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UnderHouseBill 1315,also known as the 'lStudentBill of Rig!ts," educatorswould be bannedfrom discriminating or creatinga hostile environment for students basedon theirpolitical or religiousbeliefs.It alsorequiresthe goveming boardsof collegesand universities to adopt policies and proceduresenforcing students' rights.

Supporten of the measure,sponsoredby Rep. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield,say the rulesneedto be in placeto protectstudentswho feel intimidated or threatenedby professors They claim the professorsare giving them low gradesandaremakingclasses moredifficult for them.

Metro haspoliciesand procedurerin place for studentswho believe they are being discriminatedagainstby facultymembers.

"The collegetreatsseriouslyandthoroughly anyandall complaintsby students accordingto theseexisting policies and proiedures,"said Metro Interim PresidentRay Kieft in an emailedstatementLawmakers, who votedin favorofthe bill in a Housecommitt€emeetingFeb.25, said they witnessedsomeof the concernswhena heated Phobs by Joshua lr\rton- TheMetnplitan confrontation unfoldedin front of them.

Universityof Coloradoat Boulderstudent atniversity of Colo_radoPresident Elizateth- Hoffman, left, addressesthe Colorado House Education Committee Feb.25 in the old Supreme Court Chambers at the Capitol. Rep. Shawn Mitch€ll, R-Broomfield, right, is the sponsor ofHouse Bill 1315.

Ian Van Buskirk testifredin supportof the bill that day telling committeemembers,"Let's senda chillingeffectto thesefacultymembers."

Wlen Van Buskirk finishedhis testimony,he was confrontedby Metro philosophyprofessor Tim Gould.

VanBuskirktoldcommitteemembers Gould saidto him, "Seada chilling message, and I'll

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Members of th€ College Republieens talk rbout topics that would be discuss€d concernitrg the Student Bill of Rights, before addressing the Colorado House Education Committee at the Capitol in the old Supreme Court Chamben.

The House Education Committee voted unanimouslythis Mondayin favor of allowing College students could see tuition increase votersto decidein Novemberwhetheror not to up to three times the cunent amount, which for makecollegesanduniversities freeenterprises. full-time Metro studentscould be over $4,500 a The amendment, House Resolution 1004, year, if state funding is cirt to help solve budget would loosen the restrictions of the Taxpayers' problems.

Bill of Rights,possiblyraisingthe Iimit ofstate Sen. Ron Teck, R-Grand Junction, said. fundsa highereducationinstitutioncanreceive, if another solution doesn't present itself, the which is cunently l0 percent. state will be forced to cut funding to colleges Metro CommunicationsDirector Cathy and universities by at least $450 million, but Lucassaid PresidentRay Kieft will not comthe cuts could top $500 million over the neit ment on the possibility of Metro becoming three years. a private institutionuntil he readsthe higher Teck said he doesn't see institutions becomeducationbudgetfor nexl year. ing totally private "The JBC hasnot ieleasedthe higheredu"We would make sure that the universities cationbudgetnumbersyet," Lucassaid."Until or colleges that are affected could increase that is released, Dr. Kieft feelsuncomfonable their tuition," Teck "That said.

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speculatingon whether or not privatization is an option for higher education."

Teck also said the state would not be able to increase financial aid to help students cope with the increase. Studentswould have to find a ''privale or other option for lurancial aid."

Teck admitted the natural consequencewould be that many would not be able to a{ford higher education,a condequenceothers feel would hurt Colorado in the long run.

"A highly educated workforce helped in driving up the economy in the '90s," Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Durango, said. "We are going to hurt in the future ifour younger generationsdon't have accessto (higher) education."

Wlile Isgar admitted there is a problem with the state budget, he said he is concemed

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by William Mmrc- TheMetloplinn Hors€ trainer Marco Diaz demonstrateshis ability_with r rop€ leb. 23 at a ranch outside ofAurora. Diaz, 21, has practic€d his.trick roping-sincehe was 7 years old. Trick roping is a skill that wasbriginally developedby spanish cowboysfor practicai reasonsand has since evolved into an srt.

Athletes dine for free (amongthem) is $2,000 plus books and room but I have gotten quite enoughtbrough Metro andboard." withoutit."

TrreM*rcplitan Crookhamplaces the maximum room stiUCD student Kellee Smith earned the and boardstipend Colorado Scholanhip, which is awardedto Metro Athletes are a common fixture at pendat $2,115per semester per sernester.

Biology majors at M€tro and UCD. Smith the Daily Grind, due to their room and board at $1,372.50 Ten Metro men's basketballplayers are on considersthe .mom and board fixding to be an scholarshipstipehd. In a recent review of athletic funding this school year, studentsare athletic scholarships.They room at the Teikyo exampleofthe scholarshipprogrambias.

"I think it's not fair: I think academicsare recognizingthe specialbenefitsnot receivedin Loretto Heights University in Denver. Their roon and board stipend allows them to eat at more important than athletics by a long shot," all scholarships.

Student Trustee Harris Singer finds the the dormitory cafeteriaand the Daily Grind on Smith said. "They (the school)should do to academics astheydo to athletics." issueof room and board scholarshipfunding to Smith believes academicstudentsfocus @ controversial. more on their studieswhile athletesfocus more "Being a cornrnutercollege,room andboard on playing. should not be a consideralionin how Metro "You don't play,you don't get the money," gives out scholarships,"Singersaid. "I don't ' Srnithsaid. know how wise il is for the collegeio budget Crookhambelieves.athletics is an important athleticsthat way and not every otherstudent." partof the school.

ScholarshipCenter Director Cindy Hejl "Successin the field is success in the classexplained that there is a difference betqreen room.'iCrookhamsaid.

AthleticandAcademicscholarships.

Two of the most notableathleticcontribu"The Athletic Deparhent has control over tions are fr.md raising and school advertis+ most of their funds," Hejl said. "we are the ment. Accordingto theIntercollegiate Athletics middlerpan(in processing the scholarships)."

Departunent, Metro spolts generated$400,000 Academicscholarshipsfollow a different throughfund raisingand $35,000in ticket sales processthrough the SgholarshipCenter and lastyear. the chosen academic department. The main Metro Spons Information Director Tredt diFerencesare the food plan and the amount Nielsen said as many as 67,915 spectators of funding. attendedMetro'shomeand away gamesin the "Athletic scholarshipsvary; they can 2002-2003season.Men's Basketball attracted include food and do full rides," Hejl said. theAuraria campus.

The women'sbasketballplayers room at 31,963spectators lastyearandivon theDivision "Academic has no full rides; it's not how they The Parkway apartments and eat only at the II Championship ilr 2000and in 2002,when it typicallywork." airedon CBS. Hejl explainedthat theAthleticDepartm€nt Daily Grind.

Metro studentand basketballplayer Kristin Metro Athletic Director Joan McDermott tries to give as much moneyto as many student Hein, whosescholarihipplayeda big partin her couldnot be reachedfor comment.but shewas athletesastheycan. quotedlast semesteron the importanceof Metro For example,Hejl explained,the depart- cominghere,wasrecruitedout of state.

"I choseto comeherebecausetherewere athletics. ment could dole out $10,000to a few.athletes "The school has really championedour for full ride scholanhipsor the sane amountper more scholarshipsand a better Adult Fitness year to twice asmany students,but would cover Deparfrnent,"Hein said. "Any funding helps; program,"McDemrottsaidin an articleOct. 30, anythingis a greatbenefit,(because) basketball 20O3in TheMetropolitan."Our dsparftnenthas only half of theirexpenses. is so demanding." helpedthe imageof this institution."

According to Brian Cookham, Metro's 'There is otherfundingthat is not school Metro studentErika Derr believesnot al1 Assistant Athletic Director and men's soccer academic scholarshipSshould have roorn and dollars or taxpayer's dollars," Singer said. coach,athletesvary on the ty'peof scholanhips board. Derr applied for four academicscholar- "Private scholarshipscan fund room and board, theycanreceive. insteadof thecollegeusingits own dollars."

