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ByTim Esterdahl testerda@mscd.edu Since the opening of the Tivoli Area Parking Structure IIAPS) in tl-re fall of 2005, vital parking space on campus has been added, making up for a loss of space hken over drough the years by classrooms.

"This loss of space did put pressure on the systern and was paxt of the reason we began the planning for TAPS and evenhrally built it ' Mark Gallagher, Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) Parking Director said.

I-ast spring, Gallagher said AHEC was sending cars across the street and into the Pepsi Center to par\ in stark contast, TAPS has not been filling to capacity The addition of the North Classroom in 1988 and the King Center in 2000, which were both built on parking lob, combined to take away p.rking, although the Parking and Transportation Center garage replaced 250 spots.

Gallagher also said AHEC always labored rmder- dre problem,*especially during the beginning of the sem6$er when space uas tight Now, they have a margin of 30G500 extra spacesout of 7,000 total parking spots on campus. He said it is nice to be able to house all the people, but the funre growth assessmentsof shrdents and the addition of faculty are threatening this margin.

Gallagher said he doesn't feel the rate of growth is quick enough !o diminish the margin completeln however, it wouldn't tale much to see it disappear, especially with the use of altemative modes of hanq)ortation, the price of gas and all other factors that come into play.

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- MARK GALTAGHER Iagher said he doesn't seeit as a hend.

"Particularly here in the West, there is iust this love affair with the ."t, ind the distances to eave{" Gallagher said.

"We are going to have a core driving group."

Meeting the students' parking needs is Gallagher's number one priority and to do that the formula presented in the AHEC master plan is one driver to six shrdents.

This one driver, however, is not expected to park all day; rather, spacesare used multiple tjmes.

"We do have a built-in audience. vet we can't control (whether) they drive a car. If gas gee above $4 a gallon, I can't make you drive to park here. I need to make it as easy and eftcient as possible to drive, so you choose that option," Gallagher said.

Building more space to anficipate growth has been frowned upon as parking garagesare eno[nous invesfrnenb and are rarely expected to pay for themselves.The $21 milIion spent on TAPS (or $12,000 a space) will be reffnanced to lower the monthly payments during a beneffcial economic cycle. This will allow for more money to flow into the AHEC general firnd, which pays for carnpus improvernenb.

"Part of the goal is tha! yes, we certainly want to meet all of our financial obligatiorx, but I don't know if we seeit as a strictly automobile-based system," Gallagher said.

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The majority also found that the administators who cmsor the publications are ento qualiffed immunit)' from damaglng Supreme Court haspostponed the legal conclusionfor anotlrcr tided or infiinging upon the shrdenb' tidtb b* The United States Supreme Court andayWe cvill not hesitateto take otlrcr schoolsto court in defense cause the limitalions of orevious orecedents nounced on Feb. 21 that thev would not had not been established. hear a case conceming the roie of the adof studentpressfreedom."

Had the Supreme Court decided to hear ministation at public colleges and universiib decision, whether for dre students the case, ties over su.rdentpress. or for the administrafion, would have reso Tt:re case,HosQ a. Cader, involves the adnated throughout the U.S. and set precedent minisbatjon of Govemors State Universiw.

Federal Dishict Court ruled in suppot of As it stands, colleges in Illinois, Indiana for all public colleges and universiEes. represented by Dean Patricia Carter, haluig freedom of the college press, but the uni- and Wisconsin will be forced to comply In response to the decision by the ag ilre printing of the student newspaper, the versity appealed and the elevenjudge panel with the decision of the appealscourt which peals cour! the SPIC had ffled a friendofInnooator,rntiL a school ofrcial had given a1> that represent the appeals court reversed the gives the adminishation of public colleges thecourt brief in October on behalf of all proval to its contents. decision, ffnding for GSU and ie adminisra- and univercities the audroriw to censor the studenb that fell widdn the judicial powers Carter seemingly enacted her initiafive in IoIr. content and format of sArdentnewspapers. of the districL The brief warned that the spite of a preexisting school policy, which 'This ruling changes the playing ffeld" The Suprerne Court's decision was up decision "posed a threat to free speech on states that snrdmb would be able to mansefiing to advocatesof the shrdent press.

Goodman said. "People in Illinois, Indiana America's college and university campwes," age, edit and publish the Inrmtalor "without "The appeals court decision la.st year and Wisconsin, who care about free expres and was followed by similar briefi from othcensorship or advance approval." hrned on its head the haditional belief sion, need to take steps today to defend a er First Amendment activist groups.

The Innnatu had, in the past pdnted *The battle is far fiom over," Goodrnan that a univesity is a 'markeQlace of ideas' free sbrdent press if they want to ensure a both news stories and editorial pieces that where speech from all sides is not only tol- free press will be around tomorrow." said. 'By refusing to take this case, the Su were highly critical of the school's adminerated, but encouraged. We hoped that the Of the 11 judges who decided the ap prerne Court has posQoned the legal conistraUon. Supreme Court would step in to reafrrm peals case, the seven who held the majority clusion for another day. But the SPLC stands ln reaction to Caxter's newly instihrted that important principle," Mark Goodman, did not define the First Amendment righb ready to help college student joumalisb, at policy, shdent journalisb Margaret Hosty, executive director of the Strrdent hess Law to which shrdent journalisb are entitled, but any school in the country, who ffnd their Jeni Porche and Steven Barba ffled suit Center said in a news release. "We zrrevery they agreed that as a "designated public fo- right to publish freely under attack. We will against GSU inJanuary 2001. disappointed that the Court left that issue to rum," students must be given the authority not hesitate to take other schools to court in In April 2003, a threejudge panel of the be decided another dav." to make decisions regarding contenL defense of shrdent press freedom."

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Francone said The Regency has no pla:rs to complete an annual list of crimes that take place there to subrnit to campus officials and that The Regencyleavesit up to studentsto look up safety infiormation about the housing offered.

CU Denver is requiring all incoming freshrnen who live outside of a 50 mile raIlv Boltl I.-letchel dius from carnpusto live in shrdenthousing at the Campus Village Aparhnents starting fl.r'tchnr@nsrr!.edu nexl fall.

As the schools on the Auraria campus Because ol this relationship, Campus broaden their borders and begins to move Village *ill fall under the Clery Acl along toward becoming a tradi[onal campus by with the Inn at Auraria, which, according ofering student housing, the iogis[cs of the to Auraria Police Chief Heafher Coogan, is tra.nsition away from a conrnuter campus coffiected to carnpus tlrough the Auraria can seema tangled,confusingmess.

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While the t}ree schools on the Auraria Dan Hawley, communiW manager at carnpus are required by federal law to issue Campus Village, said that while the student an annual report on their crime statistics,the housing community is not bound to report shrdent housing al The Regenry is not. their crime statistics. thev will do so on a BecauseThe Regenry is privately n:n, ii caseby case basis. Hawley said, however, is not consideredpart of the campus under that he was not a\,vareof an1'thingin writing The Crime Awareness and Campus Safety with the school to guarantee that.

Acl also known as the Clery Ac! which reAnd according to Larry l-often, the ouires instihrtions to disclose crimes on and newly-hired coordinator of oflcampus stuaround their camous. dent housing for UCD, while crime statistics "We haven't done anlthing with that," about the dorms are important to the school, said Mike Francone, Residence Director at he could not ensurewhether or not an agreeThe Regency, in reference to the Clery AcL ment had been reached.

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But right now I don't have the answerto all of thesequestions."

The Clerv act reoutes schools to report stafisticsfor the current alld previous two yea"rson 7 major categoriesincluding homicide, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assaull burglary,, motor vehicle theft ard arson. lnstitutions are also reouire to repon Iiquor law rioladons, drug law riolations and illegal weapons possessionif the offenseswere arrestableoffensesor required disciolinarv -"We ' action. have !o protect our residents, also," Hawley said. "From our standpoinl it's trickv what we do release and what we don't reiease."

David Chadwick, managerof the Campus Village apartnents, said they are still working out whether Denver police or Auraria police will be patrolling the gror,rnds,but the aparhnents will ach:ally be on campus.

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The Student Advisory Cornmittee to the Auraria Board (SACAB) presented a orooosed referendum to the Student Gov-emment Assembly at the Senaremeeung Feb.15,which also included the removal of SenatorRyen Schimerman.

The referendum asks students to authorize the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) to assessan RTD fee not to exceed $33 per studentper semester.

The new College Buspight Rail Pass Program would run from Aug. 21, 2{n6 through Aug. 19, 2007 and will allow for automatic one-year extensions of the program for tlte next four years. The automatic extensiors would occur on the condiEons that any new rate does not exceed a 10 percent increase from the previous year, with no changesin service options.

Some SGA memben, including Student Trustee Brian Gloubach, questioned the amount of power that this proposed referendum would give to RTD and the leverage it would take away fiom AHEC and students in future dealings.

Sena.tor Christooher Anden Minter cor.rnteredGloEbach's point by saying RTD has the choice to drop the program when the conh-act comes up for renewal, and there fore it is an issue that should be handled delicately. Anden Minter said the school, and not the students, should be the ones to decide what happens to the program.

SenatorJordan Bair said she questions the accuracy of the suweys that were taken to determine ridershio.

Both SACAB and Rm sur','eyed the number of riders that come to and from Auraria using their student pass and found similar results.Ridership is a factor in whether or not RTD annually renews ih contract with Auraria.

Metro Studentspaid $22 for a bus pass good for all rides in the RTD regional district for the entire Spring semester.According to the RTD website, a nondiscounted local/imited monthly passcosts$.54.

If the new referendum is approved,t}le highest the RTD fee would reach is $45, and that is with the potential annual l0 percent maximum increase.

The referendum was approved Feb. 15 by the Auraria Board of Directors and was presentedto RTD for approval on Feb. 21.

If approved by RTD, the referendum question will be posted publicly for a minimum of 30 days and then voted on by the Auraria studentbodv.

If passedby the studentbody, the result will be presented again to each of Auraria's instihrtions' goveming boards for their ratiffcation. If ratfied by each irxtitution's governing boards, the extension of the Sh-rdent Bus hogram would be implemented Aug. 2t , 2UJ6.

An earlier item of the meeting last Wednesday was the announcernent of the removal of Senator Ryen Shimerman.

Schimerman was in violation of the attendance policy outlined in the Senate Bylaws Manual, said Speaker of the Senate JesseSamora.

The Senate decided to tale action to remove Schimerman after many failed attempts to contact him, according to Senate Adminisbafive AssistantAmber Bias. "They gave him a chance to speak up for himself, but he never showed up," she said.

