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The No. 2 Metro men'sbasketballwon their 33rd consecutivehome gameFridaywhen they beat conferencâ‚Źfoe Nebraska-Kearney88-80 in front of 1,503 pumpeo-up fars at Auraria EventsCenter.

Sincethe Roadrunners(20-2, t3-2 Rocky Mountain Atlletic Conference)were defeated for the second time two weeks ago, head coachMike Dunlap made sornechangesin the 'Runners'startinglineup. Dunlap changedfrom a two-guardoffenseto a three-guardofiense,a movethat hasprovedto be successfirl; the team haswon their last four contests, *We'regetting a litde more pressureon the ball, which is creating a higher rate of turnoversi Dunlap said.

The Lopers( I 7-5, 1I -3 RMAC) turned over the ball 22 times Fridaynight, seventimes more than they did two weeksago when they beat Metro 76-59.

With the changeof line-up, different players havebeen in the starting position; against Kearneyjunior transfer Drew Williamson got the chanceand he took it.

'Coach gaveme the opportunity, so I tried to takefull advantageof iti Williamson said.

Williamson racked up l8 points while shooting seven-for-eight(.875) in the paint and four-for-frve (.800)beyondthe three-point arch.Thejunior guard'smost important baskets cameat the end of the game.Williamson scored eight points in the final threeminutes.In addition to his l8 points, Williamson added two blocksand two assists, 'I was pretty happy,"Williamson said and smiled."I finally playedhow I should be playing, A coupleot shotsdroppedat the rlght tme, I suppose." '(Williamson) got rewardedfor what he did in practice and then it paid off for our team,"

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Bill would shield profs Behind) was heading in ap 'inappropriate direction'when the question of (creationism) came up," Hagedorn said. "We had some impassioned comments, but the discussion was good and appropriate to the topic. Howwer, the fact that the question of propriety even crossedmy mind, I found disturbing."

SenatorAngela Paccione,D-Larimer, who co-sponsoredthe bill, said it was a legislative declaration that institutions of higher learnby Boyd Fletcher ing are a cauldron of ideas,and that by hearTheMetrooolitan ing and discussingtheseviewpoints students The issueof freedom of speechand open gain a greaterunderstanding of the material, "We can give you a book and then give discussionof ideas in our collegeclassrooms you a test, but that's not what a university has again reachedthe state capitol.

Colorado Senator and Metro politi- education is all about," Paccionesaid.

SenateBill 85 was created in responseto cal science professor Robert Hagedorn, the "memorandum of undersanding" that D-Arapahoe, introduced Senate Bill 85 was reachedlast year betweenproponents of also known as Concerning the Academic the Academic Bill of Rights and universities Freedom of Students and Faculry in Senate around the state. lan. 17. Hagedorn said the bill clarifies that Senator Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, both political and religious beliefs arechosen, not inherited like race, gender, ethnicity, or proposed the Academic Bill of Rights last physical disability, and cannot form the basis February after several conservative college of a protected class.Therefore challengesto students reported being unfairly treated by those views,when in an appropriate and rel- faculty at schoolsaround the state,including Metro. The bill was designed to protect all evant setting, would be acceptable.

"I found mlnelf this semester thinking students from persecution on the classroom whether a classdiscussion (on No Child I,eft basedon their political or religious beliefs.

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The bill was dropped, however, and the college presidents and legislators accepteda memorandum of understandingthat said the schoolswould have to review and update the policies already in place regarding student complaints of discrimination based on their beliefs.

Hagedorn proposed SB-85 becausehe saidhe feelsthat lastyear'sagreementintimidates faculty and does not promote ftee and open speechin the classroom.The Academic Freedom Bill he is proposing would protect faculty and students from persecution for promoting the open discussion of ideas regarding different political and religious beliefs.

The bill would officially make the legislative stance on higher education that of respecting and preserving the university setting as a place where people go to openly discusstheir different ideasand opinions.

Academicfreedom hasalsobeenthe topic of recent events surrounding University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill and his essay,in which he compares those killed in the 9/l I World Tiade Center attack to Nazis.

CU President Betsy Hoftnan sent an e-mail to CU faculty stating that academicfreedorn is the "Iife" of the Universitv.

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AHECputs tuitionboost, feefunding fixeson hold

by GroverGreer The Metropolitan Raising tuition and student fees will remain on hold until all otler resourceshave been exhaustedin trying to fund controlled maintenancefeeson the Auraria Campus.

The Controlled Maintenanc€ Funding Committee of the Auraria Board ma briefly on Feb. 14 to discusswhat progresshas been made and make sure everyone is still on track The idea of naming rights for campus buildings, which would bring in private funding for the campus, is still being oplored. That idea was introduced during the committeet fan. 3l meeting.

Bruce Benson,chair of Metro's Board of Tirustees,said the key is to find more concrete proposals with prospectiveclients. By laying down infonnal groundwork, timelines can be fleshedout, Benson said.

"I think as Bruce (Benson) mentioned at the last meeting, we do have a compelling story to tell on this campus,"said Dean Wolf, AHEC Executive Vice President for Administration, "and we have got to tell it."

The Auraria Board and the committee have consideredirnposing a $40 per sttrdent per semesterfee for students at UCD, CCD and Metro to cover controlled maintenance costs.

Controlled maintenance is considered to be emergencyrepairs on equipment and buildings.

Wolf said during the meeting that the Auraria Higher Education Center needs $3 to $3.5 million a year to fund controlled maintenance.

The naming rights could cover all of the controlled maintenance fees, which would not put the burden on the shouldersof students. The student representativessaid they are still skeptical.

"I thint that it is going a litde better. I feel optimistic about not having a maintenance fee," said RebeccaManhart, a Metro representativeto the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board"I reallydon t agreewith raising tuition without a student vote."

The Colorado Commission on Higher Education is working on rewriting its statutesso that institutionswould be ableto raise tuition without the consentof students,Joan Johnson,Capital AssetsDirector of CCHE, said at the committee meeting. According to johnson, the poliry could be rewritten as soon asthis spring.

ripsSGAin repor[ Consultant by llatt Ouane TheMetropolitan Metro's Student Government Assembly last Thursday addresseda consultant report that is highly critical of the group, which raised the ire of severalmembers.

W.H. 'Butch" Oxendine, the executive director of the American Student Government Association, wrote the report after he visited with SGA members at a leadership retreat in August.The SGApaid nearly $5,000,or roughly 4 percent of its budget, for Oxendine'sconsulting services.

In the l4-page report, Oxendine calls SGA "inexperienced," accusing them of act'children ing like having a tantrum" and addressingtheir 'lack of clear direction and purpose." "(The) SGA has been so very ineffective in the past that they haveearneda reputation of incompetence,of being 'power-hungry,' and of being a'do-nothing' organization," Oxendine wrote. "So, it's not surprising that many administratorsdon't appearto respect or trust them. This imagehasbeenearned."

Oxendine, who originally wrote the report shortly after the retreat, was not entirely critical. He said it seemedthat SGA members were genuinely receptive and willing to learn and change.

"Over the next few years,with a lot of hard work and commitment, SGA has the potential to changeits course and become a respectedplayeron campusand a true advocate for student interestsj' he wrote.

The report, however, left much to be desiredby SGAmembers.

"I would have liked to have seen more insight," said Stephen Hay, Metro's Student Trustee.

He said that he was hoping to get solutions,not opinions fiom Oxendine.

"Turning this report over to adminisffators on campus is not going to build any bridgesj' said Gretta Mincer, Assistant

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In last week'sisste of The Metropolitan, it was reported in an article on page5 that a student fee hike would cost each Metro student nearly $4 per credit hour each The SGA has taken some of Oxendinet semester.

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William Safford,SGA Attorney General, recommendationsto hean and put them The hike was not in reference to a fee, even went so far as to ask if a refund was into action.The group drafteda new constibut a proposed tuition increaseof roughly possible. tution and had it approvedby the students $4 per credit hour for Metro students.

"Our goalwasto geta tool we could work last semester,and also hired an SGA office with," SGAPresidentCandaceGill said.'Can managerlast month.

Report any inaccuracies or errors to the we work with this? I don't think so." see REFORTon page 7 Editor-in-Chief at breuer@mscd.edu.

Mctro Student Government Assernbly President CandaceGill stands in front of members of the SGA during its Feb. 10 rneeting. In the meeting, rnembers discussed a report writt€n by a student governm€nt consultant, in which he criticized the SGA for lacking experience and being incomp€tent.

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Bushproposesprivateretirement accountsaimedat youngworkers

by GlaytonWoullard TheMetropditan PresidentBush introduced the outline for a proposed Social Security reform plan that would allow young workers to place their money into private investmentaccountsin his first State of the Union address of his secondterm Feb.2.

'Social Securitywas a great moral successof the 20th century and we must honor its great pu4)osesin this new centuryi Bush said to members of Congress Wednesday night in Washin$on, D.C. "The system,however, on its current path, is headed toward bankruptry, and so we must join together to strengthen and saveSocialSecurity."

Bush said that in 2018 more money will be coming out of Social Security than is going in and that by 2042 the entire system will be completely exhausted, a comment that garnered jeers from several members of Congress. Icgislators, both Republicans and Democrats,and critics, have said Bush's prediction is exaggeratedand that the system will be fine.

