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Bagel Bros.beatsback The Mercantile navbC'ofiSc On a Thursday, chef Gilbert Abeytastandsnext to The Mercantile's gri flipping burgersand dropping frenchfries into the fryer. lt's business asusualexceptfor onething. He knew The Mercantile would close the next day. 'This place hasbeena restauant heresinceI startedcollegeherebackin 1981,"saidAbeyta "I think it's more ofa landmarkthana business.I love the kids that come in, and I try to be funny and keepthem entertainedand, you know, ry and help relieve their stresswhenthey're obviouslybummed out for finals." Outweighedby food servicegiant Sodexholnc., The Mercantilestop@ servingburgersandfries Jrme27,clearing the way for an Einstein Bros. Bagelsto setup shop.
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Denver smoking ban denied members vote7-5against Council proposed banto eliminate smoking in Denver bartrestaurants byJochu Brost Thelil.etropolitan On June 30, the Denver City Council quasheda proposedbill that would have extinguishedsmokingin all Denverrestaurants and many of the city's bars. Had it passed,the bill would havebannedsmoking in any establishmentwhere food was 25 percentor moreof their business. "We're obviously deeply disappointed with the decision," said Rita Aragon, spokeswomanfor CouncilwomanAllegra (Happy)Haynes,one of the chief supporters of the measure.Aragon said that Haynes' office had receivedhundredsof calls and emails in support of the ban and that she is confident the issue will be brought before
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a hearingon the matterby city councilpresidentCathyReynolds.The restofthe council could not come up with thd two-thirds vote requiredto overrideher decision. "l'm very contenl with the decision," said Denver smoker Andy Levine on the defeatof the smokingban. "Not just for my own selfish reasons,but I think it's better for the ecofromyright now to allow smoking in restaurants and bars." Levine, however, said that Reynolds' decisionto cancelthe public hearingon the matterwas "politically irresponsible." "l'm disappointed with the decisibn,but not surprised," said Denver non-smoker Shannon Liberatore. "There are certain thingsthat I won't evenwearoul to listento byChrbSwl(-Ihefne@iwr musicbecausethe stenchof cigarettesstays f|at his last in your clothesand I don't want to pay to Ctris, an Araria surdentwt|o 6kedgnd<ix nane be withheH. b in favorof tfe ban. 'Role tfut dodt iltoke $oulfit have to breatrp it nr."
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ShannonLiberatore, Denvernon-smoker the new city council that takes office later this month. The 7-5 vote against the ban came a week after a controversialdecisionto cancel
havethemdry cleaned." Liberatore said that since the ban was shOtdown, she'dat leastlike to seethe veptilation systemsin Denverrestaurants better
regulatedto ensurethat smokedoesnot drift into nonsmokingseclions. Councilmembersvoting againstthe ban were: CharlieBrown, Polly Flobeck,Joyce Foster,Ted Hackworth,Ed Thomas,Elbra Wedgeworth and Cathy Reynolds. Those voting for the ban were:SusanBarnes-Gelt, DennisGallagher,Happy Haynes,Kathleen MacKenzie and Ramona Martinez. Councilwoman Debbie Ortega was absent from the session.
Auraria legal offrce closed April 29, due to allegedmismanagementby former director Chrislian Rataj. The office will be closedfor the summer semesterand will reopenin the fall" The ofiice provideslegal counselingfor studentsat Meho, University of Colorado at Denver and Community College of Denver, It is unclear as to why Raej was accusedof mismanagement, but in the June 28, issue of l'ie RoclqtMountain Ner,rsBethOtt, a studentandtheparilegal managerof the office, saidthat Ratajoften gave Auraria parking passesto private legalclients. Eleven studentsworked in the legal offrce before it closed,but Metro offrcials saidthey all havefound work-studypositionselsewhere on campus.
Auraria Library now chargesfor printing On July. l, the Auraria library put a printing chargeinto effect for all students. A summerupdatefrom the library saidthat they pay over $100,000a year on printing, and with the budget crisis they cannot afford it anymore. Studentswill now pay l5 centsper page.The library said that studentswould rather pay than have the library disappear altogether. Altemativesto payingfor copiesareto emailor savearticlesto a disk.
YolandaOtega-Ericksen appointed to Hickenlooper'steam Yolanda Otega-Ericksonretired from Metro after 30 yearsand is now joining Mayor-electJohn Hickenlooper'shansi non team. The team consistsof 29 comniittees that review the city's govemmentoperawill serveas the cotion. Otega-Erickson chair on the Theaters and Arenas commrttee.