"Each sport .has individual limits and ships,totaling$9,000dollarsannually.

"It is always nice to have extra money, scholarshigs,"-C-rooldamsaid. "The. av.erage

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Denveris hometo the deadliestandmost energy-inefficienlrail-transit system in the country,accordingto a new studyrecentlyreleasedby the Independence Institutethink tanl.

RTD officials and the Golden-based Institute are clashingdver allegationsmade by instituteamliateand transitresearcher Randal O'Toole in the study titled, "The Great Rail Disaster."

The study siys six people died in pedestrianor vehicle collisions with Regional Transportation Districtlight-railcarsfrom 1994 through2001,whichO'ToolesaidmakesRTD thedeadliest rail agencyperpassenger-mile.

"RTD is well knownfor operatinga safe and elEcient system." said RTD spokesman ScottReed,iri response to the charges Reedsaidof the six light-railfatalitiesat RTD,threeinvolvedtrainsandpedestrians, one . resultedfrom an autocollisionwith a train and two weresuicides.He saidRTDwasnotcitedin anyoftheseincidents.

The first pedestrian fatality was in October 1994,whena 5O-year-old manranin ftontof a light rail trainat l5d andCalifomiastreets.

In Augustof2000,anotherpedestrian was killed when he attemptedto board a train as it pulledout ofthe stationat Westl0t Avenueand OsageStreet.The auto fatality occurredwhen the driver went arounda lowered safetybar on to the tracksandwas hit.

In three of the light rail fatalities, the people who died were "intoxicated well above the legallimit" accordingto Reed.

Additionally, a light rail transit system in Sall Lake City operatedby the Utah Transit Authority has had six fatalities since its establishmentin 1999.This would result in a higher fatalityratethanDenver'sRTD. Since2001, RTD's light rail systemhas hadno otherfatalities.

Reed cited the award RTD received in 2003, namingit the besttransitagencyin North America,said safetywas one of the biggesr evaluationcriteria.

RTD alsoreceivedthe performanceaward from the American Public TransportationAssociation,an industry trade group. O'Toole ' with thatendorsement. disagrees "We'resafe,"he said,"as long as RTD doesn'tbuild anymorerail lines."

But more rail lines in the Denvermetro areaare exactlywhat have been proposedin programplan.

RTD'sFasTracks The $4.7billion proposalawaitsvoterapproval this Novemberand, accordingto RTD's Website,would increaseRTD's salestax from thecurrent.4 centsper$1 to a full pennyper$1.

The plan alsoincludesthe construction of over I l9 milesof light rail andcommuterrail,aswell as l8 milesofbus rapidnansit.

O'ToolealsosaidRTD Light Rail led the nation in energy consumptionper passengermile in comparisonwith systemsin 22 other cities nationally.RTD _saidthat conclusionreffectedthe agency'sown mistakesin reporting its energyconsumplionfiguresto the national database O'Tooleused.

O'Tooleis in chargeofthe Independence Institute'sCenterfor the AmericanDream,set up to promotehome o*nership and automobile travel and to opposeplanning that emphasizes public transit and higherdensityhousing.

JonCaldara.former RTD boardchairman and current opponentof FasTracks,headsthe Institute.

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Nursing progtamhits Metro both Metro andthqnursingprogram,"Metro DirectorofCollegeCommunications CathyLucas said.Due to the nationalnursingshortage,she said, ir is important to allow studentswho alreadyhave a degreeand want to becomenumes to do so more quickly.

Metro is partnering with Exempla Saint JosephHospial, KaiserPermanente and Colorado PermanenteMedical Grouo to offer thb program. accelerated The three partnersdonated$394,000for its launch, part of which paid for a state-ofthe-artlab with a trainingtool calledSim-man, byJamiCrrubbs which can talk and breathe.hasa headbeatand pulse,can show painby moaningand can reTheMehorylitan ceiveinjections.

On Feb.8, 3l sndentsentereduncharted "We knowthatit's ourjob to trainthenext tenitory at Metro. generationof caregivers,"said Barb Weru, vice They becamepart of the first semesterof presidentof patientservicesand chief nursing Metro's new AcceleratedNursing Program. omcer at ExemplaSt. JosephHospital."We The programallows up to 32 bachelor's hopeto give thesenursesnot only a good scidegree-holdingstudentsper semesterto become encqbackground but alsotheart ofcaring." registerednursesin oneyear.

The cost of the program for studentsis Thereis alreadya waiting list to get into about$22,000,which includestuirion,lab fees, theprogmm. booksandhealthinsumnce.

Lucassaid. '(Sarting this program)was importantto Each studentwho goes through the pro-

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Student government questioned;student removed from meeting presentinghii questions,meminappropriately bersagreedthat morehad to be doneto reach out to students.

"I think (Chandler's)questionsare fair," A studentwas askedto leavethe Student said Krista Kauftnann,SGA Vice Presidentfor (SGA) Assembly meeting Govemment on Academic Affairs. "We shouldn't Thursday after he became riled,

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questioning the SGAs delay in filling two vacant positions.

"Why are these positions continuing to be unfilled?" asked Metro studentChris Chandler.

Chandler went on to point out that it was his understandingone of the reasons former SGA President Felicia Woodson was removed from office was her lack ofeffort to fill the empty positions.

"Some of this is a misconception," said SGA President Linda Cordova. "l'm not doing what Fellcra was doihg at all."

. The positions currently open are Vice President for Student Services and Vice Presidentfor StudentOrgaizations.Thesepositionshavebeenopenfor abouttwo months.

Chandler questionedwhether the SGA had done anythingproductive,sayingstudents barelyknewabouttheh studenlgovemment,let aloneany accomplishments.

Chandleralsoaccusedthe SGA of tuming down applicationsof fully qualifiedapplicants.

He mentionedLaShantaSmith,who servedon the sGA last year.

Chandler reasonedthat Smith was not considereddue to the problemssurroundingthe previousSGA. When informed that the allofted time to speakwas up, Chandlercontinuedto ask questions and make statementsin a manner some membersthoughtwas"gettingout ofhand."

"What has the SGA done?" -asked Chandler.

While Chandler was asked to leave for

shut students out."

Members agreed to invite Chandler back to the next SGA meeting and have him sit in to seethe projects they are currently working on. SGA members also encourage all studentsto come to the meetinqs every Thursday.

Cordova said Chandler rtr'asnot removed becauseofwhat he said, but the way he said it, in addition to the fact he had exceededthe time limit set on public comments. "l don't think it was the SGA's intent to not hear what (Chandler) had to say," Cordova said, "it was the way he said it." Cordova also said Chandler's concemswere misinformed. . "He's welcome to review the policy manual to see what reasonsare justified," she said.

"There's been no policy violation."

The current SGA policy rnanual statesthat a deadline for ?pplications must not exceed four weeks, but gives no deadline for the placement of members. The policy manual also states that if applications are not in by the deadline, it can be extended.

Kauftnann said some of the students who have applied have become discouraged when they find out thejob was not one that paid hourly. Most applicants, she said, have withdrawn their applications. "lt's not .hourly, and students want an hourly job," Kaufmann said.

Although no decision has been made as of yet, Cordova predictsthe positions will be filled in the next couDleofweeks.

to getinvolvedin gramreceivesa $500scholarship "It's time for physicians andif students agreeto work at ExemplaSt.JosephHospitalaf- the nursingshortageinsteadof watchingit hapter gtaduation,theycanreceiveup to a $15,000 pen,"he said.

He said the program is a great sourceof loan guarantâ‚Źe.

The program requires that a student al- pride for himself andhis group.

Cochran'sgoals for this program are to ready havea bachelor'sdegreefrom an accreditedcollegeor university,but thatdegreecanbe challengeother physiciansinto action and "at a local level, we hope that every place there in virtually anyhing.

There are three prerequisite classes, is a PermanentePhysicianthat there are great however:Anatomy and PhysiologyI and II and nurses."

Wertz said Exempla St, JosephHospital Microbiology.

