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Trusteeschangepolicy; faculty unionize hani,lorcnoFelrel The new Reductions in Force policy adopted by Metro's board of trustees devalues tenure, according to more than 70 of Metro's tenure and tenure-track professors who organizeda local union chapter with the American Federationof Teacherslast month.

The Reduaions in Force section of the new Handbook for ProfessionalPersonneland the TrusteesPolicy Manual says that tenured faculty and t€nue-track faculty can be let go during a budgetcrisis.

Language in the handbooks also says that consideration will be given to tenue staos in deciding layoffs, and that "Political activities or views and ideological views will not be considered." (Pages 16 and 17 in 0re TrusteesPolicy Manual, Page lM in

the Handbook for Professional Personnel).

JoanFoster,a t€nuredprofessorof biology at MeEo and Faculty Senatepr€sident,said that -although the new Reductionsin Force policy will considertenure,that doesnot meanit will be honoredandthattenuredfaculty canbe eliminated beforepart-timefaculty wilhin a departmenl "That devalues the importance of tenured faculty to the institution," Foster said.

To eam tenure, professorsare first hircd as tenure-trackfaculty. Five to sevenyeais .of probation then follow, during which they are judged on their teaching, advising to students,researchwork, and serviceto the school.

With the new languagein the handbook, Fostersaid,the previousunderstandingthat tenuredfaculty wouldbedrelastto godudnglayoffs, no longerholdstrue.This will makeit difficult to requit faculty andkeepcurrentfaculty, shesaid.

Fosterpointed out that in July, two Metro professorsresigned,citing the policies in the

new handbookamongtheir reasons.One was a departmentchair who accepteda job at another college,the other choseto retire.

Unlike the Trustees Policy Manual, the Handbook for Professional Personnel requires tbe endorsement of Metro faculty whose contracts are up for renewal.

This has prompted some to send letters of objection along with thefu signed contracts.

"When faculty sign this new contracl,they would be, in effect, accepting this handbook which destroystenure," said Eugene Saxe, faculty representativeto the board of truslees and a Metro English professor. The letter has Saie's signatureand thoughhe had a part in the writing, it was authoredby a group of people.

Saxeexplainedthat the letter is the faculty's way of saying they resewe the,right to legaly or politicaily challengethe policies in the new handbook.

To David Sullivan, chair of Metro's

philosophy departaent, the union is, in a naFow sens€,.a response to th€ handbook, which he said undermiDes tenure and is destructive to academic freedom.

'1t But, in a broadersense,Sullivan said, is really an attemptto r€assertthe faculty's traditional prerogativesin the face of a blatandy political force made up of the the Trustees and the State bureaucracy,which.thteatenstq eliminat€ that curious inetiurtion, the udversity, of which a college is a constituent part.

"The university has traditionally operated independentlyof blind social Fessure or dir€ct govemmentalinterference,in so far as possible.

The tpnd, as indicated by the Trusrces,goes against.thistradition and is coupledwith a v€ry aggressive,topdown businessmodel for education. Given this presentset of circumstances,I penonally have decided that the union repre sentsthe only real seeUlUOlUon9

August14,2002

Parkirg violations strain wallets Metro in searchof new. president

Failure to payoutstandingparking ticketscouldcause towingofvehicle

On Aug. 6, Meto's boardof trustees interviewedrepresentatives from threefirms who might conducta searchfor a new president.The intervieweesansweredquestions from boardmembers,and listed the credentials oftheir respectivefilms andthe prooessesthat their firms (StantonChaseInternationd, AcademicSearchand NORED) were operatingunderwhile giving their proposals.

The boarddecidedto put out a rcquestfor purchase,meaningthey will acceptbids fiom other searchfirrns going over $50,ffi0.

bytin&aySandham

Thetuktryliton Auraria students,visitors and employees who fail to pay their parking tickets can expect consequences such as late fees,or the possibility of having their vehicle towed by Auraria ParkingandTransportation.

Campus parking tickets are issued for numerousreasonsand rangein price; the highestfine being$50 for parkingin a handicapped spacewithout a placardor permit; the lowest being $15 for failure to pay,or an expiredparking nteter.

Twenty-dollar parking tickets are issued for leaving a vehicle unattendedin a no parking area.suchas the roundaboutin front of the Tivoli.

Once a ticket is issued the vehicle owner .has30 daysto pay or the fine doubles.A courtesy reminderis mailed after 15 daysand another notice,which showsthe originalfine aswell as latepenalties,is mailedafter30 days.

"The customerhasthe opportunityto appeal the ticket to the parkingticket referee,"saidLisa Lanford, field managerof parking."The referee is not on-site, so the customermust fill out an appealform or write a letter. The refereewill read it and evaluateit basedon the information and then makesa determination.He can either reducethe fine, approvethe appeal,or denyit all together."

Lanford also said that ifthe fine is reduced and is not paid-in-fullwithin 10 days,the customer is responsiblefor paying the original fine.

"Ifa customerhastwo outstandingtickets and is in violation, the automatedticket-writer makesa noisethen calls it in to dispatch,where they nrn a platecheck,which is followedby a 'Red-TagWaming' (an orangesticker on the window)," Lanford said."The customerthen hasthreedaysto pay all outstandingfines. If the customerdoesn'tpay by the third day,and if the caris on campus,dispatchis calledagainandwe havethe authority to tow."

Auraria Student Legal Servicesshut down; lawsuit filed against Metrob board

An employee of the Auraria Parkingand TransportationServicestickets a car for not disptayinga parking receipt.

Vehicles are towed to D & V Towing at 1790 W. 146 Ave. Once a car is towed. the

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fees,so I don't seethe point in driving to school when I can take the bus," Metro studentMatt

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On April 29, Metro's Student Legal Servicesoffice was closedfor reorganization.

Following accusationsof mismanagement, director Christian Rataj resigned June ll, before an investigation could be completed.

The ofiice has remained closed all summer andwill remainclosedindefinitely.

Two employees from Student Legal Services have since filed a lawzuit against Metro's board of trustees after losing their employmentand wages.Look for a complete storyin theAug. 21, issue.

- Mike Matulonis, Transportation monager of parking

customer is responsible for a $100 towing fee, pluq whatever they owe in fines and $ l0 per day for storage.

Mike Matulonis, transportation manager of parking, said there is no set, average on the frequency ofvehicles towed from campus.

"Sorne weeks, we tow three per day, other weeks none," Matulonis said. "It also depends on the availability of campus police."

A car can only be lowed if a police officer is available to stay with the car until the customer returns or the low truck an:ives.

Some Auraria studentsand employeesfind alternative ways to avoid parking tickets, such as public transportation.

"We pay for public transit in our student

Eggleston,said.

All Metro studentspay $20 per semesterin studentfees to use the RTD bus and light rail systems.

According to director of parking Mark Gallagher,the revenuefrom parking tickets is recycledback into the systemand combined with the otherparking revenues.

"We don't separate the parking ticket money out in temrs of spending,''Gallagher said.

He added-thatthe moneyis spenton things and such as salaries,equipment,maintenance loan payments.The ParkingandTransportation Center currently has two outstanding bondissuedloanstotalineabout32 million.

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Studentstake Metro to court for round 2 Benson representing The Metropolitan's News Editor Noelle Leavitt, reporter Lindsay Thetktropditon Sandham,and photographerDanny Holland, Presiding Judge Herbert Stem III is continued to present legal argumentsagainst requestingoutcomeproposalsby Aug. 25 from the College'sdecision,citing a violationof the both sides of a lawsuit between three Metro ColoradoOpenMeetingStatutes.