Metro'sStudent GovernmentAssembly seeksvolunteers The SGA is currently looking for students to act as justices of StudentCourt. Studentswould sit on a judicial board to heai disputeswith the SGA, or studentsat large and makejustified decisionsregarding a particularcomplaint. Studentsmust contact SGA attorney generalRustin Tonn at tonn@mscd.eduif interestedin joining the sMent judicial board.
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bvSardrSdmeHer TlreNl*@iton Metro has dnnouncedthe appoinnnentof three lew membersof the board of tnrstees, Gov. Bill Owens appointed them on July l, expanding the voting board members from ftven to nine. The board of kustees beganto operateat Metro a year ago to fulfill a vision former Metro President Sheila Kaplan had for the college. Kaplan wanted Metro to be independent from the state board of trustees, and after advocating to the governor numeroustimes, Owens formed a board of tnrsteesto oparate sepdiately from the state board. The three new trustqesare Maria GarciaBerry, president of public affairs frm CLR Associales; John Osbom, real estate executive. founder and chief executiveofficer of Village Hom.es; and Sean Tonner, former deputy of staff for the govemor, who also ran Owens' latest re-election bid. Re-appoitrted to the board was Trustee Gin Butler, who will serve a one year term. . Truste€ Patrick Winesner is finishing his one-yearterm and will then leave Metro to take a qimilar position at Western State Collegein Gunnison,.Colorado. The board chair is Bruce Benson.At the last board meeting June24, the board elected Ray Kieft as interim president of Metro who will hold office until a permanentpresident is selected. Kieft is not a candidatefor the presidencv.
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the watchful eye of an adult and need to conform Io community rules. They would also have informal classes where stories were used to teach the children what was acceptable and what wasn't. It was a community of trust and respect with a shared.responsibility. They demonstratedthe ph.rase,'Love thy neighbor,' the best. People keep to themselves;they stay busy in order to avoid the present, the truth. Most parents, if interviewed, would reveal that they were treated the same way in school, but did nothing to stop it, to end the cycle of anger Maybe they did nothing when they were going to school. but what about now. when their children are in school? Parents don't want to take time to be with their children becausethey don't want to be reminded of their ]'outh. I see so many people,both children and adults, avoiding the present by taking drugs, drinking alcohol, overeating, listening to loud music, involving
Why do we hate ourselvesso much? This is one of the hardestarticles I've ,,rritten.You see, I can identi$ with those boys who *'ere picked on by their classmatesbefore they resorted to shooting them. I never shot anyone, I just accepted that I was an outsider, that I didn't belong. I hid my feelings and my anger. I tried to be as invisible as possiblemost ofthe time. In my senior year, a few good teacherssaw something in me that I couldn't see at the time. They saw someone who felt deeply, cared a lot, an intelligent young man, who would amount to something.They supportedmy outspokenvoice by having me wnte and that led to poetry, which I've never shared.I leamed to stand my ground through words. What can I possibly say after yet another school shooting, adding to how many in the last few yean? We Americans do not know what communitv is. Christians think the answer is simply to pray to a jealous God and forget the commandment, 'Love thy neighbor as thyne own self.' People must hate themselves,seeing lhe way people treat. one another I see too much anger,people yelling at each other, punching and shooting each other. It will take a lot more effort from many sides before this ends. As Corporations became more greedy and top management demands more from its employees, to make more rnoney, people have been forced to make due with less and less, each year.Recently, a newspaper heading read: 'Americans face another 2Yo decline in their Standard of Living.' In the 1960's, a single-family eamer could make around $8,500 a year; buy a house,a car and raise a family of two children. Today, if wages had kept up with the cost of living, minimum wage would be around $52,000 a year or $25 an hour, a far cry from the im4e byJusth Breue - Thetktropolian $S-somethingper hour that minimum wage is today. To have the same standardof living as a family in the 60's themselves deeply in movies, watching mindhad, a Single wage earner today would have to lessTV, endlesslyplaying video games,surfing the Internet, shopping a lot, and not being presmake $75,000 to $85,000 a year. Americans talk about community, but not ent in the moment. I don't claim to have all the answers, but many klow what it really means to live in a community. The Hopi people have demonstrat- here is where I would start. Parentsneed to start taking part in their children's lives. Ifthat means ed the best example of community. Everyone in going to the skate park with them, then do it. their society was responsible to raise the children and not just their own. lfthe children were Ard I don't mean drive there. Walk, it gives you ptaying outside and one ofthem did somethhg time with your children. Visit their friends' parunacceptable,they would feel the sting from a ents' homes and get to know them. Get the pebble tossed lrom one of the adults. This school to hold a parent-child social several reminds the children that they are always under times a vear. so evervone can meet and leam
