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Issue 23 - March 13, 2003

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Metro's Lester Strong and Fort Hays State center Melroy McKelvey wait for the ball to come off the rim in the RMAC championship game at the World Arena in Colorado Springs March 9. Metro won 79-69 to capture its fourth RMAC title in five years.

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RTD employees set for strike Union negotiations over terms of new

contract in progress by Shannon Hasty The Metropolitan

The possibility of a Regiona l Transportation District s trike threatens thousands of Auraria students who rely on public transportation to take them to and from schoo l, but negotiations between RTD and the local dri ver's union continue. RTD Chief Publi c Affairs Officer Scott Reed said that, although their co ntract expired March l , Local 100 l of . the Amalgamated Transit Union are still in negotiations with RTD over new terms and their impending strike ifth eir demands for a wage increase, among other things, are not met. " We are cautiously hopeful that we will be able to negotiate," Reed said. "A strike is possible; we don't believe a strike is immi nent. " The initial demands of the union included a 60 percent wage increase over the span of a new three-year contract and an increase in paid holidays and vacations fo r union RTD drivers. These demands were countered and have been reduced, but will be the subject of an upcoming meeting on March 14 between union representatives and RTD . The Colorado Department of Labor has granted the union a right to strike. Pending the outcome of negotiations, the threat of a strike is now very real.

by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan A possible RTD strike by the local driver's union could have a dramatic impact on those that rely on mass transit to access the downtown area. 1he contract between the union and RTD expired on March 1 and negotiations on a new contract are cu-rently underway.

If a strike were to occur, RTD would basically shut down. According to Reed, there is no indication when the strike would happen. "I can't say when it would start; it would be the union's call." Reed said.

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don't even know how would afford parking; the Light Rail is the only way I can afford to get here. '

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Reed said that in the event of a strike, 35 percent of the service hours could be provided by private contract through companies such as First Transit and Laid Law Inc., but that would cover only a very limited area. The strike would not only affect students, but everyone in the seven-county grid of RID routes . Reed said that all regional and express bus routes would be shut down, as well as the Light Rail, the Sixteent h Street Mall shuttles and the Senior Ride (a specialized shuttle aiding senior citi zens). Students who attend classes on Auraria Campus and ride the bus or Light Rail will be greatly affected. Metro student Sabrina

Houk, 19, said she relies on public transit, especially financially. "I always take the Light Rail, every day." Houk said. " I don ' t even know howl would afford parking; the Light Rail is the only way l can afford to get here." Metro student Jacob Detwei ler, 25, said the potential strike would be a problem even for those students who walk to class . Un ion representatives will meet with RTD on Friday to continue negotiations. Scott Reed is hopeful that this meeting w ill be posi t ive, and that the threat of the driver's strik e will dissipate. "We hope we will be able to negotiate," Reed said. "No one wants a strike to happen."

Seku suspended until fall '04, filing appeal by Lindsay Sandham The Metropolitan Former Metro student and Student Government Assembly President Brotha Seku (Stephan Evans) was suspended until fall 2004 following a Feb. 28 judicial hearing. Seku was overnighted paperwork by Elyse Yamauchi, student judicial officer, telling him he was suspended. Yamauchi would not comment. The letter said that Brotha the judicial board unanimously found Seku Seku guilty of violating the student conduct code. It

said, specifically, Seku was found guilty of verbal abuse, intimidation, failure to comply with directions of college officials and abuse of the college judicial system. Seku said he does not believe he was ever a threat to anyone. "All I did was passionately advocate the rights of students," Seku said. " I have no weapons but my voice." One of Seku 's advisers, Cenythia Green, said he must appeal to Yolanda OrtegaEricksen, Metro vice president of student services. "The appeal only looks at information that was not presented in the trial, which in this case is most of the information," Green said. Seku said he and his attorney, Walter L. Gerash, are in the process of filing an appeal. Seku said his accuser Julius Muhammad, the former SGA vice president of communications, was permitted to tell his version of the

story. However, he also said witness Chris Chandler, SGA vice president for administration and finance, was not allowed to give his version and neither was Seku.

panicipant in the SGA. "He (Seku) has to be held accountable for his actions," Muhammad said. None of the SGA members would com-

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Police Briefs Thefts increasing on campus A Metro student reported a theft March 6 in the Library. The student's laptop was taken from inside a first floor restroom, w here it was placed on a counter. Stolen: Sony laptop computer, $ 1,400. There are no leads or suspects at this time. Total Loss: $1400.

Another Metro student reported a theft March 6 in parking lot L. The student reported a rear license plate missing from a Mazda Protege. Stolen: Colorado license plate, $25 . There are no leads or suspects at this time. Total Loss: S25.

by Danny Holland-The Metropolitan Kathy Knaus (middle) and daughter Whitney Knaus (right) a sophomore at Metro interact with speaker Sarah Weddington (left) after her speech on March 6. Weddington s~ her book "A Question of Choice" for attendees in up stairs of t:J:ie liyoli Tumhalle. Weddington argued, and later won, the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. Weddington's victory paved the way for abortion rights. '

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Assistant to the President of the United States during President Carter's administration. Weddington began the speech with an personal account of the case. She spoke on how several young women approached her about what to tell other women in regard to preventing pregnancy. Weddington researched the legal ramifications of assisting young pregnant women and informed them of safe places to get abortions. She ultimately came to the conclusion that a lawsuit could be filed against the state of Texas, challenging the abortion laws. It was at this point that Norma McCorvey, a pregnant woman who wanted an abortion, approached her. With Mccorvey - aka Jane Roe - as the plaintiff, Weddington filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas. The Texas court heard her case and ruled partially for and partially against Roe, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court chose to hear the Roe v. Wade case, and Weddington prepared her defense. The three points Weddington made to the Supreme Court were these: Pregnancy is funda-

Weddington also had to prove that the state had no compelling reason to regulate abortion. Her argument was that in no other area did the Tension was high and tempers flared after state treat the joining of egg and sperm as a Sarah Weddington spoke in the Tivoli Tumhalle child. A child conceived in the United States last Thursday about abortion and her part in the was not considered a citizen; one had to actualcase of Roe v. Wade.. ly be born in the U.S. to be considered a legal The tension came when the floor was citizen. An unborn child could not be listed as a opened up for Q-and-A, and anti-abortion dependent on a tax-return. speakers stood up to express their point of view. She gave her closing argument and left the When Metro student Mario Chavez, 25, was Supreme Court, unsure of the outcome of Roe v. asked about the audience's reaction to the antiWade. The results finally came and, as a abortion speakers, he said, "[The abortion rights reporter told Weddington 's assistant, "She won audience] was frightened. We heard a lot of it, 7-2." boos. It is hard to stand up with everyone in the Weddington talked about the almost immeroom disagreeing with you." diate attempts to have the ruling overturned and However, the Student Activities Committee of the ongoing and more recent attempts to have saw to it that both the anti-abortion and abortion it overturned. rights sides had an opportunity to speak. Weddington mentioned the National Sarah Weddington, Jane Roe's laWYer in the Council of Catholic Bishops and their ten-year case of Roe v. Wade, spoke about her involveplan to overturn Roe v. Wade. ment in the case, and the measures that have She described the Bush administration's been taken to have the statute overturned. attempts to regulate abortion. Weddington also Roe v. Wade was decided on Jan. 22, 1973. spoke about how both President Bush and " The day I won Roe v. Wade, if anybody had Attorney General John Ashcroft have spoken said to me '30 years from now you will still be out against abortion. "The administration takes the position that once there is joiner of egg and sperm, a person exists," Weddington said. However, according to Weddington, the Roe v. Wade statute of legal abortion will stand as long as a majority of the Supreme Court supports it. Weddington expressed her disgust with a campus flyer that labeled her a " liar, fraud, and accomplice to murder." She vehemently denied - Sarah Weddington, Roe v. Wade attorney these charges and said, "Accomplice to murder- absolutely not. I am an accomplice to mental, there is a constitutional right to privacy women having the ability to make their own talking about the case' or... '30 years from now and whether the state had a compelling reason to decisions and have freedom of reproductive the case will be on the brink of being lost,' I regulate abortion. decisions." never would have believed it," Weddington said. By fundamental, Weddington meant that She also denied the charges that she had lied Weddington argued, and won, Roe v. Wade having children was a large determining factor to and manipulated Norma McCorvey. at age 26. The year before, she became the first in a woman's life. Not long before the Roe v. The speech was in anniversary of a similar woman from Austin elected to the Texas legislaWade decision, a constitutional right to privacy event that took place on Auraria Campus not ture. Weddington was also the first woman to had been decided by the Supreme Court con- long after Roe v. Wade was passed, according to become the General Council for the U.S. cerning the use of contraceptives, and CU-Denver student Laila Mahmud, 20, an Department of Agriculture. She was able to furWeddington attempted to prove that the same events planner for the Student Activities ther the interests of women when she served as right to privacy applied to childbearing. Committee.