During the program,studentswill perform wantsthe end resultto be an easein the nursing eight-to-12weeks of clinical rotations both shortage.

Lucas said the threepartnersgot together at ExemplaSt. JosephHospitaland a Kaiser Permanente facility,which, Lucassai4 will be and formulatedthe programover eight months of intensive work betweenMetro and its partintegratedwith classroomwork.

Metro's partnershipwith Colorado Per- ners, Working togetherwaswhat madethe promanenteMedicalGroup,which is a physicians' is thefirstofits kind,saidits direc- gramhappen,Wertz-said. organization, "If we can do this together,we cancome tor, Dr. JackCochan.

"Physiciansdon't havea very big say in up with a programthatwill reallyhelp,"shesaid' thenursingshortage," Cochransaid. she remembersthinking during the planning He said his organizationdecidedto "get phase.

The program has now left the planning offthe sidelines"anddo somethineaboutit. .

Oneof thewaysin whichtht did this was phaseand startedworking toward achieving CochranandWertz'sgoals. throughdonatingto the new Metro program.

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To help constructionand delivery personnel get in and out more easiln Tivoli managementhas asked that the Auraria Policemonitorthe areato makesuretraffic is not stoppingin the roundabout, according to department Sgt.JohnEgan.Egansaidthe roundabout will mostlikely be takenawayin the futureand that the nonh-sideroundabout will eventuallybe closedso that largecranes

needed Electioncommissioners Metro's Student Govemment Assembly needsthree election corffnissioners to ensurethat the upcoming studentgovemment election runs smoothly. The appointment lasts one year and . includes organizing paperwork for next year's election.

For information and application requirements,e-mail Attomey General Robb Rainford at rainford@mscd.edu.

Bell Hooks to be bridge speaker Bell Hooks,an authorandprofessorofEnglish at City Collegein New Yorlqwill be bridging BlackHistoryandWomen'sHistoryMonthsby speakingaboutissuesofrace, gender,and culture.

Regina.Lang, InterimAssociateDirector,saidHookswaschosento bridgethe monthsbecause "shereDresents a movemenlthat is conclusiveof all."

Penniesfor EasterSeals Nineteen Metro organizationscollected $918 in pennies,lastweek and will donate the money to Easter Sealsof Colorado.

Easter Sealsis an organizationthat enhancesthe independenceof children ald adults with disabilities, and is known for their summer camps.

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"It wouldn'tbe funnylooking;it canusually into the desigrrofthe building," He also said the more people purchase Therefore,whichevercompanyoffers the be incorporated renewableenergies,the more the.cost will be cheapestwind energywould becomeAuraria's Wintersaid.

Solar panelsabsorbenergyfrom the sun, drivendownard morejobs will be created. supplier.

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March 17 their decisionon whef'-- or not the wouldie $l per studentper sâ‚Źmester. winter said the solar panel purchaseis a ."wind energyand solar energyprices don't campaignwill go to rtud*t uot".ho Ifthey deeider oa l l o u ,th e i s s u e to b e v o te d " ^ ^ ^Y l .II^' :o.* si ngthatthei ni ti al studentfucfatel i kenatural ga spr ices, ''Sa1r esaid. one. t im ecost , but aspof f c o n 'stu dent s willbe" u r" t" ' " e ' t.i " ;;J ;;]3 ^ :.j 1 Y T -o ,. bearound$64,000fort}refi rst..Ithi nki t' sw astefl nottodoit , ''M et r ost u- wouldbuyam aint enceconf ct .

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The two got within an inch from each othen' face, said House Majority Leader Keith King, who wimessed the squabble.

"He (Gould) was doing exactly the same thing the bill is designed to prevent from happening," he said.

Gould got into another confrontation with a young woman fiom the ROTC after his bout with Van Buskirk, King said. "The professor came up to hqr and intimidated her."

Gould could not be reachedfor comment.

The bill's opponentssay the bill is unnecessary and is being pushed by conservativeswho think colleges and universities acmss the state are too liberal.

"This is just another attempt to take away another aspect of public life," said Rep. Menifireld, D-Manitou Springs. "School vouchers, redistricting lines, Academic Bill of Rights...these are frightening attempts of dictatorship."

Merrifield said conservativestudentsshould speak out about their beliefs instead of creating laws to hide behind. "Get a backbone, stand up for your beliefs, and use the system."

The bill would also send to prospective students and professors outside of Colorado an incorrect messagethat the lack of academic freedom is such a severeproblem that law must be enacted. *HBl315 sends the messagethat academic freedom isn't presentwithin Colorado's institutions ofhigher educationsinceHB l3l5 is perceived to limit a faculty member's ability...to present materials and engage in discussions with students," Kieft said. "Faculty candidates that Metro wishes to attract to the College will shy away from joining the College in fear of being restricted in their ability to exercise academic freedom."

The possibility of not being bble to recruit quality educators might also affect enrollment numbers. "lt createswhat we call a'brain drain,"' said Rep.Angie Paccione,D-Fort Collins. "This bill createsan environment that sendsaway our best and brightesr elsewhere."

The bill will be addressedon the House floor later this week. For more information on House Bill l3l5 and other bills,being carried this legislative session, visit the Colorado General Assembly's Website at !gp1 //ww$'.lcg.statc.co.us.

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intercst to have an educatedpopulationand politically this would makethe statementthat public attention for higher education is being educatingColoradocitizensand their children diverted toward other issues like the football is so unimportantthe stateis unwilling to supscandal at the University of Colorado or the port it.

Academic Bill of Rights. While Isgar said he "We are a highly educatedstaleand many thinks these issues are important, he wants to Coloradoans would be outraged," Foster keep the focus on the financial crisis colleges said."As I envisionit, eliminatingor greatly and universitiesface. so younger generations curtailing state funding to higher education can have accessto higher education. would damageour economy. It would make Isgar said different options must be found.

Coloradounappealing for new businesses andit As for smaller community colleges, Teck is likely thatwe wouldlosesomeofour current said he hopes the slate could use remaining businesses." money from the bu4get to keep them running, Teck Despite the possibleconsequences, but admiBedthat in order to do this colleges and said if anothersolution doesn'tpresentitself universities, like Metro, would have to take the -which he said he hopesit does---cutting the brunt of the cuts in funding. funds for higher educationwill be the only Metro Faculty SenatePresidentand biology option and he will ask the public to vote in professorJoan Foster said it is in the state'sbest November to take "substantial fundins fiom

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From their belts hung a variety of multicolored dildos.

Quickly the men seizedtheinnocentcouple Joel Taqert andboundtheir handsand Columnist feetwith ducttape.

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Mn. Publictheytiedto thebedfor someone to find later, but Mr. Public they pulled up and begandraggingout ofthe room.

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Editor CU Support As I was walking, the other day from classto classI hearda woman yelling from the flagpole. About the whole CU football team beiingrapists.This statementis untrue and biased. Not one CU football player has been chargedwith rape by the Boulder police department. The news mdia and closed-mindedpeople have convicted the University of Colorado, including its own presidenl ElizabethHofrnan who is shifting as much blame as she can, to Gary Bamett and the CU Aftletic Departnen! when she shouldbe taking reqponsibility,as president of the University. Havi4g a war in the media wirh the Athletic Departnent is no way to.dealwith the situation.Rapeis a serious crime and shouldnot be takenlightly. A full investigationshouldbeconducted.Judgment shouldbe helduntil afterthe investigation is completed.I would like to applaudMetro political scienceprofessorOnediaMeranto for her commentsquotedin the Feb. 27 issueof TheMetropolitan.

How would we feel if a Metro basketball or baseballplayer were accusedof rape and the mediabrandedMetro as a schoolof rapists for somethingthat may or may not have happened.How would we feel if our school was divided and underconstantattack every night in the medib.This is what Studentsat CU arefacingeveryday in Boulder.The University'ofColoradois a goodschool,the people who go there are good people.Football players @ non-football players ali\e. We shouldnot let aciusations, althoughserious, destroya collegethat hasexistedsince 1876.