more about each other. Force schools to do a better job at having student support groups and more student-run counseling programs where kids can be themselves and say anything on their minds. Find solutions to their problems that don't involve fighting or killing. Get together.with other parentsand force the stateto raise the minimum wage so people uon't have to work so much and can spend more time with their children. One group of people rvill have you believe that spending more time in church is the only solution. Well, I hate to disappoint but church is nol the solution. Most of these groups are only looking to increase their membership to increasetheir prohts, nothing more. lfyou don't believe me, do an audit on thesechurchesto see how much money they bring in and where it is going. These groups are self-serving and have little interest in bringing about real change,and we shouldn't rely upon them. The problem is much deeper than a lack of religion or prayer in a person's life. Also, it's another way for parents to pass their responsibility off onto someone or something else by sending their children to thesetlpe of churches. As I said, this was a hard article to write. Now that it's fina.lly done, .l'm glad, because I've taken possession of how I feel and my voice is my strength. I feel very strongly about people fighthg for their rights and so many Americans just sit by and let others stomp all over them. If you can't find the stength to stand up and say, "I've had enough!" then maybe you need to just wallow in your self-pity and move over for those of us who will make a difference and not stand in our way. Alyone who thinls that their loice doesn't matter, please do the rest of us a favor and shut up. We don'l need to be told we can't change things, that politicians ard rich people are too powerful. I am powerful and I want all the whiners to get out of my way ,becausebefore I die, things will have changedfor the better. If there isn't a group in your area to join, then create one, but people need to start standing up for themselves and force the politicians they elect to make laws
that bsnefitthemand not the rich or the corporations.lfyou won't standup for yourself,don't blameanvoneelsefor vour life.
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1989 began and ended with the collapse of the Yalta Agreements. The media raves about the By the winter of 1989, terrorists were no collapse of communism, but capitalism isn't in longer just hijacking airplanes and shooting up much ofa position to rejoice. My hat goes off important people with anti-tank guns. They to the communists for the reforms they've were much more radical. They were using made, even if they really had no choice. The ' rocket launchers to down entire aircraft, and on West is rich and has technology and material the ground they rvere blowing up not only soliwealth, but it has been devouring the planet. tary human targets, but their bodyguards, the What will happento the Earth if the Communist cars in which they rode, and the roads on which nations become like those of the West? Why, they traveled. it'll be like pouring gasoline on fire! The West Terrorist activities have suddenly become can'tjust sit back and ignore what's going on in much grander in scale and as a result, counter- Communist nations. It's time for us to pay up, terrorist activities will probably place even to help the Communist nations and to curb our more emphasis on disinformation and assassi- own profligacy, to put our energy into developnations (this is already happening,ofcourse; so ing clean technologies.and - even though it's much so that amateur speculation becomes much easier to talk about these things than to practically meaningless). Globalization and a actually do them - to pool our intelligence to shrinking world is said to have made infiltration try and bring about peace. even more diflicult than it used to be, while at Humans are infinitely greedy, but should the same time it has spawned an increase in odd we really just passively follow science and networks of terrorists around the world. Living technology? As the famous scientist Hawking in such a peaceful place, it is hard to understand once said on TV, " It's up to each person to do why people can't come up with a settlementor his or her best in the circumstancesin which he compromise, or a "third way." But any such or she has been placed." These are words to thinking quickly starlsto sound naive as soon as remember. someoneasks,How can anyonepossibly underIf one were to write a story depicting the post-war world and try to make such lofty statestand a penon without a homeland? or, How can you understand what it's like to have yow menls, it would be very unconvincing. But I whole family murdered? Then we realize that want very much to believe in the good intenthe world, really, is driven by emotions. tions of people who stop using freon the How do you get people to make friends moment they hear about the destruction of the with each other ifthey have hated eachother for rain forests, or start sending donations and aid generations? Isn't it somehow possible to when they hear about starvation abroad. Some acknowledge each other and co-exist? When people say, The world is doomed! Who cares the shells start coming in, fire back. That's the what happens? Let's have fun! I don't completely reject this line of thought, but fiankly, I normal human reaction. Yet we can't just stand back and watch hate it. I want to believe that some new techsmugly. With increased globalization - in the nology we don't even know about yet will be very ordinary sense - the danger of terrorist developed and will help us. This may be the activities had increased, even here in America. most deluded type of wishful thinking, but the Are the American people really aware of this? alternate would be tragedy. Life would be too Would America's anti-terrorist special forces depressing. I want to live in a world ofhope. I really be of any use in a real terrorist incident, can't imagine anything more terri$ing than a or are they achrally far more secret and effective world without a future. Of course, when I say than anyone imagines? At any rate, it'll cer- this, I'm refering to a wodd centered around tainly become necessary to keep more informahurnans, and I know that on one level we're tion on individuals (such as when and where really quite insignificant. But on another level, they do things, and with whom they do them). we're one of the most important aspects of the The environment's also a mess. The vear cosmos.
