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by Clay'tonwoulard TheMetrcwlitan A year ago, they chanted and camped out.

A year later, they chalked, talked and walked.

Creative Resistance'smessagehas remainedthe same: The invasion of Iraq was wrong.

Group members and other Auraria students joined hundreds-and thousands around the world-Saturday in a march through the streets ofDenver, marking the one-yearannivgrsaryof the beginning of the U.S.led war on lraq. The march went largely without incident, although three protesters were arrested.

Creative Resistance members took their activism to the streets v'ith chanting, beating drums and cheering,all under a banner sporting the group's name made the night before by a local graffiti artist .

Only a few hundred people met near the flagpole at Auraria at the beginning of the niarch arormd lI:30 a.m., but by the time the march ended around 1 p.m. at the Byron White U-S. Federal Building at lfth and Stout, the procession had grown signifi cantly.

The rnarch, which was organized by the Denver-based coalition, Making A Difference: Coloradoans Opposed to War, or MADCOW proceeded from the campus to the 16th Street Mall, where demonstrators filled the sidewalks, sometimes spilling into the street where they were honked at by shuttle-bus drivers.

Creative Resistance officer and Metro student Mikel Stone estimated the march was as large as 2,000 to 2,500 at its pealg while Denver police Detective Teresa Garcia said the police estimat€d 500 to 600 maximum.

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Photoby Christopher Stzrk- TheMenopolinn Vietnam yeteran Charles Elliston of Brighton joined thousandswho marched from the flagpole at Auraris to the Federal Courthouse at l9th Avenue and Stout Street March 20 to protest the U.S,-ledwar in lraq.

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fessorat the University of Denverand member of the Leadership Council of the American Indian Movement in Colorado, spoke about why he believesthe U.S. loveswar at a rally on campusbeforethe marchbegan.

"America is so addicted to violence, it's like deating with an alcoholic in our family,"

people," Williams said. '(Cheerleading)makes protestsfirn, it makesthem more interactive."

Williams was one of several studenls and Creative Resistancemembers who were detainedby police for about 15 minutesduring what they called a "breakawaymarch" shortly after the main marchhad died down.

Tinker said.

Tom Salyers, 33, who works at Veterans Health Administration in Denver said he carne to the march after feeling energized by an antiwar protest last year. "lt was encouraging to see people out there who feel like I do," Salyers said. "The country is going in an incredibly wrong direction and I can't even believe this is the sameAmerica."

Michael Strauss, 34, volunteers with the Rocky Mountain Peace Justice Center and helped carry a prop coffin, which he said representedall who were killed in the Iraqi war.

"Since Bush will not allow peqle to seethe coffins or the dead, this is the only way to let them seewhat's really going on," Strausssaid.

Creative Resistance member and Metro student Zoe Williams orchestratedthe Radical . Cheerleaders,a group of students and local activists who try to hype up protesters with cheersand chants.

"With a lot of activism,it's run by the same

Creative Resistance member and Metro student Denice Dorchak-Ochala was also detained, but said it was unnecessary.

"There was excessive poiice force," Dorchak-Ochala said. "I think it's just the nature of what we were doing and what (the police's) job is."

Williams said they were detained because they were wearing bandanas to cover their faces,which Williams said served a purpose.

"It takes away one person on the street and makes it a group ofpeople for a cause."

Stone said police used excessiveforce with the breakaway marchers becausethey were the only real challenge to the police.

The three demonstratorsarrestedwere Celin Childs, 22. Neil Dorschner,21, and Jeremiah Street, 24. Childs was charged with providing false information while Dorschner and Sreet were charged with disobeying the police and defacing city property. They wers all released from jail within a day of their arrests,after pay-

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According to Garcia, the demonstrators were arrestedafter the marchhad ended.

"In general,the protest was very peaceful and therewere no problemsat all," shesaid.

Stone said he felt the march was lacking youth participation and that not enoughyouth participatein activismin general.

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by GmverGreer TheMehopolitot The ColoradoJoint Budget Committeedecidedagainsta previouslyproposedcut of$123 million towardhighereducation,which would have increasedtuition by up to 40 percent for full-time students.

They decided not to cut any funds from the current generalfund of $506.8 million that higher educationin the statereceivesannually.

The committeeapproveda l.l percenttu-

ition increaseacrossthe board.a numbersome but Sen. Ron Teck, R-Grand Junction, one of feel will not be enoughfor collegesto adaptto six who sit on the Joint Budget Committee, warns that if voters don't amendthe taxpayer inflation.

"While no cut to highereducationis good bill of rights (TABOR)and Amendment23 in news,Metm still isn't totallyout of the woods," November,highereducationwill facethe same said Metro Interim PresidentRay Kieft in an problemsnext year. "l think it's wonderfulthat we didn't have e-mail.

Kieft said that without significantadditional to cut highereducationany morethanwe did," new funds,Metro will not havethe necessary Jeck said. "My only fearis that thevotersmay funds to help cover things such as increased think that we don't really havea problemand inflationarycosts,salaryincreasesandrestoring won't be engagedwith solvingit at the polls in positionsthat were lost during the budgetcuts November."

TABOR limits an institution to receiveup to in the past.

With the increaseof only 1.1 percental- 10percentof statefunding.Since1990,revenue lowed by the state,Kieft said the moneywould limitationscausedby TABORhavecausedgeneral funding for highereducatioirto fall from 20 haveto comefrom Metro's existingbudget.

Theoriginallyproposedcut of $ 123million percentof the statebudgetto 1I percent.

Amendment23, which mandatesincreases had faculty, students and parents panicking,

House Bill L315 on back burner byKoreneGallegos TheMaowlitan From conservative advocate David Horowitz's visit last fall to heateddebateson the capitol floor on Friday, political divenity on collegecampusesmay remainan unresolved controversy.

Broomfield RepresentativeShawnMitchell placedhis own pmposedbill, theAcademicBill of Rights, on hold indefinioely.

His reasoningfor defermentof the bill was to allow Colorado collegesand universities to work out their own policies in protecting conservativepolitical views on campus.

"I rather sit down with leadersI trust and discusshow bestto improvethings," Mitchell said. 'I think it could makea bigger difference doing it this way thanramminga statuethat they might ignore."

Metro lnterim PresidentRay Kieft is working with Rep. Mitchell on defining political discrimination. In an e-mail sent out Monday to GeneralCounselLee Combs,Kieft statedhis supportof Metro's review of the bill.

"I agreedthat Metro would review its polirelatedto dealingwith stuciesandprocedures dent complaintsregardingthose areasoutlined as'studentrights'within HB 1315,"Kieft said.

Mitchell's bill definesstud€nts'rightsand the activerole of the schoolboard.

"Rights to freedom from discrimination on the basis of political or religiousbeliefs, and rightsto informationconcerninggrievance proceduresfor protectionoftheir academicfreedoms,"thebill states."(It) directsthegoveming boardsof the stateinstitutionsof highereducation to adopta grievanceprocedurefor usein enforcingstudents'rights."

Kieft intendsto appoint a small task force consisting of two faculty and three students to review Metro's current grievance policies as well as its accessibilityto and procedures, students.

All findings would be dfuectlyreportedto Kieft.

Combs and EOC Executive Director and Assistantto the PresidentPercyMorehousewill

serveasex-ofEciomembers.

Even though its own legislative sup'porter placedtheAcademicBill of fughtson hold last still seeit week,Metro's CollegeRepublicans asa wm.

Former College Republicans President GeorgeCulpeppersaid both sides could claim uctory.

"The opposer can see it as being pulled off the floor," Culpeppersaid. "But it's also because a victory for us (CollegeRepublicans) it raisedawarenessand was the fiIst step when therewasno system."

Kieft askedCulpepperto nominatethe three studentsto serve on the task force. Culpepper named Brian Glotzbach,a member of the College Republicans;Dennis Burquist fiom Student GovernmentAssembly and Denise Dorchak-Ochola from CreativeResistance.

"I wanted all sides to be represented," Culpeppersaid."I chosethemon the organization (to which they belong),their diplomacy, how they reprcsenledstudentsand how active they are."

Glotzbachwas pleasedto find out he was nominatedand said he was ready to take on the task.