Shimerman took no issue with his re moval from office, Samora said.

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Brian Gloubach, Meo"oJunior.was one of the ffrst kainers to sign up and said he is excited to meet the shrdent demand. The slimly built GloEbach doesn't have the stereotlpical appeararce of a hainer, ye! has spent much of his athletic youth enjoying the healthv lifeswle.

He said'althoush exercise is beneffcial he did take some tiire off.

"I started realizing I was geffing out of shane mvself and I decided to work out again,' Gloubach said. "It was really good for me to go through a stagewhere I wasn't doing any activity to coming back and getting in shape. It made me realize how much impact it has on your quality of life.'

He said part of his goal now is to help othersavoid feeling fafigued.

Motivating sh:dents and providing experience to Human Performance and Sport deparhnent shrdents had been talked about at Campus Recreation, yeg it was not until the hiring of new Assistant DAecbr Louie Morphew did it become a reality. During the hiring process, Morphew was lold his job responsibili[es would change frorn the previous director's to include planning and implementing a personal training program.

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Meeting with a trainer will be an encompassingexperience as computerized analysis of key measurements and a ffhress assessment will determine how fft the dient is. A custom workout, including sports-specific baining will be developed, taking into accormt the client's penonal goals.

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Shrdent hainen will be monitored by Morphew, who will be shadowing and giving feedback. He will draw on his knowledge as a certiffed personal h-aining and sbength conditioning specialist along with years of service in the ffeld.

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that often tum into argumenb with shrdents about religious and lifestyle issues, and he sees his singing as a peacefi.rl alternative to that. "The last thing I wart to do is make someoneangry,' he said.

Some people,however,have taken issue with Martinez about his peacefill preaching.

Bv Josie Klemaier Campus Security approached him last se mester and told him that his singing was dis.jklemaie@mscd.edu rupting some of the classesin surrounding Although most students may not know buildings. They asked him to leave campus him by name, Antonio Martinez has beand told him that he could not sing loud. corne a celebrity on the Auraria c,unpus, Walk by Martinez when he is singing eaming him a cameo in an iMovie made by and, typically, his volume only extends withMetro students,but also a confrontation with in a ten-foot hearing range.

Auraria Campus Security and even harass"It was only like a twoday thing" Marment from some shrdentstinez said about being kicked off campus. 'the Antonio Martinez is singing guy," He came back the next week and has not the member of the University Christian Felbeen approached by security since, though lowship who can occasionally be found at he knows that since he is not a shrdent he is the flapole singing Top 40 hits in a soft, not allowed in any of the nonpublic buildhigh-pitched voice to everyone and no one ings on campus. 'Which I am okay with,' in particular.

Martinez said.

Ithoto urur{t'sl of \letro Student l.{rlivities The iMovie uMy Hero, a.k.a. Rowdy," Martinez has also been approached by was a Dart of the iMovie Madness contest Antonio Mortinezsmileswhile otfiending some of the shrdentswho gather in the afterand premlered along with other Movies last the Metro iMovieModnessconiest.Mor- noon to play hacky+ack near the flagpole.

Friday at the Tivoli. It featured a story about q They told him his singing was disrupting a forrner Meno shrdent who reminisces tinezwos feoturedin sfudentmovie their game, he said. However, he said he well-known ond is by Aurorio students about her hero, Rowdn Mebo's roadmnner took this .rs a very minor insult and ignored masco! who helped her go across campus, for singingby the flogpole. their request that he stop for their game. "I gathering the information necessarygain an whenhe attended don't care, I take the good with the bad," dle School, and continued internship. During their rnission, the girl and North High School."Oh, theylovedit," he he said.

Rowdy were stopped at the flagpole by an Martinez's optimistic attitude has kept said about the other shrdentsat recess.He obstacle of petitioners with a clip of Martinez said they would gatheraround him, which him singing through snide remarks and side singing in the background. caused some of the teachers and faculty ways glances.He even adapted his songs Martinez, 27, is from Denver and though there to be concemed that he might get beat to help the Red Cross collect donations folhe is not a student at any of Auraria's instiup. But many of the other sh,rdentscame to lowing Hurricane Katrina, he said. Martinez tutions, he comes to campus daily to work his defense a.ndtold the facultv not to worry, said sometimes people give hirn monen with the Universitv Christian Fellowship and Martinez said. even though he does not ask for it. He has to escort his sister, who is a studenl he said For t}te most Dart Martinez has received heard suggestionsthat he should sing on the in an interview last Friday. "I sing for some positive feedbacli for his singing, which he 16th Steet MalI, but he prefers the safety of thing to do and to give the students somesaid he does as his "way of preaching." Mar- the Auraria Campus, he said. "['m not really thing to listen to," he said. tinez said there is a man who comes to the in it for anything like tha!' he said, "I just Martjnez said he began singing during flagpole some days to provoke discussions want to share with people." recesswhen he altended Horace Mann Mid-

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toAurorio Feb.2627 Two candidates for the position of pre vostTticepresident for Academic Aflain will be on campus the week of Feb. 26 for interviews.

Dr. Rodolfo Rocha, who is currendy at Universif of Texas-PanAmerican, will visit Meho Feb. 26.27.Dr. Linda Rae Markerl from the State University of New York at Oswego, will be on campus March l-2.

To simpli| the interview schedules,the search committee combined some college groups and eliminated others rhar had very low afiendance last fall, resulting in one day of interviews sandwiched between two ev+ nings.

The fint evening for each candidate is a dinner meeting with the Board of Trustees, Alumni Association off.cers, hesident Ste phenJordan and Biology Chair and Professor Joan Foster, who is chaa of the search committee. The next day is a frrll day of interviews that ends with a dinner with the academic deans.

The ffeld was narrowed to Rocha and Markert following oftite interviews of live applicanb by bottr the search committee and the presidenton Feb.l9.

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Continued from 3 One of the problems with this approach is that the life of TAPS may not outlast the loan. Parking garagestypically have a lifespan of 25 years, while ffrsFtime loan terms are 2OJ0 years. The King Center has been reffnanced at least three times and at 15 years old is, according to Gallagheq sull in remarkably good shape.

"You find yourself in a sihration where very seldom does a single parking structure pay for itselt particularly in the beginning, and so our shength is with the system.n The parking s,lstem is facing nelv challenges with the conskuction of new light rail lines supplying students rith altemative tansDortation. .i,lght rail has made the biggest difference,but it hasbeen a benefftbecausethere is nothing worse than watching cars circle this campus with nowhere to park. They are not happy shrdents, not happy faculq' and not happy presidenb," Gallaghersaid.

According to the master plan, the future of Aurarla developmenl beyond the current projects, will be in the form of mixeduse buildings that offer parking below class rooms.

"We can't dispose of our parking b+ cause parking is to this campus as to what dorms are to other campuses.nDick Feuerbom, assistantto Executive Mce hesident of AdminisFation Dean Wolf said. "I mearq that this (parking) is the lifeblood of people coming down here."

Pregnoncy cenler reoches students through club I).yGenevieveSchlosser schlosse@mscrl.erJ.u

The Auraria Campus Altematives Pregnancy Center is a Christian organization, but its goal is not to convert its clients.

"We are open to any clienb, from any background, of any faith,' said Karla Bebber, client servicesdirector for the student organization, which is focused on helping women who "ffnd themselves in an unintended pregnancy.'

"My goal is not to convert them to Chrisdanity,'Bebber said, but to let them know about all of the options and resources available to them and to help calm ihem in their time of crisis.

The club, aftliated with the 24year-old Denver-based nonprofft organization, Alternatives hegnancy Center, was started last vear bv a few studentswho were volunteering foi the center. The parent organization ofrers free and confidential pregnancy tâ‚Źsting, counseling, ulbasormds, post-abortion counseling and referrals for temporar,vhousing, affordable cbildcare and educational assistance.The Auraria club oflers free pregnancy testsand conffdential counseling, but will refer studenb with larger needs to one of the other centers. Currendv. club services can only be accessedby appointrnen! but Bebber said she plans to have walk-in hours al the club's oftce in SL Fli?abeth's by next month.

Bebber said if she can get the word out about the clubs' existence,she believes many people on c.unpus would utilize their services.To that end, she has been putting up fliers and sitting at an information table in the Tivoli. Her goal is to be there once a week to answer questions and share the wealth of information she has on resources for parentsto-be as well as those who already have children.

'';;'iilt'' TRAIN ER lifetime clients,rve want to leach them, (and) educate to get them on the road. So for many, they are only meeting with a hainer once a week to change up their program and wean them ofr so they can do the exercises on their own, not needing that personaltainer push-" Pricesrange for one, five or l0 sessions start at $14 for one-on-onesessionsand buddy training--+essionsinvolving two people and a trainer-startingat $10 per personper session.kices increase for all non-students.

Training will be available to communitv members, alumni, faculty, staff and shrdents.

Non+hrdents will need to purchase a $15 fitness center membership.

'It (penonal training) will benefft the b.-ainersand it will also benefft those coming in to work out as well,' GloEbach said. "It is a win-win situation."

Correction: On poge3 of theFeb.16 issueof The we incorrectly Metropoliton, fitledDeon Wolf, hispropertideis Executive Vice President of Adminishotion.

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potience Developing My daughter\ cheerleading debut is tonighl She's a flyer.

They're the ones who get tossed around by the othen. I don't know what the othen are called. She is 10 and so excited. and it makes me remember what it was like to be l0 and excited about something.

The ffnt night of practice, she could not stop talking about how she was selectedas a llyer becauseshe could stay rigid. ICs one of those defining moments.

One of my deftning moments happened in a dark room with an amber lighf I stood there at 12 years old and gazed at a piece of white paper floating around in this "soup." Slowly an image emerged fiom the goo.

I crave that time when I wait to see the image. It's new for me every time. It isn't a mystery. Something will happen, but I always wait and wonder. It s as if I am opening a present--â‚Źven though I

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What does a strdent do when an obseg sive ideologue with no academic credentials barges on to your college campus and starts accusing professors of being poor acadernics and "antFwhite racists"?Well, you put on your proverbial boxing gloves and prepare for a ffghr David Horowie of Fronl Pagemagazine has led yet another charge against Meho's very own Za Meranto daiming she is op pressing white mde conservatives in her classrooms.

Pardon my analpis here, but since when is our society oppressing the great white males? Iast I checke4 our president, most of our Senate and Congress, a majority of our high earning professional and other influential societal ffgures are Caucasian penis bearers.