Social Seouity was originally established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide benefits to workers when they hit retirement age,but evolved into a program that also provided money to the disabled, widows or single parents and otherg io need who qudif,{ocial Secuflty funds are taken from workers'salar'' in the form of a tax and divided equally between employers and employees.

Bush'sproposal, aslaid out in his speech, . rreuld allow yo."tg workers to invest money into private retirement accounts, which would be a mix of stock bonds and mutual

funds. A worker could eventually put 4 percent of the current Social Security tax into a private account, with the remaining percent of wages going to the system. In 2009, the irrvestrnentamount would be cappedat "Your money will grow, over time, at a greaterrate than anything the current system can deliver, and your account will provide money for retirement over and above the check you will receivefrom Social Security," Bush said."In addition; yorfll be able to pass along the money that accumulates in your personal account, if you wish, to your children and -- or grandchildren."

Metro student fenny Laird, 28, said she thinks the president'splan is faulty becauseit setsthe systemup to fail, rather than be saved by placing benefits into the stock market, which she feels is iust not stable,at least not for somethingas fragileas SocialSecurity.

"His plan or Social Security is going to guarantee there's going to be no Social Securityi Laird said.

She currendy receives$579 a month in benefits for her disability, cerebral palsy and without that money, she said, she could not afford to live on her own.

StephenMyers, deputy presssecretaryfor U.S.SenatorWayneAllard, R-Colo., said Sen. Allard, in general, supports the plan, even though the reform bill has not been finalizbd, and feelsthti problem needsto be solvednow rather than later.

'This puts people in control of their own retirement funds,' Myers said-'I think this is something the younger generation should be lpppy about.'

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Basics of Bush's Social Security reform plan A Why b Prcsident Bush tryitg to change Social Security?What's wrong withit?

A: The presidenthas said that Social Securitybenefitswill be fully exhausted by 2042with more peopletaking out moneythen putting in.

Q Wat iloa Bllshhopen ilo to reform SocialSeatrity?

A: The primary part of Bush'splan is to createpersonalretirement accountsfor youngerworkers,which, he said,would mean their Social Security benefits would grow at a greaterrate than how the systemis currently setup.

oncampus Students can win $1(X}by taking Health survey The National Collegiate Health Surveywill be askingAuraria studentsto participate in a health survey within the next two weeks.

The survey is sponsored by the American College Health Association, which will be sending the survey via e-mail.

The subject of the e-mail will be MSCD Health Center - A Chanceto win $100. Studentswho take the survey have a chanceto win one of ten $100gift certificates to the Auraria book store.

The e-mail will explain the anonymitY of the surveY' -@Metro

private rctbeQ: Ho* exacily ilo thes,e ment accounts tork?

A: Eventually,workersunder the ageof 55would beableto investup to 4 percent of their payrolltaxesin the accounts,and wouldbe cappedat $1,000in 2009.The capwouldriseby $100peryear.

Q What are people sayingabout thk teform plm?

A: Critics saySocialS€cudt'' is not in a crisisand placingthe moneyin the stock market is too risky. Supporterssay the accountsarea healthyoption for young workersand they takethe burdenoff the government'sshoulders.

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Ghristening a newentryto anoldtavern

Ninth annualwomen's leadership and etiquette luncheon No Boundaries is the theme of the 9th Annual Women's Leadership Conference. The event is co-sponsored by Metro's Student Activities and Career Services.

The conferencefeaturesuseftrl information for graduating seniors, student leaders, emplolaes and anyone looking for better etiquette skills.

The luncheon is great for anyone looking to learn how to make a good first impression qnd will offer lots of food and fun for everyone, Gretta . Mincer at Contact 303-556-2595, or e-mail her at mincer@mscd,edu.

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Two of the projects will be close to campus:the ExecutiveTowerlnn at l4th and Curtis and Atlas Metal site west of Auraiia's Administration building The upper 14 floors of the Executive Tower Inn are being remodeledand rent will be $400 for students.

It is scheduledto be completed in the fall of 2006.

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She considers open discussion to be the most important part of the learning process becauseit createswhat are known as'teachable moments" where studentsbegin to relate the material to their views and opinions.

JesseSamora,chair of the Auraria College , Republicans,saidhe felt the whole issueboiled down to faculty and studens respectingeach other and the reasonfor being in classin the fust place, however he feels the real issue in higher education is being ignored.

'The entire premise (of ABOR) is ridiculous,' Samorasaid. 'Our legislatorsare spending their days worrying about speech , in the classroom,while they should be talking about our funding for higher education.

They are refusing to look into this."

This bill would not affect the policies that have been put in place by the collegesand universitiesregardingstudentgrievances.

fiornREFORTonpagB3 He also recommended that the SGA improve its relations with administrators, define its purpose and mission and recruit more SGA members through increased communication with students.

'The average (Metro) students don't care about SGA becausethey dont know about it and don t know anyonewho seryes," he wrote. "You MUST begin, as your top priority above everything else, personally talking with fellow students in your classes and socially."

Oxendine alrc deemed it important to include his @mments on Metro students as a whole in the report, stating that their academic quality must improve in order for the student [fe, including the SGA, to bâ‚Źcome more vibrant. "As the academic qudity of your new students continues to improve (basedon SAI scoresspecifically),it should becomeeasierto encouragecampusinvolvement in Student Government."

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Arthur Fleisher,a Metro Economics professor,said he thinks the investment accounts plan is a sound idea becauseit would take the burden of retirement money off the shoulders of tlle government, "It will probably increase savings and investments which will lead to greater economic productivigi Fleisher said.'You have ' to savetoday to @nsume even more in the futurel .Newly-elected Democratic U.S. Senator Ken Salazarfrorn C.olorado said in a statement releasedthe night of Feb. 2 that the president's plan is not good for the nation or Coloradoans because it would cost an estimated $2 trillion, increasing the national 'debt.

"He proposes taking away from Social Security benefits, instead of supplementing thern," Salazar said. "His proposal is unacceptable at this point becauseit will gravely injure the very people who Social Security is supposedto help."

Cody Wertz, Sen.Salazar'spresssecretary, -further explained that the senator said he thinlc Social Security needs more funding, but is not in as dire shape as the president and others are making it out to be.

'It's certainly not in a crisis and we dorlt need to completely overhaul the systemi Wertz said.'We should strengithenit in a bipartisan effort" Danielle Robinson, 22, a Metro student _ and officer of the Auraria and state College Republicans, said she tbirks the private retirement accounts are a smart option for young people becauseit lets workers, not the government,control their money.

"Our generation right now is paying into (Social Security) right now with our jobs," Robinson said. 'So if the government can lrove to us that thdll save Social Security and it will be there in the future, I think more and more young people will buy into (the private accountsidea)."

Andrew MacPhail, 24, said he did not watch the president's State of the Union address,but from what he knows about his Social Security reform plan, he's skeptical, He said he thinla the larger problem is that Americans are fiscally irresponsible.

"What America nee& is not a Social Security plan. We need to learn how to manageour money better beforewe can expectthe government to manageits money better." '

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only curriculums are the best in school. Makes sense,sort of.

The only problem is, it is a lie, a very ineffective lie put out by those arguing politics and religion rather than health and safety. They make ridiculous statements, including one by Dr. Joe Mcllhaney stating "[It has been] found that

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own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all."

- Erica fong America has a big problem with sex, a really big problem.

What, with rape, STDs, young pregnancy, and AIDS/HIV as very real issues in our society, should teachers be telling students? It is quite obvious that our current sexual education programs, that are not advocating abstinence only, are ineffective, according to organizations like The Medical Institute. Their president, Dr. ]oe McllhaneS states very clearly, "Not one of those school-based Icondom] sex-ed programs has resuited in lowering pregnancy rates, STD rates or HIV rates. Not any of theml' Of course,with failure rates of various contraceptives and an outright ignorance about sex-ual health among youth, it makes sense to prepare them to make intelligent decisions.People should be encouraged to form healthy relationships with each other, based not only on sex, but respect and camaraderie.This is a processbased on building self awareness,self confidence, knowing what one wants, and understanding the traits of a safe relationship. That is why many believe that Choosing The Best and other abstiaence-

condoms can reduce the risk of HIV ... but only if they are used 100o/oof the time." Well, duh, I have yet to meet anyone who actually thinks using a condom once makesyou immune. It is a contraceptive, not a vaccination- Other egregious lies of abstinence-only programt "researchers" include AIDS/HIV can be spreadthrough sweat or tears, a 45-day-old fetus is a sentient being,

abortion causesinfertility (contrary to a 2001 report by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,and National Institute for Health), and that one can contract AIDS/HIV by touching anothert genitalia.

When asked by the press to comment on their lies, advocatesof Choosing the Best ask questionslike "Should thirteen year olds really be having sex in the first place?" which is an obsolete question. It does not matter if one believes young people should be having sex, they are, and no program is stopping that, What needs to be ensured is that these young people are safe.

