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Women'ssoccer on to Elite Eight Gunn byMattew The l\4etropolilan With the regional portion of the National Collegiate Athletic Association woment soccer tournament over, the No. 2 Metro women! soccer team have yet to allow a goal in postseason.

After the Roadrunners 2-0 shutout win over the fourth-seededWest TexasA&M Lady Buffs and their I-0 victory over the RegisRangers,it is on to the Elite Eight for the'Runners.

Regional action began on Friday, Nov. 12, with the opening match between the Roadrunners (22-l) and the West TexasA&M Lady Buffs (13-6-l). Freshman Back, lamie 'Runners Gwinner started the off rvith a goal 15 minutes into the first half. Iunior Amy leichliter was credited with the assist.

Metro dominated the gameoffensivelSwinning l0-0 on corners and out-shooting the Lady Buffaloes by a staggeringmargin of 43-8. The Roadrunnershad three playerswith more oyerall shots than the entire West TexasA&M. One of those three players, senior Ymara Guante, was responsiblefor Metroi second goal, which came in the second half rvhen junior Marina MacDonald slipped a passacrossthe box to an unmarked Guante. Guante made no mistake as she calmly placed the bali past famie Roach in the l:dy Buffs' goal.

As always, the Roadrunner defense was strong, keeping scoring chanceslow and stop-

BradleyWalofl /The lvletopolitan Sophomore Kylee Hanavan defends a cornerkick by Regis Nov 14 in lhe Midwest Râ‚Źgional Championship hdd atAuraria. The'Runners ddeated the Rangers l-0 after a goal byjunior Marina MacDonald- Metro will host thc quartâ‚Źrfnal matdr against l5th ranked Seattle Universitf at 12 p.m, Nov.2t.

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Re-Constructing for Students?

Opportunities Analysis byl{.$.Garcia Once upon a time, in the land of Auraria, in the state of Metro, students came together and selecteda group of peersto representthem.

They called themselves Constructing Opportunities for Students and they rvould repair the damages done by student governments of the past.

And by alt rights, they were brave knights, led by a princess,with the sole mission ofsaving students ftom the torment of student feesand a never-endingdynasty of interim rulers.

All seemedwell. A battle-plan was drawn up in a fort outside of Nederland. Under the counsel of a senior wizard, the brave princessled her troops into battle in August. Progresswas being made, the town was being rebuilt and the t'-ranny of the rulers was being questioned. iust when it seemedas if nothing could stop

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them, something happened.

The one-for-all mentalit)' disappeared.

Fighting within the rank began and continues to this day.

On Nov. 18, the clan lyill meel with another wizard to try and regain the strength they once had in order to finish their job for the students.

GHOSTS To say there have been problems with Metrot SGAs would be an understatement.

In the spring of 2003, then-SGA President Brotha Seku was suspended fiom Metro until the fall of 2004.

Seku was found guilty of verbal abuse, intimidation, failure to comply with directions of collegeofficials and abuseof the collegejudicial system.

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Minorityenrollmentincreases Affairs David Conde,saidthis is positivebecause it brings Metro closer to becominga Hispanic ServingInstitution, which requiresthat a college have 25 percent Hispanic enro[ment. Metro is Metro's minority enrollment has jumped about halfwaythere with Hispanicsmaking up since last year, boosting the college's status as 13.2percentof the studentpopulation. having more minority students than any college Conde said if Metro were to become a in the state.

Hispanic ServingInstitution, the collegewould According to recent statistics provided by be open to receivingTitle V grants,which are Metro's Office of Institutional Research,enrolllesscompetitivethan Title III grants,for which ment as of the beginning of this semester of Metro appliesand competes.The federalmoney Metro students dassified as ethnic minorities helps the college fund development proiects, has increased from 4,713 students to 4,922 for example,improving the skills of part-time students,or 4.4 percent, over last Fall semester. facultyand buildingcomputerlabs.Condesaid This number correlates with the orerall increase competition for Title III funds is tough and the in enrolhnent at Metro, which increased from collegecan only apply at certain times. Under 20,230studentsto 20,791,or 2.8 percent.

Title V he said, those restrictionswould be Minority enrollment, and overall enrollremovedand Metro would be guaranteedthe ment at the college has gradually increased over funds almosteverytime they apply. the past four years with the largest spike between "It maynot bemoremoney,but it'd bemore Fall 2002 and Fall 2003 \,!fien it jumped from secure," Condesaid."Wed qualifr for morecon4,401 to 4,713, or 7.1 percent. Metro Director sistentfunding." of Admissions Bill Hathaway-Clar:ksaid while Because historicallythe federalgovernment Kristin Skvorc / The Metropolitan Metro does not have the highest percentageof providedfunds for historic black colleges has UCD stud€nt Abeir Salaymeh,center, chats with UCD students Alex Mayster, right, and Ruba Wahdan, ethnic minorities, it has the highest number and universities which have struggled in the of students of color on campus. IIe said other left at the flagpole Nov. 15.Minority emollment has increasedon campus and by 4.4 p€rcent at Metro. past century Conde said it provided the same colleges in the state, like Adams State College, Fall 2001 to Fall 2002. But minorities onlv made Another category not included is "All opportunity for schoolswith high Hispanic have a higher percentageof minority enrollment up 19.3percent ofstudents graduating in the last Others," which make up 6 p€rcent, a group enrollment. because they have much fewer students overall. academic year, whereas minorities made up 20.1 the college appeals to because they could alter JusticeJackson,Metro studentand president "Clearly, the total number of students have percent of students graduating in the 2001-02 minority enrollment numbers, even if only of the campus-wideBlackStudentAlliance,seid increased over time and what we wanted to have school year. slightly. Hathaway-C1ark said the 6 percent are while enrollmentof blackstudentshasincreased happen is that the students of color increase Hathaway-Clark students who either did over the past four years,not enough blacla are overall as the number of students increase," said while it's good that not select an ethnicity going into higher educationand stayingth€re.

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'I just think that the majority of blackyouth, minority enrollment is or selected"Other" when Metro Vice President of Academic AFairs up, tlat doesn't mean registering.

He said being in schoolfor four years... just isn t a tanand Provost Joan Foster credits the continuous Metro should just sit Admissions will send out gible reality for black youth," lackon said."The increase to the schoolt departme.ntsand aca- back and relax. letters to those students redity that's pushed is athletics and entertaindemic opportunities.

"We could be doing to ask them if they would ment and not enough about academicachieve"I think that we have some very strong proa better job," he said. "We choose an ethnicity or ment."

Jackon said the emphasison recruiting 'Other." grams for all students," Foster said. "I think there want to €ontinue to keep remain as black studentsneedsto be on stayingin college, is good leadership in clubs and departments like the word out there that "If we keep up this not only on just attending.

African-American Studies and Chicano Studies we are a place where stueffort over several years, Hathaway-Clark said Metro is trying to and Native American Studies." She said the dents of color feel comwe will be able to get a recruit minority students, one way being increase in minority enmllrnent is beneficial fortable, feel welcorne. I better sense of the stu- through Metro student ambassadors, who work and important because it refl€cts the increasing think there are a number dent body or a better at high schoolsin the DenverPublic Schoolsysdiversity in society, and it makes Metro more of things we're trying to identification of their tem, which havelargeminority studentpopulaappealing. make sure happens." ethnicities," Hathaway- tions, encouragingstudentsto go on to college *The more diverse the institution becomes, Ethnicities included as ethnic minorities in Clark saidand helping them in whateverwaythey need. the more attractive it becomes to all groups of 'We do want to do more," he said. the collegecensusare American Indian, Asian, Hispanicsmade up the largestpart of the "It's a studentsj' Foster said. "Successbreeds succes."

Blackand Hispanic.Whites,which makeup 69.5 increasein minority enrollment, going ftom major thrust of our admissionsomceto recruit The number of minority students graduatpercentof the studentpopulation, and interna- 2,556studentsin Fall2003 fo 2,739in Fdl 2004, more studentsof color,especiallyfrom the puL ing has also increased since last fall by 3.8 pertional students,which makeup 0.9 percent,are or by 7.2 percent. lic sdtool sl'stem." cent, as opposed to a 5.9 percent decrease from not includedasethnic minorifies.

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Newparkinggarageto opennextfall alreadyon campus.

The new spaceswill help to alleviate the stresscausedby the roughly 1.9 million people who use the parking facilities every year for school,work or specialevents.

Accordingto Gallagher,the gamgewill cost roughly $24 million.

