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I P}nnoby Chisbpft€r Sf'allx- The Meoogtitan Project Manager Joyce Carnes climbs the scaffolding eround the Tivoli smokestackApril 14. Like much of the Tivoli restoration, the smokestackwill be stripped ofits paint and th€ letters will be repsinted.

The Bell Policy Centerreleasedits annual report last Wednesday,finding Colorado to be lagging in educationopporhmity for its lowerincomeresidents.

The Bell Policy Center is a non-profit organizationthat researches higher educationand other societal issuesfor the Colorado legislature. In its most recentstudy,"Hard Work lsn't Enoughfor Colorado'sFamilies,"it founda paradoxin Colorado'shighereducationsystem.

The stateis third in the nationin adultsgraduating with collegedegrees,but the majority of the graduatesarefrom out-of-state.

The r€ssonfor the paradoxcould be blamed on lack of funding and admissionservicesfor Coloradoresidents.According to Metro Financial Aid Director Cindy Hejl, Meno alwaystries to give all available opportunitiesin terms of funding to Coloradoresidents.

"Metro has the largest (amount) of Pell Grants for eligible studentsin the state,and in many cases,the Pell Grant is the only type of grantwe canoffer," Hejl said.

Ninety-sevenpercent of Metro's students are Coloradoresidents,whichhas increasedby over 200 studentssincelast year.

"My opinion on the availability of financial to .aid our need-basedstudentsis that we currently don't receiveenoughfunding to help all of our students,"Hejl said."While we can't control our funding levels, we are constantlylooking for ways to increasethe chancesstudents have for receiving as much need-basedaid as we canoffer them."

During the current fiscal year, Metro has disbursedover $68 million to eligiblestudents with 59 percentof that being need-based.The averagefinancialaid awardlastyearto eachstudentwas$6.296.

Metro student Marisa Sen"ano,a Colorado native. is one of the 10.856shldentswho receivedfinancial aid this year.

Shecomesftom a Hispanicfamily with seven siblings. "lf I didn't havefinancialai4 I (wouldnot be ableto) affordit," shesaid.

Serranowas recruitedby Metro's Excel progmm, which sendsstudentambassadors to work at local Denver public high schools.The schools'guidancecounselorswork with themto recruit andhelp potentialstudents.

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year of 1,451.5megawattsof solar and wind energ5rfor Auraria The total cost for all three years will be $250,812,powering the Auraria campuswith 7,602.5megawatts total.

Money raised for the next tbree yearswill be basedon enrolhnent.

By Fall semesterof 20O4therewill be wind power for the Tivoli andfor a new sectionof the EventsCe|rter. byBubcaHemare The currentcost of wind power from Excel is $2.50for 100 kilowatts.An expenseof .32 lrteMehoplita, c€nts per student per semesterwill generale By the time the 1,091ballots were counted 1,075megawattsof wind power at the Auraria on Thusday, members of the Clean Energy campusfor onc year.. campaignknew they hadwon.

The project also includes solar panels, Ninety-five percent of the students at which are expectedto cost $54,690 for hardAuraria voted in favor of paying one dollar per ware, shipping, 15 years of maintenance,and studentper semesterto subsidizethe cost of installation.

Windandsolar energy.

The solarpanelswill generate.5 megalvatts "I feel geat and pleasedto have worked of clean energy per year for the nert 15-20 (with) the people on llis sampaign,"said Joel yean. An expenseof 0.65 cents per student Sayre,presidentof Metro StateActive Voices will be used to install the solar panelsfor the of the Environment.or MSAVE. first year.

Cleanenergywill power the Auraria camAfter the first yea, solar energy will be pus as ofthe Fall 20(X semester.A cost of one generatedfor free dollar per studentper semesterwill raise at the The membersMSAVE, Metro studentorgatfuee schoolsfunds of $83, 604 to pay for one nizationCreativeResistance.andEnviroCitizen

Founder of Earth DayvisitsAtrraria planet to celebrate

Earti Day foundcr John McConnell,secondfrom rlgh{ oddressespeopl€grthercd in the Thrnhlle for the Clesn Energ/ Conc€rt Arer brtrd Knlghts of Texu sbnds rt the ready to entertainand wrs oneofi€verel btnds which plry€d at the event

workedtogetherto promotethe pmitive aspecs of cleao enetgy at the Auraria Clean Energy Voteconcerteventon Thursday.

Members of MSAVE passedout flyers to studentsat Auraria asking them to vote for the cleanenergyballot.

The Auraria CleanEnergyvote begauat I I a.m. with a performanceby The Mercury Proi ect.The BreakerMechanicsand the Knights of Tethysplayedmtil the eventendedat 4 p.m.

A tnrck dubbedthe EnvironmentalScience Mobile and poweredin part by solarpanelsand wind power, provided power to all the bands' equipmentthmughoutthe event.

LadySpeech,a poet, spokenword perforrner,andactivist whoserealnameis QuiannaRay, also recitedspokenword poelry.

John McConnell, the 89-year-oldfounder of Earth Day, told a crowd of about40 that the citizens of Denver shouldbecomeEarth Trusteesby celebratingspring andtaking action.

"Denver is an amazingcity, it's a mile-high city and has high purpose," McConnell said.

"I hope we can get the city to think and act as an Earth Trusteecity and they could point the way to cities all over the world to b.eEarth Trustees."

McConnell said the term "Earth Trustee" cameout of the original EarthDay in 1970.

He.said he thinks older generationsfailed the earthbecausethey found they could make more moneybuilding devilish weap,onsof war than helpingthe environment.

"Maybe we canspreadthe word and get the contagiousfeeling that we are Earth Trustees," he said. "We're going to convert every friend we can to be an Eanh Trustee in some way, whetheryou are compostingor planting a tree or finding a better way of travel that will cost lessenergy,all this is contributing."

He urgedpeopleto continuetheir efforts in helpingtheearth.

According to Mcconnell, the original idea ofEarthDay wasto makethefirst dayofspring a geat day on Earth.

He recalledoneday at the UnitedNations when all the wo d leaderscametogether.

"When we rang the peacebell, at the mo. ment of spring we had different world leaders.

McComell said. "We had an ambassadorfrom the U-S. who was Presbyterian,we had an ambassadorfrom the USSRwho,was al atheist, and we had the headof the World Muslim Leagug and togetherthey rang the peacebell, they forgot their differences. "

Phdosby Stera Stmer -IrE Met@ito, Elghty-nlne-yeff-old Errtb Dry founder John McConnell sperks to people grthered to listen to music and discuss clern enerry optlons rt the Clean Energy Concert April 22 in the Tivoli T[rnhrlle. Mcconnell firf,t proposed Errth Day in 1969 to celebrate Errth's llfe rnd b€ruty.

Paul Aldretti. the executive direclor of the Colorado Environmental Partnershio. also spoke in support of clean energy.

"How much will it cost us not to get renewable energy?' Aldretti said.

He urged people to take responsibility in their own actions and said there are hundreds of things people can do to save energy.

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Protestg(oup eyesdisabili$ center the lab completely8s it is," saidKaren Raforlh, interim vice-prc.sidentof Stud€nt S€rvic€s at Metro.

The floor plan, conceived&rriag an op€nforum with studentson March 23 aod24 is one of four plans to merge the Disability Sefficeg Office with the center.

"We've had a lot of Creative Resistpce members attend the meetings where they've been releasing these plans, and they havenl changed" said Zoe Willi?ms of Creative Resistuce.

Accordingto the petition at Monday'srally, The student organization Creative the administration'splansmay rcplaceLaveme Resistanceprotested plans for the library's. Donelson. a founder of the center. with an disabled accessibility c€nter Monday, weeks inexperiencedworker, and create neq seg"a after Meto's administration said they were regatedentranceto the CCAC". considering a new floor plan that addressed Raforth disputesthis statement, sfudents'concems.

"The back-doorconceptis oneofthe ideas 'What ' we're trying to do is nail dowl the tossedout at the very fust meeting. (It was) final floor plan md (we are)hopingto preserve

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e'liminatedin the secondmeetingb€causcthst ramp is not ADA approvd" Rsforth sai& The sparieallotrcdto the accessibilityc€nt€r will not chatrgewifr the mergermd DonelSoa's .job hasneverbeenthreatcne4Raforth said.

Williams saidthat the prpposalF{olesbd in the petition is the most rec€ntplao. FDailtrd to all of the studentsby the art'ninistati6a. stra also said that Creative Resistance'slettpr of dernandspurposely inchrded outdated drsterial to illustrate that the writeN of the proposal should not be naking decigionsfor students becausethey.hadplanstir build a backentrance for disabledstudentsto enterthe center. "ln trying to be so opento shrdentinput, we keepchangingthingsandihen weget criticized.

We are trying to get the bestplan and havethe bestresultspossible,"Raforth said.

Williams said the adrninistrationhas been dismissing lhe pressurethey have felt frorn

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Indicating that the cent€r is mostly finantiaUy inaepenAent ftom Metro, Creative Resistdnc€said that it "has beenofugledout for cutbackr becausethe disabledcommuity has beendismissd as invisible, disposable."

Metro senior Nicholas Dehmico, who is blind and has us€d the center,disagreeswith .

Cneative Resistance.He feels th8l shrdents q14osethe proposal,afraid of losing the safe havent[ey haveat th6 center.

Metro junior Jenny Laird is wheelchairbound and joined Creative Resistanceseveral monthsago, before the remodelissuecameto the group's attention.Laird recognizesthat the current plan to combinethe Disabled Services Office with the cenlerwill causemorepeople to us€ bolh sirvices, "but I want to be out on campus;I want to be out andpart ofthe college

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The Day of Silencewas foundedin 1996at the University of Vrginia and has since spread to more than 1.900 schools acrossthe United States.According to the Day of Sileuce Web site (htp:i/www.dayofsilence.org),participants take a day-longvow of silenceto recognizeand protestthe discriminationandharassmentof lesbian, gay,bisexualand transgenderstudents.

