life right now.

Keeping a notebook of your life is a great way to keep the gratefulness of what you have in life and, soon, will hopefully become a valuable tool through which we can revisit yesterday and the way it used to be.

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Bush introduces 'trickle-up' theory Welcome back!

Come on in and sit a spell. Hope you like your coffee strong and your waitress long winded.

So, the State of the Union was a little befuddling? You bet it was. I was confounded by the annual address regarding our nation's relative position in the universe.

Melissa Mostly l was confused McGuire because I do not recall actually hearing about the "state" of the Union.

I did hear a bunch of rhetoric about how much money to throw at problems around the country and around the world. Also, l recall quite clearly a visitation on the evils of biological warfare. Wait a minute - didn't the Government totally deny 10 years ago that there were chemical and biological agents used in the Gulf War? And we are talking about the same guy now, right? Hmmmm ...

Anyway, back to the question at hand; what state are we in?

Bush said, "My budget will commit an additional 400 billion dollars over the next decade to reform and strengthen Medicare."

That is simply fantastic! " ... 600 million dollar program to help an additional 300,000 Americans receive treatment," for drug and alcohol addictions. Noble indeed. To the 30 Million with HfV/AIDS in Africa, he will throw in 15 billion dollars including " ... 10 billion in new money." Whatever that means.

Bush proposed to expedite the 2004 and 2006 tax cuts approved by Congress by

applying them this year. Does that mean this year 2003? Or this year 2002 tax year? Policy gets so confusing.

Where is this money coming from? The government would like to cut taxes, refund surplus tax money, and increase military spending and international relief efforts.

These are great ideas with one obvious caveat: I'm not real big on war. Yet, we still have hospitals struggling, school systems failing and an ever-increasing jobless rate

is unraveling and no amount of money is going to fix that. The US is in the tank internationally and no amount of money can fix that. No amount of money can fix core issues that need fixing. . While I do not have any universal answer, I do have a universal question. What are you, dear reader, doing about this mess we are in as a nation?

Me? T write this column in the hope that it might stir someone to think a little deeper.

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across the US. I ask you, how are we going to fund these new initiatives?

Presiden·t Bush suggested that the solution to this problem is the trickle up effect.

Refund taxes, people spend more, more jobs are created and then more taxes are collected.

Not a terrible assumption. Unfortunately, even with the tax rebates, refund and reassessments, most people are still spending conservatively, paying off debt and hoping desperately that their job is not the next one axed.

As far as 1 can recall, and mind that I am not blaming any one person or Administration for this, the economy is in the toilet. Two million j obs have been lost since 2000.

Healthcare is in trouble, the education system is in trouble, the social fabric of this country

rs this the answer? No. r do know that change from the top down usually ends in a bureaucratic-red-tape nightmare. I also know. that change from within an individual can radiate outward in a positive and useful way.

So I must digress here from the state of our Union to the state of the individual. Next time you stop in for coffee here, hold the door for the person leaving. Tip the waitress an extra buck for the time. Smile at someone on the street, preferably someone "different."

Let's make eye contact again. It improves my state when I do it and l am almost certain that it will improve yours, too. Now that's trickle up economics.

Thanks for stopping by. See y 'all soon.

felt I might be interfering rather than contribut- the war; but what were they advocating/or? ing; and in any case, I didn't know the words.

So I dropped back further, and still further, So, I dropped back a bit to where the Black until, finally, I saw something remarkable.

Bloc kids were.

Two men were marching together. One had a Hey, I thought. Here's something I can join tuba over his shoulder; the other had a snare in with. If they' re drumming on five-gallon drum strapped around his waist. They were buckets, they can't be too concerned about your playing enthusiastically. People around them musicianship. They had a vibrant. youthful were smiling, bobbing their heads in time to the energy. They were chanting: "Global, Mobil, music. As I watched, two more drummers Exxon, Shell: Take your war and go to hell!" · joined them. I followed suit. Now we were a Or: "We ain't gonna take no more. We're fired little impromptu band marching for peace. The up!" But as I walked, I noticed something curi- tuba player paused and sang to a merry rhythm, ous. While the Black Bloc-ers were chanting "All we are saying is: give peace a chance!"

Hey! That sounded great! I started singing loudly, the people around them were not joining in. If anything, they seemed to be edging along. Before we knew it, the crowd around us away. was singing, laughing, and dancing. We did Reflecting on this, I think the problem was other chants: "power to the peaceful!" "There that their chants were overtly angry and ain't no power like the power of the people phrased negatively. While anger is an under- cause the power of the pe9ple don't stop! " The peace movement will not achieve its standable reaction to injustice; if it is not tempered by a clear, positive vision, its expression aims so long as it remains re-active rather than will only alienate those one wishes to persuade, pro-active. Negative slogans allow the earand divide those one wishes to unite. Those mongers to define the public dialogue. We marching around the Black Bloc were uncer- must instead embrace a positive vision tain. Clearly, these young people were against expressed positively.

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The art of positive persuasion Last December, two or three thousand peace activists gathered at the Martin Luther King statue in City Park and marched down Colfax to the front steps of the Capital. Leading the march were some representatives of the American Indian Movement playing a large drum and singing in their native tongue.

Just a little ways behind followed a substantial Black Bloc group. The rest of the long line Joel stretched for a few Tagert blocks further, with musicians scattered throughout the crowd.