"Our job as studentjoumalists is to make joumalismstudentsand Metro. sure we cover important news eventson cam. The proposalsare to statewhat each side pus to keep studentsinforrned," Leavitt said. would like the outcometo be if the casewas decidedin their favor. The judge then has the "Metro didn't let us cover a hearing that was option of deciding the casebasedon that infor- requestedto be open, and in turn the school mation. A hearing date for after the proposals broke ColoradoOpenMeeting law."

The secondhearing was a continuationof are receivedandreadhasnot beenset.

A hearingon July l8 wasthe secondproce- the May 16courtdatein which bothsideswere dural hearingin the caseregardingthe denial of askedto presentargumentsshowingcausefor or againstthe case. accessto a studentdisciplinary hearing.

'In the first hearing,we put on evidence ' Lawyers from the law firm Faegre &

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to show cause,"said Eileen Kieman-Johlson, attomeyfor the students."We presentedclosing argumentsstrongly supportingour position, but in terms of what pmgresshas been made,the coud hasn'treallymadea decision."

Accordingto the attomeysfor theAttomey General's Office, blockage of news coverage of the disciplinary hearing of then-Student Government President Brotha Seku, is justified becausethe college itself had control over the meeting, regardlessof the Open Meeting Statures.

Sekugavewritten consentfor mediacoverageat the time of the hearing.

"We were trying to let the studentsknow about what was happeningto their president that they electediDto office," Sandhamsaid."If

PresidentBushwasbeingimpeached,thc public hasa right to know."

Metro's board of trusteesmanual, which has long been the policy guide regardingsuch matters, bas since been altered to allow the chairperson of the board the right to deny requestsfor accessto disciplinary, or similar meetings.

"It's a question of law, not of facti' Kieman-Johnson said. "The coud can then make its decision solely on the legal argument presented."

The lawyers for Metro, John Sleemal and Nancy Wahl fiom the StateServicesSectionof the Attomey General'soffice, were unavailable for commenL

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Facifitato6: StephonieMehleckPsy.D. & knnifer Arellono, Co||cgc Stud€nts and Ncohoh Currcnt TrGnds / MA. lntern Thisgroupis opento femalestudentswho would like supportand futwc lrkc.dons . Tivoli651 September 23,2003. 'l-2:30pm feedbackregardinga varietyof women'sissues.We will address Tuesday, Facilitators: Doug Smith, Ph.D.tt Jennifer Arellono, MA,lntern topicsincluding,but not limitedto, relationships, assertiveness, and Thereareinteresting trendscmergingamongcollegestudentsin terms sclf-est€em. use.These include the simultaneous increase in numbers -ofalcohol of bothstudentswhobingedrinkandthoser,rhoabstainaltogether from Rcladonshlp Group alcohol.Thisinteractiveworkshopwill discussthe curr€ntstate of (storting9/24/03).12-1:3opm. Tivoli651 Wedncsdays, alcohol consumption amongcollege students.

Facifiiators:MichoelBurgon,Ph.D.ttLisoShoffe,M.A.,lntem groupis designed Therelationship for students who wantto improve Slelng thc Merrnald: Worncn end thc Culturc of theircommunication andinteraction skills,Romantic relationships will Sacdflce be included, aswellas relationships amongfamilymemben, co-work- Tucsday, October7, 2003. 1-2:30pm. Tivoli651 ersandfriends.We will focuson open,honestcommunication. active Facilitators:OoilBruce-Sonford, Ph.D.& LissShoffer, MA-, listening, anddeveloping unconditional lnten acceptance.

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by Stephanie Golden, tlcn's Process Group this workshop will focuson someof the competing demands that are (stotting9/25/03). 1-2:30pm. Tivoli651 placedon womenin oursociety.

Thurcdays, Therewill bediscussion on the sacrificial waysin whichh,omenaccommodate someof thesedemands even Facilitator:Russe// E Urutio.LC.S.W. of self-care.

Thisis a process groupfor menfocusingon a wide varietyof issues at the expense whichwill bediscuss€d fromthe p€rspectiv€ of b€ingmale.Thegroup lody Ac.epaancc: Docs Slzc Mdcr? will provideopportunities for malesto discuss solutions, difficultiesand Wcdnesday, october15,2003. 2-330pm. Tivoli651 problems commonto men.Participants canexpectto rrccivcsupport Facifitaton: StephonieMehleckPsy-o.et Meliss EokerMA andfeedback fmm othermenaboutmen! issurs.Thegroupwill run ln this workshop, |re will explorethe meining and formationof body thmughoutthe Falls€mester. image.Thediscussion wilt address culturatfzc'tors, and socialrerr,/erdt healthconsciousness. hrticipants will be giventhe opportunityto essess their own bodyimageandto sharethrir experiences andwo* towarda morepositivebodyimageand greateracrcptance of diverse bodvshaDes andsizes.

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Youwill learnhowto idcntifythe symptoms of stress, the differentkindsof stress,andthe waysin whichyourthinkingand relationships contributcto yourstresslevel.A groupdemonstration of self-hypnosis will alsobc includ€d.

Dlvcrsfty ln Acdon Wedncsday, Septembet 24,2W3 . 2-3:30pm. nvoli 651 Facifitators:Russell E Urrutio,LC.S.W. EtErinLospo,BA.,lntern this "handson" interactive workshop will focuson identirying the key aspectsnecessary to culturallyenricha multiculturalenvironment. furticipantswill sharein an interadivediscussion and consultation meetingfocusingon a planfor redesign in the culturaldisplayin the years. multiculturalloungefor the (04-05)Academic The A-B-C's of Dhcslty Tuesday, September 30, 2003. 3-4:30pm. Tivoli651 FacilitatoB:MichoelBurgon, Ph.D.Et.lennifer Arellono, MA.,lntern Thisworkshopis designed to helpyou understand the importance of respecting andappreciating diversity. lt will helpyou understand the dimensions prejudices, of diversityandhowstereotypes, andbiasesqet in our way.Thedynamics of privilege andoppression will be cover€d andyoumaydevelop a personal actionplan.

Who Kllcd Vlnccnt Chln? . Tivoli651 Tuesday, November 1.|,2m3 . 12.1:30pm Facilitators: 6oil Brucc-Sonford.

Ph.D.tl Melisso BoketMAIn this workshopwe wouldhavea chanceto viewan Academy Award nominated documentary entitled"WhoKilledVincentChin?",produced

by Christine ChoyandRenee Tajima.lt relatesthe truefactsaboutthe murderof this 27-yearold Chines€-American.

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Wednesday, November 12,2003. 2-3:30pm. Tivoli651 Facilitators:StephonieMehleck,Ry.D.EtEin Laspo,BA, lntern Thisworkshop will provideguidelines andinitiativesfor Gl8T-affirmapracticeson campus,We will addressboth tive and anti-oppressive gay,lesbisn,bistxual,andtransovertandsubtleformsof opprcssion genderstudents mightencounter in th€ campus community andwe will discusshow !,yccanall becomeadvocates for thoseexperiencing suchinequity.

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New portal aids communication #";";53f1;HffiT #:{gfllffi:T;;}q.m::H,** between studentt faculty,staff through internet administration, and staff are catchingon quickly.

Features of the secure portal system include: email access, ' Metro has introducednew computertech- r e g i s t r a t i o n nology called Metroconnect, which is a self- for classes, service communications system with secure c h e c k i n g access offering campus services online for grades and students,fa€ulty and staff. financial aid, . The secure site began operation on July personal cal7, through VeriSign which provides a security endar, news, certificate. classschedules,communicationwith professors According to YvonneFlood, director of IT and classrnates,online payments,and personal administration,the new portal systemis going recordsall in one location. very well.'