If you ask me, it doesn't seem like us

know what's inside, I'm still anxious to seeit.

It is funny, this world of instant gratfication. We can't wait for arything anymore, and yet it was the waiting thai got us excited, that built up the anticipation and quickened our pulses. Now in the world of photography-with the dlgital era in frrll swing-we don't wait for anything.

Our photos are before us in less than the blink of an eye, and, arguably, they are of as hlgh a quality as their predecessors.And yel I am not frrly digital. I still pull from the fi'ay and spend money on filrn and processing and "soup.' Because it isn't the image I crave ... it is the anticipation of that image, the preparation and everJthing that goes into it.

There is something to be said for instant gratiffcation and there is something else altogether about having to waiL

I love women. I do. I love their sighb, their sounds, dreir smells and, realln everything about them. I am constandy amazed by their passion, their shength-because Iets face i! gup, if we had to have a pe riod we'd miss ffve or more day,s of work a month because we'd pass out at the sight of our own blood-and that incredible. vet ineffable thing makes women so much different than men.

And dre whole giving birth thing, dre concept of conceiving, then carrying and ultimately giving birth to a child through an opening barely bigger than a grapefruit, absolutely floors me. My grandfather always said that if men could give birth families would only have two kids. He reasoned that if the woman had the ffrst one and the men the second child, the man would never let her go through that again, and he certainly wouldn't do it twice. Wise man, my Sramps.

Women raised me. After my brother lost his batde with leukemia, there were three of us in my immediate family, my tr,voyounger sistersand me. My mother raised us the best she knew how. It wasn't always perfect, but I like to think I tumed out OI( I wasn't always the rnost popular person in the house druing...well, ever, really.

Pheromones do strange things to womm who live in close quarters, so you can imâ‚Źine how liule fun it was to come home a.fter school during that time. I'd walk in the back door, usually whisding a Led Zeppelin tune (possible,but very, very difficult), and would be greeted by the three of them sifring at the kitchen table---conqpidngagainst me, I was convinced. I carne into the room and they would point their accusing, talon-like ffngers at me and shout, in unisoru 'YOU!!!" To this day, I thank God I had my own room.

Still, I have rnore than a passing a.ffinity for the female gender. So much so that I'm going to offer the gentlemen reading this a couple of ways to score points with them. Not just your significant other-should you be lucky enough to have one-but any woman you come in contact with. These are things I've leamed over the yeaxs,some through tial and error, others by simply having the ability to shut up and listen.

And tha.dsthe 6rst bit of advice: Shut up and listen. The women in your life do not want you to solve their pro'blem for them; they just want to venl They want !o know you're in their comer. And you don't have to gather enough from their venting to write a dissertation,either, but it helps to know the names and the roles the people she's talking about are playing in whalever scenario she's running by you. After thag it's all about the reaction you give her, so nod a lol Secondly-and I know a lot of guys are going to want to tax and feather me for this-don't be afraid to help out around the house once in a while. Clear the table, vacuutr\ maybe do dre laundry, wha.tever you chooseshe'll ffnt think you're nub, then she'll remember why she's wift you (ya big l""k).

The rrst is simple: put the seat down, be nice and keep your bodily frrnctions to yourself. That's iL Follow those tips and maybe some woman will write a column about vou somedav.

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ZOEWILLIAJVTS williana@mscd-edu honkies have too mudr to worry about in regard to racisrn. Sure, some out there may not like us, but they certainly don't have the power to round us up, obliterate a mqiority of our population, enslave us or even give us the short end of *re stick.

On the other hand, people of color still

seem to be recovering from the slavery genocide, theft and behayal our Founding Fathers inflicted on them as this nation be. gan.

In 2004, under hesident Bush, a black man was 5.8 times more likely to end up locked up than a black man would have been in apartheid South Africa.

In Shirnnon County of the Pine Ridge Indian Narion of South Dakota" the aver4ge annual family income is $3,700, unemployment is at 80 percent and average life expectancy is ,l8 years for rnen and 52 years for women.

Plus. there is the racism that exists in uneamed beneffb members of our societv receives due to the color of their skin.

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Plenty of unknownsafter graduation So, I've been living in Colorado for ffve years, aftending Metro since spring of 2001, and I'm ffnally going to graduate.

Now what?

I've applied to variousgraduateschools, speciffcally three, all back on the East Coas! where I'm originally from. But the thought of leaving Denver behind is a liule unser ding.

I've done a lot of growing here.

I had my ffrst apartnent, my ffrst ffanc6 and my ffrst dog. I was evicted fiom my first aparhnent, broke up with my ffnt ffanc6, but have managed to keep the dog.

Many Fiends have come and gone throughout my time here and at times that makes me sad, but then I think of what they helped to make me into4re person I am today.

My course was establishedhere.

I realized I could be a writer-rvhether good or bad. I lsalizsd I could live on my own. far awav from those who cared and worried aboul me. I realized I didn't have to live a Me of drugs and become a sheet urchin. I lsalizgd f could be a (somewhat) productive member of society.

That's not to say that I didnt make plenty of mistales. I did. And some I don't

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I learned I was capable of loving another girl more than I loved myself. I leamed that you have to take the bad along with the good-but sometimes,you can only tale so much before having to tum your back on them.

I leamed that I have a lot of weaknesses to overcome. I learned that I have a lot of habits that need to be broken. I leamed that no.one is perfect and I can't expect myself to be.

I leamed how to be myself.

There are so many ieople I want to

thanlq but I'm not sure how. I guessthis is a way of doing iL Without sounding comy, I want to thank the city of Denver as if it were a real entity-which sometimes I believe it is. It took me in when I was cold, fed me when I was hungv and intoduced me to people when I was lonely. Sometimesit beat me up and threw me in the hospital with a swollen jaw and stitches and sometimes it got me so

I leorned thotI hove olotofweoknesses t0 %ff; orlercome.

I leorned thotI hove olotofhobits thot ""'ffi;tl,.,,k need tobebroken.

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you, nonetheless.

And so. when Mav rolls around and I'm packing all my stuff into a U-Haul, dressed in a cowboy hat and boxers, with my dog sitting in the passenger seat and a Camel cigarette in my mouth, I'll think I'm leaving behind one of the best things that ever happened to me.

I'll miss the liquor store on Colfax and loean. I'll miss Great Wall on Penn. and l,o grtr. ru -i.. Sancho's and the Paramounl I'll miss the sweetnuggetsthat you can't ffnd

Information mustbe unbridled A Web site run by the Harvard Center for lnternational Development defines dre Informalion Age as 'the current stage in societal development ... marked by the increased production, h'ansmission,consump tion of and reliance on information.' Indeed.

However, a curious thing happened on the way to the bank. As technology has allowed us more and more accessto information. there's been a push by the powers that be to limit our erposuretD lL But, thnt's not democrutic! you might stammer. I know. It sends chills right up my spine it's so shocking.

This threat to the global collective is being perpekated by regimes around the globe whose chief concem is selfpreservation. Several events in the oast few months raise seriousred flags aboutihe future offree societies.Unforturatelv. the mainshearn media-which Americani shamelesslv deoend on in our search for truth-is iust as invlsted in the stab.rsquo and just shybf lame in covering even$ that undermine it last week a day after U.S. Secretarv of State Condoleeza'Rice voiced conceml about democracy in Russi4 CSPAN aired a congressional subcommittee hearing involving the testimony of six government whisdeblowen. The testimony addressed detainee abuse in Iraq, flawed pre9/l I intelligence, forged FBI ffles, secret NSA programs and falsely inllated energy numbers. Despite the broad scopeofprofessions represented at the hearing, every one of the wihresses'0estimonies contained an imDortant chaxacteristicin common: after coming to supewisors about their concems, the whisdeblowers were dismissed, their securiW clearances revoked and their reputations threatened-all because they told the tsuth. To me, this is front-page news, but I saw no mention of the hearing the next day, or the day after. Instead of investigating the concems these whisdeblowen ralsed the govemment focused its efforts on discrediting--and in some cases ruining the lives of-1hese defenders of the U.S. Consutution. And, except for C-SPAN, thar hot light of boring truth, the news media was nowhere !o be found.

Political silencing is no longer the exclusive work of the propaganda arm of your local deqpot An icon of the freedom of in-

G}]O!'WOLLER\IAN gwlblm@msat.edu formation movement, Google, alongwith Yahoo!, MSN and o0rer search engine providen, has recendy agreed to help China limit the amount of information ib citizens can retrieve from the IntemeL Chinese ofrcials maintain that China's policies are designed to prevent accessto pomography, but there are clearly other topics they don't want their citizens to have access to-like siles associated with the words "lieedom," "democracy" and 'dissenl" If Rus sia has problems with the practice of democracl as Secretary Rice has stated, then China must have a firllblown affliction. Of course, they also have the largest economy in the world right now, hence Rice's relative silence on the issue of Chinese search-word censorship.

On the other side of the law, the btack market is noq more than eveE invesled in protecting its own interests-{specially when it comes to nosey newspapers.On Feb. 8, the Associabedkess reported the Mexican newspaper El Manana, in Nuevo laredo, Mexico *will almost completely stop covering drug gangs after the company offices were altacked by assailantswho sprayed the reception area with bullets and lobbed a grenade at the building."

in New York becauseit's all dirt I'll miss the Fillmore and Benny Blanco's. I'll miss the cheap prices of cigarettesand the awesome weatherwe're all so used to.

I'll miss this campus, which has become a second home. I'll miss the teachen who made a difference in my life, speciffcally the English deparnnent and all the teachen who let me spread my wings and allowed me to

So, now instead of exposing corruption, newspapem will simply stop covering iL Ignorance is bliss, I guess-until you realize criminals have overn:n your counfi. Investigating illicit networks is dangeroui, but that's why the Medcan govemment needs to step in and protect its joumaliqb-not let newspapersgo limp at the drug lords' feer Finally, a far less violent-though no less dangerous-war is being waged on our own joumalists-and not by a crime syndicate. As reported by Jeftey Toobin in the Jan. 16 issue of Zlz New Ymker, the U.S. Supreme Court has been siding with the federal govemment lalely on joumalists' semi-protected right to withhold names of sources witlout being prosecuted, also known as reporter's privilege. This has dire consequences.Journaliss should not have omnipotenl iiber<itizen stahls,but Toobin points out that when the ability to cultivate sources is threatened

be myself.