"The gdevanceprocessnow is not very clear," Glotzbachsaid."You haveto hunt down the studenthandbookto find out what you neqd to do. I work in the bookstoreandwe don't even carryit."

Glotzbachis hoping the grievancepolicy and procedurewill be distributed to every student. was also excited to be Dorchak-Ochola namedto the taskforce. ':l think it's great that it came back to said."l neverfelt it campus,"Dorchak-Ochola belongedin the "goldendome"to beginwith."

She feels the task force on campushas an advantage.

"I feel with coming from different ideas and backgrounds,there is a lot of diversity," Dorchak-Ocholasaid. "We can.keepeachother in check;we all can look at the biggerpicture."

Once Kieft approvesthe nominees,the task force will meet in the comingweeks.

in spendingfor K-12 educationin an already tight budget, is also a problem for other statefimdedprogramslike highereducation.

This year, though, higher educatiohbarely escapedwithout a major cut in funding.

Earlierin thd year,collegeswere evenbeing looked at be cut ou1 of the state budget altogether.

Higher educationfunds were saved from cuts for at leastone more year due to cuts rnade to otherstateprograms,like Medicaid,aswell as throughthe useofmoney from the regularpayment streamcausedby tobaccoand stateeducation fundsusedto balancethe budget.

"This isjust a onetime fix," Tecksaid,"and if we don't get constitutionalchangesmade in November,we will have to revisit the issueof drasticcuts(to highereducation)."

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Professorfiredfrom Metro informed him that he was firedMalandra, who will be staying with the college until June, said he was not given a reason for his termination and that Griffin went on to criticize his syllabus without knowing what exactly the content ofthe courseswere.

According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Colorado law allows an employer to terminate an employee without any advance notice.

Employers fie also allowed to terminate without giving a reason.

In his grievance, Malandra states that Griffrn accused him of "letting athletes slide," and giving too-many As in the class.

He aiso claims that on more than one occasion Griffin became irate and verbally abusive toward him.

However, Malandra says the harassment began last April after a confrontation with Karen Meyers, who works in the English office.

Malandra claims that after the argument Bill Hamilton requested he be removed.

Malandra said Griflin told him he needed to "leam to play the game."

Hamilton did not rctum phone calls seeking comment.

The grievance letter was submitted to Percv Morehouse. assistant to the President

Englishdepartnent did not gwereunon for firingteacher EEiG-IheMenowlitan A Metro Englishprofessorhasfiled a grievanceandis in the processof filing a lawsuitwith the collegeafter the chair of the English departmentfired him.

Lou Malandra, who currently teachestwo Englishclasses,sayshe believeshe was fired for all the wrong reasons.

He said that Joan Grifiin, director of composition,hasharassedandretaliatedagainsthim sinceearlylastyear.

Malandrafiled a grievancewith the college after receiving an email from Griffin statinghe could no longercontinueteachingfor Metro.

Griffrn would not commenton the matter.

"I'm not allowed to talk about faculty issues,"Griffn said.

When they met at his request, Griffin

and Executive Director of Equal Opportunity at Metro.

In a memorandumto Malandra.Morehouse said he did not feel that Griffrn is guilty of any harassment.

Morehousewent on to write that nothing in Malandra'saccountof the events.wouldfall underretaliation or discriminationaccordingto the Metro Handbook,"A few instancesof rude behaviorand/orcrudelanguagescatteredover a periodoftâ‚Źn monlhsdoesnot meetthis test."

Morehousesaid that any speechwhich is not considered a violation insultsor demeans policy unless it is "sufof the anti-harassment ficiently severeor pervasive"becauseit falls rmderfreespeech.

The Metro Handbook states that faculty against memberswill not harassor discriminate colleagues.

"I can't discussit at this time becauseit's still in progress,"Morehousesaid when asked to comment.

Many of Malandra'sstudentshave rallied behindtheirprofessorafterhearingnewsof his termination.

They believetheir time was well spentin the course. Many studentsalso disagreewith of Malandra's"giving too Griflin's accusations manvAs."

in "ln the 1020,I didnl do my assignments a timely mannerandmy gradesufferedbecause of it. I also know of a studentthat he failed and shewaswilling to go to batfor Lou," saidMetro studentScottJohnson. ln a faculty review of Malandra wdtten by Gri{Iin in 2000, Malandra is porhayed as an excellent professor who happily teachesonly necessary material.

In the review Griffin wrote, "We are fortunate to have Lou Malandra as a member of our writing faculty. His enthusiasmfor teaching x'riting and his commitmentto helping students improvetheir writing are indeedexemplary."

Griffin went on to say she believed Malandra'sclassto be one of the finest shehad beenin.

Malandra says he believes the arguments with Meyers, and other disagreementswith Griffin, leadto this changeofheart.

"I thought the mission of this college... you look up the mission,it's aboutteachingand leaming," Malandrasaid."That's what it is, but that'snot whathappening."

Malandra is in contact with the Colorado La*ryersfor theArts and saidhis mainconcem now is finding a new job.

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Group strivesto educate from MARCH on cover "We need to see more dissent and disobedience," he said. "One of the things Creative Resistance is adempting to do is (build) a critical mass and start flexing the muscle we as studentshave."

Creative Resistance's participation in the march *'as the last part of the group's "M20" campaign to opposeall occupations.

The group kicked off the campaign on March 8 when members chalked hundreds of small figures on the walkway at the flagpole to represent"the human cost of the war in lraq."

Along with the drawings, group members chalked the figure of 10,282, the highest estimate of Iraqi civilians who have been killed since the beginning ofthe war, accordingto Iraq Body Count (http:/iwww.iraqbodycount.net).

"There was a personal connection for us as activists to know the human costs of the Iraq waq" Stone said.

Danielle Robinson, Auraria College Republicans Membership Director and Metro student, said she and other students challenged Creative Resistancein their anti-war activities.

"We asked them why they didn't (include) the millions of people Saddam (Hussein) killed," Robinson said. "They've got those numbers (of) people...who I don't really think are all innocent."

Robinson said Creative Resistance didn't focus on the positive aspectsof the war.

"I think they're trying to put out the negative Dartsof war." Robinson said. "Whal about

the interim constitution that was just passed?

There's a lot of good stuff that is happening in lraq and they're not saying it."

Stone said the group didn't promote the positive aspects of the rvar because he feels there is nothing positive to promote. "t don't think there's a single positive from this wat" Stone said. "lt's good that tyrants like (Hussein) are out of po*'er, but he *ould've never (been there) without American aid. So what I'm looking at is a wider critique of U.S. foreign policy."

Creative Resistanceand the Arab Students Association co-sponsored a two-hour discussion panel sessionon the human cost ofthe lraq invasion March 9 with panelists such as Metro Political Science professor Oneida Meranto, Dr. Alan Gilbert from DU's Graduate School of Intemational Studies. and Shiakh Ibrahim Kazerooni of the Islamic Center of Denver, all who discussed various aspects of the war, but all opposedit.

"We wanted to have a very focused discussion on the human cost of war," Stone said.

"Kazerooni and Gilbert are both very knowledgeablein the subject and I personaliy wanted to seewhat they had to say."

Bemier, Creative Resisfance officers Joel Tagert and Lindsey Trout and former oflicer Caroline Fontoura, all Metro students, formed Creative Resistance last year after the war began. Bemier joined other studentsand activists by setting up tents on carnpusand camping out for severalweeksto Drotestthe invasion.

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rErrcuwilal Christiansvisit campus to discussttPassiontt Studentswere leff with a betterunderstalding ofhuman sufferingand the new movie, '"ThePassionof the Christ," following a presentationby ChristianLife Movement March 18 in the Tivoli Turnhalle, accordingto CampusMinistry Coordinator SusanaNieto.

Four speakers:a theologian,psychologist, movie analyst,andcampusministry member,"relatedthe topic of the movie with humansufering to allow peopleto understandand go deeperinto 'The Passion'," Nieto said.

ChristianLife Movementplansto havemore of this type of events,including a ChristianmusicconcertforAuraria students.The organizationhasnot decided on the specificsofthe othereventsbecause they want "to havetopicsthat are fresh," Nieto said.