Or,lbe repuations of studentswho happento play football, who mayor may not havedone

ar€ golng to. San Franciscoto get hitched! So saddleup, big boy, 'causeyou got a long ride aheadofyou!" + * r To arms! To arms, fellow patriots, because this couldhappento YOU! Already, roving bands of homosexualshave taken over San Francisco.RememberSodomand Gomorrah?

It's only a matterof time until God wreaks His vengeanceon thesepervertsand destroysthe city in a rainoffire.

Or, mdybe God will speak to George Bush once again and have him hurry the destruction aiongwith somecruise-missile strikes.

I'm sureit's what some of these wingnuts would like.

Our almost-elected leaderhaswamedus: gay marriageis a lhreat to our nation serious enough to warrant a Constitutional amendmentforbidding it.

Not sincethe days of antimiscegenation laws (for- i bidding inter-

racial marriage) has the GOP adopted such a stance of intolerance and hatred. Not since Jim Crow has the Republican Party so sought to deny a group equal rights.

My roommate, P., is a lesbian. She is a mature, wise woman in her early 40s who works as a doctor and owns her own home.

She is scrupulously

law-abidingandworks continuouslyto help the people atound her.

But, the GOP says she shouldn'tbe allowed to marry the person of her choosing.'

In facl these homophobesgo further, equating her lifestyle- asin an oped by Armstrong

Williams in the Denver Post last Sunday- with "bestiality, pedophilia;etc."

This kind ofdemonizationis offensivein theextreme.Bestialityandpedophilia areillegalbecause theyareabusive;thatis, they arenonconsensual.

They have absolutely nofting to do with a loving relationship benveentwo consenting adults.

Srrchcomnents reveal th€ spirit of hatred that the right has,unfortunately,embraced.

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Underlying the talk of'tultural institutions" and "rnoral codes"arethe shrill voicesof Biblical firndamentalists.

Theymay couchtheir intolerance in mild language,but their basic argumentis this: the Bible saysthat God hates gays,so gay marriageshouldbe illegal.

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What ever happened to "Love thy neighborasthyself'?

San Franciscomayor Newsom Gavin hasnlt forgotten Christ's injunction. He obviously recognizesthat these couples just want whal we all want - public recognition of their relationships, and the rights that aftend that rocognition.

It',s heartening to see a man of consclence stand up for the rights of the people he represents.

Nor has our own Mayor Hickenlooper forgotten what compassionis, speakingout in favor of equalrights for gays and aeainstMarilvn Musgrave'shatefulamendmentat a Valentine'sDay rally.

Denver'sRep.Diana Degette also deserves recognition for speakingup.

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By all accounts, an amendment banning gay marriage has little chance ofpassing. '

The proposalis just a sopGeorgeBush is throwing to the far right to prop up his election-yearprospects, but it's one mon! mark of shameon a party with a dirty, shamefulhistory.

With the MassachusettsSuprerne Court decisi6nallowing gay marriageand Newsorn's courageousaction,civil rights havetakena step forward.

Let's hope this progresscontinuesso that soon all gay, lesbian,bisexual and hansgender coupleswill enjoy the samerighs the rest of Americahas.

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It was author and historian William Loren Katz'first visit to Denver,he said, explaining the reasonwhy he had a waterbottle.He shook ' it andthentook a drink.

Katz noticed that many of the peoplein his ' audiencewere readyto take noteson the speech for their classes."Writing down everythingI say is futile," said Katz, who has written over 40 books on the subject of his lectue, "Black Indians."

America'ssimply not Americawithout the Wifd West,jazz or com on the cob.Jazz andcom on the cob?Well, yes, they were not createdby pioneersof the old West,but we wouldn't have either without African-American and Native American cultures,and Katz would argue that the Wild West would not have been the same. without what he termed"Black Indians."

African-American and Native American cultures met through the colonial practice of slavery and later intermarried,Katz said.

One of the many experiencessharedby .

Native and African-Americanswas the Trail of Tears.*The Five Civilizations had a numberof African members.Thousandsofthem,actually," said Katz as he reviewed a slide depicting the Trail of Tears,an event in.which Native Americanswere moved en masseto Oklahomb, IndianTerritoryin 1838.

Fifty-trvo years later, according to one of Katz' books on Black Indians, the frontier had beensettled.Katz wmte in TheBlack Westthat TexasandOklahomawerehometo half a million blackmen,womenan{ c,hildren in 1890.

The old West didn't wear a white face. . he mentionedhow he acquiredthe researchof "Cowboys didn't all look like John Wayne," Kenneth William Porter, a white professor in Katz said- ln the average post-Civil War Oregon. trail creq twb or thee of the eleven men Porter had done decadesof researchinto were African-A.merican,according to Katz. the connection between African-Americans Nol everyoneshot like Joltr Wayne,either and Native Americans, Katz recoun6.

Katz joked about the poor shooringskills of Katz showedslidesofblack pioneerfamilies, cowboys during his lecture in the Tivoli on cowboys,homesteaders, and fur trappers.Katz Thunday,Feb.26. said that miners in the mid 1800swho came The first manshotin DodgeCity wasa black from minority groups were required to pay a cowboynamedTex,Katz said.He fell victim to foreignminer'stax of $4 a monthin Califomia. the terrible aim of men involved in a gunfightat He sharedstoriesof colorful figuresfrom highnoon. the BlackWest,suchas Lucy Parson,who was No known faal shootings ever occuned manied to a white man.Togetherthey beganthe on the setsof westemmovies.Guffights were "Waco Spectator,"a Texaspaper that took on stagedandrehearsed for thelikesofactorsGene the KKK. Autry and Gary Cooper Parsonwas, as Katz observed,aheadof Katz beganhis lecture with picturesof her time. "She was the first woman of color to westem movie stars from the 1930s. Katz becomea socialistrevolutionary"Katz said.She recalledhow he oftenenjoyedthreemoviesfor encouragedfellow membersof the Industrial I I centswhile growingup in New York City.

Workersof the World to stay in on strike to tie "Inevitably,one of thosemovies,if not wo up thefactories.Stayingin to keepout scabswas of the three, were cowboy movies. It didn't not doneuntil decades laterin the 1930s. matterwhat color we were,what neighborhood ThoughParsongave two speeches to the we camefrom.That'swhatwe leamedthe West Industnal Workers of the World, it was Ben was like, and our textbookswere no diflerent," Hodges who Katz recognizes as thâ&#x201A;Ź fastest Katz said. tongue in the West. "He talked the head of In 1950in New York, Katz beganteaching the bank into lending him money, he talked U.S. History in American public schools, the head of the railroad into giving.him a free and the books and coune material "pictured ticket, and even though he was a cattle rustler, blacks as happy under slavery and kind of he almost talked the governor into rnaking bewilderedwhen freedomcame," Katz said. him chief livestock inspector," Katz said.

Katz has,what he calls the good fortune,to Katz haswritten neady40 bookson Africanhave been left in chargeof a great amount of Americanhistory andhasfound muehevidence dxtensiveresearchdone in his areaof expertise illustrating how African-AmericansandNatives in Americanhistory. createdalliancesin theAmericas.

When asked how he became such an "From Martin Luther King to Frederick expert on'the Black West during his lecture, ' Douglasto L.L. Cool J to LeenaHom to Alex

Haley, to bell hooks,to whoeverthat you might think o{ practically, in the African-American leadershipcominunity,there'san Indian branch in their familynee," Katz said.

In Katz'family tree is a fatherwho loves jazz. This musical adorationbrought his son to African-Americanhistory and KaE musesthat he is perhap3"the only while kid in the world to grow up with bookson bldck history."

And no Americancanhelp but grow up with a senseof Americana.

Cowboysareasmucha part ofAmericanaas the freedomfighten our culture celebratesand admirestoday.

Having studiedhistory Katz hasdetermined the first true American freedom fighters were African-Americans. Almost one hundred years before the signing of the Declarationof Independence, Marooncoloniesin Brazil fought for their liberty fiorn Portugueseand Dutch expeditions until theywereovercomein 1696..

