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By Lou Christopher achris21@mscd.edu Two recent assaulg at Metro have raised safety concerr on campus, making the Auraria Mafial Arts club an alh'active option to leam seHdefense and gain conffdence. A sexual assault on March 3 at around 9:30 p.m. and a physical assault on April 6 aJ around 5:4O prn., were reported to the Denver Police Departnent and the Auraria police. Both.victims were assaultedin campus parking lots. With these recent assar b on campus, Shawn Sneed of the Auraria Martid Arts dub offers a solution to fears that might have been brought on by these invasions of privacy and cowardly acls of brutatty. Sneed offers simple, but efiective selfdefense advice and also tries 0o instill selfconfidence in any student, farulty or staff willing to come to an AMA meeting. The meetinp, which are free, are held Tuesdays and Thundays from 2:30 p.m. until 4:00 pm. in the Auraria Event Center. The club will also ty to accornmodate scheduleswith new strdenb to deterrrrine if the AMA has selfdefense ideas the person can use to their beneffL With 35,000 shrdenb on campus it is not phpically possible for police to stop all crimes before they happen or to be everywhere they may be needed, Sneed said. "You are responsible for your own safetv.' ' he said. Sneed said the recent assaultson carrr
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Apri lhe"HommerStrike"on Cpl.Andy LiskoThursdoy, Det.RichVigildemonshobs The"HommerStrike"is oneof monymovestoughtin *e l3 in theTivbliTumholle. RopeAqqressionDebnsecoursenowofbred ot Meko. Thecourse,whichteoches thelorg;; *onren's selFdebnsesyslemin lhe country,R{D, is sponsoredby the ond is openlo onywomonon compus. AurorioCompusPoliceDeportment pus prove no one is safe from crime, but awarenessand preparation can help reduce vulnerability. "Selfdefense does not have to be vic lent Self defense can be as simple as exerting confidence and carrying yourself in a manner that saln you will not be pushed around." Sneed said. "Power perceived is power achieved," he said, quoting one of his favorite movies. He said a criminal does not want someone who will put up a shuggle and bring altention to the crime being committed: criminals do not want to be seen. They do not want arry ex-
posure. Studenb should hold their heads up and carry themselveswith dignity. "If vou believe that vou can do sorne thing, other people feel that you're capable of doing i!" Sneed said about exerting selfconfidence. The methods the members of the AMA u-y to drill home are about using conunon senseand keeping it simple. "During an auack, it is unlikely that the attacker is going to inform you of his intentions so you may ready yourself for the attack " Sneed said. 'This means you only
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UCD physics professor Mark Baerbchy, who had gone missing after posting bail on sexual assaultcharges,was rearrested April 13 for failing to comply with bond conditions after he was found camping in the Rainbow lakes area Baerbchy was arrested March 31 and chaxgedwith allegedly sexually assaulting a l4yearold boy over a twG.year period after a Boulder Countv detective conducted a lengthy investigation into the relationship between Baertschy and the boy, according to LL Detective Phil West of dre Boulder County Sheriffs Oftce. He was released fiom Boulder County Jail on April I after he posted bail. According to Wes! Baerbchy had not been seen since his releasefiom jail. As a condition of the bond, Baerbchy was to schedule an appointnent with ComrnrmityJustice Serviceson the ffrst workday following his release. He failed to cornply and a warrant was issued "for con0empt of court for frilure !o comply with bond conditions," according to the news release. Baertschv's red van was discovered April 12 by-a member of the Roclsy Mor:* tain Rescue Group in the parking area near Rainbow Iakes. Accordlng to the news re lease,the person was.ableto seea telephoire number on a receipt inside the vehicle. The number belonged to Baerbchy's fatheq who conffrmed with the rescue member, that his son was missing. A search for Baertschy was launched at
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fromstudents vigilcn(e police request Cqmpus but people tend to not seethem," she said. St-ldents should be familiar with and utilize the Auraria campus phone numbers, which Coogan said allow for a quicker response-time In light of the recent assaulb on carnpus, stl. dent and staff should be aware ofwavs to ensure than dialing 9lI from a cell phone. personal safety, Auraria Police Chief Heai.her "A big thing we are annotmcing is the new additional campus police phong number," Coogan said at a Safe Campus evmt Thursday. "We recendy had traro assaults on ciunprxr, Coogan said The new phone number is (303) 55G500tC, which we are taking very seriously," Chief which she recommended students progran into Heather Coogan told the audience at the Tivoli their cell phones immedialely. Tumhalle. Coogan also suggestedthe use of the Night Coogan said being ar,v'areof selfdefense tech niques can prevent such crimes and encouraged Rider program, a service that provides rides to the women in the crowd to enroll in the campus sh.rdenb nervous about walking to their cars at night The phone number for the Night Rider Rape Aggression Defense program. "The second girl that was assaultedhad taken program is (303) 55G2001. After Coogan's speech there were several *re carnpus RAD class and used those tactics 0o hands-on demonstrations av-ailable for leaming get away safeln" Coogan said. The RAD class is free and available to all selfdefense techniques. The demonstrations were put together by women on campus. A sigrlp sheet was made RAD, which helped host the Safe Campus evmt available at the enbance to the Tumhalle. Coogan said studenb and faculty should al- in conjrmction with the Auraria Police Departways locate the ernergency telephones in their men! the Auraria Gmpus Response Team, Meho's office of Shrdent Life, and the Auraria respective lob. *They lob, Health Center. phones] are in most [emergency B,v Jeanette Barrow jbarrowl@mscd.e.du
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roles Retenlion Mqssendsin orrestdominote Criticol BSA Metro student gools, intent arrested during monthlrt ride
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By Ntary'\Vitlacil witlacil@mscd.edu The last Friday of every month, cyclists in Denver and across the nation and world hit the streetsfor Critical Mass to reclaim the streetsin the name of bikes and other forrns of person-powered transportation. The purpoce of Critical Mass is to create a safe zone for bicycles on the same sheets where motorisb frequendy antagonize and harassthem, An estimated 7O100 cyclise converged at Civic Center Park for the last Critical Mass event on the evening of March 31. As the weathen has warmed up, atendance at Critical Mass has gmwn exponentially. By the end of the nigh! ftve people were arrested and one citation was wdtten. One of those arreste4 a Metso shrdent,who wished to remain anonymou; due to his p"tditg bial, received four charges ranging from bicycles exiting alley or roadway to riding bicvcles on roadwars, it ir i["g"] toi us to bike on sidewalks "If and roadwap, where do they want us to bike? Lr the sky?" said Rena Noble, one of the riders. The m4iority of the cyclists werâ‚Ź young adulb in their 20s and 30s--rnanv of them shrdents at Mebo, UCD and CCb-but cydisb of all ages showed up and regularly