Money for the garagecomesfrom a $19.5 million revenuebond loan to be paid ba& over the nefi 20 years,.aswell asabout $5 million in reservemoney from parking and transportation services.

by Boyd Fletchel Recentparking rate increasesof up to 75 TheMefopolitan cents in oth€r lots around campusgo toward Studentsrnay have accessto the new park- paying off the loan, but also go toward other ing garagebeing built at the corner of Ninth servicessuch as the completion of l0 "smart" Streetand Auraria Parhrvayby nort summer. classroomsand repairing part of the Events According to Mark Gallagher,director of Centerroof. parking and transportation for the Auraria Parkingratesfor the new garagehavebeen Higher Education C.enter,groundbreakingfor set at $5, with no plans to increasethe current the five-story garagestarted on time around rate of $3.75in the Parkingand Transportation Iabor Day, and while not in time for the start Center. of summerclasses, constructionshouldbe comLike the PTC, in the new garagestudents pleteby the start of classes next Fall semester. will pay as they exiq howeverGallagherplans Gallaghersaid the new garage,north of the to convert to pay-as-you-parkfor non-schoolTivoli and west of the Metro baseballfield. will relatedev€nts. add 800 parking spacesto the roughly 6,000 The location wascarefullyselectedto maxi-

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mize its use for both school and non-school Accordingto Gallagher,this will help allevirelatedactivity and to help irnprovethe flow of ate tramc congestion.

"Having the entranceon Walnut is stacking traffic around campusduring schoolhours.

The garageentranceon Walnut Streetwill preventionso Ninth Streetdoesnt back up and clogAuraria Parkway,"Gallaghersaid.

The garagewill be availablefor PepsiCenter and other downtown eventsas well, Gdlagher said.

Non-school-relatedeventsare an expected sourceof income for the Auraria Parking and TiansportationCenter.

'One shortfall this year was the loss of the Avalanchegames,"Gallaghersaid.

With the NHL on strike this season,nearly $350,000dollarsin parking revenueis lost asthe Pqri Centersis dormant most weeknights, 'That $350,000is pm6t over and aboveour budgeti Gallaghersaid."We'll still be within our budgetwithout it."

The new garageis beingbuilt in placeof the old tenniscourtsthat havebeenunusedsincethe Metro tennisteambeganpracticingat the Gates TennisCenterin Cherry Creeklast spring.

According to Gallagher, six new tennis help the flow of traffic in and out of campus.

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Interim President Ray Kieft agreed in the Nov. l0 meeting to run M'rtro through the Spring semesteror until the Board of Tiustees hires a permanent president .

Vowing to find "The President" for Metro, Board of Tiust€esChairman Ilruce Benson said he wants the entire community to take part in the search.

"When you do a search it is not alwaysthe people who send in their res:mes in response to ads in the newspaper,it's the ones you go out and look for," he said.

Facing a petition by stuCents to appoint Kieft, and a staff wanting a president, Benson said he and the presidential search advisory committee are doing all they can and questioned the community involvement. "'I'd like to ask how many of ,vouhave actually gone out anC solicited and tried to find a president?"he asked-"I would urge everyoneto participate-this is an open processand evervbody should be working on it so we can find that great president."

Benson suggested the committee would soon move to a short list of candidates.

'I think that Ray Kieft has done a fabulous job for us. He came in, took over, and het done a lot of really important things and there's still a few more things for him to keep doing," Benson commented.

Kieft, who has been the interim president since Shelia Kaplant departure in Iune of 2003, submitted his resume to the trusteeson Aug. 4.

"They're moving as quickly as they can," he said. He said he's staying positive about the process.

Metro's Student Government Assembly sent a letter to the Board of Trustees endorsine Kieft

DanrryHolland/The l/etropolitan Interim president Ray Kieft (right), and Chair of the Board of TrusteesBruce Benson (left), laugh while listening to athletic director Joan McDermott deliver an update on the athletics department ir the Board of Trustees meeting Nov. 10. The board also heard frour Auraria Higher Education Center regarding the possibility of a new M0 per semesterstudent fee for controlled maintenance.

The letter, signed by PresidentCandaceGill reads,"Dr. Raymond Kieft is the best choice for President of MSCD based on a year of strong leadership and cooperative management at the college.Metro Stateis suffering under its ongo'interim' ing status as an college, and needs a proactive president, who combines knowledge of this unique school with the expertise and positive ideology that will get the job done. That president is alreadyserving the college..-" In the same meeting, Metro's trustees also approved the hiring on an internal auditor, whose responsibiliw would be to audit Metro

and Auraria Higher Education Center, the state organization responsiblefor the upkeep of the Auraria campus.

Communications, Institutional Relations and Equal Employment Officer of AHEC lulie Hughes said AHEC is already audited by the state. Howev€r, she and Dean Wolf, AHEC's executivevice president for administration, welcomesany chanceto be more efficient.

"We don't have a problem with it," Hughes said."Our records are open. We feel pretty confident."

Metro student group to make appearanceon nationally syndacatedradio show Members of Metro's Students In Free Enterprise will join "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino on his nationally-syndicatedconsumer advocateradio talk show from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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The show originates from KHOW 630 Alv{ in Denyet but is heard on 212 stations in 46 states.

N{artino's show will continue to handle caller complaints, but SIFE students will bring a different twist to the show by handling calls from consumers across America who rvish to share their most unusual customer service stories. Prizesrsill be awarded each hour to the caller rvith the best story The show will also include examples of good customer service from national holidays, and becausethe show rvill air during the peak of the holida;r shopping season,students \vill recommend national retail companies where customers can expectto find exceptionalservice.

If the show is successfr.rl, it could turn into a monthly gig for SIFE members.

The SIFE rnembers scheduled to appear on the Dec. I show are Todd Zinck, president, Conor Simbeck, director of communications and Mick Jackowski, faculty advisor-

Auraria to hold fund-raiser for disadvantagedchildren Auraria Shares,a holiday fund-raiser to collect canned foods, mittens and holiday gifu for Denvert underprivileged children, will kick off with a tree-trimming party Dec 2 at the chiidcare center.

The fund-raiser started l0 yearsago and as the number of less fortunate children rises in Colorado and crisis relief centers are flooded with requests durilg the holidays, Auraria begins its annual donation drive.

Last year,members of the Auraria community donated more than 300 gifts to the drive.

Each year, the gifts are donated to local organizations and charities that provide services for disadvantaged people within the community.

The "Share Tree" will be located on the 6rst floor of the Tivoli. Anyone who wishes to participate can pull a tag fiom the tree and must return the original color-coded tag to Tirroli Roorn 303 or 305 by noon Dec. 16. Canned food donations will also be accepted through Dec. 16.

LocalTVreporter sharesstory News4's Brian Maassdiscusses his career,how to get interviews

by LindsaySandham TheMetropolitan News 4 investigative reporter Brian Maass spoke to Auraria students Nov. 12 about his career in journalism and how he got the fust interview with Pfc. Lynndie Xngland, a focus of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

In early April, some photos of American soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison facility were leaked to the media.

The photos dated back as early as August, 2003.

England was one of the soldiers featured in many of the photos, and became known as the "leash girl," because she was holding a naked Iraqi prisoner on a leashin one ofthe photos.

Maass was able to get an interview with England before any ofthe major stations or bigtime news anchors, and she hasn't done many interviews since.

"This is an interview that Diane Sawyer was trying to get, Katie Couric was trying to get, Dan Rather was trying to get," Maass said. "This is the girl everybody wanted to talk to. So how did some dope in Denver get this?"

Maass explained the importance of strong working relationships within the journalism industry and said it was because of his professionalism in work he had done on a previous

30 times while working on that story. He also saidtheyspentquite a bit of time on that piece, which,accordingto him, wasa very'brdinary" story.

Zapor called Maass and told him there was a strong possibility that she and some other Denver attorneyswould be representing England becausetheir firm had some military expertise.Military justice is quite different fiom civilian justice,he said.

"She said to me 'you know, you treatedus with that so fairly and you wereso responsible Maasssaid.She story that you did previously,"' saidshefelt comfortableworkingwith him and that shouldher firm get the case,they would want Englandto talk and shewanted Maassto be the first one to know "Believeme,I didn t reallythink I wasgonna get to interview LynndieEngland,"he said.

Zapor calledMaassbacka coupledayslater to let him know her firm had been assigned to the case.He told her the fact that a group of Denverattorneysrepresenting Englandwas Sarahltlahana/The l\retropolitana story in itself,but he wantedto interview England,regardless.

Brian Maass, one of channel 4's investigative reHe said that it wasa hecticcoupleof days porters, sp€aksto students Nov 12 in the Tivoli. the time Zaporagreedto let him do the between journalist He discussed his career as a and how interview and the time he actually interviewed he rnanaged to g€t an exclusive interview with England Fayetteville,N.C., where she was in Pfc. Lynndie England of the Abu Ghraib prison stationedat the Ft. Braggmilitary base. scandals,before any other reporters.

