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Hamidremembers thinkinghe rvasnot going to survive.He had difficulty recallingthe experienceafter The Met Reportaskedwhat the 46-year-oldfreelancejournalist had beenthinking duringhis experiencewith the Mujah Hadeen. "I don't think you havethoughtsin a situation like that," Hamidsaid. This is not the first time Hamid's life was at risk. He reportedon being held hostagein the Philippinesin the March 14-20,2002 issbeof the Cairo Times. Harnid graduatedfrom Metro with a BA in French,SpanishandArabic in 1994,eight years after he spenta yearin the Middle East.
Photoby Wilfiem lrloore- TheMaqolitan Metro freshman Tristan Kobâ‚Źrg enjoys a display of pinwheeh April 20 outside thb Plaza building. The pinwheelswere set up by the student group MSAVE to help encourrge students to vote for a clâ‚Źan energy initiative that would bring wind power to the Auraria campuses. Seestory otr PAGE 7.
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causethe situation existswhere someonecould be fired without the administration followine dte process. At presstime, no one from the board was A lawsuit has been filed against Metro's availablefor comment. Board of Trusteesby the faculty union because Factrlty union memberand English profesof changesmade to tle handbook that affect sor ReneeRudermansaid the changesin polcontrrctualrights of tenuredfaculty. icy a{fect everyoneat Metro, not just tenured The boardimposeda new handbookJune4, faculty. 2003,whichcontained a Reductionin Forcepol"It affects.thequality of educationofferedat icy that facultyunionmemberssaidviolatedthe Metro." Ruderman said. basic rights of tenure definedby the Anerican David Sullivan,faculty union memberand Associationof University Professors. philosophyprofessorat Metro,said'theRIF polThe lawsuit is aimedat achievingdeclarato- icy affects academicfreedom and directly imry judpent, which meansthat althoughno one pactstenure. hasbeenfired, the faculty union is concemedbe-
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Photoby l-€ah Bhmtscbli - TheMetnplitot A member of Cannon Lion ofJudrb plsys reggaemusic rt the Diverse City Shakedown fre€ concert beld 8t St. Francis last April 15. The event, which wrs sponsoredby Creative Resistrnce,was spersely rttended as students went to cnd fmm class.Cr€etive Resistance threw the frec concefi €vent to promote ond celebrrt€ inulti-culturalism snd diversity on crmp[s rnd ttroughoua I)enver, Th€ bands that performed were l)ojo Sound System,Chuck Wagotr Erpress, Moonhead, Cannon Lion ofJudah and On th€ Rocks, Metro student organization Metm Stote Active Voices for the Environment also had a trble to distribute environm€ntal information and encourage students to vote for their SACAB clean enerry initiative, which would chirge students $l a semest€rfor th€ crmpus to use renew|ble en€rgy.
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Metro may provide home internet Sfudents setto votethisweekona new proposalthatcouldallowthemtohave access to internetfromtheirhome byAmmdaJoFrazier flEMeowlitfrt Metro sordentswill be ableto vote this week on a proposedmandatorystudentfee that would provide nationwide, unlimited lntemet access for $6 or lessa month. After a p,rocessingfee, the Intemet service would cost ao more than $42 a semesterand would bc inchlrdedin the fall andspring snrdent fees for dll three schools on campus.Service
would continue through the Chrishas, spring and summerbreaks. Other Interaet providers, sr.rchas NeZero and Juno, cost $9 to $10 a month for regular dial-up service.After six months, that adds up to $54 to $60. These providers allow only l0 hours of surfing a month, said StephenHay the original submitterof the proposal. "Sbdents spendover (10 hours) for online classes,so that's not feasible," Hay said.
Financialaid or loanscouldbe usedto pay for lntemet service if the fee is passed,which would not be possiblewith otherproviders. "This isn't somethingstudentswould have to pay for out of their pockeg" Hay said. When the fee was initially and secondly proposedit was meantto be vohmtary.Students would have had to opt-in (let the college know they wantedto use the Intemet service)before tuition billing. lf enoughstudentsdidnl take advantageof the servipe,the price would possiblygo up from theproposed$6. The administation thendecidedto makethe proposedfee mandatory. "I understand that some stodents have Intemet they're satisfied with and don't think it's fafu to have to pay for a studentfee," said CandaceGill, curent Metro vice presidentfor
studentfeesandpresidentialcandidate. Whether the fee passesor fails, Hay and Gill, along with other mernbersof the Student FeesReview Panel,plan to ask the administration to review the fee next yearso that it may be offeredon a voluntarybasis. Metro student Kurt Gyalog said he gets his Jntemet serviceon a discountand wouldn't want to change,but otherwise'$6 wouldn't be too bad." If passedthe proposalwill go out br local Internet providers to make a bid- One possible provider is E-StreetCommunications. E-StreetPr€oidentNick Voth said the speed of his dial-up service is equivalent to that of otberproviders. . The voting, which started yesterday,will conclude this Satrirdayat 3 p.m. Studentscan vote at the designatedbuilding of their school.
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Meet the Candidates Electionsare this week,April 19-23. President: Tracy Rhines- Independent CandaceGill - ConstructingOpportunities for Students Inayet Hadi - PositiveAction Coalition Vice Presidentfor AcademicAffsirs: JessicaLynn Greiner - COS Erik Wiesner- PAC Vice Presidentfor StudentFees: Brian Glotzbach- COS '
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Vice President for Communications; Rustin Tonn - COS Denice Dorchak-Ochola - PAC
Attornev General: William Safford - COS Cecilia Diane Oliver - PAC
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SACAB Representative(two are voted in): Rebecca Manhart - COS Todd Zinck - COS Jessica Olguin - Independent
Vice Pr€sident for Student Orsanizations: Clara Ordonez - COS Chris Chandler - PAC
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Vic€ Pr€sid€ntfor Student Services: LaDonna Garcia - COS Brian Rearley - Independ€nt Nikolas McDonald - PAC
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Kerry pitchesstudentaid by ClaytonWoullmd TheMetrcNlitan DemocraticPresidentialNominee frontrunnerJohnKerry finishedup his nation-wide campustour last week in which he promised a proposed$75 biliion to help make higher educationmoreaffordablefor students. As partof his "ChangeStartsWith U: Kerry CampusTour2004,"the Massachusetts senator proposeda $25 biltion fiscal aid packageto help the stategovemmentsand $50 billion in tax creditsto help studentspay for four years of collegeThe pmposalsareall a part ofhis "Compact with the Next Generation" plan, which Kerry said would involve over 300,000 students within a decade. During the weeklong tour in which his carnpaign hit New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and Pennsylvania,Kerry criticized President Bush for failing to follow through on promises to help college students. "Once again, the presidentjust does not get it," Kerry said at a town hall meeting last week in Providence,R.I. "A college education meansmore than ever in today'seconomy,yet this presidenthasdonenothing to makeit more affordable." During a conference-callwith over 150 studentreportersfrom aroundthe countryApril 13,Kerryblamedthiepresident's tax policiesfor the 28 perqentincreasein hrition in the U.S. "GeorgeBush'stax cuts for the wealthy is a
"And insuflicient competition could hurt the process." According to Diaz, President Bush has already submitted his 2005 budget to Congress, and it includes $73 billion in student aid for higher education, which is a $4.2 billion increase from this year. The President also requests in the budget $12.9 billion ,in Pell Grants, which Diaz.said would provide for 5.3 million low-income students. "The fact is that more high school students are going to college than ever before," Diaz said. "The president is proposing historic education funding that will help some 10 million studentsgo to college." Kerry said during the conference-call that Kerry's "Service for young Americans should vote firr him because College" initiative his policies are the only positive alterative to is $694 below the Bush'scurrent econornicpoliciesTim Alexander, a marketing major at Metro, said he would ask both Kerry and Bush to stabilize higher educationcosts ifelected. this academic year, "I would ask them to hold some consistency and is 627o less in 'funding for tuition," Alexander said. "lt's than the average ridiculous that (presidents') funding policies for institutions that can change during their term." Alexander, who plans to vote in November charge for room and but has yet to decide for which candidate,said board. "He's being very Kerry's $25 and $50 billion proposals are just disingenuous about shaky campaiga promiseshis plans,"Diaz said. "I think it's all a part of campaigning," he "It comesdown to who is he going to raise said. "Students have no concepl of how that taxeson or whatprogramsis he goingto cut?" money would ever spreadto them." A poll conducted by Harvard University's Kerry said he will pay for his national service initiative by renovating the national Institute of Politics and released last week shows Kerry is winning support on college studentloan program. He said cunently banks make too much campuses with 48 percent of college students profit from studentloans, thereforeunder his polled favoring Kerry, compared to 38 percent programhe will requirebanksto bid for student who favor PresidentBush. According to a Rocky Mountain News poll loan contracts. Daz said this plan is faulty. conductedearlier this month, most Coloradoans "For one, (Kerry's) auction plan increase would vote for PresidentBush if lhe elections govemment bureaucracies," Diaz said. were held now. tuition tax increase for students," Kerry said. "l think it's unconscionable." Kerry has also proposed a "Service for College" initiative, which would oifer tuition at a four-year university to those who serve for at least two years in the military. Kerry said the initiative would cost approximately $13 billion over 10 yean. Danny Diaz, a spokespersonfor the BushCheney'04 campaign, said his proposals lack derail.. "His plan sells college studentsshort," Diaz said. "It's very easy to go on the stump and make campaign promises; it's different when you have to actually subrnit a budget." Diaz said the estimated cost for tuition in