The Auraria campusrecycles34 tons ofoffice paperannually. (pronounced'Warehouser')PaperrecyclesAuraria's Weyerhaeuser paperandseveralotherrecyclablematerialson campus,The sen'iceis free, said Brian Putnam,accountmanagerfor Weyetheauser Last month, Auraria startedrecycling glassand plastic materials, but it is not yet knowl how muchmaterialhasbeencollected.

A customerservicerepresentativefor the recycling company,Pat McDonough,said the volume of papermaterialsfrom Auraria makes it frnancially advantageousfor her companyto pmvide the services free of charge.

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for Auraria, collect the materialsweekly or daily and transferthem to then takesthe largebins behindthe TechnologyCenter.Weyerhaeuser Glassis taken paperto its papermill in northDenverfor processing. to Coors Brewery in Golden.

Total of reportedrecycledgoodsfrom Auraria: ' 24+ tons of cardboard ' 3 tons of newspaper

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StudentGovernment positionsup for grabs Thoseinterestedin running for Student GovemmentAssemblymust submit intent to nm forms by 4 p.m. March 29 in the SGAoffice,locatedin Tivoli 307or in the StudentActivities office Tivoli Room 124.

Studentscanrun for ooe of 11different positions,includingSGAPresident and Vice Presidentfor AcademicAffairs. A list canbe ofpositionsandjob descriptions o6iaincdftom ttreSGAbftce. startedMarch24.All CampaiSning Metro studentscanvote for their favorite candidates April 19- 24 on MetroConnect.

Former CU president visits Metro class Joe Buechnerspoke to a Merro political scienceclass March 10, addressinghis mncems aboutthe college.

Buechnersaid his "big hairy audacious goal" for Metro would be to transformthe school into "the most prominent leaming institution in an urbanarea.l' One of the ways he said he would do this is by giving professors tenure right away, with a seven-yearevaluation, at which point tenurecould be takenaway.

Buechnersaid,this way, teacherswould not have to worry about fighting to keep their jobs and could focuson the classroom while the school could hire teacherswho intend to stay at Metro.

In the Feb. 26 issue of The Metropolitan, George Culpepper was listed as the president of the Political ScienceAssociation. At the time, he was presidentof the Auraria 'College Republicans.

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ABOR'smelting,melting The wicked witch hunt ofthe west is deadl The wicked witch hunt of the west is dead!

Hurray for Dorothyl Or Betsy Hoffinan, as the casemay be.

Last Tuesday Rep. Shawn Mitchell announced that he was withdrawing his so-called

"StudentBill of Righs" (House Bill l3l 5), thereby ending his Pyrrhic campaign to shut up liberal professorson campus.

With him at thepress conferencewas a covey of college presidents, including CU's Hoffman and Metro's Ray Kieft. They were there to announcea "compromise":Mitchell would drophisoffensivebill andtheywould"rwiew" grievanceproceduresat their respectiveinstihrtions.

Examining the deal, though, it's clear that thiswaspurelya face-saving moveby Mitchell.

Higher educationofficials havebeensayingfor monthsnow that their institutionsalreadyhave procedures. fully functioninggrievance Reviewingthemwill merelyrevealwhat's always been true - that they're in place and working fine. It's just that noneof the conservative studentswhining to the legislatureever

botheredto file a grievance.

And so the 'lroblem" vanishesasit arose: fiom nothingto nothtng. Requiescatin paca.

Amusingly,thesesameright-wingshrdents insist that the bill's withdrawal was a viclory for them,sayingthatifthe "problem"isn't "fixed" soon,then Mitchell will reintroducea strongerbill later.

Maybe they missedthe items in the Post andtheRockysayingthat"Mitchelldidn'thave enoughvotes"to passthebill, or a promiseby a to tag on an amendRepublicanrepresentative ment "gutting" it.

So spin away,children. The fact is that the defeatof David Horowitz'sAcademicBill of Wrongsis a clear victory for professors,students,andschools,aswell asfor organizations like CreativeResistance, which foughtagainst this censorious measurefrom its inception.

In any case,hopefullynow our representatives will seefit to addressthe real issuefacing highered, namelythe budgetcrisispoisedto destroyour schools.

One of the proposalsbeing discussedis SenateBill 189,the collegeopportuniiyfund act. SB 189would institutea vouchersystem, wherebystatefundspresentlygiven to schools would insteadbe given directly to the studentin the form of a voucher.

The proposalseemspopularat the moment, in no small part becauseit would help free

highered institutionsfrom the stranglingnoose of the Taxpayer'sBill of Rights (TABOR).

Proponentsalsosaythat it may increasesfudent involvementwith highered fundingissuesgenerally,because cutsin fundingwouldbe immediatelyapparentascutsin theirvouchers.

While it's not a black-and-whiteissue.I have somereservations aboutthe bill. First, it seemslike duct tapewrappedarounda burst pipe - okay for a while, but eventuallythe thing'sboundto burst. The problemisn't fundamentallythe methodof fundingschools;it's thebudgetlimitatidnsimposedby TABOR. Second,it's a right-wingsolutionto solve a right-wing problem.Get this: Republicans supportandpassTABOR, which stranglesthe statebudget.

When the axe falls on higher ed - as they knew it would - they proposetheir "solution": institute a voucher system, which nudges highereducation closertowardseventualprivatization.

Advocatesmay protest;the bill includes a provision that the voucherswould be worth only half asmuchat private institutions.

But half is more than none, and giving statemoneyto privateschoolsreducesthe total amount availablefor publicly funded schools, while clearing the way in the publie mind for privatization.

Why notjust fix TABORinstead?

A Passionfor the movies synagoguesin the westem world, your local multiplex. In addition,you getto give a titheto New Market Cinerna. &stC.ohttuist If you are lucky enoughto find them, you I know that most of us never thought it can even buy nail necklacesand other "reliat suchfaith-based centers would cometo this, but I feel it is necessary. gious"merchandise, After all, a coupleofweeksagoI did something asKmart and Target,to showyour devotionasa I was not proud of, andI would now like to take Christianto the churchof Mel Gibson. Lastly, I the time to acknowledgeit, and apologize for it. think if we ali try really hard andget a few more Two weeks ago, I wrote an article that I idiots, beyondthe thirty one million already,to clearly shouldn't have written. Basedon the lack of responsereceivedat either my personal e-mail addressor that of TheMetropolitan,l can only assumethat in the article I wrote, where Katy Hnida was correctly lampooned,you (the readers)must havetakengreatoffense.

So, I would like o herebyissuea formal apology to you. I had no idea the remarks I made insulting your studentgovernmentwould have botheredthe dozensof people who read my article (or had it read to them). Further, I would like to thank the SGA for not holding thosecommentsagainstme duringquestioning aboutmy allegedinvolvementin thenow famed "SpaghettiIncident."

I know now how hardit mustbe for themto embarkon this joumey to rdligiousenlightendo all thethingstheydo for you andme (thestu- ment, dlen we may even be able to get Mel dents).Theyaretirelessin theirfight for theuse Gibsonto write a testament ofhis storyin book sexin recruitingathletes, a (SGA)constitutional form so that we might be able to studyit and amendmentbanning gay marriage, and, most leam from it at home. theirstunning,unequalled abilityto importantly, Maybewe couldevensetup somekind of convinceeveryonethat they warrantpaychecks sectsand attendreligiousmeetings,under his for positionsthat they themselveshave no idea dfuection, ofcowse. Aftcr all, therearea myriad how to performofvaluablelessonsin this movie,hcluding such The SGA is as important to our campusas surprisingfactsas,a maDbeingcrucified makes "The Passionof the Christ" is to real Cbristians. for a violent scene,and the ever-popular(and After all, in seeingthe"Passion,"think ofall the now apparentlytrue sentiment)that Jewskilied good you are immediatelyinvolved in. You get Jesus. the honor of attendingMassat one of the great It is very importantthat we asa societylearn

byDougBeer

"How would we know that it was okay to make fun of all the 'special' kids who don't accomplish what ForrestGump did, if Tom Hanks had

not donethatmovie?"

what fibnmakershaveto teachus. After all, how would we know that it was okay to makefun of all the"special"kidswhodon'taccomplish what "FonestGump"did, ifTom Hankshadnot done thatmovie? Justlike I know thatwe areall correct in judginghomosexuals becauseof Denzel Washington's role in'?hiladelphia"? Further, movieslike "Driving Miss Daisy,"'The Ladies Man," "Raisin in the Sun," and "Dude, Where's My Car" havetaughtus the one true CasteSystem. Most importantof all, do you think anyone would care aboutwhat happenedat Columbine hadnot beenfor MichaelMooreexplainingthe situation in his "documentary" "Bowling for Columbine?"