The attorneywho wasgoing to Fayetteville story that landed him the interview. was an unusual guy, Maasssaid. He was "all "I got a call about five days before that over the place,"very hard to reach and never interview happened ftom an attorney who I answeredhis cell phone. had worked with before on a story," he said. i{ "Wegot in lhere(Raleigh-Durham Airport) very inconsequential story we had done a few around midnight, it was about a two-hour months earlier." drive. We sp€nta lot of time talking in the car The attorneyt nam€ was Rose Mary Zapor ard Maass said he had spoken with her 20 or

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Metro to switch e-mail servens On Dec. 30, Metro will update the campuswide portal system,Mehoconnect. As part of the upgrade, the college will get a new e-mail system that promises faster performance and more features.

The change is being made based on feedback from Metro users, said Ben Zastrocky, director of Web services. "The performalce and features enhancements will better meet the needsof our constituents."

In addition to faster sending and retrieval of e-mail, the new system will allow users to sort messagesand conduct thorough e-mail searches.Becausethe system is Web-based,it also permits people to send and receivee-mail from remote locations using their regular address books, which will reside on the Web. While the new system has a different look and feel, Zastrocky says, itt very intuitive and easyto use."The interface is different, but after a few minutes, people should feel comfortable using it. Itt pretty straighdorwardJ' The new e-mail system is scheduled to go online Dec. 30.

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ffiembershopefor best SGA:Beforemediation, branchwill be formed,But nowherein the 19pagedocumentdoesit specificallysayhow the senatorswill representthe studentbody.

Even after that meeting, more debates and rewrites took place.For an entire week in October,Gill, Bergquist,Glotzbachand Safford met at 7 a.m. to hashout the problems.In the end,Saffordwasnt pleasedand version4.0 was passed5-0-2 by the executivecommittee.Ott and Greinerdid not attendthat meeting.

The attorneygeneralsayshe will campaign againstthe documentand fearsif it is passedthe SGA $rill have more porfler over the students.

Despite all pleas ftom his fellow membersto remain silent, Saffordhas decidedto voice his opinion about the document.

"I don't work for Candice.I dont work for the executivecommittee,"Saffordsaid.'I'm not their lackey,I'm not their rnouth piece.I am an electedofficial,I dont work for tlem, I work for the studentsi Or malte conflict was inevitable. The 13 tfpe-A personalities.The diversebackground.

The committee style. Could theseall be mere excuses?

mntinuedfromcover In October of 2003, Seku'ssuccessor,Felicia Woodson, was removed from office after an SGA member filed a complaint saying she violated her job description and failed to live up to her duties.

GOTEAM! In the spring of 2004 there were two parties-COS and PositiveAction Coalition. Both wantedtheir memberselectedto the SGA. In the end COSwon everyoffice.The first time ever in Metrot history, Never before had one party won all 12s€ats.

1,045 shrdentsvoted-just 5.9 percent of the entire studentbody.

'I'm really orcited it was a clean sweepJ' CandaceGill, SGAspresidentsaid in the April 29 isue of TheMetropoliun.'We'veall been working together since January,so I feel like wdve had an opportunity to build a team and get to know one another."

COSsaidthey would be focusingon student feesand havingbetter communicationwith the students and administration. Amending the constitutionwasalsoa goal.

Onething they neverthought they'dhaveto dealwith is intemal communicationproblems.

'I want to createa liaison betweenthe student govemmentand the administration,"Gill said during a debate with other presidential candidates.

One thing that has never been a question is how diversethe electedofficers were.Some are old, someare young. Someare Democrats, some are Republicans.Some were born in America,somewere not. Somehavea lawsuit pendingwith the school,somedo not. aThe indiyid,rrls elected have different leadershipqualities,and I think we would be able to bring that together and mobilize ourselvesfor the studeatsi'Gill saidat the April 31, SGAinauguration.

In the late summer it seemedthe SGA would conquertheir demonsand bring forth a n€w hope to Metro.

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Nestledin the mountains near Nederland, Top: SGA Attorney General Will Saffor4 left, and President Candace Gill at an SGA meeting earlier the SGA came fogether under the direction this semesier.Bottom: At the Nov. 16 Elertion Comnission neeting, Satrord far left, listens as Gill, far of Butch Orandine, executivedirector of the right, speaksabout the proposed SGA@nstitution.

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Culpepper claimed the two, who are also It cost the SGA$5,000to fly Oxendineout the only one who attends the SGA meetings a part of Native American Students for Unfor the r.rrcekendSureit wascostly,but the SGA besides tJre elrecutir'e committee and the newr media. To say the least, she is an ally, willing to American Activities, knew of a possible death arguedit wasworth it. After all, Metro wasthe work more in favor of the SGA than any other threat against his life. fust collegein Coloradoto join ASGA. Safford fired right back, filing a complaint From Aug. 6-8 rhey discussedand worked administrator.

More batdes were won. saying Culpepper had slandered him and Ott. on isues from representingthe student body Vice President for Student Fees Brian Both complains were later dropped, but the to the relationship betweenthe SGA and the Glotzbach was working on providing the best effects still linger today. The complaint seemed Metro administration. to pit SGA member against SGA member.

School hadn't even started and there was deal for students' money. Vice President for Academic Affairs ]essica Greiner was workBoth Glozbach and Bergquist are associalreadya bump in the ride to paradise. ing with the administration and the deans of ated with the ACR. And Culpeppert name is SGA Vice President of Communications s)'nonymous with the organization. Glotzbach RussTonn had left his office, citing personal the schools. Vice President for Administration and Finance Dennis Bergquist was workwas the former chairman of ACR and Bergquist reasons.Irr his place,Beth Ott, the campaign ing on the SGA budget. Vice President for has been a member. Both have associations with managerfor COSwasappointed.Ott is maried Communications Beth Ott was spreading the Culpepper, While no one is saying Glotzbach to WiU Safford,the SGlfsAttorney General. word about the good things SGA was doing, and Bergquist are accusing Safford and On, a New member aside, the SGA was ready Vice President for Diversity Marziya Kaka was line was drawn in the dirt between SGA and to buck the trend of defunct SGAs,or so it party politics. working on improving student orientation. seemed, Vice President for Student Organizatiirns Clara Ordonez was improving the Club Hub. The list goes on. All the SGA members The first big victory cameon Sept.30. Gill were busy, each doing what they needed to announcedafter a month of talla and e-mails do to make the school better. And they'll each that Interim Vice Presidentof StudentServices tell you that. Thirteen SGA members went 13 KarenRaforthwrote her sayingthe administra- directions, with one common goal serving the tion wasinterestedin talkingaboutautonomy. students.

THEY TIIAY HAVEIYOI{ TIIEBATTIE..,

"An effectiverelationshipbetweenSGAand the collegeadministration is important and the PARTY POTITICS administrationas well as the Cabinetis committed to sucha relationship,"Raforth wrote.

No one really knows when it happened.

EverySGAmembersmiledasGill discussed Some things just changed. the letter. They were instructed to meet with Maybe it was former Auraria College Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen,interim associate Republican Chairman George Culpepper's vice presidentof studentservices.Shet usually complaint againstSafford and Ott.

Malte it was the polarized national election. Again, Glotzbach and Bergquist are vocal Republicans. Safford and Ott are vocal Democrats.

Maybe it was the proposed constitution. l.ater in the semester,the SGA tacHed its most daunting task re-writing the constitution that the prior SGA started but didn t finish. Gill and Co., come hell or high water, were determined to accomplish this unfinished business.After weeks of writing and rewriting, debates and more debates,the constitution committee had proposed a titled version 4.0.

Safford had strong words about the constitution. His main complaint was the senate.

If the new constitution is passed,a legislative

At the Oct. f,$ alseting, AssociateDirector of StudentLife Zav Dadabhoyapproachedthe executivecommitteeand suggested a reteat. He said, before the situation getsworse,the SGA needsto reevaluatetheA mission and persona.l conflicts, He offered to host the retreat, but becauseof schedulingconflicts a retreatwasn't posible.

"I thought it wasimportant for the student govemment,at this-stageto refocus on their vision," Dadabhoy said. "They have to commit and try to solve their problems for the students."

Dadabhoy said conflia was inevitable becauseof the group size. He said het seen countlessSGAsfight amongthemselves,sometimes without resolvingtheir conflicts.

Dadabhoyhas been at Metro for l0 years and said,"The majority of SGAshavebecome embroiledin tenseconflict at somestageor the other: this is no different."

So,the SGAdecidedto take part in mediation. larry Lopez"an associateprofessorand a trainedmediator,will participate.

He said he could not comment on the mediation, Reasons aside,the SGAis in serioustrouble.

As they head into mediation, new e-mails are circulating within the SGA. Penonal disputes havemoved into the digital world. Nothing is new here,accordingto SGAmembers,harshemails havebeensentout sinceOctober.

"I will not wait any longeri writes Glotzbach."I havebeensilent long enough,and will not wait until Thursdayto continue to let memben of this group destroy what we had workedso hard to attempt to build."