Sharedexperiencesfinish first in realy for life Woodstock was revived once again, this time to help raise money and awareness aboul cancer. It's 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 2lst and my husband Will and I are unloading and setting up our tents, canopies, tables and chairs onto the Colorado School of Mines football field when I stop to look around at what is going on around me. I realize that Will and I are about to embark on another great year at the Golden Relay for Life, Chelsy sponsored by the Klein Ainerican Cancer Society. All of our plan-
team can have one oftheir member's walking or jogging around the track, in shifts, at all times.) Will takes the first shift, so he heads for the track where he will walk for one hour. Ttre rest ofus head back to camp. The goal this year is to win the team spirit award. I tell the team that since our theme is Woodstock, we are going to dress as hippy-ish as possible, which meant that we would be tiedying our shirts. I show them how to tie-dye using Sharpiemarkers and rubbing alcohol, and then explain that this activity is one that our camp will be providing for everyone to partake in. By the end ofthe information session.everyone was on the same page and rarein' to go. Lunch was served after the commencement ceremonies,which gave us a chanceto sit back and relax a bit before it was the next person's ning, teambuilding and fund-raisingis finally tum to either walk the track or help out with our comingto fruition. Now the "work" begins. camp's fund-raising events of a pie{oss and The day startedslow;we setup our camp prize raffle. We had people coming to our camp {themed"TeamWoodstock")and wait for the to tie-dye their shirts and enter the ra{fle and,/or rest ofour teamto arrive.Our teamof 13 peo- pie-toss; they were especially excited when told ple, five of whom are either currentMetro stu- that Mo and Kelley, two of the event coordinadents(PatLugo, PaulPitcheqSureshMaha{an tors, were the ones getting the pies-in-the-face. and myself) or Metro alumni (SandraPicco) We pitted Mo and Kelley against each other to stagger in around noon, just in time for the raise more money. Because of Kelley's sawy openingceremonies.Mo, one of the event's fund-raising skills, Mo was the loser ofthe piecoordinators,calls everyoneto the big tent toss, which meant that she would get a pie-inwhereceremonies will be held for the next two the-face before closing ceremonies.Our team's days.Mo broadcasts thatit is time for oneofour grand total was $2,600. teammembersto be on the track.(Thepurpose As the sun set, the memorial luminaries of campingon the footballfield is so that each were lit, lining dre track and spelling out the
word "HOPE" in the bleachers. Thus commencedthe survivor lap to give those who have survived cancer a chanceto walk together.Will and Tenilyn, anotherof our teammates, walked togetherbecausethey both survived skin cancer. It was inspiring to seepeople ofall walks oflife, ages and colors walking together becausethey shareda common bond - they beat cancer. Almost eVeryone tried to get some sleep before they had to walk their next shift. The temperature had dropped and after being out in the hot sun all day any drop in temperature feels significant. Also, the moisture in the air had condensedonto the ground, which made everything feel wet and sticky, which made sleep even less likely, but we did our best. The next moming, the sunrise was s1râ&#x201A;Źctacular which made me even more glad to be alive and proud to be doing something good for others. Breakfast was served, which brought the
event back to life after a cold, wet night with no sleep. There were people walking the track, doing yoga and soaking up the beautiful surroundings, when we were all called to the big tent for closing ceremonies.Mo talked her way out of getting the pie - it went to one of the other event participants - but the crowd was appeasednone-the-less. Next. it was time to announce the winner of the team spirit competition. Our team stood together proudly. Kelley announced that we were this year's winner of the spirit award. Happiness and relief came from all of us as I headed toward the stage to accept the prize bag on behalf of our team. The event was nearly over, but we still had one last lap before we could pack up and go home. We walked the last laD as a team.