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SpeerBoulevord An unidentiffed Criticollvlossriderwoih olongNorthbound iustoff the Morch 3l were during Five Moss riders orresbd fie Aurorioâ‚Źompus. Criticol Police Deportment. given hom lhe Denver while wos o ciloiion ride, one anend the ride. Some consider evenb like Critical Mass to be xerocratic, in that there is no cental leadership and no one person decideswhich route the riders will take. Critical Massersrode peacefully tlrough the sFeets, playing kazoos and grooving to hiphop blasting from a boom box bungeed to a bike, until the sound of police sirens startled and divided the Massers into several small groups. Before the chaos ensue4
a man aking pictures of the mass, cycling ahead of the pack to gain a better vantage poinq was written a citation. The previously carefree ride was over. Several riders ended up on l8F and Welton, among them was Alex KaE "I saw a woman, who couldn't bave weighed more than 120 pounds, being fanked off her bike by an officer and then tossed into the back of a police c:i4" l(aE said.
Critical Mass An estimated 325 The Denver ride beganin 1992,in cities across35 is at 6:00p.m.on San Francisco, countries host the last Friday of everu monfn, with 48 riders. the monthly ride. .l
The Black Student Alliance has had problems with retention rates since ib inception in 1992, an issue tied to the overall problem of keeping minority shdents at Mebo. "High school programs were not successfi:l in prepadng us for college," said Dana Allen, BSA vice presidenL The main goals of dre BSA are to cre. ate a close community for black shrdenb on cilmpus and to encourage and support academic success,Thev tv to foster relations between shrdents'and faculw to helo shrdenb zucceed. They also *anf to creaG a social network To that end, the organization hies to hold frrn evenb on carnpus, some aimed at everyone, Allen, henelf, had a hard time her fint year in school. She didnt take it very seriously. Geting involved with the BSA helped her invest more in her education. "If you're doing something to help the campus your drive is higher," she said. According to the Meto Equity Score card that was recendy released,the percentage of black snrdenb required to take remedial courses at CCD before loining regular dassesat Mebo is higher than any other ethnic group on crmpus. The RSA is working on sefting up a mentoring program for local middle and high schools to try and help su.rdents become beter prepared for college. According to Allen, dub hesident Danielle Kelly is responsible for geuing the BSA on Fack this vear. As a resrilt, they have had several zuccessfrrl evenb on carnprs this school year, beginning with a "Welcome Back Luau' for the whole campus. They also had a very zuccessfirlKwanzaa party for black s[.rdenb, and ftey sold roses and homemade cards for Valentine's Day. hoceeds from these evenb will go oofirnd future evenb.
puymenl deht studenl lohondle unoble Groduules "I love i! tlntt actually why I went back t0 sdrool," Mays said. iI like working with kids in general and it's a really neat place to work" Many rccent graduatesof Colorado pubMars is unable to make her shrdent loan lic colleges can't afiord to become teachers palonens riglrt now. She is in a forbearance or social workers because of overwhelming prograur in which she doesn't have to make strdent loan repaymenb, according to a payments, but the interest on the loan still shrdy released this month by the Colorado accrues.She said in a year her stan-rswill be Public Interest Research Group. reviewed and she will have to either reap "If we're not carefi , people won't want ply for forbearance or resume mal.ring payto go into thoae really vital careers that ments. don't pay a.s much," said Cory Nadler of "Unfortunately, over the past decade, as CoPIRG's student chapter. state and federal support for higher educaErin Mays, 26, is Jupposed to pay $450 tion has slowed, more students have had every month toward her $39,000 in student to take out larger loans to pay for college," loani. She makes onlj' $36,000a year. Mays, said lnuisa Manalastas,a strdent intem with a recreation coondinator for the Denver CoPIRG, in a qpeechApril 5 at the Tivoli. Departnent of Human Services, graduated CoPIRG released the student debt study from Meho last May with a bacheloy's de to call more attention to the problem, both gree in social woik. She plans activities and from shrdents and from govemment oftholidays for children who have been re. clals. CoPIRG plans to researchdebt among moved from their homes foi rrariousreasons Auraria sh.rdenband graduates. and are living ln youth and residental heatThe study's ffndings' along w'rth potential ment centenl' solutiong will be discussed at a meeting in
By Allison Bailey abailel9@nscd.edu.
a few weeks with Auraria shrdene, hculty, administ-ators and ffnancial aid oftcials. Some solutions zuggestedin the report released this mondr include an increase in need- based grar$, taking steps to make re payment fair and affordable, promoting borrower prctections and establishingincentives to conhol qrition. Nadler said the Colorado strte govemment is tying to cap tuition increases, but not much has been done on the federal level.The shrdy found 30 percent of shrdents graduafing from public colleges in Colorado can't pay back their shrdent loa.ns on a starting teacher's salary, and neither can 48 percent of students graduating from prhate colleges in Colorado. Thal compares with a national average of 23 percent of public college graduates and 3tl percent of private college graduates who are unable to pay back their student loans on a beginning tearhefs salary. Natiomvide, 37 percmt of public and 55 percent of private college graduates can't
pay back their strdent loars on a starting social worker's salaw. Statisticsfor Colorado graduates with degrees in so.ial work were not included ir: the report "Higher education in America is zup posed to open doors for our nation's young people," Manalastas said. "Unfornmately, relying too heavily on surdent debt has the efiect of closing some of those very sane doors." According to Nadler, a big part of tre problem is a lack of state and federal aid money available for higher education. "A college education has become more and more necessary to succeed in society and it's also become more expensive." hi said. CoPIRG is a nonpartisan, nonprofft public interest group. At Auraria ib student chapter focuseson such iszuesas poverty re lief, increased voter participatior\ protecting the environment and increasing student aid.