Glotzbachwrote an e-mail to Saffordabout the Web site he and Ott createdfor a petition they started.The petition asl$ studentsto support a pro-diversity campus.The petition also namesCu.lpepperand the ACR asbeingracist.

'I'm frustrated that it has come to tlis point, but I will not standdown and allow you to run over the rest of the SGAI Glotzbach continued in his e-mail, which was forwarded to the entire SGA. All members of the SGA are optimistic about the session.They all think they can come out strongerthan ever.

However,one problem seemsto be the differencein opinion aboutwhat will be the best outcome.While most membersseea united SGAas the best,othersare more realisticand believe the committee needsto learn to disagree.

In the end,one questionremains:Can the SGAagreeto disagree?

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Maass, the News 4 cameraman who went with him and the attorney all checkedinto the hotel and then the attorney disappearedup to his room, without ever formulating a plan for the following da,v.

So Maass and the cameraman sat around the hotel lhe whole next day, until the lawyer finally showed up with England.

"Ard then it kept getting stranger and stranger, he (England's attorney) actually Ieft me alone with her," he said. "Then rve rvent shopping for a dresswith her."

Maassfinall;- interviewed England on camera around 6 p.m. that evening and had about two hours to edit the piece and send it off in time for the nine'o clock news.

Although only a few small clips from the hour-long interview aired that evening, Maass said eventually every pieceof tape was used. "\4/e used everlthing, frankly, that she ever said;"Maasssaid.

He went on to saythat the whole experience was very surreal and every once in a while he would stop and realize that he was doing the biggestinterview in the country at that time.

A generalfear as a reporter is lvhether or not you ask all the right questions,he said.

"This is an interview where I really felt like I askedthe right questions,"Maasssaid.

He also said England was difficult to interview becauseit was apparent she did not have much experiencewith the media and didn't go in-depth with many of her responses.

During the News 4 interview, England told Maassshe was only doing what her higher-ups told her to do and basicallyher and the six other soldiers who were charged were scapegoatsfor the U.S. military.

"She seemedlike the kind of person to me who could be manipulated pretty easily.She'sa pretty simple person,"Maasssaid."I mean until shejoined the army-I think shewas from \,l'est Virginia-she had never been further from her home than, I think she said she had to go to St. Louis to sign up or get processedto get into the army."

England is an unworldly kind of person, he said.

"But having said that I mean, I've wondered to myself if tlrere might have been some manipulation and if she might have been used,but at the sametime, you know, she'san adult. You can say no. You can say that's not right or I'm not going to takepart in that,"he saic.

Maasssaid he believesher story for the most part and a lot of soldiers have come out since then and supported her story. He also said she is someone who hadn't had a very dramatic or exciting life, and she probably never had a lot of control over things.

'Now all of a sudden, she's in a foreign country-she'd never been out of the U.S.," Maass said. "Shet in a foreign country, she's in charge of all these guys. I mean you got this amazing power all of a sudden.And I think that can make you a little bit crazy too."

He also said he is unsure what would have happenedto her if she didn't follow orders.

"I don't think anybody ever said put the guy on a leash necessaril;ror anything like that but I think they were then encouraged,"he said.

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One against many Korenâ&#x201A;Ź Gallegos ----7;i;.,NIt's been a couple of weeks since the elections. Protest crowds have settled down and the media mania has quieted. Still, the bullets and air fire acrossIraq continues, without reflection of any possiblepolitical change.

Imagesof the Iraq war have been shorvn on the front pagesand TV screenscountlesstimes acrossAmerica, In some sense,as Americans,we can become immune to thesescenes.

Last Thursday, I sarv a different angle. Out of routine, daily combat in lraq, something extraordinary-the unthinkable, happened.

In the New York Times, buried within the pages,I read a report about one Iraqi sniper who held up 150 American marines in the town of Falluja. According to the article, the marines called in air strikes,dropped 500-pound bombs, firing 155-millimeter artillery shells, l0 muzzle shots from Abram tanks and thousands of rounds from automatic rifles.

As the smoke cleared and the buildings burned in ruins, the sniper kept on shooting.

I was amazedby this. Our American military has the most powerfi.rlweaponsand best-tained soldiers compared to the almost third-world standard armory of this Middle Easterncountry.

While our soldiers wear high-tech bullet-proof gear and helmets, I can't help but imagine this one Iraqi sniper with just the worn clothes on his back a carrying a couple of rifles acrosshis shoulder.

The story continued to report the Marines' opinion of the situation. The shots were accurate and took out three marines and pinned

down other soldiersthroughoutthe day. The shotscame from one direction,then stopped and started again from another sector.The Marinesfinally spotteda man runningbetween the buildings.

Ironically,a highly-armedMarine captain yelledout, "He'son a bikel" In my mind I can hear the rat-tat-tatof the rusty bicyclechain runningoff in the distance.

There is somethingto be said about one againstmany.I am not condoningviolenceor

taking sides.War is ugly, no matter how you look at it. Still, I couldn't help but have some senseof respect for the single sniper. In a country torn by violence and confusion, he took it upon himself to fight for his own convictions. He stood againstgreat odds and didn't break.

I'm reminded of the stories of David and Goliath, Joan of Arc, Che Guevata, the young man in Tienanmen Square and even Arafat to some degree.

All thesepeople came from different times,

cultures,political views, and religions. what stands out in all these casesis: they lvere one against many, whether you agreewith their causeor not.

The Iraqi sniper may not Iive up to these historical martyrs I listed. No one knows where he is fiom, how he wastrained, if he is associated rvith anyone, or even what his personal convictlons are.

The bottom line is that what he did took guts. He rvas committed to follow through againstall odds.

He could have given up, surrendered and found a way to run away,but he didn't. He kept running back and forth betlveenbuildings, each moment risking his orcn life to continue his goal to fight.

How many ot us can say that about ourselves?

As I look at my own life, I wonder about my own convictions and beliefs.Am I willing to fight for them regardlessof the odds?Am I willing to die for them?

I wish I could say with great easeand profound confidence.In my heart, I do, but I know as situations unfold and the predictability of pain or even heartacheapproaches,the majority of us do buckle.

Therefore,when I seesomeonereachbeyond the ordinary and the fear, I have to say there is some honor in that.

The article ended by giving the final accounts of that day. As night approached, the Marines made their advance.As thev crossed into the smoked-out buildings, no one was found.

Shortly afterward, the sniper's shots rang out aqaln.

Arafat's death brings grief, hope YasserArafatk death on Thursday brought grief to Palestiniansand international hope for democracy,peacefi:lleadership,and compromise with Israel.

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Arafat, 75, died of multiple organ failure in a Frenchmilitary hospital on Nov. 10.Specificcause of deathis still unknown, but hishealthwasfailingin recentmonthsand he was in a comafor a weekprior to his death.

Arafat was confined to his compoundfor over two yearsby Israelis,who blamed him for backing

the wave of suicide bombings that have plagued the region for four years. He had only been released to the hospital when he suffered from severemusclepains on Oct. 29.

The death of the leader of Palestine was mourned by over 20,000 people crowding the streetssurrounding the Muqata compound prior to the burial. The Israeli army closed the West Bank entrance,Gazastrip, and four surrounding Arab countries, not allowing the Palestiniansto travel to the funeral ceremonies.This restricted the crowds to mainl,v Ramallah residents and limited the participantsfrom possiblemillions.

Citizensscaledthe wallsto fuafat'scompound and broke through the gates.Shots rang through the crowd as they all becameincreasinglyrestless while helicoptersdeliveredArafatt concreteand marble casket.Plans to leaveArafat lying in this state until burial at sunset were abandoneddue to riot fears. The coffin was passed through the crowds and when it disappearedbriefl5 the police

shot abovethe people'sheadsin warning. \\hat was planned as a dignified and solemn ceremony became chaotic and dangerous.

Ambulances tried to treat the wounded and overwhelmed.

Many u'ere distraught that fuafat could not be buried in lerusalem,due to Israeli refrxal. Soil fiom the site where they s'ished to lay Arafat to rest was placed on the casket,and rvith permission the casket can eventually be buried in Jerusalemafter land negotiations.

Headsof stateattendeda military funeral for Yaser Arafat that was closed to the public and held in Cairo on Friday.The PalestinianAuthority has calledfor a 40-day mourning period.

Israel and the United Stateshave not been able to put genuinepeaceefforts in placebecause dealing with fuafat had become increasingly troublesome in recent years. The general consensrls wils that Arafat was a terrorist and had becomean obstacleto peace.

Arafat spokeofhow he didn't srive for peace in 1969, "The end of lsrael is the goal of our struggle, and it allows lor neither compromise nor mediation ... We don t want peace.\^rewant rvar; victorv."