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'The day I won Roe v. Wade, if anybody had

said to me '30 years from now you will still be talking about the case ... I never would have believed it.'

A University of Colorado at Denver student reported money taken from her wallet March 4. The student's wallet was in her purse and at the time of theft was hanging in a closet in room 126 in the Auraria Child Care Center. The amount taken was $60. There are no leads or suspects at this time. Total Loss: $60. A Metro student reported a theft March 4 in the Arts Building. The student's locker was broken into and her CD case, various CDs, and combina.tion lock were taken. Stolen: CD case, $10, various CDs, $2 10 and combination lock, $10. There are no leads or suspects at this time. Total Loss: $230.

Numerous campus arrests A man with no campus affiliation was arrested on an outstanding warrant March 9 at 1201 5th St. A man with no campus affiliation was arrested on an outstanding warrant March 9 at l 0th and Colfax. A Metro student was arrested March 3 on Larimer Street for investigation of an assault.

- Andrea Terrones

Corrections In the March 6, 2003 issue four mistakes were made: • On the cover, the teaser for the centerspread anonymous interview on living with HIV was with an HIV positive man, not an AIDS patient. • On page 7, due to an editing mistake, the quote, "She was never tired. The rest of us would be vegging but she was always going. She' d come get me off of my recliner and we' d be off doing something," was misattributed to Jesse Satery. It should have been attributed to Michael Sentel, E lizabeth Sentel 's father. • On page 9 reporter Stephen Shultz's name was misspelled. • On page 17 reporter Kristi Starns' name was misspelled.

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Speaker raised uniquely her to cross a big street by herself. When Salazar asked for stamps, the storekeeper asked her if she was sending a ·'communist mail," Salazar said. Salazar also talked about having FBI agents sitting in a car outside their house day and night and how their lives were full of threats. She would hide in the closet, thinking that if her family were killed, at least she would live and could keep on fighting, Salazar said. "The unique ways I was raised are deeply imbedded in me," Salazar said. Her values in life are to love and act out of that love, work hard for peace and justice. Other important value she has is to involve and embrace others in a spiritual realm. ;'My Chicano background, as well as my social background, taught me how to share," Salazar said. "Me being born brown fits well into communism. I want to help people." Before earning her Ph.D., Salazar worked at Denver North High School, where she also graduated. Salazar helped students who had dropped out of school. Salazar 's own background made it easy for her to get along with Hispanic, Asian and Black students because she knew what kind of a cultural shock they were going through, Salazar said. Salazar earned her Ph.D. in Peace Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. ''Today I fight to bring back Peace Education to the schools since I believe it is a very important topic. Especially considering what the world looks like today," Salazar said. After being interviewed for an article about what it was like growing up as a daughter of a conununist, Salazar got the idea to v.rrite a book about her father, who passed away in 1985. Salazar said the book, titled "The Responsible Man," would be the best way to pay a historical tribute to a man who "built the fire so other people could get warm.'' Sponsors for the speech were: University of Colorado at Denver Office of Student Life/Activities, Metro Chicana/o Studies and Los Herederos for Change and Esperanza. For more information: 303.556.3124.

by Elin Otter The Metropolitan Growing up the child of a Mexican communist leader was not always an easy task, a speaker at Metro said Monday. "One of my brothers was discharged from the Air Force because he attended a communist meeting when he was 8 years old," Mary Lou Salazar said. Salazar, tbe daughter of the late chairman of the Communist Party of Colorado, Robert Trujillo, gave a speech called, "Growing up Red and Brown." Salazar was the first of several speakers during Women's History Month at Metro. Trujillo was born in 1903 and lived through the depression, Salazar said. He joined the Communist Party in 1935 and was selected as chairman in 1960. Born in 1942, Salazar is one of nine children of the charismatic leader. She grew up in a poor but loveable home. When tbeir father had political figures come to the house, the children were allowed to stay, rather than be sent to their rooms, Salazar said. Starting school was a cultural chock to Salazar, who spoke only Spanish until the age of5. At first the teachers put her in the school basement where she was taught English all day. It got to the point where Salazar was discouraged from speaking Spanish at all, she said. Today she sometimes even has problems remembering some Spanish words. School was a rough place for Salazar and her siblings. They were harassed not only by their peers, but also by tht:ir teachers. There was a lot of hatred toward communists, and the teachers talked about them as evil and as they were tbe enemy, Salazar said. "My father told me and my siblings not to salute the flag in school. Everyone did but me," Salazar said on the question of whether she was a part of the communism or not. When Salazar was 9 years old, she went to her favorite store to mail a letter to her sister, who had moved to Colorado Springs. Salazar loved the store because it allowed

Never too young for a cause

by Will Moore - The Metropolitan Holding a balloon, Marin Holmes, 5, takes part in a children's prayer as part of the Women's Circle for Peace March and Rally March 8 as a part of International Women's Day. Apoximately 5,000 people gathered in Civic Center Park.

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News Briefs

The Metropolitan sent a letter to Metro administration requesting they comply with Colorado Law Concerning Open Meetings and Colorado Law Concerning Open Records. Two weeks ago Metro administrators refused to open a judicial hearing to the public when under Colorado Law Concerning Open Meetings that j udicial hearing should have been open. The administration has also refused to give records pertaining to that hearing when a waiver that was signed by the person on trial requested those documents be made public.

from SEKU on 3 The Metropolitan made it look like Seku was against the NOi SO. According to the letter that placed him under suspension, Seku is not allowed on Auraria campus, or to have any contact with Metro faculty, staff, student organizations or students at any college-sponsored activities on or off campus. "At no point should Metro have control of the entire Auraria campus," Seku said. Green said it was ironic the administration brought charges against Seku less than one week after he turned in his SGA budget proposal for the 2003-2004 school year, in which he proposed a 500 percent budget increase. The SGA is a student-elected government that consists of a president, l 0 vice presidents, an attorney general and a chief justice. Elections are held every April, and a term lasts one year. In his proposal, Seku recommended that the number of salaried SGA positions be increased from 13 to 26, and the existing positions' salaries increase from $500 per month to $1000 per month. Green said the entire time Seku was SGA president he tried to implement changes not only in the budget, but also in policies. "Anytime you make loud noise about inconsistencies, or try to make a difference, you'll be silenced," Green said. The letter also said that Seku will be eligible to re-enroll for the fall 2004 semester, provided he can demonstrate an ability to control his pattern of angry outbursts, that he successfully completes an anger management course and that he be placed on probation at Metro for as long as he is a student. "If Seku felt the hearing was held unfairly, he should have handled himself differently," Muhammad said. "This w hole thing really makes me wonder just how many other students have had to go through this," Seku said. He added that Metro's judicial process is much like a dictatorship intended to train students to be obedient.

New communication portal available in the fall

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A web-based communications system, portal will be launched by Metro in the fall 2003. With the new portal students, faculty and administrators will be able to customize their own website for the department or area of study they are in. It will be paid for by information technology student fee and cash reserves, The @Metro administrators' newsletter said. The Metropolitan will have an extended story about the portal system in upcoming weeks.

Noam Chomsky to appear at Auraria April 4

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Author, professor and activist Noam Chomsky will speak at the Auraria Events Center April 4 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are available in Tivoli 305. Ticket prices are: $3.00 -- Students, staff, and faculty of the Auraria Campus with ID ( 2 ticket limit) $20.00 all others For more information, call 303-5562595 .