All the nonsense has left the science world screaming in terror, including the American Medical Association and National Institute the for Health. In 1997, NIH released a statement responding to the "studies" by groups like The Medical Institute, stating that discouraging condom use "places policy in direct conflict with sciencebecauseit ignores overwheiming cvidence. Abstinence-only programs cannot be justified in the face of effective programs." Of course, Chooshg the Best will tell students that condoms fail 3lpercent of the time, a statistic that came out in the early 1960s and has since been updated several times to stand at 3 percent in 2005 according to NIH. lVhat of those who graduatefrom programs like Choosing the Best who sign a'virginity pledge?"Columbia University reports 88 percent of pledge-signersbreak it. Effective,eh?

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Hewasrightunderournoses fim Dunbar Columnist Last week, interim President Ray Kieft withdrew his candidacy for Metro President. His reason was simple: after 18 months of proving himself as a fine leader of this institution and gaining the trust and respect of the stud€nts, staff and administration the Board of Trustees failed, for whatever reason, to make the position permanenL A year-and-a-half is a long time to be in limbo, and Kieft, in essence,has said he's had enough waiting.

Student Government Assembly Attorney General Will Safford spoke to the board at their Feb. 2 meeting regarding Kieffs decision and the board's lack of action in the matter. Well, spoke is a rather mild wordr what Safford did could be considered a flat-out reprimand.

In the meeting, he pointed out the fact that what was supposed to be a six-month search for a new president has gone on an inordinate amount of time when what he called "the perfect candidate" has been filling the position. Safford I agree with him also told the board-and wholeheartedly-'You blew it."

I mentionedSafford'sstatements to someone here it The Metropolitannewsroomand his responsewas that he didn't think Safford shouldhavesaidwhat he did. When I askedwhy the person felt that way bjs reply came in one word:respect, To reiterate,Saffordwent off on the Board of Trustees,a body of men and women who are appointed by the govemor. They didn't earn their positions;they weren't evenelected-they were appointed,most likely becausethey were set in place to firlfill whateverpolitical agenda the reigning govemor at the time of their appointmenthad for them. must So,respectisnt the issuehere.Respect be earnedand the Board of Trusteeshas done nothing in the way of finding a new president that would evenwarant admiration, much less respect,Besides,in the words of Metro political scienceprofessor Norman Provizer,who also spokeat the Feb.2 meeting,'(The Board of Trustees)are just proprietors, theyre not owners;they don t own this place."

Insteadof feigning respector, God forbid, kowtowing---+omethingI get the feeling he is completelyincapableof anyway-Safford spoke for a greatmanystudents,sayingwhat not only

had to be said,but what the board truly needed to hear.

What Saffordsaid,without putting too fine a point on it, \ /asthat whateverpolitical wrangling is going on betweenthe Board of Trustees and the appointmentof a new presidenthas nothing to do with ability-Kieft hasmore than proven himself-and ever''thing to do with politics.

Which is why, I suspect,Ray Kieft is no longer in the running. Not that his claim that he and his wife cameto the conclusionthrough 'After a conversationwherein she said to him, proving yourself for 18 months, if you aren't goodenoughto be the president,then you aren't good enoughto be the interim, either,"doesn't ring true, it do€s;b€lieveme,I've beenthere.But I havea feelingthe real reasonKieft resignedhas more to do with politics than with frustration (or evenimpatience)on his part.

And that's too bad. This institution has already spent too much time, money and resourcesto go out and look for somethingthat wasthere all along and the cost of all this bungling wil be a high price Metro studentswill pay not only in actualdollars,but more importandy in quality.

Deep,andfinalthoughts Fr€e will and predetermined fate.

It seems to n|e re are all golng to the same place, Y€s, you guessed it: the tollet.

No, tor r€al. Have you rcad "The Se\ren Habib of Highly Effectlvo People?"All th€ self-help lunkies know th€ work I'm talking about A conoept, whlch has since caught on in yupplo cullur€ is in it and ls known as proactlvlty. My rudim€ntary understanding of thls ls that one should do what one can and start the baby-steps toward blgger g@als.Thebyfrcduct of such activity ls a grcater influ€nce over th€ phenomenal world in general. ! don't know ... Has anybody tried to quit a bad hablt?

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A columnistwhomakesyouthink To the Editor: This letter is to let you know how much I appreciate you running the columns of Zoe Williams.

IhavebeenteachinghereatMetrosincetheSpringofl995,andIhavereadmanyeditorialsinTheMetrolitln.. heropiniongitisrealIyrefeshingtoseesomeoneaddressingissuesofgraveimportance...andnotbeafraidtowritewhatisonhermind.Ireal|yenjoywri

Matthew Maher Metro History

All irony lost on ill-informedrhetoric To the Editor, In Zo€ Williams' Feb.l0 editorial,"Women's wartime effort," she makesthe assertionsthat conservatives"want to kill your children," calls PresidentGeorgeW. Bush a'cold-blooded killeri' and degradesthe bravemen and women servingin the military. But Williams' arguments, as always,are ill-researched,irrational tirades, and full of holes.One needsto look just below the surfaceto realizeher thin veneerof truth is puncturedwith a litde research.

For example,Williams ratdes off several countriesthat PresidentBushhasbullied his way into to brutalizethem into obedience.L€t'slook closer.Troopswere sentto Yemenafter the USS Colewasbombedby al Qaeda,to provide assistanceand securityto the crippled ship and her crew.Troopswerealsosent,at the reques of the Yemenigovernmen! to "train with, assistand advise"troops fiom Yement RepublicanGuard.

A sirnilar mission was also undertakenat the requestof the govemment of the Philippines,

to assistwith their fight againstthe al Qaedalinked group Abu Sayyaf.Shelists Macedonia, which wasa multinational NATO peacekeeping operation in which the United Statesparticipated,In Liberiq warlord CharlesTaylor,whose troops had killed 150,000people and raped thousands more in Sierra kone, was being ousted by a rebel group. Only after pleading by the UN, France,and WestemAftican leaders did the United Stateslead a multi-national force to keep the peacewhile the transition of power w:rs under way. Haiti, another so-called brutalization of a country was actually a UNsanctionedoperation implemented by France, Chile, Canadaand the United States,to stabilize the country when then PresidentJean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country before an impending coup. Not nearly the fat American juggernaut cmshing every third-world country in its path asWilliamswouldlike vou to believe.

Williams assertsthat the warsin Afghanistan and lraq havealreadycausedwell over 100,000 casualties.Iraq Body Count, an organization

that tallies the civilian death toll in lraq, puts the number closer to 15,000-u,000.Perhaps Williams was quoting the Lancet study which claimed this 100,000count. The failing of that study was it was only a projection, basedon a statisticallyinsignificant sampleof 988 households, which the projection was derived from.

Therewasalso no distinction betweencombatants and civilians in the Lancet study, where the IBC databaseonly counts confirmed civilian deaths.With some death-toll estimatesin Afghanistanashigh as5,000,that puts the death toll at around22,000,not 100,000.

Then Williams tries to persuadeour hearts with quotesby quaslknown intellects.Oneonly has to do a Google searchto quickly seethat SmedleyDarlington Butler,who Williams leads us to believe,in a MichaelMoore-ishattempt at smokeand mirrors, is a current Marine Corps General who is discussingthe contemporary military complex. In truth, he was a General who fought in the SpanishAmerican war, died in 1940,and was referring to the corruption of

the military during World War I. Kurt Vonnegut, who Williams quotes, is an extreme left-wing sciencefiction writer and artist, who at one time was in the military. Not only does he call the brave men and women in the military "suicidal, homicidal imbeciles," but also calls Christians in America "not-so-closeted white-supremacists."

Nothing like quoting extremely biased, or long since dead, people to prove your point about current world events.

The irony is certainly lost on Zoi Williams that she is only able to spew her ill-informed rhetoric in a free society; not because of anarchist militants like herself, but because of the men and women in uniform who have stood up throughout our countryt history to cnrsh despotism, bring freedom to coundess millions around the world, and by offering their lives to pay the price of the freedoms we all enjoy.

Sincerely, Iustin W. Scharton

Dazedand confused in the Communistdream Response to Zo€ Williams "Women's Minorities have also been placed in posiWartirneEffort" tions of power such as former Secretary of OnceagainZo€Williams hasit wrong! Her facts are misconstrued and her mind is full of hate.Well, no wonder;shet a memberof CreativeResistance.

The current administration, the one she claimsholds women down, hates our freedom,etc,,is oppositeof that. Under the Bush Administration women havebeen placed in positions of power within our government, more than under any other President, Yes.that includesBill Clinton!

CondoleezzaRice, our current Secretary of State,was appointedby GeorgeW. Bush as the first woman and secondAfrican-American to serve as U.S. National Security Advisor.

Elaine Chao, appointed as the first AsianAmerican woman to hold a cabinet position as U.S. Secretaryof labor. U.S. Rep.Deborah Pryce,R-Ohio was electedas Chair of House RepublicanConference,the highest-ranking woman in House majority leadershipin the U.S.history. The U.S.Secretaryof Educationis a female,MargaretSpellings,and let's not forget our Colorado girl Gail Norton, Secretaryof the Interior.