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Clean energyon campusballot bD'TdbithaDid TheMefrowlitan With the help of wind turbines and Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, Auraria may be on the right path ro realizing clean energy. Joel Sayre,presidentof Metro StateActive Voices for the Environment met Hickenlooper at the Denver caucuson April 13. Sayre introduced himself to tlie mayor and told him about the Auraria Clean Energy campaign. Sayre said Hickenlooper suggested an official Auraria Clean Energy Day. "We talked for ten minutes," Sage said. Hickenlooper said he remembers meeting Sayrebut said he needsmore time to take steps toward supporting Auraria Clean Energy. "The mayor was very excited to leam about students getting engaged in environmental issues and would like to suppon future efforts in any way possible," said Lindy Eichenbaum-Lent, communications director for Hickenlooper. Excel Energy account representativeDoug Ryan said the $3 billon energy bill Auraria Clean Energy claims the campus pays is grossly exaggerat€d.Excel is not permitted to releasetheir customers' information. "There are a number of programs that customers can take part in to reduce their energy demands," said Steve Roalstad, Excel media relations spokesman. Roalstad said he is glad the studentshave a chance to think about clean energy and vote on it for themselves, and Excel encourages their customers to conserve energr through
information distribution and a bu'siness solutions center. 'We think that Windsource (an Excel Energy program) is a wonderful way to encourage the development of renewable energy sources,"Roalstadsaid. A student fee of one dollar per semester would generate enough money among all Auraria schools to pay for wind power in the Tivoli and in the new portion of the Auraria Events Center, both powered by student fees. Auraria will use wind farms to pewer these buildings if the Auraria Clean Energy Vote passesthis week. One of the wind rurbines near the Wyoming border currently has a University of Colorado sticker on it, evidence of student support for clean energy at CU in 2000. The turbines belong to PonnequinWind Farm, part ofExcel Energy's WrndSourceprogram. "We are looking forward to slapping a CUDenver logo, a M€tro logo, and a CCD logo on (those turbines)," said Philip von Hake, a MSAVE volunteer and UCD student. Von Hake was one of the first students at Auraria to help MSAVE with the Clean Energy campaign. MSAVE is a 20-member student organization established by Sayre in October of 2003. It has raised money for Auraria Clean Energy through one bake sale and endless houn of soliciting local businessesto lend their support. In addition to the local businessesand restaurants who lent their support to Clean Energy for Auraria. EnviroCitizen has also taken an active role. EnviroCitizen is an orsanization
which supports students in their endeavors to protect the environment. Faith Winter has been an active member of EnviroCitizen for over a year and is helping students at Auraria promote clean energy. "You can see the brown cloud (that the city is famous for) above Denver on mosl days," Winter said. Auraria carnpus spends $3 billion dollars on energy every year, according to Winter. "Currently, new wind is cheaper than coal," said Winter. Roalstadsaid that Excel's Windsource program costs 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, more than Excel's standardservice. According to Winter, there are 120 campuses across fte nation now working on clean energy.Boulder was the first to adopt it through a shrdent fee increasein 2000. After the vote, Auraria will accept bids from companies like Excel, Native Energy and RenewableChoice. Solar companiesare expectedto make bids as well. The Denver Botanic Gardens provided MSAVE with memberships to give away during the Auraria Clean Energy Vote on Thursday,April 22. The Auraria Clean Energy Vote is an event which will begin with a concert by The Mercury Projecl at l1 a.m. between the King Center and the Tivoli. From noon to I p.m., the Auraria Clean Energy Vote will feature several speakers, including a representalive from the Colorado Environmental Coalition.
Spam gone Metro will soon begin using a new filtration system that will filter out the most obvious spam e-rnail. Information Technology predicts Metro receives 100,000e-mails a day and 65 to 75 percent ofthose .ue spam. The new product, named Ironmail, will be set at the lowest level and then levels will be increasedgradually. If students aren't receiving e-mails they think they should be getting, they can call the help desk to inform IT. Becausethe level of filtration will be set so low, there will be very few instances of shrdentsnot rec€iving wanted e-mails, said Yvonne Floo4 interim vice president for IT. "I'd be surprisedif anyonc calls," Flood said. ln the future, IT would like to implement a quarantine system in which mail that looks like spam would be filtered into a separatefolder. E-mail userscould view that folder to make sure there isn't mail in it they want to receiYe.
Students going to Rome Metro'sBoardof Trusteesrecently approveda studyabroadprogram-totake placeMay 22 throughJune5 in Rome. Studentswill havea chanceto eam threehistory creditswhile studyingthe topographyof ancientRome. The programconsistsof two tiers. one is a basicprogramopento all students,and the other is an advancedprogramfor studentswho havepreviouslystudiedabroad. Thetrip will cost$2150. Enrollmentfor the trip hasalready closed,but other study abroadprograms ar€still open. A trip to Spainwill take placeJuly 3 1o will study Students the 31 andcosts.$3100. Spanishandeamsix credithours. The Far Eastis anotherdestination Metro is striving for May 30 throughJune programcosts 15.The Bomio-Equatorial will eameightcredithours $3500.Students and leam how to put a tourism prcgram together. More trips to PeruandFrancewill also beginat the endof May. Shrdentscan find detailsaboutstudy abroadprogramsin their field ofstudy at any of the departmentsor throughe-mail.
Programs deleted Six out of sevenhumanperformance and sportcertificateprogramshavebeen deleteddue to lack of studentinter€st. Coaching,conditioningspecialistand omciatingareamongthe certificateprogramscut. *We didn't think the programswere saidMarc Rabino{f,chairof necessary," sportandleisure the humanperformance department. Theprogramswereoriginallycreated as "mini coursesof study"to enticestudentsto cometo the college,takequicker programsandthenhopefullystayandfinish a degree,Rabinoff said. Overthe courseofabout eightyears, oneshrdenthasbeenawardeda certificate. The departrnentis keepingthe recreationassistantcertificateprogramfor anotheryear beforethe decisionto keepor deletetheprogramwill be made.
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Fab Four return to seel"gacy by KoreneGallegos TheMetrcpolinn ln the lobby of The Metropolitan hangs a momentouspictue of four averageguys who starteda legacy. Telling stodes was a sharedphilosophy amongthe ah'mni and currentMetro joumalism lastweekendin theTivoli. Thejoumalstudents ism symposiumfinishedat the historicDenver PressClub. Armando Manzanares,a Metro Studentand Metropolitan reporter,organizedthe event. said."It "It all fell into place,"Manzanares wasgreatto seethey (alumni)arestill passionate and still dedicated(in the field of joumalism)." He also said that getting the founding four fathersof TheMetropolitan alrtdother gueststo corne and help celebratethe 25th Anniversary wasvery special. EmersonSchwartzkopfwas the first editoi of TheMetropolitanin 1979.Emersonis currently the editor of StoneBusinessMagazine. One of the other founding fathers Frank Mullen, 1980 Metro graduate,was one of the speakersat the Symposium. He stressedthe important characteristics that ajoumalism studentshouldcarry with them throughouttheir career. "Curiosity is numberone.You haveto want to know why. Also enthusiasm;I'm just getting warmedup, is the way I look at it," he said."I don't know what is going to happenin the next year or two or threebut I know I will be telling stories." . Steve Werges also helped found Z?e He still repidesin Denverwork1Metropolitan. I ing for National Printing Company as a sales consultant.Though out the weekend,he shared his storieswith alumni and studontsPeterDuray-Bito helpedthe other three get The Metropolitan startedby utilizing his photographyandlayout skills. He met his wife Sally Williams while working at the paper and they havebeenmarried for closeto 25 years. Other alumni andspeakersat the Journalism Symposiumincludedreportersand editorsfrom the RockyMountain News, and USA Today.A majority of the alum eameda Bachelorof Arts degreesin Joumalismat Metro. Many Metro joumalism studâ‚Źnts have lused,The Metropolitcz as pmfessionalpractice ground.Mullen was surprisedby how much lhe newspaperhas growri and accomplishedsince he was there. "I'm especially impressed with The Metropolitan's technology; we started bare bones with a couple of typewriters and used desks,"he said."And now to seethey have a
radio station in there (the Student Publication Office) and a TV studio and cutting edge computer stuff." Mullen is now a renowned investigative reporter for the Reno Gazette-Journal. He is also a professor of Joumalism at the University ofNevada, Reno and an author and has appeared on several television networks including the Discovery Channel and the BBC. Perry Swansonwas The Metropolitanb edltor from 1998-1999.He is now a reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette. "l read The Metropolitan every week, and I rgally am happy to see that this year it seems like there are a number of students who are really enthusiasticand fying to do the best work they can do," Swansonsaid. According to The Metropolitan News Editor Noelle Leavitt, the student paper has won over 400 awards in the past 25 years. Leavitt also noted this academicschool year has been a great one for The Metropolitan a'fter winning two prestigious national awards. "I wouldn't take back my experience with this paper for anlthing," she said. "And I know that pretty much all the people I work with would say the same thing." This Spring semester, The Metropolitan won third place in 'Best Snrdent Weekly'by the Associated Collegiate Press,and first place out of five statesby the Society of Professional
Original staff fronr the first years of The Metropolitan g"ther at Braun's Bar & Grill Aprill5 for the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the newspaper, Frosr left Emerson Schwartzkopf, PeberDrray'Bito, Steve Werges and Frank X. Mullen.
Joumalists. Opinion Editor Justin Breuer was recently announcedas the new Metropolitan Editor in Chief for nextyear. "I've come to understandwhat kind of
beastthe paper is," Breuer said "More importantly, though,I've leamedhow interestingand fim beinga part of a newspaperis; it's a great calling if you use it properly."
A duyinAmericanhistory In class this Monday, a shrdent went on and on about how badly the war in Iraq is going for the United States. He continually reminded the class that 700 Americans have died, and that this is a tragedy (historically, what is "tragedy?"). I can't say I don't wrsft this didn't ever have to happen, but who honestly expects a war to go 'as planned;' who honestly expects life to end up in any .way other than what we expected: any way other than death?