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Where has all the 'good' tnusic gone? In the glorious world of today's music we find Guest ourselves wrapped up in Columnist the beauty of the musiBrian cian and not the talent Walker they possess. Music has made a change for the worse in the decade of money and wealth. Many musicians nowadays aren' t writing their own music, nor playing original riffs. Songs are becoming over flooded with love, emotions and horrible break-ups, which everyone will go through at some point in their lives. Whatever happened to Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and Led Zeppelin? The freedom to express a situation or memory with words that no one but the artist could describe and relate it to everyone. T his has become the past of musically inclined talent. Now, bands are using other peoples' words and thoughts, and ending up singing other peoples' lyrics with their own style. Music is about originality, individuals that create their own lyrics, play differently than anyone else, and add percussion w here no one has dared. Whatever happened to the creativity we possess as humans? Have we given it to the materialistic obscure world of consumerism? Who ever said musical talent required 20 choreographed dancers and on voice to "woo" the audience into listening to it; showing nothing but glitter and gold to influence listeners. Where are the musicians that play their guitars everyday until their hands are so callous they can't continue? Or the original 4-piece band, (guitar, bass, drums, and vocals) that would practice every night to perfect an original sound that they could appreciate. Music has turned to the copycat era, where 3 chords throughout the whole song sounds interesting if strummed in a different manner. Where a voice is so close to the next existing performer that they might as well share the same name. Where originality is led to what people listen to instead of what people feel in their hearts. Music isn't something that should be played in an effort to be heard; but, because it creates a mood, a feeling, an aura between the talents that when put together don't sound good, but fulfill the musician's' soul. All of us are musicians in some way, whether it's the way we sing while alone in the car, the guitar we picked up at 4 years old, or the piano lessons our parents made us take. I'm trying to find musicians on the Metro State campus that can groove, slap a bass, play the harmonica, add a tambourine, stroke the 12-string, pluck the banjo, spin or scratch records. . . Any musician looking for exposure through. the Metropolitan newspaper, I will gladly help you or your band.

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01ces March 13 2003 An unorthodox choice To be or not to be: that is still the question. Pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike hover at the brink of outburst just below the surface of everyday life, restrained by flimsy but effective societal constructs that cause many citizens to hide their feelings concerning abortion rights and the issues that surround it. But the tension inside the Tumhalle was palpable during the question-andAndrew answer session following MacPhail Sarah Weddington's address on the legal state of reproductive rights in America thirty years after she won the support of the Supreme Court for her arguments during Roe v. Wade. Pro-choice voters greeted conservative dissenters with taunts, protests, and outcries of disbelief in response to poorly constructed arguments, unsubstantiated claims, and teary-eyed appeals to knee-jerk sympathy. The conflict of headstrong personal agendas with a misunderstanding of legal history built emotional walls of amazing height without any logical foundation on which to stand. The battle for credibility concerning reproductive rights must be fought on a legal battlefield in order to be legitimate. Gaining a proper perspective on the unique characteristics of Roe v. Wade in an appropriate historical context is fundamental to establishing such credibility. Just prior to Roe v. Wade, the Northern District Court of Texas declared that Texas Penal Code, Articles 1191-1194 and 1196, were unconstitutional due to invasions of privacy guaranteed by the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments. By the time

that same case from the Northern District Court had been called for hearing by the Supreme Court, there was a significant "hole" in many states' penal codes because suits to overturn similar laws in other states had been upheld in deference to the precedent set in Texas. The key to defining the new legal standard concerning unborn human life fell to the Supreme Court. The decision would have to be rooted in what the law considered to be a human life, but more specifically, what the law considered to be legally autonomous human life. Because there was no prior statutory precedent concerning the definition of unborn human life, Supreme Court Justice Burger cited the legal analysis of Mr. Justice Clark's 1969 treatise, Religion, Morality, and Abortion: A Constitutional Appraisal, in which Clark said, ' 'The rites of Baptism are not performed and death certificates are not required when a miscarriage occurs. No prosecutor has ever returned a murder indictment charging the taking of the life of a fetus. This would not be the case if the fetus constituted [in a strictly legal sense] human life." (USSC 70-18, italiciz.ed clarification mine.) Justices Douglas and Stewart offered concurring arguments. Clark clearly felt that the care of the fetus within the woman was her prerogative. Legally, he treated the care of the mother's fetus much like he might have treated the care of the mother's liver; the common ground being that the care of each was delegated wholly to the mother and that though the fetus or the liver might die, that the mother's still being alive would negate any legal objection that could be brought. The essence of this argument, upheld 7-2 in Roe v. Wade, presented an outrageous twist to the legal process. America's judicial branch is predi-

cated on the interpretation of the law, not on the creation of it But Douglas, Stewart, and Burger reached into Clark's work in order to create a working legal definition of unborn life. In the absence of a precedent to guide them, no alternative existed except to legislate a definition of unborn human life in order to be able to accomplish the chief mission at hand: obtaining a constitutional interpretation of Roe's suit, a class action suit on behalf of all women who might at any future point become pregnant. With this pro-choice victory standing today, many scientists, clergy, and laymen remain adamant in their assertion that biological life begins at conception and so it has been clinically proven. However, the separation of church and state, by its very nature, dictates that although a religious contingent may establish a scientifically valid assertion, there is still no way to legislate morality. Being granted this power by the law, however, does not mean that we need to use it, as [the first man to scale Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hilary said, "because it's there." There is nothing that can free anyone from his or her responsibility to value human life, for one who does not value human life does not even value himself or herself What must men and women do in light of this obligation? Contemplation and planning must be part of the process of answering such a question, because to act without thinking about procreation issues would create a sexual juggernaut of instant gratification, leaving responsibility under the auspices of panic and hindsight. Since our children are our future, can we possibly be successful in forming the future when we're looking over our shoulder?

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Keep abortion safe and legal Well, I'm feeling wired today. We've got quite a pot brewing in back. Takes about nine months and it's just about ready .. . Sex is a wonderful and terrifying activity with a tremendous amount of ignorance and misinformation surrounding it. Let's all step out into the sunshine, take a long, slow, deep breath and really discuss sex. The objective being that we want to eliminate the need for abortions once and for all. Sex: (noun) a normal Melissa human biological function McGuire when used appropriately for the purpose(s) of (sepa• rately or together), pleasure, whole body physical tension release, childbearing, expression oflove or closeness, and the experience of a heightened state of awareness (see Sufi poetry and the Kama Sutra). Of course, sex can be used inappropriately. There are some who like the sport, which is all about conquest and prowess. Some use sex as an anti-depressant, but I've heard they make actual anti-depressants for that purpose. Some individuals use sex to gain dominance or control in varying degrees, from simple game playing to ruthless manipulation of their partner. Unfortunately, many in our community see the solution to abortion as simply avoiding sex altogether. Please take the time to look up the Latin root for simple. Further, certain groups discourage the activity of sex by telling everyone they enoounter it is bad. This, in particular, has