I like music, I particularly like to sing and play during a march. l had brought a drum and a rattle so I could join in. At first, i was near the head of the line, by the AIM members. I loved the deeply spiritual sound of their music, but I found it difficult to participate because l

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America deserves greater respect Blame it on America! Why not? Who are they to bully other nations around? From containing fly zones, reinforcing weapons inspections, and even going as far as to threaten to go to war with Iraq unless our demands are met. It's almost as if America were playing policeman to this nation- and who knows how many others. After all, America is a Democracy, that believes in freedom and the peoJose ple's right to choose.

Rocha Some even go as far to call America another "Nazi Germany'', strutting around the world fixing what ever they choose.

But whether or not America does these things, the world may view America as tyrannous. Time and time again, immigrants from not just Southern America, but all over the world, wash up on the shores of American soil, by the hundreds and even the thousands. People like these have gone as far as attempting death to escape the land in which they live in order to escape poverty or politically unjust societies.

They risk both life and limb to obtain the American life of opportunity. Even as our nation is greatly threatened by terrorism and our economy is in recovery; they still come. All to be a part of this nation A nation so many love to hate.

And when parts of the world from Somalia to Ethiopia, have people living in disease strick-

en lands, starving to death by the millions; who is there to help? America dips inside of its budget to supply military assets to render aid and supplies to those people in need. America, with their superpower ability, dips into their government funds to render help for those in need of it.

America is known for their consistent ability to jump first on these issues.

Who, for example stoop up when nations like Iraq knowingly used chemical and biological weapons on their own people and surrounding neighbors; even deciding to invade Kuwait?

Who took the stand in putting a stop to this aggression? And who took a stand during the cold war against the threat of invading communist governments? From Vietnam to Korea, the aid stretches to so many more as well. And who has provided funds to numerous nations in financial need for the past century? Millions and millions, still never to be paid back. The point is that the list of these types of actions stretches far beyond the scope of a few pages.

Yet, so many are so quick to judge the mistakes that America has made, as well as criticizing every next move they make. But, those critics often fail to give credit to the great things America has done for this world. The "Lone Ranger", judged or criticized, still stands alone.

America stands up for starving and suffering nations. Always the first to dip into its wallet, as ifit were the worlds "sugar daddy". Always the first to speak out and face up to tyranny, unilaterally or not. Taking one step at a time, it takes on each battle to make this world a better place.

Many might say that America is just bulling its

way around, trying to fix the world the way it wants to. I say that America is saving those parts of the world where no one else is brave enough to. It is like a responsibility that no one else cares to take on.

And now, America is taking on another battle with Iraq. A nation that admitted to obtaining weapons of mass destruction and who has knowingly used them before (Read your newspapers!), deliberately violating not only your well being, but all of humanity's. America, taking a stand, once again. The "Lone Ranger" United States, with or without the help of others, dives head first into the firing pit called nuclear, chemical and biological warfare. America, who stands up against the unjust here, and everywhere. America, in all of its splendor and courage, still criticized and judged. Yet the criticism and judgement is to be expected.

Especially in this democracy, and especially when you're the strongest nation in the world.

What we should be asking ourselves is where is the support? Where is the patriotism? As part of such a nation; do we not owe a little support? I say, we owe a whole hell of a lot! There is a firing pit of hatred, tyranny, aggression, terrorism and inhumanity in this world that threatens our well being every day. Once again, America dives headfirst into the firing pit of such things.

Never would I want to be a part of any other nation, but this bold United States of America.

And if this nation is willing to dive head first once again, as a damn proud American, I say, throw me in first.

God Bless America!

Letters to the Editor

America did not start this war Dear Editor: This letter is to all the anti-war, so-called peaceful folks here at the Auraria Campus.

Where were you when your oh-so-favorite President Clinton was bombing Aspirin factories in the Sudan and SAM sites in southern Iraq? Where were you when he sent troops into Somalia and refused to give them the proper supplies to complete their mission and then pulls them out after they where massacred?

Watch "Black Hawk Down" and maybe you'll learn something! The Metropolitan's headline

"War unpopular in Denver" is complete BULLS***. A recent polls say 67% of Americans support talking Saddam out.

These anti-war people have no clue as to what this evil man (Saddam) will do to America if he is not taken out NOW!!! It seems as though they have forgotten that AMERICA DID NOT START THIS WAR!!! We were at peace and all we got was 9-11. It also makes me sick that if you are a member of the military, you are a "baby killer" and a "murderer" when the real murderer is in Iraq. For heavens sake,

the man kills his own people. President Bush is a great man and he doesn't hide behind the military to save his ass, unlike that lying, adulterous, liberal scumbag Clinton. God Bless the military and all those who serve and protect this nation and freedom and God Bless the United States of America!

Danielle Robinson Netro State, Sophomore

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-Rilke路 Archaischer Torso Apollos I am not, nor purport, nor wish, nor aspire to be a journalist (a posit, I'm sure, many of you already knew, hoped or I had hoped inferred). What I do, here ( at the paper), is fill up this section very much like many "journalism" majors also do while attending classes at Metro.

Having been in the newspaper business for several years, I know of very few people for whom I have greater contempt than "journalism" majors who rely solely on the mistakes of other's for personal aggrandization. (It's like, you know, criticizing America for doing something, e~en though the only reason you can criticize it is because of it.) Rather than shoving your pathetic little heads in the sand, get involved. That is, PUT UP OR SHUT UP! Your tiny, weak-kneed, pansy-brained self should have little or nothing to say about anything. My guess is that you would be denied a job at the "Thrifty Penny."