I've heardeverything the left has !o say aboul the 'lies' leadingup to the war; I've heardthe samefrom the right, and I'm just as convinced.The honesttruth: sometimes the reality of life is depressing,but it's always real; life is only depressingifyou attemptto live abovsit (b!t hey,that'sjustme). On Apil 19, 1861,blood wasfirst shedin theAmeican Civil Wax Late last year, I visited the beachesof Normandy whereAmerican, British, and Canadian hoops landed and subsequentlyliberated Europe. Before personnelcarriers &opped troops on the beaches,allied aircraftheavilybombed numerouslocations killing up to 500 innocent civilians per night. Why? Diversion: if the Germans knew where the Allies planned to land -let's face it--{ermany may have won the war. It worked and now Europeis free (would they havebeen"free" otherwise?). On April 19, 1993,the 51-daysiegeof the BranchDavi.lian Seventh-dayAdventists' comNiCk Bahl -----e;iinnist
poundin Waco,TexasendedwhentheBureauof Alcohol,TobaccoandFirearmsraidedthe compound,killing beween72 and86 people. On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a rental truck in front of the Munah FederalBuilding in downtown OklahomaCity killing 168peopleandinjuringcountlessothers (theworst terroristatlackonAmericansoil at the time it happened). Over Christmasbreak, I traveled to South America. While the quality of life in Brazil and Argentina was very comparableto that of America,just over the borders'inParaguay(ust assouthofthe U.S.boarder)thequalitydropped off sipificantly. A couple of yearsago in rural Spain, I observedlowauality rural life, but I havestill never seenanythinglike what I sawin Paraguay. On one comer, a huge air-conditioned departnent store stood as still as the guardsat its door with their machinegunskeepinglocals out, Our guide told us the Arabs in the region ownedthe store,and an article I had read about a year prior tn TheNew Yorkerconc'xted (according to the article, funds were raised and funneledto tenoristnetworksin theMiddleEasl - oddly enough,the embassyquestionedme up they said,largenumbersof and down because, Americanshad been going into Paraguay;the embassy didn't know why). The departinent store was stocked with beautifirl peoplewearing ritzy formal wear and catering ice-cold beverages,electronics, golf clubs,and all the othermaterialitems 'we' think will make'us' happy. Just outsidethe doors, frail elderly women
literally wandered the streetswith white-plastic grocery bags, picking at the trash left in the alleys so they could eat that day. Children wandered the street with a hopeless look on their faces;.a look that cried out, "I'm human, too, and I'm alive, too." A dry heat from car exhaust echoedand pulsed through the cavems made by the city's buildings. Teenagersstalked back and forth acrossthe bridge leading back into Brazil. Tied to their backs were large boxes ofcigarettes wrapped in garbage bags to waterproof thern. East of the bridge's peak, the teenagers dropped their boxes into the river where a boat would pick them up so that they could be sold in Brazil. This happened all day long-the scolding received when cameras came out was intense, expected, and terrified our brace-toothed Brazilian guide (cigarette trafficking is illegal but economicsmakes the chanceworthwhile). 'On April 20" 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris rampaged through the parking lot and halls of Columbine High School in Jefferson County, killing 13 and wounding countless others before they turned their grms on thernselves. I can't say that Americans haven't experienced hardship, pain, and suffering during this week in American history; but, who honestly thinks that what we have gone through, are going through and will go through, is sensibly whine worthy? I don't! Will you corne back to reality so that you can help those who have to live in it, or are you going !o continue to whine about your 'lack' of transcendence thereof ?
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When I was a kid we were taughtthat The Litter Bug was a real thing to be feared and respected, somethingthat, if we didn't dispose of our litter properly, would bite us. I always imaginedthe bite to be moreof a sting sincethe cartoondepiction of The Litter Bug looked-to me,anyway-like a malevolentmosquito.Later, I found out therewasno Litter Bug, but by then it wastoo late.I hadalreadyleamedthat littering wasa bad thing andthat,bite or not, it wasjust somethingI shouldnot do. Gazing around campus these days leads me to believethat the lessonI leamedthose many (many) yearsago is just not being taught anymore.The campusgroundsare, for lack of a better terr4 a pigsty. Take, for instance,the areawith tablesjust outsidethe Auraria Events center,where the other day I saw the discards from severalMcDonald'smealsscatteredon and underthe tables,not threefeet away frorn a trash container,by somefolks who just walked away from it as they finished their meals.Most areas outsidewherepeoplegatherroutinelylook this way,but why? The problem is not only pure lazinessand completedisregardfor the environment,but also a consensusthat someoneelse will take careof it. Thetruth is, someone elsewill takecareofit, ev.entually.Thosepeople are called custodians, janiton, or whateverthe currentpolitically-correct term is thesedays. They get paid, but not verywell, andcertainlynot for cleaningup your
carelessly discarded soda cups, food wrappers, cigarette packs (see next paragraph for a much needed diatribe on cigarette-related litter) and the like, Our overworked, underpaid, underappreciated custodial crew has far better things to do, like making sure the toilets flush (more on that in a moment), the light bulbs light, the floon are shined, baskets emptied, and so on. With these services constantly threatened to be cut, some eliminated altogether, perhaps it's time to get used to solving this problem instead of contributing to "'******* I don't smoke, never have. So, I don't understandthe addiction, the rationale,the habit, or the ritual of smoking. From my side of the plume, I seeit as a complete nuisance,a disgusting reality of life and an unnecessaryvice. I don't think it's cool, glamorous, sexy, or any of the things that make it so popular. But, it's your businessifyou want to slowly kill yourself with lethal carcinogens. Smoke away, I say; knock yourself out. But please, step outside of your smoke-filled vacuum for a moment and realize that cigarette butts, which can be seen by the millions at every curb side, on every sidewalk, grassy area, and outside ground surface, are, like the aforementioned soda cups and food wrappers, litter. They are non-biodegradable pieces ofpaper and filter; they clog drains, stick to the soles of shoes and kill the grass-and they are everywhere. There is no excuse for this; there are butt receptacles all over the place-not to mention ashtrays in virtually every car in existence-yet smokers still insist on sharing their filth with the rest of the wodd by casually flicking rheir butts wher-
ever they please.It's a beautiful campus; please don't treat it like yodr own personal ashtray, garbagecan ot totttti*** *** Speaking of which...is there something physically preventing people from flushing the urinals and toilets in the men's rooms around campus? Can't quite grasp the concept of that handle thingy? Is flushing too much ofan effort? Or, are you just simply too proud ofyour "rnasterpiece" to let it go down? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for that whole " if it's yellow let it mellow, ifit's brown, flush it down" thing, as long as you live in a place where the words septic tank, sump-pump and honey,wagon come up quite often in everyday conversation. We don't, and in this civilized (?!!) public place it's not considered polite to shar6 your bodily fluids with others. Well, at least not t ore bodily fluids. Now, I've never been in the ladies'room, never felt the needto go into that mysteriousand coveted place-l'd probabty get my ass kicked if I did-so I don't know if you ladies have the same problem. The men, though, seemto suffer from fushus interruptus, or worse,fushus nonexisticus-Lalin terms for very serious medical disorders akin to shrpidity and laziness-in droves. Or, maybe we just have more students at this campus who are from rwal areas than our statistics would indicate. Either way, if you don't know how orjust haven't leamed yet how to flush a toilet, I'd be more than happy to show you. If your problem is that you just can't bring yourself to flush, let's just say that we have a fine counseling center here at Auraria, and leave it at that.
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Doesa::yonethink that there'ssimply too much irony whereit comesto the two d€fming rolesof actorLevar Burton?I mean,he's GeordiLa Forge,theblind manwith thedor$ sunglasseson "StarTrek: Next Generation" while every Sahrday moming he hosted a showteachingchildrento appreciatereading. "It's in a boolqjust take a look; the reading rainbow" Oh, cruel irony. He could do anything ifhe reada book,but he'sblind.
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A right to choose,a right to offend Let me tell you, ther€'snothing to convert p€opleto your causelike a dripping-red,twentyfoortall display of pictures of abortedfetuses, plunkedright down in the middle of campusfor threedays. As if the towering gore wasn't enough, the Kansas-basedgroup, "Justice For All." firther amped up their invasion by shipping in busloads of anti-choice youth from out-oGstateto surround and intimidate anyone with the gall to argue with them. These JoelTagert fundam€ntalists-in-fainColumnist
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more anti-choicestudentson campusthan there actuallyare. Fortunately, their sick party was crashed whenCreativeResistanceand the FeministAlliance,with incrediblealacrity,teamedup to create an eighteen-foottall installation in support of a woman'sright to choose,which we set up acrossthe way from JFA'sinstallation. I spent much of the next few days in the shadow of those beautifirl figures, debating about abortion with a crowd of the aforementioned bused-inyouth. Invariably, they would try to steerthe conversation toward the question: "When does a humanbecomea human?"