always baffled me because in this segment of crying. Out loud. society, the belief is tl)at human beings are made Education aboqt sex and reproduction, in the image and likeness of the Creator, which respect for your own bodies, caring about when would mean no normal function of ours could and with whom you fornicate, being fully aware possibly be bad in and of itself. Used inappropri- of and willing to be responsible for your choices, ately, perhaps, but certainly not bad. will greatly reduce the need for termination of The hypocrisy here -- and I happen to know pregnancy. This is the tough part We must eduthis for a fact -- is that good, upstanding people in cate our children and ourselves about the simple our community have sex for purposes other than fact that babies come from sex. Get over the procreation. I have known Born Again Christians morality and face the reality. It is neither good who have cheated on their wives, hired ladies (or nor bad, it just is. What I am seeing is a great deal of confusion, gents) of the night, and have even gotten to "know" their future spouses well before nuptials. misinformation, lack of education, misunderstanding and fear about sex. All of these things, Some of these people who claim that intercourse (are you ready for this?) make sex more appealing is a bad thing, that fornicating is evil, that physical intimacy is unspeakable, get down and dirty in to everybody. Because everybody has just got to and out of wedlock, outside of wedlock (there's know what all the fuss is about. If we make sex an actual Commandment about that one) and normal, we will alleviate a lot of complications and a lot of"curious exploration." Oops! sometimes in ways that would honestly make What I would like to see is all consequences some even of us on the slightly deviant side of the road gasp in shock. Busted! All hypocrites may of sex either anticipated, or welcomed joyously now leave the table. when unexpected. Therefore, I propose that if Let's get to "father's rights." What do they you have never found yourself saying: "to givedo, really? For those wonderful, loving, support- birth or not to give birth, that is the question," ive fathers out there, not you, but many men/boys (may the Bard forgive me for bastardizing his do this: phhhhhht, "Thanks hon," then, insert famous quote), then excuse yourself totally and complaints about moodiness and weight gain permanently from the discussion. Yes, boys, that here, "I'll put the paycheck in the bank but don't means you. Ideally, there would never be a need to make ask me to change the diapers." A few don't even bother with the paycheck. Basically, we women these choices. We can all hope and/or pray for a carry, birth and nurture the children. So who real- · rnore enlightened world. In the meantime, we ly should get the final say? I say we do. Women. need to keep abortion safe and legal. - So, our special fermented brew, or just plain Now to the women: we are the ones who · carry, birth and nurture the children. You are out coffee? of your ever-loving mind to ever trust a guy to provide birth control for you. .It's your body, take care of it fercryin' out loud -oryou'll be hearing

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Early last week the Denver City Council approved a $347 million Convention Center Hotel. It's set just as the failed Ocean Journey was. What were they thinking? Maybe they weren't. Doesn't Denver have more important things to spend tax money on, such as education , than corporate welfare? Councilman Ted Hackworth asked numerous questions about the -------'•inconsistent price fluctuaNick tion in the cost of the hotel Bahl and the public risk. He was unable to receive any satisfactory answers and the projects manager of revenue was noticeably shaking as she tried to come up with answers to his questions. A frustrated Hackworth fina lly asked: What the hell are we being asked to approve tonight? Good question. Our new welfare hotel will be built by a non-profit corporation, "The Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority," financed by tax bonds, and leased to Hyatt. Of course, the hotel will be monitored by the Denver City Council since the Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority is just a way to sidestep legal issues. Since when is it the governments place to finance corporations? ls it even legal? Dave Kopel reports that "in a report to the people of Colorado, the 35 delegates to the State Constitutional Convention noted that 'no subject has come before the convention causing more anxiety and concern' than the

subject of corporate welfare." Article XI , Section 2, of the state Constitution states that "neither the state, no r any county, city. township or school district shall make any donation or grant to. or in aid of, or become a subscriber to, or shareholder in any corporation, public or private, in or out of the state." The Denver Convention Authority is a corporation and as such the whole project stands in oppos ition to the spirit of the state Constitution . Unfortunately, in the l 930's the Colorado Supreme Court created an extremely broad loophole stating that the government could entangle itself in corporate welfare and business if the re was some "public purpose."

Denver is one of the most expensive places to live in the country: What does this tell us about Denver·s government? Denver's government is in the business of importing educated people by offering them high paying jobs, great living conditions, as well as a beautiful and fun c ity. At the very time, they cater low paying jobs to Mexican immigrants, legal or not, and ignore the natives of our city. Instead of aiding the citizens of other states by offering our college and business communities to them, why don ' t we put the $347 million into a place that will help local citizens live in our high priced city? Put the money into our failing school systems!

Instead of aiding the citizens of other states ...why don't we put the $347 million into a place that will help local citizens? What is meant by " public purpose" anyway? I cannot disagree that this project will bring jobs, economic stimulus and other local benefits to Denver. But how much and what are they? If the benefits outweigh the risks, why aren't corporations going it on their own? Why aren't tax incentives being offered instead of funding? The risk absolutely must be substantial. Denver has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country, while•boasting one of the highest college graduate rates.

Denver's government neglected c 1t1zens in projects such as LoDo, Ocean Journey, Coors Field and Invesco Field. the benefit of these things is far stronger for the outsiders Denver is courting. Quit trying to help the local economy at the expense of the local citizens. 1 can only imagine what $347 million would do for our school system. Shouldn't our government aid us, its citizens and leave business to the businesses?

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the syllabus I am required to take notes and attend all of these lectures. I attended the Cynthia McKinney lecture and was bombarded with flyers protesting war and the lecture itself was filled with anti-Bush comments. The second speaker, Lani Guinier spoke about the "Tyranny of the Majority" and how affirmative action should remain in our schools. At one point during the lecture she remarked that rich people like Bush with a legacy from their parents are getting into colleges. The third speaker, Mary Lou Salazar spoke about her life growing up with a father active in the Communist Party. She talked about her dream of a communist America, and how schools preach anti-communism. Although all of these speakers are prominent, passionate and had much to say, I am disappointed that Republicans or capitalists or "the other side" of all issues have not yet had a chance to speak on today's issues. I thought Metro was an academic institution

I am an Metro sophomore and I am concerned about where my-student activities fees are going in regard to guest speakers. So far, I have attended lectures from Cynthia McKinney, the former US House Representative from Georgia, Lani Gui nier, who is a civil right lawyer and Harvard professor, as well as Mary Lou Salazar who's father was Chairman of the Colorado Communist Party from 1960-1982. All of these speakers have some sort of left-leaning political activist stance. I have no problem with the challenge of today's and yesterday's ideas and ideologies, . however I do have a problem with the lack of Republican voices. For every Liberal speaker, there should be a Conservative one as well, especially if many of our students are required to attend these lectures for a class. I am one such student who has experienced this problem. I am currently taking a Chicano Studies class and on

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where all cultures, ideas, a nd views are embraced. So why do I come to class and see messages like "Bush is America's Bully" being posted on every chalkboard? Why am l being forced to attend left-leaning lectures about how our government is a liar, and how our President is deceitful? Why are my classes being cancelled by my own professors because they want to attend an AntiBush/Anti-War rally on campus? Where are Conservatives being represented? I strongly encourage students to re-evaluate the political agenda of this institution. Is it really open to all ideologies? If so then why isn't mine being represented? Metro should by all means keep the political speakers, but show our students all sides of the argument.

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Brian P. Reed •WARNlNG: The Surgeon General has determined that reading this column without a BAC of less than .04 could be detrimental to your health. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; .. .Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely tlze Sec011d Comi11g is at /rand. - William Butler Yeats Tire Second Coming

Finally. Cool. The line has (or not) been drawn. We live in archaic times. By next week, we will be engaged in war, without the support of the United Nations, led by a fool who actually makes former vice-president Dan Quayle appear intelligent ("POTATOE"). One quarter of a million troops are awaiting George's war; breathing with warm, tepid breath down Hussein's neck, forcing him into sleeplessness, making him understand that the biggest, baddest, most sophisticated, well-funded and dedicated volunteer bunch of BAD-ASSES in the history of mankind are lying in wait to not only blow his brains out, but to piss down his decapitated, murderous, significantly under-evolved (his favorite novella is, by the way, 17re Old Man and the Sea, a small book which he has obviously, miserably failed to understand) pathetic, gelded, egocentric torso. Cool The dude was, my guess is, simply, found as a baby off someone's old shoe like disgarded gum and has bad karma. Hard to believe, him being such a loving "family man." Hell, he not only experiments on Kurds, he has killed several members of his own family (nice guy, seems like a "five card" kind of guy). Now we are rolling. This is the most fortunate time to live in history. However, when the American "imperialist pigs" finally allow for a "democratic republic" throughout the world to live in perfect harmony, as one country that is Earth, from where will (I say, weeping) our artistic catalyst come? Hobbes, a philosopher, said that "nothing can be unjust The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal virtues." I ask you, is Saddam Hussein now destroying weapons after 13 years of skirting around an United Nations Security Council resolution ( 1441) because he suddenly had a change of heart, or is he, quite simply, scared shitless? You, chanting at the flagpole, looking like a bedraggled, unwashed dog, decide. Cool.

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Communications professor Derek Sweet teaches for three Colorado higher education institutions: Metro, Denver University and Colorado State University. Sweet feels he communicates with his students better in his alternative apparel than a suit and tie, which he still owns for job interviews.