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ftornltiffionlThe Mercantile building was constsuctedin 1906, and before it becamea resaurantin the lat€ seventies,it was a grocery storebut the namehasalwaysbeenthe satne. Twenty yea$ ago, the restaurant's was a bar where shrdentscould batenent ''trdy while they dmnk oa beer aod wine. This summer, students from the High UpftTd Bound prognm went to .dtTheldeitantile. Noiv, tte Mercantile stands empty,. next to the hsh grassof the Ninth Street ..' houes sad the flat dirt of a parking lot in progress. When The Mercantile's lease neared its en4 own€rsMark Robertsand Vincent Hoyos thought they would be the winners of the subsequentbidding processbecause they were alreadyan established business. But it was Sodexho Inc.. the No.l food
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service company in the world, that won. They will operatethe EinsteinBros Bagels. 'We expectedthey'd renew us," said Roberts, who picked up the restaurant's leasealongwith Hoyos on November2001. "We didnl expect that Sodexho would comein and take over everything. "Right now, this is the only place you can [come in] and-geta sandwichto order or hamburgers. Mcdonald's may be the only place where you can get a burger now" Dave Caldwell, finance managerof StudentAuxiliary Servicesat the Auraria Campus,said that anyoneinteres@din taking over The Mercantile'sleasewas free to place a bid. Tbe ownersof The Mercantile had an advantage,he sai4 becausethey lnew the habits of the studentsand what they liked, but everyone had the same chanceof gettingthe lease. And it was not just abeutlzho placed the highestmonetarybid, he said. Bidders
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w€re evaluatedon how they met suchcriteria as the financial package,adequacyand creativity ofproposedfood plan, shengthof operationalplan, marketingandevidenceof socialresponsibility, aswell asexperience. "So, the biddersthengaveus their proposal on how they would handlethesedifferent things that we have interest id and that's how they were evaluated,"Caldwell said. A committee that included me,mbers from , Auraria's Studenr .Advisory Conrmittee evaluated the proposals and submittedtheir recommendationfor a Darticular vendor. EinsteinBms Bagelswill opensometime bi:fore the fall semesterbegins,but no datehasbe€nset. "Until we can identiff the scope of work, so we can identify a constuction scheduleand a remodel schedute,I can't tell you the exactdatethat it will be open," Caldwellsaid.
SandraWeber,the generalmanagerof Sodexhocampus services said the entire fust floor section will be re,nodeled,and eventuallyso will the bas€meotand upp€rfloor. But becauseThe Mercantileis a historic building, the ouside will not be touched. Also, the name of the building wrll stay. .The Mercantile The last month of attractedmodestbusineq b{rt RoberBsaid that during the fall od sprirg semest€rs, with a higher studentpopulation,business wasgood. Presently, Roberts and Hoyos are looking for a place where they can rebuild the laid-back atmosphere of The Mercantile. They might even have a pool tableor two. For now, they havepackedup and left"We have to clean everything out," Robertssaid. "Take our loys and go play somewhereelse."