This seemed to be the philosophy Arafat maintained throughout his 1'earsas a leader.His passion and fierce stanceon not backing down at any cost was what made him popular with his pmple. Yet, regardles of being wel.lJiked,Arafat did not progressin land and peacenegotjations rvith Israel.

He withdrerv fiom the compromise with Israel that would have allowed Palestineto gain a stateand outlying sectionsof Jerusalemsaying it wasn't enough. Few know rvhat would have been enough land for Arafat. The gain of land

in ferusalemwas offered in trade for part of the West Bank, and Arafat's refusalto surrender any land wasultimately what blockedfurther negotiations.

Israel relied on Arafat's lack of compromise as the reasonthey were unable to settletheir land dispute.With nelv leadership,Israelmaybe forced that Amfatt lack of cooperation to acknor,'4edge was one obstacle,not the whole problem. Israel must be diligent in negotiations and progress with the new government.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Queri said that fuafaCs death signals a time for peace negotiations to resume and proceed swiftly. On Saturday just one day after the former leader's burial, Qurei stated that peace is possible in a ver)' short time.

Progress in peace between Palestine and Israel does not seem likely rvithout the United States'help, and Queri has requestedthat international efforts be made to resume Middle East peacetalks.

Queri announced, "l'm saying to the American administration, to PresidentBush, to the Israelis.and to the whole world: now is the period where we should be more serious."

President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair spokeon Friday fiom \4/ashingtonsaying they have hopes for renewedpeaceprogress, but were not specificon any new plans to assist.

Qurei also askedfor international assistance to ensurethat occupiedterritories hare the strongestvoter registration possiblein order to instate a new leaderin Pa.lestine.

Bush has spoken of the importance of democracy in Israel and the end of violence againstIsraelis.Hon'ever,neither he nor Blair has addresed the fact that the lack of democracy is

onl), one part of the problem.

While democracy is needed and would improve the situation, the heart ofthe problem is the land dispute.Democracydid not bring Iordan and Eglpt peacervith Israel,compromisebrought peace.Israeldid not pursue the claim to the West Bank and that resolvedthe situation with }ordan.

Israel also returned land taken fiom Egypt, and that, again,resolvedthe conflict. lVith serious commitment to a timetable, negotiationscould be underway before a special election is held within 60 days.This may be the best courseof action, consideringthe new leader could be as troublesome as Arafat had been in the past.

N,lany consider West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to be the logical choice to follow fuafat's leadershipbecausehe is the most popular among the people.Barghouti is currently servingfive consecutivelife sentencesin an Israeli jail. His wife Fadu'asaysthat he is consideringa bid for the tide fiom prison.

If democrary is brought forth and Palestine electsits next leader,it will just be the beginning.

The newly electedleaderwould have to be moderate in negotiations and have realistic goals. It would also help the situation if a ceasefirewere called for The lack of attention to thesâ&#x201A;Źdetails could undermine seriousattempts for peace.

The actions of Palestineare crucial in negotiations but the possibility of conflict resolution is ultirnately dependanton lsrael'sdecisions.Any hope of resolution relieson Israel'srvillingnessto compromiseby ceding land.

Parliament speaker Rarvhi Fattuh has assumed responsibility over the Palenstine Authority in Arafatk absenceuntil a specialelection is held by Jan.9.

THE IvIErRoPoLrr N. No!tsMBER

All is fair in the game of war Killing is different in video games.The people you shoot are different than you. They look like little cartoon humans.They live in a different realm.You'll neversee their litde animated family crying for the loss of a loved one. Besidegyour cause is right, just, and noble. The little pmple on the screen,well, they have no causebut to kill you. That's why you have to kill them first and kill them good. You are not a - - ZoE z f f Williams irnurderer, but a freedom fighter.

Last week the upcoming sure-to-be-asmash-hitvideogame'Halo 2" wasbroughtto Auraria for a tournament.Setup on four televisions&aped in camouflagenetting, Halo 2 kept a constantcrowd looming in the Tivoli hallway near the e.den,waiting their turn to plop down on a stool and mastrbuttons to blow dozensof little animatedpeopleto smithereens.

This eventwasbrought to us by none other than the U.S.Army Recruiterswho presidedover the event,handing out enlistmentinformation,

t-shirts, bubble gum, and gift certificates.Why would the U.S. Army use a huge first-person shootinggameasa recruitment tool?

Killing is difierent in the U.S. Army. The people you shoot are different than you- They have dark skin, speakdifferent languages,and worship a different god, They live in far-away landsthat arenothing like the goodol' U,S.of ,A. When they die, they get pushedoff in a cart.

You wont hear anotherthing of it, and neither will the peoplebackhome.Youare fighting for freedom,Iiberation, and America.They are fighting only to kill you. If you do not kill them first, they not only maykill you, they may try to hurt your country.

Youarea hero.

At leastthat is what recruits are told. Then they go to boot camp, and get shipped off to Iraq. Thesepeoplewere promised opportunity, dignity, a free trip, and a tank ride. They plow through the country like video gameheroes,killing all in their path.

But what do I know, I'd neverjoin the military. I€t the soldiersspeakfor themselves.

Takethe wordsof 25-year-oldveteran,Mike Hoftnan, to Mother lones magazineregarding his time in Iraq.'I dont know what I did.., I

camehome and read reports that six chil&en were killed in an artillery strike near where I was.I donl really know if it was my unit or a British unit. But I feelresponsiblefor everphing that happenedwhen I wasthere."

In the samearticle,Staff Sgt.Jimmy Massey recalls working road blocla in Iraq. His unit of Marines would raise their arms to stop cars approaching.If the carskept going,Masseysaid "we would just Iight'em up."

Weels later,Masseylearnedthat their hand signalis a way of greetingsomeonein lraq. He estimatedkining thirty cifians in a 48-hour period.

'We are committing genocide."Masseytold his commandingofficer. He was releasedafter being diagnosed with post-traumatic str€ss disorder.

OperationTruth reportsArmy suicideshave jumped 40 percentin Iraq over the pastyear.A 2003Gallup Poll statesat leastone fi:fth of soldiers felt the war was"the wrong thing to do."

This was before reports from fohns Hopkins University,of 100,000civilian deathssincethe US invasionandthe bloodbathin Fallujah.

Doesn't sound like a game anymore,does it?

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This fall, gameslike Halo 2,The Sims2 and Grand Theft Auto: SanAndreashave alreadysold millions, beating out pre\.ious salesrecords for videogames.Much of this has to do with all the word-of-mouth before the releasedate.

Fortunately, SarzAndreas lives up to its hype and more.

With this new game, the G714seriesmol'es from Vice City, modeled after Miami in the'80s, to SanAndreas,a land five times the sizeof Vice Ciry including Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturas (Las Yegas).San Andreastakesplace in the early'90s, rvhen gang violence on the West Coast came into the national spotlight. You star as Carl "Cf" Johnson,a former gang banger who's ;ust been releasedfrom prison in Liberty City (the setting for 2001's GTA UI). He's called back to his old neighborhood in Los Santos after his mom is murdered, and is suckedback into his old life as a member of the Grove StreetGang.

The first few missions are mostlY to introduce you to the new features in the game, u.hich expand G7i{ wa,v beyond simply

committing crimes. Now, in an attempt to play off the successof The Sims,you can eat, exercise, changeclothesand hairstyles.

God is in the details in San Andreas.Several of the new features,like eating and exercising, affect how you interact with the environment and the people.Eat too much, you get fat, move slow and garner insults from pedestrians.Eat too little and you lose health and energy,not to mention becoming a thin rail. You can balance this all out by visiting the gym occasionally and lifting weights and hitting the treadmill and bicycle. Exercising is beneficial because it burns fat, increasesyour muscle mass and your stamina, all of which aliorv you to sprint, pedal (,vesthere are bicycles) and swim (yes you can swim, finally) faster,as well as pack more punch into your punches.

The game'ssoundtrack, rvhich can be heard through San Andreas' li radio stations, is also superb. The game designerscaptured the best music of the time, especiall,vgargsta rap by the most notorious [.A rappersincluding 2Pac,Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.The gamealsofeaturesan allstarcastwith voicesby SamuelL. Jackson,Chris Penn,Ice T and PeterFonda.

But mostly the game\ valuecomesfrorn jts enormitl'. Not only are there so many things to

do outside of the gamet regular missions. On top of carrying out police vigilante, ambulance and fire rescue,and taxi-driving missions as in previous games, you can go on pimping missions, play Atari-like videogames, dalce, box, and gamble in one of LasVenturas'glorious casinos. Unfortunately, ,vour luck gambling matchesthat in any ofVegas' casinos.

The plethora of activitiesnot to mention the massivesize of San Andreas are what make this game so fun, and unending. It can takeyou l0- l5 minutes, in real time, to get from the edgeof San Fierro back to Carl's neighborhood, with small hick towns on the rvay,with even more to do, and more people to kill.