I'll miss the deparunent I've worked for over the last three years and the faculty who worked within.

I'll miss the shrdents who always ask me for a cigarette and the guy who sings at the flag pole. I'll miss the girls who look so damn hot during the Spring semesterwhen the weather geb nice. lll miss the in-be tween-classbeer with a special lady friend.

I'll miss the last ffve years of my life.

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- Zichelle Becerq Chernistry The game of salary negotialion has consequences,both short term and long term. The ffrst thing you need to do is your homework; gather information about the salary rangesfor the position. Once you're comfortable with this,^and the offer iomes in an attempt to allow the employer to begin the negotiation with a salary rangeThurnber,it is betier for you to respond to a salary range than speak ffrst and potentially turdercut younelf. Career Guru Martin Yate says if the salary range is $3C35K then respond with your range of $34-37K latching onto the upper part of the range. Then ask how flexible they are. This shows you're realistic and that your interest lies in the upper part of the salary range.

care about eonservatives people, not goeernment Tbe most fi.rndamental and philosophical di.fferenceabout conservafivesand liberals is this: conservativesbelieve individuals are responsible for their decisions, actions and ultimately, the way their lives lrm out.

Liberals believe people are rrnftt to take care of themselves,so the govemment should act as an overpriced babpitter.

One of the basic tenants of the liberal scdptu-resis that the government is entided to what we eam. The government is better at spending money than the individual. The more massir€ the governmenl the better society functions.

Nothing cor:ld be farther from the truth.

Whv is it so desoicable to receive what we've ri'ghffirlly en-"d? Th" .o.rrervatives in this country have been asking this question for vears. It is ceriainlv understandable to have a govemmenl Thire are some services the govemment must provide, protection being the top priority. People who get into bad sihrationswith money should not be thrown into the sheeb, but they shor:ld not become welfare addicts, either. These necessitiesdo not require such high tax rares.

Ronald Reagan undentood this. He revitalized the conservafives'core principle and made it a reality with his tax cue of the early l$s. Ever since, the Republican Parf has nrn on the plaform of "Reaganomics." Most Democrats. of coune, hated the idea of the people gefring more of what they eamed.

The left failed to see the beneffts of a selfefficient wstem flike the existence of more money to pump back into the economy, for onel.

Taxes have always been one of the Democrats' shady issues.Most of them run on a pladorm of tax cuts, but when elected, they turn around and raise taxes. An infamous exception to this was during the 1984 presidential elections. The popular Reagan was going up agairst Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter's vice president during one of the most disashous adminisb-ations of the 20b

NIIKE DANELEK mdanelek@msul.edu century. Mondale, in an attempt to be frank at the Democratic National Convention, said, "kt's tell the trudr. It must be done, it must be done. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."

I'll admit that usually Democrals are better at playing poliucs than Republicans (dradswhy they have arry power at all), but on that summer nigh! Mondale died by suicide on his presiden[al hopes. Reagan won 59 percent of the vote and picked up 49 stateson election night Since then, Democrafs have hied to run as ffscal moderates.John Kerry told us he'd cut taxes, but it wasn't believable, There is no reason to tsust the most liberal man in the Senate on this issue, especially since his opponent, George W. Bush, was fresh off the most eflective tax cut since the Reagan years. One thing Kerry (like his fellow Democrats) did admit to was raising taxes for the rich, apparendy since he feels they should be punished for being successfirland llving the "American Dream."

Taxes will never be a wtming issue for liberals, whether they admlt to increesing them or not. That's why voters are beginning to ignore rhetoric and lealizg thal conservatives have absolutely nothing !o hide on the issue.We are on the side of the people, not the govemmenL

Z()Eo Racismstill rooted in Il.S Gary Bolqt is the lWtro Direaor of Career S*'vices and uill respond to jtour career qu.estions eaety ueek in thi.s coltntn.

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children's tqa, posters and greeting cards and ffnd that a majority of &e people feahred in them, either in illustrations or phonti. tographs, will be of the ,a-" r".u "" always Throughout my education" I have been guaranteed to leam extensively about my race's culture, history and language. I will be taught in my nalive language and all of dre key players will be depicted as heroic even if they did terrible things. In facl I can be certain that I will be taught that my race is what makes tlds country greal Better vet no matt€r what classI am enrolled in, i can be certain that people of my race wrote the books, are the key playen in the evenb and will dominate a majodt)' of the class discussion. That's righ! every month is White History Month!

All of this comes to me because of my near albino skin lone and European heritage.

Even worse, I can write this column stating that Meranlo is not a racis! but a qpeaker of the huth and probably changes a few rninds. This is not because of education, reputalion or writing skill but because when a white person says something, their words carry more weighl Oddly enough, the language I have been provided and the research skills I have implemented 0o write this column would not exist had I not been in numerous classestaught by Meranto.

Speaking from the perq)ective of a shr-

dent who has been in Meranto's classesand read her publications, I will say with cornplete honesty that she is the best professor at this college. She is brutally tuthful, intelligent and incredibly challenging. Because of Meranto, I have been able 0o recognize my white privilege and attain a global perspective.

Perhaps what HorowiE is tsuly concemed about is not .har Meranto is a racist professor, but that she is an influential professor. She asks tough questions and de rnands thorough analysis.

Once a person is educated about the painfirl reality of racisn and its deep roon in our societv. it is hard to trrn the cold shoulder and'walk awav. One feels inclined to act and try to change the stahrs quo.

Above anything else, that is-whal Meranto taught me: form an educated oudook and do something with it, do not just sit back and make yourself powerless.

Noq if I were a faaly inlluential white male enjoying a great deal of white privi lege, I ttrink that may be a scary notion.

I appreciare all my professorswho make me think, who challenge my belie6, expose me to controveny and encourage me to take action. That s why, when HorowiE waltzes on to our carnpus scene and starts attacking my heasured faculty, he not only picks a ffght with professors here, he picks one with me.

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are enough to make his book wholly irrelevanL Around the time Colorado Republicans were trving, and failing, o push through legislation based on his wori<, "Hack Job" Horowiu was working on a Website called follorvthenetwork.org. This site detailed an imagined liberal conspiracy involving people all the way from Osama Bin l-aden to Bruce Springsteen. When HorowiE's ridiculous assertionsw'ere exoosed before follovthenetwork.com was errin launched, the national media quickly jumped on the story and David HorowiE became an American laughingstock. If you want to see just how David HorowiE is, check out his refew monthsago crazy incamation of the discrediled followthenetdrat one of my work.com Website at hUp://discovemetex-boyfriends was work.org. livingwith hisnew

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I am not going to spend much media ldecided I mustX"'":iT."?*"t spacedefending my professional and private Me or my right to academic freedom and

redeemed. Moreover, hesident Kieft said he wished he had 300 faculty like me and zupported ALL professors' icademic freefreedom of speech. Listening to HorowiE doms, even those economic professorswho on how to solve the problems in Higher Ed. contjnue to ignore the tue natr:re of macrois like listening to convicted lobbyistTRepub- economics and the devastation it brinqs to 'eonI did, I realized lican Jack Abramhoff on campaign ffnance every living thing on this planet (read or Mce hesident Cheney on gun conhol. fessions of an Economic Hit Man" or 'Thy ... we didnt really want each other My life has been, and continues to be, an Will be Done"l. Furthermore. I have never open book. For thoseofyou worried about published anytfiing that states"the U.S. has back. It was like tying to jarn 0ogethertwo the danger I present to shrdents,I encourage been and alwa_vswill be, racists and sexpieces o[ a pDz"le t]rat didnt fit. There really you to go to our departnent Website and isl" I could not support such hyperbole nor was a reason we broke up. An4 like a bro would rny editor publish such statements. ken record, we had 0o do it all over aga.in. see for yourself how completely ludicrous his allegations are. Is the Departrnent of Yet, Nic, you quoted Horowie's statements He found happinessand I pulled it out from Defense,who published a surdi I was pafi as futh. under his feeL of, a left-rving rag? How did such a dangerDefending me is not all that urgent. I've I question myself-as many of you probous person get not one, but two Fulbright's? been doing it since I was four when the state ably have: Why would I walt to hurt some And rvhat compelled HorowiE to spend a made me its rvard in an attempt 0omake me body I once loved?

The problem with wanting what we can- third of his chapter on me on mv husband. like them. What is more urgent is cautioning our legislatures,administrators and board of not have is that it's like a shamefirl, never- who has been dead for 20 vears?

Also, I must ask why joumalist Mc Gar- truslees (against)listening to third-rate think ending drug addiction. We are bom with tanks like the Independence lnstihrte and il it's genetically passeddown from our an- cia did not do his homework. I did not oro cestors, and as much as we ky to quit this 0estHorowits when he spoke on campus, reactionaries like H6rowie in making deci I was too busy uindoctinating.' In facl I sions about our school. You know ie are habit we find withdrawal is too shong and excused two studenb from that class who living in dangerous times when professors unbeatable.Bul maybe if we reah"iy631 wanted to hear him speak.These two would are noted as dangerous merely becausethey we're doing before we get too deep into later ffle grievances against me lor political have a critique of govemment that offends wanting the forbidden, we will snap back to bias. After a 10 month investigation I was the sensibilities of the far-right when an reality. We should bury our past and let the memories rest in peace. Rather, we should look to the fuu:re.

If he's happy, shouldn't that make me happy? Why would I want to wreck some body's contentnent for a quick game of If you're not familiar, David Horowitz is it is not detrimental to shrdents,is not for me seven minules in heaven? I was like a dog a conservative author who'd recendy been to judge. Nor should it be. chasing my tail 'round and 'round, yet nevei making his businessattacking profesiors for My biggest beef with the author is what undentanding what I was trying 0ocatch. iheir political beliefs. his book tries to imply, which is that politiAs tr was lv.alking.dor.ma.long; open .. .. Horowits uses.this.book-asevidence to cal professors road a few dap laler, I wondered again push his so<alled "Academic Bill of Rights," room are dangerous for educafion. The exwhy nothing tastes as sweet as what I can't a censorship proposal he has been champi- act opposite is true-we need more politics have. Then I had a realization: For those of oning all around the country. in the classroom. We need more discussion us who only want what we can't have, it is Horowits attacksprofessor Za Meranto's of current events. I leam more when my just that we have not yet met the one we are belief that sexism and racism are rampant in economics professor talks about what's go actually waiting for. And when we do, 0rey the United States, and that Meran0o advo- ing on in the paper that day-in the realm won't be forbidden. They will be waiting for catesher position in her spare time. What a of economics, of course-and how it afiecb us, too. professor does in her spare time, so long as me.