Flood saidbecausethis is a web-basedsysFlood also said the majority of new faculty tem, it takesa few secondslongerthen PC mail have alreadyloggedon to the site, and students does,but the packageis working very well.

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with the studentsis the biggest benefit we've gained."

Any current student,faculty or stafr member canusethis new system.

The sign-on instructions are easily followed by using a usernameandpassword.

The user is prompted on how to proceed

to their preferencesand interests.

If a penon is having trouble logging onto the portal, they should call the Help Desk at (303)556-8325.

A faculty membercan use this service to check personal announcementsregarding collegenews,policies,procedures,and deadlines.

All faculty members also receiveda free e-mail account

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forwardedto the new Studentswill be able to accesscampusarmouncements Yvonne Flood, directorof lT administrationsuch as parking lot closures, athleticsand studentlife.

The staff of the lnfomration Technology with the program. The most cemmon questions regarding the use of the program are deparhnentforeseesthat the MetroConnectproansweredon the Metro homepage,under the gramwill continueto be a successwith boarding communication.

Metroconnectlink. "l think this is the step in the right direcThe general site for Metro is not being replaced by the MehoComect portal, which tion," saidFlood. will still orovide information to a broad audi-

Only bar on campusfailed to maintain lease The Boiler Room closed, leaving students with a dry campus SaratrSdrneider After 15 years of operation,the leasefor The Boiler Room, the only bar on the Auraria Campus,was terminatedand its last operating of when day wasJuly 11,with no expectations it will rcopen.

The Boiler Room was locatedin the Tivoli StudentUnion. It wastheonly locationon campus that offeied alcohol.

Thb owners of The Boiler Room did not pay the monthly leasepaymentof $11,812.93 for July, and also defaulted on three previous months'pa)ments.

As a result, the managementof the Tivoli was forced to shut The Boiler Room's doon, eventhoughthe leasewas not setto expire until June30, 2005.

Several attemptsby The Metropolitan to reach the owners of The Boiler Room were usuccessful.

Dave Caldwell, finance managerfor the Tivoli, hasalsobeenunableto get in touch with theownersofThe Boiler Room "At this junction, it's been tumed over to our representative,Fred Kuhlwilm, at the attorney general'soffice,and I don't know ifhe has madecontactwith the ownersthemselvesyet " saidCaldwell.

Some studentsare feeling the frustrations of tbe terrninationof the only bar on campus.

"It was nice to have a place to study,play pool, and get a beer after class,and now there's not that option," Metro studentMark Mauricio

The BoilerRoomremainsclosedafter th€ state selzedit for non-paymentof taxes.

Studentsdependedon The Boiler Room who was a bartender and a waitress at The for relaxationand a placeto get away from the Boiler Room.

Lamdaassaid sheworted for the previous pressuresof classes.

"I'm a little pissed of that it is close4" owners,who later sold the Boiler Room to the gurrentovmers. said JoleneShook,a Metro studentwho usedto ' "We went thereto eat on our breaksfrom hangout at The Boiler Room.

Shook spenta large amountof time at the bar andenjoyedhavingthat placeto rest.

Molly Chandlersaid she is bummedabout the barclosing.

"I don't have anotherplaceto eator drink, Jolene Shook, lvletrostudent they alsohad a good Foosballtable." Chandler, who hasbeenat Metro for two yearc,said.

"I think it blows; it's one ofthose things. I think it was going to be closedfor long," didnt classand I think having a place like The Boiler said. a Metro student,said.

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"Currently, without a tenant in the space, there is no money mming in. We expectrent from the leasedplaces,"said Caldwell. "I donl know how this will affect sMents."

At thb point, Caldwell doesnot know how long this sectionofthe Tivoli will be closed.

"We haveto go througha bid processwith SACAB (StudentAdvisory Committee to the Auraria Board). W.eare not looking for anyone in particular.We have to go through (SACAB) to get new peoplefor that area,"said Caldwell.

There is t rerlt pim rcstaurant in the Tivoli, Pete'sArenq that has shown&n int€rest in having a liquor license.

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Campus cop curtails crime on campus byJona$anlfuenrc TTelktroplitan "I'm not oul here becauseI get to carry a gun and a badge: I'm out here becauseI love myjob. " -Corporal Rich Wgil He cruisesthe campus'roughly35 acres with his Rudy Project sunglasses,black Trek helmet and black mountainbike with POLICE labeledin white leuering.

Mea Corporal Rich Vigil of the Auraria CampusPolice.

Vigil has beena police officer on campus sinceNovember1996and hasloved everyminute of iL Mgil hasalwayswantedto help his fellow man. "I havealwayswantedto be a cop - to b€ that little thin blue line that separates destruction from civilization " Vigil said.

Vigil saysthat by being a cop, he knows he can make a differencein the world in which he lives.

He remembersone instancewhere he had an opportunity to make a difference. "When I first came on the force, there was a couple waiting at the bus-stopon lOth and Larimer," Vigil said. The couple had just gotten out of a movie. 'n party cameup from downtown drinking, had a chip on their shoulder,and pretty much pistol-whipped the female. He (one in the party) punchedher with a closedfist."

The boyfriend was about to do something until the other male pulled out a gun. "It just so happensthe bus driver in the areasaw what happenedand called it in," Vigil said.

Vigil was on &tmpus locking down a buildingon thatFridayaftemoon.

"We were able to take him (the suspect) into custody and press chargeson him.

Anywhereelse,he probably would have gotten away - but here we were able to take the gun away and take him into custody."

Priding himself on being fair and honest, Vigil says he loves his job. "I'm not out here becauseI getto carry a gu:randa badge;I'm out herebecause I love myjob," Vigil saysthat the goodthing aboutbeinga

police officer is that every day is different.

"As a cop, when you comeout h€re,every day is going to be differenl" Vigil said. "When I fust cameoq someonetold me that the badge you wear is your ticket to the grcatestshow on Earth. You never know what you are going to do. You may help someone,arrestsomebodyor evenget yelled at becauseyou gave someonea ticket." But, at the end ofeach day,Vigil knows he hasmadea difference,whetherbig or small.

Auraria is a unique campus for police.

This upcoming semestercould bring upwards of 38,000students.Vigil pointedout the unique settingwe have on campus- and what it's like to police the campus."It's a greatplace- a little comrnunitydown here. Vy'eare able to survive on our own."

"The good thing aboutAuraria is that you usually don't have any problemswith students.

The problems we usually get are crimes of opportmity," Vigil said.

Vigil said he is fortunate to work in a unique setting,under great leadership."l think our chief is doing a greatjob keeping us balancedwith Denver,AFIEC and all tlree institutions."

Beyond his everydayduties,Vigil is also a RAD @ape AggressionDefense)instructor.

RAD is a two-day program at Auraria where Vigil teacheswomenself defense.

'I feel like I have made a difference if she goes of and is able to defend herself - I feel like shehasthe tools to defendherself."

Vigil also conducs RAD classesbeyond Auraria's walls.

Accordingto Vigil, Auraria is ratedamong the top five safestcampusesin Colorado.Not bad, consideringthe campusis near downtown Denver, has a population near 40,000, and housesthreedifferentinstitutions.

In the future,Vigil hopesto somedaymake I sergeant.He also hopesto not get shot.

Vigil saysthat being a cop doesn't always meangeding accolades.A simple thank you is b},ClrbSta*-Iteh4@ttonl uncommon,he says.