Ah, yes, the killing and violence. There are not onl,v new \veapons including hearseeking missiles, C-4 explosives and silenced pistols, but thev feature auto aim and manual aim- an improrement from Vice City.

Another great enhancernentis that, like with your physical characteristics,your skill levels improle with weaponsand land and air vehiclcs, m L ' d n i nbgc t t e ra i m a n d h a n d l i n g .

The only real flalvs in Srrr Attdrcits come rvith occasional glitcheswhen you rnovearound, inprorctl, but still not thr: greatestgraphics, rvhichtakear.a,vftom the crispnessof the game,

and, my personalproblem with the garne,having to get used to using only the PS2'sanalog sticks.

But, really, I'm nit picking. What will most likely be a larger issuewith many people is the game'sviolence. It's the crux of the game. Most of the missions involve killing someone or destroying something. The GTA serieshas taken much flak from the media, the government and moral crusadersbecauseof it.

As Vice City was modeled after the 80s TV show "Miami Vice," SanAndreasis a combination of such films as "Menace II Society" and "Boyz To The Hood," which took place in Southern California in the early 90s. It's also based on the stories of \AlestCoast rappers like 2Pac,Ice Cube and Eazy-E (who looks a lot like Carl's fiiend Rvder in the game). So, it's important to remember there is a historical and cultural basis f o r t h e s t o r y l i n ea, n d t h e v i o l e n c e .

Still, ifyou're not able to distinguish between right and wrong, betweenreality and the virtual world, or if gratuitous violence disturbs you, don't bother with this game.

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Stevenw' Squyres,professorof astronomy at Comell Universityin lthaca,NY, and the princithesequestionsfuel the qrcitement for NASAs pal investigatorfor the Mars Exploration Team.

Mars ExplorationProgram.

Squyres,a panelist at the forum, was deeply Recendy,scientistsinvolvedin the program involved widr the engineering and design of visited Denverto talk aboutthe progressof their both SpiritandOpportunity. mission. The PlanetaryGeology Division of Opportunity detected not only hematite, the GeologicalSocietyofAmerica hosted The but also sulfates,which suggeststhat it hasvisIatest (Red) Dirt From the Mission Makersat ited what was once the shorelineof a salty sea. the Denver Convention Center. Information Rich basaltshavebeendiscoveredon Mars, said gatheredby the two solar-poweredrobot royers, Squyres.

Spirit and Opportunitf, as well as information In the courseof this mission,Opportunit), from other e<istingroversand orbiters,waspre- has enploredthe Enduranceand EagleCraters. sentedat the Mars Forum.

Ro& layers deep within Enduranceare older 'Nice thing about a rover mission is that if and thicker than thosefound in the EagleCrater. you don't like what you see,you canmove,"said The older and thicker rock layersof Endurance

polar caps.

The cap'sunusualpits enlargeftorn ewaporating carbon dioxide-more than expected from seasons alone,saidforum panelist,Michael Malin, president and chief scientist of Malin SpaceScienceSystemsand memberof the Mars Global Surveyorteam.

Pits in the ice will makethe ice melt faster. but the icemeltsfasterthan scientistsareusedto obseryinghereon Earth.

'What it means is that the ice properties areprobablydifferent.That'sone of the reasons theyre really not sure about what is happening," saysDr. Kamran Sahami,Metro physics professor.

'I think the geologyis very interesting and specifically,I think the history of water could meanso manytiings," he said.

Where did the water go and how long ago wasit there?Theseare questionsthat, thanksto NASAs Mars exploration program, are beginning to be answered.

"We discoveredguliies there that appearto be relativelyyoung,"said Malin. The continued explorationof the geologyof Mars will confirm just how long ago the water flowed rhrough thosegulliesand how youngthey actuallyare.

"Follow the wateri said Daniel McCleese, a chief scientist for NASAs Jet Propulsion Iaboratory in Pasadena, California-'We're asking the question:Wasthere everlife on Mars?" www.mscd.edu/-dso McCleesesaid. To aid in unveiling Mars' perwww.mscd.edu/admissions.frtm plexing past, rovers are eventuallyexpectedto www.mscd.edu/enrolUadmissions/tnnsfer.htm return Martian rock samplesto scientistson Earth for closeroramination, www.mscd.edu/-testing 'Wdre alsointerestedin clirnateasa field in www.mscd.edu/-cra itself,"McCleesesaid. www.mxd.edu/-career The Mars Odyssey,produced by Arizona StateUniversity,was launchedwith a thermal www.mscd.edu/-counsel emissionimaging s)stem (THEMIS) onboard. www.mscd.eddenrolhtinaid It is a camerathat is mapping Mars by using www.mscd.edu/enrolUfrnaid thermal infrared images.THEMIS has three instruments in one.-a visible light camera,a www.mscd.edu/enrolllfinaid thermal camera and a multi-spectral infrared camera.Also,tlte imagesTTIEMISproduceswill wytw.glbtss.org determinethe mineral contentof Mars, "The purpose of THEMIS is to give the www.mscd.edu/-nso geology and temperatureof the surface,"said Philip Christensen,geophysicistand Principal www.mscd.edu/enroll/registrar Investigatorfor the Mars Global Surveyor,ftom Arizona stateuniversitr.

The agendawill remain eventfrrl for the team of scientiss who will continueto research the mysteriousred plana. NASA will sendthe www.msd.ed.r/-ssgpaceSetter.htm Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, in 2005.The rovwww.msd.edu/enrol/sis ers alreadythere visiting will be sentto explore Mard polar regionsin 2007and a roverthat carwww.mscd edul-sss ries its own analytic laboratory is to be sent in http://studentactivities.mscd edu 2009.Also,someof the equipmentsentto Mars www.mscd.edu/studen resources/health from previousrnissionssuchasthe robot, Mars Express,and the 200I Odysseyorbiter are still www.mscd.edu/-judicial intact and making discoveries,. www.mscd.edu/-themet "Today, we think the question is: Was it www.mscd.edu/-studlife,/span.html everhabitable?"McCleesesaid.Other scientists wwwmscd.edu/studenuresources/sfrc/TRstp.htmlseemto agreethat is the questionmost likely to be answeredduring the courseof this mission. www.mscd.edu/-tutoing Hopesof finding any forms of life that are still www.mscd.edu/-vub thriving seem less likely, although not being ruled out, as so far the discoveriesthere have beenunpredictable.

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The country is home to over one hundred Cathy and Curt Bradner pedaled hard. groups, eachwith its own culture, language ethnic Hunched over in some calm persistence, their and religion. The Burmese account for about 60 gaze groped the unknown ahead, while one percent of the population. In the unbreakable longtime nurtured idea was paving the road to pattern of post-colonial development seen in all their self-discoverv. former colonies,Burma has been through major like kaleidoscope The scenery changed political and economic turmoil that resulted pieces-Madrid, Portugal, Italy, Greece, India in a military coup in March 1962.The human and Turkey, then Kenya, through cities and rights abuses are widespread and are normally plains they kept moving villages, and mountains, directed toward the ethnic minorities, Poverty, -through overwhelming contrasts of wealth repression, and forced relocation based on and poverty that almost discouraged them to economic slrategy are arnong the main reasons even try to make a difference. It would have felt like a lonely drop in the ocean of human need for mass exodus of refugees to the neighboring countries. There are about 1,5 million displaced and despair, they thought.

Burmese; about 9 percent live in refugee camps The destination was uncertain, but the will along the Thai-Burma border primarily ftom lives to do something extraordinary with their the Karen, Karenni and t}le Mon ethnic groups. was there. The Bradners reachedThailand.

Back in 1998the couple made a life-altering Practically speaking, the Burmese military has no problem crossing the Thai border, due to decision. They sold everything they owned: their uncontrollable corruption, and continue to house with all of their belongings and their harassthe refugeeswho are originally recognized business for building bicycle machinery, fiber as such and offered asylum by the Royal Thai optics and offering help to people in developing different products. They kept a tent, two sleeping Govemment (RTG).

After spending one month in Dr. Cynthiat bags and their bicycles. clinic in 1999, the Bradners decided to start a "Cathy and I wanted to do something else," prograrn called The Burmese Youth Project in Bradner said with a playftl smile, a prelude to the Umpium Mai refugee camp located several the unique story he was about to tell. "Somehow miles away.The camp sheltered25,000Burmese, we didnt feel Ihlfilled." most of them from the Karen ethnic group. It journey plane tickets started with two The to Madrid, where they rode their bicycles, was a vocational program meant to offer not simply aid, but an opportunity. determined to find another lifestyle down the 'After spending time in Thailand I became road---+omething more substantial, he said. less political, less judgmental," Curt Bradner Thailand offered such a possibility. While 'I exploring the country, the Bradners met a said. realized that individual people are worth woman simply called Dr. Cynthia. She founded a supporting and encouragingbecauseamong the refugeesthere are people with great potential." clinic on the Thai-Burmese border and devoted Using donations &om friends, along with her time and energy to taking care of40 Burmese their own savings, the couple bought from orphans ftom 8 to 18 years of age.