In addition to taking vows of silence, students at Auraria carried explanatory cards to showto friendsandprofessorsandsetup a table on campusto encouragediscussion.

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"One ofmy professorssaidI wasn't allowed to participate (in the protest) while I was in class,"Durban said.

Karen Bensen,Director ofGLBTSS, agreed that not all the professorswere OK with students'vows ofsilence.

"This whole thing makesthe faculty a little uncomfortable," said Bensen, who spent the Day of Silencein her office counselingstudents who ' neededto talk abouttheir experience.

"Our office is a designatedsafe space for studentsto comeand talk," Durbansaid. . Meho student Zia Klamm participated in The National Day of Silenceby volunteeringto chaperonethe Night ofNoise dancethat night at RainbowAlley, a local hub for gay, lesbianand youths. transgender "These movementsare imDortantbecause

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people are out in tho open saying they'?renot ashamedand they're not afraid to be visible," Klamm said. "When peopleput themselvesout in the open it allows bthers to come forward knowing they'rc not alone."

According to Klamm, about 70 middle school and high school youths finished their vows of silence together at the dance, which was organizedby local higb school students.

The youth also discussedtheir experienceswith discriminationthen celebrateilnoisily' Klamm said shewas very impressedby the youths who organizedand partiiipated in the Night ofNoise. . "Thesekids arebeing courageouswithout a lot of supportandsometimeswith a lot ofhostility," Klamm said.

Klamm said she plans to volunteer for the frfth year in a row at the Auraria QueerProm, which will be held in the Tivoli Tumhalle May 15.

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On a summer'sday, you might find Metro professor Jonathan Kent sweating under the buming rays of a ferocioussun, laboring from dawn to dark, scratchinghis way into a hard, dry, stonypatchof ground.

And anvoneis welcometo ioin him.

On May 31, Kent will leadthe 2004 Field Exoeditionto NorthemPeru.With him will be .Jl sqrdentsfrom Mgtro, mostof whom will be . ._.,;oar, ' getting their first taste of archa€ologicalfield rcsearcn.

Their destination is an ancient town-site - that Kent haS dubbed Santa Rita B. Kent began investigation of the site in 1998 With ' his codirector, TeresaRosales-lhamof Peru's .

National University 9f Trujillo. The project is overseenby the Callfomia Institute for Peruvian Studiesand the PeruvianNational Institute of Cuiture. This will be the sixth year Kont has operatedhis archaeologicalfield schoolthere.

Nestled against the foothills of the Andes mountains,SantaRita B. lies 15 miles inland beneathbarren, rocky gromd just over I,100 feet abovesea-level.Nearby is SantaRita-the project's namesake-a village of about300.

KJnl's excavationshave revealed.occupations dating back much further than he origrnally expected.So far, he has tracedthe occupation of SantaRita B. from a 3,500-year-old pre-Moche cultue, right up to thq 166 cenhry Spanishcolonial era. The earliest layers have been found about five feet beneaththe surfaco.

Asked if he expectsto find even more ancient levels farther down. Kent sniled.

"Oh, yeah," he said. "This started out as a five-year project and tumed into a lGyear project.We'll be digging until 2009 or 2010, at least."

Kent first tried his hand at field archaeology in 1970, as a studentvoluntgerinvestigating Mayan sites in Guatemala.He went on to receive a doctorate in Anthropologr from WashingtonUniversity in St. Loiris in 1982,and . hasbeenteachingat Meho since 1986.

His specialtyis the study ofthe relationship betweenthe domesticationofplants andanimals .. and the growth of urbanization.Kertt believes tha! becauseof is snategiclocation at the head of the Chao River Valley, SantaRita B. is well situated to shed light on the disvelopmentof ancient commercebetweentJrepastoralAndes and&p agriculturalcoastalplains.

Kfrt customarily reservesmore than a dozen ihlunteer positions for Metro students.

field school, where.At Kent's archaeological studentsget trainingin methodsof excavation andanalysis,not to mentionthe chanceto meet historyhead-on.

This yeat Metro studentspaid $2,980for a three-weeksession.and $3,390for a six-week session.The costsincluderound-tripair from the United States,all ground-transportation

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Every year, about 50 infant deathsand 12,000injuries occur due to unsafe cribs, said Industrial Desigr Adjunct Professor Glenn Aaron, but Metro indusrial design studentsbelieve their new infant crib wiu reducethat number.

Weyerhauserwill begin manufacturing fie crib, R-SAFE (Reinforced Sauctural Affordable Foldable Enfolded). and Basic Comfort will distribute it by the end of the year.

The idea to build the crib came about when Industrial professorsJohn Schmidt, Tom Noonin andAaron were discussingthe fact that the crib is known to be the most drngerous piece of furniture in a nursery Aamn said. Studentsbecame interested and began the project. Reinforced fiberboard was used to make the prototype for the crib.

Cardboardboxesaremadeout of fiberboard. When fiberboard bends it becomes stronger.Enfolding, or hugging, is the process the professorsand studentswent througlh in folding the fiberboard. Basic Comfort will give 50 percentof the profits ftom R-SA-FEto Metro's industrial design departmentto usetoward future projects.

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up to six dlys each*eet. #y "- "troin"{the project. collegecreditsby participating The Santa Rita B. Projecth internatiortal team also includes experts in such fields as geology and biology. Their findings help place the site in broadregional and historical context.

This year, the focus will be on the excavation of Chimu andMoche-eraoccupationlevels,and the recordingof rock-carvedim4ges.

The numberof peopleinvolved in the Santa Rita B. Projecteachsummeris limited to about 25. More than that wiu not fit comfortably into the project's rented two-b€droomhouse in Chao,45 minutesaway by bus.

"One bedroomfor the boys and one for the girls," Kent observed.

Shinaiuvall, a'Metro graduatenow pursuing her master'sdegreein Archaeologyat CUDenver,is a three-timeveteranof SantaRita B. Sheconcededthat, while not uncomfortable,the living situationis far from luxurious.

"You need to have som€personalflexibility," sheexplained.

There is also an in-houselaboratorywhere students learn the fine points of analysis.

According to duVall, studenlsgenerallywork in the lab two daysper week and spendthe rest of their time in the field.

"Jon is really goodat tappingour strenglhs," shesaid:"He givesus a lot of experiencein the things we want to lsam."

Students work five-and-a-half days each week at the project. Left to themselvesfor a day-and-a-half,most head south to Trujillo, the Libertad state capiol. There they can get a hot shower.check their e-mail and relax on the beach.

The continued ioodwill and cooperation of both the Peruviangriiiemirent and the local population is essentialto the successof Santa Rita B., and Kent expectsvolunteen to be on theirbestbehaviorwhile iir Peru, *We have a red'lly good reputation down there,andwe've got !o keepi!" he said.

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Courby phM by Jondrn tGnt neverbeena problemfor the prqject,minor difficulties have occasionallysurfacedas cultures seekcommonunderstanding.

"Early on, you'll try to imposeyour way of doing things on (the Peruvians),"he said, "and of coursethat doesn'talwayswork."

Everything dug from the soil in Peru is the property of the Peruvian govemrtent For this reason,the majority of close analysison artifacts and samples taken ft,om Santa Rita B. is done by Rosales-Thamand her team in Trujillo. Her work on the specimos produced during the summercontinuesall year. She also providesindispensablesupportby handling the extensivepaperwork.required by the Peruvian government.

DuVall considersher experiencesat Santa Rita B. hugely rewarding. Beyond the.technical and historical knowledgegained,she found the culhre of Peru fascinatingand the people delightftrl. She quickly came to feel at home there in spite of the country's relatively undevelopedcondition.

"Theculture-shock wasa lot wors,e coming back," shesaid. "You seeall the thingswe have that theydon't."

To anyone weighing the possibility of joining Kart's dig in the fuh-ue,duVall was emphatic.'.Go to Peru," shesaid.

To leam more,go to www.cipstudies.trg,or contactDr. Kent at kentj@mscd.edu

Mernbers of the National Press PhotographersAssociation will be in the Tivoli May 5 to offer advice and review graduatingseniors'portfolios.

The NPPA wanted to bring working professionals and students together to build contacts and friendships, said Leah of the NPPA. Bluntschli,treasurer "It's alwaysgood to have professionals look at your portfolio before you graduate and see if its up to par," Bluntschli said.

"It's sort of a double-checktlat your good to go or not."

Metro alumni Walt Hester will speak about community photojoumalism, while Jay Dickman, a Pulitzer Prize winner, will speak about freelance photography.

Kem Bisio, chair of the photojoumalism departrnent,will discuss the current state of journalism. The Second Annual PhotojoumalismConferencewill start at 4 p.m. on May 5 and will be held in Tivoli 640. Anyane can attendthe conferencefor an admissionfee of $10.

Free enterpriseteam travels to Kansas For the fiist rime in the school'shistory Meho's Studentsin Free Enterprise(SIFE) team is advancingto the national competition after winning the regional competition this nronth. Other SIFE teams from the region galherediq Denver !o presenttheir annual report in terms of using principles of free enterpriseto belp their communities. Leadersfrom the businesscommunity judged the teamson cerlain sriteria, including contentand creativity.

Metro's SIFE team presentedtheir report in the forrn of a newscast, said Professor Mick Jackowski, co-adviser of the teamwith Ken Hugg:ns.

One project Metro's team constnrcted and gave to elementaryschoolswas called Ice Cream and Soda Dreams.Elemsntary scbool.kidsoperatedtheir own ice cream and sodashop.Nationalswill be in Kansas

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Govemor In a ptessrelcse last Wednesday, Owtns sato4 that only nine percentof Colora&ts lli4nriic nales qc l8-24 attendeollcge. . il6i6 do fii$adc d.hftrdlty, thc Bcn Policy C'€ilrr rcpmteil oft in dtery ffvd f.rmilies in Colorados'[|lgles to pry ftsif mdtly bills. tlalf of thosefandhs cmsfur of oEofcror* wlo did not comple*ehiglt Slhlot Thc centcr definespocif or-low itrcolte as earninglers thcr 200 percentof if,t frdual pWerty level. For erample,a householdl$dft of $29,550for a family of threeis considered|e b€ below the poverty line. The Bell Policy Reaoil also found that 22 percentofcolorado working families arepoor.