Rich Vigil, a member of Auraria Policel mountain blke Patrol since 1995' was recently So, the next time you seeVigil or one of promoted to corPoral. his colleagues,I challengeyou to senda sincere So, aswe enteranotherFall at Aurari4 we Quick FACT: thank you. Auraria is amongthe top five safest say,thank you Cpl. Rich Vigil for providing us One out of every nine Denver arca resi institutions in Coloradobecauseof people,like with a safeleamins enviro nentdentshastakencoursesat Meho!

SourEc:htlo:/ rwwolcd.cduhe$.,Jm€didfr.t/ird.{.htu Cpl. Vigil, who love their job and do it well.

Metro student governmentcalls for mediation is to help allocatestudentfees,approvevarious proposalsfor the studentbody, approvestudent organizationson campus and keep diversity alivewithin the institution.

Woodsonsaid the group is having problems focusing on studentsbecauseof SGAs intemal problems,and shefeels rejectedas the SGApresidentby someofthe othermembers.

"I'd like to havea groupI canwork with," byNoelhl€arritt Woodsonsaid."Thesepeople,bottomline, do TheMetropoliton not wantme there."

The mediationis an attemptto help solve Metro's new Student GoverDment problems, saidMiller, butWoodsonhasa differAssembly(SGA), which took office May l, ent view aboutthe process. had their first mediationmeeting last Thursday "lt (the mediation meeting)was simply a becauseof a lack of commrmication between bashsession,"Woodsonsaid."I think ifpeople members. spoke from their hearts,then mediation would Student Rachel Miller, vice president of work." for the SGA, said she feels communications She feels disrespectedby the group and the group is having problemscausedby differwonderswherethe disrespectis coming from. ent penonalities and adjustingto working with Miller saidWoodsonis not the problem. newpeople.

'No, this is not a one-person deal,"Miller However,SGA PresidentFeliciaWoodson said."You've got a lot of different peoplewho said the problem surroundsher andthe way the haven'tworked together;there'sa lot of pergroup treatsher more than anythingelse. sonality."

"I am a strong black woman and that is Joama Duenas,assistantdean of Stud€dt not alwaystakenin a positive sense,"Woodson Life and advisorto the SGA, said shehastried said. to stav on the sidelinesof the ordeal. She said Woodsonand the other 10 SGA members wereelectedinto oflice lastfall. The'iobofSGA l1 seeSGAon

Communication problems in office taketollon SGA

Student Government Asembly President Felicia Woodson has been asked to reslgn. The reasonis unclear but Woodsonclalms racismis a factor,

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fom UNIONon1 possibility that the faculty's voice will be heard in the ongoingdebate."

For CharlieBranch,who hasbeenin administrationand faculty, organizinga union is prematureand it's not what's going to bring changes.Branchhasbeenat Metro for 25 yearsand is now chair of Meho's Department of Human Services.

"We needstrongleadershipwho can educate the board in their role aspolicy makers,and at the sametime involve the faculty and ' ' departmentchairsand werybody up and down the line ofthe bureaucracyin the decisionmakingprocess,"Branch said.

Accordingto Brancb,the handbookhas a mechanismfor change,so faculty can makea proposalto modifr the languagein the handbookif the! do iot agreewith what it says. He saidthe faculty shouldgive the interim presidentand the boardof trusteesa chanceto build a better handbook.

"So when we talk aboutthe Ianguagein the handbool I'm very optimistic that we now have a new ball game,"Branch said.

"The ex-presidentand the ex-administration and the ex-boardare no longer a part of Metro."

Metro's interim presiden! Ray Kieft, said he hashad experienceas a faculty member and as a presidenton both a union and a non-unioncampus. For instance,when he was a faculty mernbexat Cenhal Michigan University,he was a memberof the faculty union. When he waspresidentof Mesa State, therewas no faculty union; and when he was presidentof FraminghamState,it did have a faculty .lmlon, "From my personalexperiences,I obviously havean opinion aboutMetro's faculty becorningunionize4" Kieft said.

"Howwer, I will not expressm opinion.

I'm con{identthat the faculty are fully capableof decidingfor thernselveswhat they believeis in their bestinterestsand the interessof theCollegewithoutan opinion from me."

Last year,the passingof HouseBill 021165,gaveMeho its own boardof trustees, thus splitting its connectionto the Trustees of StateCollegesin Colorado,which also oversawthreeothercolleges.

The currenl boardis madeup ofnine members,sevenof which were appointedby Gov. Owens. The othertwo membersare a full-time studentand a full-time faculty mernberwho wereelectedby theirpeen, but who do not havea vote, as do the other sevenmembersofthe board.

Becauseof Metro'schange!o an independentgoverningboar4 the North CennalAssociation- the organization that gives the collegeits accreditation - conducteda "FocusedVisit" March3l tbroughApril l, 1003. The idea for an independentgovemingboardwas approved

by Metro faculty and staff as the proper way to betterconcentrateon the needs ofthe Collegeasan urbanbaccalaureate institution, accordingto the NCA. In its report,the NCA saidthat having an independentgovemingboard " ... will, in the end, strengthenthe College'sability to maintainis focuson the distinctivemission to continueandimproveits academic programs,and to makecertainthat finances arehandledwisely and effectively."

Nonetheless,the.NCA report also noted faculty and staff concernsaboutthe newboard'sknowledgeof higher education mattersand that thereis a perceptionby faculty and staff that the new boarddoesnot endorsea sharedgovemance.

To improvethe relationshipwith the faculty, Bruce Benson,chaimranof the board of trusteessaid,"We're just going to continueto work with thetn to createa great institutiam.They want a greatinstitution, we want a grâ‚ŹatinstitutioD,let's get down ''r'r-tii-r5't't"ttrrr.r.r.t

the samepath and get it done. Let's just work together. I believe in working with people."

Bensonfurther addedthat the Board las listenedto suggestionsby the faculty.

"When we did the policy manual,I wouldn't want to swearto exactly,but my guessis we accepted half ofthosesuggestions andput thernin the policy manual,"Benson said.

However,faculty requestsfor making changesin the handbookwere disregardedby the board,Fostersaid. The faculty wantedit writien in the handbookthat the boardwould agreeto cut non-essentialfaculty before essentialfacultybut'they weren'twilling to wdte that in," shesaid.

"So," Fostersaid,"if theysayit hasto be this way, and we've suggestedall sods of compromisesalong the path and they wouldn't acceptany of them, why shouldwe believefor a minute that they're going to changeit now?"

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"They're committedto the process," Duenassaid."Mediation can showif it can work or not."

Woodsonsaid shefeelsthat some on SGA might be discriminatingagainsther becauseof her race.

"I know she'sbeenat the centerof the conflict," Duenassaid."I'm not saying raceissuesare to be ignored."

Director ofEqual Opportunityand assistaDtto the presidenl PercyMoorehouseis helpingwith the mediationprocess.

"I really can't talk aboutparticulaF while in mediation,"Moorehousesaid regardingthe SAG. If students,faculty or stafr feel they have beendiscriminatedagainstbecauseofrace, sex,age,nationalorigin or disability, they shouldfile a grievancewith Moorehouse.

"The.college hasa grievanceprocess, formal and inforrral," Moorehousesaid.

He also said that no suchgrievancehas beenfiled by any SGA me,mbers.

"I havenot met one prejudicepersonon SGA." Miller said."There was not a vote of no confideoce."

The other SGA rembers were not available for comment.

The next SGA mediationsessionwill be fris Thursday.

"I ihint il's imperativepeopleunderstand I've receiveda lot of supportfrom the sMents," Woodsonsaid Duenassaid that a lot ofthe probtens the SGA arehaving could be fiom what the former SGA membersleft behind.