State Colin Powell. Secretary of Commerce and former CEO of Kellogg's Carlos Gutierrez was placed in a position of power. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was introduced

by Colorado Senator Ken Salazar during his confumation hearings, was placed into a position of power. House and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson is another minority placed into power. Newly-elected Senator from Florida, Mel Martinez, became the first ever CubanAmerican to be U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I hope the readers understand my point. More women and more milorities have been placed in positions of power, so NO the Bush Administration doesn't hold women or minorities down like you think thev do.

Williams also points out that President Bush in 2000 ordered "military interventions in Yemen. .." Last time I checkedthere was an election in 2000 between former Vice Presid€nt Al Gore and George W Bush. The election wasn't decided until late November, early December of 2000.Under the United StatesConstitution you do not become Presidentuntil you are sworn in,

which, mandated by the Constitution, happens on lanuary 20. Sorry ZoE, Bush didnt become President until fanuary 2001 and therefore couldn't order military interventions in Yemen, etc. If memory serves me well, Clinton failed to protect our military in 2000 when 17 sailorslost their lives in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole.

He ignored intelligence and offers to hand over bin Laden fiom the Sudan three times. Clinton called off U.S. war planes when they were in the air to strike bin l:den, because a golf game was more important. Clinton's failures unleashed global terror.

Clinton, during his 8 years in office, cut our military defense spending in half. He had litde if any respectfor our armed forces.Readthe book 'Dereliction of Duty" by retired Lt. Col. Robert 'Buzz" Patterson (USAF) and how Clinton at one point lost the codes to the "nuclear football." The military now under President Bush is respected and held in the highest regard. Bush doesn't use the military to bomb Iraq to get sex scandals off the ftont pages of national and international newspapers.

Those who wish to harm their citizens and freedom will always fear the military of the United States; protecting American interest is

the militaryt highest goal. They protect your rights, Zo€ and yet you cali them murderers and baby killers. But you show very litde regard for them, while you enjoy writing your diatribes againstthem in a student newspaper,Maybe you should join the military and seewhat they really do. They have families and jobs that they give up to fight for freedom and for people like you. If you are really upset about'bad peopld'keeping women down, why dont you march your assto lraq and speakto the women who were in rape rooms and held down under the thumb of a brutal dictator, Saddam. Go to Afghanistan where women had no freedom, not even the fteedom to go to school under the Taliban. The United States military liberated that country and the fust person to vote was a woman.

Take a look at the real world, stop walking around in your little Communist dream and be happy that the United States military protects you from those who would otherwise have you and me in rape rooms; or worse, have you or me dead. God Bless our troops and the United States.

Danielle Robinson Senior, Metro State

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HOUST I HIS TORY Denvermuseumboastsdiverse collection,uniquelegacy Sbry andphotosbyClayton Woullard The Metropolitan Golden portraits of faces donning cowboy hats mark the sidewalk to a house brimming with history. The portraits have names like "Deadwood Dicki "Stagecoach Mary" and "The Bronze Buckaroo," names of black cowboys and cowgirls of the past and present.Without the sign outside, you might not be able to tell that this old house sheltersa fascinating segment of black history.

T[cked away in the grip of Five Points, the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center is no lavish complex that fills acresof land. It is a 100+-year-oldhouse in which uniforms, saddles,tools, muskets and musical instruments tell the rarely heard stories of the West'sblack soldiers,pioneers and cowboys.

Stories that aren t given a prominent place in the popular lexicon of black history despite the fact that a third of the cowboys and girls that helped establishthe American West were blackThe history of how this museum came to b€ is just as rich as the history it houses.The museum, located at 3091 California St. in Denver, was once the home and workplace of Justina L. Ford, Colorado's first black licensed female doctor. Ford setded in Denver in 1902,r,r'hereshe began her practice, delivering more than 7,000 babies and treating the sick and wounded, Her main mission though, was to serve those who were denied conventional medical treatment - blacl6, Hispanics, Jews,Asians, Native Americans and all the disadvantaged and underprivileged of Denver. When Ford died in 1952,sheleft behind a legacy,a house firll of memories and her instruments of healing.

By the 1980s,the house had been condemned and was being readied for demolition. That's when Paul W. Stewart, founder of the museum, stepped in. Concerned about the possibility of so much history being lost by the destruction of this building, Stewart appealed to black leaders in the communiry persuading them to band together to savethis important structure. It worked, but the house had to be moved ftom its original location on a flatbed truck to its new spot, where it remains today. And thus began Stewart's continuing mission to discover a history often glazed over in history classes.

Piece by piece, he collected artifacts and tales from people who came to his barbershop. These newspaper clippings, clothing, letters, photographs and memorabilia made up Stewart! original collection, which would form the foundation for the museum

A,boveThe BlackAmericanWestMuE€umstandsnajestically at 3091California Stret in FivePoints"TheMuseunfscotrt€ds displaryrhe diverseand essentialrolesofAfrican Arnericansir Americanhistory, Bottom Lcft TheBlackCowboyWalkof Famewelcomesvisitors enteringthe museun The Italk of Fam€featuresblacl cowboyswho spanthe breadrl of Anerican history ranging ftom the 19thcentury to presentday. when it opened in 1971. Since then, the museum has grown, spilling into more and more rooms of the house, up to the point that some artifacts are in storage and still wait for a place to be displayed .

'Wed like to have another building next to this becausewe still have a lot of stuff in storage," volunteer Richard Martin said, But one portion of the house has remained untouched since Ford left this world in 1952. To the right of the hallway leading toward the back of the house on the first floor is the doctor's original equipment, including her medicine bottles, dilators, stethoscope, examination table and original doctork license.

Heading up the stairs, past the doctori exhibit, begins Stewart'scollection. The first room honors black soldiers of the West, including the founder's father, Eugene J. Stewart, a World War I soldier. His uniform hangs on the wall, along with other uniforms, weapons and memorabilia from black soldiers who foueht in America's wars. The most well-known black veterans are also revered, The TuskegeeAirmen were the United States' first black Air Force pilots who fought in World War II. Along with photos of severalof the airmen from C,olorado and the West is the service record of all the airmen, including how the men never lost an escorted bomber to enemy fighters on any oftheir missions.

In the next severa-lrooms, the history gets deeper and delves into stories of men and women not often told, or known.

For example, in most Hollywood Westerns, the four younger brothers who follow around Jessie James on his escapades through the WiId Wild West are depicted as white.

In fact, they were of mixed black

and American lndian blood. One of the brothers' moustache cups (a cup which held beeswax used to straighten and harden the men's moustaches) and a bowie knife are kept in glasscasesbelow a photo of the young men.

Rolanda Lockett, 28, from Milwaukee, was touring the museum Feb. 12 and said she was amazedthat as a black person, she didn't know about all this history.

"It means we have some history," she said. "Half of these people you donl know about so it's amazing to learn about these people from your own heritage you didn't even know existed."

In the main room ofthe housg the artifacts and tales ofseveral ofthe black cowboy and cowgirl legends depicted in the walk of fame are displayed in the main room of the museum, perhaps the most colorfi. of which were Nat Love, aka "Deadwood Dick " and Mary Fields, aka "StagecoachMary."

Love's worn saddle practically tells his story. A slave born in Iinnessee in 1854,he arrived in Kansasin 1869,where he worked driving cattle up the Chisholm Trail. This would prepare him for the rough-and-tumble life at the rodeo.

Mary Fields was perhaps even tougher. Also a slave born in Tennessee,Fields was a six-foot-tall mammoth of a woman who would go tooth and nail with any man who dared challenge her.

Any challengemade would result in a shootout that would always fall in her favor.

Perhaps most historically significant is the tales of how blacks were a crucial part in establishingthe American West. This first beganwith the Exodusters,blacksfrom the South who migrated to ' the West when two former slaves,Iohn Adams and Benjamin "Pop Singleton organized the "Exodus of 1979."Tens of thousands of blacks establishedall-black towns, one of the largestof which was Dearfield, Co1o.,which thrived fiom 1910urtil the 1940s.

The proof of the impact theseblacks had on the West is in the numbers alone, In 1860, the black population in Colorado was only 46, but swelledto I 1,828by 1930,the biggestexodusbetween f880 and 1890where the population grew by 3.780,mosdy due to the Gold Rush and huge mining booms starting in the 1840s.

Among all this infoimation, tales and relics floats an air of remarkable triumph all throughout the rnuseum. Itt triumph over deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities, the harsh life of the American West and ultimat€ly, triumph of a history in danger of being denied.

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AfricrrnEchoes Evocative studentexhibit offers

stunningculturalviewpoints bt SveuamGuincva The lvletropolitan Go back to yolr past and build on it- only then you will understand the meaning of today. This is what Sankofa symbolizes.

Shaped as a bird, the signL/word was created in ancient times by the Ashante and Gyaman people of West Africa to represent the idea ol'learning from the past Sankofa Arts (hllective is a Denver-based group of recognizedA.frican-\merican artists,whose purpose is to make art available to the community by reconnecting with the past and teaching about it through their work To honor Black History Month, artists from Sankofa Arts Collective are making their art available to students and faculty at Auaria campus t,y displaying it at the Tivoli Multicultural lounge. The exhibition under the same name is sponsored by Metro's Black Studelt Alliance.

"We wanted to do'something different (this year)," said 'Justice" lames fackson, president of the BSA "Every Black History Month is not only about Martin Luther King. Our history is so rich."