The Bell Policy reportedihat if the current tr€nds in low college graduationrates, lack of need-basedfinancial aid. and cuts to Colorado higher educationcontirnre,mmy Coloradoresidentsandtheir childrenwill stay in poverty.

Governor Owensamounced last week his plao to increaseColorado's low resident college-participationrate. Like Metro's Excel progran4the statewill provide l0 collegecounselors to rotate mo,ng 24 middle and senior high schools.Coloradotaxpaye,rs will havgto pay up to $l million for tliis pilor program.

Owors expresscda needfor tbe program. ' "We're behindin convincingyoungColoradoansto pursuehighero&rcation,"he said.

Metro stud€nt Serranobelieves it is selfdet€minstion that contributes to low-income studenbsucccssin graduating. !'It's bascd on. the individuali she said, 'You havoto havca 906l; ifyou doott thgr ycRl

tutnOIDSrnt expcrienee,"Llird szrid" Laird sail ghc&es not feGlayrn! b 6 set againstraging DSO md the ceder. *There are Jomestudents?bo usethe (carr.* ter) who ar€ very emotional about ftis merger process.Th€y vant to kew the (center)a segarate €ntity," mid Metro StudentTrusteeHarris Singcr,*ho is bliod fiach Scdrcr at Mondry's ralty rwogrized lh€ cat€r's vdltr to tb€ disdl€d commlmity.

The curenr lloor plan would extnd the ccnter into th€ libry without eoctiog lh€ centet any sprirc, accordingto Sitg€r. He also said DSO aod the rccessibitty centerwill both be easierto fmd and tlsir uniof s.ill allow for cro$-sdning ir a@tivc l6ehnolqr0/.

"Crt*ive kesist*tce hrs not ddt much to gct fully iaformed fton boh sides.I approciate dtr rdric kvel rk ttcy dc williEg & be aaive uil& Sg studsttr aod lh they w{tt the best possi6lcrovirrcs, hr fisrs ls s tor of emotbnolism and a lol of ignorimeethet ls going ;nto ois rhetoric of fear dfrd it's not helpbg llt protese at all," said Singer.

Tom Mishek of Creatlle Resi$ance said that the group hasnot rweived ilof inftnlletion regarding the accessibility ceDterfol {t€ last two weeks.

Arormd 40 people,half of whom were disabled,attendedMonday'srally. ' Afterwards, shdents marched with petitions to Metro Interim Pr6id€nt Ray Kieft's office, and Raforlh, who said she attendedthe rally, receivodthe paitions.

'For the nay-sayers who say Creative Resistanceis getting involved to createa mess, they're doing it b€causeit's what they believe h." Laird said.

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SGA resultsarein byNoelleteatriu flEMefioplitm, The uno6cial €lection results have treen releasedfor t\4frds 20o4-20A5$ufu Cm,€mm€ntArsembly.

Ogt of the I 9,369 stu&nts who ae enrolled ai Mebo, 1,(X5 voled in this year's cleelioo, which i$ m imFovenent from ld y.a.

Two groups of sodeots createddieir owe tickets,one of which ma& a cleeosw€€pin tft' elsctionr.

CreatingOpporhrnitiesfor Sfildenrewon all 12positionsagainstthe independentcandidates ord PositiveActidr.Coalition. None of the indcpendentcandidrteswerevoled in.

"I was inpressed," said StephenHay, Maro'l new sMent repres€ntativ€ to Metro's Board ofTrustses.'I don't thirk myorc expectedit." lnayel Hadi wasruming for studentgovemmeotpresidenton the PAC ticket "We did loose the electoral vote, but the elcctioowas a suoc€sgbe€auseofthe numberof s&ldentsthat Yoted,"Hadi said.

Hadi *ressedthe importmce of 3tudentpaxtieip$ion whenit cm6 to votitr& "It's itrpodaaf for I Eto 24-year-oldsto vote to maketlre legiclatmcpay atterrtionto what we want," Hadi ssid.

CandaceGill will bc the nervMetro Student GovemmentPresident.

"I'm really excited it wruI a clott swe€p,"

Gill said. "We've all been working together since January,so I feel like we've had an op portudity to build a team and get to know one another."

The last two SGA presidc,ntswere renroved ftm otrce by their cabina. *I think the hst two presidentshave lsft slch r bitter bste, so it fcclc like putting on soggyshoes,"Gill said.

Gill saidthe SGA will be focusingon rigftt: cning q the accomtability of whtne rludent fees re going as well as openingflrc door fa sftderb to bttcr corilIrEi€tc. ' "As clectedoffioials of the StudemGoernm€ntAlo(ffily,lya encourgp studentsto spedk up," Gill stkl'. '"ftk ttot abtmtpower to me, it's aboutrepresenfekn 5id co4rfiEi{:8tid."

The ofrcial resots f€r lbc election will be availableWe&resday,Apnt 28, *I'm excited," Gill said. "I p8t togethcr a winningticket."

Sbe also said she could not have dodd it without the help of all the peopleon her ticket.

"I think we arethe leadershiprepresenation at Meto Stat€,"Gill said, Therewere 27 mdents who participaredin thir year''selection.

There are traditio,nally 12 positions in Metro's studentgovernment,Onepresidenttwo studentadvisory representativesto the Auraria Board, one student trustee, scven vice presidents,and one attomeygen€ral.

Voucherdangerfor Metro ColoradoSenateBill 189is literally a trag- 'college opportunity fund" just like we'll nwer edy for Metro. So it comesas no surprisethat seeour Social Security.This is a hugeproblem, our Board of Trusteesare supportiveof the bill period).

-what did you think would happento a socialI'm sure many of you are thinking, "Well, istic institution undera capitalisticrbsime? $2,400 will pay my tuition." Currently, thct Soeialism is a hor- amount would nearly cover tuition,. but. this rible ideal today because amourt of money is $68 less than the stale it doesn't worlg just like already.givesMetro for eachstudent(you will this bill, and in this regard seea tuition increaseof $68 minimum). Bill I would be all too happy 189privatizespublichighereducationandstate to see Metro perish. Un- laws will no longer control tuitio! increases fortunately, it is neither (tuition cannot be increased,but youchersare the time nor is Colorado not guaranteedandassuchhrition goesup when the place for free-market voucheramountsgo down). education.

"I suspectthis approachwill alsomakeMetNick Bahl Bill 189 recently ro somewhatless subject to regulatory control @ passedout of the Senate from the state,sincestudent-drivenaccountabilit, vouchersareon their .. ity will be paramount,"said Tnbtee Alex Cranandif the Housepasses way for higher educationin Colorado sta4ing berg. "lf studentempowerment is privatization in the Fall of 2005. Each studentwill receive (because studgntsareprivatepersonsexercising $2,400a year from the stateto pay for their choices)then-that'iwhafthis dogi."'r' educationat any Coloradocollege or university Likely tuition increagesand fewer students as long as they don't havemorethan 140 credit viho actually want to be hereit is then, and due partially to ow Board of Trustees'support for hours, In 2001, Metro had 12,766 continuing privatizationof highereducation.

"The Boardendorsedthe voucherbill conshrdents,862 readmittedstudents,and 2,631 transfer students.The 140-credit-hourcap will cept id instructing our lobbyist to make this a not affect many of these students;but a large high priority," said Cranberg.'Nd one objected percentageof them will be affected,and many duringthatopenmeeting." will be run right out of school (thesenumbers ' StudentTrustee Harri5 Singer toid me he 'inshuctihg representmorethan half of Me*ro?stotal enroll- doesnltremember the lobbyist,as ment). such, but that he strongly supportsthe bill as "This will affect anyoneseekinga second long asthereareproperexemptionsin placefor degree, teacher or mrsing licenses, second- studentswho needto exceedthe l4O-credit-hour chancestudentswho messedup, anyonetaking cap(Singeris one suchstudent). a classfor personalenjoymentwho alreadyhas Last time I checlced,silence doesn't mean a degree,molherswho returnto schoolafter sit- truth'is in the air or that the bestoption is being ting out for many yean, anyonewho changes pursued(I'm surethe Faculty Senateand Union majors, studentscoming from community col- was out protesting something with Creative lege programs,and many more," said teacher Resistance,and missedthis meeting);however, educationprofessorDr. VincentOrlandoregard- sinceRepublicansrun our stateandour Boardof ing the 140-credit-hourcap.

Tru$tees,I feel very comfortableacceptingtheir Bill 189 will also affect the rest of us, but wisdom in regardto public education. not as drastically at first (stud€ntsmay never told "OfcourseI supportthebill," Cranberg seethe money savedfor us by the state in the me on April 8.

On Tuesday,April 13, I receiveda followup e-mail from Cranbergwhich said, "On the credit-hourissue,it is true that the bill imposesa I 0-credit-hourcap.

However.I understand that the bitl will be amendedon Wednesdayto include a 5 percent exemptionfor institutions."

So our Board of Trustees'tnanimouslv" supportedthe bill before it was amendedio allow for exemptions?It is true.

So the Board of Trustees"unanimously" supportedthe bill eventhoughit flies in the face of the school'spu4rose,missionstatement, and the bestinterestof an overwhelning percentage ofthe students'intereststhey are supposedto be safeguarding hereat Colorado's"CollegeofOpportunity?"It is true.

Despite the fact that several gxemptions havebeendroppedinto the bill (Wow a whole five percent!),Metro'sBoardofTrusteesunanimouslyput their supportbehind..a voucherbili. they knew nothing about (or sdxetly knew about);a bill that will still hurt Metro evenafter the exemptions; only if enoughexempdons are put in placeto eradicate the l40-credit-hour cap, will thisbill only slightlyhun Metro.