There's an obvious tautology here, which becamemoreobviousasI realizedthat the question meantsomethingvery differentto themthan it did to me. What they really meant was: "When does God give you a soul?"A soul,in theirview,being the defining characteristicof a human, and theanswerbeing,at conception. Mereas I thougbt the question meant, "When doesa massof cells becomecomplex enough and independentenough to be recognizableas a completehumanbeing?"'Answer being-to me-at birth or near it, when a fetus becomescapabldof surviving outsidethe body of its mother. Our differing interpretationsof the question were inevitable,becauseit is ultimately the questionofwhat makesus human. But theseyoung peopledidn't seemto have an answerto t dt question.Maybe it's our DNA, or maybeit's our big brains,or maybeit's some fuzzy thing called "potential." Whatever it is, though, they were positive it was there at conception. WhereasI have the rather awkward belief that what makesus human isn't to be found in any set of factors,but in the totality of our beings.Nor do I believein the soul,or in some higher power that can kindly reduce cornplex moral issues to black-and-whitepositions for me. Of course,anti-abortionactivistsdon't really care about science.Rather,they attemptto
use scienceas a prop to supporttheir religious just askthese beliefs.Ifyou think I'm mistaken, samefundamentaliststheir views on evolution. By dividing life into two distinctand separate categories-human and non-human-JFA attempts to make abortion a black-and-white an ovum, they issue.Whena spermpenetrates say,it's a human. This is plain silly. A zygoteis clearlynot a humanbeing; it's smallerthanthe headof a pin. In fact, until the tenth week of developnent,an embryo is lessthan an inch long--considerably srnaller than, say, a mouse, and with far less ability to fimction. Yet how many abortion opponentswould hesitateto kill a mouseif it was botheringthem? Not many, it turns out. I actually askeda specrowd of JFA kids if they ate meat----cows, cifically. They universallyreplied that they did. This is bizane.Thesepeopledecrykilling a three-weekold blastocyst-a tiny massof cells barely beginningto developstructure-and yet theywill casuallyslaughtera six-hundredpound cow becausethey like the laste. I, on the otherhand,don't eatcows,because I don't needto. This reflectsmy overall position on killing: don't,unlessyou needto. Don't kill animalsunlessyou need to. Don't kill plants unlessyou needto. Don't slapa fly unlessyou needto. And don't terminatea pregnancy-unlessyou needto. Is that clear? Mavbenot. The truth is. abonionis a mor-
ally complexissue,filled with uncertaintiesand heavily influenced by religious and personal beliefs. What our courts wisely recognizeis that the decisionto abortis so complexthat ultimately it is the woman,togetherwith her doctor, who must facetheseissuesandmakethat choice for herself. It's too badtheretgious right is too arrogant and self-righteousto trust women in the same way. Some studentshave suggestedthat JFAS display shouldhave beenbannedfrom campus becauseit was "obscene." I disagree..While their pictures were certainly gruesome,I supportJFA'Sright to display them, just as I would support a peacegroup's right to displayphotosofwar casualties. However,what madeJFAs exhibit so objectionablewasnot only its content,but its invasive scale. JFA clearly irtended to force stud€ntsto look at their gorefestand ftereby provoke confrontations, JFA claimed they merely wished to "educate" students.But if this had beenthe case,a smaller display would have sufficed. Then studentscould bavechosenwhetheror not to lookFornrnatel, there is a simple way to avoid such invasionsin the future: The school could limit the size of signs on campusto no larger than 10' highby 20' long,or 200 squarefeet. That's still a sizable displan but it would preventgrossexcesses like JFAs.
ergy souces would not even make a dent in the smog. If MSAVE could help passan initiative to changethe atmosphericconditionsin Denveror banthe useofgasoline-poweredengines,thenit would be passingsomethingthat would indeed fulfill sucha goal. Ultimately, studentswill have an opportunity next weekto passan initiativethat would little. costthema lunchandaccomplish Ifthe initiative achievedsomethingit would be worthwhile. Currently, however, satiating your hungerwould achievemore.
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OnApril 21" and22d studentswill havean opporhmityto vote on an energyinitiative being pushedby MSAVE (Metro StateActive Voices for the Environment). Despite the good intent of MSAVE, however,the initiative is a badplan. In trying to downplaythe cost,MSAVE reiteratesthat it would cost studeritsa "mere" one dollarper semester. In otherwords,threedollarsa yearor about the cost of one lunch. Certainly,one lunch wouldbea worthwhilesacrificeifthe objecfives weretruly obtained. Unfortunately,they would not be. This fee would total lessthan $90,000a year. Comparativeln according to MSAVE, the annual budget for the Auraria Campus is $3,000,000. In otherwords,if the amountofenergy supplied by solarandwind powerwere equivalent to that supplied by current sources,less than three percent of our energy needs would be covered. As it is, solarandwind powerdo not match currentenergysourcesin value. MSAVE further insinuatesthat the smog aroundDenverwould decreasewitl thepassage of this initiative. This is patentlyridiculous. At best, the campus'use of altemateen-
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When I fy to vote, the following happens: I go to Metro Connect. I Log In. I click the link for going to vote. I thenpressthe "Logon andVote" button. I get redirectedto MetroconnectLogin. I Iog in again. I'm backat the main Metro Connectpage. Thisjust keepshappeningover andover.
This showshow voting is not encouraged.It is neitherintuitive nor easily found. Whoeverthrught of this needsto havetheir head examinedbecausethey are not thinking clearly. I think studentsshould demandbetter for the moneythey put into this college. Studentsshould ask that there be full accountability of this college'sadministration. Studentsshouldalso be a part of the adminthat influencesthem,down to istrativeprocesses the hiring andfiring. Ifthe studentswerenot here.theadministraneeds tion wouldnot haveajob. Administration to takenoticeofthis and startincluding students at everylevel. Dear Editor,' As a student.I would like to ask all Metro to start peacefully protesting,such as students I am frustratedand angry at the administraand demonstrationsmtil adminishave sit-ins, tion ofthis college. tration takes notice and acceptsus as equals. I try to put out the word to all students keep throwing money at.someWe can't that the Election Commission is looking for isn't working. thing that applicantsvia e-mail but it gets buried under We need to demandbetter, and more acthe day andreleased @Metro,in MetroConnect countability. beforeapplicationdeadline. Not only that, whenvoting wassupposedto -Richard[k(no)w one] Boettner sta4 there were no clear instructionsprovided Chair ElectionComissioner by Il actuallyhelping to discouragevoter tum-
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Phoioby Wiliam Mmre- TheMefioNitarl after completing his finals, The Carlos Gibson Award will be given by the communicationsdepartment at UCD to honor one student eyery year who has had an effect on the faculty. end ofthe Fall semester,Gibson becamequite il1 lvith pneumonia. "He had the determination to go to school and finish that paper," said Larry Barnett, GibDoctors told him he would not live past the just daysafter age of 20. He was determined to prove them son'sfather.Gibsondied Dec. 14, paper for a class. he completed his final u,rong, and he did. UCD student Carlos Gibson "You could see in his eyesthat he u,asready was diagnosedwith Duchennemuscular dystrophy, the worst form of MD, at around age scven to go anltime," Fergusonsaid. "He was having problems sleeping.He told me he was scaredto or eight. go to sleep,that he wouldn't wake up." MD is a degenerative, hereditary disease Bamett and his wife Sarah,Gibson's mother, that slowly weakensthe muscles of the affected accepted an award April 8 in their son's name. person throughout their life. It starts in the legs The faculty in rhe UCD Communicarions and works its way up, until it eventually reaches departmentcame up with the idea for an award the lungs and the heart. The majority of people with MD do not live months before Gibson's death. The idea was to establish an annual award past the age of 20. People do not die from the and each year the department would honor the diseaseitself, bul rather complications from it. Gibson began occasionaluse ofa wheelchair studentwho taught their teachersthe most. The first award was to go to Gibson, but at age | 0, but as his condition worsened,he was since he passedaway, the decision was made to finally confined to a wheelchair full-time. name the award in honor of him. Gibson was a communications major who Communications deparhnent chair Brenda was scheduledto graduate this spring. He was Allen said every year the award will go to the 32 when he died. student who has taught their professors to be "He is not missed, he will always be here," civil, humaneand committed to leaming. said Robert Fergrson, a UCD student and friend UCD communicationsprofessorMike Monof Gibson's. sour presentedthe Bametts with the award. He Fereuson said two or three weeks before lhe said he was honored to speak about Gibson and
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the award. "We leam more. or as much ftom our students as they do from us," Monsour said. "We need to formally acknowledgethat." He added,"Carlos taught me a lot about how to deal with people. Not people in rvheelchairs, just people." Monsour also said Gibson taught him humility and that sometimesprofessorsneed to let studentsdo the teaching. Keith Stiles, a UCD student and friend of Gibson's, said there was a joy in talking to him, that it was always a pleasure. "The thing about Carlos is that even in his situation. he wasn't bitter." Stiles said. Vince Phason.a Metro student *'ho is also in a wheelchair, was a good Fiend of Gibson's. Phason is a Buddhist, as was Gibson, so they knew each other outside ofschool and were very close friends. "There were days I'd be down, and Carlos would cheer me up," Phason said. 'There were times I'd do the same for him." Bamett said their family does not practice Buddhism; it was something Gibson chose to do on his own. He said he thinks Gibson found peacein his religion and that he believed karma gives you good things in the afterlife.
"Because of his Buddhist practices and the causes he contributed to throughout his life, his good fortune will carry on in the next life," Phasonsaid. Perhapsit was Gibson's Buddhist mindset of eternal life that lived on in his computer after he passedaway. Fergusonworks in thâ‚Ź Combined Computer Access Center,a computer lab for studentswith disabilities, and he said after Gibson died, the computer he always used would not tum off. He said anytime he would move the mouse or hit any keys, the computer would freeze up; and ifhe actually got the computer to turn off, it would re-start on its own. "He was letting us know he was still here," Fergusonsaid. Monsour said Gibson wanted to enjoy life, but in the process he wanted to achieve some goals. One of those goals was graduating from college. Bamett said the Communications department is honoring Gibson's graduation, and that he will accepthis son's degree. "Carlos may have Ieft permanently," Monsour said. "But he will always be in our hearts. We loved Carlos."