Shesaid the groupb€fore them were not very organized,leaving a lot of messfor the cunent SGA to cleanup. This, in part might have contributedto the miscommunicationthe group is experiencing.

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Sometimes I vr'onder if t'- dl"u-iog o. living again, because often times my dreams are undeniably existent. The other day, while I was dreaming about dreaming, during a dream, I realized how incredibly lucky I am to be dead. In my nightmare, I dreamed that I was dreaming the following: Standing here, down the sfieet.fiom the train station, I can't help but notice that a rampant confusion is whirling around me.

Political, religious, and cultural factions are N,aging their battles against one another and amongst themselves. There are workers on every comer gnawing on the hands that are feedrngthem. They don't realize that the hands are falling off. Why can't I remember who said that, "emotions are the sparksthat fly when the mind meets difficulties?"

Herds scatterto and fro as they're roaming about the wastelandscontinually encircling and devouring the remains of a once great nation - a nation built with the knowledge thal freedom remains possible only through hard work and personalaccountability. The smog of the herd's nausea - the feeling that everything around you is irrational and you can't understandwhy - congeststhe air and threatensto choke me ifl don't remain strong.

The essencesof technology, business,and ideology strike my insrincts: or are insrircts the emofional drive that guides the herd? - Nay, my knowledge tells me that thcse things have far suqrassed the comprehension of the herd - do instincts or memes control the herd? I instantaneously conclude that memes truly control the herd. Men, women and children wander with their heads down as they pass me by. These tame animals have a growing look of bemusementon their faces where are they going?

I follow the migrating herd of beasts around a comer and I pass a forgotten and timebeatensign that reads: To the understanding,nothing is obscure; it is only when we do not understandthat things appear unintelligible and muddled. - C.G. Jung Radiation from the ill-fated drove makes my stomach drop just below the wooden boardwalk I sit down upon. My mind's swaying as it tries to walk the dotted line ahead of it - concentrating on one thing, failing miserably at it, and all while I care and know not why I'm concentratingin the first place.

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her "paycheck" and listen to her story.

As it tums out, Bernadettejust got off of unemployment benefits. Well not quite. She'll be off unemployment as soon as she gets her unemployment check for the remaining half of this month. Shejust found work two weeks ago at a hotel and she figures that she doesn't have to tell her unemplolment office till the first of next month - that way she'll receive anotherfull check from them. I later found out that her work was still desperatelysearchingfor new educated or uneducatedemployees.

Approaching the train station, I remembered that she also told me that the reasonshe\tr'asout of rvork for nearly three months was that she 'Just wanted to take the holidays off' and she u'ent back because she "got bored and decidedto go back to work."

Suddenly, the urge to purge myself of her detes! able coffee takes hold ofme and I find myself jabbing a finger down my throat to remove the coffee's foul odor from my person. I succeed in my task as Bernadette drives off in her trrand new car; I leave the trashcan to the past and move on to my next stop.. .

"William Greider says that 'the essence of this industrial revolution, like others before it, is that commerce and finance have leapt inventively beyond the existing order and existing consciousness of peoples and societies."'my economics professor said as I r.,r,as awakening from my dream.

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It's'lotta Love at the Dove from his own life, "Usually, the better songs comefrom somethingthat you feel real deeply, which is usually frustration and wanting. Not . There was a lot of LOVE at the Soiled that everything sucks, and lets write a song Dove Aug. 9, when the band LOVE 45 took aboutsomethingbad,but that'susuallythe most the stageat 9 p.m. They openedwith the upbeat honest when you're writing somethingthat's rock song 'Awake," and immediatelythe quar- . emotionallychallenging."

Their inspiratioos shonethrough during tet had the audiencein the palm of theii hands. performance.

When LOVE 45 performed their LOVE 45 is a Colorado-grownband that. . is composedof Jim Messina bn drums and their older songs,therewas a distinct difference percussions,Micki Shiverson lead vocals and in the sound and quality of the instrumentals, rhyahmguitar, Paul Trinidad Jr. on lead guitar whichthe bandcredilsto thegrowingprocess. "(In the beginning), we just testedwhat and vocals, and Danny Elster who is also a good at, what we liked. We tried to we were lead.vocalistand the bassguiarist. Theseguys, out what everybody's influences were, figure while not the featuredheadlinen,were certainly liked to do, and then.exploit wbat everybody one of, if not the most energeticand talented. performersof the night. With catchylyrics and it. And the 6rst couple of recordswe were still precisionacoustics,thesegentlemeninspired kinda leaming aboutwhat we are, who we are, andwhat our soundis," said Shlers. the crowd to dance,Trinidad's motto is, "Life The audiencealso rioticed the qualyour and wiggle ass off" is shprt.Dancenaked ity of LOVE 45. "I've hearda lot about(the Ald while rio onegot naked,thercwascertainly is the fust time I've seenthem. band), but this a lot of wiggling going ori during LOVE's per- ' good. is I'm not bored;everysong Every song formance.

LOVE 45 recendyretumedfrom Seattle, is different."said an audiencemembernamed where they collaboratedwith 3 Doors Down "Skirmy."

Theirstunningacousticprecisionwasnot singer Chris Hendersonon LOVE 45's third members by thingthatcaughtaudience the only 8.P..

The aptly titled The Seaftle Sessions CD, they to also the liveliness brought surprise, but new CD has only four songs,but packs a big '"They'rehigh-energy. got a They've the stage. punch with a wide range of fast paced,high, great more than any of sound.

They're energetic well as energysongsthat one aoulddanceto, as the otherbandsthat havebeenup theretonight," someharder,edgierrock.

'We got challengedwhen we met Chris BrendaHesssaid.

Shewasright; theseguyswere all over the .

Hendersonftomtheband3 DoorsDown, andhe place.

Trinidad dancedand moved all over the kitrdatook us rmderhis wing andhe challenged and Elster was shakinghis gtoove thing stage, us to keepwriting better songsand kinda get to along with him. The music that LOVE 45 right great that higherlevel ofmusicianshipandwrite plays is not what most would call dancemusic,' songs and challenge (ourselves)at rehearsal. 'but it hasa definitebeatthat infects its listeners And beforethat,we thoughtwe weredoing that,. gnd were leamedthat we were close to doing andmakesthemwant to move.

LOVE 45 performed for an hour, all that but we neededthat fine-tuning which he origrnalsqnt, *;th exceptionoftheir final song kindi pulled out ofus," reflectedTrinidad.

The band gathers many inspirations of the evening,the classicCheapTrick tune, "I for their music from a variety of places, For WantYou to Want Me." They had the audience Messina,it's the ftrill of performing with his primed for excitemenl so when they startedto sing the CheapTrick song,the crowd burstwith banfuates. "Just playing with thgse guys inand started to sing along. Apart anticipatlon spiresme. I'm up until 2 am doing researchand homeworkjust becauseI know if we get it (their from the fact that "I Want You !o Wanl Me" is a hugely known aod widely recognizablesong, music)out there,it's gonnatakeoff.

Elster saysthat his best inspirationcomes LOVE 45 used it to draw the crowd into their performance.

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LeadguitaristPaulTrinidad.fr.,center,of the local band Love45 performs -Jimat The SoiledDove ' i1 Messina.

MickiShiversand August9 with band membert from left ,DannyElster, Another thing that setsLOVE 45 apartis that theseguys are not just out to make it big for themselves;they have found a way to give back to their community.They try to perform regularly at American Cancer Society events, including"Climb for lhe Cure."