This is a conflictof interestdrivenby ideologicaldogrna.

It is time for our Board of Trusteesto be overhaul€d to allowfor ideologicaldiversityand policies.It is thentimeto Metro-student-minded extenddiversily throughoutour SheilaKaplancom.rptecladministrationand our authoritarian professorship.

Ifonly the diversity surroundingthe flagpole two weeksago could e:1tendthroughoutall tiers 'we coiild actually leam here. of Metro, then Who really thinks that any of our close-minded rulerswill let this happen?

I'm voting fiJr a Democratin the next gubematorial election just so that our Board of Trustees will become social-minded to meet Metro's needs (the govemor picks the Board members).what areyou going to do aboutsenateBill 189?

Rolemodelvacanrysignlit Does anyonerememberHulk Hogan from whenthey were a kid?

This would havebear beforehis bad guy attitude and look in an attemptto increaseratings.

Do any of you remember,did any of you watch, the yellow- clothed Herculeanrise from the floor to the deafeningroarsand chantsof his faithful?

Were any of you Hulkomaniacs?I remember watchingTV showsof Hulk Hogan hanging out with kids and urging them to stayoffdrugs.

JuStin Breuer Does anyone know @ that Mr. T had a cartoon drawn after him? He ran arormdwith a group of gyrmasts and a bulldog with a mohawk doing good deedslike helping old ladiescrossthe streetAfter the show,Mr. T would appearin personwith a grroupof children,telling thento stay in schooland stayaway fiom drugs.

He pitiesthe fool, sucka.

How aboutGI Joe,the greatAmericanhero?

If you watchedthis show,then a certainphrase

will be etchedin your mind forever: "Knowing is halfthe battle."

At theend ofevery show,a GI Joecharacter would show up and couriselsomekids about a situationthey found themselvesin. I remember one episodewheretwo kids on their bikes were going to cross some hain tracks while a hain wascoming.

Doc wasthere But, no, they didn't,because to tell them to ftink of the consequences before they acted.Knowing is half the battle.

What's happenedto role modelsnowadays?

It's as if they all disappearedor retired or grew too old and died. Who steppedup and took Mother Theresa'splace; does anyone know?

Me. neither.

Kids today have Jackass and Japanese cartoons centeredaround card games as role models.

Younger kids have Bamey, the purple dinosaur,who pteacheslove and kindnessbut as for real-world application falls disappointingly short.

Besidethe fact that I'm a dork and watched WWF when I was yormger,I think a clea"prob. lem is ernergingwith the youth of today.There areno role models

I know thereis an insaneamountofpeople out there whom we idolize, but actual goodmannered,moral-codedrole modelshavedisappeared.

Pat Tillman, the former NFL player turned Army Ranger,is one exampleof a role model.

He died for what hebelievedin andgavea touch ofinspirationto thoseofus who areafraidto go againstwhat societyt€lls us is the proper thing to do.

Society today tells us to siay in the NFL making millions while someoneelse goes and getsshot over in Afghanistanfor reasonsundefinedandunclear.

Tillnan didn't like what societyhad to say.

He stood up for what he believed in and acceptedthe price of sucha stance.Suchcharacter andwill is lacking in our celebritiesandathletes today.

If you find yourself around young kids sometime,try to act the way your childhoodrole modelwould hayeacted.

Try to give the next generationsomethingto look up to, God knows they need it. If it's not comrpt politicians, pedophilepriests,narcissistic celebrities,it's the selfishprivileged.At least we still have SesameSheet.

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One Last Thing...

.I considermyself.open-mind€4I try to be open-minded.I saw somethingthe other day thoughthat distuted me. It was a news story abouthow Barbie and KerL the Barbie andKeq brokeup andareno longertogether.

Yes,it's funny. I havea comicalmentalimage of ken on the comer,in rags,drinkingout ofa brownbagbeggingfor change.But whatmessagedoesthis sendto theyoungones?Without hagiy everafter,thereareno fairy tales.

Will the United Statesbe ableto hand over power to Iraq by the June30 deadline?

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th.y have cooperation, anything is possible, but I don't frink they'll be able to hand it over totally."

Tbny Erplnoze CCD Frcshman Businessmansgement

therc's a way tbat we can band it over."

Kelly M.zrr Meto Freshman Hrrrhan S€1tri@s

"No, I donl think 6ey'll move out until the uprisinghas beenconained."

Cheryl Simp$nr Metro Sophomore Biology

Raftirg the rapids of "PeaceLike aRiver"

by JenmiftrGoodhnd MM

"People fear miracles becawe they fear behg changed-though ignoring then will changeyou also... No miracle happenswilhout a winess.Herc b whd I saw:Herc3 how it went, Makeof it whatyu will."

Leif Enger's "Peace Like a RiveC' opens aud closes on the nature of miracles, though somemay saythe true miracleof this book is its very presenceon "best novel of tbe yeaf' lists.

This is not to sayit's a badbook.In fact, it's very good, and it was an ideal choice for Denver's '1)ne City, One Book" program,which started in March. But its higb praise by media from SanFranciscoto New York is not witlrcul controveNy. Reuben'Rube" I-and,the astbmaticnarator of the book, lives with his sister Swede,who is obsessedwith ZaneGrey and poetry about outlaws and the Old West.Roundingofr the Land clan are Rube's bmtber Davy and his father Jer€rniEh.The mother has, some yearc prior, left the family, but where shewent and why are uoinpoftsnt. JeremiahIlnd has the ability to perform miracles small and large, diough noot people ignore tbis ability and Lsnd rcfuses to exploit it weir if he could 6gure ors how. TVo school bullies nrn afoul of Davy and Jer€miah and wentrally b,reakinto the boys' housebent on revenge.This endsbedly, wi& Davy on trial for killing the two boys. Things Erding Badly is eca€ntialto the plot of most books,eve,nthe Winnie-the-Poohseries,thowh A"{. Milne left gunplayout ofhis talesin favor of simplerproblems like Eeyorelosing his tail. Davy responds to his inevitable imprisonmentby escapingto who'knows-where, dodging a manhunl and triggering in Swede's mind a comection betweendre oudawpoety shewrit€s lnd h€r life.

The family goesou a questto find Davy, though whatthey intendto do ifthey find him isn't clear to any ofthe Lands.

The novel'snot quite aboutthe plol however. Most greatboolGaren't. YannMartel's "Life of Pi" is more aboutspirinrality and connection thana tiger md a boy on a raft, Eric Carle's"Tbe Very Hungry Catorpillat'' is a bold statcmenton post-modenrdesire. The idea of '?eace" isn't the faudly on the road tsackingdown an outlaw relative. Nor is it about the occasionalmiracle performedby the father.Yes,likely he could use his power ro get Davy acquitted.He could or€ Rubeofhis sev€r€asthma,maybe.Readerswho gow frustrat€d at the unelEocrcd and some times inelevant aod abnpt wihcssing of the miracler pertapourisstte point thot Jcr€miah's

rriracles area meas, tlot anen4 andhemay not havecontol over their occunence.Ifthe family were ableto usemiraclesas a way to get out of jams, dramatictelsion would be nonexistent.If they were alwaysusedaspivotal plot points,the spirituality in the book would be oveftearing or take on the characteristicsof one religion or another,limiting its universal appeal.In an interview with Witers And Boob, Enger says, "(I)t's been a happy surprise that many selfdescribedskeptics have enjoyed the novel-I suspectbecauseit tells the story simply, rather thanpougdingthe table.' ,, Of course,skepticsthirik of spidtuality and faith as much as anyoneelse,and the presentation allows skepticsand agnosticsto contemplate the larger questionsas much as any other reader. Some thoughts presentedby '?eace: " What is right and what is wrong? Was Davy morally conect il shooting the bullies? Is the family right to pull up stakesand chaseafter him? when do you stand up in your defense, and when do you put off vengeancefor another day? How does faith determinehow you live your life and how people react to you? That's the ambiguity Enger has iltroduced in these pages.In addition,"Peace"is a page-tumer,and oncethe rrader is hookedit's ahnostpainful to put it down. On completion,there'sa sensethat you've just read a very fine novel; the reason leamingto readwasworth all that bother.

Enger's book is not without its flaws.

Swede,thoughnine, speaksas though shew€nt to I prepub€scentHarvar4 and the outlaw poetry eats much cteese. The parallels between herpoetic outlaw hero€sandthe real-life outlaw bero areheavy-handedatrdblunt. Abrupt traosi. tions work in somecases,seemingtrue-toJife, and in other casesseem awkward and badly paced If you are grippedftom the first chapter, as I was, theseflaws won't b€ loo apparentthe fnt time you read it, thougb they may grate a tad on the secondreading.Theseflaws and othersdon't ruin thebook.Engerhasstill tumedout a masterpiece,though I wouldn't catapult it to the level ofone ofthe bestbooksofthe year.Of 2001's bools, I'd highlight "Borrowed Finery"

by Paula Fox as a superiorwork, and given a copy of 'tsooks In ltint" for that year I'm sureI could comeup witb at leastnine others.

Still" I can har<tlyimagine having a better choice for Denver's progran Too good, and there would be no discussion: too bad, and nobody would have read it. Judgingby the re sponseI get when carrying 'Pdace Like A Rivet'' on light nil md on campus,it docswhat it's supposedto do-leads us lo discussionsabout right rnd wmng and the esseirceof miraclesin weryday lifc.

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U.S. ftinks they havemorepower thanOreydo and they doD't watrt to grve it up."

Velerle Branctettcr Metro Sophomore Openopion

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I don't tbink that we shoul4 but Bushwill do so for the sakeofhis reelection."

would hopeso; we needto get our boys out of th€re."