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By GenevieveSchlosser schlosse@mscd.edu The main goal of dre Blackberry Sketch Club is to help student artist's transition into the professionalworld. The club's new president Jamie Ross, is also trying to get them involved in the comrnunity. It is one thing to be an art major in col lege, making presentations and being cri tiqued by teachers and surdents. Geuing out inlo the real world as an artist involves a lot more and can be difrcult There are businessand accounting issuesthat go along with being an artist for a living as well as
having to sell yourself as an artisl 'School doesn't prepare rrs for that' Ross said. So, last Spring semester,afi student Amie Burgeson started Blackberry Skerch to help close the gap. The club keeps in contact with alurruri who can be used as resources.It also uses a mentoring qzstem within dre sirdent population. "The more advanced shrdenb are help ing the newer shrdenb express themselves and communicate visually," Ross said, At the same time, the club's advisor, Sandra Lane, bdngs in a professional artist each month to talk to the sirdenb about the
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at about 11:30 a-m. April 12 in the vicinity of tlre Rainbow I:kes area- Boulder Cowty Sherifs deputies, Rocky Mountain Rescue, Indian Peals Fre Departnen! Boulder City Water Shed and Front Range Rescue Dogs all participated in the search. According to West, Baerbchy was found at ll:45 a-m. April 13, five miles south of where his vehicle was parked. Baertchy was canping and appeared to be in good health. Baerbchy was placed rmder arrest and kans" ported to the Boulder County Jail. He was released after posting bail agatn, West said. Baertschy was ffrst associatedwitr the alleged victim four years ago through Boulder County Partners, a nonprofit organization that provides shelter and support sewices for houbled youths. Baercchy was a vohmteer mentor with the organizarion. According to police, Baertschy had allegedly engagedin "a pattern of progressivelymore intrusive sexual contacts" with the victim over the past two years. Rick Samson, president of the Boulder
County Partners board, said Baertchy began mentoring for the organization four years ago. In his four years, Baertchy only mentored the alleged victim. According to Samson, Boulder County Partners were notiffed before dre police re port was ffled and immediately terminaled its partnership with Baertchy. Samson could not comment on who notiffed dre organization. Baerbchy was teaching two courses this semester,but was put on paid leave by UCD following his initial arresL A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 2 p-rn April 20 at the Boulder CountyJarl, according to Ingrid Bakke, lead prosecutor for the Boulder County District Attomey's office. Bakke said Baerachy will be formally charged with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trusl The charge is a classthree felony with a possible four !o 12yea.rprison sentence.She also said additional charges will be filed, though she was not at liberty to disclose any informalion regarding the chargesuntil after the hearing.
. Protectyourself DEFENSE Continued from 3 have a limited amount of time to react. Not to thinh to reacl" *This is you tying to get yourself home in one piece," he said. "When fighting off an ataclq you have to remember that it is your job to get away from the auack. It is not your job to win the ffght or to dispense justice against your assailant The practcal thing to leam ffrsg how to get out of grabs, is usefirl becauseblocking punches is not gG ing to help ag'ainstsomeone that sneals up behind you and grabs you."
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"Simple and eflective is the key," he said. The AMA has six regular insbuctors and three 0o four guest instructors who teach a mpiad of styles of selfdefense. The memben of the AMA feel that if they have six different perspectivesfrom six different people who know six difierent styles,they should be able to help people assessdiflerent situations to rninimize the likelihood of an auack taking place. All new studens must s@ a liability waiver prior to participating in the haining.