More than300yean lati:r,Katz fights for the liberation of old ideas from history textbooks.

He hasfound muchmissingftom history lessons laught today,and he strivesto correctthat in his classesin New York City.

The real West,Katz showedin a slide, was a place where some could afford rifles, while othen couldn't. Not everyone had a hone either.Today,without horseor rifle, author and historian William Loren Katz is .a pioneer of knowledge,exploringtheold West.

And, just as in the many westem movies Katz watchedas a kid growing up in New York City, the cowboyrode off into the srmset.

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Catholics for that celebration and Mardi Gras derives ftom the penitents need to prepare for Lent.

The calendar tells us that Mardi Gras - which is French for "Fat Tuesday'' - comes first. The . English name for thg same day is Shrove TuesdaY.shrove meaning absolution. To be shriven is to attain absolution fiom sin- This is the necessary first step to participate in what comes next, Ash Wednesday. To pafiafe in*6,, " Sacrament of Holy Communion at mass on Ash Wednesday, a Catholic inust be absolved from sin by a priest.

At mass on that first day of Lent, the priest also administersa smudgeofash on the congregant's forehead in the shape of a cross; this as a reminder that we are all but human. mortali It is a powerful messagewith the Priest reciting, in part, "Remember man that thou art dust." This is but one rvay Catholics prepare for the most sacred day of the yeal by recalling Jesus'ssuffering.

History and the Bible tell us that Jesus was crucified - hung on a cross - at the hands of the Romans in Jerusalem circa 30 AD. The Bible's New Testament and adherents to the Christian religions proclaim Jesus is the ' son of God and he was broulht back to life, the Resurrection, on the Sunday after he died, the first Easter Sunday.These beliefs are the reason for the existence of Lent. Catholics prepare for the celebration of Christ's resurrection primarily in three ways: abstain from some earthly pleasure, give generously to the poor, pmy and meditate on God's love for them by sacrificing in this and other ways, Catholics are mimicking Jesuswho spent40 days in the desertprior to beginning his ministry one which led, ultimately, to his crucifixion and death.This is the best explanation for the length of Lent, which is 4p days fiom Ash Wednesday to Easter excluding Sundays. Forty is said to be a mystical number and also correspondsto the time Moses spent on lhe mountain when God created the Ten Commandments. Jesus was Jewish. of course, and Moses is a central figure in the Jewish faith. The length ofLent was determinedby the Pope in 360 AD. The word Lent comes from the AngloSaxon word lenaen meaning springtimeThere is, doubtless, a conneclion between the rebirth of nature in spring and the resurrection ,.

sh Wednesday marks the beginningof Lent, the 40-day period in which Cbristiansprepare for Easter. In an effort to better understandLent, The Metropolinn asked Father Chrysostum Frank of St. Elizabeth'sChurcb why Easteris so compellingit requires that muchpieparationtime. Father Irank replied, "The life and death of Christis the ooint in time when myth becomeshistory."

With this simple insight, the Catholictheologycomesinto view; the story of Jesusis one in which God and man co-mingleon Earth andin the samebody-His. Sucha momentouscelebration requiresbelieversto do somework to get ready. That is the purpose of LenUit would not exist if there rrere no Easter.

On the opposite end of the spiritualscaleis Mardi Gras.This traditionof excesswould not exist wereit not for Lent. ln early days of the Church, Christianswererequiredto abstaln from eating meat and dairy during Lent. This led to Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.'

In French, Mardi Gras-literally translated as "Fat Tuesday"points to congreganB'need to use up all of these items prior to the start of Lent. So. Easter.Lent and Mardi Grasarerelatedin this way.

Once Lent is underway, Catholicsiommence the serious aspectof preparingfor Easterl'The purposeof to abstinence duringLent is to refocusourselves a highergood,"Franksaid."Throughself-denial a higher good may be realized."In addition, Frankpointsout, Catholicsare askedto spend rnoretime in prayerand to give generouslyto the poor.

Much has. been made of the apparent connectionbetween Easter and spring. The assumptionis that the resurrectionof Christ is mimicry of the rebirth of nature. Father Frank thinks this is a normal assumptionsaying, "Gracebuildson nature."

Lent derives from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten,whic.hmeansslrring. A,lso,the date for Easteris detecninrcdby the luirar calendar;it's the first Sundayafter the full moonfollowing the Vernaleqfinox.Thismethodofreckoningis tied to the JewishfeastofPassover.This is the reason Jesusgatheredhis Apostlesat the Last Supper, threedays beforerising from the dead.

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In. England,'Mardi Gras was called Shrove receivea smudgeof ash on their foreheadsin theshapeof.acrossat Masson Ash Wednesday. Tuesday.Shrove meansabsolution,to be shriven Also addedto the liturry duringLent,Catholics of sin. It's analogous to the term short shrift, can attendthe devotionalcerqmonyknown as which is a quick absolution given at the Last the Stationsof the Cross.These 14 momâ&#x201A;Źnts Rites. One is shrove on Tuesday to be ready to in time recall Christ's trek to crucifixionnear attend mass and receive communion on the next day. "In some places," Father Frank said, "The aroundtheyear30 A-0.

Jerusalem The spanoflent appearstiedto the40 days day.was called Cheese Tuesday, in reference Jesusspentin thedesertfastingandprayingprior to people eating up all the cheesethey weren't to startingHis ministry. Also, this is the number allowedfor the next 40 days.

Mardi 6ras exists because of Lent just as of daysMosesspentaloneon the momtain with God w,lile receiving the Ten Commandments. Lent exists because of Easter. This trilogy of EncyclopediaAmericanareferredto the number observancesand their symbiofic relationship is as"mystical."Pleasâ&#x201A;Źnotethatwhencalculating clear only when considering that Easter is the the date for Ash Wednesday,Sundays are single most important event on the Catholic omitted. EasternRite Catholics don't count calendar, and of the three, Easter.is the only Sarurdayseither,meaningLent startsa full eight one that stands alone. Easter c-elebrates the weeks before Easter. According to the New resurrection of Jesus Christ. Lent prepares

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fromLENTon12 crucifixion. Some of tle stations emphasize at least symbolically and certaihly in the minds of Christians.As noted, the purposeof lent is to preparethe body, mind and soul for the observanceof Christ's death and rebirth.

It's no accident that Easter occurs in that season,especiallyconsideringhow the date is determined- by the lunar calendar.Easteris the fint Sundayafter the firct full moon after the VernalEquinox,thefirst dayof spring.

Historically, Lenten observers were required to abstainfrom €ating meat and dairy productsthe entire forty days. In recenttimes, the Church relaxed the requirementto include only Ash Wednesdayand Good Friday-the day Jesuswas put !o death, two days before Easter.Catholicsarerequiredto attendmasson thesedays as well, calling thern Holy Days of Obligation.

The Church adds ritual to the menu of Lenten observances.There is the devotional Stationsof the Cross, a commemorationof what is known asthe Passionof Christ.This is a ratherarchaicmeaningof the word "passion" essentiallydenoting Jesus'strial, sentencing in the mannerof the andexecutionof sentence day as perceivedby the Romans.Thereare 14 stations,each calling to mind the horror and hardshipJesussu{feredin the processof the

Jesus'sgodly nature and the pity his travails solicitedfrom others.

The Metopolitan visited with Father ChrysostumFranh administratorof the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hrmgary, to try and get an inside view of Cathdlicism and Lent. We met in the "Friary"--so called becauseit was once staffed by FranciscanFriars, an order of Priests- adjacentto the 108-year-old building.

The complex is localepon campusbetweenthe South and Cehtral classroombuildings.The exterior forms a semicircle,which houses mosaics of colored tiles depicting the 14 Stations,undercoverof a hardwoodceiling and featuringwroughtiron fixnres. It is a placid and beautiful exampleof art in serviceto God and God'speople.