Prul DeHrven UCD Sophomore Music

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Merging disabilities senricesfor students The Disabilities SewicesOfrce (DSO) and the CombinedComputerAccessCenter(CCAC) are thercor€servicesprovidell by the collegeto ensurethat studentswith disabilitiesget an equal accessto educationand other collegeresources alongsidetheir peers.

Both the DSO and CCAC are essential in providing studenb tools for success.Last spring,the Auraria campusdissolvedDSO ftom its operationsand Metro Stateabsorbedit. Now, Metro State College has two separab omces providing accommodationsto students. This is an inefhcient means to provide fimctional servicesas ther€ is duplicationof services,lack communicationand confuof interdeparrrnental sion amongstudentsas to which ofhce to go lo obtain specifc accommodations, It makes logical and reasonablesen$e!o conbine both ofrces into one operation.The CCAC is largely under-utilized and the bulk of studentswho receive accommodationsare not awareof it as an accommodation.In policy and statutg it is the Disability ServicesOffice which is the primary provider of accommodations for studeniswiih disabilities. It is therefore aprpropriateto coEbine both operations administratively and physically into one space so the administrativeprobluns that exist canbe eliminated.

This is currently being done by expanding the curreirtspaceofthe CCAC in the library by 290 sq. ff. to build more ofrces for. the additional DSO staf. Therewould be a director and an aseistantdirector.The director will have the focus of running all the ofrces operations,budget,staffand wo* closelywith faculty,staffand administraton to ensurethey are aware of the office and the needto provide accommodations.

The assistantdi&otor position will largely be focusedon the adaptivetechnologycomponent of the operationstraining professionalsaff and studentson the useoftbe adaptivetecbnology, The CCAC is a uniqueinnovationof Meto Stati providbg a dedicatedcomputer lab for studentswith a panicular need. This lab has all the laest adaptive soffnrareand hardware tecbnolory, which gives sMents with any s€nsoryor physical disability equ.l e€ss to

computers.This is an impressivecorc€pt and onewhich works extemely well. This dedicated computer lab solves many accessissues that exist in other computerlabs acrosscamlxrsand this lab is largely frmdedthroug! privarc grants.

It has a critical role in the.studeob'computing expedencewhile in college and in developing computer skills necessaryto compete in the worldorce.

By combiningboth offices administatively and physically, greater comnunication among staf and studentsircreases, cross training in technology and rehsbilitation techniques ara sbared, and the adaptive technology lab will havegreaterusageby students8sthey csn go to a one-stopshop for all accommodations.Such a m€rger witl only eohancetbe fimctionality, usability,and accessto the accessibilitylab.Additionally, by having both opcrationsin one lc cation, sMEots will not haveto tEvel beweco two ofrces in two difierent buildingsin order to get full accommodatioosfor thcir academicrnd non-acadeinicneeds.

To all studentswitb disabilitics aod those concernedaboutthis mergerprocess:the college is working to ensureboth offices are mergedto student satisfaction and ensure an ofrce is created which will have student input in its operations,a mutual-tust relatiomhip and ap popriate servicesnecessaryto cnsurestudeots aregettingthe besttools to maketheir collegiate and educationalexperiencea productive and tulfilling one.

There have been concemsabout how the Office of StudentServicesis bringrrg students into the processof changingthesc ofrces and this is being fxed. Not everyonewill be happy with this merger,ofcourse.

There will always be those who resist aay change and ther€ is no reaching them. They shouldnot havethe strongestvoice and should not conttol the dialogue,If you have any questions, commenb, or concerns, contrct me 8t (303) 5566489 or singerh@mscdedu.

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prosecan't go byTabitl'aDial TheMetrcwlinn JaneWampler,presidentof the Colorado Springs-based organization,PoetryWest,and winnerof a Poets& WrilersExchangeAward anda ColoradoCouncilon theArts Fellowship participatedin the DenverPoetryFestivalby readingher poetryat the Tivoli on Wednesday, April 21. The following are excerptsfrom an - interview for I/r e Melropolitan. "lt mightbe easierto saywhata poemis not (thanwhatit is). It is not prosechoppe{into lines.It's not songlyrics. It's not the re+elling It's not a diary ofa momentin fancylanguage. entry. To quote Emily Dickinsoir,'lf I feel physicallyas if the top of my headweretaken olI, I krow this is poetry.' "l've written short stories, hard news, - . magazine fearures. public relations copy. teachingmanuals;you nameit. But poetryhas capturedmy heartandmy intellect.It's themost playful andrigorousart form that I know.It aqks so muchof you as a writer.

"It asks that you be.willing to let go of assumptionsabout what you think you needto say,it asksthat you follow an intemal musicor a rhythm that may supersedeyour understanditrg of the poem'sdestination;it asksthat you drag . the unknown into the known."

"We needto remembet as Frost would say, what it would impoverish us to forget. And that's why thereis poetry. "(To be a poet) meansthat you are forever struggling to find paying wort. There's no money in poefy becauseit does not have the commercial potential of novel-writing.

However,it's poetry-not short stories-that a nationtums to in timesof crisis.Perhapsthat's * someconsolation."

Can anyoneappreciatethe art, or is it just for academics,critics, poetsand the relatives and friends who love them enorrgh !o read them?

"Poetry is only difficult for people to ' read becauseit goeswhere prosecan't go. It goes into the regions of consciousness that can't be paraphrased.

Anyonewho truststheir can enjoy a poem.If . --imaginativeassociations you'rereadingsomethingthat'sabstract,full of philosophicalpretensionand obscureallusion, just remember,you're probably not dense-it's just a badpoem.

"The adviceI cangive to all youngpoetsis to readcontemporarypoetry.Get your noseout of the 'Norton Anthology of British Literature."

Leavethe invertedsyntaxandthe stilted diction to the deadwhiteguys.

"This is your time and your language.Write from the rhythms of your life, your language and your generation. And the best way to learn what the possibilities are is to read what your contemporariesin the latest joumals are v,'ritins.'f

Phoioby Stev€nSbner- Ihe Md,oplito, PoetryWeStpresideit Jrne Wampler r€rds sevenl sel€ctionsfrom her poetry on Wednesday, April 21 in Tlvoli Room,140as prrt ofthe DenverPoetryFestival'sactivities.

*waltwhitmanin Atab"-"",o rP,:f;?:ffi::::fgk;Xy{#:#" atcu-Denv€r, reads apoemcatted Jareyork,crertivewritingteacb€r CenterApril22. The r€rdlng wrs one of severalsponsoredby UCD to celebrateNational Poetry MoDth.

Poetrycontest winner...

Amonth of verse

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andpopul#tyof eachpoet. lilffti; *" AaronAieytahasreadhispoetryin fronlof thequality,interest, manyaudiences.

Pressed to explainwhatpoetry is by a kid in a bluejacketwhenhereadhiswork at a Montrosehigh school,Abeya wrote a poem thatshareshis definitionof poetry.

With his fast-talking, rhythmic poetry enactments, Aaron Abeyta contrasted Jane Wampler, and her soft-spoken enactments of poems about love. They may not seem like wo .peoplewho would perform poetry readingStogether,but suchwas the caseat last Wednesday'spoetry reading at the Tivoli in honorof NationalPoetryMonth.

NationalPoetryMonth was inaugurated by theAcademyof AmericanPoetsin April, 1996.

Duringthe monthofApril, hundreds offestivals are held amund the country to celebratepoetry and its intricatepart in Americanculture.

The Auraria Campus had many events celebratingpoetry in April. Though this is the third poetry festival at Auraria, this month's Denver Poetry Festival was the first held in April.

Jake York and Catherine Wiley helped organLe the event and introducedAbeyta and Wamplerbeforetheyperformedtheir poetry.

York, an associateEnglish professorat UCD, saidthe two contrastingpoetsperforming at the samereadingis one of the elementsthat makeAuraria'spoetryfestivalunique.

"We try to think of eachpoet as a candidate for somethingsimilar to presidentialelections, we want our poetsto representspectrumsthat play a part in everydaylife. For example:we chose Aaron Abeyta becausehis poems are very geogtaphically-consciousand culturallycoriscious- Jane's poems are the complete opposite--Jane'spoem are conceptualpoems insteadofculnual." saidYork.

With so much talent in Denver, choosing poetsto participatein the festival is not an easy task.

"We make the fust step of the selection processby readingtheir work and determining

Poetsthat gamer good word-of-mouthalso are considered in thefirst stepofthe process,"York said York said the selection process also dependsbn what each poet representsand the communities they represent,how people connectto the poet's work, and how good their work is.

"With differentstylesofpoetsat the events, it's like conversation, whichis whatwe wantthe audience to do aftereachreading,sothat'swhat we modelthe festivalafter,"he said.

The successof this year'sfestivalis not as geat as 2002's,which was held in September and had the highest attendancecompared to the otherfestivals.Last week'sweatherandthe festival's proximity to finals time, when many studentsare being assigneda lot of papersand projects;arefactorsYork and Wiley will keepin mindwhentheyplanthenextpoetryfesival.

When planning the next po€try festival, York and Wiley plan to be mindful of all the factorsthat may have kept lhis year's festival from beingas successful as they wanted.They also hope to havemore involvementfrom the schoolson campus.

"We wantedto setup the ideaof the festival, and we wanted other groups to get involved hosting readings,but we've had trouble getting the conceptimbeddedin other people'sminds, but we just want to involve the community at large,"York said.

More involvement from the student body and the campus' surroundingcommunity is essentialbecauseeveryonein everydaylife can be inspiredby poems,canconntct to poems,and canlive poeticlives.

Abeyta explainsthe importanceof poetry's connectionwith peoplewith a simple seritence.

Poems are like people, they come from everywhere,he said.

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Technicolorhair fading in the distance i go homeandryatchYour Chair i buy paint andcolor the walls i paint with my fingersthe thick colors like soup i rub themon the walls my handslook like Your hair i paint Technicolorrainbowsandtongueswith studs thr.oughthe center, nailedto a cross, impaledon sourpennies skeweredon a spear i go to wherei first sawYou andwait my handslook like Your hair You comemund the comer smile at me click metalagainstyour te€th my spinetingles i speak 'i want to eatyour soul."