Are your heads so far up your ass that you idiots really think your going to get a job in the "real" world without experience? ":Come on," (said the cat to the mouse), "I've got a piece of a bridge in the desert overlooking a lagoon that I'll sell to you."

Have you ever considered what goes into the production-from beginning to end--of a newspaper? Or, more likely, do you think there is some special "fairy dust" (swaying you, nonchalantly towards IBM) that we sprinkle on our computers on a weekly basis to make our baby?

Even more interesting, I find, is that the professors in your department do not require at least 14 weeks of work (and I mean bleeding) to be completed at "The Metropolitan," or something substantially greater, prior to graduating.

In retrospect, I have known many business professors who could not run an espresso stand to save themselves from caffeine deprivation let alone success and, as a result, chose to work at the college level. I pray this is not also true for journalism professors.

Anyway, what comes around goes around. I guess, in the end, it does not matter. When you graduate with your "degree" in journalism and put your resume without any experience in the industry, it will be the people I see every day hiring you. The jokes, then, will be both you and on you. p.s. Kill Saddam Hussein!

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by Danny Holland - The Metropolitan Metro Student Na-Kesha Taylor has high hopes of becoming a motivational speaker for middle school and high school kids. Taylor also helped start as she calls it, Project X. Project X is a program to help middle school kids find mentors. '

Favorite Actor: Denzel Washington Favorite Actress: Susan Sarandon Favorite Vacation Spot: Arizona Favorite Book: Makes Me Wanna Hollar by Nathan McCall Major: Speech Comm., emphasis on public addres s and rhetoric Minor: Human services, emphasis on at-risk yo uth Pet Peeve: Liars If I had one million dollars I would: Invest in real estate helping people who need low-income housing

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Na-Kesha who is currently pursuing a Speech Communications degree with an emphasis in public address and rhetoric says "I hope to start speaking right when I get out of school. I have an internship set up with the Hall of Life speaking on health issues."

Taylor explained that the intern~hip would mainly consist of speaking to various audiences on health issues including smoking, exercising and eating right.

"But that's not my ultimate goal," Taylor added, "l want to speak to youth about selfesteem , about building their own self esteem and understand ing the social aspects of life.

Also a bout setting and achieving the ir goals, making a choice to change the ir li fe."

Taylor feels that self-esteem is an important issue in the teen community.

Na-Kesha says she doesn't plan to limit

he rself to the Denver market for speaking opportunities. "I want to travel - all over the United States . . . to just to middle schools and high schoo ls .. " Taylor expressed during an interview in the Tivoli on Monday. I'd like to base myself out of Denver and go from there."

Taylor 's inspiration comes from a video she saw in middle school. "When I was in middle school I saw a video of Monte l (Williams), and didn't think it had muc h to do with me." The speech, entitled 'Mountain Get Out Of My Way ', was presented t

by Monte! Williams at Denver's South High School and became the spark that ignited the fi re in NaKesha's heart.

Na-Kesha decided then that she would dedicate herself to the overall improvement of o ur youth.

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to all youth. "I don't think there is a program that helps middle-schoolers decide what they want to do and what they want to be. I want to use the NBA, the NFL, designers - mainly music, sports, and art to (help them) c hange or to figure o ut what they want for themselves." Na-Kesha says that she especially wants to work with at-risk kids and have them build a relationship with mentors in the public eye.

Na-Kesha first brain -stormed for her program, currently named project X, when she was a junior in high school. " I started with the alphabet and listed a sponsor for each letter - that 1 cou ld call to he lp with different aspects of the program," Taylor said.

"Major companies that have a lot of money that they can donate in addition to time and jobs,'路 she added. ln addi tion to large companies. Tay lor

hopes to eventually use celebrities to create an umbrella system. She wants them to come to schoots and be mentors to the youth.

Within five years !\a-Kesha wants to have a program that is worth knowing about.

Taylor is already on her way to success in changing lives. Recently, she was offered a grant to help deal with the housing issues in district three where there are too many people per house. Na-Kesha plans to fix up houses and rent them out as a way to improve the community.

Besides her busy school schedule, volunteering in the communi ty and seeking out new opportunities, Na-Kesha is currently working at a day care, and training for her real estate license.

Keep your eyes peeled for Na-Keesha Taylor. future motivational speaker, program founder. director, and mentor.

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Oh the horror... the Rocky Horror

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Space alien transvestites and the gathering of displaced souls have made a new home at the Starz Film Center within the confines of one movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Denver has been one of only a handful of cities across the United St.ates who, for twentyseven years, have continuously run the film for Saturday midnight showings. The venue has changed several times over the years, but the spirit of Rocky Horror remains constant.

The movie, which contains elements of bgrade science fiction and alternative lifestyles, did poorly at the box office when initially released in 1975, but quickly gained a cult following when theaters started running only midnight showings of it.

The Colorado Elusive Ingredient (C.E.I), a collection of Rocky Horror fans, , has been organizing live, mimic performances of the movie's scenes for nearly three years, and prov ides a place for like-minded individuals a community in which to bond.

Both the cast of C.E.l and audience members participate in a live reenactment of The Rocky Horror Picture Show while the film is playing on screen.