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As someonewho s!6nt t5 of 25 years in radio playing classic rocls, I have to get this off my chest. I've never been one to pa.rticipate in a boycott-there's something inherendy silly about cufiing off your nose to qpite your face-but if this proliferation of classic rock as product jingles doesn't stop soon I may be forced to go ballistic in a Peter Finch" I'm-mad-as-hell-and-I'm-notgonna-take-it-anymorekind of way. Do thesead guys really get paid for coming up with such Pabulum as Cingular's use of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury HiI," Salt-NPepa's "Push If on Nextel ads, or the Black Eyed Pea's "My Humps" on Virgin Mobile ads? Is there no crealivity to be found these dap on Madison Avenue? I think not! I have a hard time believing Debbie Harry had a dust mop, much less a Swifier in mind when she penned "One Way or Another' back in 1979. Sure, the l1dcs, "One way or anothe5 I'm gonna gitcha, gitcha" gitcha" lend themselves to a product that picks up dust the way a Swiffer does, but there have got 0obe more creative ways to sell cleaning pmducts. As a community, we could come up with several reasonsto pound MchaelJackson into the clay like so rnany tent stakes, '.i :1 i i r' but the most obvious reason, in my boo\ i, . . i. L: i . .fr..f:r*. .r";J :*_ _ : h, ; :* u f : i i i i l i " i , i: is his blatant disregard for musical history. l L , i : i ;\..J ; U,LJ Back in 1987,just four years after he took the world by tum with Ihriller-trcreby ping as quickly and deftly as I can. That's right a 27-yearold hdf' It's not e:xy being a karaoke star. becoming one of the riches men on th'e Approaching the improvised stage, I am keenly aware of the Jewish white kid from Aurora in a cowboy hat is rapping like an planetJackson sold the rights to The Beaine straight outta Compton. OG l.lplw crowd in this seedy and grunry bar. Sure, they may be des "Revolution" to Nike for use in a shoe Before I know il I have captured the crowd. My lyrical prowbriated, but they are a crowd nonetheless.Sure, they may not be commercial, a ess draws a middle-aged groupie from the audience who wants chanting my name, but I know they will. Oh yes, they will. After out-bidding Par:l McCarurey for a move. She I am truly busting my star power. Oh yes, song selection: piece of calculating in my "Bust I have been carefirl and the ownership of most of the Beadescatalog, a Move" by Young MC. This is the number that will make or ties to match my mad dancing skills, but my bunny hops are too Jackson found himself in a posifion to do break my reputation among these drunken bar patrons. I may much. whatever the hell he wanted with the songs The song ends and the crowd is on its feet in adulation. I bask have warmed them up with Tears for Fear's "Everybody Wants to he "owned." Despite an uproar frorn Beades wili the fint stop. I Soon, Rule the World and Devo's "Whip It " but I know that this is the in the applause as I think that this is only fans-including Paul McCarurey, who comwith my cowboy hat. Hall, complete move in bust a Camegie widow maker. plained thar "the song wasabout revolution, Keep your eye on this half-Jew. lhe track sotrnds, the words appear on the screen. I am rap not bloody tennis s[oes"--rhe song began the rnodem era of popular music in adverUsittg. In 2005, McCartney himself appeared in a commercial for Fidelity Investrnents,along with his song "Band on the Rr:n." Fidelity "He could take a shirt from American You can still feel the glue on the neckalso sponsored his concert tour, so perhaps mesh from Hot Topic and Eagle and one lace. it was more of an "I'll+cratch-your-back-if them together and have something fabuBrennan, 18, glued the hemp and bead kind of thing than achral you-scratch-mine" lous." ed necklace together so it would never fall I like to think so, anpvay. greed. rqasn't limited to fabulousness But his ofl. He never wanted to forget Jarnie. And of the biggest offenders Perhaps one clothing. Once, while on the 16e Street Mall, as long as the necklace was around his neck whose Ied Zeppelin, "Rock and Roll' is a homeless person approached them for and close to his heart he wouldn'L music for been used as background has money. Instead of giving him some change, Jamie, who lived in San Francisco.was line. Not that ld ever Escalade Cadillac's raped ra*ren he was 13 years old. He conJamie took tJre man to lunch ard bought (or a Cadillac, for thal matan Escalade buy him shoes. tracted HIV from his afiacker and later develter), but their use of this song-regardless of "He put eveqything on his credit card," oped AJDS. And when he needed someone NIC GARCf,A the fact that they probably paid millions for Brennan lauehed. to talk to, a friend told him about Brennan, a ngarc26@mud.edu it-would push me over to the NO side if I to second bip Colorado, DuringJamie's 'oeer counselor from Litdeton. Colo. were even thinltng about buying the thug's the two became closer. And almost tlree years ago,Jamie called nHe never hid arryt}ing." choice of SUV. For one thing, the song has "It wasn't one person counseling the Brennan asking for him to listen. And, over time, their relationship began whatsoever to do with cars. If anynothing other," Brennan said, "We were counseling Brennan told meJamie's voice was soft, to change. thing, the lyrics "Been a long tirne since I Jamie's mother paid for Jamie each other." but masculine. He spoke beautifirlly and and her to fly out to Colorado and stay durrock and rolled / been a long time since I After all, Brennan faced some formatable articulated everything. His laugh rnade him ing the summer. DuringJamie's first trip, he did the sholl" iniply an old fogie who's 0oo obstacles.His parenb didn't take too kindly feel safe. far along in years for that type of music and *You wouldn't expect someone who is and Brennan went shopping and Jamie saw to his homosexualiw and he's left home the necklace. Brennan later bought it and any type of cool car, so, instead, he drives twice. He currently lives with five people in (diagnosed) positive to be outgoing," Bren- gave it to him. on Logan Street a Cadillac Escalade. For another thing, its ndn said. "His mom told me he never took it off." a onebedroom aparhnent LED ffPPDLIN, for Christ sake! Pleasetell in Capitol Hill. But he was. the most inlluential rock band ever isn't Jamie, Brennan said, was confident and More and more. Breruran found himself me "We would talk about all sorts of thingsstrong. how his day was, music, movies," he said. SeeTINIon 10 He had a style all his oivn. SeeNIC on 1l
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Dear reader, I am worried about you. I am worried about my friends, my familv and anyone else who owns a lelevision. I think we have an addiction to the TV, with its fancv cable networks. satellite dishes and other conb:aptions.I think it is time that we fix this problem. I wis once in your shoes, comrades. There was a time when my nights could not passwithout cooking shows and the evening news. After a few years, I decided to quit. It was not easy and I could not have done it alone. No matter, I am now two years clean and am here to tell you that you. 0oo, can lve without a television. Below you will find the six easy steps of dre Zoe Williams Television Rehabilitation Program. With these steps,I am hoping vou will ffnd a light more nahual and brilliant than that of the glowing box in your living roorn, bedroom, or wherever you wafch TV. Step l: Admit you are an addict. Does your primary bonding experience with loved ones consist of watching TV? Do you find that your greatest tool of relating to shargers is making comparisons between real life and television? Is it easier for you to identif' with the characten of "reality" TV than io the people around you? Can you recite the jingles, slogansand illustrate the logo of your