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Top: Stephani€Moore, 21, and her husband bow their headsduring ceremoniesat Clement Park held in honor ofthe fifth anniversary ofthe e\€nts at Columbine High Schoolin Littleton. Moor€ was a student at Columbine when the shootingshapp€ned. Left: Caitlin Bell, 16t and hbr boyfriend Kenneth Lawson, 16 both studentsat Columbine High School,hold each other during e speechgiyen during ceremoniesApril 20. .

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A neighborhoodremembers the pastolooks to the future T l-ittleton, Colo.hadalways seernedlike an ideal neighborhood. A safe, non-threatening, suburbanenvironment to raise kids.

OnApril 20,1999,two Columbine High School students, Eric Hanis and Dylan Klebold changedall that.

Five years later, students, family, friends and neighbors gathered near the school to rememberthe thirteenwho lost their lives that spring day. A bell chimedin honorof eachof the victims. At the end, there was a candle-lightvigil.

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For thosewho were directly affected by the shootings, the events of five years ago were not yet far enough removed.

They expressed their need, however, to move on, to remember those lost, but not to forgetthat life doesindeed,go on.

They expressed their discontent with the media coverage over the last.five years.They were tired of their community being synonymous with the word "tragic." They wished that their high school were less famous,that peoplewould just forget.

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Phoo by Wifliam Mmrc- Tlp Met r4nlitnl Metro student Daniel LangholTts the Pirrte Klng, is support€d by his castmrtes itr the lletro productlon of"The Pirat€s of Penzrnce" April 23 in the King Center.

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the original production. This chap-book of info, written by Maggie Stillman, helps explain the jokes and referencesthat may escapeour modem sensibilities. The study guide is a thoughtful addition to the overall intelligent presentationby all those involved.

The operetta plot involves a band of softheaded pirates who've weighed anchor in the

They are not very good at their chosen trade.

One of their number, Frederic, played by Eric Lupher is a pirate by mistake and much In this modem age where explosions, of the action revolves around his attempts to murder and mayhem pass for entertainment, it's redeem himself. He appea$ to channel Johnny refreshing to enjoy a classic romp and rollick as Depp as Jack Sparrow-since the part calls for in the operetla Pirates ofPenzance, now playing a slightly dim, flamboyant iconoclast-and he at lhe Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre in the accomplishesthis with aplomb.

King Center.

Erin Schneider as Ruth, the pirate denIn the play penned by Gilbert and Sullivan, mother, is also excellent. But the show's biggest Metro students completely embrace the style par! the hilarious Major-General Stanley as and tom foolery intended by the nineteenth portrayed by Jake Williamson, contains the centuryauthors andpull it off wirhouta fatse "In truth, the Style Of hUmOf scene-stealing numb€r "I Am the Very Model of of Monty a Modern Maj or-General". l*pcongr"nl",io* and kudosto Directoris -reminiscent This traditional rendition is followed MarilynHeeelandhercastof 30-plus actors pyffigfrlS Flying CiTCUS and immediately by a reprise of the number, . and musicians for a delightfirl evening of ,-f^ ,1 r -^rr^ refurnished with modem references to President comedy,songand dance-sansp."r.oid"y tne POrlCe ln tng Play Bush and John Kerry, Martha Stewart and unpleasanhess. mind this observer of the Amold Swartzenegger.

Oh, there is mayhem,all right; but of r,, Keystone Cops of the silent The reprise is the cast and director's nod to th€mosttraditional *d i."*"J',yp"."il; present{ay sensibilities. Gilbert and Sullivan is plenty of scurrying about, cavorting and songs with modem-day updates are a theater ensemblenumben, but it is pure joy to watch tradition, according to Hetzel. ard the cast succeedsat drawing the audience A segment of cavorting performed by the in andpendtting themto suspendreality for the female actors is a nod to Bob Fosse ala "All that two.hour production.

Jazz," she said.

In additicin to the on-stagepresentation, Walking into the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard t}le Department of Commrmications'Theater unlikely port of Penzance,a place in Southwest Program provides a study gude along v/ith Britain not known for pirate activity. This is theahe, one is immediately taken by the its playbill. This ten page glbssary of terms, clearly part of the joke that runs throughout intimacy ofthe space.

Next, the patron notices the sets desigaed by biographies of the playwrights and historical the play: by reputationpirates are bloodthirsty backgromdsfill in all the vacantspacescreated cutthroatsbent on plunder and thesepiratesare Laura Love and conskucted by Jim Schulz and the set tech/construction crew. which includes by the six generations'worth of remove from generousandmoral,

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PeterTrinh, Ryan Hibbard and the membersof ' Metro's Intro to Theatreand Intro to Stagecraft classes.

The early arriver is treated to the sfudy guide for boning up on the conceptsof musical theatre, pirates, and the vocabulary of Gilbert and Sullivah.

The Piratesthen skulk on stage,apparently under the influence of "Pirate. Sherry" which is anotherinsidejoke, as pirates are reputedto drink rum, not expensivewines.

To the credit ofall concemed,that is exactly the effect: barely controlled mayhem,no small feat with 30actorson s@ge.

The operativewords to describethe concept ofthis productionare"seriouscamp,"according to the director. In truth, the style of humor is reminiscent of Monty Python's F$ng Circus 'and the bumbling police in the play remind this observerof the KeystoneCopsof the silent film era.

One has to wonder how much of our modern-dayhumor awarenessetemsfrom this style of "comedyof manners"that was invented

by Gilbert and Sullivan.

It is difficult to admit that perhapsall we moderns have added to entertainmentis the boom and bam. Metro's Theater Program has shown us how to have fim without the superfluousnoiseandwlgarity.

Our advice:go seethis play; it's wonderful.

The play continuesthroughMay 2. for times andticket informationgo to rnscd.edu.

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Hardcore Vegetarians Using their art as an outlet for their not-se hasbecomean inherentpart of many hardcore mainsfeam views, bandslike Good fuddance, and punk rock scenes,not becausethe curent Propaghandi,Fugazi,Midtown, EarthCrisis and bands immediately associatedwith that scene Minor Threatareoften synonymouswith animal are singing about it, but becauseit alreadyhas activism. so muchmomentumfrom the past" The animal rights movement atd the Certainly things didn't change ovemight, growing .mmber of vegetariansin the punk but MacKayek bold expressionof his beliefs and hardcoresceneshart one thing in common, back in the 80s opened tbe doors for other people involved iD the sceneto expresstheir compassionfor animals.

Musiciane,fans, label owrers, t€cord stor€ ideas and beliefs regarding the importanceof owDets End concert vegetarianism.It gave up make thosewho were not in Fomoters what has become a the spotlightmore ofa closeknit community senseofpower to push of animsl-free for change.

'If you look at scen€sters.

Ndur.l Grocerr the history of the "l think the simple (each hasseveralme|.rcarcalocaUons) straiSht forwad vegetarianmovement, Whole Foo& messges some of it would be hard to pin dom anyon€ as these ban& have WiHO.b presented in song Vit min CotLge the start of it all," have made the issue ssid vegan Paul Ycg-Frlcndly Rcct ur.ntt pretty Kang owner of local unavoidable Alexande/s, fO{2 t.

Vlrginia, for kids who listened Glendale record store Double TastyMexicanwith a vq. sidemenu to the band and went Entendre.

Whether kids to their shows." lerusalem,1890 E.Evans,Denrer Middle Eastern,open lateon weekends involved said Trevor Morris, became guitarisVvocalist of Mt. Ev€rcst,406 t. Colfax,Denver for the sarne reasons Tibetan,lndian, Nepalese...deliciousl the all-veganrian local or agreed on who SeaDragon,77 W. Alameda,Denver band Bailer. 'You started it all, the Veg.selectionof Chineseand Wetnamese hardcorc scene was couldn't listen to the SeoulFoo4 701 E.6th Ar,,e.,Denvel records too carefully an altemative to *hat Koreanwith a few \ag. items without thinking of society was failing to yolrf own stSnce on Taki's,341 E.Colfax,Deruer provide: music with a lapanese,many veg. itemsincluding sushi (animal rights), and motive. in the heat of being Wolffs Barbeque,333 t. Colfax,Denver "What happeaed BBQtofu to die for, ve4. sideioms too inspired by the bands within punk in the and tbe raw power of 80s wasn't necessarily WatercourseM3, 206 E.13th Ave, Dmver Thecity's all-vegetatianrcstaurcnt hardcorty'punk rock a catalyst for what is music,it wasvery easy happening today in to be swayed." the mainstream;I just just Being opinionated and political through think punks were,/are looking to embrace music is a big part of the hardcorescene.Issues non-mainstreamideas.Peopleactively involved like racism, tolerance of same-sex couples, in the D,I.Y. punk/hardcoresceirerealizethereis and animal rights are not left uncovered, mor€to life thanrocking out," saidKane. encouragingfars to educatethemselvesbefore According to David Blackwelder, vegan decidingwhat's right or what's wrong. aDdvocalist of local bandYuriko, the scenehas According to Morris, being open about alwaysservedas a window of free thought that contoversial beliefs often leadsfans to a more encourageskids o educatethemselvesand be scholarly approachto the ethics bebind such inspired to take part in some type of positive issues, movement.

Most bands that sbare the same view on "The scenegives (animal rights) a place to the teatment of animals will gladly answer havea voice," saidBlackwelder, questionsaboutvegetarianand vegandiets and For most vegetariansandvegans,the switch makepamphletsand brochuresreadily available to this sort oflifestyle is lessofa trendandmore at their shows. a matterof naking a moral decision.