Goth prof studies subcultures Sweet working on Ph.D., teaching speech at Metro, CSU, DU by Jonathan Kuenne The Metropolitan

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If you plan to take Techniques of Persuasion, Argumentation, or Introduction to Journalism and Mass Media here at Metro - and the first day you see someone standing at the front of the class decked out in punk clothes - don't be alarmed. You've just entered Derek Sweet's c@ss. You have the opportunity to meet a very articulate and brilliant individual. Meet Derek Sweet. Sweet, a professor of communication studies at Metro, Denver University and Colorado State University, came to Metro about two years ago. "I was looking for teaching and I knew Denver needed professors," Sweet said. Sweet began by teaching public speaking, then moved up to teach Techniques of Persuasion, Argumentation and Intro to Journalism and Mass Media.

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"I'm nor a competitive person. Every DJ was always trying to be number one - and I couldn't stand that." After receiving his bachelor's in Speech Communication with an emphasis in rhetoric, Derek continued on to earn his inaster's at CSU. For Derek, education was not an option - it was a priority: "I always knew I would go to graduate school, I just didn 't know when." Derek is currently in the process of finishing his dissertation and earning his Ph.D. from the University of Denver. He plans to be finished within the next year or so. In I 998, while researching the rhetoric of sub-cultures, his area of interest and area of emphasis in his dissertation, Derek joined the Goth subculture. He remembers the single moment he became intrigued by them. '"I was sitting in a coffee house and several Goths walked in. I was fascinated with their style of dress. I noticed that they were accepting, really cool people, and had a lot of freedom," Sweet said. "This is what Goth is not supposed to be," he added, pointing out that Goth members are looked down upon in our society, but are very accepting people. Derek says that one of the most important things he has learned from doing his dissertation is that identity is not essence. "Our identity is constantly changing," Sweet said. "We perform our identity, watching and reacting to how others respond to us," he added. For the future, Derek dreams of singing on stage with a punk. band - at least once. In the meantime, Derek is busy with his dissertation and teaching at DU, Metro, and CSU.

Age: 35 Birthday: March 11 Pet Peeve: Mornings If I had $1 million I w ould: pay off all my debts, buy a new home/car, and put 250,000 away for retirement. With the remaining money, I'd set up a number of on-going scholarships for college students interested in the Arts. Favorites: Restaurant(s): The Tea Station, Gunther Toody's, Kaladi Bros. Coffee Band or musical artist(s): the Start, Sleater-Kinney, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Blondie, No Doubt Actor(s): Joseph Fiennes, John Cusack Actress(s): Winona Ryder, Drew Barrymore Pastime(s): Star Wars, comic books, live music, coffee, reading Quote(s): • "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly on our own point of view." (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Return ofthe Jedi) • "To change ourselves, we must change the world; to change the world we must be willing to

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Denver gets down on 'Fat Tuesday'

Top: The young and old gather to celebrate Fat Tuesday March 4. Kindra Steele (right) from Louisiana joins Cmdy Culp of Montana in the sprit of the Mardi Gras celebration.

Left: Bellying up to the bar at the Redfish restaurant on Fat TUes<lay, friends and strangers alike enjoy drinks and mUSlC - all part of the Mardi Gras celebration.

Someone hands you cheap, plastic beads as you walk into the bar. The smell of liquor and perfume quickly overwhelms you. Individual faces blur into one as the tightly packed crowd parties in drunken revelry. Young women scramble on top of tables and the bar, and dance to the rhythm of New Orleans style jazz while the crowd g ives them bead necklaces and shouts for skin. Reminiscent of a Roman orgy, the hedonism flows on tap like the beer poured at the bar. After taking it all in, you think to yourself: so this is Madrigals. Commonly associated with the wild abandon on the streets of New Orleans, Mardi Gras has garnered a reputation as one of the wildest parties of the year, and enjoys widespread appeal for partygoers everywhere. With celebrants waiting in excess of thirty minutes j ust to enter the establishment , the Red Fish Bar and Grill in lower downtown was one of the many bars and restaurants in Denver celebrating the holiday, Mar. 4. " l think it's a time for people to let their aggression out- to let their emotions out," said Alan Riley, a bouncer at the Red Fish Bar. "It's time to be free and not care about the world. l like the pretty ladies. It 's a good day to be alive." M ardi Gras means, "Fat Tuesday," and is celebrated from Jan. 6 until the day before Ash Wednesday, which can ·fall anywhere between Feb. 3 and March 9, depending the calendar day used by the Catho lic Church for Easter.

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Left: N11ulchu Rinpoche focuses on the ceremonial sand from the painting to be put into Cherry Creek for the dismantling of the sand mandala of healing.

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Right: Thomson cousins, feft to right, Joey, 4, Mackenzie, 10, and Miranda, 8, watch as Sonam Tsering finishes the sand mandala March 5 in the Tivoli Mu I ti cu ltura I Lounge.

Aft:diilz~~.RiaMii1a.Sand-pa1riting in tf'IEJ,TM>li Multii::Ulflr.i1.l.ounge, Tibetan monks chant in prayer for the dismantling ceremony March 5. The small painting was finished in three days, nearly a week-and-a-half less than a traditional sand painting.

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Sitting down with Thomas Spear is like going to outer space you don't know what ifs like until you get there, and even then it's still fuzzy. by Kristi Spear, 43, is running for mayor of the Starns city of Denver. The election is May 6. About 300 signatures are required to get on the ballot, but Spear, who frequently campaigns on the Auraria campus and already has almost 900 signatures, says he doesn't want to stop until he gets at least 1000. "All of a sudden I heard that, you know, there's going - they're electing a new mayor and Mayor Wellington Webb is leaving, or something, you know, and so l talked to these people and they're all looking at me like I should run for mayor," Spear said. " I got the impression that they were wanting me to run for mayor, you know, the way they looked at me and stuff like that." I wanted to find out who this mayoral candidate was and what he was really like. But trying to get a glimpse into Spear's mind is like walking into the middle of a multiple car crash and trying to figure out what's going on. Spear has only traveled to one other country, Mexico, on his honeymoon. He has two children in Hawaii, and many women to whom, he says, he would consider himself married. Other things Spear plans to do as mayor are improve water quality, grow trees back, and reduce inner city traffic by increasing mass-transit like Light Rail, among other things. Feeling as though there was nowhere else to get his ideas across, Spear decided being mayor would get closed doors to open. "Some p~ople know anyway, but for the ones who don't, it would be nice to actually have the title of mayor so they could not give me such a hard time that J'm trying to get things done, because a lot of days l run into discrimination, and they think that I'm somebody I'm not, or because they've heard something that wasn't true, or was in the computer that wasn't true, and so they treat me different," said Spear. 'Tm just hoping everything's on the up and up ... may the best candidate for that position get elected, and may we all be blessed," Spear said.