planet Earth is about 1,580,752,359,038,538 hrre, salvagethe parts or smashit. Forget the squaxefeel There has to be something bet- home decorating shows, bid the morning ter than television in all those feet. The num- news farewell and tell your kids that Sponge bers are in your favor. Bob rvas made 0o sell merchandise. kt go. Step 3: Make the decision to reclaim You do not have to do thls alone. Inrite your life from the boob tube. In ihe United your friends, kill their tellies, too! States, the average pe$on will watch over Step 5: Live. Take your family for a four hours of TV a day. By age 2, the televi- w'alk in the park. Read a book. Build somesion watcher will have developed brand loy- thing. Plant a garden. Talk to your friends. alties. When this TV watcher hrms 18, they Travel to places you have always warted to
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so broke its members need to raise extra cash by selling the rights to one of their greatestsongs. Honorable Mention in the Exheme Sellout division goes to The Who, a band. that went against everyihing it stood forand sang about in their classic "My Generation"-and allowed the use of its "Happy Jack" in a Hummer commercial. Shame on 'vou. Pete Townshend! And it really wouldn't hurt these ad agencies to get creative and come up with something original again. They should all take a lesson from Coca-Cola" which made millions by using "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" in one of their most popular ads back in the early '70s. After dropping its "Things Go Better with Coke" campaign in late 1969, McCann-Erickson, Coke's advertising agency, replaced it in 1979with "It s the Real Thing." ufd Like To Teach the World to Sing" was co-written by Billy Davis, of McCannErickson, who had toured as a member of the Four Tops and wrole songs Motown Records, Roger Cook, who wrote *Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" for the Hollies. and Bill Backer. who wrote the *Things Go Better" jingle as well as the jingle for "The Real Thing" carnpaign. The song becarne so popular as a sodapop jingle that requests for it demanded it become a radio single. The New Seekers, who sang the commercial version, were called on to record the single, which removed the brand name and became a !oo10 hir Of course, the advertising world is complelely unable to leave well enough alone: in 2005, Coca-Cola Zero used the !rne, but changed the words to dre mudr hipper (and even more irritating) 'I'd like to teach the world to chill." Good lnrdt
to do them! Better yet, do something vou never planned !o do. Whatever it is, dont let your.hands near the "ON" button of that dreadful machine. St9p..6: Carry this messageto other addigts, llillions. of people around y.ou own televisions and are shrck in the mindless hap of processed entertainmenl Take them oul Tell them what you have done and make it l'gorvn that they, too, can recover from this all-Am-e*an inffrmity TV Turnoff Week is April 24s tbrough the 30'r'. Kick the idiot box to the curb, friends-noi just next week, but every week You are sb:onger than yow addicflon dnd you deservebetter.
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AT6IT tanglesin wehof deceit As I grow older, my paranoia about the government dwindles, and my penchant for conspiracy theories fades alongside iL But that doesn't mean I don't remain generally suspici.ousof the powers that be. As the saying goes,Just becausethere'sno conspiracy theory doesn't mean there's no conspiracy." And so, with this maxim in mind, two recent, seemingly unrelated news evenb caught my wilrv eve, In barlv March. American Telephone & Telegraph' Company armounced ie inentions to acquire BellSouth for $67 billion. This mergei would make AT&T the largest telecom provider in the counky, effectively nulli$ing the 1984 trust bust, which split up AT&T into the 'Baby Bells." The announced merger is hardly news, and, while it concems many people in the industry both consumersand providers - considering the political and economic climare of late, it struck me as oar for the course. Then, almost a month later, I came ircross ?rn article in the online edition of Wircd maganne that made me stop. According to Mark Klein, an ex-employee of AT&T's San Francisco hub, and a wi[ress in a classartion lawsuit ffled by the Bectronic Frontier Foundation, the National Security Agency has been working in concert with AT&T to tap the communications of American citizens. In his aftdavit, Klein stated, "unlike the conhoversy over targeted wire taps of individuals' phone calls, this potential spying appea$ to be applied wholesale to all sorts of intemet communicafions of countless citizens.' Klein's involvement in the operation included "cormecting Intemet circuits to a qpliuing cabinet " and Klein "leamed from a co-worker that sirnilar cabinets were be. ing installed in other cities, including Seatde, SanJose, Ins Angeles and San Diego." This news in and of ibelf-aga.in considering the political climate of late-is somewhat unremarkable. Afur all, hesident Bush has declared his unwavering right, in the name
ber of Toobie Pop licks, may never know), it should still be causefor concern. What this dubious relationship between AT&T and the NSA implies is that govemment and corporations are teaming up, at unprecedented levels, to further their own interests.Not only do the American people face the possibility of being spied on while we talk to grandma on the phone, but we face paying less competitive prices to use that phone-not to men' tion Internet bandwidth. GEOFWOLLERNAN According to an article on CNET, Bellgwolletm@msaledu South is the 'largest owner of 2.SGFIz spectrum in the U.S.," and also "has substantial of the American people, to protect our na- 2.3GFIz spechum." The merger, if allowed tional security during a time of war no mat- to go through, would "concentrate huge ter what--+ven at the exoense of civil liber- blocks of spechum in one company." Mark ties. Conveniently for the administation, the Cooper, a research director for the Conwar in question is arnbiguously deffned and sumer Federation of America, quoted in Zhe San FranciscoChronitle, said of the merger, promises to go on indeffnitely. Allow me to paint a picture of what I "What we're really talking about here is believe is going o_n.Picture, if you will, the people having only two choices-the phone Nationa] Security Agency post-9/ 1: caught company or the cable company. That's a unawares by terrorists in our midsl and fac- duopoly, and duopolies don't compete very ing pressurefrorn an adminisb:ationintent on vigorously." If you know anything about catching those responsible and making sure capitalism, you know it is based on competiit never happens again. Secret wiretapping tion. And if you know anything about corwas the obvious conclusion. Unfortunatelv. porations, you know they are in businessto the telecommunications indusw. whiie make money, not provide cheap servicesfor regulated by the federal government, is not their customers. If there is an intricate web of deceit to be contolled by iL So, the NSA, deqpite all its it will be extremely di+hcult to unun-spun, partfrnry gizrnos and doodads, needed a ner in crime. As the largest phone service cover. Those who are aware they are doing provider in the cormtry, AT&T was another something wrong are also aware of the need to cover it up. And, as with most evenb the obvious conclusion. AT&T acceded-but with one small, or raiher large, stipulation: public has found r:nseuling laiely, this event a quick and speedy appmval of their $67 will no doubt end up on the back bumer. onlv to reduce itself. inder the low heat of a billion BellSouth aâ&#x201A;Źquisition. Too much of a stetclu you say? Too tepid media, to nothing. Without a vigilant behind-the-back-of-the-American-f eople ? public to call for an end to these questionWelI, I hare b break it to you, but a lot has able practices, the government/colporate been going on behind or:r backs since Bush steamroller will keep rolling and rolling. be fla.ttenedinto the two-dimentook office-and in the scheme of things, this Soon, we'll ndemocratic" voten our elected leadone's relatively innocuous. But, if tue (and sional the world, as with the question of the num- ers so dearlv wish us to become.