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Thisis anunusualstory but you'd be hard- cargo,andthe E-toolbecomingmy seal.I have pr_essed to find anyonewho'd say that we aten't leamed that while one may have deep, philoliving in unusu4l times. I have a friend with sophical thoughts from time to time in one's whom I've been in sporadic correspondence life, thereis no betterplaceto sit backand medsincehe left the Texasdesertfor the one in haq. itate ori life's little nuancesthan when answerHe has agieed to relate his story for the ing the call ofnature." behind As he satthere,partiallyconcealed readersof The Menopolian as it unfolds in front of him. He hasfoundhimselfin the mid- a dilapidatedbrick wall, he took a momentto dle of a war that few will understandand even reflect on his sunoundings. The sun had fewer will adrnit is still waged.At times I have warmed the grassesgrowing inside the little known hin !o be wildly patriotic - he hasbeen areaand lhe place had a distinct, earthy smell in two branchesof the armed sdrvice - but that brougbtmemoriesof warm autumndayson becauseof the nature of his predicament,he the farm he grew up on in Alabama. "I was exiausted, farther ftom wishesfor the time io remainnameless. ' Ttris is part-four of a series of stories homethanI haveeverbeen,totally of this' without faith in those appointed attemptingto illustratea cross-section conflict. He has found himsell like so many overme, lost,confused,lone' otherAmericansbeforehim, waiting for a tick- .lv. and had no idea what to expâ&#x201A;Źct next. I was at et home. -lan Neligh peace with the world;
Tikrit Road weary, he pulled his assigned Humvee to a stop near what would become home for the remainderof his tour in Iraq. Not knowing what to do or where to go next, he waited in the dustyvehicle for somesort ofsign ftom above. His NCOIC (Non Commissioned Ofrcer in Charge)came walking up to where his vehicle was parked and told them to get somesleep. "Seeing as how it was nearly dawn, I thoughtitwas a stupid idea, but I was loo tired o argue. I hoppedup on the top ofthe Humvee and dozedinto sweetoblivion." As he slept atop the vehicle, the Iraqi srm creptacrossthe ground,fmally restingon top of him. Hot and bleary eyed,he satup struggling to understandwherelast night's driving hadput hirn. "My moralevanishe4 andthe chickenof depressiononce againclamberedonto my windowsill as I looked acrossthe war tom compound.The damagehad beenpretty light here, leading me to irnagine little, if any, enemy opposition.Thenagain,I haveno ideaasto how well mannedthis placewas." As is customaryto waking he washedhis sand-crustedface with his drinking water and brushedhis teeth. . "I was bungry and weak from the last few days on the road, and.the toll the sicknessand heat had taken on my body could be weigbed out in poundsof muscleand ouncesof water. After a few hours and the realizationthat no one kneq what was going on, with the blazing hot Iraqi sun tearing through my Humveewindow. I knew I had waited long enough. After four or five davs on the roadwithout the conveni-en c e .of a
utter complacency had come over me. Here, in a
brick ruin that had stood for who knows how long, had witnessed historical penings, and belonged to Saddam Husseinhimself, I found a momentof comfort." As he filled the "cathole" with dirt he startedto dreadhis return to the vehicle, knowing the day hqd merely begrm.And 'there was no end in sight. "The D-Main, our mobile commandpost encompassingmany large, heavy objece, had yet to be constructed,and it was alreadyhot. Wonderingif the place had beenchecked for mines, I packed up my E-tool, tossedmy shadesback on my face,grinnedat the irony of it all, and trampedback to my Humvee." There he waited for severalhours,checking his gearandsupplies,Therehe waiteduntil oneof his NCOstold him,to drive them dom thâ&#x201A;Ź road e few feet to the left. ' After arguingwith him just to seeif I could inducea heart attack,I complied. ' We parkedthe Humvee atoo a small hill and I was amazed at the
scenebeforeme: A vast,green,peacefulgarden, larger by far than several football fields encompassesa structure which can only be describedas immense.A road stretchingseveral miles from the large gatetoppedby massive statuesof mountedwarriors in typical Arabian accoutrements. Along this roadthe first halfof our convoyhadcrawledto waitingpositionsas thehigherupshaggledwheretheyshouldbegin settingup." As all this was happening,a sergeanthe knewwell, cameoverandaskedif he wouldbe interestedin seeingthe inside of the palace. Having never seen one,
he readilyagreed. "The palace I saw first was small in
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. Being my first experience,however, I was awed by its marble floors and royal decor,aswell asthe fully operationaltoilets, showersand air conditioning." After the sergeantgave him a quick run down on what it was he was seeinghe pulled hinto the side.Sayingin hushedtonesthat i1 wasin his bestinterestto keepan eyeon the sergeanthe wasriding with becausehe wasknown havestolenfood andwater from other troops. "With this in min4 I joumeyedbackto my Humveeandcountedmy MRI'S. When fmishe4 I strolled casuallythrough the lush foliage to the road where the larger trucks were parked. While all the moversand shaken were arguing and blabbering,I took a walk through what could hav-eonly been a royal rosegarden. Spying one particularly beautiful pink rose I decided then and there to pluck it and mail il