Most intriguing to this reporter is the fact that Father Frank is a married priest. Most peopleknow that Catholic priestscannotmarry, but FatherFrankis of the EastemRiteCatholic Church.He has faculties,or privilegesin the RomanRite Churih, which is generallyviewed asthe dominantCatholicsectin America.In this regard, his dual faculties allow the Reverehd Frankto movein both realms,perhapsproviding hini with a largeroverview.

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The famousMardi Gras decorativemasks aresaidto giveanonymityso thatpeoplewill be ableto partakein debacles theynormallywould not, andparticipatein all the activitiestheywill not be ableto afterLentbegins.

MardiGras,meaningFatTuesdayin French, is the lastday beforeLent,the seasonof prayer andfastingobserved by manyCatholics.Mardi Grasis considered a fiee-for-all,a night of sin before repentance.The week of Mardi Gras is a celebration,a seriesof parties,p4rades,and maskedballs.

While it's hard to envisiona Mardi Gras without elaboratemasks,when Louisianawas .under Spanish rule, Mardi Gras masks were bamed. It wasn'tuntil 1827whenthe banwas lifted that maskswere legal to wear.

Although masksplay a vital part in many rituals in many differenl cultures, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is one of the most popular Anerican eventsthat involvesmasks.

Myma Castaline, who teaches a mask making workshop, believes that mystery and fantasyare significantreasonsfor most people

who wear and or make masks.

"When you make and wear a mask, you can become something other than what yorr are eviry day," said Castaline. "You get a chance to play out a part of yourself that you don't normally show the world."

When it comes to the Mardi Gras masks, most people choosetheir anonymity in the form of the popular ceramic decorative masks. But Mardi Gras masks also come in many other forms, from papier-macheto feathers.

Masks and Mardi Gras becameiynonymous with each other around the time of the early private masked balls in New Orleans, also known as tableaubills, *hich were usually held by high society.

Now masks are worn by almost everyone who anends Mardi Crras;the people attending masked balls, crew members on floats, and tourists attending parades.

While many people choose to buy their masks,some also chooseto make them.

Castaline .saysthose who choose to make their own masks usually choose to do so as a way to expresstheir creative individualiry.

"Each stage of mask making akes on another dimension," Castaline said. "Going from your face to a white mask, to a decorative mask. Many people are surprised with the resultsoftheir finished masks."

Mask makers also control their anonymity, Castaline said. "When people make their own masks, they can reveal what they want to revgal,

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While some may use masks to hide their identity in order to participate in some debauchery, othersjust want to have fun and play dress up.

SusanRoushey,an art major, saysthat while art plays a big part in lhe celebration of Mardi Gras, the masks are the b.estway for the individual to play out their own fantasies. "People have the opportunity to be someohe else, they get to leave their obligations, or whatever problems they are having, and just have fun."

Roushey believes masks are probably the protective barrier people use in order to behaveany way they want before Ash Wednesday.

The tradition of masks with Mardi Gras may always stay constant because of what Mardi Gras râ&#x201A;Źpresents-the day before Lent, and the anonymity individuals can have ifthey wish to hide their identities while participating in many wild activities.

Unfortunately, Metro . students who wish to take a mask-making class will have to look outside the campusto do so.

Deborah Horner, a professor of Art Sculphlre at Metro, says while no instructor at Metro exclusively teaches mask making classes,some art classeshave been o{fered the opporhrnity to make masks.

Whether you choose to make or buy, play out a fantasy or hide your identity, without masks, Mardi Gras as we know it would cease to exist. So for a1l who venture down to New Orleans for a good time, beSides wearing the colorful beads, making time to find or create your decorative mask can add an extra dimension to the Mardi Gras experience.

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'Runners sweepRMAC foes byEric Scott TheMetrcwlittm men'sbasketballsel evenmore Roadrunner recordslast week il wins againstFort Hays and in the process StateandNebraska-Keamey the 'Runnerswereableto sweepthe RMAC for the first timein RMAC history.

No. I Meto (25-2 overall, l9-0 RMAC) battledthe Fort HaysStateTigers(17-10,l2-7 RMAC) lastThursdayin front of a homecoming crowd of 1,432ar the Auraria EventsCenter.

Fort Hays clawed at the Roadrunnersin the openingminutes,astheTiggrswereableto take a 17-12lead with 12:08remainingin the first half. Metro responded with an ll-0 run, which was highlightedby a three-pointer and a slamdunk from seniorforward JamarBohannon.The 'Runnerswere able to take their largestlead of the game (34-24) to that point with a trifecta from junior forward Mark Worthingtonwith 5: 50 remaining in the ha[f. Fort Flays was able. to put togethe.ra couple of shot rallies before Metro roaredback with a stealby Worthington and a three point prayer, which was answered by junior guardKeith Borgan,and put the score at 46-34with 1:40remaining.TheTigers'battle cry couldstill beheardastheyv/enton a 6-0run to endthehalfmailing46-38.

"Theydidusa favorby playingsophysical," said head coach Mike Drinlap. "Hallelujah for a tough game.It was just what the doctor ordered."

Heartscould still be heardpoundingat the start of the secondhalf as Fort Hays cut the Metro leadto four with an 8-4 run that madethe score50-46.The Roadrurnerswere ableto push the lead back to double-figuresby going on a 10-4run, which put the scoreat 60-50with 14: 20 remainingin the game.The 'Runnerswere ableto keepup the doublefigure wall until the ' Tigerscut the lead to 69-61. SeniorguardLuke Kendall answeredthe challengewith a threepointerof his own,whichtriggeredan I l -5 run

by Metro that put the score.at83-67with 6:15 ' remaining.Fort Hayswasnot ableto comeany closerthan12 pointsthe rest of the way as the Roadrunners de-clawedtheTigers97-82despite havinga seasonJow20 rebounds.Kendallhad a double/double with 2l pointsand l0 assists.

With thewin, MetroclinchedtheRMAC regular seasontitle and the toD seedin the conference touniament.

"Toward the end, we showed our true

colorsandwe foughtback,"saidjunior forward MichaelMorse."We were able to get the ball insideandexecute."

Dunlap said even though being No. I is a factor,"we were more focusedon winning the RMAC." He said it was "a heck of an accomplishmenl."

Even though the 'Runners had already clinched the conferencetitle, the match up Lopen (24with the No. 5 Nebraska-Keamey 3, 16-3RMAC) last Saturdaylnighthavebeen importantfor Metro'smomentumgoinginto the RMAC Toumament.

Keameyfansdecidedto hitch their trailers and travelto Denverto be a part of the 1,517 fans who saw a teeth-grindingcontesLBefore the game, seniorsC.J- Massingale,Kendall, Bohannon,and Lester Strong were honored in their last regular season home game as Roadrunners.

UNK sprintedout to i3-8 leadin rhe first four and a half minutes," but the Roadrunners came back to take a 17-I 6 lead with I 2:48' remainingin thefirst half. Metrodecidedto pull aheada bit as they went on a 164 run, which made the score 39-25 with 4:07 remaining.

UNK fought back by going on their own 9-3 run, cutting Metro's lead to eight but effrcient shooting from the 'Runners allowed them to takea 49-34leadat thebreak.

In the secondhalf, Keamey seemedto lose their fight, as the closestthey cameto Metro's lead was ten points. Six Metro playen scored in doubledigits in rtre lM-79 Roadrunner win.

Kendall and Massingaleled Metro with 22 pointseach.

It was a school record ninth time the 'Runnershad scored100 or more Dointsthis season, "Board play and being able to go up and downwith them (UNK) wasimporant," Dunlap said.

Also, Metrowasableto extendtheirnationleading23 gamewin streak. lf Metrois ableto win theirfirslround game . againstAdamsStateMarch3, it will play at I :30 p.m.at the WorldArenain ColoradoSpringson Saturday, March6 to takeon the winnerof the FortLewis-Colorado Christiangame.

The RMAC championshipgame will be Sunday,March 7 at 3 p.m. Studenttwo-day

by SteveStoner- ?7reM@itan passes for the WellsFargoRMAC Shootoutcan Roadrunner junior forward Michael Morse goesup for a shot sgainst Nebraska-Kearneydefenders be purchased for $?-10at the WorldArenabox Nick Branting, left, and Chad Sheffield Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Auraria Events Center. M€tm ollice. complet€dan undef€atedseasonin the RMAC for the first time in school history.