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of the various forms of active and passive entertainmenf Walking into the merchant's room, the mementos,trinkets and other objects of pop culture's garbagebin seepinto and evenhrally overwhelmthe senses.The merchants,someof them professional,make a.living by traveling from one convention to the next, sit back in chairswhile displayingitemsof,interest. Obsoletelaser discs of "Star Trek: The Next Generation."and "Mars Attacks" seemto line therrselvesin cardboatdboxes, expectant that one person'sgarbageis another'streasuretrove. Realizing that no technology in today's marketwill enablethem to be viewed.this does not stop them from selling for $10-50a disc. Movie posters for such filns as "Alien" and "A Clockwork Orange" are placed in just the correctposition to grab andhold the attentionof dre eye. "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" dolls and figurinesareproudlydisplayedin thtir original plastic *rapping and seemto say,"Yes, you can play with me;you're nevertoo old." "We'rii not gettingrich but we're having fun," said John Ha4)er,one of the merchantsat Starfest,who bearsa slight resemblanceto 'the comicbook guy' in "The Simpsons."Harperis one of the few proudmerchantswho manages to sustaina living by selling his wares from conventionto convention."We travel all over the place.We go westandwe go overthe pond to England." This year's convention featured such activilies as gaming, movie viewing, panel discussions,and guestspeakers. Starfest was also not without its share of a strong celebrity presence.Such notable
and not-so-notable movers and shakers in the world of science fiction and fantasy movies, television shows and ljterature included Richard Hatch of the classic seventies show "Battlestar Galactica." Lance Hendrickson. a .well known villain fixture in the sci-fi world, Sean Astin, known primarily for his role as the lovable asthmatic leader of"The Goonies" and who also played a noteworthy role as Samwise Gamgee in the obscure "Lord of the fungs" trilogy, and, of course,PeterMayheq whose role as Chewbacca the Wookie in the original "Star Wars" trilogy made him a household namd. "Wren I was young, I found I had a natural ialent for it " said Mathew Helms, talking of his gift for martial arts. Helms, whose androgmous look and penchant for pancakes in the horror film "Cabin Fever," have pole-vaulted the Denver resident into cult-figure status. "I just had a nahral affinity for it (martial arts)," said Helms. "I have a passion for it. I saw it being done on T.V and I tried it and I was hooked." Despitehis young age, Helms, 15, has begun to play his game with the big boys, with his role as a disease-infectedpsycho in "Cabin Fever" leading to an appearancein "Cabin Fever 2." Age is irrelevant here at the convention. The young peacefully coexist with the older, more seasoned,sciencefiction fans. These older fans have seen movies, T.V shows and other sci-fi pop culture phenomena come and go. Dressed in the standard "Star Trek" federation of Planets fatigues, Vincent Schoenfelaer represents the 'old school' Starfest convention-goer-the guys who have seenand know it all. Sitting on a bench and enjoying the artificial
75de$ee hotel lobby weather, Schoenfelaer has been attending sci-fi conventions for over two decades. "I was interested in sci-fi in my youth," said Schoenfelaer, as tWo Jedi-knights sparred with light-saben swinging to and fro in the immediate background. "I read Jules Verne and I got into that with 'Star various other writen and I really got into Trek' when that first came out. I remember the first episode (in the sixties). I love the classics still. and the others as well." Old school indeed. "I caught the first convention at McNichols arena"" said Schoenfelaer, while the two sparring Jedis come ever closer to a mock-climatic "death by light-saber" finish. "Once the fan-based conventions came along, the cons kept getting better and better year after year." Therapy. We all need a brea! from reality. Don't lie; you have your own methods, too. It could be chemical substances,sex, movies, reading, schizoid delusions of grandeur, or even 'place' we like to go in lnitting. We all have a our imaginafions where there really is a happy ending and you really do get the girl or guy. Many ofthose at the Starfestconvention do this also,just with a little more style and flair. "I get a great deal of enjoyment from these becauseI see a lot a people with a very positive attitude and itjust goes with this energy. It's a great boost. A break from reality and all its tensions is helpful," said Schoenfelaer, smiling as the lighfsaber fight dissipates into a realization by the Jedis that they have to work in the momins.
Left: SeanAstin acceptsa gold rabbit named "Oscar." Mist Mountains Smial (pronouncedlike the word "smilâ‚Ź'), a local "Lord of the Rings' fan group, felt Astin lvas slighted at the Oscarsand decidedto give him "Oscar,"which they call "The Golden Coney Award." Astin launched into what he might havesaid if hc had receivedan actual Oscar.Astin played SamwiseGamgee in the'Lord of the Rings" trilog!',
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Photoby Beclry Rosemtiel- TheMetmpoliten Maelyn Monahan and Uncle Dave Morgan practice fighting with their light-sabersat Starfest on Sunday.They are two members ofThe Order ofthe Grey. Monrhan and Morgan portrry two cstar Wars' characters.
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Adoring animation at Au raria byTaresaRedding IheMefroplitan "SteamboatWillie"-the black and white Mickey Mouse, stands at one comer of the room. Shrek, the green, computer-generated ogre, standsat the other.They study eachother, each wondering what the other is supposedto be. Shrek eventually ventureshis way over to Mickey, while Mickey fi:antically searchesfor an escape. Shrek finally reachesMickey and in his trademarkScottishaccentasks,"Wut are ewe?" Mickey, confused, answers,"I'm an aniniatedcharacter.What are you?" Shrek laughs,"New you're nut. Iye orn an onimalted chadacter." They are both correct.The world of animation has come a long way since Walt Disney's "SteamboatWillie," the first animatedshod to havesound. The shortwas producedmore than 75 years ago and decadeslater, in 2002, DreamWork's movie "Shrek" received the first Academy Award for BestAnimatedFeatureFilni. . Fansof animation,many of whom aremembers of the Auraria Animators, honor the art of animation with monthly public screeningsof animationshortson Auraria Campus. The Auraria Animatorsheld their final public screeningof shorts for the Spring semester Wednesdayat Auraria's Media Center. The screeningfeaturedover 50 different animation shorts and the audiencekept growing as the show went on. The Auraria Animators is a Meno club designedfor studentsinterestedin animation, video art, visual effects,and otler typesof art. The club was createdin the Fall 2003 tion competitions,and workshop and networks€mester,founded by current Metro senior, ing opportunitieswith professionalanimators. The Auraria Animators try to put on a pubMike Hance.They are trying to be recognized by all three schoolsat Auraria as a tri-institu- Iic screeningat leastonce,sometimestwice a tionalclub. month.The screenings usuallyshowcase animaHance said while the Auraria Animators tion shorts from professionalartists,but before may only be on Meho's club roster right now, each screeningthere is an open-call for any the club embracesall who want to join. attendeesor membersto showcasetheir work. Despite being less than a year old, the Due to the liequent number of screenings club has been catching on, some evenis more and little time betweenthem, originality can successfullythan others, but that's something prove to be a darurtingtask. Hancetakesin stride. Salesof the "Findir:g Nemo" and "Shrek" "We leam somethingn€w about our €vents DVDs prove that many people enjoy animated eachtime. We don't considerany eventa failure; films enoughto watch them morethan once. While the AurariaAnimatorsappreciateaniwe just try to look at the positive and seehow we canimprovethingssothat the nexteventwill mationjust asmuch,they havenevershownany animationshort morethan once. . be befter." Hancesaid. Auraria Animators members have the "It's really tough and is a lot of wofk, but opportunity to participate in many activities somehow we manage to show difrerent and suchas national animationconventions,anima- new material at eachscreening.We might have
to hold a "Best of' animation screeningpretty soon,"Hancesaid. Wednesday's screeningshowcased all types of animation,from commercialswith credits to excerpts from cartoon series, some shorts ranging 30 secondsto others that ran for five minutes. One highligbt of the screening was the opportunity to see the 2003 Oscar winner for Best Admation short, "The Chubbchubbs!" a computer-animaledshort with the resounding moral that peopleshouldnot be judgedon appearance and kindnessis the bestway to go. Another entertainingshort was "Hiccup 101,"a computer-anirnated shortthat portrayed hiccups,as regularpeople,attendinga plassthat teachesthem that human remediesfor hiccups (i.e.: sugar,water,holdingour breath)are lifethreateningoccurrencesthat can happento them and must be orevented.
PaneldissectsPatriot Act byTenesaRedding TheM&opolitan The Metro StudentGovernmentAssembly sponsored a panel discussion and an open debate for students to discuss Homeland Securityand the PatriotAct Thulsday,April 15 at the Multicultural Lounge in the Tivoli. The USA Patriot Act (the full name is "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and ObstructTenorism") was passed into law.45 days after 9/11. The Patriot Act grants law enforcement and government authoritiesgreater power to conduct searches, use wiretaps,and detain and questionsuspects. PresidentBush calls the act, "a vital tool in the war on terror-" The Homeland Security Departmentis an executive departrnentcreated in 2002 by the
Bush administrationfor the purposeof "developing and implementing a national sFategy to make the United Statessafe from terrorist threatsor attacks." Amy Eckert, a Metro political scienceprofessorand a memberof Thursday'spanel said, "We dependon the governmentto preserveour common life--our freedom-and the Patriot Act infringeson that right." What raises the most concem about the Patriotbill, many of the panelistssaid, is the fact that the govemment can declare anyone a suspectand thereforewiretap or "bug" their phones, and do search warrants without ever having to inform the suspect. The right to privacy will no longerexist for thosewho are labeledassuspects. "Any of us can be allegedto fall into the suspectcategory" Eckert said. On {pril 17, 2004, the Associated Press
reported that President Bush is pushing for renewalof the PatriotAct. Bush said"Congresswould placethe nation at greaterrisk of attack if it fails to renew the law's wide-ranginglaw enforcementpowers." Another proposal,for "The USA PatriotAct II," is set to come into play very soon. Many think this bill will furtherminimizeAmerican rights and privileges in favor of security from tenorism. "PatriotAct I & II can possiblygenerate a police state for the entire country" said Dr. Robert Hazan, a member of the panel and a Metro political scienceprofessor. Whether or not students agree with the PatriotAct wasnot the issueofthe panel.They soughtto inform studentsofthe PatriotAct and discuss what has happenedbecauseof it and how the bill can affect shrdentsand peoplethey know.
Auraria Animator audiences view all types of anirnation and see how far the genre has come. The wide variety of animation is something Hance always strives to achieve in each screening. "The hallmark ofour screeninss is collectivism. I show all types ofanimationlall years,and all topics, because I want to show people that there's not one superior medium of animation," Hance said. Though the Auraria Animators will have no screenings for the rest of the Spring semester, they look forward to starting summer projects on campus such as possible outdoor family screenings and a future 3D graphics summit with professionalsin the field. 'We look forward to becoming an int€grat€d part of campus and look forward to having it (Auraria Animators) grow in the years to come," Hance said.