hometo my wife. ' This I did andwith goodtiming aswell, for . only a few short dayslater the roseswere gone,. as was the gardenand it's greenery,sand and tmcks.taking the placb of irigation hosesand care. Now, asI look aboutthe spacewheresuch beautyoncelingered,thewindsofchangeblow choking dust into my face and I wonder what will becomeof this placewhenI am gone. After they decided where and how, the fligher ups started yelling at their soldiers, respectively, and I became a target for my NCOIC. Though I had done nothing wrong, Iwas instantly labeledas a lazy, worthlessbum since I wasjust standingthere awaiting orders and not 'making somethinghappen.' The long hot day turned into an evil, feslering aftemoon, filled mainly with sweat, fatigue, hungerand idiocy rts we moved things severaltimes. Only then to move them back, and so on, until finally we had the trucks where they wantedthem and the heavy,steelrampsset in placebeweenthem." It wasn't long before he began to hear rumors from the other soldiersof a palacewith working showers. "And although we were tired, we were hopefirl and excitedat the pmspecl" He volunteeredto help unload the gear from the manyvehiclesashis comradesshowed up to the palacein their own vehicles. After he had finally finished and retumed most of his teamwas fast asleep. . "Their duffel bags weighed heavy in my hands. Unfomrnarcly, L was not alone, I had succeededin keepingthe one Specialist,who'd beenkind enoughto helpme,awakeaswell. One of my fellows had been gracious enoughto set me up a cot inside a large, ronnd room where everyoneelse was bedding down, and for that I was thankfi . By now it was midnight. I was tired and weary from the day's stupidity, not to mention disheartenedby the abandonmentof the other soldier andmyself by all the upperechelon. One of the other Specialistswas still awakeand I spokewith him as I set my things about me in some sort of order. He said he knew wherethe showerswere,andthat the electriciry wasout. That meantcold water. Sometime around 0200 I found myself crouchedin a large, white, porcelaintub, shivering but thankful to be cleaningthe five or six daysof filth from my body. Cold but refreshed,I collapsedupon my co! sleepingdeeply and dreamingfor the first time in what seemedan eternity.
This is on-going correspondence and will be continued in the next edition of the Metrcpolitqn.
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India.arie - A hometown girl returns byOnlsyl(lein TheM*WIiton . SingerIndia.Arie returnedto her homelown ofDenver with a tasteofher new "acousticsoul." Arie hebdlined a performance at the Universal Lending Pavilion, which is situatedin the PepsiCenterparkinglot. Arie's performance followed singersHazel Miller and Wendy Woo, who are also Denverites.The three women providedan amazingeveningof soul-movingmusic and entertainment. As if seeingWoo and Miller, who are two of Denver'smost talentedfemalemusicians, was not enoughto satisry,the audiencewas aho treatedto a stellar performanceby Arie. By the time Arie took the stageat around9:45 PM, the crowd wasreadyto burst with anticipation.They were not disappointed. Arie wasbom in Denveron October3,1975.
and her listeners. Arie is the type of artist who was not looking to be signedby a record label in the beginning of her career, she just wanted to play music andhavepeoplelisten to her messagesand ideas.While on tour with the Lilith FaL Arie was discoveredby a scout for UniversalMusic Group.This encounterlead to her meeting the presidentof Motown who assuredher Records,KedarMasstinburg, that if shesignedwith him, he would "never make me [Arie] compromisemy artistic integxity." Arie hasredefinedhip-hopand R&B by fusingacousticguitar and rusticpercussions, and sociallyconsciouslyrics, thus creatinga soundthat is freshandunique. Her efforts have not gone umecognized. Arie is a two-time Grammyawardwinner,and has also received awards from the NAACP Her debutalbum "AcousticSoul," addresses
"Music gave her [Arie] an avenueto not only speakher mind, but to encourageand strengthen
herselfandher listeners." 'Her