"There are always bandwagon jumpers "That is whatpunk rock wasbasedupon aod it's sadmorebandsaren't more active in stating who get filtered out ov€r time but there will their opinions to createchange,"said Rob Hitt, also always be sincerepeople who make the dnrmmer of the all-veg*arian band Midtown. choice not becauseit's in style, but because 'We don't shove our beliefs down peoples' it is logical and seernsethically responsible," throatsand we don't put it in our lyrics, but we Monis said.'(For me) it wasmosdy reactionto makethe informationavailableto thosewho are the ideaofone speciesdominatinganotherto the point of enihals being seenas a simple dietary curious."

Ian MacKaye, lead singer of Miaor Threat convenienceto peoplewhile having no respect and the unspokenpioneer of the staight edge for theirlives." mov€(rent sparkeda small flame back in the This lifestyle is not only an anifiIal rights issue,but an environmentalone aswell. early 80sthat hasevolvedinto a borfire today.

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veganbecauseI want to exploit the earthaslittle aspossiblewhile I am on it."

Even thoseattendingsoniethingas popular asThe VansWarpedTour are exposedto animal rights information provided by PETd. Often this consistsof videosbeing shom of chickens stuffedby the dozensinto cagesabouttwice the sizeofa phonebook. "lf you give someonea blade and order them.to slaughtera cow, cut its thJoat,skin it, removeits intestines,etc., most peoplewho eat beefcouldn't bearto do this," saidMorris, "This makesthem unqualifed to justify their position as a meat eater.I think that if you want to eat meatfree ofhypocrisn you shouldbe ableto do thesethings."

Having compassionfor animals is part of the evolutionary process of our planet. 'il'm hoping the world will continue to evolve .and becomea more openrnindedplace with people having more compassionfor all living things," Hitt said."Ifyou look at slavery,equalrights of blacks and women, voting rights, etc.; as time progressedpeople becamemore understanding andhopefully the samething andcompassionate will happenwith the treablent of animals."

The Denver vegetarian comnunity is flourishing and hasnot disappointedin keeping up with the demand for animal-free foods.

Many restaur?ntscarry vegetarianmenus and vegetarian-friendly mad(ets are not in short supply,either.

Local hairdresserTaylor McFadder; who works at a salon with all non-meaj-eating stylists, is a testamentto the power of the local vegetarian/inusic scene.

"It's becauseof @ailer) that I am vegan now. They'openedmy eyesto the wrongsof factory farming and the health risks involved with a carnivorousdiet " shesaid.

The D.I.Y. scene is often crediled with fostering the educationof ideas that may not,alw_ays be !be,most popularbl,.society's standards.

"The glory of a do-it-yourself scene," Morris said,"is that it's an altemativeto a more mechanized force-fe4 apathetic pop culture which encourageslittle exceptconsumerism."

from th mailbox bills, bills, bills, oh. and some CDs to review No River City

Thisis Our NorthDakota

(SixLittleShoes, . :2003) On the first listen, Thb Is OuxNorth Dakota seemeda rernarkablyapt title. This albun was attempts,it dull and boring, bu[ after-..rep9ated proved to be a nice blend of twang, foll! and indie-rock. The cliched sounding drabness was mistaken due to an ear that quickly tired of alFcountry.Countryshould.beginand end with HankWilliams, but this hrned out to be an incredibly snong album with geat song rlTiting.

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Two covers are thrown in, which is as a strangemidpoint between indie-rock and for a ten-hack album. One is disappointing rockabilly, and No River City managesto take while the other wildly misses the amazing, its best elements,and leave obvious influences "Running to StandStill," fromU2's The mark. like theJayhawk andRyanAdamsin the dust. it is a polar opposite wo*s because Joshua Trbe No River City is out of Atlanta and consists , yet naintains U2's minimalism the rotating of original, of Drew de Man, Teri Onsteadand a pretentious. without sounding groupof playersbehindthem.De Man handles On "Who Are You?" the band has the the songwriting/guitar/lead vocals, white to messwith a Tom Waits tune, whiqh audacity Onsteadprovides incredible cello work. This, , gives should be a punishablecrime. vocals, the combinedwitb herbackground ' This pathetic Tex-Mex rendition made the albuma strongbackbone.

"Visit Me" is the strongest track, which album hard to enjoy, hencethe original position showcasestheir sound best. De Man sings an on the disc. Though the glaring enor is hard to old tale of love and regret,and his raw but overlook,No River City hasput out a convincing feelingvocalsaddbelievabledepth.He sounds debutalbum.

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Zuckert bangson the drums; and Erika Dakilg runsherfingemailsacrossthesix string.

WakeUp Screamingconsistsof fast-paced chord progressionsand Flash Gordon-speed (Hellcat,2003) drum beating with accompanyingheary duty yelling and screaming.The album soundslike a bad versionof an early GoodfuddanceCD. Not F-Minus isn't just the name of a ban4 eventhe producercould havesavedthis album.

SteveAlbini. who has worked with bands unforhrnately,it's also thb grade they deserve such as Nirvana and The Pixies, was the on thrsalhgm rnetftirt auurn, 'wakQp Scraming, was producer on this album. Hd left most of the mistakesin on purpose.There are missedcues released in Marchof 2003.fll Brad Logan scralcheson the guitar and snd badvocal lines left ih to capturethe true feel gives himself a sorethroat yelling into the mic; (or unfeeling)of the band,The most interesting JoeSteinbrickhits his fingerson the bass;Adam oartofthe albumis the caseit comesin.

A leaflet containedinside is very artistic in the way the lyrics to every song are laid out.

Eachof the soriglyrics appearto be in 'theirfust written form on small, separate3t1gg15 s; papgL Thereis evena very visual posteron the reverse side making it the brst part of the album. More time than thef;il length of the album is needed to studyfhis poster.

Fifteen songs and 36 minutes cover this firll length,which is 36 minutestoo much.Not muchelsecan be saidaboutthis teeth-grinding paranoiamusic other then Wakeup Scrcaming i.sexactly what's going to happenif this CD is listenedto for too long.

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be forced to stick to the smallerieiiues. which feature,ofcourse, smallerbands, pricey But this isn't necessarilya btd thing. In fact, blockbuster concerts at venues like smaller venuessuch as the Gothic, Ogden, or Red Rocks,PepsiCenter, Bluebird Theater frequently fcatule somewhat Invesco Field or the newly renamed- Coors (formerly Fiddler's Green)Amphitheater Got a hundredbucks to throw away?If you do, vou mieht be able ro see Jimmy Buffet, but hurry. becausethe show is on

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Or, if you were too late for that one,maybe Sthg and Annie Lennox at Pepsi Center strikes your fancy. Tickets to this outrageously overpricedevent range from just under $40 to just over$140.

But that's not all, 1980spop-rockerPrince, no longer known as a symbol or, "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince," will delight audiencesat PepsiCenterfor only $75.

The Dead, including three former members of the Grateful Dead, will play five shows at Red Rocksthis surnrner,eachcostingtheir loyal followers nearly 70 dollars.

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popular bands, usually for rmder $20, and the tickets typically arenl hard to come by. Often they can be purchasedat the door for even less thanthat.

But what abour local talent? While the aforementionedvenues do host some local bands,muchof their booking comesfrom bands on tour. Locsl DIY, or do-it-yourselfvenues,are the best place to view loc.altalent up-closâ&#x201A;Źand 'personalandwith most showsrangingfrom ftee to $5, it's hard to arguewith the pribe. ' That in mind, here's a list of some underground,or DIY venuesaroundColorado.

Breakdown Book Collective, 1409 Ogden St., Denver: This underground bookstore includ0smedia that is marginalized,or shunned by society, such as radical books, magazines, pamphletsand videos. They also have a book loan program, art for sale and a membership club. On top of all this, they throw really cool shows.Pastmusicalgenresofthe showsinclude Folk, Rock, and Hip Hop. Monkey Mania, 2126Arapahoe,Denver: Locatedjust outside the hip part of LoDo, this ancientwarehouseis really just that, an old, unusedwarehouse.No stagâ&#x201A;Ź,no bar,just bring five bucks and yow own refteshments,and you're in.

The Highlife House, Colorado Springs: With coundessshowsirnder its bel! this party houseturnedrock venuein lhe heartof Colorado Springs has been a hipster favorite for years.

With its odd 1950sfeel, the cellar of this old houseis where the crampedshowstake place.

Oddly enough,even though it is surroundedin closeproximity by houseson all sides,the police havenever beencalled to the housein response to a noisecomplaint.

These smaller venues exist alrnost solely becauseof word of mouth.They aren't trying to make a huge profit; they simply want to throw goodshows,whefepeoplecango to havea good time.

hptayofWJanRmds Method Man is arguablylhe mosl successfulsolo artist to emergefrom the notoriousrap gtoupWu-TangClan.

His decadeJongcareer has included numerousalbumsand even somefih:r roles. Currently Method Man is on tour to promote his new album 7Ical 0: The Prequel, which comesout May 18.Before his show at the Gothic Theatre,Method Man will be signing autographsandchattingwith fansfrom May 2 at the 12p.m.to 3 p.m. Sunday, Auraria EventsCenkr- MetRadio'sDJ Fisk will also be spiuiing hiphop and R&B for everyone'senjoyment.

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Men's Tennie(4-lf 3-3) t (In my bestgameshowho3tvoi&) ' Letb hear it for the Metro StateMen s team!

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Finatly, thete is Scott Flannigan, who walks away with kcond TeamA(|-'RMAC Dotibles Honors.

Well,this is Donald Snith sayingthank .you for playing RMAC fu{en'sTbnnb and we'll seesomeofyou backnett yean .Women'sTennis(12-6,G0) Let me just wrap this up in one quick senteDce:EVERYONE on ihe women's t€nnis team won something...EVERYONE!First-year headcoachDave Alden won RMAC Coaclrof the Year, rlaking him the fourlh Metro co6ch - this seasonto win that honor.All I can say is, wheneverypersonon your rosterwins anhonor in both the singlesand doublescategories,you haveto be playing someserioustennis!On their way to their third straight RMAC title (their first underAlden), this teamlost only onegamg dominatingeveryonethey faopd.