Flomecoming'}Adeemedsuccessful (sniff,snifl)was I'm sohappy!Homecoming a (sniff,sniff)...SUCCESSI Oh,thankgoodnessl There were fans. There was cheerins.It was loud. lt was...DURING A ROADRUNNER GAME! This year's Hornecoming wastruly a success andtheonly thing that botheredme about it was the possibility of seeing a grown male cheerleader cry. Why would you cry after being Donald Smith Homecoming SportsColumnist named Royalty?!Honestly!

Speaking of the cheerleaders:Was I mistaken or did I actually hear the announcer say they were going to Nationals?Can anybody tell me why a group of cheerleaderswho get outperformedby the

pre-teensand high-schoolers Metro invites to campusfor halftim€showswantsto travelto get outperformedby everybodyelse?On the other hand,good lui:k at Nationals!Make us proud!

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Homecoming2004 What made this year's Homecomingso much fun was leamingthat we, indeed,have a student body here on campus.The Auraria Events Center nearly reached maximum capacity with numerous student groups and otherorganizations I didn't evenknow existed at Metro.

Homecoming didn't endafterthefinal hom; the after-party at Braun's Bar and Grill was filled with cold beverages and musicprovided

by DJsfrornMeho. All in all, thisHomecoming defrnitelyoutdid last year's.

SeniorNight Senior night is always emotiodal, but,

fortunately, seniors Luke Kendall, C.J. goodnewsfor Metro is this is a teamthey can in their only Massingale, Lester Strong, Jamar Bohannon, actuallyupset.On Jan.17,2003, 'Runnersfell 80-73,but the game Sherinika Cook and Kdstin Hein were healthy meeting,the and had a chanceto play their last gamejn style wasclosethe wholetime.The badnewsis they before lhe playoffs, which started last night. arenow playingwith only eightplayers,which as their After last Saturday,the reality ofbeing a senior meansthey can only be as aggressive sank in: win and your dream continues; lose and .foul countwill allow. If Metro can stayout of foul trouble,theyhavea chance,but oncefouls that red light and loud horn wakes you up like an unexpectedalarm clock, ending your dreams three and four appear,their chancesof winning dwindlealongwith theirtitle hopes. completely.

On the otherhand,the men'steamwill host Men's and Wornen's Basketball on theirown floor; Records mean nothing, rankings are useless the NCAA regional,playoffs so really, the RMAC playoffs seemlike moreof and the only thing anyone cares about is if you win or lose. Unlike baseball or soccer, the a risk thana need.Theyrisk a costly injury every gameof the RMAC Toumament but in a way, ,RMAC Toumament means eve4rthing. The they need to let everyonein the region know. women's team, who is currently seeded sixth, will rernain in the title hunt until somebody they are still the most dominant team around.

They may have gone undefeatedin the regular beatsthem.

Their quest began last night in Pueblo as season,but oncethe regionaltoumamentstarts, it won't matter. they took on the third seeded CSU-Pueblo. The

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It was a week of triumph and defeat for Metro women's basketballas they defeatedFort Hays Statebut fell to Nebraska-Keame)..

A PF Pts Metro ( 12-15 overall, 10-9 RMAC) faced 0 3 l0 the Fort Hays StateTigers(15-I I, l0-9 RMAC) 3 2 12 last Thursday at the Auraria Events Center.

2 0 22 Fort Hays jumped out to an early 2-0 lead I 3 22 rvith a jumper from junior forward Cassie I 4 6 Cordell, but the Roadrunners stormed back by 0 I 0 going on a l5-2 run that brought Metro's lead to 12 2 0 15-4. Freshman center Angelena Kuleff scored 0 5 12 sevenpoints during the run. The.Tigers clawed 3 2 6 0 0 2 back by going on a l2-5 run, which put the score Gl . G0 c0 0. 0 0 at20-16.

G2 0-0 0-l 0 0 0 With a little over two rninutes remaining G004G0000 in the half, Metro went on an 8-4 run, setting Totals 200 3$82 22-3127-55l9 20 l(X their leadar l9 A2-23) at the half. Cook led all scorerswith 12 points at halftime. (]I\IK Junior guard Natasha Molock continued Sheffield 36 l4 2-Z 24 l0 3 5 the fireworks for the Roadrunncrs by starting Dunagan 39 2-g G0 M + 3 5 the half with a three-pointer, which made the 29 G13 5-9 5S 2 5 t7 score 45-23. After that, scoring was stagnant.

Branting 36 ll-22 2-2 l-7 I 5 25 -lblqrirta The 'Runners scoredjust 23 points in the second 30 &10 5-6 (l3 2 3 19 half while shooting 26 percent.(9-34).Metro l0 2-5 G0. 0{ 3 I b N,lohs 16 G2 G0 l-3 I I was able, howevel to go 6-6 in the half from 0 Farmcr 4 Gl 2-2 l-2 0 0 2 the free-throw line and | 4- l5 for the game. Fort 'Ibtals 200 28-681G|2 lr37 23 21 79 Hays was not able to come within l8 points of the lead the rest of the wa!, as the Roadrunners were able to swallow the Tigers 68-50.

"I thought our defensive pressuredisrupted their offense," said head coach Dave Murphy, I'eb.28-Home "and we reboundedas well as we could. We also Nebraska-Kearnev 8l , Metro 66 . took care of the ball well and we did what we FG FI P.eb had to do." Murphy added he thought it seemed IINK Mir- M-A M-A O-T A PF Pts like 'they (Hays) were caught offguard and lost \,lhidock 30 +7 M l-3 3 5 12 their edge."

Nrnernire 30 !10 l-2 $3 6 3 7 After the jubilation of Thursday's win Steffen 37 14 M 25 6 I 5 subsided Metro took on the. RMAC regular Knrger n 4S G0 G3 4 3 I season champion Nebraska-Kearney Lopers Modin 33 lGlT 2-2 Uls 4 3 22 (22-5, 16-3 RMAC).

Gnmtorad.18 56 0O G2 0 3 l3 Numerous lead changes took place in the Manning t6 2S 36 74 2 3 7 first ten minutes, but neither team was able to C mn ea} 13 2- 3 Y 4 l -5 1 3 7 Tohls firmly grasp the lead with 6 ties taking place. m 316l tilnlffi B 24 8l The Roadrunners did enjoy a 13-9 lead, but Mero the lead disappeared after Keamey went on Mdd 37 +ll &10 2-s 5 2 t7 a 6-2 nm. After a three-pointer from UNK whit€ 15 c2 l-2 r-2 0 3 I sophomore guird Nicole Gruntorad Keamey Iild 3+ 7-t7 2-2 t{ 0 4 16 took a 20-15 lead. Metro sprinted its way back Hein 39 &13 2-2 G3 0 2 l8 with a 7-2 run, tying the score at 22 with 7: Cmk 27 l4 G3 I-2 32 2 04 remaining in the first half. Less than two Calender 2 G0 0O 0{ 0 I 0 minutes later, things began spiraling downward llarrn 29 l-3 &10 33 0 3 l0 for the 'Runners as the Lopers went on an 8-0 Lynn 17 G0 2-2 G2 2 0 2 run, which put Keamey's-lead at 36-28. Before Totals Zfi 2l-52 *31 lU25 r0 16 66 the end of the half, the Roadrunners were able to keep the UNK lead to within striking distance after Molock sunk two free-throws to make the ' halftime score 42-37.

Early in the second half, the Lopers took Feb.27- Home command as they went up by as many as 12 Gane I Scoreby Inninqs R H Metro l(X

by Sc\€ Stoner-fte Metro'sKrtudoHein,left,$temptsto dribblearoundFort lhys Stlte defe[dcrLildsey DietedchFeb.26 duringtb€first hrlf of the glm€ st theAursrir EyenbCenter.Thc Roadrunneru b€stth€Tigers5$50. points with 14:12 remaining.Metro siill had of our running," Murphy said.'"We made l0 somefight leftas they wenton a l3-3 run, which fewer field goals than them (UNK) and their cut the Keameyteadto 61-59.After that, the defensedestroyed our rhythm."