NICo A stranger'ssmile showsnew hope Continued from 9 thinking ofJamie--not as a patient or client, but as a friend. More than a friend. even. Every time they hung out, it staxted to feel more like a date. 'He was the ffrst person I Fuly ever loved," Brennan whispered, choking back tears. "You just know it s right when you hear his voice, ids the only thing you hear. When yorr see his srnile, it's the only thing you see OnJamie's ffnal day in Denver last summer, he and Brennan had coffee al Diedrich at the comer of 96 and Downing-the epicenter of Gay Denver. When they said their goodbyes, Brennan pulledJanie rrto his arms and kissed him. "It felt like I was floating. There was nothing else," Brennan said. cAll the drama in my life, the rest of the world, was gone." And soon so wasJamie. Even though they continued to talk by phone, Brennan would never see Jarnie
He died on Dec. 14, 2005. He was Jamie's mother called Brennan that night to tell him ofJamie's passing. Brerman was on his way to his grandmother's house, but he never got there. He blacked oul he said. and rememben waking up in front of one of his friend's house, his cheela salty from all of the tears. LateqJamie's mother retrmed the neckIace to Brennan. "She said I should have iL" And, he never took it oq just likeJanie. He shut everyone ouL A piece of him died, too. Still, his friends pushed him into social sihrations. He would go to the club, but would dance alone. Jamie was my relationship." About three weeks ago, Brennan was dancing when a boy came up and started dancing wi& him. Brennan tried to push him away, but what happened instead is nothing short of a miracle. The necklace, which had been freshly
glued togetheq fell off and landed in Brennan's hand. The boy smiled and everything changed. "I just melted. Every part of me that didnt want to be happy, went away." He realized, at that moment, drat it was OK to smile back. It was OK for him to live. It was OK for him to love again. Jamie's telling me to date this guy," he ioked over coffee with me on Easter Sunday. The sun had gone down, but the air was still warm. "Or at least move on.' Jamie was a "very born-again Christian," Brennan said. They would argue about it every once in awbile. Brennan says he doesn't buy &e whole Christian thing. To him, Easter was just a family poduck. But this Easter was difiermt for him. You see, when Jamie died, a fair)' bec:une im anger. Brennan's angel.
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In the company of such mid-1990s altrock powerhouses such as Nirv-ana, Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins,Jennifer Trynin barely made her way into the music business. With her autobiography, 'Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be: A Rock & Roll Fairy Tale," Trynin offers a biuersweetglimpse into the inner workings of the music business. Over the span of less than 400 pages, Trynin offers an intimate peek into the industry with all its vices, haps and temDtauons. Trynin was known for being 1995\ bidding-war baby doll of the booming nchick-rock" phenomena. After a long flirtation with a slew of record companies begging for the ffrst dance, Trymin.tied the knot with Wamer Brothen to push her debut album Cockamamie and her sinsle "Better Than Nothing." From the start, the relationship *it}r '.fh" Bunny" headed downhill, inevitably plruring Tryrtn as either th-e rypical female singer/songwriter or the "super-cool-altchick-with-thar'Feelin' Good'-song'-ofthe-year" - and nothing more. Trynin's fame rapidly faded in the fat shadows of rising female artistslike Alanis Morissette, Airnee Mann and others in the genesisof the l,ilith Fair era. Trlnin's witty and conversational writing entertains, while the plot plateauswith page after page of getting drunk,
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playing the same songs at different clubs and the never+nding run-ins with a plethora of people. Some of the characters manage to retafurtheir real names in the telling, such as Danny Goldberg of Wamer Bros. and David Geffer5 entertainment kingpin and part owner of the DreamWorks conglomerate, while othen are tagged with pseudonyms like "k.ppy Boy," "Howdy Doody," "Big Wig' and "Head Honcho.' From disappointing record salesto phlsically and emotionally tolling shows, sour interviews and a crumbling personal life, Trynin quickly carne to ihe realization that the rise to fame was anything but glamorous and smooth. The scunmy and cannibalistic demeanor of the music business 'n' roll fairy tale. As the Quickly devoured Trynin's tiny rock seedy side of the business enveloped her, Trlnin wanted out. So,in terms of her short-livedfame, she'sbailed-sansthe bitter resenknent-klcking and screaming. She married her longtime boyFiend. She had a kid. She wrote a book about how she really wasn't everything she was cracked up to be. And judging from the clips you can hear from her albums on her Web site, www jentrlnin.com, she'sbetter ofl sticking with the book deals. Her skillfi.rl, brusque, raw, and edgy writing is far more enjoyable than her catchy and poppy hmes, which desperately try to passthemselvesoff as deep and dark indie-rock sonqs.