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American citizen can get kicked off an airplane for wearing a T*hirt, escqbd out of a conference because of bumper itickers, get put on the nefly list becauseof opposition to war and when a wife of a diplomat geis outted as a CIA agent because of differing information. Therein lies the danger of taking the far-right seriously ofjust about anything.

They have cried wolf far too many times and lost all credibility. How many more examples do we need before we raise questions about fascist tendencies of the state?

As pahiots we have the right arld responsibility to question ideologues gone amok. As professors it is our responsibility (at least in l-A.S) to provide our studenb with critical thinking and writing skills so that they can form their own critique. There is nothing in the shrdent (hand)book that says shrdents musi take Dr. Meranto. In realiw. Horowits has made us'dangerous" professorsall the more popular, while offending the intelligence of sh.rdenb,Now, can thesereactionaries please leave me alone so I can do my job? (which I am obviously doing quite well or I wouldn't be in this dangerous book.)

Zia Merunto, Ph,D.

We must keep classroomsopen to all ideas I want to leam about facts and I want to leam about issues that are relevalt But politics is relevant and important, and if we can't freely discuss politlcal topics in class, of venues-and the campuseshave to be the beacon of free speech, If the classroomsget censored, well then, there's probably nothing left Brianna Boeschenstein

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The 71l'il was my favorite item on the plate. The rich flavor of the qpicesgave the beef a penebating and distinct taste. There was one drawback to the strong savor: the flavor completely overwhelmed the other dish. The lamb was bland compared to the 7;l;l Tibs.

Despite the variety and flavor ofthe food, two Edriopian enh6es, an appetizer and four beers are \ /ay too much for two people to consume. Toward the end of the meal, we abandoned the iniera and used the meab as our all-purpose utensil. The beer became stale as our stomachswere packed fi:ll.

The Nile Ethiopian Restaurant's hidden localion makes it a great place to hang out with friends. It is an intimate, easy-goingeaterv that boasts a friendlv staff and a delecb6le selection.

Joe Ngu,ven. nguJejos@mscd.edu Arada 750 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 8O2O4

(3o3)32s3344 Repare to get culturally intimate with haditional Ethiopian cuisine at Arada Res tauraJrL located amid the art hub-bub on Santa Fe, Arada brings the authentic flavon of Ethiopia to Denver.

Ethiooian fare includes seasoned meat dishes and stews,but is favored among vegans for its array of vegetarian dishes. Greens, potatoes,carrots, lentils and other vegetables -. . 5raple in the Ethiopian diet and ffgures in every enb6e. Dishes are seasoned with berbere, an essential spice-mixture of chili peppers, ginger, cloves, coriander, and allspice. No Ethiopian dish is complete without injera-a thin, light, IluS flatbread made with tefl a rype of wheat only formd Photo bv Emilv\hrisco . varisco@mscd.edu in Ethiopi4 with a taste comparable to that of sourdough.

Aster Hoile, heqd chefof Nile EthiopionReslourontot l95l S. HoThe menu offers a wide varietv of cusvono St., preporesfood Sundoynight. tomary dishes. AppetLen range fr6m $4.50 to 9.95 for beef or vegetable sambwa-lentils and/or beef wrapped in a hot and Aaky Nile Ethiopian Restaurant inside the Our communal plate would sit pashy; Azifa for $7.95-whole lentils generf95f S. Havana St. semi-circle of the baskel Aurora, CO 80014 After placing our order, we started with ously marinated with onions, g'arlic, lemon (72o) 7484239 a Bedele Special Beer ($3), an import fiom juice, and vegetable oil or a h-aditional humEthiopia- The first few sips had a fairly sweet mus dip for $5.95. Enrees are priced anyNile Ethiopian Restaurant provides a flavor with a subde bitter afurtaste. This fla- where from $9 to $10.95 for one person and unique taste for a moderare price, vor would complement the upcoming meal. $15 to $18 for two. These options indude Formerly known Artist Infe, the Nile After waiting about 15 minutes, the ap- meat dishes thar vary from lamb to beef.

Vegetarian dishes are available from $7.95 Restaunnt is hrcked away offHavana Steel petDer carne out We ordered the Ayib ovenbadowed by the giant bingo parlor that Bemibnita ($a.95), a spicy cottage cheese for-one person and $14.95for two.

All enhees include injer4 tomato fit-fit sits next to it and an Arby's on the comer. concoction that is qpread on brown spongy Still, the low-key locaton adds to the arnbi bread called injera- The injera would play (0omatomorsels blended with injera), tomaence. the varied role as plate, utensil and food. Af- to salad (chopped tomatoes blended with a The dimly-lit dining room is brightened ter getting used to the initial textr:re of the mixhre of seasonings)or your choice of two vegetarian sides, One may also choosefiom by the many pieces of Ethiopian ar! artifacts bread, we scarfed down the dish. and landscape posters that line the walls. f61 fhg mein course. we ordered two en- three combination entees.

Come prepared with clean hands, for There is a stageset up for live entertainment be6s: Zlzil Tibs ($9.99), tender beef strips Ethiopians do not use utensiis. but instead the restauranl Typi."lly, in the center of saut6ed with onions and various spices 'scoop' their meals with pieces of injera. musicians play during the weekend. In the and sauces,and Lega Tibs, Alicha Minshet bach there's a small bar loaded with an as- Abish ($14.95), a combinadon plate with All selections are served "family style," so sortrnent of alcoholic beverages. simmered lamb and three vegetarian side come with a "sharing" attitude, for you will We sat down at a comer table shaoed dishes, On the menu, there are 23 other en- be eating off the same plafe as your dining like a woven basket The server removed bees to choose from, including fuh, chicken, companions.

It is important to note that any enffie the lid and placed a tablecloth over the top. and vegetarian plates. that indudes the word "wof wil] be a spicy

awakening for someone who has mild-mannered tastes.For those with sensitivepallates, it would be wise to stick with the entrees entided "alircha" instead.

No meal would be complete without a beverage that complemenb the dish. Arada offen an extensive wine list that includes Ethiopian honey wine, along with other haditional grapebased wines. The menu also indudes Ethiopian beers and liquor, compliments of the fuIl bar. For a norralcoholic beverage,fresh mango juice fares nicely with any dish, or ty the aromatic and rich Ethio pian coffee after your meal.

Despite initial lack of attention from our server, our food was delivered pmmpdy and without complication.

For a step away from yow typical Denver burgerjoint, Arada offers an exceptional, culhrrally pleasing dining experience.

-Nicole Queen o nqueen@mscd.edu Queen of Sheba 7225 E. Colfar Ave. I)enwer, CO 8O22O (303) 399-9442 As Denver's spinal chord of cultural diversity, East Colfax houses everything from towering calhedrals io strip malls that shelter hard-toffnd Ethiopian restauranb.

Locared off Colfax and Poplar one block west of Quebeg the Qyeen of Sheba Ethio piar Restauant camouflages itself along among other mom-and-pop shops.

The menu consistsof chichen. beef. lamb and vegetarian dishes at a very afiordable price range. The Timatim Fidt is $4, and includes a cold shrftng made up of diced tomatoes as salsa with jalapeno and herbal seasoning added. The most expensive dish is the beEf Kifo at $10, which tire menu describesas an "Ethiopian steaktartar prepared traditional style or upon your requesl" The Ethiopian coffee was smooth and boasted flavon of cardamom and cinnamon.

The Ethiopian iced tea tasted like Lipton instant iced tea with a heavy citrus bite.

The appetizer Anababero ($6) is a brown colored 12" round Injera flat bread with porous sponge-like craters that soak up the safton colored butter.

The Yesiga Wou ($8) is a beef dished served in a lime green sauce.The beef was chewy and the dish was reminiscent of a hearty American stew with light seasoning and a neutral flavor.

Menchet ($8) i. flavorfi.rl ground beef " kick reminiscent of enbee with a sl$ht spicy a Mexican taco dish. The Menchet's flavors make a good accompaniment to the Injera bread.

Doro Wott ($9.50) is a chicken drumstick served glazed with a brown sauce and accompanied with a hardboiled egg. The hearw meat sauce was salw and delivered tfre right amount of spices to complement the meat and the eggs.

Queen of Sheba's low-key location and affordable prices makes it the perfect getaway on a steet brimming with seedy cultrrre.

- Nicholas Dewart dewart@mscd.edu

Top: Fromleft,tenor soxophoneployer ond Meho musicprofessorFredHessond bossistJohonnes Weidenmuellerperformot St. Coieton'sCenierFeb. 19. Theconcertfeoturedsongsfrom the bond's new olbum."How 'BouiNow." Above: Cornetislond Meho musicprofessorRonMiles tqkeso finol look ot his sheetmusicbeforethe concert.

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Celebrating the release of his new album, How 'Bout Nou, the Metro professor and jazz coordinator performed an ambitious set ihat varied from bright and lilting call and responsesto growling and experimentalblues.

The band included Metro orofessor Ron tr{iles on comel Mark Harris on alto saxophone,Johalnes Weidenmueller on bassand Paul Romaine on drums. The Gveplayers represent a new format for Hess, whose past albums have featured quartets.

"I did five quartet albums and I asked"'What elsecan I do?"'Hess said. "I had to do something diffeient. I like the result" Indeed, the result is a richer sound, a more cornplex interplarvamong the musicians, and compositions that are staggeringin theA dense melodies and rich timbres- "The extra horn adds a lot more," Hess said. "0t) is a greattool for a composer."

For lhe concert, Hess'and company capitalizei on thE intimate setting aid resonant acoustics of the cathedral as they played a selection of new material. Each of the three homs and both the rhythm instruments acted as a distinct voice, weaving a multitiered musical tapesw that was both familiar and novel.

As the concert's opening number, "Finding the Evidence" encapsulated Hess' dual nahre as musicologist and innovabor. Thelonious Monk's composition "Evidence" is embedded in the structure of the piece, but as in Hess' tibute to Lâ&#x201A;Źster Young tided "After the Leap," the composer adds his own voice in his heatnent of the material Harris and Hess' exchange of frantic melodies added an urgency and immediacy to the piece as it showcasedthe compositional possibiliues of the added hom.

"Sooz Blooz," a piece from "Sweet for Soosie,"aseriesdedicated to Hess' new bride, is a frenetic 12-bar blues that bursb with energy and movemenL The song's blues struch:re belies ib sentiment, as each chorus rings with a poignant amount of joy and inspiration.