Couldyou imaginehow dangerous thatrich, whiie high schoolwouldbe todayif Moorehad not inspiredall ofyou to do all thethingsyou're involvedin to maketheir world a saferplace?

Could you imagine how much more money the taxpayerswould haveto shellout for all of the "research," ifno onehadpaidthepriceof admission to go seethe evidence?He has gottenus to care about an otherwisemundanesitualion.

Furthermore, we especiallyowe him a debt of gratitudefor helpingusrealizethatBush,Charlton Heston,andthe localK-martarecompletely to blame.

And helpingus ignorethe dozensof wamparents ing signs,just like theieachers, students, ofthesekillersandpeopleat the schoolor in the communityactuallydidSo I implore all of you, pleasego to the movies,listen to the peoplewho make them, regardlessof their agenda;and whateveryou do, neverhaveany independentthought or you just might do somethingintelligent like question the validity of our SGA or take part in the now infamousSpaghettiincident.

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One Last Thing...

I wasreadingmy bank statementthe other dayand for thefirst time I realizedthat I've beenchargedATM fees here in the Tivoli.

The Tivoli machineneverptomptedme with a waming that I'd be chargeda fee, like the nicer AIMs do. At leastthe other onestell you they're robbing you. I mean,ther€'snot even a sign anywheresayingyou're going to be charged WTF? So everyonebeware: what vou don't know canhurt

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Uoice GamRus One year later:was it worth it going to war in Iraq?

Lessonto learn atMetro I have learned only one thing here at Metro - thosethat screamthe loudest are always guiltiest of what they decry.

Example I Early this semesterI received an eight-page letter (the writer didn't put a name on it - surprised?). It started,"Nick, what is your malfunction?

No need to reply. The answer is nght there. You have chosen to see the world in terms of black and white, cut and dry, and no you dumb ass, don't take that literally."

After this cozy introduction,the writerdelves into twelvereasonsPresidentBush is guilty of "doublespeak," by quoting sourcessuchas GeorgeSoros'campaign-figroupMoveon.org.Not nance-reformJoophole onetime doesthe letterwriter point out actsof "doublespeak" by the left or cennists.

(An interestingnote is that the term "doublespeak" gained meaning through the work of GeorgeOrwell qua the term "doublethint."

Orwell saidthat the act ofusing theterm "doublethink"is an act of "doublethink"itself- this letterwritermusthavemissedthat!)

(I'll leavetheprobI'm accused ofc&oosdng lem here of choice to you) to seethe world in black and white, but thenthe letterwriter goes on to give whatI'm "missing"in termsof black and white by portraying things as being either anti-Bushor pro-Bush(thispersonis obviously anti-Bush,which makesthem "open-minded" by their definition)- thosethat - Nick Bahl Z;E-"L

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wasin Iraq for six months,I think it is very beneficialfor Middle Eastemers morethanus;we're prettyset."

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think it *u. worth it for a lot of people.Wasit worth it for any of us?Probablynot. It waswell worth it for thosein charge-" Brian Esau Metro Senior AnthropologyMajor

seemslike thereare so many constartsthatare beyondmy comprehension in this situation."

he true reprecussionsofan event like the war in lraq can only bejustly interpreted years after the event takes Place.'

CrssieNotnik UCD Senior FineArts Major

Tanton Chauncey UCD Business Major

screamthe loudest!

Example 2 Last semester Dr. Oneida Meranto \ posted flyers in the *rt political science departmentin an attempt to intimidate rf faculty members who refuse to fall in line with her assault against me.

Throughout the flyer she uses terms such as "misguided," "wrong doings," and "truth," but only afler quo! ing existential philosopher Camus-

If you accept existential thought,termssuchas thesehold only subjective value and cannot be applieduniversallyas Meranto attemptsto do with her flyer - her quotechoice,her stronginsistence that studentsunderstandsocialization, and her failureto talk about natureas a possibleinfluence on human develonment in

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disagreed with our intewentionin Iraq, and at this point until thepeopleoflraq have hada chanceto choose their own govemmnet andimplementit completely, andwe areout ofthere,I am not convincedit was wonh it yet."

Chris Winnigham Metro Junior HistoryMajor

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I think so, becausenow those people don't have a dictaior over them, he was a pretty evil guy."

SeanReddick Metro BiologyMajor

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Example 3 her classroom lead me to such a conclusion.

At the same "victimization" protest, a Meranto cannot expect anyone to fall in line with her nor can she expect anyone to accept Creative Resistancemember said she despised her terms of moral valuation or her idea of truth 850 KOA radio host Mike Rosen's "detestable" - by definition she must be opposedto such ac- commenls, and would call him every day to tell ceptance. him so. She has yet to call - those that scream a few weeks ago, Meranto made a the loudest!

Just speechabout "victimization." In her speechshe Example 4 said, "They (white people) have failed to prove Philosophy professorTim Gould!

Examplâ‚Ź 5 to us (nonwhite people) that they don't have racist, sexist tendenciesthat just might be part of Creative Resistance members shout about their white skin." diversity in their fiequent protests and panel Skin color has nothing to do with Meranto's discussions.One of their most recent protests featured the Meranto diatribe and the Creative oft-spouted socialization-is-everything plar form. If existenceprecedesessence,as existen- Resistance member's lie mentioned above. tial thought demands and socialization levels, Their two most recent panel discussions(one on "cops," and the other on the war in Iraq) were then everyone is equal from birth and skin color is meaningless- I happen to agree. Meranto comprised of proponentsrepresentingonly one said that "whites" are racist and sexist because side of the topic (anti-cop, and anti-war) - diof their skin color, but decries the thought that versity? justifies such a stance. She claims that skin In a much-publicized "break dance," Creative Resistanceand the Auraria College Repubcolor (biology in general)hasnothing to do with characterand intellectual development,and then licans are set to debatepolitical platforms (right she tums around and says that white people are v. left). ln the name of diversity and breaking the flawed (another valuation) becauseoftheir skin dualopoly on campus, I asked for an Independent panel to take part. The Republicanswere immecolor - those that screamthe loudest! diately enthusiasticand continue to be. Creative Resistance'sJoel Tagert has continually refused a third party saying that it will muddy the waters - sounds fascist to me! So much for diversity, true debate, and an educational environment (l bet he shows up with a panel of white males!) those that screamthe loudest are most guilty of what they decry!

Example 6

I constantlydecry liberal thought, and I constantly platspouta conservative form - those that scream the loudest (figure this one out)!

It took me a year and a certain George Culpepper to create debate on campus, and now it's time to break the bipolar atmosphere.Who is willing to step up and be the Culpepper figure of the Independents?

You don't have to act out what you're decrying.

Hell, I'm the only one that does!

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Loca|p&rticipantdonsamacabrecostumeduringtheDeadGuyFestival.Thefestiva|paidtributeto*Grandpa,"acr'ogenica||yfrozenbodywhichisstoredina63fShd'inNderland. The town recieved international press attention in 1994,when the corpse's caretaker and grandson was deported to Noni'ay, leaving the corpse unattâ‚Źnded.

Storyby TravisCombs Photosby Ian Neligh

Dawnof fhe dead Okayothe dawn of one dead guy

The festival'e "Ice Queen" presided over many ofthe festival's activities, includlng the casket rsce and a *Gnndpa' look-alike contest.

Nederland, CO.-The sun bums a little bit brighter here, The wind blows a little bit harder, wilh regular gustsblowing the soft warmth ofthe sunlight away through the endlesscrags and valleys of the Rocky Mountains.

It seemsa sleepy enough small mountain town. Placid housesare scatteredperiodically acrossthe mountains surrounding the valley, while a lazy streamgurgles its way through the middle of town to larger and greaterwaters.