by Ian Neligh The Metropolitan Since 1998, 596 people have been tortured to death for practicing Falun Gong, a traditional Chinese discipline that incl udes exercise and meditation. Over 500 people have been sentenced to prison, 1,000 have been put into mental institutions and more have been arrested and detained. The Chinese government made it illegal in 1999 for I 00 million people to prac, tice the discipline on the grounds that it was a dangerous cult, dangerous to both its radical members and to the stability of modern civi lization. "Jt became labeled as some kind of (cult) all of a sudden," said Falun Gong (Dafa) practitioner Joy Zhao. "The (memr bers) were sent off to detention centers, labor camps where they were tort ured. Some were tortured to death. Right now, the by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan death toll is jumping to six hundred." Zhao, who is from Shanghai, was with »y Zhao, front, along with Dung Nguyen, middle, and Helen Sun, practice a Falun Dafa exercise Feb. a group of Falun Gong followers at the 21in the TlVOli Multicultural Lounge. Auraria campus trying to raise student ..,. awareness of the persecution faced by the sion. and a possible threat to the Chinese governother members in China. "After the communists took over ment. According to www.faluninfo.net, batter- (China), people lost thei r beliefs, their tradi"But the way I see it from the western ing; force-feeding with hot pepper or high- tion. They have to follow communist party perspective, (it) is just a group that's articudensity salt water; denial of food, sleep, and leadership all the time," Tian said. "But after lating its rights to express itself freely," toilet use; exposure to extreme hot or cold the cultural revolution, when th e country Hazan said. weather; burning with cigarettes and heated opened back up to the outside world, they Hazan said he thinks the Chinese govmetal; shocks with electric batons - are just realized what they had been learning from the ernment is uneasy about having any kind of some of the recorded mass movement in their counmeans of torture inflicttry that could possibly spread ed on Falun Gong practir any type of popular religious tioners in captivity. philosophy. It is because of The scale of this their past popularity that an "'- persecution has many of - Xiansheng Tian, Metro professor atmosphere of persecution has the world's communities arisen within the government. asking if the Chinese "The rights and liberties of government is correct in its opinion of this government, in part, is totally a lie." this group are consistently being vio lated and group , or whether the prac tice is simply a Tian said the Chinese lost trust and con- they're being persecuted," Hazan said. "l threat to the government's balance of power fidence in communist beliefs, causing some- think that eventually it's . .. going to generate in the region. thi ng of a belief vacuum within their culture. as a human rights issue and probably generate " lt's a very complicated problem in As a result, the new generations turned world-wide concern." China, not just politically, but economically," toward Chri stianity, Taoism and Buddhism, Amnesty Jnternational, F reedom House, said Xiansheng Tian, a Metro professor of and many to Fa lun Gong. the National Organization for Women, and Chinese history. "They send these people to "Now (in China) you're no longer guar- Physicians for Human Rights are just a few of jail, use the national police force on every anteed lifetime employment, and many of the the human rights groups (and other similar level to crack down on practitioners, and the businesses (have) fai led," Tian said. "A lot of organizations) that have given their support to ..,,.. Chinese police treat them very badly. A lot of people have become unemployed, nobody is Fa lun Gong's freedom of belief. people have died in jail or in labor camps." taking care of them. For example, they lost "Falun Gong is the most popular meditaTian said the Chinese government is their health insurance from the state-run com- tions system, because it is the most powerful. always worried about any kind of organized panies, so they have to practice to keep their It has health benefits, especially for elderly activity in Chinese society. In the 90s, the body fit. " people," Zhao said. "It tells me about truth, Government decided to crack. down on Falun Robert Hazan, Chair of Metro's Political compassion, and how to be a better person." Gong after one of their peaceful demonstra- Science department said he considers Falun For more information go to -... tions, making the group a victim of suppres- Gong as an unusual movement of descent, http: //www.faluninfo .net.

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A profile from Under the Gaslight .

by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz The MetropoHtan

Metro Theater has a reputation for being somewhat of a utopia. A conversation with three actors fro m Under the Gaslight confirmed this senti ment. Ryan Williams, Lindsay Gorenson and Melissa Shearer spoke with The Metropolitan during their break from rehearsal in the Courtyard Theatre. As well as being nice, funny and open, the actors defy the stereotype of "theater people" by being incredibly realistic. The director of the program and of Gaslight, Dr. Marilyn "Cookie" Hetzel, exemplifies these qualities. The actors described her as "amazing," " inspiring" and "a mentor." Williams, who plays Snorkey, a trustworthy, one-armed messenger, is a Theatre maj or. He said he definitely will continue to

pursue a career in theatre. "This is it for me," he said. "I hope it works out." Gaslight is Williams' first Metro Theatre production, but he has appeared with the Bovine Metropolis Theatre, a local improv company. The connection between Williams and improv is apparent: he is extremely animated and often stands up from his seat to physically illustrate a point. Gorenson, also in her first appearance with Metro Theater, plays Laura, a young socialite who is shunned by society when her questionable past is revealed, soap-opera style. Shearer, who acted in The Secret Garden last fall, plays Pearl, Laura's cousin who revealed Laura's past but is also sympathetic toward her. Both are working toward a Speech Communications degree. Shearer, who will graduate in May, is currently tryi ng to land an internship in television. Gorenson, a j unior, wants to fmd her niche in the entertainment industry.

The actors, sprawled over the red plush seats of the theatre to catch their breath, gave an explanation for the program's good reputation. "lt's because you don't get paid," said Shearer. Rehearsals for Gaslight were from 4 to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, for the last few months, w ith additional rehearsals near the opening date. The only pay students receive is the occasional credit hour. Shearer logged her hours in order to get credit for her last production, and at the end of the run discovered she had worked over 150 hours. Thus, the people who are involved in theatre really want, even need, to be there. During two years at University of Northern Colorado, Gorenson quit theatre altogether. "I thought I had kicked it," she said. But when she transferred to Metro, she felt that she had to return to theater. Williams said after Gaslight is over, he

will have to work a lot at his job waiting tables to save up for the next production. "The schedule is killing me," he said. The three actors launched into a discussion about their schedules, listing attending classes, working, sleeping and grocery shopping as things to do in addition to rehearsals. "I live by my planner," said Shearer. Shearer and Gorenson were both married last summer and have little free time to spend with their husbands. Gorenson recently quit her job to be a full-time student, but Shearer works as a lifeguard and teaches swimming lessons. However, Shearer and Gorenson do get support from their spouses come showtime. "He knows- come several nights, and always bring flowers," Gorenson said. Under the Gaslight opens Thurs. March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre in the King Center.

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Easter. Notorious for taking the party to a nearriot level in the streets, especially in the case of New Orleans, and the over-abundance of alcohol, Mardi Gras' excessive tone is what attracts partygoers. This excessiveness can lead some of the celebrants to perform things they may not otherwise do. This often includes nudity. "I'm not your average woman," said Nikki Jo, who requested her last name be withheld.

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North Central Regional First Round-March 14 M etro vs. Fort Lewis College Noon North Dakota vs. St. Cloud State 2:30 p.m.

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Semi-finals-March 1S Semifinal # 1 Metro/Fort Lewis College vs. North Dakota/St. Cloud State 5 p.m. by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan Metro head coach Mike Dunlap addresses the team during a time out during the championship game at The World Arena in Colorado Springs March 9.

Metro wins RMAC title by Eric Eames The Metropolftan After setting a tournament record with 11 assists in Metro's 79-69 win against Fort Hays State for the 2003 Rocky Mountain Athletic ~onference Championship, Clayton Smith helped out the media by getting Patrick Mutombo's attention for an interview. As two cameras rolled and about four reporters surrounded the tournament MVP for star-worthy quotes after Mutombo tied a career-high with 34 points in the victory, Smith ;!!Jmed away from the spotlight. Even when No. 55 (Smith stands at 5-foot-5) was announced as a member of the All-Tournament team, the FortRays faithful, already quieted in despair, worked up enough anger to dispel the selection. "Who the hell is that!" ''Who is Clavton Smith!" "Who is that guy!" · >- "Well," Smith said afterward, "hopefully, they know now." That the media rarely notices and nobody in the opposing stands knows about Smith or what his 4.46 assist-to-turnover ratio actually stands for means that the senior point guard is doing his job. The truly best point guards run the show, they l.don 't steal the show. Not that Smith should bow out secretly or receive zero credit, but the senior is

quietly happy with his diminutiveness and letting others get the acclaim. " I'm the type of person that thinks pass first," Smith said. "It's just my personality. You can't really change it" Metro won its fourth RMAC Championship title in five years, after losing in last year's semifinal to Fort Lewis College. In the first round of the 2003 tournament, Smith recorded a career-high 15 assists, to go with 11 points, three steals and one turnover as the Roadrunners coasted to a 87-64 win over Mesa State March 5 at the Auraria Events Center. In the 76-61 semifinal win over Fort Lewis March 8 Smith scored eight points. He also had eight assis~ against !Wo turnovers. What that means is that he takes care of the ball and rarely coughs it up. "1 don't think we would have as many wins as we would without him," said junior center Lester Strong, who recorded two double-doubles in tournament play. "He gets us started on defense and on offense .... Without him we would probably be struggling right now." In practice last week, Dunlap asked for a third scorer to make life easier for leading scorers Mutombo and Kendall. Against Mesa (15-12), all five starters scored in double figures for the newly ranked No. 2 Roadrunners (26-4), who moved up

March Madness starts by Eric Eames The Metropo/;tan After four years of U.S. culture, the gulf between Patrick Mutombo and his African roots are not as far and wide as one might think. The senior forward, whose slender frame is ~mewhere between bantam and lightweight, has spent so many hours shooting balls into baskets since he first took up the game at 14 years-old, when his family moved from Congo to Belgium, France, that now his jumper rains supreme.