Deanna Lowma:r knew that when she headed to Aftica for the first time in f998. Shecalled her trip, which was one ofher long-time dreams,"the return."

"There is no disconnection. Our spirits and hearts are still connected," says Lolvman, a UCD student and photographer whose photos taken in Senegal and Ghana are part of the Sarkofa exhibit.

She said she thinks everyoneshould go to Africa, for after all, it is the place where we, the humans, originated. But most important, it will ch:rllenge the stereotypes, the ideas that have been presented to us about Afiica being uncivilized, undereducated, and primilive,Ilwman said.

"Black history began in Afiica," she said. [t didn t start with the slavery as portrayed in the schools and the media. Nobody goes back to the ancient African kings and queens, to the old qnivqrsities and scholars. All this is black history, Lowman uir!*6iqt't!, . {.a*-

of beautifrrl eyes that reveal the depth of souls elwated by the everyday joy of life, and not crushed by the hardships of existence.Her black and white pictures radiate calm sirnplicity, love, friendship, and inspiration. All became a part of her, a treasured gift she brought back to America. tnwman said the ftiendships created for life in Senegaland Ghana were the most valuable thing she found in Africa.

"If you open lourself up (to the people there), you ll be led to your roots," she saidFor other African-American artists, going back to the roots takes different dimensions. As for Eddie Brown, whose work was also shown at the Sankofa exhibit, his main inspiration comes from ancient art, far back in time when everything began. Art about life-as a prayer for goodness and beauty. He paints primarily African images, intertwined with social issues, to which many prefer to keep their eyesshut.

"When I do things, I try to put some universality in them, to make them relate to everybody," Brown said.

Justlike the colorfrrl sun hepaintednot long ago and called 'Sunburst." He said he needed to do his own sun-fiesh and new. The sun resemblesan Aliican mask and has two halves - one Black and one Indian, to emphasizethe dialogue his art represents- dialogue between worlds of cultures and ideas.

To keep that dialogue alive we should have more happenings, wery day, and that would take away the mundane, Brown said. That is why the artists from Sankofa Ars Collective group try to show their work at least once a month, not only once a year in February he said.

"Celebrate all the time," Brown said as an invitation for everyone to search and find their Sankofa bird, to launch a spiritual growth upon an understanding of oneself, for only the one who embraces the past could walk proud in the future.

Part of the Sankofa exhibit will continue until the beginning of March.

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Photo by DeannaLowman Theview from GoreeIsland,SenegalApprqinately 20 million Africans passedthrough the island betweenthe nid lflXb and the mid-l8mt It fu ndf, a mâ&#x201A;Źmorid to the African diaspora.

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ShadowTheatreCompanyhighlights the life of Paul Robesonin their latestproduction RevierbyAdamH.Goldsbin The Metropolitan History-to a large extent-has been written by the victors.

The names and deedsof an aget heroes are easily forgotten.

They are subject to the short attention span of subsequent generations, the vulnerabfity of documentation and the personal biasesofhistorians.

As a scholar, artist, athlete and activist, Paul Robeson qualifies as luch an overlooked hero. He gaveal early impetus to the nascent Civil fughts Movement beginning in the 1930s,challenging the social boundaries of his age. He was an accomplished actor of the stage and screen,the first African-American to play Othello in tlre United Statesin one of its longest-running productions.

He was a world-renowned singer, known for his baritone voice and inimitable inflection. He spoke over 20 languagesand toured the world, spreadinghis messageof hope and activism. His Soviet sympathies,however, earned the scorn and suspicion of a nation in the ideologicalgrips of the Cold Wat and his life was effectively blacklisted liom popular memory.

The Shadow Theatre Companyt unique artistic philosophy and culturd commitment make it an ideal forum for exploring Robeson's life and accomplishments. The company, founded in 1997 by artistic director ]effrey Nickelson, is dedicated to providing a means of expressionfor Colorado's native actors and writers, regardless of cultural origins. As Denver's only AfiicanAmerican-based theatre troupe, they seekto educate and elucidate as they entertain.

The drama "Paul Robeson"provides a perfect opportunity for both.

Written by Philip Hayes Dean, the play is set in 1973asRobeson explains he will not make it to his 75d birthday celebration at Camegie Hall. However, the scope of the one man show broadens

quickly, encompassing the major events of Robeson's life: his accomplishments,his struggles,his sorrows.

It is a daunting drama for one actori its successor failure depends entirely upon the sheer stamina of the lead. Happily, wittr empathy' Russell Costen's performance-brimming pathos and enthusiasm-infuses the performance with a sustained energy.

Costen captures the most significant events of Robeson's life with all the intimacy of a fireside chat. For example, when he speak of Robesont 1949 interracial concerts held in Peakskill, N.Y., where racist mobs attacked the crowd while police stood by, he masterfirlly engages the audience. Similarly, Robeson's testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee is portrayed with an affecting amount of bittemess and conviaion, placing the viewer squarelyin the proceedings.

Costent approachability as a performer and Michael Duran's expert direction tastefully balance an engrossing story and a true-to-life biography ln the limited spaceof a single set design. There is no need for a gaudy stagedesign or a largecast;the words and the storiesare the most important playershere.

Jeftey Nickelson, the play's producer, seesa significance not only in the performanceitself, but in its subject.

"I was impressed by the way (Robeson) used his status as a performer to communicate the harsbness and racism in America," he said. "(He was) intentionally wiped from the (historical) records ,. . We need more people to be advocateg to communicate with a massnumber of people," The Shadow Theatre is located at 1420 Ogden Stret.

'Paul Robeson" will be performed Friday and Satur&y evenings at 7:30 p.rn. until March 5.

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All StarAutographs A giant basketball marks the entrance to the Allstar Autograph section where NBA star playerswill sign anything fans bring to the ColoradoConventionCenterbefore the start of the 2005 NBA Allstar Jam Session presentedby Nokia.

Sport Court

CenterCourt Derek Burt, 39, of Los Angeles,a technician for Background Images, adjustscolor setting,brightnessand contrast on the giant LED screen in the Center Court arena at the Colorado Convention Center before the JamSession.

Where:ColoradoConvention 700 14thStreet When:Thursday,Feb.17th 4 p.m.- l0 p.m.

Friday,Feb.l8th 9a.m.-3p.m.

Feb.l9th Saturday, 9 a.m.- l0 p.m.

Sunday,Feb.20th 9a.m.-5p.m.

Monday,Feb.2lst 9a.m.-5p.m.

Prices: Adults: $20 SeniorCitizens/ Military $12 Children(ages3 - 12) $12 Kids 2 andunder FREE

Jeff Morton, 26, of Salt Lake City, Utah, testsout the Sport Court area at the Colorado Convention Center beforethousandsoffans areexpected to attendthe Jam Session.The idea of the game is to shoot baskets from all of the letters placedon the court to spell out either "Sport" or "Court." SportCourt providedall of the basketballcourts.

Read To Achieve Basketball-shapedbean bag chairs surround the stage of the NBA sponsored Read to Achieve program at the Colorado Convention Center.

The chairs will soon be filled with childrenlisteningto NBA starsreadingaloud.

Photos by Mattlew Jonas The Metropolitan

"This band could end tomorrow and I dont want to think that I wasted a second of it.

I'd rather grab it by the neck and throttle it."

- Gared O'Donnell, Planes Mistaken for Stars

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In 1937, a young jazz composer named Raymond Scott gave a music reporter a tour of his cramped New York City apartment. The writer was irnpressed by the neat division of the space into two distinct spheres: one side was neatly stocked with a piano and a phonograph machine, while t}le other was filled with futuristic electronic equipment. The floor was obscuredby the trails of microphone wires.

These sepdate sections of Scott's apartment spoke of his dual existence as a traditional composer and an avant-garde innovator; he was a clean-cut bandleader by day, and a frenzied musical mad scientistby night.

When Scott died in February of 1994,he left an extensive musical and technological legaqn a host of instandy recognizabletunes that popped up in a generation of cartoon soundtracks and a catalog of bulky electronic machines that had provided the precedent for modern electronic music.

Scott's first fascination was the mechanics of sound production. Before randomly choosing the pseudonym "Raymond Scott" from a phonebook, Harry Warnow (b. 1908) spent much of his youth in his futhert music shop where he had an endless access to Victrolas, radios and their wiry innards.

He spent untold hours as a teenagerdisas-

PlanesMistakenfor Starsareoften referred to as the best underground band in Denver.

While tast€ is certainly a matter of opinion, Planesdoeshavethe stas to vdidate this claim.

They tour relendesslytley havea large local draw; they haverecordson the indie label No Ideaand havebeencourted (unsuccessfully) by the big boys.

They also rock.

More important, the)' rock in a genreinfamouslyknown for its lack of rocking.Whether for the bestor not, Planesare often referredto asan "emo" band, and to someextentit's true.

Th.y play &iving punk music. Their pensive build-ups culminateinto screaming,angst-ridden explosions.While this fairly well describes the genreof emo,Planessetsitself apart in two areas.

Firsg they are musically superior to their peers.Their brand of emo isrlt basedon ego-

sembling and reassembling these machines, memorizing and adsorbing their mysterious layouts. He was fast on the road to

becomingan engineer,until his older brothersuggested a career in music,With his new moniker, he formed a ouintet and excelled in his newly chosen profession.