Burma is an ex-British colony that gained Thailand a number of bicycles, $12 each and opened a shop in the camp to teach the refugees its independence in 1948. Today, it is one of the poorest countries in the world with destroyed how to repair them. "It was a huge success," Bradner said and smiled. educationai and health care slrstems, and an

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A charcoalpainting by NayThit, a Burmeserefugee,ms one of many piecesof artwork on displsf at a silent auction itr Dowlttown Dqryer,Nov. 13,to nisc mon€y for the BurmeseYouthProicct Backed by the Boulder-based Asian Transpacific Foundation, which raised money for orphaned and disadvantaged children in Asia, the Bradners launched the Youth Deyelopment Center (YDC) project in 2001 and the Vocational Incentive Program (VIP) in 2003.

The YDC began offering classesin art, sewing, pottery and photography. The most important pan: the teacher were refugees themselves and were better educated and experienced so they can share their knowledge with the rest.

"It proved to be a great ide:r, Bradner said. "It gave the refugees self-confidence and self-esteem. It helped building their community pride."

For most of the artists, this is all the education they are going to get, and it is all up to their practicing habits to master the craft. Nevertheless, some of the pieces produced in the art studio can rival the work of many who have received university training.

The Bradners used the refugees' paintings for fund-raising purposes, so far with great profits for the community.

The VIP's sole purpose was to teach the refugee youth how to build a ceramic water filter facility-starting from erecting the building, to leaming how to build molds, presses, kilns, and finally, learning to make a ceramic water filter. The filters were of crucial importance to the s€ttlement, which had extremely poor sanitation in addition to cleaning the "unconventional" methods of the population.

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Curt BradRer kept talking with rapid gesticulationand with a constant smile on his face.With the samewarmth he managedquickly to navigate through the memories of their hardships and the endlesschallengesof their good doing on the other side of the globe. No harshfeelings.

The night before, on Nov 13, Sisto'sSalon on Ianimer Square in Downtown

Denver hosted a special fund-raising event to support the BurmeseYouth Project A silent auction of refugeeart andphotographywent on supportedby friendsand strangers.

While chewing the tasty Thai appetizers the guests star€d at the exhibited .paintings with awe-filled eyes.It made them wonder how such a raw talent was brought up to blossom with breathtaking sophistication and charisma-how the time-stili life in the camp provoked such inspiration that disturbed with its cry for humanity.

The foreigners, comfortably sipping wine and beer, thousands of miles away, understood-goodness planted in the human nature can do miracles.

The Bradnersfelt that their mission on the Thai-Burmese border was completed. They were ready to embark on a new one, to some other part of the world in need of rescue.

Some $ I I ,000 was raised that night.

Eriough to buy a large number of water filters, food and clothing. Curt Bradner shook his head happily:'The feeling of satisfaction is indescribable. And again, it goes back to our motto, if you think you re too small to be effective you've never spent a night in bed with a mosquito," he continues laughing.

'Everyone is capable of what we did. All they need is courage and strengtl to carrF on."

Curt Bradrcr t€ach€sBurmeserefugeeshow to repair birycles at the Umpiun Mai camp.Bradner and his wife founded Oe BurmeseYouth Proi€rt to provide oplnrtunities for a better life and self-su6ciency.

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It is impossible to separate the life of Woody Guthrie liom his art. His private dreams and dramas were inextricably woven into the reams of his lyrics and poems. The cartoons he drew reflected a 6nely honed political conscience, while the simpler store signs he painted for wages spoke of a more utilitarian talent. But it was the simple, stark melodies that sprung from his guitar and the gruff, welcoming voice that boomed ftom his wiry frame that served as his most forcefirl autobiography.

Guthrie sang of rambling and roving ftom firsrhand experience.He began his careeras an itinerant jack-of-all-trades at the age of 15 after his mother, suffering from a mysterious malady that would ultimately claim her son, had been committed to a mental hospital. At roughly the same tirne, Guthrie's father was carted away after being gravely injured in a fire.

Although he would reunite briefly with his hther, this practical parental loss would forever change the child, who subsequently set up camp in an isolated clubhouse in the wilderness, Guthrie, wracked by his personal tragedy and loss, took refuge in a life without roots, without attachments, without the accompanying pain and vulnerability.

His adult life would follow a similar pattern of restlessness and endless drifting. From his homestead in Okemah, Okla., _Guthrie headed to Pampa, Texasin 1929 to ioin extended family.

He found a passion for music, quickly [eaming guitar, mandolin, and violin. The historical forces that blew in the arid southern air shaped his budding art, and as the worst of dust storms drove scores of migrants from their homes,

Guthrie transposed this living drama into simple ballads.

By 1942, Guthrie had built a national reputation as a champion of the downtrodden.He composed "Dust anthemsfor the dispossessed: brutally exposed Bowl Ballads" that the plight of the nation's workers. He lived in Los Angeles and New York, crisscrossedthe entire country in between, slept under bridges, stole rides on trains, shared meals with hobos, and rallied the hungry in the migrant camps. He captured the sympathy of a nation in his song, "This I^and Is Your tand," a folk anthem that still resonates witJr its

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During his rise to acclaim, Guthrie seeped himself in change: His art reflected his ephemeral lifestyle, and his ephemeral lifestyle found its roots in the tragedies that had stained his early life. It seerned that Guthrie was destined to float between homes, between women, between bases ... until he met Mariorie Mazia in 1943.

Mazia, a young dancer who was moved to tears by Guthriet songs and stories, found a grizded traveler brimming with verses and stories, tall tales and heartbreaking poetrf. Guthrie found the constang that he had.so long eluded.

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His life continued to center on different places,professions,and even lovers.

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-Volleyball head coach Debbie Hendricks

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by NateTimmons

goingto the FinalFour

The Metropolitan The Roadrunner volleyball team accomplished two things during the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferencetournament this past weekend.First, they defeatedthe New Mexico Highlands Cowgirls, 3-0, for the secondtime this season.Second,they earneda trip back to Kearney,Neb.,for the regionaleight-teamtournamentNov.19-21.

Metro (17-14) dismantled the Cowgirls (13-14)in the fust round of the RMACtoumament (30-15,30-26,30-19).Junioroutsidehit'Runnerswith a ter SheenaMclaughlin led the Fatch-high 14kills on a .300hit percentageand sheled the defensiveeffort with 15digs.

In the semi-find match against the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers (36-0), Metro was in threegames(30-16,30-17,30againdefeated 26). Sophomoreoutside hitter StefanieAllison led Metro with ll kills on a .308hit percentage.Putting up monsternumbersagainfor the Lopers was middle hitter Erin Gudmundson: '19 kills on a .516 hit percentagealong with six blocks.The gamemarked the third sweepthis 'Runners. seasonfor the Iopers againstthe Doubt loomedSundaywening asthe team gatheredto find out if a bid to the regionaltournamentwould be extended.

"I waspissed(afterthe Kearneyloss)i said 'I outside hitter lulie Green. wanted to hear from our coachesthat we madeit."

The team was anxious to find out if their seasonwould continue and what team they would play,accordingto Mckughlin.

The doubt was gone asMetro learnedthey had indeedreceiveda bid.

"If you looked at this team eight weeksago this couldn't have happened,"said head coach DebbieHendrick. i The'Runnersrecordstoodat 5-10aftersuf-

It's one and done time again for the Roadnrnner women's soccer team (and possibly volleyball as well) and once again the ticket to the Final Four comes through Metro. The Roadrunners went to the Final Four two seasbns ago after hosting the quarterfinals, and if history could repeatitself once more it will this Sunday when Metro will play Seatde University here at Auraria Field for the chance to play for the national championship.

Volleybal (16-13) File Photo / The Metrooolitan The volleyball team received an NCAA tournament berth Monday after rnaking it to the RMAC semifinal. The eighth-ranked Roadrunners travel to Kearney,Neb., where they will face first-ranked Lopers.

fering an embarrassinglossto Regison Sept.25, ' 0-3.The los seemedto awakenthe teamasthey finished the season,induding the RMAC tournament.with a l2-4 record.

Their effort did not go unnoticed by the regionalpanel.

The Roadrunnersenter the Division II Woment VolleyballChampionshipTournament asthe eighth seedin the Southwestregion.They will play Friday,Noy. 19at 7:30p.m. againstthe top-seededLopers,for an unprecedentedfourth match.

After learning of their opponent, Mclaughlin, Allison and Green agreedthat "revenge" is on their minds. The three also like the hct they will againbe the "underdogs" againstthe Lopers.