Oneofthe besfthingsaboutgoingto seea is the quesmusicianor bandin its adolescence, tion of whetherthey wi[ somedaymakeit big in ttremusic industry,andhoping to own the brag-

ging rights of saying "I saw them before they werefamous."With LOVE 45, thereis no doubt that they will somedayhave fans braggingthat they paid $6 to seeLOVE 45 play at the Soiled Dove before they were huge rock stars. And makeno mislake,theseguyswill be famous.

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byOvb Sta* - Thetul&Cpolit4l JasonMraz playsto a nearlysold-outcrowd July30 at the PanmountTheater.

The lights dim i1 f1s ParamountTheater July 30, anda tall, thin mantakâ&#x201A;Źsthe.stage.The crowd alreadyat thebrink ofanticipation bursts into cheersand screams.On his way to center stagehe stumbles,but catcheshimself quickly and slides onto his'piano bench. The already screamingaudienceyells evenlouder for a momentandthenhushasJasonMmz startswhathe doesbest- piayingmusic.

The song starts orit as a quiet and almost timid whisper from his piano, but then Mraz stadsto sing and the song comesto life.

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The crowd once againeruptsinto screamsand cheers.The audienceis entrancedby the infectious pop beat and catchy lyrics and they stan to sing andrnove along with Mraz, who is now beamingwith what appearsto be joy and pride

that the audiencelikes what they are hearinl.

And why wouldn't they? He is, after all, the headlinerofthe show.

Mr^z, a 20-something ernergingmu- sician, seems.wisebeyond his years when he describeshis take on the world. For elample, Mraz wrestles with self-doubt in "The Remedy," when he says"You can turn off the sun/ but I'm still gonnashine."

But perhapsmoreprophetic,aretheverses that precedethe selfdoubt exarnination,"I heard . two men talking on the radio in a Cross Fire kind of new reality shod Uncoveringthe ways to plan the next big attacldThey were cormting down the daysto stabthe brotherin the/ be right back after this catastrophe."In these verses, Mraz seemsto be commentingon, while almost makingfun of, our govemmentandthe way that they canplot againstothernationswhile making it seemlike an ad campaign.

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"Ifmore peoplewere in thejob they liked, there woult be less stressin thrcwodd," Hunt said.

This is one of the purposesbehind the cajeer interest testing sessionsbeing held on are one campusthroughAug. 25. The sessions of severalservicesoffered by the EOC, a federally-fimded, non-profit guaranteethrough the CommunityCollegeof Denver.

On Tuesday,Aug. 5, Hrmt held the first session,in which about 10 attendeestook a free test called the Career Assessmâ&#x201A;ŹntInventory which gaugedthe person'slikes and dislikeson specificactivities.Thosewho completedthe test could thensetup an appointmentwith an adviser to find out whatjobs may be suitablefor them. "tt shouldgive you somefeedbackso you can tally yow interests,"Hunt said. 'lt's not meantto makeyou go 'Oh, that's what I want to be,' or tell you what you want to do."

While the testsare mostly aimed at those who are rmclear on what their career interests are,it canhelp somefigure out othercareerpaths 'they may want to ty, shesaidOne attendee,Tammy Pined, 40, already hasajob asa haii stylist, but is looking for ajob that pays better, possibly with retirement bâ&#x201A;Źnefits. Shetook the test to seewhat her interests were,eventhoughshealreadyhasan interestin the medicalfield.

"I'd like to be a nurse,matbe," shesaid."I lilg things to do with people;I'm goodat working with the public."

One assumptionis that college students don't need lo lake these tests becausethey already know what they want to do, but Hunt disagrees.

"I think (the tests) can help college students clariry what their goals are," Hunt said.

'Either it can substantiatewhat they suspect their goals are, or it might identiry something new they might want to investigate."

Metro shrdent Anthony Shellman, who hasbeenundeclaredsincehe enrolledrwo-and-

Robert Brazzell, 15, fills out a career assessmenttest August 5 at a Community College of Denver program sponsored ' by the EducationalOpportunity Center and hosted by Yvette Hunt. Brazzell attended the program with his father and b ro th e r and he hopes to get hel p determi ni ng hi s careergoal s. a-halfyearsago,saidhe hopesthe testgives him beentold not to look into the artsandthings like in suite 340 in the Administration Building on you won't makemuchmoney." thatbecause campuson Aug. 2l and 25 at 5:30 p.m. For somedirection.

Although the EOC's target group is low- more information on the testsor the EOC, call "Right now, I don't know what I want to do at all, so I'm hoping(the test)will give me a income,first generationpersons,thosewho are (303) 629-9226or visit the office in AbMIN push," he said. the first in their family to attendcollege, their suite 325.

More than not findirig anything that has servicesare availableto anyonefor freg. particularly piqued his interesg Shellnan said "There are people out to become somehe's nevergoneafter a careermatchingwith his thing, but don't know how to do that," Hunt said."We want to help themidentif, what career currentinterests.

"I am interestedin arts and music and is bestfor them." things like that " he said. "But I've basically The last two testing sessionswill be held

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II]ilPING TOWAND FilEEDO ]il Oh pride, have I let you go so far from This is an ttausual story but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who'd say that we arenl living in unusual times. I have a friend with whom I've bee[ in sporadic correspondence since he left the Texas desert for the one in lraq.

He has agreed to r€late his story for the rc&rs of the Meaopoliraz as it unfolds in front 6f hirn. |ls has found himself in the middle of a war that few will understand and even fewer will admit is still waged. At times I have known hin o be wildly potriotic - he has been in two branches ofthe armed service - br.rtbecauseof the nature of his pedicament, he wishes for the time to remain nameless.

This is part-six of a series of stories attempting to iUustrate a c.ross-section of this conflict. He has found himself, like so many other Arnericans before him, waiting for a ticket home.

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A sergeant came and helped him back to their mobile office. which was the back of the truck he hadjust fallen out of. There, they took off his boot to examine the injury. ln less than two minutes it had swollen to alnost twice its normal size.

'I went to the sick-call only to be tumed away and told to come back at 0700- Iflhen I did come back I was informed by a real.medic tlat I should have been seen immediatelyThey were goirg to send me out for Xrays, but then a medical Capcin came in and looked at me as though she may decide to amputate my head at any moment."

He was sent back out with a pair of crutches, some Motrin for the swelling, and an ace bandage.

"I distinctly heard her say that I should receive enough 800 milligrams Motin to last for five days, with a dosage level of three per day. I left with eight pills.

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"Anyhoq if things couldn't g€t worse, I -1 _ sprained my anlle jumping down from a fiveton last night and it's the size ofa softball."

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Gimacing in pain, he rolled onto his back, and elevated his ankle. The truck he had just jumpedft6m loomed above him in the darkness.

He has jupped from the samc truck on countless otherbccasions without iircident. This time howevgq,hadbeenpunctuatedby the loud popping offils ankle as he landedon a large roll of cables left haphazardly on the ground. "lt causedmy ankle ro nvist rrnnanlally to the inside and crack audibly in complaint. An htense.piin streaked to my brain as I caught myself ort.the fender ofthe truck- I rolled to a lying position and elevated the injued appendage until the pain subsided enough for me to see."

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Throughout this time of intense pain, he remembercd saessing to his survival-instinct driven mind not to swallow anv of the foul tasting tobacco stuffed in his lip. ."As I lay on my back dealing with this new madness, I couldn't help but notice that there was no one arormd to help me. I.was alone. Had I received a bullet wound or something more sever than a sprained ankle I would have surely perished. It was good to know that in a combat zone no one notices a soldier rollins around in obvious distress."