Still, Scott never lost his passion for machines and their workings.

As his reputation as a musician and bandleader grew, Scottt quirky sense of humor and taste for technology manifested itself in his compositions and titles.

"Girl at the Typewriter," "Love Song to a Microphone," and "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" achieved notoriety among his contemporaries.

Even as he gained prominence, Scottt passion for machines remained. In 1948, he invested approximately $100,000 in building a new electronic device that he named "Karloff" a massivedevice that could simulate the sound of a chest cough, a fi-ying steak, and sets of bongo drums. In 1959,he patented the first version of what would become one of his most massive

'Electronium." and expensive inventions, tbe This "instantaneous composition/performance machine" was an antecedent of technology refined over 20 years later.

By this time, Scott had been forced to take a job he despised for its banality in order to support his fi:c From 1950 to 1958, he was the band leader on NBC's saccharine music program, "Your Hit Parade." He wore a forced grin, went through the musical motions and earned enough to support his secret life as a musical madman.

cigarettes.fimmy Pagewould be impressed.

There is one problem with Planesthough: they don't often play locally,and when they do itt usuallywith a band the likes of Thursday.

This is good for them. They get exposureand makenew fans,who get to watchtheir favorite band get blown out of the water by the locals.

Howwer, for thosewho do not like Thursdan this is problematic.It's hard to shell out $15 to seea local band play at 9 p.m., while being surroundedby l4-year-oldsin The Usedshirts.

Luckily, this trend dies next weekwhen Planes opensfor High on Fire.

For those who have never heard of High on Fire,be schoolednow by their pressrelease: "High on Firearea supersonic ir: conexercise questby volume. Equalpartsmolten metaland earthquakepanic, High on Fire'sM0torheadmeets-Slayerroar is outrageouslyloud and absolutely punishing." Throw in a Venom reference,and this pretty much sums it up. centric melancholyand prematurepr€tension. Theyarean amazinglive band.Guitarist/singer They howl to the spirit of Dionysus,playing Matt Pike,formerly of stoner-rockgodsSleep, in a sexual ftenry as the various substances tries his best to howl over the wall of vintage theyve ingestedcourse through dreir blood, amps and Des Kenselt drunning onslaught. and while most emo bandsessentiallyrip off Making the band wen $eater,their new bassist other emo bandsfrom ten yearsago,the boys foe Prestonwasin the Melvins"EnoughsaidThis is also the first time High on Fire is in Planestake their cues fiom Iawbreakerto the Stoogesto SaintVitus to llawkwind- This playing an all-agesshow in Derwer,so all the plethora of influences gives them a distinct young Hessiansand junior bikers can finally sound in a genre comprised of clones with experiencethe carnage,and any emo kids whiny voices, erpensive haircuts, and youth with the guts to stick around can learn what real rock 'rf roll lools and soundr like. So quit medium sizeT-shirts.

This leadsto the secondareawhere Planes crying about the girvboy you dated for three setsitself apart aesthetics.There are no youth whole week, get drurk in the parking lot and medium shirts sported in this ensemble.In bangyour headto the thunder.

PlanesMistrken for Sterc, High on Fire fact, they look like they've been time warped from Ann Arbor, Mich. circa 1972. It's been and Ky'esebring the perty Wednadey, Scpt told that some of their out-of-state fans are 23 to Cervsntes MasterpieceBallroom- All actuallyappalledwhen they seethem steponto ates"Doors at 8 p.m. Mor,einfo at pmfr.nc the stage,reeking of whiskey,sweatand stale

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Metro Statet atlrletic teamshave a history of being poor hoss when other teams come to Denv€r to plry The Roadrunner National Champion women's soccerteam didn't lose a gameat home this year (and technicallydidnt losea gameon the road eitheq their one setback to Cal State-Bakersfieldwas at a n€utral site - Durango).

The Roa&unner men's basketball team hasnl lost a gameat Auraria EvetrtsCentersince fanuary 23, 2003,and just last week the Maro women's basketballteam defeetedpreviouslyunbeatenRegisUniyersityat 'The Nest."

So it omes as no rgal surprise that the Roadrunner baseballteam escapedfrom this weekend's double-double-headerwith a 3-l record. Or that they've played sevengamesof hardball (all at home) and lost only once.

The FlastingsColege Broncoswerein town, and Metro was hoprng to continue the success they had agai$t Nebraska-Kearneya week before,when they swept the visiting Lopers to beginthe season3-0.

The first pair of gamescameon a beautifrrl Saturdayat Auraria Field,the thermostatreaching about 55 degreesby gametime. Metro State took an early lead in the fust game,scoring in the bottom of the secondwhen senior Logan heroics,deliverPapecontinuedhis early-season ing an RBI triple. tn the third the Roadrunners scoredagain,this time on a two-out RBI single by seniorRusselFloyd.

All was quiet until the bottom of the fifth whenseniorClint Clelandgot an RBI on a single to left, and after letting Hastingsget a run in the sixth, Papeand senior Nick Thorne eachdrove in a run and Metro cruisedto the victory, 5-1.

Seniorstarting pitcher SergioMoreno went all ssvsr inninSis,striking out eight Broncosto gethis first win of the year,and Papewas2-for-2 with two RBIs to lead the Roadrunners.Senior NateChristiansenalsocontribute4 going 2-for3 and scoringtwice in the win'Pape has really come through in big situationswith big hits," said Metro headcoach Vince Porreco.'Het not a guy tlat's going to be a three-holehitter, but he knows what to do in the clurch,and he'svery disciplinedand ableto get it done for us.'

Hans Hallgren / Th€ Melropolitan M€tro senior outfielder Nick Thorne rounds the basein one of the gamesin Saturda/s doubleheader againstHastingsCollege.The Roa&unnets won botl games,but drerva I-I tie on Sun&y.

Both teamshad trouble hitting to start game two, with no his comingfrom either squaduntil the Runnersendedthe drought with a two-hit, nuo-run fourth inning.

Clelandlooked solid, driving in senior Greg Garrison and Thome on a two-RBI single to left field. Fresh.uran starting pitcher JoshEckert looked very solid, throwing a no-hitter through five and l/3d innings, but with two out in the seventh,everythingfell apart for the big lefty.

First, an error by Cleland allowed what would havebeenthe third out to rgach6rst baseThen a Hastingssingle,followedby Eckertissu-

ing a walk Suddenly,the baseswerejuiced, and the Roadrunnerscouldn't get one last out.

Then the Broncosgot a double that scored all threerunners.

Kaboom.

Metro finally got the third out, but the damagewas done; down 3-2, the Runnerscouldn't get a tying run in the bottom of the seventhand lost for the first time tlis season.

'He gave us a chanceto win," said coach Porrecoabout Eckert."I think he gaveup only threehits all game,and het pitching betterevery time he'sout there.As long ashe keepslearning

ftom everytime het on the mound, hdll just get better and better."

On Sunday the Roadrunnersagain faced Hastings,and again it wasjust a breathtakinp if cooler Colorado day.The Roadrunnersqrme out of the gatesstrong on offenseafter letting the Broncostakea 1-0leadin the top of the first, scoringa run on a singleby Floyd and another when Clelandscoredon a wild pitch.

Hastings would score another run in the second,but in the third Metro took the leadfor good when Garrisongot an RBI double,scoring Papeftom first.

In the 6fth, another RBI single from GarrisonscoredFlof, part of a four-run inning that put the gameout of reach.

Garrison was the best hitting Roadrunner, goingthree-for-threeat the platewith threeruns battedin and scoringtwice himself,trrefing an slump that sawhim go hidessin the early-season first weekendof play, "We knew it would happen for Greg,"said Porreco.'He iust has a tremendouswork ethic and he'll be thereall yearlong for us." funior relieverRyan Bright cameon in the fourth to earn his first win of the yearasMetro ran awaywith grme one, lG2.

In gametwo, the Roadrunnerswerethe first on the boar{ scoringthree runs in the bonom of tJrefirst.

Floyd drove two runs acrosswith a triple to start the scoring and then scoredhimself from third on an error by the Broncoscatcher,In the fourth Hastingsgot a run back,then two more in the fifth to tie the gameat three, Christiansensingled through rhe left side, stole secondand advancedto third on a Floyd single, then they both scored on a double by freshrnanReeceGorman.

Gorman would then come across on a single by juoior Mike Hoefs, which gave the Roadrunnersa 6-3 win. Senior pitcher fustin Bidrop earnedthe win, his frst of the year,for Metro.

The Roadrunners doft play again until lamtary 25, taking on Mesa State at Auraria Field.

'The RMAC Tournament will be the first big test for us," said Porreco. 'We ll be playing some of the top teams in our pool, so we're going to test the watersand seehow we stand up to them."

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guard Metro iunior Drcrv Wlliarncol gocs up for a jurnper in thc home coning game Friday against fikbras&e-I(earncf.

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Dunlap said.'I think het startingto understandwhat we want from him and the team."

The first hdf started out with five lead changeswithin the first sevenminutes.At the gamedeadlockat 14-14,Metro managedto pull aheadwith a l9-5 run, which brought the score to 35-20(4:r0).