Metro has not scoredmore than 26 ooints

in any game against the Lopers this year. That mark was reached in the third games against Kearneythe first time they played (Sept. l0) and the last time (Nov. l3). Having seenthe Lopers many times this year, Hendricks said her team is focusing much of its attention on Kearney's weaknesseswhich Metro has exploited at times this year.

'Runners The will use direct serves and a more pinpoint offense to their advantage. They must also find a way to shut down Kearney's middle hitters, who have wreaked havoc on Metro this year.

The undefeatedLopers do not seemto have many cracls in their armor, but the Roadrunners are not shying away from the challenge.

'We are going to surprise a lot of peoplej' Allison said.

Well, the good news for Metro is that they are in the Regional tournament once again; the bad news is that they have to return to NebraskaKeamey. The Neb'Lopers Kearney beat Donald Smith the Roadrunners, and Snorts Columnisl in dramatic fashion, as once again they beat Metro in thrce straight 'Runners, 'Lopers games. Though the beat the Metro will get another chance to beat NebKearney in the Regional this weekend ... but I doubt it.

No 2 Women'sSoccer(22-l) Defensivebacks Meisha Pyke and faime Gwinner,midfielderYrrara Guante,andforward Amy kichliter werepart of the All-Tournament team during this weekend'splayoffs,but it was TournamentMVP Marina MacDonald who stole the show when she took advantageof a Regismiscueand put the ball and her teampast the Rangers. Finallyrid of Regis,the countdown to tide time is down to a thr€e-gamewin streak Seniorforward MorsealsoreceivedPre-sea- Three wins, one championship: itt just that encefor him to becomea very fine player."

Coming off one of the best seasonsin the son honors beingvoted All-EastDivision in the simple.

As far as this weekend's Regional programt history the team could find tiemRoclcyMountain Athletic Conference.

Team captainsthis year are seniorsMorse Tournamentwent, my heart went out to West selveshavingsomegrowingpains.

By losing playerslike C.I. Massingale,Luke and RyonNickle, a choicethat might havesome TexasA&M, who fought until they had nothing Kend^ll and lrster Strong,the returnershaveto peopleraisingtheir eyebrows.Despitethe lack of left. WatchingWest Tixas break down showed they wanted it step it up wen though they may not havebeen plrying time, Nickle was the undeniablechoice how great sports ar#e€use sobadly and althoughthey lost, everythingthey for Dunlap. startersin the past,Dunlap said. "(Nickle) was a leader from the day he had wasleft on Auraria Field.

It is time for playerslike Midrael Morse, Anyway,with Metro in searchof its fust Keith Borgan,Greg Muth and Worthingon to walked in the door," Dunlap said. "Het just carry Metro's strong basketballtradition and grown into a role n4rerehe takescareof all the national title, the'Runners will have to defeat little things that you a team that looks like it shouldnl evenbe playtake care of the newneedfrom your leaders. ing right now. Why? Well, for startos, Ky'ee players comers.These He's the bestleaderI've Hanavan alone has more points (65) than haYebeen in the fue Seatde'stop three playerscombined (64). NeNd, evercoached,by fari before-and a part of Seatdescoredmore than two goalsfour times The basketball a winning teanr-and two times lessthan the numseason begins at 7 this season----only now it is time for p,m. Friday,Nov. 19,at ber of times Metro hasscoredunder threegoals them to leadthe way.

Auraria Event Center a game.But, before Metro fans start reserving Worthington has against the Langston their flight tickets to Wichita Falls, Texas,it's alreradyreceivedhonLions from Oklahoma. Seattle'sdefensethey needto fear. ors this seasonas he The Redhawla have won 12 of thek 22 The starting line-up was voted Pre-season matchesby shutout and they only allowedthree First TeamAll-Conference.The senior said he will consist of Worthington, Morse, Michael opponentsto scoremore than one goal. So,in wantedto contribute to the team more this year Bahl, Muth and Borgan, according to Dunlap.

"Harms and Ben Ortner will come off the other words, they don't need to scoremuch to by playinga tougherdefenseand grabbingrnore bench on Friday night," Dunlap said."We'll see beattheir opponents. rebounds.

Though the Redhawksdefenseis good, "Hopefrrlly,me and my teammatescan take how that combinations goes.But, in the first five Metro is arguablyjust as nice. Metro has only it to the next leveli Worthington said with a to seven games, I will be juggling the starting allowedone squadto scoretwo goals(Cal-State line-up just so we citn see what combinations confidentsmile.

Bakersfield2-0 loss).Metro only allowsan averDunlap said the key is to sustainand put a work." ageof sevenshotsa gamewhile Seattlegivesup good team on the floor. Defensively,the team The'Runners return to the hardwood at eleven.All in all, this gamelooks like a defensive cangive their opponentsgrief, but offensively,it Auraria Saturday, Nov, 20, when they take on batde in the rnakhg, and hopefully,Metro will is hardto predict. the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs at 7 p.m.

Mens hoopsreadyto takethe hardwood Returning playershaveto step up and carry Metro's strong basketballtradition

by Elin Otter The Metrooolitan The men'sbasketballteamkicksoff their season with the Metro Stat€Thanl6giving Classic .this upcoming weekend, The Roadrunners, ranked lTth in the NABC/Division II Preseason Poll, retum sevenplayersfrom last year'ssquad that made it to the Final Four and bring in fir,e new players.

"We are not as atl etic as last yeari said senior Mark Worthington. "But we can go just as far, if not farther, We havesome emart kids on the team."

Eight-year head coach Mike Dunlap said the two transfers Dustin Ballard and Drew Williamson and the three freshmen Brian Barringer,Andrew Harms and David Luedtke havea lot to learn about the teamsystem, "The teachingis excessivea this point, so we'rejust trying to be careful,not to overwhelm them,"Dunlap said.

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Sunday'sgame was another close affair, and an important Roadrunner win, as Metro once again beat the Regis Rangers (19-5). Sunday's game marked the teams' third meeting in four weeks and Metro's second l-0 shutout of Regis.

The familiar rivals, Regis and Metro, squared up for a fourth and final match on Sunday,Nov. t4.

This year, no two teams in NCAA soccer have had to face each other as often as these crosstown adversaries.

The crowd of 368 was one of the largestand loudest to attend a game at Auraria Field this season.They were not disappointed by what they saw.

"We had a great crowd today," said Metro head coach Danny Sanchez. "Slowly but surely it's building and for thesebig gamesthey show up, so it's awesome."

In the highly physicalgame, each team had to fight for any opportunities in the offensive zone. MacDonald scored the only goal of the game,which came just over 10 minutes into the first half and was assistedby iunior midfielder Jodi McGann.

At no time did the intensity level drop for either tearn as was evidenced by the yellow card given to Regis'coach J.B.Belzer for calling out a referee.The Rangers grew desperatefor opportunities late in the secondhalf, but Metro's defenseheld firm. Each time Regis started for the 'Runners slowed them down offensivezone, the and forced the Rangersto regroup in their own end. It became apparent that Metro wouldn't give up a score as time ticked away on Regis' season.

The Rangersout-shot the'Runners 13-12 in the match, but Allen was forced to make only three savesfor the shutout.

With the Rangers out of the wa5 the Roadrunners look forward to hosting the NCAA Quarterfinal this weekend.Metro is looking to continue the momentum they have built by making the most of home fieid advantage.The team has not lost at Auraria Field since Sept. 6, 2N2.

Seattle University will be in town on Sunday, Nov. 21, for the Elite Eight. ln getting this far, the Redhawks upset No. I Paci.fic University 2-0 to $.in the West Regional. With Pacific out, the'Runners remain the top team in the NCAA tournament.

"I haven't seen them, but if they won the West Region, then they're loaded," Sanchez said about the upcoming competition. "We're expecting a battle similar to today'' The Roadrunners look strong this year and are yet to allow a postseason goal. The

BradleyWakoff / The Metropolitan After combining for the second goal in the ffrst round of the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Championship, junior midfielder Marina MacDonald hugs senior Ymare Guante. regional championship has Metro facing the right direction for the final rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Thanks to the great team performance, five players were named to the All-Regional Tournament Team. Meisha Pyke, Gwinner, Guante, and Leichliter were all awarded for their great effiort, and MacDonald was named Tournament Most ValuablePlayer.

2004MidwestRegionalAll-TournamentTeam Meisha Pyke Back Back JamieGwinner Ymara Guante Midfielder Amy Leichliter Forward Marina MacDonald-Most Valuable Player

"It feelsgreat,"MacDonald said,"Right now I'm just in shock.lt's a nice feeling to be regional MVP, but in the end, it's all about the team."

This is the third straight year in which Metro has gone at least this far in the postseason. The Roadrunners control their destiny and will host the Elite Eight at 12 p.m. on Sunday Nov.21 at Auraria Field.

Teams 2004RMACAll-Conference First Team: Elin Otter Adrianne Almaraz Ymara Guante Amy Leichliter Kylee Hanavan

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