BeforeI call it a year,I would like to thank: . you, the reader for reading my column every week, whether you love ir, hate it or r€ad it becausethere's nothing better to do. Finally, I would like to thank everyonein Metro athletics for providing me, either directly or indirectly, with information . You all meana lot to me and thii colunm. To everyone:good luck on your finals andhavea erealsummer!

Tiger attackthat beganto heat up at the end of the first game.

The gamewent back and forth the fint four innings until. Fort Hays took a 4-3 lead in the Metrobaseball(22-23-1,9-11RMAC) split a high scoring, four-game series against Fort fourth on three doubles,scoring trro runs, The HaysStat€(28-16,10-11RMAC) in which the Tigersput up sevenrunsin thenext threeinnings to take an 11-6 lead. Needing runs badln the teamscombinedfor 76 runs.

Seniorpitcher Blake Eagerstartedthe first Metro offensecamethrough in the eighth with a key two-out rally. gameand pitchedeffectively for eight innings.

'Runners After junior infielder Russell Floyd After the fifth, Edgerand the held a 10-5 lead that stooduntil a solo homer in the sandwicheda single betweentwo'Runners' botlom of the eighth cut the lead to four. With fly outs, it seemedas if the threat would stall.

Eager out of the ball game,Fort Hays tried to Junior left fielder Phil Francissingledand both take advantageby ral$ng in the bottom of the runnersadvanceda base on a wild pitch. The ner.t three Mebo battersdoubledto scorefour ninth.

Junior pircher JessJacobscame in at the runsand cut the Tiger leadto one,ln the bottom start of the ninth and was imrnediatelygreeted ofthe eighth, Fort Hays tackedon tbreeoftheir with a double to center. Jacobs was able to own to counterthe Metro effort in the top of the 'Runnerswent in order in the ninth strike out the next hitter he faced, but it was inning. The and fell a by scoreof 14-10. his only success.Next, Jacobshit a batter and The third game of the series lacked the walked another before being pulled from the gamein favor ofjunior pitcher SergioMoreno. drama of the first two as Fort Hays scored With the basesloaded,Moreno was called for early and often. Mefio was down l4-2 as the a balk. which scoreda run and cirt the Metro Tigers cappedofr the four-inning barragewith lead to three. After an enor, a single and a eight runs in the fourth. Sophomorepitcher fielder's choice, Moreno faceda first and third Brady Carlson lasted only three and wo-third situationup by only a run. Thepitcherroseto the innings giving up l0 runs---cight of them occasionby striking out tho last batterto secure eamed. Althougb Meho matchedthe 15 hits Fort Haysput up, they only managedto pushsix theMetrowin 10-9.

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home with a split and some momqtum after a disastrousthird game. Senior pitcher Caleb Salankeycame through with a solid pirching performance. Salankey wsn6 sevetr innings, giving up sevenhits and only threeeamedruns while recording seven strikeouts. A-fter four innings, the offensive outburstthat defined the 6rst three gamesdisappearedas Metro trailed by a scoreof 2-1. Both teamsbroke out of the slump in the fifth, but Metro got the upper-hand scoring five in the fifth. Again, the rally canie with two outs, started by Thome's single to right. The big hit of the inning cameon a tlreerun home run by Edwards. With the five-run inning, Meho look a 6-2 lead.Fort Haystacked on two solo homeru$ in the bottom halfof the inning, but Salankey allowed no more runs, finishing the gamewith a 7-4 Metro win.

The 'Runners have an outsidc chance of making the RMAC Toumament but they will need somehelp from other toamsalong with a sweep of this weekend'sopponentNebraskaKeamey.

Wolfinger, who hit the first hwre nm of his careeragainstHays, feelspretty good about Metro'schances.

"We split the serieswith a good team and feel like we cango into Keameyandsweepthem this weekend,"Wolfinga said.

"Although we need somehelp from other leams,we haveto focuson the gameswe play."

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Pbcbby Ihnny Ilolhd- Irp MeWItun SeniorAidre Nllssonrcrchesfor r brckhand in e doubleswin ovcr MeaaStrteAprll 15.Nllssonc.F' turcd RMAC Pleyerof theYearhonorr rnd wrs rko trrmed to the slnglecA|I-RMAC Flnt Team.

Their teammates Scott Flannigan and Schumacherwere namedNo. 2 on the doubles second-team.

"I wish we could havedonebetter,but they were recognizedfor what they did," saitlAlden.

On Friday,April 16,the Roadrunnersfaced the Mavericks and walked away with a 6-3 victory to win their third RMAC march.

The Roadrunnersseemed confidant and poisedgoing into the RMAC Tournament.

"After the start we had they could have easily thrown in. the towel, but they didn't," Alden said."That gives me greathope for next year."

Going into the No. 6 singles match, the

teams were tied up at 4-4, with fte rvinner advancingto the semifinals.

Mesa State's Adam Bryne defearcd RoadrunnerfreshmanJacobRatcliff 7-5. 6-1 to catapultthe Mavericls into the next round.

Alden said it was RatcliFs first year of collegiatetennis and *he pleyed his heart out," "He did everythinghe could possiblydo," Alden said.

Flannigan defeatedthe Mavericks' Micha Hill 7-6 (3), 6-4 in No. 4 singles after being down 5-1 and Love4O on fint setpoint.

"It was a gutsy performance,"Alden said.

"He got down but nevergaveup."

Meao finishedits seasoo4-13.

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The 'Runnerswerehookedby the Mavericks and went down with a 5-4 lossFriday,April 23, andrverebouncedftom the tournament.

Mesa Statewent on to los€ to the Colorado Mines Orediggers5-l in ths semifinals.

"I'm not disappointed in them, I'm disappointedfor'them," said head coach Dave Alden. '"Theyleft it all on the court."

Nebraska-Kearney dug out Mines with a 5-0 victory and walked away with the 2004 RMAC Championship.

Although Metro did not come out of the seasonwith an RMAC title, they did comeout of the 2004 seasondecoratedwith individual awards, which w€t€ voted on by RMAC coaches.

SophomoreAndre Nilsson was voted the RMAC men's tends player of tbe year and was voted No. I on the AII-RMAC singles fiIstteam.

Nilsson finishedthe yearwith a 12-3singles record.

Jojo Mmopi finished out his senioryear by joining Nilsson on the singlesfirst{eam with a No. 3.ranking.

Mmopi fmished with an 8-8 record.

SophomoreJamesSchumacherwas votedNo. 2 on theAII-RMAC singlessecond-team. individual addition to their In Nilsson and Mmopi received accomplishments, a teamawardwhenthegwerevotedNo. I on the AII-RMAC doublessecondteam.

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to Margo Raineyand MaggieWelte 2-E, a team they previouslybeat, "The team Merc and Naulie played came '"They With a 5-0 win over CU-ColoradoSprings out fidng," said headcoachDaveAlden. anda 5- I win over CSU-Pueblo,Metro women's (Pueblo)took themby surprise," However, the No. 1 and No. 3 teamswon tennis captured its third consecutiveRMAC Tournament Championshipand improved its theirmatches, In singles action, Beck Meares, ranked overallrecordto l2-6.

The Roadrunnersalso received individual No.39 nationalln.wonher singlesmatchover honorswith six playerson theAII-RMAC Team, including seniorand teamcaptainBeck Meares asthe RMAC Playerof the Year.

In the semifinalFriday,April 23, Meho shut down the No. 5 sed CU-ColoradoSprings.

In No. 1 doubles, Beck and Jess Meares crushedthe Mountain Lions' Lauren Davis and Kim Barteri 8.0. '"Their team came out giggling," Beck Mearessaid.

Although CSU-Pueblomight havetakonthe match as a joke, the Roadnrnnersctrtainly did not. The 'Rume$ showedno mercyastheykqt poundingthe Lions in everymatch.

Beck MearessaidMetro usedthe matchasa wam-up for the final, asthey knew CSU-Pueblo would be sharpe'ropponents, In the championshipmarchSaturdayApril 24, the Roadrunnersfaced No. 2 seed CSUPueblo. The teans haa phyed against each otha only sevendays earlier when Meao won convincingly8-1.

This time, the Thunderwolves came out seekingrevenge.

"They werc r much tougherteam Saturday thanon Srmday(April 17)," Beck Mearcssaid.

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Pueblo'sKindi Vaughn6-1,6-2. Despitethe numbers,the win didn't comeeasy, "She (Vaughn) made me win the points," Mearessaid."Shedidn't give it to me at all."

Secondto finish her singlesmatchwas Jess Meares,who demolisbedAmber Bettis 6-0, 6- I .

"Jess'intensity and focus reflected the score,"Alden said."She dominarcdher (Bettis).

Sheplayedmagnificenttennis."

At th€ No. 3 position, Pollmeier had the chance to redeem herself ftom doubles play.

Pollmeier tumed arouud,slammedRainey 6-4, 6-0 and clinchedthe title for Metro. '"The true character and qudity of a competitor shows in how you deal with divenity," Alden said. "Merc took that quality andflayed her bestteonisof the year."

The 2004 RMAC Women's Tennis AllConferenceteamswere a reflection of Meho's on the couft this seasorsuccesses Metro was representedin every position as seven Roadrunners,including fusFyssr head coachAlden, reoeivedan honor.

"It's gr€at, but this is an award that I graciouslysharewi tr dt" *qms1's tsrrh," Alden eaid.

'No coachis ever co6chof the year if thcir wometrdon't p€rforE"" Despie the rccopition as the best tennis player in 6e col&rence, Beck Meareswas still humble. While talking atiout bcing selectd shelooked dowu blushedand said: *It's a dce honor."

The Roadruoncrs now look forward to the North Cencal Regional Championships, tcntatively scheduledfor May 7-9. The site of the cbampionshipsis yet to be determiaed.

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