Ron Mles' comet solo was especially lyrical and singing; his tones climbed the scale de grees efrordesslyas they nimbly navigated the space of the chorus. Miles' inimitable voice fft the compositon utterly, and Hess could have chosen no better collaborator to create a moving musical ode to his bride.

Similarly, "Song for Susan" uhlizes a statementTtesponseskuch.rre,with Hess in the lead. Hess' melodies were reflective and meditative and the band's varied resoonseswere equally stirring. Johannes Weidenmueller's bowed bass acted as a unique v-oice;is low tone danced among the tones of the horns rvith the grace and easeof a ballerina.

Continuing Hess' musical saga,the quintet provided the soundtrack for "The Clefs Ski Holiday," a narralive piece that details one hapless family's evenfrll winter vacation. As Hess narrated events, the band provided appropriate sound efects and crealed a unique and unparalleled fusion of fireside storytelling and abstract1r-.

The final tune functioned as a tribute to another Metro faculty member and i"""' gri6.

Normar Provisor. "Normal Says" featured Paul Romaine's expert use of brushes, a pertouch that added a rich and full sound. The bassand horns popped in and out of cussi'r,e ihe simple time signature, infusing the piece with an engagingunpredictabiJity. Harris' solo steadily rose in its intensity and culminated in a brash and bold melodic explosion. Miles' solo rvasgolden in its tone and intensity,balancingfte fervor of the piecewith a deep and direct sentiment. As usual, Hess' playing recalled past jazz giants even as he carved his own unique melodic and harmonic paths through the rich instrumenhl thicket provided by the band.

As with deenew CD release,the Fred Hess Ba:rd's performance at St. Cajetan'sheralds a new' degree of intensity and compledty for the composer and the ensemble. The added hom gives Hess a nelv freedom and scope as a writer, and his cast of accomplished and expert sidemen give the material its proper and powerfirl substance.

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"I feel like I did the first time I decided to pick up an instrument as a litrle kid," Einziger said. "I carry a man purse... (with) a digital recorder, and a pen and paper.

Those are a necessityfor me in my everyday life. You never know when your brain is going to think of something interesting so iCsgood to be prepared when it happens."

Einziger said his dedication to writing traces back to his cornnifrnent to music as a fan.

'I would wake up early in the momings 0owait in long lines al Tower Records when my favorite bands would come to town. It meant everything to me. I feel that even more so now," he said.

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"As long as people aren't geuing hurt, I don't care whether people are standing, sifiing moshing, eating, combing iheir hair, stagediving or studying while we play,' Einziger said.

Even though Einziger's brother Mike produced Agent Sparks' EP, listeners won't find any lncubus inlluences. Agent Sparhsis able to stand on its own. The band released its debut EP, Not So Merry, in September 2005 and olans to come out witl a fulllength recoid in April or May, according to Eirziger.

Not So Merry has a gruesome presentation on ib cover but createsa comic reaction. It shows horses being struck in the stomach with a sharp pole and wlncing in pain. The ffrst response isn't to cry, but rather to laugh. They present the humor in misery. Their l)irics have a senseof anguish or woe while their music carries an attifirde of absurdity and mockery. Lyrics from "Mr. Insecurity":'Is it me?/The personyou can't read. Is it me? / Who can never fall asleep.

Is it me? / Mr. Insecwity / Can I be a happy human being?" indicate insecurity while, be fore these lines they say, "I'll poison waterfails with tree sap and piss to stand up!"

The lyrics go from having a pity party to urinating on hees. The absurdity of these lyrics, along with Einziger and Eitel's bellowing high and low notes, makes the music come across less serious and more come dic. In "Camouflage," Btel and Einziger create an incessandyirritating drone sound that can make hair pulling a good remedy.

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Solvotion Bv Candace Pacheco cpachelT@mscd.edu Agent Sparks was brought into the world as a late night doodle conjured up by lead vocalist and guitarist Ben Einziger. The doodle-Agent Smarks--*parked a decision for a band name after the group misread Einziger's handwriting. The band is drawing out an eminent fuhrre for itself, combining to make a thick swirl of '90s grunge and satirical lynics, leaving a finished canvas of absurd and emo[onal music.

The band's existence began when Einziger and bass player Paul Fried broke away frorn their previous band, Audiovenl to explore more musical freedom. Audiovenl the lide brother band of Incubus, consisted of Mike Einziger's brother, Ben, and

siepbrother Fried, along with Brandon Boyd's brother, Jason. They came out with one album, Dirtl Sery Knighrs in Park, be fore they disbanded. Einziger was looking for more creative control and his split from Audiovent pushed him inio writjng. Once he showed his ideas to Fried, they became inhigued and decided to stad a new band, Einziger said. They went out to a Hollywood nightclub to check out their friend, vocalist Stephanie Eitel, Einziger said. Eitel's singing convinced them she should be added to the band, and Einziger felt they worked well together, he said.

"We ended up singing a lot of parts to gether, which basically became the foundation for Agent Sparks," Einziger said. later, the band added Einziger's old friend George hrrviance as the drummer.

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There's metal, and then there's mztal.

Despite what their reputation says, Atreyu is neither, at leastnot anymore.

Atreyu's upcoming fourth album, I Dealh Grip on Yesterdayis a bit milder in comparison their previous albums. Bul that's not to say it doesn't have anything to offer. Quite the opposite, in facl The band has br oken away from the overly metal guitar rift and the hair-band squeals that get held for too many measures. Say goodbye to rnigraine-inducing drums, chonses sung in barmonious unison and Iron Maiden-like guitar rift, and say hello to decipherable lyrics, powerfirl chanted choruses, lariations in tempo between son8s, and bass lines that give their music a litde bit of extra "oomph.'

They have moved into uncharted territorv. Thev have become bearable to listen to. Perhapstheir spot on the soundback to

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Spoon Lioe at ilrc GothicTlrcater (Audiencetape,2005) Bv Cory Casciato casciato@ms ul. edu Spoon is the litle rock band that could.

Neither record label shenanigans nor Iineup changeshave stopped them from re.

cording some of the best albums of the past decade. Even more impressive is the way they have evolved from the jurnpy, onedircmensional, post-Hxi es puttk of Telephono, leased in 1996,to the masterfi:I, swaggeriry rock of last year's Gimtw Fhtbn, wlttortt ever sounding like any'thing but Spoon. Album after album, they channel the elemental enerry of rock into shorl sharp blasts of timeless genius.

On stage,they tal<ethat incredible body

the movie "Underworld: Evolution" with their single, "Her Portsait in Blaclq' made them get their act together and realize their potential.

The vocals onI Dealh Grip range frolr:. deep, growling chane drat are worthy of some serious fut throwing, to simple, ballad-like, Clay Aiken*tyle choral blasts.Bul that's what happens when a band decides two singers are better than one. At least this time around the/ve managed to utilize that and make it work in their favor.

The songs are more epic, more anthemlike and a litle less obnoxious.

Their sound effordesslybrings to mind a bunch of scarf-clad, mascara-wea-ring, salon-frequenting egotists, bul upon fi.uther rwiew, they're just a brmch of regular dudes who've managed to go in the post-hardcore,screamo direction with their music. And that's OK Style doesn't always have to rnimic sound.

The most notabl e tark ot A Death Grip is "The Theft," on which the intro feab:res female background vocals "ooohing' and "aaaa}:,jng,"reminiscent of the soundback to "Edward Scissortrands."The song shrb out sad and emo, then slowly becomes sprinkled with angst-ridden screa[N, weaving in and out of styles and creating an emotional experience for the listener.

Atreyu has managed to stomp any preconceived nodons about their music, essentially making it more difficult for them to continue in the directon thev are headed. Once a band starb to get 6etbr and shows progess in their music, it can mean its deaft if it's something they cant maintain.

Well, here's to hopingl

of work, hrbo charge i! feed it a handi.rl of arrrphetaminesand set it loose on the audienci. Luckily for those who have never had the pleasure, Spoon allows taping and hading of their shows. Their last stop in Coloiado was captured by an inhepid fan and is available online for free.

The sel recorded last summer at the Gothic Thea.he, starts off with uThe Beast and Dragon Adored," kolr. Gimme Fittion. a liffle more Thev rev it up in0o something -album, ampliraggied and raw than on the fyrnC its restrained dynamics without subveriing then. From there they segue into "Chicago at Mght," all pulsing orgal, husky vocals and languid Suita., Over the course of 23 songs,they delivered a nearly perfect Spoon sel with the exception of a total lack of any material from Telephono.

Highlighe included "Efted Shifi" and "Everything Hib at Once," from Gdrls Can Tell; 'Paper Tiger" and "The Way We GetBy," from Kill tlu Moonligltt, and "Sister Jack" and'I Tum My Camera On," from GimM Fittion.

Two of the best h-acls of the night were saved for the encore. 'The Two Sides of Morsieur Valentine,' one oI Gimmz Fblraz's best backs, and an incendiary, incredible 'Small Stakes' that took everything great about the song and pushed it b dre next level.

The sor.rnd quality of the recording is good. The instrumenb are all audible and the vocals have great clarity. There's a slight boorrrlike quality, but as far as audience tapins go, this is definitely topnotch.

Ids not the same as being there, but it should convince anyone who missed it to make sure they don't make the same mistake next time.

Dournload this album at http:iirvww.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id*26323

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By Matt Gunn gunnma@mscd.edu The Roadnrnner women's basketball tearn got back to their winning ways last weekend with a pair of key victories against Chadron State College and Fort Hals State University.

Meho blasted the Eaglesfor a 7860 win Feb. 17, and followed it with a solid @60 hiumph over the Tigers on Feb. 18.The key to both victories was the 'Rurmers' retrm 0o sfrong hansition defense.

With the wins, Mefo ffnished the regular season I l-4 at dre Auraria Event Center, and is currendy fourth in the Rocky Mountain Atbletic Conference East Division with a 134 record against conference opponents.

"We worked very hard this last week on defmse, and that was our main focus tonigh! because we felt that if we had good defense then the offense would fall to us," sophonore Shaquania Lundy said.

The Roadrunners fought ttre T'.eolesfor contol throughout the ffrst seven minutes of the opening half. Ctradron State was able force three lead changesand three ties early in the game.

'Rurmers Junior Rianna Harris put the ahead l31l with a steal followed bv a layup with 12:52 remaining in the fint half.

Harris recorded a doubledouble with 21 points and ll rebounds againstthe Eagles.