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filmsshowing 0tSturz short Studenl F'our-duyfestival showcasesglobal features on Sahrday in the King Center. Maysles and his late brother. David. were pioneers in creating filrns without scripts, sets or narration, about life unfolding. The brothers A legend, some sbrdents and a ton of have delved into a wide range of culture zombies are coming to the Starz FilmCenfrom The Rolling Stones in "Gimme Shelter. ter" to Truman Capote in "With Love From More than 40 short films will be shown I rurnan. at the sixth annual Starz first I-ook Film FesAt 2:15 p.m. on Saturdan film teachers tival April 20 to 23. frorn various colleges and schools around Student filmmakers from around the Colorado will hold a panel discussion on world will compete in seven caiegories, "What's being taught at Colorado Film, ranging from Best Documentary to arrimaMass Communications and Art schools." tion to cinematography. The closing night screening wlll take Wade Gardner and Josh Weinberg, place-at 8 p.m., Saturday,followed by the two former students from the Colorado awaros ceremony. Film School, started the festval in 2001. Ac- . Advance tickets for all screencording to their Web site, they wanted to ings are available at the Starz showcasefflrn projects that would never be FilmCenter box office or bv orderseen outside of school. That inaugural event ing online at www.denverfilm.org. showcased33 projectsin a three.hourperiod Tickets are $8.50 for the general bv' studentsacrossColorado. public and $5.5O for students a.nd Since the festiral's humble beginnings, Film members. Denver Society several feahues have gone on to win prespalrses are available to Festival tigious awards and make their way through the general public for $45.5O and larger festivals such as Carmes and Tellu$31.50 for students and DFS memnoe. bers ot'd can only be purchased at This year's festival begins on Thursday the box office. For more ticket inwith.a screeningat 8 p.mformation. call the Starz FiknCenThere r+ill be a latenight screeningon ter at (3O3) 8933456. Friday nighl w'hich irill feahrre a horror For rnore inforrnation about theme. fhe lVeb site describesit as "ar unthe festival, cafl the festiva.l hocut, uncensored, totally campy program." tline at (3O3) 595-3456' ext. 3t or Legendary nonfiction filmmaker, Albert visit the Web site at urww.firstMalsles, u.ill be the honored speaker at this lookfest.com, or wia email at year's festival. He will give a talk at 6 p.m. inf o@f irstlookf est.comBv Joe Ngur,en nguyejos@rnscd.edu
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We have ta gvAe a bit more beer before we build the $2.25 you<all-it offer that applies to any drink (except scokh and wine.) Nevertheless,there are plenty of deals available. requisite courage to perform. Still, as we ffll out the song re I order a specialty drink. The Mango Riata is a saccharine quest forms and pore over the selectbns, inhibitions begin to ' mixture of Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Mango liquor and disappear. The crowd is friendly and encouraging adopting a that sets immediately into the regular crowd bluecollar imbibem. pineapple. It is a potent concoction, brew details us of sphning in my mind and that revives longdiscarded memo. Plus, there is no pressure to sing too well, as would-be stars steadily massacrestandards in ofi-key tones. ries. This amateurism is the appeal of Karaoke, however, and With such a powerfi:l elixir couning tlrough my bloodshearn, I am ready for the next stop. We bid farewell to the dre Yacht Club's small size and endearing crowd s0eadyus as quaint and inimitable staple bar and head for the last rernain- we each make our way to ihe iri*eshift stage. Club 4O,1 Lounse We tackle such songsa! "$eqt Agcnt Maru" "Bad Moon ing cowtoivn bars: The Skylark lnunge. 4O4 Broadway the World" with reckRising" and "Everybody W;f6tbTul; Our ffnt stop is a historic watering hole at 404 Broadway, less enthusiasm.The regulars are receptive and encouraging . a Denver staple that has seen the cif bloom and hansform Skvlark Lounse l4O S. Broadway spoiling us with applause and kind words. over ib half-century stint as a gafhering place. We are soon addicted to the rush and humor of the whole Club 4O4 Iounge is hrcked among the standard BroadThe Skylark Lounge is another historic Denver drinking way fare: pawn shops, antique stores and liquor stands. Its site, and although its new location lacks some of the grit and experience, picking out rnore and more songs and making impressive crimson sign setsit apart from its neighbors, how- grime of the original, it still boasis an undeniably reto fla- more and more of a'soectacle of ounelves, ever, and its interior speaksof an aged comfort that only long vor. When we ffnally make our exit, we leave feeling part of an years can bestow. As we enter, tlvargf guitar lines belted by John Nathan exlended family. Although there may be bars that tout fancier There are four of us: three writers and a photographer. and the Rotten Gamblers greet us. The music fits the estab- sound systemsa.ndmore song selections,the Valverde Yacht We are shown tn a cuzy booth against a wall peppered lvith lishmenl as the cowboy lilt and honky-tonk melodies further Club's Karaoke humps the rest in ib sheer welcoming and intimate setting. beer posters and menus. Behind the bar is a black-and-white embellish the carefully mainta.ined ambience. poster of a 1956 Oldsmobile parked in front of the bar over Postersof vintage personalitiesand ffIms adom every inch Esquire Theater 3Oyears ago. 6f ihg vva:lls.As Johnny Nathan and his crew rip out lines Even the waibess, a 2-6-yearveteran emplovee named reminiscent of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, the images 590 Downing Street As our ffnal stop on our whirlwind tour of Denver on a Nonny Meyer, bespeala a captivating amount of life experi- of Marilyn Monroe, I-ouis Armstong, Billie Holliday, Dizzl' ence in her steady gait and her purposeful manner. 