A drifter, bearded and unwashedwith his home in a large sack acrosshis back, grcets the cigarette-storeclerk with a beaming smile, purchaseshis daily smokes and scuttlesoutside into the liesh mountain air.

Outside, the town with a languid energy catering to a time-frame completely foreign to big city dwellers, gears up to a special day. Smiling faces ofthe young and old move forward and Lineup on the sidewalk of main street,wearing lightjackets and sunglassesio keep out both the strong wind gusts and the bright glow of the mid-moming sun.

The gmwing crowd takes its place near storefronts consisting ofofibeat goods and servicesCo{fee bars, saloons,a crystal shop, and eateriescatering to tastesfrom Indian food to bugers and

fi:ies,reflect a senseofquirkiness from the sporadic individuals in the crowd dressedin colorful wigs,

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Members of the Morticirn casket r&cing tesm scramble for the coveted first place prize of $500.The morticians were sponsoredby the Mardi Gras Crsino. Other sponsors included T[ft Shed and 103.5The Fox.

fromGRAITIDPAoT 12 facial paint, and Halloween-style outfits celebrating an eccentricoccasion.

About thirty miles outsideof Bpulder,.rhe mountaintown of Nederlandparallel5its larger cousin in terms of free spirited, alternative and sometimeseccentic lifestyles. The town celebratedthe weekend of March 13 and 14 with one of the main reasonsit is different: a celebrationwhich may have one of the most uniquethemesin both Coloradoand the world.

Nederland'sthird annualFrozenDeadGuy Festivalpaystribute to the town's most famous resident,who coincidently happensto be dead.

That's not unusual;most holidays and festivals are commemorationsto some important dead person or another, it is unusual, though, if the one being paid homageto happensto be cryogenicallyfrozenin a Tuff Shed.

Bom on February28, 1900,BredoMorstel, the fiozen deadguy in question,died of natural causâ‚Źsin his native Norway in 1989and shortly thereafter was cryogenically frozen at an institute in Califomia by his grandson,Trygue Bauge.The quirky and outspokenBauge took

Right: David Daltonhurst ofthe I)enver llernse Society drives his custom mrde post-apocdyF tic Hearsc abominatlon during Saturday's perade, With custom toys added such os a working flame. thrower, 2004 is the DHS' second yerr at the Frozen Derd Guy Fesdval. Severelother herrse joined Daltonhurst with the exceptionof one, which sulfered engine trcuble en route to Nederhnd.

both Morstel, now affectionatelyreferred to as "Grandpa," and another frozen corpse to Nederland.Colo. where he intendedto build a housewhich protectthem from "wind, fire, floods,earthquakes andbombs.""Grandpa"was Storedin a shedbehindthstouse.

Eventually deported back to his native Norway, Bauge lefi both "Grandpa'' and the completionof the house to his sister Aud. Panicked that she would be unable to fulfill Bauge'srequest,the disnaught sister informed the local pressof her plight. The presstook the unusual story to the town hall authorities and scandalbroke loose across the mountain community.

A barrage of town meetings, law interpretation and an endless stream of intemational media attention followed within twenty-four hours of Grandpa'sdiscovery.Aud was eventually deportedan4 finding no legal reasonto be rid of the corpse,Grandpa'sbody was moved into a Tuff Shed with a working temperatureof90 degreesbelow zero,wherehe dwellsto this day.

Nederland's residents eventually came !o find the presenceof "Grandpa" to be a blessing ratherthana curse,andcapitalizedon the town's

newfoundfame with the l'' FrozenDeadGuy Festivalin 2001. The celebrationhas beenan annualhigh point for the town for threeyears now. "lt's the American way, their promoting it," said filmmakerRobin Beech whosefilm, "Grandpa'sin the Tuff Shed,"documented the story."At first they were so upset.They thought he was contaminatingthe water supply. They took the motherto court. It washilarious."

Residentshave since come to see the unusualsituationin a moreoptimisticlight. "lt's crazy;it's goingto be a fun day,"said thefestival'sIce Queen,whoalsoteaches music in Nederland'selementaryschool."I think every year more and more people are hearing about it."

The festival's cenierpiececonsistedof a parade of coffins and hearsesthrough Main Street followed by a coffin race over a snowcoveredtrack in the town's centralpark.

With corporatesponsorssuch as 103.5The Fox, Tuff Shedand Mardi Gras Casino;race participantsdonnedthemessuch as morticians andhippies.

"This is really dumb," said Mardi Gras Morticians casket racing member,Doug Ose.

"But it's alsoreallyfun andit doesthetowna lot of good.We'rereallyexpectingto win."

Unfortunately for the Morticians, a Tuff Shedsponsored teamwon thâ‚Źcovetedfirstprize.

Long time local residentshave come to terms with Grandpa'ssituationand now see the annualfestivalas an assetto both the local economyand the town's fame on a nationaland intemationallevel.

"The first year, it was just people around town waving signsandstickers,"saidNederland native, Luke Dobson. "The next year, people from Boulder and Denver startedshowing up.

This year, we're getting national coverageon the Eastcoast,and who knows how big it'll get next year."

All this for the town's most famous 103year-old Norwegian resident. And though Bredo "Grandpa" Morstel may not be the type .who would appreciateall the attention he has received.the survivors in the town where his body calls home most definitely do. With an increasein dollar signs,a reputationas a place for aouristsfrom all over the world to visit.

Nederlandhasa genuinereasonto have a good party.

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Eliz*eth Wurtzel:BookBitch

by TeressaRedding TheMeuWolitott

The word "bitch" is a commonterm in most people's vocabulary.It is one of the few curse words that is not edited when said in a sitcom, or in a radio song. Somewomenevenuseit as a positive word to describethemselves. (For example, Meredith Brook's 1997 hit song, 'tsitch.) Over time, 'bitch" has takenon the definition to describe an aggressive,mean, overly confident, or honest woman, someone who won't takecrap from anybody.

Elizabeth Wurtzel gave a speech titled "Prozac.Nation: Sex Drugs and Depression," March 11in theTivoli Tumhalle.

Wurtzel wrote the book "Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women" in 1999.Wutzel is best known asthe aulhor of the 1994New YorkTimes Bestseller.'?rozac Nation." describedas a "ground breakingmemoir aboutdepression."

Though the speech was titled "Prozac Nation," WurEel focused more on the book, 'Bitch."

Wurtzel said shewas happyto be at Auraria in honor of Women's History Month instead of Depression AwarenessDay or a suicide preventionconvention.

Refening to "Prozac Nation" for a brief moment.Wurtzel said."I'm not an advocatefor people;I'm a e'riter I accidentallydid depressed somethingthat turned out to be a good thing-" Wurtzel. said that while she's glad "Prozac Nation" means so much to so many people, depressionis not the only topic she choosesto write and talk about.

"Bitch' is a book derived from Wureel's interestin the many female icons and scandals involving women in history- The book covers women from Amy Fisher to Hillary Clintorwomenoften referredto as"bitches."

Wurtzelaskedthe audienceits opinionon the MarthaStewartcase.in which Stewartwas found guilty on all charges.

"How many of you think that Martha Stewartwastreatedjustly? How manyof you think shewastreatedunjustly?"sheasked.

Theaudience to beevenlydivided. seemed "I guessI'm oneofthe peoplewho believeshe wastreatedunfairly,"Wurtzelsaid.

Wurtzelacknowledged that Stewartdid do somethingwrong but said,"I think, at the end of the day,the choiceto prosecutehâ‚Źr wasto prosecute herfor beingherselfl" "The womenin 'Bitch' were not really in troublefor whattheydid..Theywerein trouble for who theywere,for beingthemselves."

The media'sfascinationwith the "bitch" hasbeenlongwithstanding, Wurtzelsaid.

"Womenare idolizEdfor what they don't do, moreso thanmen.That'swhat makesthe femalevillain so much more interestingthan her male counterpart."

Referencingmovies such as "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "Disclosure," Wurtzel pointedout that the villain, the onewho tries to break up the happy family, has shifted from singlemento singlewomen.

"Single women are the most wlnerable group in the world, but in movies they are portrayedto be real dangerous."