Nearly blind with discomfort, he hopped on€-legged around to the front of the big truck where he found a soldier smoking a cigarette.

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"God bless smokers. One of these excellent folk ofhigh esteemjust happened to be outside fumigating his lungs as I rormded the grill.

This astute member of the elite smoker class. whom I happen to know by face and name and consider a casual acquaintance, inquired as to my well being, to which I relayed an abbreviated version ofmy predicament, all the while blasting anything in my path with high-pre$sure spit.

Unable to beg for help, I had him go get one of my coworkers, -under precedence of giving him the satellite morale phone I'd been using.

I can hear it now: 'So Grandpa, how'd you get hurt in the war in lraq?'

'Oh sonnn I was using a satellite phone io call iorr Grandma and jumped of a truck, spraining my ankle, Hurt Uke hell, too.'

'But grandpa, weren't you infantry, didn't you have !o fight at all?'

'Well, yes and no. I was infantry, but the

I stayed awake until nearly 1000 hours that momin& then had !o wak€ W and go back to work by 1800 that evening. Needless to say, I didn't shavq or bathe. I barely had time to piss.

Today one the specialistsI work wilh was pissed off- When I asked what was wrong, he related the following tale: 'Today one ofthe cooks fell out and went into shock. I'm combat lifesaver trained (combat lifesavers are soldiers trained at in-depth first aid and help stabilize others long enough for real medics to show up) and I knew that she needed an IV right then- Nobody who had a Combat Lifesaver's bag had any IVs! I mean, we're in a friggin' desert and nobody who's supposed to have fVs has thern! These assholes tried to give her water to drink but you know as well as I do that it ain't gonna help, Sarge, not when she's already in shock. I mean. she had dilated ouoils and shortened breathing -d'everydring. She was this close to total systemicshock...'

He held up a thumb and forefinger in very close proximity to one another. ''...and they movedher.'

His eyes went wide and I knew he'was a,mlzed at the careless manner in which this soldier's life had beenhandled. Ttris young man is an infantryman, same as me, and we know people die. It's just hard to watch them die due to negligence on the part oftheir unit. Dying in combat is one thing, but dying because your buddy, who you're trained to hust with your life since day one, is too damned lazy to carry a few IVs

around; that's a different kind of sorry right there.

Yet, with a quick tV this soldier, one of America's fighting finest, would have been in no risk ofdeath from shock.

body pulled a drive-by on one ofthe checkpoints today, I tbink tbey killed one ofours. The locals said they'd bc back tonight, too.

Lots of civil unrest aa the tour plays on, and I'm not due to vacate until late (Winter) so we'll see how that works out,"

I know the headlines will never read 'Soldier dies due to gross negligence and utter worthlessness of Atmy as a v/hole and fellow soldiers in panicular.' But maybe it should.

I have no idea what became ofthe fernale soldi€r who collapsed here todat who was so poorly thought of by her companions."

"The medics said to come back in five days for reevaluation to see if I need an x-ray, but I think it'll be alrigbt. I can kinda walk on it today and it, so it's getting better- Just sucksis all.

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Brewing among the chatter is talk of bowling, beer, everydaylife, and art.Art may not be a usualbowling alley topic, but amongteams of Denver's community,it's the norm.

arts," shesaid."The biggesttheat is peoplethinking the artsaren'tessential."

Phil Bender,1979Metro graduateand founder of Pirate:A ConternporaryArt Oasis,gavea morehumorouspurposefor theevent.

"It's sothey'll say'Well,if theybowl thatgood, I wantto seewhatkind of art theymake."'

ChrisCarterfollowsthroughwhilebowlingat ElitchLanes.in DenverAugust 9 at a fund raiserfor the Museumof Contemporary Art. Carterand his friendshavea traditionof wearinga helmetfor the seventhframe.

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Theideafor a bowlinscomoetitionwas a collaborationbetweenMCA Director Cvdnev and Denver DJ Patrick Todd Colletti, from High HouseProductions.

Colletti,30,occasionally throwsbowlingparties for the DJ comrnunityofDenver at which crews of DJscompâ&#x201A;Źteandat the endof eachhourthe crew with thebestbowling scoresendsoneoftheir DJsto play on the decksfor the next hour.Colletti thought the ideacould spin off into the art community.

"It's important to get groups of people that havesomethingin commontogetherno matterwhat differences,"he said."That'sthe problemwith the world, for the mostpart, is that no one canmakethe time or canget togetherand talk about,like, stuff."

While theMCA hasneverheldbowlingcompetitions, they do firndraisersat least once a year.

Miller said the museumhopedto raise $4.000with $10a ticket and400 people,but saidher estimate, press iime, was that they only raised $2,000. Some

msmbersof the art communitv such as art owner William Havu, 56, have attendedevents the art community,but nothinglike this. "l find this very refreshing, however,because it is just a night out to do somethingyou wouldn't do, like bowting. But to get togetherat the sametime, that's the key, and to Dortthe museumat the sametime."

The MCAs goal to get the art community togetheris an important one, accordingto Cordell TaylorGallery owner lvar Zeile,36.

"Denverhasoneofthe bestgallery comrnrmities or art scenesin (theentire)nation,"hesaid."But because ofcertainaspects oflife in Denver,it's very difficult to makeit seemcohesive.To me, I think all the galleriesshouldbandtogetherto projectDenver as a placeto find greatart. Becauseif you do that, everybodyoutsideis goingto seethat."

Accordingto the ColoradoBusinessCommittee for the Arts, in 2001therewasa $ 1.083billion economicimpact in the seven-countymeho area, generatedby cultural eventsandorganizations.That figureexceedsrevenueproducedby all the professionalsportsteamsandski resortsin the state.

Colleen Fanning, the Art ProgramManager at DenverIntemationalAirport, citedthe report and said eventslike this are importantbecausethey can help to affirm how importantthe arts are, but economic concems aren't the most elements to the ads.

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-Volleyball:set to spike the competition, byJenniGrubbs Thelvhwolian

Volleyballsetting spiking ,standard; opposition Metro volleyball is settingup for another winning year under the tutelageof head coach DebbieHendricks. . This will be Hendricks' fourth year as Meno's headvolleyball coachandher l2th year * of coachingoverall.

To Hendricks,volleyball is "a greattraining mediumfor life," becausethe youngwomen are "moving into the adult world." Being involved in a team sport helps thern through the transition,shesaid. , "I personallyenjoy being involved with young ladiesat a critical time in their life," she said.

Hendrickssaid she tnes to run her team -with discipline while allowing for the fun parts of practiceand being a team. She said her but coachingphilosophyis constantlychanging, right no-wit is functioning in an enjoyable,but disciplinedmanner.

"We have to enjoy what we're doing," shesaid- .

She said that discipline comesout in the way shecoaches,teachingandrefining the gids' ball conhol skills and how to set the tempoof a -game. Theseskills are a large part of a tearn's success,Hendrickssaid.

Shesaidshehasa very specificway ofdoing things and shehopesher teambuys into and developsaroundher philosophy.

This year's teamwill be small, Hendricks sai4 in both number and in height, with 12 playen, ll of whom range from five feet six inchesto five feet 11inchesand one red-shirted ;freshmanat six feet. The team consistsof four seniors,four sophomoresand three freshmen; eight playersarereturning.

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MetroStateheadvolleyballcoachDebbieHendrick,left,work on a drill with her playersat an afterncionpracticeAugust1I at the EventsCenter. fanie Allison andAlana Sweetare new recruits who made big waves at their high schoolsin Conez,Colo..andRawlins.Wyo. "They both were highly dwarded,both

'I thinkwe're alI acompetitivegroup, 'and we don't enjoyJg*:*; to make up for in athleticism and our style of play," ' Hendrickssaid.