Born out of melodrama, which characterizes the community of dedicated fans, the C.E.I has carried the torch for keeping weekly Saturday midnight showings of Rocky Horror alive in Denver, according to Pierrette J. Shields, Production Manager and Performer at C.E.I. "Colorado Elusive Ingredient was born out of extreme melodrama. Since then we've been working very hard to eliminate that and I think we've done it," said Shields. "Rocky Horror's not anything unless it's completely melodrarnat-

ic."

Playing the part of Dr. Frankenfurter, a space a lien transvestite, during last Saturday's performance, Shields and the rest of the crew perform a shadow cast of the show, which is different from doing a direct performance.

"We're doing exactly what's going on up on the screen," said Shields. "We lip sync it all.

We even memorize the character's twitches."

According to Tam "T.J" Bowkes, being a member of C.E.I can offer a place for many to explore aspects of their personalities that normally would go unexpressed in normal, day-today living.

"It's an amazing experience," said Bowkes. "l've come out of my shell so much. A year ago I wouldn' t be caught dead running around in a half-slip and a bra."

"Rocky Horror attracts the freak almost geek crowd and gives them a chance to be lewd, crass and almost mean at times," said Stevens.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show planted its roots in Denver when the Ogden Theatre ran the show every Saturday at Midnight during the latter half of the seventies and into the eighties.

The Show then had regular viewings at the Esquire Theatre on Sixth Ave. during the nineties. After a brief stint at the Danny Dupree, ri~t, playing the part of a Transylvainian1 talks with other cast members of Colorado Elusive lngr~ent before ~ng Buckingham up for the midnight showing of the movie at Starz Fitm Center. Metro student Sara Stevens, left, sews a piece of material for Mall, the show her costume. found an ideal theatre at Tiffany According to Bowkes, the transforming Rocky Horror can sometimes provide people Plaza 6, but was unable to stay because of frnannature of being a cast member has helped her w ith a more caring environment than their tradi- cial concerns. tional families. self-confidence levels grow.

During their transition to the Starz Film "The confidence you gain in yourself is " We spend more time with these kids as Center, C.E.I underwent a period when it's amazing," said Bowkes. parents then their parents," said Andrew. "I've future was in question.

A self- described cult, both audience and counseled some of them on some serious mat"We went homeless for a while when we cast of Rocky Horror showings used the word ters:'' were between theaters," said Shields. "There " family" to describe their relationship to both Bree Dunn, a cast member for C.E.I also was another group trying to move in and t.ake each other and film itself. fee ls Rocky Horror has provided her with a over, but our audience stayed with us because " If one thing in particular happens to a cast sense of belonging she may have lacked in other it's really a cult." member, we all feel it," said Bowkes. aspects of her life.

According to Shields, C.E.I's shaky transiAndrew (a middle school teacher who According to Andrew, misplaced members tion to its new home is testimony to the staying asked that his last name not be used) is the Co- of society can often find a home among kindred power of both Rocky Horror's appeal and its fan Manager of C.E .l and has been involved with souls when traditional society rejects or misun- base.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show in one aspect or derstands them.

"We've just moved to the Tivoli and we another for fifteen years, also describes the cast "Rocky Horror is a place for the socially survived the move," said Shields. "The cult is and audience as a family. incompetent yet emotionally interesting," said a live and well in Denver after twenty-seven and "Because I've yet to convince a woman to Andrew. " It's a place for people to find funcwe're proud we' re the torchbearers." stay naked with me for any extended period of tional family groups and band together with The Rocky Horror Picture Show can be time and therefore have no family and no kids, other weirdos, which has been the case of theatre seen Saturdays at Midnight at the Tivoli, with this gives me an opportunity to be parental," said since the beginning of time." the pre-show starting at approximately 11 : 15 Andrew who is in his mid-thirties. "I've gotten Sara Stevens, A theatre major at Metro and p.m. For more information about Rocky Horror very psychological about it because l feel the a found ing member of C.E.I echoed Andrew's or the C.E.l go online to www.denverrhps.com statements by describing the Rocky Horror comneed to have a fami ly and take care of things." or www.coloradoelusiveingredient.com.

According to And rew, involvement in munity as society's misunderstood members.

New Moon New Year

by Ian Neligh 7he Metropolitan The Chinese New Year begins Feb. 1 with the first New Moon on the first day of the New Year (Feb. 1) and ends 15 days later with the full moon.

15 days later.

In Chinese culture, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated in Chinese culture as a family affair, a time where when people come together for reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with by a religious ceremony given in honor of family ancestors, Heaven and Earth, and the gods of the household. ''The Chinese New Year is what we call the spring festival, and I would say that it's the most important festival in China, just like our Christmas here," said路 Metro history professor Xiansheng Tian.

Tian, a native of China, said that there are

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very different ways in the different regions of China to celebrate the New Years.

"Generally speaking, the family members will come together and have a big banquet," Tian said. "A big eating event, and the major feast around the table is something roughly translated to meat dumpling. You can put your fortune and a good wish for the New Year in these meat dumplings., some Some (people) even put something, like a coin, in one of the dumplings., Who ever gets that one is the luckiest person, and will make a fortune next year."

Tian said that firecrackers are traditionally considered by the Chinese as a way to scare away wandering evil spirits, so that they can have a peaceful year. Chinese ancestors are also acknowledged on New Year's Eve, with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table.

"On New Years Eve, every one will come together and sit through midnight, extended family kids, parents, grandparents., Traditionally they also had a ceremony to show the worship of your

ancestors, but (modem)now a day's Chinese society is much more westernized," Tian said.