Chadron State pulled ahead one last time at 8:47 off a Natalyn Cumings ffeld goal. For the rest of the garne, the Eagles could do litde to slow the Roadrunners.

Mefro's offense began to roll thanla to i6 defense,and the'Runners ffnished the ffrst haff with a 4l-28 lead. The momenbrm continued through the rest of the game.

"In the second half, we deffnitely did our job on the boards," head coach Dave M"ryhy said. "Frst half I thought we were sporadic; I didnt think we were consislenL We talked about it at halftime. The kids obviously listened, and decided to help earh other out on the boards and not rely on just one pe6on. Kudos to them for going back to the basics and helping each other."

The Roadrunners opened the second haff with a 154 run in the ffrst ffve minutes of play. Mebo led by as much as 25 poinb with 8:28 remaining in the game.

The Eagles only played seven women) and their short bench was a dear disadvantage tbroughoul The Roadn:nners' bench outscored Chadron State 2910.

Including Harris, ffve 'Runners ffnished the game in double figures. Danielle Elleringbon and Paige Powers ended the night with 12 and 1l points, respectively. Freshman Erica Valenzuela gained 13 points and six rebounds,and Lundy scored 12 points.

"We were coming ofi a twogame losing steals, so we had to start somewhere," Harris said. "Everybody was prepared today.

We just worked on defense all week, and everyone came out and executed."

Mebo out-rebounded the Eagles 3933, and as a resull outscored ib opponent 2l-5 in second chance points. The team credited its big numben to the defensive effort "Its going to be the same way for the rest of our games," Lundy said. "Defense."

The same was true against second place Fort Hap the following nighr Metro opened its game against the Ti gen with a 136 run in the ffrst six minutes.

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"We needed this win because we were kind of in a slump on defense," Elleringon said. "We worked on that all week. and that really helped us tonight' Once ag"ain,Metro's bansition defense was the key to success.The Roadrunnen earned 13 steals, and outscored Fort Hays 2$15 off urmovers.

Meto took a 3425 lead into halftime. and worked hard in the initial minutes of the second half 0o sustain the advantage. The 'Rururers led by as many as 13 points.

Fort Hays was hesitant to shoot from the perimeter throughout the contest. The Tigen outscored Meto 3420 in the painl but hit onlv two of nine three Doint afiemDts. 'di6s Two Tigen scored in double againstMeEo. Tiya Tahrm accounted for I I points. and Astrlee Gustin added 10.

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Once agaiq llarris led the Roadrururen' offensive effort wifr 24 points. She added 1I rebounds for her second doubledouble in .ls many nights. Sophomore Paige Powers gave Meho a boost with 16 points and four steals, and Ellerington accounted for 13 of the 'Rurmers' points.

The Roadrunners have two road games remaining before the regulax season concludes. Metro squares off against Colorado Christian University on Feb. 24, then heads to Colorado School of Mines for the season ffnale Feb. 25.

"In the last games of the year, we've pretty much got to do what we did toniglt " Erica Valenzuela said. "It's all about our practice, and all about our attitude. I truly believe that we control what we wanl and it's all about how we come out and how we Derceive iL We need to make teams Dlav to bur level insteadof them settingthe pice fot us. If we set the level, I think that we can win any game no matter what.n

She may be very soft spoken off the cour! but BJanna Harris' play on the court soeaksvolumes for the Mebo women's basketball team.

The jlni6l forward/center has taken her game to another level as the Roadrunners (164, l&4 RMAC) look toward the [a* two games of the season,and head to the Rocky Motrntain Athletic Conference toumarnenL Harris, who was narned RMAC Playeroflhe-Week for her performances against Chadron State and Fort Hays State last Friday and Satrday, is playtng exceptional basketball lately.

According to head coach Dave Murphn she couldnt have picked a beter time to do so.

"Rianna appears to have caught a second wind at just the right time," Mutphy said. "If she can continue producing on both offenseand defenseour team will have a greai chance to win botr games (against Colorado Christian and Colorado School of Mines).'

I larris is second on the team in scoring with 13.5poinb per game, leads the team in blocked shots (30), steals(50) -d rebounds per game (8.4).

Despite the astounding numbers and wirming the RMAC Playeroflhe-Week twice this vear. Harris is verv hurnble about her accolides and auributes them to her teammatesrather than to herself.

"We do not go into gameslooking to win Plaverof-theWeek. but it is an honor if one of us does win the award," Harris said. "It's thanl$ to my teammates.They make me a better player with great vision and passes that put me in the position to succeed.n Harris plays on a ven' young Roadrunner team with no senion and a combinedtotal of nine freshmen and sophomores.

When asked what kind of role she needs to play in order for Metro to win ballgames, she responded by saying she likes to lead bv example.

I "Wu do have a lot of freshmen on the team and it is a leaming experience for them." Harris said, "I iust do what I have do to helo this team win.'

Vfirrphv said that Harris' role is to re. bound both offensively and defensively while her post defenseis critical to the Roadrulurer's overall defensive strategy.

"When Riarura is achieving in those critical areas, our chance for successrises dramaticalln" Murphy said.

And his statementholds true. When Harris has been dre leading rebounder, Metro has had a record of lG4.

When Harris leads the team in scoring and rebounding, tleir record is .!1. The fo cus of the team is 0owin the next two games, both on the road, and host a home game in the RMAC Toumamenl With Haris' continued brilliance on the court and her "lead by example" approach, Mebo should penevere duough tre toumamenl But don't expect Harris to make too much noise in the toumament-she will just score her points and grab her rebounds and quiedy lead Metro to many successes.

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Men'shome finole 'Runners stomp Eagles,fall in

defensive battle to No.1 Fort Hays B.vJlatt Guln gunnna@rnscrl.trtu Homecoming weekend was difficult for the Meto men's basketball team. The Roadnrnners thumped Chadron StateCollege 8258 Feb. 17, but fell to No. I Fort Hays State University 67-59 the next nighl The 'Rururen remain in third place rvithin the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference East Division after the weekend splir Metro is 17â&#x201A;Ź overall,and ll{ in conferenceplay.

"Regardless of outcome, we want to get a lirle beter (with each game)," head coach Mke Dunlap said. "It's going to be a onegame seasonno mafter how you look at iL" Chadron Statewas able to compete with Metso for the ffrst I I minutes of their meeting. The Eaglesgained the lead momenarily with 8:49 remaining in the first half.

Momenh later, senior Greg Muth sank a three pointer to put the Roadrunners ahead for good. Mebo spent the remainder of the ffrst half building a llpoint lead.

Halfivay through the game, Muth had already scored 20 poinb.

"A lot of times the other team's worried about Drew (Williamson), (Michael) Bahl and Dustin (Ballard)," Muth said. "I just got a few open looks and the guys were working for me. The shots were hling a[ night."

Mebo's offensive parade against Chadron State continued through the final 20 minutes. In the second half, ttre Eagles didnt get within eight points of the Roadrunners' lead.

Muth hit seven beys, and led everyone on the court with a career-high 2Gpoint performance. Junior Michael Bahl g:ained 13 points and nine rebounds, while senior Dorian Smith came off the bench and went twofor-four from beyond the arc to score

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"I'm Eying to be a complele player, so Im working on the outside," Smith said.

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repetitions in and I just wanted to sho\r' that in the eame.'

Thi shot didn't fall as easilyfor the 'Runners the next night against Fort Flays. At 24 I overall, the Tigers conrol the RMAC and fie NCAA Division tr rankings.

FonvardJeremy Atwaler, who scored 25 points and pulled in 22 rebounds, led the Tigen to victory. Atwaler combined with the rest of his team !o out-rebound Metro 47-26.

"It was verv emotional." Muth said after his final home game as a Roadrunner. 'I think the team played real hard, we jusi got beat on the boards. We didn't get our shooters open, but we'll be back."

The 'Runners were competitive for the game's entire 40 minutes. Muth scored the ffrst points hvo minutes into the match, and the teams were tied at eight points midway through the ffrst half.

There were six ties and nine changes in the fint half alone, with Meto gaining its fina.l lead with 3:4O remaininq. Atwater scored the final three poins of thE haff, and Fort Hays went into the break with a 32-29 lead.

Meto stayedalive becauseof its defense, which accounted for l0 fusrhalf steals.Leading up to the break, the offense shot only 25 from the ffeld. oercent Both teams hit I I ffeld eoals in the second half. Metro's foul trouble put Fort Hays at the free throw line often in the second half, and gave the Tigers enough of an advantage fol the win. "i rvould love the opportunity to play them again if we're fortunate enough to," Dunlap said. "I would take that draw out of anybody in the league fust. I iold our team 'we build off this.' We just couldn't make those two or three key plays, ard they were technical things. They were a rebound here or an open sho! and that happens in a good, tough game. People saw good basketball to night so it is what it is.'

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TheRoodrunners losto debnsivebofiletrctheTigers67-59.

Four seniors on the men's basketball team played their ffnal games at Auraria Event Center last weekend. kior to Meho's Feb. 18lossboFort Hays State University, Greg Muth, Drew Williamson, Dustin Ballard and Dorian Smith were honored at cenler coud for their contributions to the team. "lt's been a great experience," Ballard said. "I couldn't have asked for anyhing more, as far as the coaches,the players and just the environment that's here at Metro.

It's just a great expedence altogether."

Muth and Williamson starled in each of the 'Runnen'25 gamesthis season.Williamson leads the NCAA with an average of 4.1 stealsper game. He's l9d in the nation with an 87.2 free tlrow percentage. Williamson is Metro's point leader with 429 scored this seilson.

The only sâ&#x201A;Źnior !o have played all four

years as a Roadrururer is Mu*r. He leads Meto with an average of 4.3 assists per eame. Muth also leads the team in total minites olaved with 804.

B^alird ioined the 'Runners before last season.As i senior, he has started 23 games, and has averaged 8.9 points per game.

Smith was the most recent addition to the team, joining Metro prior 0o this season.

He's played in 22 games, and scored 123 points as a Roadnrrrer, "Their effort has been extraordinarv. as far as what they put in physically just io be tlrough the rigors of what we do day-in and day-oug'head coach Mke Dunlap said about the seniors, "From a mental sandpoint, they're very good representativesof the instihr[on.

They're ambassadors. Whether it s Greg who's been here four years, or Dorian who's been here for one, they're people that the program and the school can be proud of," Drmlap said.