The Lopers bounced back but were nowhere near a chanceto even up the score and the Roadrunnerswent to half time with a 4l-27 lerd. Second half showed Kearney would not give up without a fight. Cheeredon by their dedicatedfans,the Loperscamecloser and closer.

With 4:47 rerraining of the game,Icamey had closed the gap to four (75-75). This was where Williamson decided to take matters in his own hands.rrVithtwo three-pointersand a lay-up,Williamson sealedthe victory in front of the homecomingcrowd"I really enjoyedthe opportunity to get the

startingjob this time, so hopefullyI cankeepiti Metro junior Williamson saidOther Metro playerswho had a big night were senior forward MichaelMone and senior center Ben Ortner. Morse scoreda game-high 25 points while Ortner, the RMAC playerof the week,cameoff the benchand tallied 20 points to go with his game-highsevenblocks.

The Roadrunnenwill go on the road to face Fort Haysand ChadronStateThunday, Feb.r7 and Saturday,Feb.19,respectively.

'We know that our opponents are both going to approachus like Mines and Keamey did on the road,"Dunlap said.'Wehaveto make good decisionswith the ball and we haveto get to the free-throwline becausethosearetrvo factors keepthe crowd out of the game."

The team is well awareof the fact that they will not, by any means,be giventhe vicory. nvhat I elqect is a struggleof stylesand we cannotgiveinto the temptation ofjust thinking itt going to be easyto beateither team,because thdre waiting for us,"Dunlap said.

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Roadrunnersdown Regisin nailbiter

by MatthewGunn The Metropolitan With two weeks remaining in the regular season. the Roadrunners women's basketball team has completed its most significant stretch of conferencegames.

Metro established itself as a contender against two traditional Rocky Mountain Athletic C-onferencepowerhousesand solidified its position as the third-ranked team in the region. The week began as the Roadrunners stole one Ilom conferenceJeading Regis 48-46 and concluded with a win over defending RMAC champion Nebraska-Kearney77-62.

"To get to the championship, sooner or later you have to go through the teams above you," head coach Dave Murphy explained about the Ranger matchup.

Regis came into the game on Tuesday,Feb. 8 as the top team in the region and the undefeated conference leader. They left the Auraria Event Center with their first conferenceloss.The highly physical contest featured six ties and seven lead changes in 40 minutes of play. Though Maro held the lead through much of the game, the most important sequence of events came in the final minute of play.

If nothing else, the first half was uneventfirl.

Neither team's offense stood out early; l0 minutes into the game the scorewas even at 10.The 'Runners gained their first lead off a pair of ftee throws made by forward Danielle Ellerington with nine minutes to go in the first. Metro built the lead to as much as six points before the buzzer sounded with the Roadrunners ahead 22-17. Freshman Shaquania lundy provided valuable support, coming off the bench to score six points, matching Ellerington for the tearn lead in fint-half scoring.

It was a different game in the second hdf.

With a perftct confe-rencerecord on the Iine and a chance to distance itself from the second place Roadrunners, Regis clawed its way back into the game. Metro saw the Rangers' attack come in 'Runners waves. Regis tied the at 25 wit\, 17:29 to go, but Metro fought back to gain a five-point lead in a series of quick scores higlrlighted by a Paige Powers three-pointer. The pace quickened and the Rangers were within one point of the lead before Mero recovered. Ellerington scored eight straight points as the 'Runners built a 37-29 margin with l0 minutes to go.

'Runners Next, the watched Regis go on a 7-3 run that narrowed the lead to one point. From there, the Rangers matched Metro offensively and ultimately tied the game at 42 with 3:48 remaining. Regis gained a three-point lead by the 1:38 mark and things were looking dark for Metro.

'It definitely was d6j) vu," said Ellerington in comparing similarities between the two Regis games.

With time ticking below the one-minute mark, Ellerington came through for the 'Runners by stealing the ball at mid-court and was fouled during the lay-up. Metro's aggressive play paid off and the three-point play was enough to tie the game.

Regismade another mistakeon the following inbound play. Natasha Molock intercepted a pass with 38 secondsremaining and the Roadrunners took a timeout to set up the offense.

After the timeout, Metro passed the ball around the perimeter, exposing a flaw in the Rangers' defense. Senior Stephenie Davis sent the ball into a driving Angelina Kuleff and Metro took a two-point lead. Regis missed three shots in the last 1l seconds and the Roadrunners won the game. Second half scoring was led by Ellerington and Powers, who was 3-5 in three-

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Leah Bluntschll / The Metropolitan M€tro s€nior gutrd NatashaMoloct &ives the ba[ over the couii fotlowing a stealageinstNebraska-Kearney Friday,Feb.I 1.The'Runnersbcat the reigning RMACchampions77-52.Molo& scorednine poinis and addedl0 assists,Molock leadstle conferencein assistq,averaging4.3per g.De. pointers.The sametwo playersled the 'Runners in overall scoring as well Ellerington finished with 17and Powersscored13.

"I think the win definitely stands out becausethey are such a good tearn and they re rankednumber one in the region,"said Powers, "It wasgreatand we canbe happyabout it now,

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but we've got to be ready for our next game."

Metro followed up its win over the current conference leader by beating the defending conference champion, NebraskaKearney,77-62.

Though the Lopers are not as powerfi.rl as they were in previous seasons,the win is significant in that Metro was the first team to sweep Kearney in RMAC competition.

Nebraska-Kearneyjumped out to an early l4-3 lead within the fust four minutes of play.

'Runners The looked sluggish early as they were forced to play catch-up through much of the fust half.

The Lopers had trouble maintaining their early momentum as the Roadrunners began to pick up the pace. M€tro \.!'hitded Keamey's nine-point lead down to one with eight minut€s remaining in the first. The'Runners captured the Iead at 4:38 with a three-pointer from Powers.

From there, Metro didn't look back. Much like the previous game, Ellerington and Powers led the charge offensively for tlre Roadrunners.

Davis played a big part in the Metro turnaround with seven points and four steals in the opening half. Metro went into the locker room with a l0point halftime lead.

"When we push the ball itt easy to get 'We scores," Davis said. have a good team that is going to push the ball and look for the extra pass.If it's not me tonight, it's going to be some-

one else another night and that is great."

Things didnt improve for Kearney in the second half. Metro wore the Iopers down with its speed and was able to maintain possession through solid passing. The Roadrunner defense was a factor with nine steals and 23 tumovers.

Even though both teams shot over 40 percent in the game, Metroi quick defense limited the number of chancesKearneyhad. The 'Runners' lead was never less than I I points and grew to ar; much as l7 points with l:13 remaining.

The Inpers played the second half tired and the Roadrunners became the first RMAC team to sweep Nebraska-Kearney in regular season play. Powers led ali scorers with 19 points, including 12 from behind the arc.

Three other players scoring double digits were Davis, Ellerington, and Natasha Molock

who finished one point shy of a double-double with nine points and l1 assists.

'It's all about our team trying to put together 40 minutes every night, in practice and in games," Murphy said. "Itt been our goal to finish the game off by playing 40 minutes."

Metro will play its final two road games this weekend on a trip that includes Chadmn State and Fort Hays.

The'Runners beat both teams in Denver this season,but the Fort Hays Tigers have traditionalJybeen a tough team for Metro to beat on the road. Hays leadsthe all-time series12-l I and is 'Runners 8-2 againstthe in Kansas.

"It's going to be tough," said Molock "Wdre going into (Fort Hays') house and they don't want to lose. They re going to have even more drive. We have to bring our own intensity."

Bradley Wakoff / The Metropolitran Metro (19-4,l3-2 RMAC)is currently ranted third in the North Centrd Regi,on,tniling Regisand Minnesota-Duluth.Lcadingthe tcrn in scoring is frcshmanPaigcPowerswith 12.1VW

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by NickTacinas The Melropolitan The tennis team was struck rvith a loss before they even took rhe court this season after losing one of their players to an airplane accident December 17. Secondyear head coach for the men's and woman's team Dave Alder.r said this seasonis being dedicated to their lost memberNadia Barghelame.

Coacl.rAlden said the season has already been difficult, yet meaningful, as he feels as though Nadia will walk through the doors and on to the court anv day.

"It is time to start the healing process,"says coach Alden. "l'm very excited for the seasonto start:' "This year'steam is full ofvoung coach-able playerswho are willing to work"Alden said.

After a month of tough practicing some t h e t e a m i s e a g e rt o nightsuntil I I p.m. compete.Alden said that overall, the team has a "tremendous dedication for what they are doing."

The ment side returns some of their prominent players fiom last year's team. Most notablyis juniorAldre Nilsson,lastyear'sRocky Mountain Athletic ConferencePlayerof the Year and First TeamA.II-RMACsingles.

Nilsson has been working hard this offseason, adding new wrinkles in his game.

Coach Alden said Nilsson is trying to be a more aggressive and an all-courtplayer.

Another player the Roadrunner opponents have to watch out for is fellow iunior James Schumacher,the captain of the team, playing the No.2 singles and the No. I doubles with Nilsson.

During the off-season, Schumacher was ranked No. I in the state in ment 5.0 National Tennis Rating Program. He was also ranked No. 6 in the men's championship singlesin the Preliminary 2004 Colorado Adult rankings.