Tian said that on the first day of the New Year, the younger generation is supposed to kneel and touch their head to the ground to show their respect to for their older family members e lders. by kneeling and touching their head to the ground to show their respect. In return for doing this, the children receive an award or a red envelope carrying with money inside. However, Tian said that today many young people go to church to celebrate Christmas instead of staying home with their parents to celebrate the Spring Festival.

"These traditions are forgotten by the younger generation, especially after, I'd say, the 1950s under the communist control. (The communists) were saying that all of these traditions should be gone. So people are forgetting it," Tian said. "Some of the old traditions are slowly coming back, but after you 've lost it for so long it is not easy to restore."

Some Taboos and Superstitions of the Chinese New Year Setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve is the Chinese way of getting rid of the old year and welcoming in the one.

All debts must be paid by this time of the year. Nothing should be lent to anyone on this day, as anyone who does so w ill be lending all the New Year.

The whole house should be cleaned before New Year's Day. On New Year's Eve, a ll cleaning equipment should be put away.

Sweeping or even dusting should not be done on New Year's Day for fear that all your good fortune will be swept away.

References to the past year are also avoided as everything should be turned toward the New Year and a new beginning.

Everyone should refrain from swearing. Negative terms and the word "four" (Ssu), which sounds like the word for death, are not to said. Death and dying are not to be mentioned and ghost stories are very taboo.

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'Blessed in basketball'

Roadrunners On Deck

Arguably the best true point guard in college hoops

Feb.7 Women's Hoops at Colorado Christian.6 p.m.

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan

Men's Hoops at Colorado Christian 8 p.m.

Life has to be fun if you are going to be any good at it and so does the game.

These are the beliefs of Metro's starting point guard. And as his mother Sarah so correctly puts it: "Clayton's been blessed with basketball."

Clayton Terrell Smith. There are several titles associated with that name. Maybe even one more. Smith has been apart of two National Division ll Championships in four years here at Metro. In 1998, his high school team won the state title. He has titles from middle school and recreational ball. He played for a team sponsored by George Karl, then the Seattle Supersonics head coach, that was ranked No. 1 in the country.

"Basketball has played such a good part in my life; if somebody took it away from me it would be hard to adjust," Smith said. "It's played such a路big role in my development as a person, it's played a big role in taking me places and showing me new things and showing me .different ways of doing things. Without basketball I don't think I would be the same person."

Smith has been wrapped around basketball every since it wrapped around him. But before you know anything about him, you h41ve to start at the grassroots level, when he walked into game one with his throat in his stomach and quivering kneecaps; a lost puppy.

At first he couldn't see the joy in it all, blinded by the deep shouts from the parents and grandparents congesting the recreation center.

So many people. So many eyes. So many things they can say to me. So many things that can go wrong, will go wrong.

He was six-years-old. It was his first game.

Senior point guard Clayton Smith has always been the smallest player on the court at 5-foot-5, but he Ever. Coach gave the pre-game speech. His has the biggest number (55) and most responsibilities on the team. teammates rushed out for warm-ups. Smith's head, though, rushed from one fear to the next.

"I sat in the locker room and I wouldn't with a rim bolted to the wall, but usually his dad, He didn't want to go out The locker room was a Donald, wouldn't let him fire from the outside. He leave," Smith recalled. "I was so scared because quiet hiding place. The court wasn't. The crowd first had to learn the infinite number of ways to everybody's parents were there watching and ate him up. angle the ball off the backboard, shooting lay up stuff. l was so scared I didn't want to play. My dad He worked hard for this moment too. Like after lay up. Donald told him that point guards had to come drag me out." most hoop dreams, Smith's started alone. He prac- from the benighted days of Boston Celtic's Bob Donald reminded his son of his commitment ticed at a park near his home in Seattle, between Cousy looked to pass, setup their floorrnates, con- to the team and convinced him that he only had to two stratus clouds. trol the ball and tempo. That is a true point guard He liked to shoot on the deck of his house and that's what Smith wanted to be, just not now.

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Head job in Clark's future Past Metro aides now head coaches

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan In convincing wins at Regis University and at home against Chadron State this past week, Metro men's head basketball coach Mike Dunlap stood in the background. Quietly nerv-

ous and confident at the same time, Dunlap gave his top assistant the clipboard and the nod to handle team timeouts and make substitutions.

Dunlap didn't have to pass the reins in the overthe-top style of asking a referee to kick him out of the game "or I'll start screaming like a mad fool" like Hickory head coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) did and Derrick left recovering alcoholic Clark Shooter (Dennis Hopper) in control in the movie Hoosiers. Plus, Derrick Clark didn't have to draw up apy picket fences for the win. The outcomes were well decided, by the time Dunlap

slipped to the end of the bench for much of the second half as No. 11 Metro (16-3; 9-2 RMAC) beat Regis 65-40 Jan. 29 and Chadron 80-49 Jan. 31.

"I've done it before, but it's been a little more subtle," Dunlap said of giving Clark an opportunity to coach. "He's getting older and he is getting ready to take over a top program, so he needs to do all the things that will get him prepared for that day."

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Feb.8 Women's Hoops at Colorado Mines 6 p.m.

Men's Hoops at Colorado Mines 8 p.m.

Feb.12 Baseball Season Opener Metro at Regis 2 p.m.