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By JeremyJohnson jjohn31\@mscd.edu Four former Meto ad etesand a former Roadrururerbasketballsouadwere inducted into the Meho Hall of Fame Class of 2006 at a ceremony at the Auraria Event Center on Feb. 18.

Women's basketball player Farrah Magee, women's soccer player Tonja Ridgeway, diver Jetr Smith and men's soccer player Tim Yunger were inducted into the HaIl along with the 2000 NCAA Division tr men's basketball team.

"It was .really awesome to have all of those shrdents back," Metro Athletic Director Joan McDermott said. "And you could tell they were very appreciative and honored to be inducted into the Hall."

"Hopefr:lly (the induction) ties the alumni back to the campus and the athletic departnenl' McDermott said. *It's a good way to get the alumni to keep in touch."

Magee was a two-year standout on the women's basketball team and was named the 1998 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player-of{he-Yearwith an all-American honorable mention.

Ridgeway was a four-year member of the women's soccer team and was named to the all-American team in her freshman year.

Ridgeway is currendy ranked sixth all-time in Metro women's soccerin both points (73) and goals (27).

Smith was a member of the svrimming and diving team in 1983 and 1984 and won the '&t Nafional Association of Intercollegiate Atlrletics National Championship in the three-meter board. Smith was also the '83 Intermountain Swim kague Athleteofthe-Year with wins in the one and three-me. ter boards.

Yunger, a four-year conhibutor to the men's soccer team, was shocked to get a call from his alma mater.

"Being introduced (into the tlall) was

ninth in the naton in Division tr."

The 2000 Roadrunner men's basketball team made Metro history by defeating de fending champs Kentucky Wesleyan College 97-79 and capturing the school's ffrst Division II National Championship.

The entire 2fi)O team was inducted into *re Hall along with head coach Mike Dunlap and assistant coach Brandon Hayes.

Dunlap and Fla)'es sdll hold their respective positions. Dunlap is currendy in his ninth year at the helm for the Roadrunners.

"Thev rvere an impressive team that had a lot of pressure on tirem," Dunlap said of the 20ffi 'Runners. "They were ranked No. I in the counhy at the beginning of the year, so they had everything to lose. *For a program that didnt have any no toriety, they carried that pressure very well throughoutthe season."

Many of the inductees have found success in life after Roadrunner sports. Some have found condnued successin sports.

Photo by ]latthew Jorras o jortasnt(9msc<l.crlrt For example,Magee now works for the Rockies in ticket salesand Yunger Colorado Meko ossisfontcooch BrondonHoyes police oftcer and is married is a Loveland lisbnsos the 1999-2000men'sboswith three children. ketbollteom is induciedinto fie Holl of Several members of the 2000 basketball Fome.Hoyeswos o coochfor the NCAA team have found successin the sport overleom.

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Former players Kane Oakley and Todd very heardelt" Yunger said. "ICs amazing Crowes both play in the Ausbalia National to have someone recognize some skiil that Basketball League for the Caims Taipans I had soccer-wise,though it was my leam and the Adelaide 36er's, respectively, and which prettv much made me."

Paaick Mutombo is a forward for Beleium Yunger-currently ranks third in Metro's in the lnternationalBasketballFederafi6n. record books with 24 goals, 19 assistsand Former starters DeMarcos Alzures and 67 points. l,ee Barlow were recendy named to the DiThe numbers a.reeven more imDressive vision II 50d Anniversary Team. A.nzuresis when consideringthat Yunger *as i defen- the alltime scoring leader for the 'Runners sive back until his senior year. with 2,116points.

"I had never played forward my entire Dunlap was also one of l0 coaches life and I had been playing since I was nine named to the Team. years old," Yunger said.

"The best thing was watching (the play"I went up front and ended up scoring ers) interact widr each other," Dunlap said l8 goals and 13 assisband ended up ranked of the reunion.

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vorsitystqlus Softbull seeks Club, athletic department chasingintercollegiategoal

By Evan Luthl.e elutlrye@mscd.edu It has been nearlv 15 years since Metro has competed in r.aitty intercollegiate softball. When the program was removed in 1991. it left a void manv Colorado universities and colleges face today.

Only nine colleges in Colorado include softball among their varsity sports, but softball continues to be exbemely popular among teens and in high school athletics acrossthe state.

Mebo is currendy seeking to ffll this void and in doing so increasein4tale opportunity for prospective shrdents who wish to play softball, improve athletic support for those already a.uending and firlffll the wishes of mimy women playing on the club team.

The process for bringing softball back to Meho started last year when, then junior, Kelly Jones formed the dub softball team.

Jones, along with I I other women, seized the opportunity to not only play softball, but to potendally bring it back to Metso as an intercollegiare sport The team picked up where the '91 team left off and enjoyed great zuccess,not only quat$lng for the nalional championship toumarnent in Washington D.C., but taking 129 at the event in thef ffrst year together.

Jones has been instrumental in both the team's successand moving forward in the ffght to bring softball back This year, she rehrmed not only as president and captain of the team, but as the coach as well.

All of these tides eritail a lot of hard work. Jones was and is responsible for planning travel accommodafions and bansportation for the club team, which was exhemely challenging for the hip to the National Championships. All of the hard work and hor.us she pub into the team is, she says, worth the rewards. In talking to Jones, it is obvious she culy has passion for tlre sport Jones was not the only instrurnental force driving the retum of softball. Atl etic DirectorJoan McDermott has been extraordinarily inlluential as well. A fonner softball player henelf, McDermoa was very excited when Jones began kying to form the club team.

McDermo6 said she knew that with a sbong leader (fones) and an overwhelming interest throughout both the campus and the Denver community, Metro had a great chance to improve itself.

Tide D( did not have rnuch inlluence in bri.gug softball back.

"We've been in really good shape Tide IX-wise. We could have probably waited a few more years from u Titl" IX ;tandpoint and been ffoe, but really the main piece is the student interesg" McDermott said when asked about Meho's standing with Tide D( The addition of softball, however, will bring the school incredibly close to a complete 50/50 split between male and female student-athletes.

Although a team is close to being formed, thanks to the efforb of McDermoft, Jones and the club squad, softball's rehrm is not definite. The fate of softball may depend on the Student Govemment Assemblv and the Board of Tmstees.

The athletic department has proposed an inoease in the college's athletic fee. By raising the fee three dollars per semester, Meto athletics would have an additional $120,000 to devote to the expanding the cross country, swimnfng and diving teams, as well as dre addition of softball.

Even with the increase, Meho's a.thletic fee would remain at nearlv half of the Colo rado School of Mines athletic fee. which is

slightly higher than Meto's in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The increase only has two rnore hurdles to overcome before coming into effecl SGA and the Board can seriously hinder the team's plars by votlng ag:ainstthe increase.

SGA has been very helpfirl to the club team thrls far, helping to firnd the hip 0o Washington D.C. Also, in the upcoming months, McDermot will give a presentation to the board, and student and community support could convince many sh.rdenb to vote for the fee lncrease.

Metro studenb will not be the onlv ones helping to fund the team. The Coiorado Rockies and their continued cornrnitnent to helping Colorado baseball and softball teams with their "Field of Dreams" campaign will be crucial in funding the team. Pending ihe softball's team's rehrm, the Rockies plan to donate a sigriffcant amormt of money to be put toward the building of a new ffeld.

"As it stands,there are only trvo softball teams in the Denver metro area !o walch or play for and that\ Regis and Mines. If you don't want to be an engineer or pay $40,000 dollars a yeax to go to school, Denver area high school shrdentscan't stay close to home and play collegiate softball,"Jones said.

Jones' hard work will not benefft her, because when softball ooten[allv rehrms. she will have graduated.

t ft A t Of Meho's varsityathletesare ll I v/^ women. Soffballwould bring I L / U the numbero 5l percent'

Metro's lineup current ofwoment sports Basketball: The Roadrunner women's basketball team has been a part of Metro athletics since the 1982-1983season.

Between 1992 and 1996, the women's basketball team u'on either the Colorado Athlefc Conference regular seasonchampionship, or the CAC Toumament.

Since joining the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in 1996,the 'Runners have qualfied for eight conference toumaments.

Meho won the RMAC tounament chamnionship in 1997and 2005.

Mitro women's basketball has appeared in four NCAA toumarnents.

Soccer: In 2004, the Roadrurmen becarne the first soccer team in Colorado history to win a nalional championship. last season, three Roadrunnen, Stephanie houty, Kylee Hanavan and Amy Leichliter, were named to the NCAA AllAmerican team The team has been in existence since 1985, and has ffnished 19 of is 2l seasons with winning records. Coach Danny Sanchez joined the 'Runners in 2fi)2, and the team has since eamed an 8&55 record.

In the past four years, the women's soccer team has ffnished its season twice in the Ehte Eighg once in the Final Four and

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equal opportmity to participate in sports.

By law, schools must stive to not only have the sarne amormt of male and fernale albletes, but must qpend the sanre anount of money on them as well.

Tide D( has done wonders for the advancement of women's sports, but some schools do not have the proper firnding to maintain all the sporb prograrns they once had.

Difierent irutitutions handle the responsibilities of Tiile IX differently. In order to even the playing field, some schools are forced to cut predominantly male sports such as wresding, while some are able to add new qporb such as womerr's hockey.

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Vollevball: The Metro volleybatl team has enjoyed great successas a va$ity tearn, Roadrunner volleyball has eamed a 259 107 alltime record in its past 23 years of existence.

Metro's postseason triumphs include four Rocky Mountain Athletic Conlerence Championships and 12 NCAA Division II btunamenr aPPeiuances.

Current head coach Debbie Hendricks won three saaight RMAC Coach-of-the Year awards between 2001 and 2004.

The Roadrunner volleyball team has featured 12 All-Americans since 1984.

Tennis: Meho women's tennis has reached the NCAA toumament in each of the past three yeals.

In 2004, the Roadrunners were the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular seasonchampions, and won the RMAC Toumament. For the team's success,head coach Dave Alden eamed 2004 RMAC Coach-of-theYear honors.

Last year's team featured six AII-RMAC Singles Playen, and three AII-RMAC Doubles Teams.

Cross Countr5z: The most recent addition to Meho's list of va$ity teams, cross counfy is currendy building on a ninth place finish in the 2005 NCAA Regional.

Besureic checkout TheMet Reportfor breoking newson oll compussiories. www,metreport.com

Swimming and Diving: The Roadnrnner women's swim tearn ffnished eighttr at the recent NCAA North Central Regional.

Swimming and diving has been a part of Meho afirletics since the 19951996 season.

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