parents,basketbaflplayer Ralph Sampson social issues that center primarily around and her mother who is called "Sampson"by her womenleamingto love themselvesandapprefamily, encouragedyoung Arie to explore her ciatetheir inner-beauty.Her song"Video" feacreative ambitions. Arie decided to attend ' tureslyrics suchas, '? m not the averagegirl SavannaCollege of Art and Design where she your video/ My worth is not determined studiedjewelry making,but soondiscov€redthat from by thepicb of ny clothes/I love to love myself . shehada hiddentalent for playing the guitar and unconditionally/Becawe I am a queen." singing.Arie had beenmusical since childhood; In her Denverperformance,Arie showed she played the trumpet, French hom, and the the audiencewhy fans and critics alike revere flute, aswell as singing in a choir. her.The crowd danced,sang,andevencried to Arie's rmique name came as a tribute to her music during the performance,further Mahatma Gandhi because, according to showinghow softly intenseArie's musiccan Treehouse.com, "Her due-dal€matchedhis birth- be. As if amazing vocals were not enough, day." The Arie part of her namewas something Arie also tantalizesher audiencewith stellar that her mothermadeup, but discovercdlater that lwics andsoulfulinsrumentals. it means *lion." Ironicatly, Arie is a self-professedgirl who was "afraid to speakher rnind-" Music gaveher an avenueto not only speakher mind but to encourageand snengthenherself
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Shakespeare'sMuch Ado takes a stop in old west Arizona The Old Wests€ttingof the play presented the ColoradoShakespeare Festival,waspacked. iff, playedby DennisR. Elkins. Elkins adapted the bumbling fellow to the new setting with lots of opportunities for action and physical However,I am afraid for the future, which will be h the hands of people who saw a huge ease,and lost nothing from either side in the comedy;however,most ofthe stuntsand tricks, were too delibthoughcarefully choreographed, saguarocachrsdownstageleft at their first per- process. In Page'sversion,Leonato(JamesE. L. erateand slow to be exciting. One hopesthat ln a programnote,directorJanePagestat- formanceof Shakespeare. All vegetation aside, Page's production Esely) owns the town hotel and bar, which his dris inadequacywasdueto the previewnatureof ed that shehopedher seting of MuchAdo About retained much artistic merit. Thoueh I cannot brother Antonio (Sam Sandoe) tends. Don this performance, and that the timing will provide would audiNothing in the Old West improve with the numberofperfiormances.The ences with a "fresh" look at the comedy. in which Beatrice(Hollis McCarthy)and Unfortunatelt thereis nothingfreshaboutcow"I cannot see how setting the play in MessinaCounty, scenes (Tony Marble) "eavesdmp" on their Benedick boys on the stagesof the Denver mefropolitan Arizona, in the late 19thcenturyaddedanythingof worth to the friends were well executedand funny, as the area. tried to hide in the most obvious As an understudyfor the secoridballet of production,it did not detracttoo greatly.from Shakespeare'seavesdroppers ofplaces. Colorado Ballet's 1997 Western-themedtriple All ofthe actorsdid well in projectingtheir work," bill, I was forced to sit through eight performvoices throughoutthe Gr€ek-styleMary Rippon ances of Bufralo Bill's Saloon, an episodic Theatrre,wilhout the help of hidden Outdoor nightmaredancedin spandexandco;rvboyboots. (Frank microphones. play Mihelich) is a "wagon masted' how the in Messina County, Pedro J. see setting plot work had aesthetic and was The no or Much Ado continues in Boulder until apparentlycreatedfor the solepurposeofluring Arizona, in the late 19thcenturyaddedanything and the villain Don John (Geoftey Kem) is a gunsmith. play, production, version August 16, The Festival's other three productoo As in the original of the ofworth to the it did not detract cowboyaudiencesto the ballet. The worst part? posts g€atly mosttions are Tamingof the Sirew, which is set in work. With the these are rarely identified, and serve from Shakespeare's grew As the run progressed,the audience 0oa cheering,whistling full house. I soughtrefuge exception of a few exclamatoryWesternisms, ly to establisha hierarchyamongthe characters. 1950's Miami, ard Hamlel md Cynbeline, The maskedrevelingin theplay could have which-areboth presented,more or less,in their from the hootenanny.in the coffeehousenext the language of the play was kept intact. greetings presented a problem,asno suchthing existedin . original settings. Yeehaw! Call 303492-0554 Though most characters spoke their door. Thereis no argumentthat cowboy-themed andshort lines with a Southerndrawl, they deft- the Old West. Pagedecidedt6 take the dispari- for tickets. performing arts works well around here as a ly droppedthe accent- with no dramaticeffect ty 0othe absurd,and gavethe.menbrightly ctilmeansto attract a new audienceto the theater. in the rhythms of their speech by the time ored masks of various homed animals. The they reached The excep- resultwas a comical,fantasticalromp in a surfull-fledged dialogue. The July 3 preview performanceof Much Ado About Norhtng, performedin Boulder aspart of tion wasDogberry,in this versionthe town sher- real settine.
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TAMARfND: 40 Years.An Exhibition of 59 lithographs OpeningReception - Josef Albers, Ed Ruscha,Rufino TamayoandEmmi Whitehorsearejust a few artistsrepresented in the exhibition. Theexhibitionis at theCenterfor the Msual Arts, 1734 Wazee Street now throughJuly 19. For more informationandhours,call (303)294-5207 or goto:www.mscd. edu/news/cva.
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