Feb.13 Homecoming Games Women's Hoops vs Regis 5 p.m. Auraria Men's Hoops vs Regis 7 p.m. Auraria

WEEKLY RESULTS Jan.31 Men's Hoops beats Chadron State 80-49 Women's Hoops beats Chadron State 64-49

Jan.29 Men's Hoops beatsR~gis 64-40 Women's Hoops lost to Regis 56-61

Athletic Hall of Fame The Metro athletic department recently announced its 2003 inductees to the Roadrunner Hall of Fame. They include former women's basketball coach Darryl Smith (1990-98), men's swimmer Darwin Strickland (1993-96), volleyball player Crissy Cananda (1991-94), baseball player Keith Schulz (1983-86), artist Malcolm Farley and the 33-0 1978 volleyball team. The Class of 2003 will be honored at a ceremony at the Holiday Inn Select at 455 S. Colorado Blvd., 6 p.m. Feb. 14. 路 v. 路'' "

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Men dispatch rival Regis easily from BIG WINS on 17 I is the mountain top and all Kumbaya, such a statement from Dunlap could be taken as a indication that he is thinking about moving on. While he kindly takes a look at offers from other schools, and Metro athletic director Joan McDermott encourages him to do so, Dunlap has repeatedly said he is not going anywhere, that he's loyal to the program, he's happy and the money doesn't matter. The sixth-year head coach has two years left on the contract he signed in April 2000, after Metro's first Division II National Championship.

Clark, whose previous employment was for the Xerox Co., has been with Dunlap for all six years as an assistant, four as a full-time assistant. Their relationship goes back to the 1992-93 season, when Clark played under Dunlap for two years at California Lutheran University. Over the last few years, Dunlap has entrusted more responsibilities on the 31year-old, including letting him conduct parts of practices, organizing players for study ball and mainly bringing in recruits. Both Dunlap and point guard Clayton Smith believe Clark is ready for a head coaching position, but what does C lark think?

"I be disappointed if I wasn't," he said after the Regis game. "I'm getting damn close. (Dunlap) has a lot of confidence in me, as witnessed by a lot of freedom he gives me, behind the scenes too. That's what l'm here for."

Dunlap was 32 when he took his first head coaching job at Cal Lutheran. Brannon Hays became head coach at Colorado Christian, after spending three years as an assistant under Dunlap at Metro, as did John Peterson, who is the head coach at Ohlone Junior College in California. Both new coaches have respectable records.

"I listen to anything he has to say, I don't care what it is and I just trust him with anything," Smith said of Clark. "He's a good assistant coach and I think he is ready for a head coaching job, but maybe he doesn't think so and that is why he is still here."

Days before the match-up against cross-town rival Regis (10-8; 3-7 RMAC), Dunlap expected a physical game from Colorado Sports Hall-of-Farner Lonnie Porter's team, but said, "we have three or four things we try to do against Regis and we've bad reasonable success against them."

One thing the Roadrunners did was work the shot clock, which created passing lanes and openings in the Rangers zone defense. Smith regularly found the holes as Metro built a 32-

by David Merrill - The Metropolitan Metro guard Luke Kendall shoots over Chadron State forward Jeremy Wissing during a 80-49 Metro victory Jan. 31 at the Auraria Events Center.

18 halftime lead and bulged the lead to 47-20 in the opening minutes of the second half. Metro coasted from there.

"One of the things that we have to do to play the better teams in the country, is move the ball and be patient on offense," Clark said. Dunlap bolted quickly after the game was over.

Against Regis, Smith scored 11 points on short jumpers and added six assists. Leadfug 路 scorer Luke Kendall (12 points), Patrick Mutombo ( 10) and Lester Strong (I 0) were in double figures. Mutombo and Strong also recorded eight and seven rebounds, respectively.

On the other side of the ball, Metro stayed disciplined, forcing 23 turnovers. They continue to lead the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in that category as well as allowing only 56.8 points a _g ame. The 40 points Regis scored was the second lowest tota~ in school history. The lowest was the 36 scored by Queens College last season.

In the Chadron (8-9; 4-6) game, it was the team with j ust four conference wins that floor burned and chest-thumped its way to a 20-9 lead. The Eagles hit their first eight shots, includi ng four three pointers to take the 11 point advantage with 11 minutes and 30 seconds left to play in the first half.

Chadron scored 29 points in the remaining 28:30, as Metro found its rhythm, well before the halftime drum and dance performers. Kendall (18 points) spearheaded the rally with a fading jumper, a three pointer and after being fouled beyond the arc, his three free throws put the Roadrunners up for good at 25-23.

"We stuck together," backup center Ben Ortner said. "The bench kept talking to the guys on the floor and the guys on the floor kept bringing energy. We didn't over react to the score, obviously. We stayed calm and we stuck to our system."

Metro scored an amazing 38 points off 21 turnovers.

Mutombo bad a game-high 21 points. Strong started the second half off with a bang with a thunderous dunk while flying by two defenders. With five minutes left, Clark cleared the bench, sending in rarely used freshmen Benas Veikalas and Greg Muth; sophomores Jimmy Dadiotis and Ryon Nickle; and junior Jovan Obradovic. The regulars cheered them on fervently and coached them a little too.

"They work the same amount we do," Ortner said of the reserves. "They get up early too (for 6 a.m. practice). They got to every practice. They are always there for us and they don't get as much playing time as other guys. That is why everybody is so enthusiastic about those guys."