Having turned 23, and feeling "old" as ever, the senior forward leads the defending champs back into the NCAA Division II National Tournament with a 19.3 scoring average in the No. 2 Roadrunners (26-4) newly tweaked offense. "'It was a little tweak," senior point guard Clayton Smith said of the changes that include at least two new set plays. '"lt is just a good time for it. Basically, you have seen what every team has to offer right now. So we decided to bring something new and it worked for us."

five spots in the national polls. Mutombo and junior Luke Kendall led the way with 24 and 21 points, respectively. Jamar Bohannon scored 13, hitting three treys. Strong pulled down 11 rebounds and scored 11.

Semifmal #2 South Dakota State/Fort Hays State vs. Nebraska-Kearney/Minnesota Duluth 7:30 p.m.

Regional Title-March 17 Semifinalist Meet at 7 p.m.

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March8 Men' s Hoops beats Fort Lewis College 76-61 Baseball lost to University of Mi~souri -St. Louis 0-16 Baseball lost to Central Missouri State 4-13

March6 Baseball beats Washburn 4-2 Baseball lost to Pittsburgh State 4-7

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Women's Hoops lost to Mesa State 53-62

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4th title in five years from RMAC 11TlE on 21 - - - The semifinal match against second seeded Fort Lewis moved to The World Arena in Colorado Springs. This time four Roadrunners hit double digits in points, with Mutombo (20 points) and Kendall (15 points), Metro's AllAmerican nominees, leading the charge. There was minimal celebration after beating Fort Lewis and the stat sheet was still warm when the Roadrunners began planning their next foray in the championship battle against Fort Hays. The fourth-seeded Tigers knocked off top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney (27-2) 86-82 in the other semifinal. The Tigers (23-7) are the only team that has beat the Lopers this season. Besides Smith's performance, there are a lot of other fine points in this game of basketball that rarely make SportsCenter. With Kendall struggling to find his shot (he was 4-of-13 from the field at halftime) in the final, he along with Strong and Bohannon deferred to Mutombo, the alpha male with a 52 percent marksmanship from the floor and unparallel jumper. "It's good to have a guy Like that to carry us through tough patches," Smith said. "When he gets going it makes it easier for everybody else." Down 9-4 early on, Mutombo drilled five straight 16-foot jumpers off curl picks and tictack-toe screens along the baseline to put Metro up 21-13. It was a lead that swelled to 15 points and Fort Hays never overcame. By the midway point Mutombo had scored 18 points. But his all-court game doesn't come without help. "I give credit to my teammates," Mutombo said. "They set some great picks and all I had to do was put the ball in the hole. Guys were constantly hunting my man down. I got those picks and those picks got me open looks." Later Mutombo was asked how hard it is to reach the 30-point plateau. "When you have teammates that I have, it's all right, it's all right," he said smiling. ''It's not cake. I don't think the emphasis should be there, because this win was definitely a team effort. "Luke wasn't really going into the first half, but he was out there grabbing some tough rebounds and setting some tough picks. He got me open most of the time and he played hard defense. Nobody will see that, but as a team we know that a lot of people contnbuted."

Women slip up; expectations grow for 2004 by Eric Eames The Metropolitan The Metro women's basketball team has been walking a tight rope all season with its here one minute, gone the next performances. In the first-round game against Mesa State March 5, the Roadrunners grabbed a 46-45 lead for the sixth time in the ball game on junior Rachel Grove's made basket with five minutes and 41 seconds left. They proceeded to blow a golden chance to dance to the semifinals held at The World Arena in Colorado Springs, when they were outscored 17-7 from that point until the final buzzer as the Mavericks won at home 62-53 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. Mesa eventually lost its repeat conference title hopes when Regis beat them in the semifinals. Tue Rangers went on to stun top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney in the championship game for the silver plate. In a low scoring first half, Metro and Mesa went into halftime in a 20-20 deadlock. Both teams shot poorly; the Roadrunners hit 35 percent of their attempts, the Mavericks made 30 percent "From a defensive standpoint I believed we played about as good as we can play," Metro head coach Dave Murphy said. "I guess the ·' sad part is we were empty on the offensive end... But you take what you get when you shoot on the road in front ofa hostile crowd." , In the second half, Mesa shot 50 percent ~ out-rebo~ed ~ . ~- > . . Roadrunners_(13-15)' by 17; which includ~ 2<l ~freri$ive reootincis:

"You just can't do that with a team like Mesa," Murphy said. "If you give up 12 offensive boards and are not shooting the ball, it's basically a turnover.... If you are not shooting the ball very well then you got some issues." All year long, Metro has had a problem getting consistent performances from its bench and it is one big reason the Roadrunners weren't among the top four teams in the conference. Metro certainly had its chance to claim such a distinction. After winning five straight during Christmas break, the Roadrunners were sitting pretty at 7-5 overall and 4-1 in the conference. From there, Metro traded wins and losses. They lost their final two conference games and ended the season with a 10-9 RMAC record and when they got a bid to the conference tournament, it was more relief rather than elation. "I thought we definitely let some opportunities go by way before (the loss to Mesa)," Murphy said. "I thought we had an opportunity to host and that slipped by us and then it was just a scramble to see if we could get in (the RMAC tournament). I felt like for our seniors that was one of our goals, to make sure the seniors got a chance to get into the tournament one more time." The Roadrunners lose a top scorer and three-point threat in Malene Lindholm. The senior hit 42 percent from behind the arc and scored 11. l points a game this season. For her career she averaged 12.8 points at Metro. Last season Lindholm dropped in 14.5 points a ni~t ~d-~~ All-~C East Division hono~~ Metro"also loses :...· team leader s~ M~~e to graduation. Meccage dedicated the

Now that Murphy's first year and honeymoon period are complete, the concentration switches to reaching a higher level. "We are trying to model our program in a lot of ways how the (men's basketball team) respond to being competitive on a day-to-day basis, doing the things that it takes to be successful over here in the (RMAC) East (Division) and on the campus at Metro State," Murphy said 'This year we probably did about two percent of what the men do. Our expectations will definitely be higher, our goals will be higher, and our athletes will have to perform at a much higher level day in and day out, from the first day of school till we hit summer." Murphy was hired last year from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs to replace Mike Power. The Roadrunners had gone 21-32 in the last two seasons under Power and lost a grip as a top teams in the RMAC. "We had to overcome a lot of habits that were not conducive to self improvement from a individual standpoint as well as from a team standpoint," Murphy said. ''Those need to be fortified and built on if we are going to take the next step. And our athletes are going to have to make a much bigger commitment to self improvement, not only on the floor but off the floor, if we are going to make that strive." Has Murphy ask the .players for their commitment yet? No. But it is coming real. soon. . 'They get a two week b~" Murphy added, "and then will sit down and put the plan in fivnt~f th~ !jere's what's on the menu . Are you interested in .eating or not? The~ will be no other options.