Another player worth watching is the lone senior Scott Flannigan. Flannigan is the No.4 singlesplal'er and is regardedas a "tremendous competitor," Alden said.

"He fights as good as anyone I've ever

junior Metro Andre Nilsson is the men's tennis team's top returner.

Nilsson was named as the Rocky Mourtain Atl etic Conference Player of the Year in 2004 as well as First Team AII-RMAC singles.

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coached,"Alden said.

Highly recruited fieshman Riley Meyer steppedup his play and impressedcoach Alden as well.

"Top to bottom, they a1lwork hardi' Alden said.

Alden feelsthe team'sgreatestassetsare their work ethic and their team chemistry.

One of the biggestchangesof the year is the addition of an assistantcoachand former player Beck Meares.

Meares, who was last -vear's ITA North Central player of the year and first team AllRMAC singlesteam, is now in chargeof strength and conditioning for both the men's and women'steams.

"Beck is making them be the best athletes they can be," Alden said.

The woment team is a different team Alden said, as most of the players have never played collegiate sports. Sophomore Tia Mahoney is the only returnee to the team.

Iast yearsheplayedthe No. 6 or No. 7 singles spot and nowis slotted in the No.3 spot. The No. I singlesspot is junior SarahSpence.

One new face on the team to keep an eye on is junior Jackie Coppola who coach Alden sayshas a very nice game and is only going to improve. Coppola is a walk-on fiom the open tryouts.

There are a lot of walk-ons on this year's team. Alden says the team goal is to get better eachmatch and to be more competitive.

Alden seeshis team getting better after each practice. The rigorous month-long practice schedule and the dedication of the season to Nadia will only strengthen their chances for success.

The key opponents in the RMAC division will be Colorado Schoolof Mines and NebraskaKearney,whom they play late in the season.

The toughest part of the season will be spring break as the team will havefour matches in four daysin St. Cloud, Minn.

Coach Alden said he believes the tough conditioning will give the team buildup reserve energy from all the tough work.

The woment tennis team open up their season 6 p.m. on Saturday,Feb.l9 in Greeley,Colo., againstNorthern C-olorado.

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The bestthing about lastweek'shomecoming had to be both basketball teams defeating the Nebraska-Kearney lopers. Although both squads won, the Metro women's team not only beat Kearney,they embarrassedthem 77-62 in a game that might have been enough to secwe a home playoff game.

The men took back theirs was rightfully against the Lopers as they took control of the tempo, control of the game and now, control of the conference.

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Bring me your doubters, your critics, your faint of heart and I will speakunto them about a team that has gone flom just turning their seasonaround to being "for real."

They are currently riding a five-game 'Runners win streak that has the beating their opponents by an averageof almost 20 points, including a 4l-point pounding of Chadron State.

Paige Powers,(12.4) who's shooting almost 50 percent fiom three-point territory, along with StephenieDavis (12.3) have been leading the tearnt offensive charge down the stretch.

Defensively,NatashaMolock, as in seasonspast, has shut down oDDonentswith her tenacious

defenseleading the team in blocked shots and steals, while Danielle Ellerington and Rianna Harris are leading the team in offensive and defensive boards, respectively. Take all of that into account and it's easyto seewhy this team has only two conference lossesand has one of the top spots in the conference.

No.2 Merfs Basketball (20-2, r3-2 RMAC) Well, while it was a great feat that the Roadrunners beat the l,opers 88-80 to take sole possessionof the conference,they didn't put the beating down on the Lopers'at home like Kearney garreto Metro 76-59 in Nebraska.

In the Kearneywin, the L.opersheld Metro to shooting 37 percent fiom the field and bianked them in the three-point column, forcing Metro to shot 0 for 13 from behind the arc. The Lopers shot 54 percent ftom the field and an unreal 60 percent from behind the arc as they hit 13 of their 22 shots.

In the Kearney loss, Nebraska shot 50 percent from the field and 41 percent from the perimeter. Metro shot 52 percâ&#x201A;Źnt fiom the field and 53 percent from behind the three-point line.

So, if you're the Lopers, you might have lost a battle but you might still be confident that you can win the war come tournament time.

'Runners have Outside of the Lopers, the to worry about rvinning the conferenceregular seasoncrorvn outright.

If Metro plans to claim yet another tide, they haveto run the table,beating the final four teams on their schedule,including a game to avenge

another blemish on their record when they return home Frida%Feb-25 to facethe Colorado Mines Orediggers.

Bascball (6r) Well, I knew I wouldn't be able to say the udefeated Roadrunners for long. But this team is still looking pretty good this season.One of the Roadrunner players told me to watch starting pitcher SergioMoreno this season,and after two games with him almost throwing a strikeout per inning (13 innings pitched, I I Ks), Moreno has my attention. Another player who has it is Ryan Bright, whot 2-0 as a reliever.

Bright has done nothing but give hitters problems; het ihrown more strikeouts (5) than hits (4) in his two wins. fudging from the fact that this team has shown it has a strong bullpen, I think Bright and company have to be proud of themselves.A team knows that if their pitchers can just get out of tough innings to give their hitters one more inning to catch-up or take the lead, they will become more confident. Just ask Nebraska-Kearney. Well, let's see how well this team continues playing.

With the conference tournament on the horiz-onand homecomingover,I only hope that LhesamecrazyMelro lans who 6lled "the Nest" last Friday rvill continue to keep it full, because as of right no\r any "birdbrains" or "LODO Loonies" (whichever nickname sounds better) who come to see the'Runners plav r,r'on'tbe ivatching them lay eggs.

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Chair M*ssages- Thursdays, l0am-lpm.

For both, pleasesing up on the day ofthe event in fiont of the Health Center, Plaza 150 or call (303) 556-2525beginning at 8:30am.

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Eating for Health and Energ - Please call Susan Krems at (303) 770-8433 or (303) 5566818 for information.

Tobacco Cessation Support - For more information,pleasecall (303) 556-2525.

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings - T hursdays, 1l:45am-l:l5pm at 1020 fth Street Park, Room B. For more information, call Billi at ,303Jss6-2525.

Cancer Support Grolp - Please contact Linda Wikins-Pierce at (303) 556-6954.

Ongoing Support Gtorrps: Men's group Tuesdays l0-1lam, Women's group Tuesdays 3-4:30pm, Relationship group Wednesdays 12-l:30pm and Parentinggroup Thursdays34pm. Groups are held in Tivoli 561. For more information, pleasecall (303) 556-3132.

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Messianic lewish Studies anil Fellowship Thursdays ftom 2-4pm in Tivoli 322. For more information, call Reuben at (303) 355-2009, Bhakti-Yoga ClzE - Wednesdays5:30-6:30pm in Tivoli 4rM. foin us for an wening of spiritual discovery devotional chanting and vegetarian cuisine. Everyoneis ilvited. Haribol! For more information, call Ruben at (303) 355-2009.

Leaving Aztlan: Rethinkiflg Contefipotary Latiao anil Chicano A/t - Exhibit runs through 4123105at the Metro Center for Visual Art on 1734WazeeStreet.For hours or more information, pleasecall (3O3)294-5207.

Ftee Tax l{elp - Metro's \4TA (Volunteer Income Thx Assistance) class provides FREE tax help to the communiry Help with basic tax returns, particularly those with low and limited income, individuals with disabilities, nonEnglish speaking and elderly taxpayers.Every Saturday between 2/12 - 419105.9am-lpm in Tivoli 329. For more information, please call (303) 556-2595.

Damn Yankees- A Metro Theatre productionShowruns 2/24-2126and313-315 at7:30pmand 316at 2:3Wm in the EugeniaRawls Courtyard Theatre in the King Center.For tickets or more information, pleasecall 303-556-2296.

Tengo Casi Aaos: I Haw Almost 500 Years Africa's Legacy in Mexico, Cmtral anil South America - A vteekJong gallery exhibit of photographer Tony Gleaton's artwork. l0am-4pm in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge. For more information, pleasecall (303) 556-2595.

The "Why' in Volunteering - This workhop will explore the importance and necessityfor leaders to be involved in community initiatives. l.eaders should know "how" to volunteer and "why" volunteers are needed and be inspired to take action in their community. l-2pm in Tivoli 329. For more information. please call (303) 556-2595.

Tmgo Casi Arros lecture: Altieds Lcgacy in Mexicq Cettral and Sorrt America - Photographer Tony Gleaton will talk about the people and cultures he captures il his artwork lpm in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge- For more information, pleasecall (303) 556-2595 or go online to hnp:// studentactivities.mscd.edu.

Leaving Aztlan Reception - Meet the artists in the exhibition, the guest curator and Cheech Mann. 6-7pm: Talk by curator lGytie fohnson and CheechMarin, actor and art collector.Free with Metro lD. 7-9pm: Public reception. At the Center for Visual Art on 1734WazeeStreet For more information, pleasecall (3o3) 294-5207.

A Day of Yoga with Paticia Hansen - For ail levels.Hansen has studied with Swami Sacchidananda and many other yogis and has taught yoga for 34 years.9am-lpm in St. Irancis Atrium. To RSVP or for more information, please e-mail Linda at wilkinli@mscd.eduor call (303) 556-6954.

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