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play defense, because anybody can play defense. Smith finally crept out and played and loved it. Every time be played from then on the chills disappeared a Little bit, churning trepidation into anticipation.

"He came out and actually played defense pretty well," Donald said. "He got comfortable with the game enough that he stole the ball and went down and made a basket and launched a pretty successful career."

Today, Smith avoids the locker room. As game time approaches you can spot him sitting in the far corner of the stands at the Auraria Events Center, with eyes visualizing something besides the chair in front of him. Minutes before the 2002 National Division II title game against Kentucky Wesleyan tipped off, Smith dribbled a ball back and forth in the long tunnel that lead out to court at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, lnd. He saw the crowd pile in, the lucent lights and the building hype. He soaked it all in. He was getting relaxed.

"For me sitting in the locker room just gets me antsy," Smith said. "I just need to sit down and try to envision the game in my head, before it happens. Before we even start I've played 10 plays in my head already."

During the 2002 championship run Smith was the regulator and a hero of sorts, quickly bringing his teammates to life with his hustle. Yeah, anyone can play defense, but no one plays it Like Smith. He runs back and forth, poking at the ball, giving goosebumps to defenders.

On an AAU summer league team he was know as the "One man press breaker." Well, towards the end of the title game against Kentucky Wesleyan, Smith was just that. Time and again he took a outl~t pass, made a hard cut on the dribble and knifed through two pressing defenders at a velocity that ripped the court wide open,

allowing the Roadrunners to pull away. In the 80-72 win he scored nine points with 12 assists and four steals. He was named to the Elite Eight Team. " Down the back stretch (of the playoffs) he was unbelievable," junior teammate Luke Kendall said. "He was all over the place on defense, just wreaking havoc. He took control of the game and the tempo, made tough baskets. That's why he was on the Elite Eight All-Star team."

Well scoring is against his nature, already this year Smith has established a new career high in points (21) and steals (6). He is currently fifth in the nation with a 7.4 assist per game average and No. 7 in steals with three a game. He's also a big reason why Metro's defense is tops in the conference and third in the nation, allowing a measly 56.8 points a contest.

"Defensively, I just run around, trying to create havoc," Smith said. "I figure if I stand in one spot I'm not going to be very effective with my size."

For point guards, everything depends on feel; whether you push the pace or play a half court game. It depends on the feel of his fingertips on the ball and the control in his wrist. And his timing; to get the ball at exactly the right time and place. Smith has all these transcendent abilities and more "Some of the plays (I make) it's not even a thought to make a play like that," Smith said. "To throw a pass like that it is just a reaction. You may see a guy cutting to the basket and his defender may not by looking, but if you throw the ball right pass the defender's head, it's a lay up."

Smith finds angles and small cavities in the defense, no on else can see. He's 5-foot-5, but he does interesting, not spectacular, things with the ball when he drives among the big men. In his wake, he passes off to a teammate unguarded. One sequence at the end of the fast half in Metro's 80-49 shellacking of Chadron State on Jan. 31 perfectly summed up the difference between Smith and today's megeneration players at the point. With four seconds left, Smith took a

inbounds pass, got low, drove through the middle and into the opening. But instead of laying the ball up for an easy two off the glass, __ Smith dished to center Ben Ortner who was fouled under the rim as time expired. Ortner made both free throws and Metro bead coach Mike Dunlap pointed at Smith as if to say "You da man." In essence, Dunlap has entrused his offense to a single maestro.

"He's a true point guard," Dunlap said. " He sets people up and knows who to get the ball to in the right spots. There wouldn't be t\vo or three guys in the country that are quicker than him at any level.

He's as quick from one spot to another as anybody in the country, Division l, II or Ill." And to think Smith had to walk-on for his first season (1998-99) and then ended up redshirting. Coming across a Metro recruiting letter at the last minute, Smith enrolled two days before classes started, when no scholarships were left. His parents paid for tuition, books, housing and food, the whole smash that first season. But after the

Metro head coach Mike Dunlap pointed at Smith as if to say, 'You da man. ' first week of practices the coaching staff was so impressed with Smith they granted him a four-year scholarship the following season.

During a team meeting that first year, Dunlap called the dimunitivc Smith a little puppy and assistant coach Derrick Clark has called him "Pup," ever since Smith stopped dreaming about being 6-foot-6 and dunking on people long ago. He likes being small. He likes learning something new each day. Right now, he is so focused on basketball that he's not sure where his business degree will take him next year. Lf bis court play is any indication, and his teammates can attest, Smith is not setting himself up for failure.

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to reach goals

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan The Metro women's basketball team finds themselves in the underdog role, even when they arc supposed to win. As t\visted as that statement sounds it is a simple paradox; upon abysmal inspection it is nonetheless true.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference hasn't heard much from the Roadrunners in the past two years (a combined 21 -32 record), and a feeling of that same theme repeating itself is planted in minds around the league. But the Roadrunners have set goals to play in the eight-

team RMAC Championship Tournament. They even envision hosting a playoff game.

For that to happen. the RoadruMers 10-9 (7-4 RMAC) will have to take February by storm. Two out of last three years, a 13-6 conference record W'3S good enough to host a first-round R.\lfAC playoff game. Currently in fifth place in the RMAC standings, Metro might not be able to afford two losses this month to reach its goals.