Not only has the media recently been pushing the idea that single women-or all women for that matler-are the problem, but they are also portrayingwomenas unemotional orjust verycold,which is not the reality.

Touchingon the phenomenon that is "Sex andthe City," Wurtzelsaid shefindsthe showto be very unrealistic.

"Here are four women who are sleeping around, in very non-emotional relationships

Ptntoby KennyMerin - nE Metnrylita, Author Elizsbeth Wurtzel speaksat the Tivoli Tbrnhalle about her book, 'Bitch: In .Women Praise of Diltrcult " Wurtzel achievedacclaim with her 1994book dealing with *Prozac depression, Nation." with variousmen;onewomanwasevendumped it look good for women to act out. It wasn't in a Post-Itnoteleft on her desk,and yet all of valued." them remainsane?Not one of them hashad an "Maybe that's a betterworld view." emotionalbreakdown?Given the fact that they Wurtzel believes that desfite America's arein their 30s,single,living in New York City fascinationwith the "birch," things for women and having various things happento them, at have progressed.WurEel said younger men, leastone of them would be in therapyor taking most of whom have been raised by single Prozac." mothers,have better views on women'srole in Wurtzel said the absence of emotional theworld. women may be the show'sway of telling the "l do think that things havechangedandare femaleaudienceit's not attractiveto be a drama getting bâ‚Źtter, and will get even better as time queen. goeson," Wutzel said"The show." Wurtzel said. "didn't make

Divine intervention at the "Edge" Photoad sory byAmado Maraures TEMetrylitatt Religiousimagery no doubt,hasa profound efect on anyone who gazes upon it. It has inspired someof the most notableworks of art in existence.

A new exhibit of religious imagery opens Friday,March26 attheEdgeGalleryin northwest Denver. Artist Susan Goldstein presents this exhibit, which includes photographic images takenat a Catholic stahttefactory in Pittsburgh, Pa. Her first photographin this collection was shot 14yearsagoandit is finally goingto seethe light ofday. The exhibit bearsthe samenameas the factory-'?oli Vesture."

"This showhasbeengrowing overa number of yearsand I finally was motivatedthis year to produceit asa liody of work," Goldsteinsaid.

The storygoesthat in 1990,Goldsteinhad a good friend who lived in Pittsburgh. Her fiiend had beendiagnosedwith breastcancer and shewenl to visit her.That initial visit formd Goldsteinwanderingthe southsideof Pittsburgh lookingto occupyherselfwith a 35mmcamera and a few lensesin hand. She cameacrossa religioussupplyhouse.Shewentinside,askedif shecould do her thing, and they let her havethe run of theplace.

"It wasmagic,absolutelymagic,"Goldstein said.

The place wasfilled with the remainsof the processof rnanufacturingCatholic statuary.

There were bins of hands and arms and brokenJesusesand statuesin multiples-alongside l940s floor polishing equipmentand rotary telephonesandtable saws,shesaid.

"I was intrigued-It was incrediblereligious imagerybut also coryletely full of the magic of the.cieativeprocess,"Goldsteinsaid-

Sheendedup going back to Pittsburghfour moretimesto photographbecausesheknew that what shewascapturingon film would becomea beautifulbodyofwork.

Goldstein is dedicating this show to her ffiend Ellen Seeling,the only reasonshe ever went to Pittsburgh, Seeling recently lost her battle with breastcancer.

"I thought, what better time than now to show this body of work and dedicateit to her memory? It's a very emotional and important show,"Goldsteinsaid.

"Poli Veshrre" combines traditional photographic methods with digital printing innovations. The photographs are carbon pigmentprints on watercolorpaper.The result is a rich, fine tonality capturedperfectly from the originalnegative.The imagesare not only mesmerizing but arecaptivating. 'lSusan'swork is really a treat. She has a uniquevisionandhasgottenbetterat producing it," MetroArt professorKen Peterson said.

Petersonshouldknow,he is the co-founder andcurrentmemberofthe EdgeGalleryandhas known Goldsteinfor over 20 years.

"She doesn'tresortto the obvioussymbols and her quality is very mahre. She is able to createthesereallycool images,"Peterson said.

Goldsteinhasbeenin theDenverart scenealtemativeart thatis-for roughlyl0 years.She got her startasa photojoumalistfor Westwordin the mid 1980s.From there,sheemergedon the sceneslowly with submissions hereandthereto openjuried art showsat altemativeart galleries like CoreandEdge.

The Edgeis what is known as a cooperative gallery. The artists who show there are also members-which requires a monthly due.

Membenhip benefitsinclude a solo show once during a 12 month period and helping run and

maintain all aspectsof the gallery. The Edge is part of the city's long-standingaltemative ad scene,along with the likes of the Pirate, Core andSpark.galleries, amongothers.

"Religious imagery is among the most powerful art that has been created." Goldstein said. "I relate to the power of the imagery that is religiousandthepowerthatexistsin it because of people'sbeliefsystems."

"These imagesrepresenta time when the human hand was much more involvedin makingobjectsthat we take for granted,"Goldsteinsaid.

"The picturesaremore aboutit being

a factory at a time when the human hand was involved in creatinstheseitatues."

Susm Goldsteinputs the ffnfuhingtoucheson her trt show"Poli Vosture.' It runr M.rch 26 thrcugh April l8 st the EdgeGrllery in northwert Denyer.

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TheScott Holt Band Chipped FrontTooth (Gracetone, 2003)

the album where the drums are out of beat, or ScottHolt's raggedvoice becomesslightly too raggedandgoesflat.

With all this in mind, thereare at leasttwo good songson this record."Live Wire" offers guitarandpianolinesthatsounda bit aggressive like old-stylerock'n'roll from thedaysofChuck Berry. "One Day Away" is a moving ballad aboutnevertakinganythingfor granted,which featuresa beautifulguitarsolo.

The blues-rockstyle also works on other songs,like "One Night" and"Moanin'For You, guitarsolos Girl," which featuresouthem-style a bit reminiscentof musicianslike StevieRay Vaughn.

Fansof blues-rockacts like BB King, or KennyWayneShepherd, will probablylike this album, as seven out of the ten songs feature lengthyguitar solos,which, at points,are very inventiveand entertainingThe problemswith this album are that the

"live" feeling the band was going for isn't always what listenerswant when they purchasea studio-recordedalbum. Also, clocking in at just over 40 minutes long, this "live" performanceis disappointingly short.

The album would have easily been twice as good had they just spent some time on it and worked out the errors in order to produce that tight studio sound listeners have become accustomedto.

If the Scott Holt Band wanted to make a live CD, they should have done just that. They should have recorded a live performance where you can actually hear the band interacting with each other, as well as the crowd.

Instead, they made a studio-recorded CD packed to the brim with first-take, enor-filled sonss.

music that resemblespast fads needsa twist.

Thereare no twists and tums on Soundof the Wind.The melodiesare simple and keep the listenergrounded.Lyrically,the albumspeaks of everydayissues,but they are1ooobviousas LocalbandTandem's "Black Skies" indicates:"Why don't you go lat9st relegse is nothing away ffom here/It'sso good to know you're away from here/Summerdays have gone for to get energized about. good/whatareyou gonnadolSummerdayshave Sound ofthe l ind lacks the creativity needed in the music industry today. The sound resembles gone forever/so why don't you go/Darkness spreadsacross my face/seemsthat you could alternative groups of the 1990s such as Alice in Chains. What is problematic about a band loseyour faith."

Everybodyknows what it is to be glum. To sounding like something that has already been grab the attention of contemporarylisteners, done is that it do€sn't bring anything new to lyrics must be innovative,curious,and often listeners.

Tandem is a talenred sroun of musicians ambiguous.Though most are lacking, some lyrics show flashesof potentialas "This Man but their music teavesidE listene" .*rlog fo.

I'Knew" does:"There was this man I knew/I more depth. To spark the interest of the fan,

wantedto be just like him/He never told me what to do/I wanted to be forsaken/andthen he showedme how to be/aman of strengthand honor/Themoreofhim thatI couldsee/the more I did to pleasehis daughter" The song speaksof an issue that many peoplecan relateto and lyrically it is almost good,but almostis nevercloseenough.lt's the deliveryofthe lyricscoupledwith a datedsound that halts the music from transcendinggenres and grappinglisieners. . As for Tandem"with more practice, more musicaldepth,and more curiouslyrics they can contiDueto grow and then, who knows? Right now however,they are as lacking as a band as Soundof the Wnd is lacking asan album.