Lopersdestroyedany hope the'Runners might Although the Roadrurmerslost their final havehad as UNK put the leadin double figures - regular seasongame,they were able to clinch for good. Keameywent on to win the game8l- the sixth seed in the RMAC Toumament; 66. Metro was out-rebounded 40-25and shota They were scheduledto face.theNo. 3 seed dismal 39 percentfrom the field in the second CSU-Pueblo Thunderwolves on Wednesday, half.

March 3. For resultsof that game,go to http: "One thing that hurt us was they got us out //www.mscd.edu/-rurmers.

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TheMetowlitan Up and down play by Meno baseballthis weekendat Auraria Field led to a split in the four game seriesagainstthe Hastings College (Neb.)Broncos(3-4NAIA).

In the fint game last Friday, Roadrunner pitcherscouldnot suppress Hastings'offenseas they defeatedthe 'RurmersI I -7. Metro starting pitcherBrad Swarelander(2-l) hit a bump in the road after two dominatidg starts to begin the season.Swartzlandergaveuir I I hits in five inningsand sunenderedfive eamedruns.

In the second game, the 'Runners (84) bouncedback to pick up an 8-4 win on the six inning, four rul and ten strikeout performance by senior starting pitcher Blake Eager. The

'Rurmersjumped out to a three-runlead in the first with an RBI doubleby junior fint baseman JamesEdwardsand a two-run hornerby senior third basemanRicky Fuller. Metro tacked on ole morerun beforethe Broncoscamecharging back in the fourth with two home runs, a double,a tripte and a singleto tie the scorcat four. Fuller and Cleland each addeda sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the inning to give the Roadrunnenthe leadfor good.

On Saturday,the 'Runners hosted another doubleheaderwith the sameresults.a loss in game one and a solid victory in gane two. In the first game,Metro got off to an early lead of 4-0 after threeinnings, but tlastings cameback with threeruns in the top half of the fourth and three runs in the final two innings to give them a 6-4 vicorv.

ln the final game, Metro neededa win to avoid losing the series.Their bats came alive to the tune of 15 runs, including a seven-run fsuth inning.Not only wasthe 'Runneroffense in sync, but sophomorepircher Brady Carlson was impressivein his fint start o, the season.

Carlsonwent five innings and gave up five hits andtwo runsto notchhis lirst victory. Metro put theBroncosdom 15-2.

The most positive statisticthe 'Rrmnen can .take from this weekend is zero enors in four games.

"We credit that to our position players 'working hard in practice," Swarelander said'They challengethemselvesin practice and in gamesto not makeenors."

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Mat Pilates- Mondaysl2-lpm in St. Francis Atrium. Pilates improves flexibility and increasesstrength.Wear comfortableclothes.

Mats areprovided.For moreinformation,call (3 0 3 )5s 6- 2525. yoga For Everyone - Six classes a week.

Locarionsmay changeeachweek: in St. FrancisAtrium Monday:5:30-6:45pm Tuesday:l2-lpm and 5-6pm il St.'Francis Atrium Wednesday: l2-lpm in St. FrancisAtrium and 5:l5-630pmin Tivoli 444 Thursday: in St.Cajetan's 5:15-6:30pm Yoga helpsrelievebuilt up tensionand stress.

For all levels.Pleasewearcomfodableclothing andbring a yoga,mator towel ifyou haveone.

For moreinformation.call (303) 556-2525.

Strides: Lunchtime lTalking Progranr - Walk al your own paceand gef committedto walking on a regularbasis.Call (303)556-6954for moredetails.

la Annual Women'sMarch and Circle for Peace- lDam at the Auraria Flagpole.For moreinformationcall (120\427-0746.

A.A. Meetings on Campas. - Wednesdays I 1:30ari-12:30pmin Auraria Library, Room 205. For more information,call Billi at (303) The ll/icked llomen 5 5 6 -3 878.

of Film Noir - This preseniation will explore the creation and cul12 STEPS-For moreinformation,call Billi at tural setting of film noir and the women who inhabited it. Will examine the beginnings of (3 0 3 )5 5 6-2525. this genre to its conclusion, and similar styles, CancerSuppor,Grorp - Meetsthesecondand through film clips and still photos.3-4:3Opm fourth Tuesday. of eachmonth. l2-lpm 1020 in Tivoli 640. For more information call (303) Ninth Street.For moreinformation.pleasecall 352-4339 or 352-5059.

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Shape Up Colorado.- For more inftirmation, Reflexologlt- Tuesdaysl0am-lpm. Sign up call (303)556-5379. only on reflexologyday in the HealthCenter.

Formoreinfor- Truth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Plaza150beginning at 8:30am.

Thursdayfrom 3'4pm in Tivoli 542.Messianic mation,call (103)556-2525. studies.For moreinformation,call Jefi at (303) 355-2009.

MassagesThursdays l0am-lpm.

FreeChair Sign up only on massageday in the Health MassageTherapy Clinic - $5 for srudents.

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Denver. Wednesdays5-9pm and Saturdays T'AI CHI for the Body and Mind - Thursday l0am-4pm on the Lowry Campus- 1070 12-1pmin Tivoli 444. T'ai Chi's purposeis Alton Way Bldg. #849, Denver,CO 80230. to moderatelyexerciseall the musclesand to For more informationor directions,.call(303) achieveintegrationbetweenmind and body. 365-8393.

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Women'sHisury Exhibit: Colorado Women's Sulfrage - ThroughoutMarch at the Denver Free Blood Pressvre Checks- Fidays 24pm in theHealthCenter,Plaza150.For moreinfor- Public Library, central branch 5th Floor. For more information, call (303) 352aBl. mation,call (303\ 556-2525.

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Speaker Sefies Join author, investigative journalist, musician and activist FrankMorales in a discussion"Demilitarizationof the Police" at loam. Follou'ed by a panel disucssion "Pre-emptive War on Dissent: Political Spying by Police and FBI" at lpm with Doug Vaughan. Vaughan is also an investigative reporter specializing in U.S. governmentcovert actions. l0am-3pm in Tivoli 3204. Ior more information call (303) 556-3124.

Speaker: Jackson Katz - Katz, M.Ed. from the Harvard School of Education, is founder oflhe organization, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) and is one of America's leading antisexist male activits in the nation. In his talk Katz will question the social construction of masculinity in the US. 2:30pm in St. Cajetanh.

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|fhat's YourDosfu ? - Comelearnwhatdoshas make up your constitution,how you can balanceyour doshasand how to createa healthier andmorebalancedlife. 2:30-3:30pmin the St. FrancisAtrium. For more information,call (303)s56-252s.

Womm'sSpirituoliv Festival: Dillercnt Paths One Journey - This all-day celebrationof women'sspiriiualitywill offer tarot readings, psychiccounselingaurahealings,books,arts craftsandjewelry.Four Spiritualityworkshops will also be offeredthroughoutthe day.9am4pm in Tivoli 320.For more information,call (303)556-8,14 |.

Talk ,eilh artist Nancy Grossman - Grossman'swork is featuredin "TRUE GRIT: Seven FemaleVisionariesBeforeFeminism"opening Mar I I at the Centerfor VisualArt. Thistalk is freeandopento thepublic.7-8pmat theCenter . on 1734WazeeSt. in Denver,(303)294-5207

Prozac Nation: Sex Drugs and Depression - ElizabethWurtzel will discussher battle with depression and how Americansocietyis its youth. l-3pm in the Tivoli overmedicating Tumhalle. For more information,call (303) 5s6-2s95.

Music at Metro - Symphony Orchestra Concert with director William Morse. 7: 30pm in the King Center ConcertHall. $5; studentsand seniors, $3; Metro community free l.D. For more information,go online to: or call (303)556-3180. www.musicatmetro.org

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