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Remember thefeelingof beinga kid, sitting in the sun without a care and hearing the ice cream man approaching?Or the swooping, soaringjoy of falling in love for the first time? Now, imagine that feeling as an explosion of symphonicpopmusic.How dbesthatsound? That's the Polphonic Spreein a nutshell, and they soundgreat. With so muchmusic exploringthe negative, ugly and gloomy aspectsof life, it's refreshing to experiencea bandso resolutein their pursuit of happiness.Don't look for jaded cynicism or irony here; this is a band that knows-life is beautifirl and wants to express that ideal musically. The ecstaticsoundof the PolyphonicSpree might nwer havebsel lealizsd if it weren't for a tragedythat precededit. In 1999,front manTim Del.aughter's previous band, Tripping Daisy, broke up after their guitarist died of a drug overdose.In the summerof 2000,Delaughter started the Polyphonic Spree to realize the soundshe'd beenhearingin his headfor years. Photob),Didrc O'Cafa}An- hnay ofutle BigMo, hbhciq Sweeping, symphonic pop isn't exactly a new idea. Phil Spector, the Beatles and In an embarressingmove,all 24 membersof PolyphonicSprre showedup werring th€ srme thiDg, numerousother artists have utilized orchestras, choirs, homs and the sheer momentum of for everyone, in the crowd and onstage," said Toget!rcrWe'rcHeary, is duethis July. putting €verlthing and the kitchen sink behind JesseHester, piano player for the band, The band has ambition to match their their compositions to give them a sense of Performing live, they like to mix things bombasticsound and image. They've set their grandeurand epic scope.The PolyphonicSpree up, inviting the audience to sing along, playing sights on nothing less than defining a new era tafe it a step further, translating tlat same new material and the occasional cover, and of music. experiencefrom die studioto the stageas a firll- reimagining the sound of the album in new "I think we're starting a new generation time towing band. ways. of music that people are going to be listening With 24 mernbersin matchingwhite robes, to for the next hundredyears," said Hester."I "We take it pretty far out there. We know and featuring numeroushoms and woodwinds, that people have probably rocked the album a lnow that's kind of a bold statementbut its gotta elecfronics,theremin,violin, piano,keyboards,a few times and we want to surprise them; you happensometimeand its gotta stad somewhere. choir andthe standardguitar,bassanddrums,the know, catch them off guar4" said Hester. "So, It might as well startwith us." PolyphonicSpreeis a powerfullive experience, when they come and see us play live we put Consideringthe excellentreceptionthey've aurally andvisually. some spins here and there to kinda throw them received from both fans and critics, they may "When you put that many people together onwell achieve their goal. Whether they do or who are all focusing on one thing at the same The fust album, The Beginning Stages of..., not, it's good to know that someartists are still time, usually the result is going to be pretty releasedin the spring of 2001, was followed by striving for that peak, se€kingto do their own powerful. When it's on something positive extensive touring, including notable appeamnces thing andmaking the world pay attention. like this, the result is going to be powerful in at the famous SXSW Music Fest and headlining The Polyphonic Spreewill open for Devid a positive way. Sometimesit is really extreme; David Bowie's Meltdown Festival in the UK. Bowie and bring joy to herrts April 25 at sometimes,we even get tearsin the crow4 but Curently, thdy are touring the United States the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland. it's positive tears, you know? It's real moving with David Bowie, and a second album, Additionel info at www.comcasttix.com
The (lntemational) Norse doesmakerevolution feel sexy. Conspiracyis a smartband.Using Recently signing onto remusicasa Trojanhorse,they've rnnowned producer Rick Rubin's festedthe hipstergaragerock scene American Recordings label, a with their political commentaryand new T(I)NC album is due out this subveniveworld views. summer.Rubin hasnoted that he's Along with song lyrics and the hopingto caprurethe vigor andinusual band chatter, liner notes to tensity of their live show with this their albumsare filled with ther next record. Whatevercomesout, manifesto-rants about Socialist it's sureto be explosive. ideals, the corporate seizure of Somewhere in the world, a the world and what they call "The yormg consumeris driving around Global Fear Factory." (That is, to with the stereotumed up singing, Caatxy of hnerian Rmdings quotedirectly, "It is fear that insm- T(I)NC take a break from smashing crpltalism. "Capitalismsto o-o-olemy virginuatesitself into our daily routines ity!" Ironic, maybe.But whatbetter as a fluid and dispersedmechanismof social Dressedto impress with a snarling at- way to infiltrate the masses? control in contemporarycapitalism"). titude to matcb,their musictakesall the cool The (Intcrnational) Noise Conspirparts of 1960smod rock, late-1970spunk rcy + The Moving Unih = drnce prrty Normally, big words and radical writings would scareoffthe averagelistener,but rock andmid-1990sSwedishrock to _forma mryhen Friday, April 23 at the Climax T(I)NC has found a way to keep everyone stylish, candid,yet somehowmodem sound. Lounge, 2217 Welton. All ages.Doors rt 7 entertainedandpaying attention. It's not necessarilyanythingnew, but it sure p.m. fickets $12.Info at www.nipp,com
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Photosby DannyHolland Becauseof the lack of good shows,people rarcly wantto spendtheir hard-eamedcashto see hiphoppers perform live. Concert-goersat the Fillmore Auditorium can argue that this was not the caseApril 12. Making a stop in Denver for the School Spirits Tow, Kanye West,The Young Gunz and Dilated Peoplesgave explosiveperformances proving that goodhip-hop showsstill exist. DilatedPeoples openedtheconcertto a halfpackedauditorium,but that didn't stopthernfrom performing as if it were a full-house.The crowd eruptedwhen DJ BabuandemceesEvidenceand Rakaatook fte stage. The group invited crowd participationand the audiencedelivered. In retum, the group fed off the energy of the crowd and became morehypedasthe show continuedon. Evidence and Rakaa showed geat chemistry rrith one another as they worked the stase and the crowd. Evidencedove into the crowd andthe audielce went crazy. As Dilated went through their catalog of songs, fans recited ly'ics word for word and when they performedsuchhits as "Worst Comes to Wont,' 'tClockwork," and "Work the Angels' the audiencerejoiced in appreciation-Rakaaand Evidenceperformeda coupleof songsfrom their new LP NeighborhoodWatchas well as several freestyles. As a tribute to the DJ and the lost art of DJing itself, Evidenceand Rakaagave Babu a solo pedormance.Though the overall set was outstanding,albeit extremely short, Babu's solo was the highlight of the set becauseit gave fans a chance to see how a talented DJ operates. Secondly,it servedas a reminderthat without a DJ, there'sno show.Babu createdan innovative
mix to Big Daddy Kanye's "Ain't No Half Steppin."The audienceenjoyedBabu's solojust asmuch,ifnot morethan,RakaaandEvidence's performances. The crowd was at full mass by the time Roc-A-Fella Records artiss thg tsrmg Grmz took the stageand gave an energetic30-minute performance-What the group lacked in song quantity, they made up for in performance quality. The Young Gunz were familiar to the audience; therefore, they didn't have any trouble getting the crowd to participate.The two fiiends showed great chemistry and energy. while on stagetogether. Surprisingly,Neef dove into the crowd, which really eamed kudos from the audience. -Midway through their set, in a move that sat well with the audience, The Young Gunz gave a musical tribute to someof rap's fallen stars. Roc-A-Fella crooner Rell emerged from backstageand the trio closedthe set with their hit single'No Better Luv." Lastly, the man everyone came to se€ emerged from behind the curtains and the auditorium filled with pandemoniumas Kanye Westtook the stage. An artist from \West's new record label openedthe set with a couple of tracks from his upcomingdebut. West went through his catalog of songs including remixes and freestyles using live instrumentation.Energyand humor flbwed from Westto the audienceand the crowd loved every minuteof his set.WestinvitedDilatedP€oplesto the stageto perfomrtheir hit single"This Way." Overall, the School Spirits Tour proved that Clockwise fmm top: Rakaa emce€s;Dilated Peoplesonstageat the Fillmore; Babr4 Rakaa creativeand gbodhip-hop is not dead. and Evidenceoutside their enormoustour bus before the show; and Evidenc€splts rhymes.
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lyrics and actions to attract fans.A mention of suchsocial issuesis fine becarlsethey are a part of life, but to build an entirecareeraroundthem is sad. Many peopleadmire50 Centbecauseofhis thug lifestyle. Why? He is a misfit who has the ability to rap. Without thiE ability, he would be nowhere in life. His lyrics speakof important issuesthat should be knorvn by everyone,but he seemsto promote a thug lifestyle rather than further altematives.50 Cent shouldinspire peopleto getout ofsituationshehasexperienced insteadof glori$ing them. Entertainershave the right to speakand do as they wish. That is the beauty of America. It's good that issuesare set on the table. As a society,Americans can continue to grow with discussions of important and conaovenial topics that performersoffer. Adults and parents shouldmaketheir own choiceaboutwhetller or not to supportentertainerswho push the limits. Entertainersshouldusethe right of free speech to build society rather than create negative dronesthat degade civilization.