In an era dominated technology and by studio-enhanced tracks, The Scott Holt Band is trying to bring their audience that raw feel of actually attendins a show.

With the release of 2003's Chipped Front Zootft the band did what few bands do an),more: they recorded an entire studio album in one take and acrually used those tracks on the finished album.

The goal was to re-createthat mystic feeling ofbeing at a concert.

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Hardcoreis dead.

But don't tell Norma Jean that.

Reclaimingthefury andpassionofthe genre, they've flung their bodiesand instruments across Europe and America; smashing eardrums and scratching vocal chords all alongthe way.

Some might criticize that bands like Norma Jean are revivalists for a lost causeCertainly they're not Bad Brains, but they seemto be able to get a crowd moving just the same.

Pretensionsaside, when it comesdown to it, the Georgiaquintetdoesn'tseemto care much about what anyonehas to say. Their live show only has one claim: They want to

rock and they're going to do it with style.

On what seemsto be an endlesstour, they've playedliterally hundredsof shows sincetheir inceptionin the late 1990s.It's probablethat the last time they took a break was back in 2002, when their sophomore efort, B/essthe Martyr and Kiss the Child, wasrecorded.

Their sound, blended with metal riffs, a little growling and los of lyrical introspection,has pushed them across not just musical borders but religious ones as well. Solid State Records, a notorious Christianmetal and hardcorelabel. is where Norma Jeanfinds their home.

Helping pavethe way for otherChristian

hardcorebands, Norma Jean has infiltrated the secularscene.And with everyintenseand sweaty performance,they are proving that th€y arehereto stay.

It's true that hardcore will never be what it once was. It's heart failed shortly after joumalists documentedit and its good name was dragged through the mud of the rnainstream.Survivedby countless offspring,however,it's namewill be passed on. Hardcoremay be dea4 but it's not over.

Norma JeanbreaksnecksMarch 27 at Cervante's,2637Welton.Openersinclude Underorth, Beloved, Dead Poetic and Hastethe Day. Doors at 5:30 p.m. Ticket info at *rvw.sodajerkpresents.com

Bluebird Theater 3317 E. Colfax Are,, Denver .3/26 - Suicide Machines,Against All Authority, The Code .3/27 - AvengedSevenfold,The Bled, Alexis on Fire, Opiate for the Masses,Red Tape .3/31 - Sugarcult,Letter Kills, Love Me Destroyer,Hemi Cuda Cemante's 2637 Welton St , Denver .3/27 - Norma Jean,Underoath, Beloved. Dead Poetic. Haste the Day Climax Lounge 2217 Welton St, Denver .3/25 - The Spits, The Regulars .3/27 - Siren Project, Born in Winter .3/30 - The Black Lips, The Symptoms,4130 .3/31 - Dysrhythmia, Weatherthe Storm, Aberrant .4/I - Whiskey Kiss, The Hacks, Stoli & The Beers Gothic Theatre 3263 S. Broadway, Englewood .3/25 - Rock en Espanol .3/26 - PsychedelicFurs, The Pleased .3127 - Abnormal, Koma and Bones r3l30 - Lucky Boys Confirsion, . D.O.R.K.,Love.45 .3/31 - Wolfsheim .4/1 -'I\e Soul of John Black IIi-Dive 75. Broadway, Denver .3/26 - Dar*. Orchid, Jet Set Kate, Drop the Fear .3/27 - Agency,Yellow Second, Curious Yellow Larimer Lounge 2721 Larimer SL. Denver .3/25 - Brant Bjork and the Bros, Lion Fever .3/26 - Low Flying Owls, Bright Channel .3/27 - Year Future, Kill Me Tomorrow, The Swayback,White Dynamite .3i28 - Crimson Haybailer, Derailed, Black Smiths .3/29 - Monkey Child, Colder Than Fargo, Eric Bailly .3/30 - Decibully, Mike Jorgensen, Blusom .3/31 - Joan of Arc .4/l - ProtosonicDre Lion's Lair 2022 E. Colfax Ave, Denver .3/26 - RPG, SaucyJack .3/29 -Ryan Cabreru Ogden Theatre 935.E. Colfox Ave,, Denver .3/26 -T\enpy, BT, Philip G, DJ David Christian .3/27 - Switchfoot, The Jealous Sound, Copeland .4/l - The Vines, Jet, The Living End Rock Island 1614 15th St, Denver .3/26 - Black Black Ocean,Red Clou4 B. Diddle, The Royal We .4/l - Beans,Magic Cyclops

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Roadrunnersamong'Elite' Men's basketballheadsto Elite Eight after beatingKearneyfor fourth time

by EricScott TheMetrcoolitan Metro men's basketball wrote another chapter in its epic seasonlast Tuesday, March 16 by defeating the Nebraska-Keamey Lopers for the right to play in the NCAA Elite Eight for the fourth time in six years.

"It's been awesome getting there (the Elite Eight)," said junior forward Michael Morse, "and I feel pretty lucky to be in this situation."

After gunning down the Mesa State Mavericks 102-72 rn the first round of the NCAA Toumament and trapping the South Dakota St. Jackrabbits 109-69,the Roadrunners (3 l -2) cruised into the battlegroundthat was the Auraria Events Center Tuesday, March 16 to face UNK for the fourth time this season.The North Central Regional Final took place in front of 1,870 roaring fans from both teams in u'hat seemedlike World War III. Morse got the 'Runners off the block first with a lay-up to make the score2-0. The Lopers retaliatedwith a lay-up from Will Taukiuveaand two free throws from Chad Sheffield. Although there was no shortage of intensity, butterflies might have been roaming free through the stomachs of the players as the Roadrunners started out just 2-10 from the field while Keamey went 14.

"There were a lot of missed shots," said head coach Mike Dunlap, "and it became a game of attrition."

Photobv SteveStoner - TheMet oDolitan Metro forward Mark Worthington, c€nter,goesfor a lay-up betw€enNeb.-KearneydefendersChad Shelfield,left, and Nick Branting March 16 during the North Central Regional Final at the Auraria Events C€nter.The Roadrunners defeatedUNK and will go to the Elite Eight.

The Lopers were able to take a 9-6 lead with 14:22 remaining in the first half after Dusty Jura laid it in.

Morse led a Metro charge by scoring five straight points, which helped the 'Runners regainthe lead I l-9.

Keamey galloped back with a 5-0 run that put the scoreat 14-1l. The gamesee-sawed until Metro grabbed control of the lead by going on an ll-3 run that put the score at 29-19. UNK showed no signs of surrenderas they pried away

Metro's grasp ofthe lead by going on a 7-0 run to close out the half. The Roadrunners held onto a nanow 3l-28 lead at halftime. Metro forced 14 Loper tumovers in the first half while Morse led all scorerswith 14.

At the beginning of the second half, it seemed as though the 'Runners put the game out of reach for Keamey as Metro led 38-31 in the first four and a half minutes,but UNK forced the fifth tie of the game by going on a 7-0 run that deadlockedthe game at 38 with 14:40remaining in the game.

During the Loper run, the Roadrunners experienced a frightening moment when llNK player Chad Sheffreld undercut Metro senior center Lester Strong as Strong attempted a layup.

Strong went down temporarily with a knee injury. 'Runner fans screamed for an intentional foul, but Sheffreld was called with a normal blocking foul.

The Roadnrnners stormed back later by retaking the lead at 49-40 with 1l:214remaining.

A put-back dunk from junior forward Mark Worthington, a three-pointer from junior guard Keith Borgan and a layup by senior guard Luke Kendall orchestrated the lead takeoverThe symphony was part of a 174 Metro nm that helped the Roadrunners extend their lead to 53-42 and uitimately cripple the hopes of Keamey, because the Lopers could not come closer than nine points the rest of the game, and the 'Rumers out-dashed Keamey 79-68.

Metro's l1-point win was its narrowest margin ofvictory this season.

Keamey's reliance on the three-point shot proved to be its doom as it shot a meager 3-19 from beyond the arc.