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Roadrunners take one of four on road by James Oma

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The 'v1etro baseball team lost three of its four games this weekend. The Roadrunners started off strong March 6, beating Washburn University 4-2 in Topeka. Kan. Game two ended bitterly with a 7-4 loss at Pittsburg State. Games three and four were both di~appointing defeats at the Central Missouri State Tournament for Metro, getting shutout in the first game. 16-0, by the University of Missouri-St. Louis and then losing in the final game, 13-4. to host Central Missouri State. \1etro (9-4) started the four game. threeday road trip on the right foot beating the Washburn University Ichabods (2-2). What clinched this game was the pitching; Metro junior Blake Eager pitched seven shutout innings, threw 13 strikeouts and only walked four to secure the victory. Brian Edwards knocked in a two-RBI double in the third to give the Roadrunners the lead. rvtctro had to '"control the baseball and be extremely aggressive" said head coach Vince Porrcco on the team's ninth victory of the year. Unfortunatel y for the Roadrunners, the next three games wouldn't hold as much promise as the first. In game two against Pittsburg State (8-3) the Roadrunners tasted their first defeat since

Feb. 16. Metro had to play catch-up from the very beginning when Pittsburg put two runs up in the bottom of the first and three more in the bottom of the fourth. Edwards got a rally going in the top of the fifth with an RBI double, then senior John Burney kept the rally going with a two-RBI double. When the inning ended, the Roadrunners had put up four runs; not enough to fend off Pittsburg who scored another two runs in the bottom of the sixth. pulling away with the 7-4 victory. Garnes three and four. both played in Warrensburg, Mo., were utterly humiliating for Metro. Game three ended in a l 6-0 shutout and game four ended with a l 3-4 loss. "It was embarrassing" Porreco said on the two losses. "We didn't show up to play baseball. .. the offense and defense didn 't play together." The Roadrunners will have plenty of opportunities this month to show that they can win on the road. Metro will play the entire month of March, 13 games, away from the Auraria Field. '"It's exciting when we·re on the road for a month," Porreco said on the challenge of a month-long road trip, but "it mentally and physically drains the players." If the Roadrunners stick to Porreco 's training and discipline by "doing the little things" and "playing hard every inning, every pitch,"

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Metro senior Aaron Garcia slides in safe on a steal attempt in the fourth inning of the second game of a double header played Feb. 21 against Northwest Nazarene at Auraria Field. the Roadrunners will avoid any more "embarrassing"' losses and come out ahead for the month of March. Looking on the bright side, this was Metro's first road-trip of the season, so there is lots of room for improvement. '"We've got to take it to the next step," Porreco said on next week's games. "Executing and getting the job done is the bot-

tom line." From March l 4-1 6 the Roadrunners play in the Northwest Nazarene Tournament. They'll face St. Martin's (4-5) and Northwest Nazarene(l -6) Friday. Saturday they play Western Oregon (0-0) and St. Martin's, then on Sunday they play Central Washington (5-9), before returning home for a match against Air Force 2 p.m. March I 8.

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Under the Gaslight - King Center, Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre. Beginning March 15,20-21 at 7:30pm and continuing until March 16 and 22 at 2:30pm. Metro students get in free with a valid ID. For more information, call (303) 556-2296.

Ongoing Mat Pi/ates. - Mondays 12- lpm, in Tivoli 444. It improves flexibility and increases strength. For more information, call (303) 556-2525.

Yoga: For Everyone 3 Classes Weekly. Tuesdays 12-lpm, & 5-6pm, & Wednesdays 12-lpm, in Tivoli 444. Yoga helps relieve built up stress. For more information call (303) 556-2525.

CU-Den-ver presents "Look Back in Anger" - At the King Center on March 13, 14, 15; 19, 20, 21, 22, starting at 7:30pm. $10 General Admission, $7 Seniors/nonCU-Denver Students, $5 CU-Denver Students. For more information, call (303) 556-6463.

T'AI CHI for the Body and Mind. Thursdays 12-lpm, in Tivoli 440. T'ai Chi's purpose is to moderately exercise all the muscles and to achieve integration between mind and body. For more information, call (303) 556-2525. Strides: Lunchtime Walking Program. Walk at your own pace and get committed to walking on a regular basis. Call Linda at (303) 556-6954 for more detai ls. Anger Management. - On Wednesdays from 3-4:30pm through April 30. Held in Tivoli 651. For more information call (303) 556-2525.

March 17 Keeping it Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism - Tivoli Turnhalle from l-3pm. Rebecca Walker, writer and founder of the Third Wave Foundation which works to empower young women as leader for social change. For more information, call (303) 556-2595.

Music at l\fetro: Artist Series: Curt Peterson, tenor with Tamara Goldstein, piano. - King Center Recital Hall at 7:30pm. This event is free for Metro students. For more information. call (303) 556-3180.

A.A. Meetings 011 Campus - 12-1 pm startin g February 20th in Tivoli 319. For more information. call Billi at (303) 556-2525. Truth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Thursday from 3-4pm in Tivoli 542. Messianic studies. For more information, call Jeff at (303) 355-2009.

March 14 Trafficking and Trade: The Impact of Globalization on Women - Tivoli Turnhalle and 320ABC on March 14 and Saturday March 15 at 8am - 5pm. For more information, call (303) 470-7810 ..

March 20 A Portrait of Afghan Women - Tivoli Tumhalle from l-3pm. Bina Sharif's onewomen show. For more information, call (303) 556-2595.

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March 13 Vox Fem in ista - Noasis: Last Call for Water - St. Cajetan's from J 1:30-I2:45pm. Boulder's feminist theater troupe, will perform their dream of a global, grassroots uprising which insists that another world is possible. For more information, call (303) 556-8441.

lunch provided. RSVP information, call (303) 556-6594.

Women's Spirituality Festival: Different Paths One Journey - Tivoli 440 from 94pm. This all-day celebration of women's spirituality will feature local businesses and individuals offering tarot reading, psychic counseling, aura heatings, books, arts, crafts. and jewelry. For more information, call (303) 556-8441.

March 19 Raised Women's Voices/Women of all Shades - Tivoli Tunhalle from 11 :30am 6pm. Thi s medley of women's words, music, poetry, dance, and comedy will get you going! Call to participate. or come along and enjoy the passionate voices of women making change. For more information, call (303) 556-844 1.

Playing a life - Tivoli 440 from 11-1 pm. Dr. Carolyn Di Palma, Assistant Professor of Qomen's Studies at the University of South Florida and Metro State women's alumna ( 1982) For more information, call (303) 556-844 J.

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April 3 Annual 2002 MSCD Student Art Show Emmanuel Gallery opening reception on April 3 from 4-6pm. Show continues until April 24. Entrys open to all Metro students.For more information, call (303) 5568337.

Women's Drumming Circle - At St. Francis Atrium from 11 :30- 1pm. Instruments and

2003-2004 The MSCD Board of Publications will be accepting applications for the 2003-2004 editor of The Metropolitan. lhis is a paid position. The editor is responsible for the editorial content of the weekly student newspaper. Duties include managing the student editorial staff, assigning stories, editing copy, and working with the production manager on the physical make-up of the newspaper. This position will begin in May 1, 2003.

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Qualifications: • Applicants must be Journalism major or minor or English major or minor enrolled for at least l 0 credit hours at MSCD •Applicants must have and maintain a GPA of 2.5 or above • Journalism experience is a major consideration in the selection process

Interested applicants must submit: • Resume with cover letter • Most recent grade report or official transcript • Two letters of recommendation • Samples of work

Please submit the above materials to: The MSCD Board of Publications,c/o Deborah Hurley, Tivoli 31 3 or mail to: Campus Box 57 PO Box 173362 Denver, CO 80217-3362 A complete job description can be found at: http://osm.mscd.edu, click on "Board of Student Publications"

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Classified ads are 10¢ per word for students !urrently enrolled at The Metropolitan State College of Denver. For all others - 20¢ per word. Maximum length for classified word ads is 40 words. Pre-payment required. Cash, check, money order, VISA, and Mastercard are accepted. Deadline is 5pm on Thursday - '1ior to the week of publication. Classified ads may be placed via fax, in person, or online at www.universaladvertising.com. Deadline for placing classified ads via online ordering is 3pm Friday for the following week. For information on classified display ~vertising, which are .ads that contain more than 40 words or contam larger type, borders, or artwork, call (303) 556-2507.

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Artist Faculty Recital : Chris McKim, baritone and Andrew Adams, piano & Chen String Quartet Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free

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Instrumental & Vocal Jazz Ensembles Walter Barr and Fred Hess, directors Thursday, March 20, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Concert Hall, Free

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Senior Recital: Laurie Edson, soprano with Lynn Schlater, piano Friday, April 4, 2003, 7:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall, Free

A Night at the Opera Gene Roberts, Michael J. Kornelsen, MB Krueger, directors Sunday, April 6, 2003, 2:30 p.m. King Center Recital Hall Admission: $5; Students/Seniors: $3; MSCD student~: Free

For more information call Music at Metro at 303-556-3180. For tickets call 303-556-2296.

Music at Metro would like to thank the Music Activities Committee and the

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