Another strengtlrthat makesup for sizeis stong leadership,Hendrickssaid.

"Anytime you've got four seniors,that's huge," she said. "The leadershipis amazing. â&#x201A;Źut, I have high expectationsof that leadership."

"As this team comesinto its own. we're going to be very competitive.

Senior setter Devon Herron is retuming after last year's sbrnning All-Anerican, All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferenceand XMAC player of the yearhonors.

"Devon will be outstandingbecauseofthe excellenceof the group aroundher," Hendricks said.

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North Alabama. The next week the Roadrunners will host the Colorado Premiere Challenge, where Hendricks said they are guaranteed to play four strong teams.

"We've got a tough schedule," she said.

However. Hendricks has confidence her team can handle the pace, One of the phenomenal accomplishments of last year's team was an l8-game winning streak, both at home and on the road. Yet, Hendrick discounts that feat.

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amounts to unwanted pressureand, in most cases,such a streak is just the nature of the schedule.

Hendricks was involved in their recruita lossis thebestthing,"Hen"Sometimes ment alongwith assistantcoachTodd Raasch. drickssaid."We don't leamasmuchfiom a win She said they look for the right rnix bf athleti- aswe do from a loss," cism and training along with a personalitythat Shesaidthat a lossallows the teamto see fits, cornpetitiveness and a high commitmentto wherethey can improve. education.

"There'sa lot of worth to a loss," HenShe said Metro volleyball has a long- dricks said."It servesa purposeto evaluateand standingtradition of winning and she doesnot change."Yet,shesaid,"I think we're all a cornwant0ochangethat. petitivegroup,andwe don't enjoylosses."

"We only wantto bring in athleteswho are She reiteratedthat she thinks this year's commitM to win," Hendrickssaid. teamis oneofthe mostcoinpetitivegroupsshe's Shesaidthat right now in practicethey are coachedat Meto. "kind of fine-tuningtechnique."

"I think they'll take losing very hard, but But already the team is looking for a they're matureenoughto handleit," Hendricks tough opening weekendagainsttop lGranked said.

Augustan4 Hendenon State, St. Edwardsand leaders and top players in their programs," Hendricks said.

Another feat last year's team accomplishedwasbeingl9-l on theroad.

Yet, Hendrickssaid one of her goals is to be even strongeion the road, but in a different way from the WL ratio. "[ hope we're even stronger mentally away," she said."We needto strive to play our very beston the road.

Her biggestgoal for this year is to competewell at Regionals.

Thecrucialpartofreachl lhough. I ing thatgoalis gettingto Regionals.

"Thereare a lot of solid teamsin our rel gion.Wewantto makesurewe'reoneof them.'l shesaid.

I "We're all going to be about the samJ size," shesaid,but thereare"a lot ofplayers that canmakea difrerence,be the go-to player."

Anothergoal would beto attractmoreofa crowd at homegamesthis year.

"We put a good product on the floor," Hendrickssaid.

"Someofthe moreprominentfigureheads have been in attendance,"Hendricks said, but shewould like to seemore studentsattendand supportthe team.

Hendricks said she expects the young womenin the programthis yearto go far. "\ffe just haveto stayhealthy,"Hendricks. said.

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fn" soccer field has been watered and I lgroomeaall summerlong in anticipationof the Metro soccerteam'sreturn.The stageis set for the lady Roadnmnersto come back and seek ,their vengeanceagain againstany who dare to bet foot on their turf. en"r their successfrrl,yet startling I hnish to lastyear's season,the ladiesareprimed , to startanotheryearwith high expectations.

"Last year we came out of nowhere. including ourselves,thought we could [.{obody, 'rnake it to the final four. Oncewe got into it and startedhaving somesuccess,we knew that we could do well, but it definitelywasn't a preseasongoal," saidheadcoachDannySanchez, l'This year, obviously,now everybody's,real blich6,shootingfor us,but I think it's legitimate. lUa t tnnt ttreptayersrealizenow that more is - expectedof them and they're going to have to perform evenbetterto get to the samepoint."

Considering that 2002 was Sanchez's first seasonat Metro, he was ableto accomplish what nobody elsehad for a very long time - he coachedthe wqmen'ssoccerteamto a National Championship,and then broughtthe championship trophy home. The Metro women's socc€r team finished 19-3-3 overall for all of their games;they averaged471 shotsper period, as - opposedto their competitors(meaningall opponentsin division) averageof 199;which means that the team has a lot to live up to, especially the newcomers. *I think that last year's success,esp€cially for the retumers, they know there's a high level of expectationthis year, so they put it on themselvesto be more focusedand more preparedthanlastyear," said Sanchez,"And the

SecondyearMetro Statewomen'ssoccercoachDannySanchezoverseesmorningpracticeon the field adjacentto the TivoliStudentUnionAug, 12. Sanchezhopesto continuethe successof lastyear'ssquadand returnwith his Roadrunnerteamto the FinalFour. their greatlegacyisn't had to do.

Keeping his team in top physical form is a big priority to Sanchez.If a player comes into the s€asonout of shapeor unpreparedthen, "There is 22 playerswho want to play so it usually sonsitselfout," saidSanchez.

Sanchezassuresthat this teamis readyto climb backto thetop ofthe nationalrankingand defeatall who standin the way of thernrepeating their National Championshipvictory when he sai4 "We havecommongoals."Sanchezalso said,"If you can get themto work hard for you, you're gonnahave success.Fortunatelyfor us, theplayersthat areon the teamboughtinto what

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incomingplayers,I thinh realizethe success that we had and that's why most of them are here,becausethey want to play at that level and competefor a nationalchampionship."

Sanchezis preparing even more so this . yearthan last becausehe said that the non-conferencescheduleis muchtougher,asfar ascompetitors are concemed,than last year. He and DaveMorganandJenelle his assistant coaches, Brandthavebeenpreparingthe teamfor a tough year of comp€titionboth at homeandabroad.

Sanchezsaid that he is excited to play -against West TexasA&M and Regis, which weretwo oftheir toughestcompetitorslastyear.

He stressedthat away gamesare challengingto the coachesand playersmentally and physically, "When we go on the road we really have to cometogetherasa t€am.Wehaveto be mentally preparedfor everygame."Oneofhis sayingsis, '"The next game is the most important." So to r keepthat mentality,Sanchezrelies upon his assistantsto keepthe teammotivated,which after

myself andDaveMorganwere doingandI think thathelpedus facilitateour leamingcuwe."

Keepingthe teamfocusedand united can be a dauntingtask,especiallyfor a coachwhose team doesn't live togetherthe way that most other college and univenity leamsdo, but Sanchezworkshardto promotethatin his playen.

"We try to get them togetheras much as we possiblycanon andoff the field.Reallythe main thing I harp on them about is to respect eachother,the program and the coaches.They don't necessarily haveto like (eachother)all of the time,but ifyou respectthemthenyou'll be fine,"saidSanchez. includedhavstrategies Oneof Sanchez's ing someofhis playersassistin the soccerclinic that Metro hostedthis summer.It was the first year that Metro women'ssoccerhosteda soccer camp.Thecampwasfor girls ages7-18ranging in skill abilitids. "It went very well for the fint year.We got a lot of kids involved and got our nameout there," said Sanchez.

duringa Roadrunner takesa shotonthe6eldnextto theTivoli Brough MetroStatejuniorJJ women'ssoccerscrimmageAugust 12 as teammateMeishaPykewatchesfrom the background.

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