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'Runners dagger'Diggers byMarkHeld TheMetrcpolitan Metro baseball (20-21-1, 7-9 RMAC) completed a four game sweep last weekend on the strength of solid pitching against the ColoradoMinesOrediggers. AlthoughMineshasyet to win a conference gamethis year,M€tro's wins have come at an important time in the seasonwhen they can makea nm for the conferencetoumament. Seniorpitcher Caleb Salankeytook the mound Friday, April 16, and turned out an excellentperformancegoing seven innings, giving up eight hits and two runswhile adding five strikeouts. Jmior pitcher Burley Bums ihut the door in the final two funings,giving up a coupleof his and striking out four. On theoffensiveside,seniorinfielderPaul Workmancameup big with four RBI on two hits, including a two-run homerun. Senior first baseman James Edwards threw his hat in the ring by going 3-5 with two doubles. After getting into a small 2-0 hole earlg the 'Runners chargedback with 13 hits and eight runs in the final sevenfrarnesandput the daggerin the 'Diggen with four nins in their last two at-batsto finisb an 8? win. ln game one of the Saturdan April 17 doirbleheader, Metro sent senior starting pitcher Brad Swartzlanderto the mound to continuethe tone Sala4key3nd Bums set the day before. Swartzlanderdid not disappoint, wrackingup nine strikeoutsin his sevenstrong innings. He allowedjust two earnedmns on seven hits. Metrojumped out to an early lead,putting up five runs in the fiIst two innings to lfmes' two. SeniorAdam Wollinger contributedto the offenseby going 3-3 with two RBI and a run scored. . Also addingto the 6-3 win wassehiorthird baseman RickdyFuller,junior outfielderNick Thome.and Edwards.who eachwent 2-3 with Thomeaddingthreerunsaad an RBIIn thebackendofthe doubl€header.Metro Ptnto by Chris@he Sbllr- TheMdmplital startedsophomorepircherBrady Carlson,who Metro strrting piacher Brad Swrrtzhnder picked up r win in the first grme of a doubleheeder ran inio sometroubleearly but hadthe comfort agsinst Colorido Min€c Srturdry, Apdl 17 rt Auriria Field. of a six-run first inning outburst by Metro's
offensewith the he$ of wo Orediggerenors. Fuller provided one of the big hits of the inning, doubling in two runs. Cfulsongaveup only three more hits in the next three innings and left the game,knottedin a 6-6 tie, after the fifth. His teammatespicked him up with four runsin the bottomofthe inning to give Carlson his first win of the seasonby a scoreof 14-7. Fulleragaincontributedto the cadse,this time with a two-nrn homer,endinghis day by going 44 with sevenRBI. In the final game on Sunday,April 18, Metro neededa win to completethe sweepin hopesof gaining somemomentumgoing into this weekend. Senior iitcher Blake Eager met the challenge with a dominating performance, striking out nine. His only lapse was when he allowed a fifth-irming home run by third baseman StevenKrier. Minesfailedto get a hit until a lgnesingle in the fourth. Outside of the home run, Eager did not permit an Oredigger base runner to reach second. The Roadrunners' bats took care of businessand gave Eager a comfortable9-1 leadwhenhe left after the seventh.Junior Greg Garrisonwent 3-4 with four RBI on a double and a tfuee-runhomer. The 'Rurmersfinished off dre Orediggen by a scoreof l2-1, completingthe four-game sweep. Metro hit five home runs on the day and eleventhe entirewe€kend,despitefiiling to hit any in the secondgarne. Senior cakher Matt Ludwig, who added two round-trippers himself, credited the pitching for the team.'ssuccesscrr the weekend. "Since the UNC gamea couple of weeks ago,our pitching hasbeenawesome,"Ludwig said. "I think the whole teariris comingtogether, but the pitchers have really steppedit up and setthe tone for the team." Metro travelsto Fort Haysthis weekendto takeon oneofthe betterclubsin the conference. The four gameseriesstartswith one gameon Friday, April 23, followed by a doubleheader on Saturday andonegameSunday.
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Althoughits early seasonmight haveseemed like an unforced enor with a 1-9 start. Metro men's termis has come together by ending its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferenceschedule with a 3-3 record. The'Runners (4-12 overall) had only three returning player from last year: senior Jojo Mmopi, sophomoreAndre Nilsson and sophomore James Schumacher.Meao might havestruggledearly underfust-yearheadcoach DaveAlden as they loBttheil first nine matches by an averagescoreof 5- l, Five of their last six matcheswere within the RMAC. The men went 3-3 and defeatedthe University ofNorthetn ColoradoBears5-4. Alden said UNC is a tough non-conference
opponentbecauseit is a provisional Division I school. Against the Bears,Alden madea switch by putting Nilsson.and Mnopi at No. I doubles and Schumacherand Scott Flanaiganat No. 2 doubles,which might have beenthe switch the team needed.Alden shrck with the new lineup throughthe conferencematches. The team alwaysbelievesthey can win big maiohes,but the team'sconfidencereally builds whenyou actuallygo out anddo it, Alden said. He addedthe whole team"has really joined togethet'' and played "really good tennis" cominginto the conferenceniatcheslast week On Wednesday,April 14, the Roadn[mers lost 4-5 to the Colorado Mines Orediggers. Whenthe teamsmet in lateMarch, the 'Runners weredrilled by the Orediggerswith a final score of 1-8.
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Alden said about their latest match against. Mines. Metro hasbeenworking in practiceon drills to help thembecomementallytoughandwin the big points. Schumacher has'teally gaineda competitive edge" and won some big points against Mesa State to help the tearn pull out a 6-3 victory Alden said. As F:larmiganhas gained experienceand played in tough points, his game has rapidly improvedover the year,Alden said.Nilsson had someroughmatchesearly in the year,but lately has been playing really good tennis against strongcompetition. With the Roadrunnerswinning the RMAC four out ofthe last five years,it might seemthey have a lot of history to live up to as they head
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'"Ihere is no clear-cut favorite to win the RMAC this season,"Alden said. The 'Runnersplayed four matchesin five dayslast week,but sincethe RMAC Tournament doesn't start until this weekend,they will be well restedwhile Mesa State and CSU-Pueblo are playing matchesthis week. Those rnatches will deoide the first round opponentsfor the conferencetoumament. The toumament will take place in GrandJunctionand will be hosted by MesaState. With its dismal overall record, Meao will needto win the RMAC Toumamentin order to receivean automaticbid to the NCAA Division II RegionalTournamen!which takesplaceMay 7-9. "We havethe ability and the opportunityto win the RMAC." Aldensaid.
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Metro mauls Mavs ffi With wins last weekendover Mesa State and CSU-Pueblo, Metro women'stennis(10-6, 6-0 RMAC) clinched its third straight regular seasonRMAC title Sunday,April 18, u'hich fi )l 2 1 0 3 l x - 8 1 4 could catapult the team into the conference Higtrlights- Metro- 3b Workrnan2-3, tournamentwith greatconfidende. RBI, HR, R c Ludwig- 2-4, HR On lriday, April 16, the Roadrunners shut g- g.r--uey (4-2) 7 IB 8 H, 2 ER, 5 K down Mesasrate(7-4,4-l RMAC) 9-0. 'z/3 I- Barrett (3-7) 6 IP, 13 H,7 ER, 3 K . "I wasnervousin the beginning,"saidteam captainMercedesPollmeier."But halfwayinto April l7- Home doubles,I felt we coulddo this." ScoreSknings R H E Pollmeierproved to be right as sheand her (} ml 0- 3 7| Coltrado Mines partner at the No. 2 spot, senior Natalie llott, 320 l(tr r3 ll I gunneddown lhe Mavericks'JermiferSmith and High[$6- Metru d Thrne 2-?,RBI Drisa Carrizo 8-0. The Roadrunnersservedwell and madegood retums,forcing their opponents 2b \tblfiryer. !3, 2 RBt R into mistakes. l& $mrtdandcr (!4) 7B 7II, 2ER,{K "We played really smart tennis," Ilon said. L Gilhrcaft(}! 6tslrH,4E& 4K Photoby Ihnny HoXand - ne Meoplital "We didn't try to do too much." Senior Jess Meeres, left, hits e backhrnd dlring the &l do[bles vlctory over M€sa St|te April 16 et In singlesplay, senior JessMeares(No. 2) Scorebylaings R H E Gates Tennis Center. The women's tennis term finished its regulrr serson l0{, ffi RMAC. ? 3 , J o f l o - 7 r 2 4 played aggressiveand won her match against MorganSawyer6-2,7-5. 6(X)044r-14 152 at everyball." Alden alsopraisedNo. 3 doublesandNo. 5 "Noq I play aggressive "I came out playing as I was in doubles," HighlightsMetrD dh fdhr 4'4, 7 RBt 2 R Aggressiveness is somethingthe wholeteam andNo. 6 singlesand said they were a hugepart Mearessaidaboutthe first set."I didn't let her rf fristiars€o,2-3, 2 RBI, 3 R is talking about. In practice, the Roadrunners of theteam'ssuccess. ln.-ltlLCarlsm(l{5B6ER,3K work on little-point matchesto keep everybody "You haveto haveproductionon all spots," In the second set, Meares struggled with LRmberg(f-95ts9ER,2K competitive,Ilott said. HeadcoachDaveAlden Alden said. "You can't rely on three or four hard-hitting Sawyer, and was down 5-1. "I got tentative with my shot " Meares said. said they also work on approachingthe net in players." April 1& Home doublespla.|. Since the Roadnrnnenare the No. l seed "My footwork wasn't too good. I got tired." On Sunday,April 16, Metro beat CSU- in the RMAC Toumament,they get a bye in Eventually, Meares played smarter. Sore@ Irmings RHE Pueblo8-1. The only loss cameat the No. 4 the first round.The semifinalis scheduledfor 2: "She (Sawyer) had a weak.forehand, so I Colcado Mines 0m 010 UIF | 3 4 position,wherellott lost to theThunderwolves' 30 p.m. on Friday in GrandJunctionagainstthe tried to attack thal more." Meares said. 1r0 025 ft|x- 12 ll 0 winnerof theNo. 4 andNo. 5 seedmatch. At the No. 4 position, Ilott won her match MarissaBrown4-6.4-6. The Roadrurmers have compiled an Who that will be is not yet determined, Higtrlighe l\tleto & C<ti* 34! {.RW, HR againstCarrizo 6-0, 6- 1. impressive 464 reord out of all individual as the rest of the conferencematchesare not "I put pressure on her by coming into 2b Iloyd- l-1, 3 RAI, HR conference matches they have played this frnished. the net" Ilott said. "l'm pleased with how I W. Eag€r(G4) 7ts3H,E&9K played." season. If Metro wins, they will play the I- Olftcr (25) 6ts8II,7m,3K Alden is very proud of how his teamhas championshipmatchat 9 a.m-on Saturday. Since fire season started, Ilott said she plays played. He said his four seniors,Pollmeier, more consistent. The 'Rurmers will enter the playoffs as "Before, I was aggressive at some points and Ilott andBeck andJ€ssMeares,havehad a very favoritesandthey look forward to it. relaxed at some," Ilott said. commendableseasonso far. "Bring on the conference!'rIlott said. April 17-atPueblo, Colo. Itetro(104,6-0) I CSU-Pueblo I April 16- Home