Senior guard C.J. Massingale scored 19 points and had nine rebounds on his way to becoming the North Central Regional MVP Strons was also named to the All-Tournament

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Teams show hard work over break Even though for many of us, spring break was a time of doing as littie as possible, the Metro athletes were workins hard over the break playing for more hardware.

The baseball team went 3-7 over the break, while the men's basketball team was able to win the region as well as see its hansfer, C.J. Massingale, add yet another individuai Donald Smith

accomplishmentas he is now the MVP of both the Rocky MountainAthletic Conference and the North Central Reeion.

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Men'sBasketball-Regional and someonehasto moveon andluckily,Metro left in a row. This pastweekend,they won threeof RMAC Champions Kearneybehindandwentto Bakersfield. four andarelookinglike theteamI thoughtthey ...Ald then therewere eight.This has to Now it's time to see if the Roadrunners were.But, I'm afraidif I saythey areplaying be th€ perfectline to sum up last weekendas can once more hold up that trophy and create well, thenI'lljinx themandthey'll get lit up for the Metro men's basketballteam made sure themselvesa dynasty and send their five 35 runsandlosetheir nextfour games. that noneof the opposition'splanereservations seniorsoIf in style. The team'sflrrsttest was I would like to takethe time to saywelcome includedthe words: "Bakersfield.Calif." on yesterday(Wednesday) againstRollins (Fla.) back from Spring Break. For thosewho didn't them. in Bakersfield,Calif. If lhe teamwins,theywill attendthe Regional,you misseda greatweekend Metro did a little "spring cleaning," as play again tonight (Thursday)againsteither of basketball;and for those who did attend, I they mopped the floor and dusted off their NorthwestMissouri Stateor SouthemIndiana hope you enjoyedit. Also, the baseballteam is first two opponents(Mesa State, 102-72 and at 7 p.m.MST. missing somethingvery important: fans! Aside South Dakota State 109-69)before running Baseball(13-13-1,3-l RMAC) from all my criticism, this teamhasplayedvery into theirtoughestchallengeofthe toumament: You know, I should seriouslyconsidernot well at homeandare l2-5, but they're playing in Nebraska-Keamey. writing aboutthe baseballteamuntil they decide ftont of a lot of empty seats.

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The Roadrunnersoutscoredthe Lopers 5026 in thepaint,andMetro alsoheld LNK to 3 I percentshooting.

After the game,KeameyheadcoachTom Kroppthrewa big complimentat the 'Runners. "t think the top 20 (NCAA) Division lI programswould beat one-thirdof Division I schools,"Kropp said."l think Metro is one of thetop 50 teamsin theUnitedStates."

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Dunlap responded to the comment by saying, "Alybody that would make those statementshasa lot betterobservationthanme," but he saidhe respects the statement because he knew who the sowcewas.

The Roadrunnersnow travel to Bakersfield, Calif.for theElite Eight.Metro'sfirst gamewas Wednesday,March 24 against Rollins College (Fla.).

Ifthe Roadrunnerswere ableto comeout on top, they will advanceto the nationalsemifinals Thursday,March 25 to take on either Northwest Missouri Stateor Southemlndiana.

The NCAA Division II National Championshipgame will air Saturday,March 27at 1l a.m.MST on CBS. If Metro is able to capture the National Championship, it will be its third in six yean.

Checkout http://www.themetonline.com for game-by-gamecoverage.

Photoby Sfteye Stmer - IrE Mawlitur Live action commentafyand interviewscan Roadrunnerlunlor gmrd Keitb Borgan,rlghl trkes r shotin front of Loper pleyer Chrd Sheffeld be seenat http://wrnv.themeheport.com.

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DeathstrikesCornelllacrosse Frcm$affrepub C,omell Daib &m (CdnellU.) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y - Tragedy hit SchoellkopfField Wednesday,March 15 in the afternoonwhen Comell men's lacrossedefensemanGeorgeBoiardi died during a gameagainst Binghamtonafter hewas struckin the chestby a ball shotby theBearcats'Nate Kerstein.

At the time of the incident, the Red led 9{ with 2:33 remainingin the fourth quarter.The gamewas not completed.

Kerstein, apparentlytaking a shot on goal, wound up and hit Boiardi right abovehis heart with the shot. Boiardi recoiled from the impact with bothofhis armsabovehis headbeforefalling to the turf.

Training staffs from both teamsresponded immediately with first aid. OIlicers from the Comell University Police Departmentarrived threeminuteslater.

While workers from the athletic training staff attended to Boiardi on the field, SchoellkopfField fell silent,as Comellplayers

held hands and their Binghamton opponents studentsat the university. This loss cannot be were on their knees. measured.Our hearts and prayers go out to Paramedicsarrived minutes later and ad- George'sfamily, his friendsandhis teammates," ministered CPR for over l0 minutes. Boiardi said J. Andrew Noel. director of athletics and was later taken by a Bangs ambulanceto Ca- physicaleducation. yuga Medical Center,wherehe waspronounced According to Moss, Boiardi's parentswere dead. contactedaftâ&#x201A;Źr the incidentandwere en routeto A spokespenonfrom CayugaMedical Cen- Ithaca,N.Y., as of Wednesdaynight. The Diviter declined0ocomment. sion of Studentand Academic Servicesis also "I can confirm that (Boiardi) died," said coordinating support eftiorts sursunding the SimeonMoss, deputy director of the Comell senior'sdeath.

NewsService.

"A lot of university staff, including crisis Boiardi wasknown for his speedand defen- counselors,(spoke)with players and other athsive leadershipabilitieson the field and guid- leteswho were aroundat the time," Moss said. anceoff it.

Though the cause of death has not been Namedone of four team captainsthis year, determined,blunt, non-penetratingchestblows, Boiardi made the successfultransition from a suchasthe impactBoiardi suffered,canresultin longstickmidfielderto a shortstickdefenseman suddencardiacdeath. last season.He wasa historymajor in the ColAs of2001, therewere 128confirmedcases legeofArts andSciences. of suchtrauma,accordingto a study published "Comell'sathleticscommunityis absolutely in the March 6, 2002, edition of the Joumal of devastated by this tragicloss.Georgewasa ter- theAmericanMedicalAssociation. rific person,a greatteam leader,an excellent Boiardi is survivedby his parentsMario and studentand. in fact. he was one of the finest Deborah,an older sisterand a youngersister.

ing viewpoints, exchangingideas and perhaps - form actionplansfor thefuture. Receptionto follow. 5:30-8pmat the Centerfor VisualArtS, 7734W azeeStreet,Denver.PleaseRSVP to: For moreinformation,call churche@mscd.edu.

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Speaker Series- Join author and political "NaactivistMax Elbaumfor tu'o discussions: tionalismandNew LeftActivism:Culturaland at lOamand"Che Perspectives" Revolutionary at lpm. Elbaum's Guevara & 1960'sRadicals" writings haveappearedin the Nation,Radical A,A, Meetings on Campus - Wednesdays History Review,the Guardian,and the Ency- provided by l1:3oam-12:3opm in AurariaLibrary,Room clopedia of the American Left. He will also Grqduate School lYorkshop I in CN Services.

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Truth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Thursdayfrom 3-4pmin Tivoli 542.Messianic studies.For moreinformation,call Jeffat (303) 355-2009.

Massage Therapy Clinic - $5 for students.

Sponsoredby the Community College of Denver. Wednesdays5-9pm and Saturdays l0am-4pm on the Lowry Campus- 1070 Alton Way Bldg. #849, Denver,CO 80230.

For more informationor directions,call (303) 365-8393. llomen's Hislory Exhibit: Colorado |ltomen's Sulfrage - ThroughoutMarch at the Denver Public Library, centralbranch5th Floor. For moreinformation,call (303)352-4231.

Music at Metro Event ,teries - Instrumental and Vocal Jazz Ensembleswith directors Walter Barr and Fred Hess. 7:30pm in the King Center Concen Hall. General admission. $5: students and seniors, $3; Metro community fiee w/I.D. For more information, go online to: or call (303) 556-3180. www.musicatmetro.org

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Music at Melro Senior Recital: Heathe( Luzovich, soprano with Lynn Schlater, piano.

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