"I don't think it is life or death, in terms of need to (go on a winning streak), but certainly that is our goal. is try to run the tables," head coach Dave Murphy said. "A lot of people don't believe in us, but we believe in ourselves .... We continue to get better, especially defensively. We play pretty good on the road. It's in the back of our mind, but we just need to get ready to go by Friday" Feb. 7 when the Roadnmners will be at Colorado Christian (7-1 O; 2-8), followed by a Feb. 8 game at

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Alumni Choir Concert

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Mannie Jackson Lecture

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by David Merrill - 7he Metropolitan Metro guard Naasha Molock drives past Chadron State foiward Kim Petty during a 64-49 Metro win Jan. 3f at the Auraria Events Center. Molock led all scorers with 25 JX>ints to go With six rebounds.

Colorado Mines (4-14; 2-8).

You never really cancel the fear of losing, but right now Metro needs to win a close game to diminish some of it While closing out January . with a 64-49 home thrashing of Chadron State (81O; S-5), there was still talk about the one win that blew up in front of them when they hit a screaming dead end in the final seven minutes in a 61-56 loss at Regis University (13-5; 8-2).

Up by as many as 11 points in the second half, and holding a firm eight-point lead with 7:03 to play, the Roadrunners went stone cold around the basket, bricking nine lay-ups or point blank jumpers. They also turned the ball over six times during that same stretch. With five seniors on the floor, the Rangers took advantage taking theirthird lead of the game at 53-51 on a pair of free throws

by Molly Marrin, who scored 18 points.

Murphy said, "(Regis) showed why they are a top team and a mature team. Even when down, when most teams would have just qu.it, they stayed in it and believed that they could still win. As they got a turnover, a rebound and made shots, all of a sudden they snowballed us.

•·we should have won. but we are learning how to close a team offand that doesn't come over night We relaxed and that little relaxation made us lose our focus, which led to an errant pass, which led to a missed shot. What good teams do is that they understand that you can't relax."

Afterward the look on the Roadrunners faces, dispirited and a little peeved, told it all. Senior Malene Lindholm could careless about the 16 points she scored or the big three that pulled Metro within one at 57-56 with 40 seconds to go. She just . wanted a win over a top RMAC team.

"It's difficult (to stay positive)," junior Natasha Molock said, "because you have to go to practice and you' re still down from the other

game. It's hard, but you got to win the next game, because you want people to still respect you, so you have to comeback playing hard every time or else you won't get any respect."

Molock, who didn't earn conference Playerof-the-Week, showed why she should have been picked for the honor in the win against Chadron.

She scored 25 points, 17 in the first half, to go with six rebounds, three steals and tlrree assists. After spending much of the off season working with "The Gwmer"-a machine that forces a player to shoot with more arc and rolls the ball back to the player-Molock showed that she can be both a gunner from the outside and a threat to drive the lane. It's on defense, though, where Molock drives opponents nuts.

"I like to get to their heads," Molock said, "so that when they see me coming they know that I'm not going to give them an easy time."

Metro scored 30 points off 24 Chadron turnovers to take command. Junior Rachel Grove also had a solid game against Chadron, scoring 13 points and grabbing six rebounds. Starting point guard Courtney Pettitt, meanwhile, V.'aS all over the stat page and all over the court. The junior recorde.d 12 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals. Both hustle players Molock and Pettitt constantly back each other up. Murphy said all her life Pettitt has been told that she can't play basketball, because she's too small or she doesn't have the natural ability or whatever. All of which has lit a fire under her butt, in an instant reaction, " I'm gonna prove you wrong."

And no one can question her determination and all-out grit Murphy added, ''Courtney has always been about playing the game and loving to play the game and taking advantage of eveiy day that she is allowed to play the game."

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T'Al 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.

Homecoming Week. - February 8-13 Lots of act1v1t1es planned,culminating with the Homecoming basketball game on Thursday. Feb 13. Roadrunners battle cross-town rivals Regis University.

Feb.4 20th Black World Confere11ce Keynote:Dr. Oscar Joseph. - I O:OOa.m. - 2: I Sp.m. in Tivoli 320 ABC.

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Feb.8 Alumni C/roir Concert. - 7:30p.m. at the King Center part of Hoops and Hearts.

Feb.10 Tire Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professors/rip Campus Lecture: 1'1r. Maunie Jackson - 9:00 - 10:30a.m. at Sc. Francis Center Spirit Week. - All departments are invited to decorate their offices Feb I 0-13. Rowdy patrol will judge and present prize to best decorated on Feb. 13.

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Post-game party sponsored by SGA. Sports Bar at 9p.m.

18th Africa11 America11 Leadership Forum. - .

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Panel Discussion "The Hip-Hop Phe110111e11011: Past and Present." - 2: 15 3:45p.m. in Tivoli 444.

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Alumni Choir Concert Jerrald D. McCollum, director Saturday, February 8, 2003, 7:30 p.m .

King Center Recital Hall Admission: $5; Students/Seniors: $3; MSCD students: Free Festival of Japanese Music, David Wheeler and Yoko Hiraoka Hands-on Workshop with shakuhachi and shamisen Mon., Feb. 10, 2003, 8 :30 & 10:00 a .m.

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Mondays at Metro: Festival of Japanese Music, Lecture Recital, David Wheeler and Yoko Hiraoka Monday, February 10, 2003, 2:00 p.m.

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Saturday: Workshops and Keynote Address

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Institute Only: $ 10 - Students, staff, faculty $ 15 - Community members

Keynote address and Institute presented by A{tican American Lesbian activist, organiz.er, poet1 and spoken word artist

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