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of making the regional playoffs. Surely they'd deserve to get into regionals if they sweep No. 13 Fon Hays State and Nebraska- Kearney to wrap up the regular season,and then beat No. 5 Colorado State-Pueblo, Ft. Hay.s, Regis and others in the RMAC Toumament. So. to sum things up, as long this team wins, they stay in the hunt. Men (4-12, 3-4 RJvIAC) and Women's Tennis (f 2-6, 6-0 RMAC) The seasonis just about over for this group of guys. They have fought and fought, but it seemsthat outside ofthe University ofNorthem Colorado victory which happened earlier this season, the men's leam has had to endure a seasonofrebuilding. Even though this team has sp€nt countless matches battling, they have come up short more times than they have succeeded.Because ofthis, they may have doomed themselves from being able to make the regional toumament or even the national tournament. The good news is that they still could qualifu for the conference playoffs, but I don't know if they'll go any further than that. But, who knows, they might dig down deep, play gritty tennis and run the table. Those automatic bids... aren't they gr€at? I had to save the best for last. The women's team is playing.its heart out, and like I said when I first started talking about them, nobody notices. This team is going into the RMAC toumament with authority because they aren't letting opponents on the board much. Since their last defeat at the hands ofNorthem Arizona University, they have only one malch and finally,
everyone-and I mean everyone-is playing at the top of their game. R€tuming to my opening statement,I, too, have allowed this team to get under the radar. . I have spoken a lot about Rebeccaand Jessica Meares, but the team has been playing just as well as their two top starters. The .team's Nos. 3-5 are a combined 33-19 (since last fall) as Mercedes Pollmeier (10-8), NaAlie Ilott (l l-6) and Taya Bachman (12-5) are as much ) responsiblefor the team's fanAstic play as their two stars.FreshmanAnnette Chevarria (5-8), is the only playei under.500 for the season,but has been on a four-match winning-streak going into the RMAC Tournament.These ladies have picked the perfect time to play their best tennis, becauseif they can play flawless tennis for just a few more weeks, they'Il have a whole summer to celebrate th€ir first championship and... continue to go urmoticed. All bf rhese spring teams have somethhg in common: run the table! They all have to play flawless. errorless tennis from here on out or their seasons are possibly over. Even though the women's team might still make the regional toumamenf if they lose in the conference tourney, I donl think any of the ladies are thinking they have a loss !o give. I think all of these teams could wind up in the regional ooumament if they gel right now But, bonestly, even though the teams had !o work har4 I think ' three out ofthe four women's teams (volleyball, women's soccer and now the tends team) have played like they've had a personal invite to the regionals since day one.
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Mrt Pilates - Mondays 12-1pm in St. Francis Atrium. Pilates improves flexibility and increases strength. Wear comfortable clothes. Mats are provided. For more infonnation, call ( 3 0 3 )5 5 6 - 2 5 2 5 . Yoga For Everyone - Six classes a week. Locationsmay changeeachweck: Monday: 5:30-6:45pm il St. Francis Atrium Tuesday: I2-lpm and 5-6pm in Tivoli 444 Wednesday:12-1pm in St. Francis Atrium and 5: l5-6:30pm 5-6pm in Tivoli 444 Thursdai: 5: t5-6:30pm in St, Cajetan's Yoga helps relieve built up tension and stress. For all levels. Pleasewear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or towel if you have one. For more information, call (303) 556-2525. RqJlexologt - Tuesdays 10am-1pm. Sign up only on reflexology day in the Health Center, Plaza 150 beginning at 8:30am. For more information,call (303) 556-2525. Free Chair Massagas- Thursdays l0am-lpm. Sign up only on massage day in the Health Center, Piaza 150 beginning at 8:30am. For more information. call (303) 556-2525. T'AI CHI for the Body and Mind -Thursdays l2-lpm in Tivoli 444. T'ai Chi's purpose is to moderately exercise all the muscles and to achieve integration between mind and body. All levels.Show up or call (303) 556-2525. Free Blood Pressure Checks - Fridays 2-4pm in the Health Center, Plaza 150. For more information,call (303) 556-2525. A.A. Meetings on Campus - Wedncsdays I 1:
Free HIV und Tuberculosis (TB) Testing - Ongoing at the Health Center, Plaza | 50. For more information or to schedulcan appointment, call (303) 556-2525. Strides: Lunchtime Lltalking Progran - Walk at :vour own pace and get committed to walking on a regularbasis.Call (303) 556-6954for more details. 12 STEPS - For more information, call Billi at ( 3 0 3 )5 5 6 - 2 5 2 5 . Cancer Support Grotp - Meets the secondand fourth Tuesdayofeach month. 12-1pmin 1020 Ninth Street.For more information. pleasecall (3030 556-6954.
l{ildlife Disetses snd You This seminar will consiso t f a b r o a do v e n i e u o f C h r o n i cV v a s t ing Diseaseand West Nile virus. addressing both the effects of rvildlife diseaseson public health and rvhat controlling these diseases might mcan to Colorado. 9am-3:30pm at the Jefferson Count-v Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden, CO. For more information,call (303) 674-2739.
Eighth Annual Undergraduate Psy-chologt Conference - 9am-2:30pm in the Tivoli and Plaza Buildings. For more information, go wrvw.mscd.edLr/-psych/conference/ online: cont2004.htm. Spring Fling Join SfudentActivities for our annual end-of-yearevent.Livemusic, games,food, arts & crafts and more. l0am-3pm at the Flagpole. For more information, go online: http://stu od r cua l l ( l 0 l ) 5 5 6 - 2 5 9 5 . dcntactivilies.mscd.e Music at Metro - Guitar Ensemble Recital rvith Alex Komodore directing. 7:30pm in the King Center Recital Hall. Free admission. For more information, go online to: w\llv.musicatmetro.org or call (303) 556-3 I 80.
Shape Up Colorado - For more information, call (303) 556-5379. Truth Bible Studies - Wednesday and Thursday from 34pm in Tivoli 542. Messianic studies.For more information, call Jeff at (303) 355-2009. Massage Therapy Clinic - $5 for students. Sponsored by the Community College of Denver. Wednesdays 5-9pm and Saturdays I 0am-4pm on the Lowry Campus 1070 Alton Way BIdg. #849, Denver,CO 80230.For more informationor directions,call (303) 365-8393. The Pirates of Penzsnce A Metro State Theatre production. Show runs 4i22-4i24, 4/29 and 5i 1 at 7:30pm; 5i2 at 2:30pm in King Center Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Tbeatre. Admission. $ l5: studentsand seniors.58. For ticketsgo online: www.kennethkingcenter.org or for more information, call (303) 556-2296
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Getting Rid of Back and Neck Pain - fhrs workshop will teachyou the Yoga posturesyou necd to know to alleviateback and neck pain. For all levels.9-l I :30am in Tivoli 444. Please RSVP by e-mailing u'ilkinli@mscd.eduor for morc information, call (303) 556-2525.
Music at Metro Artist Senes - The Chris Norman Ensemble. 7:30pm in the King Cenler Concen Hall. General admission, S20; students and seniors, $10; Metro community fiee w/I.D. For more information, go online: $,ww.musicatmetro.org or call (303) 556-3180.
Liberation or Occupation? Iraq and U.S, Policy in the Middle .E.rs, - Activist and author Rahul Mahajan, recently returning from lraq, will speak on the U.S. occupation there and give the "real story" of what is going on in Iraq. 5:30pm in Nonh Classroom room I130. For more information.go online: w r vr v .b r ea k d o w n c o l l e c t iv e . o r s , / ce D . h t ml .
Spring Fling - l0am-3pm at the Flagpole. For more information. seeApril 28. Dispatches From Rebel Mexico Film screening and discussion *ith filmmaker and activist Greg Berger. 5:30pm in Nonh Classroom room I130. For more information,go online: u u w.breakdosncollectire.org/cep.hrml.
Music at Metro -Senior Recital: Brad Marcotte, piano. 7:30pm in the King Center Recital Hall. Free admission. For more information, go online to: \,wvw.musicatmetro.orgor call (303) 556-3180.
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The Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American (APINA) advocacy group invites you to a new rite of passage -a spring pinning ceremony, a new MSCD tradition, where we'll honor our graduating seniors and current students, their families and friends. 'W'hat
is a pinning ceremony?It's a ceremonywhere we celebrateyour accomplishments and then gift you with a pin with our APINA insignia. The pin is a symbol of our pride in you and who you represent.
V/hen:'Wednesd^y April 28th, 5-7pm ere: Tivoli Room 640 at: Freefood, pinnitg ceremony and a.goodtime! In order for us to plan for enoughfood and pins, pleasee.mail us if you plan'on attending,how many of you will be attending (famity and friends arewelcome) and if you are graduating from Metro this Ag"it, all arewelcome. spring or summersemester. For more information, cdl'JoannaDuenas,APINA Co-chair at303.556.5134or e.mail duenas@mscd.edu Hope to seeyou then! Sponsored by MSCD Diversity Initiatives Committee, Office of Student Life, Office of Student Publications, ESl/Immigrant Student Services,Student Government Assembly, MAISE & NASUA Student Organizations.