14'henshe Gillespie and Duke Ellington look on from the perches along Saturday nighg we opt for culhrre over drinks. The midnight movie is a regular feahrre at the Esquire, offers us menus and calls us "Hon," our night on the town the wall. ffnds its official startlng point. Although t}re music is live tonight, the bar boasts one of and has featured such diverse tides as 1932'sclassic "Freaks" Radiofriendly hard rock fom the'80s blares as w'e setde the best jukeboxes in the city. As I sip on yet a:rother PBR" to Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs." Ever Saturday night features a in and order our PBRs. Despite the insistent guitar solos and I browse selectionsby Tom Waits,James Brown, Edith Piaf, cult classicand a rambunctious crowd. This week's pick is *Metal: A Headbanger'sJourney," a plaintive butt-rock vocals, a senseof nostalgia hangs in the air. Big Mama Thomton, Howlin' Wolf, Chick Webb, Muddy Th e a lm os t palpable a h n o s p h e re th a ts h i n e s i n e verdetai l W atenandscoresofotherrootsarti sts.i nthej ukebox. sociologicalexp1or at ionint ot hem usicalgenr et hat h of the space,in lts chlpped fumihrre and its wizened pabons, "It's alwap been a good bar with great music," said Gary coundesseardrums bleed, Director Sam Dunn takes an acaw o u l d beim pns s ible to re c re a te o ri rn i ta te i n a n y k i tschbar.Ire,abartenderw i thsevenyeanofexperi enceattheSky- dem iclookat heav7- m et aI , ar r dincludesint eews from some of the music's most notable contibutors. Alice "[he bar) is my farnily legary," said Jefl Feld, manager lark. "There are no televisionsl it's a conversation bar." Indeed, the Skylark boastsa place as one of Denver's last Cooper, RonnieJames Dio, knny and Tony Iommi contriL on the night of our visit "We've done it right for 55 years." Alt}roughtheneighborhoodarrdthepahonshavechalgedauthenticWesternbars.Itsfareforthepopcu1trrreofthepastutet]othiscinematicarrdanthropologicerlordon. sl n ce F e|q{ \ f am ily f f n to p e n 9 d th e d o o rs i n l 9 5 1 ' $ r ecoz,vdi sti ngrri shesi tasatrrrl vuni quespoti nD enver,sn lghdif e. ambience and personal touch has kept the spot thriving. This Our conversation thrives, but the pulsing music and spots on the floor. After a night filled with cheap beer and is a divebar in the best senseof the term, an unassuming and packed room soon send us on our route !o the next nochrmal Karaoke performanceq we are ready to relax. The crowd is its own entertainmenl as disafiected youth in leafherjackets. unpretentious spot where drunken adventures with a varied advenhre: Karaoke. offer their own kibute to healy metal: the devil hom gesture cast of characters await. proffered to the screen. The Valverde Yacht Club In addition to the standard menu of alcoholic breras,Club Although the movie has ib momenb, the experience 1319Alameda 404 offers a menu that would make any camivore's mouth water.TheirspecialtysteaksandburgersoferafllingfareThesunkenbaroftheValverdeYachtC1ubisdisorienFismoreenjoyablethant]reactuaIflm.Thereissorneg What advenhrres await in Denver on a typical Sao:rday night? A$ned with a notepad and a camera" our corps of shrdent joumalisb stsuck out in search of a taste of the city's nightlife. We wanted to avoid co{poratâ&#x201A;Ź bars and lifeless restaurants; our frue goal was to uneartl the real personality and life that setsa Saturday night in Denver apart We found friendly bartenders, enthusiastic pahons, the fun of Karaoke and the majesty of Heavy Metal.
its entertainment and cultral value. The satanic excessesof The eightounce club steak is a filling meal for $9. The perspective, already skewed by the PBRs and Mango Bfata, Norwegian healy metal and its sheer silliness seems more course begins with a salad served with a massive tub of blue is thrown for a loop. ch e e s edr es s ing, I t ' s a b l i s s f:l b o u n ty to p l e a s e ta stebuds,butTheshi fi nvi ew poi nti saftti ngpreparati onforo ur act ivi. poigr r ant int hedar kenedt her a horrid temptation to ruin any diel The medium-rare sbeak ties at the bar, as we are about to make the shift from unas sion screen. When we finally shufle out of the theatre, the toll of the is ordinary compared to most stea.khouses, but it s the best $9 suming patrons to singing sensations. There is a small crowd assembled in front of a pair of evening has caught up with us. We are drowsy and drained steak I've ever had. The rneal is complete with sides consisting of beans, rice and green chili, creating a flavonome orgy TVs and a PA system. Karaoke renditions of well-wom pop of energy as we head home after a night on the town. It takes tunes ring from the speaken as lyrics are spelled out on the a lot to shrff heavy metal, IGraoke and cowboy music into of food. As for the booze, the beers and mixed drinks are stan- monitors. We have come to the ultimate experience in alco one nighl dard for the most paxt, with a few special exceptions. We holinspired abandonmenl singing drunken! for a drunken have missed the special,only available on Tuesday nights, the crowd.
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'80s like Sounds Johan Bengbson's basswork is low'key and generic. Perhaps the rh$m section lacks flair in an effort to play up the vocals and The highinlensity,uptempo, synth-fflled synthesizer,where the real genius lies. musicof The Soundsjetisons peopleout of While some of the inshuments are hard the presentand backinto the '80s.Adomed to hear, or loo boring to listen to, the band in learherand tight pants,the band not only traps people and pulls them in. The Sounds sormdslike it's from the pas! it looks like have the '80's punk aftitude that screiuru, it, too. "we don't care if you like uq we are going to Fortunately for The Sounds, Arnerica keep making music." This band is arnazing is embracing a time-warped obsessionwith because it transfers its vigor and excitement '80s mumbejumbo. The incredibly popular *rough its songr, giving everyone a taste of "Grand Theft Auto: Mce City' takes place their demeanor. during the decade. Popular stores sport The Sounds formed in Sweden in the fashions straight out of the era: baggy shirts Iate '90s. In 2002, they released their first that serve as dresses,fluorescent colon, big ilbum, Liring in America, which debuted at earrings and gaudy jewelry. Even the spiky, No, 4 on the charts in Sweden. ln America outof-contol hair of the past has become the band received mixed reviews. The aItrendy again. It's no rurprise The Sounds bum lacls the harsh and raw vocals that . have found a place for themselves in the now give The Sormdstheir '80's edge. Ivarsworld that is popular cult-re. son sounds like a young, poppy teenager M{a lvarsson's vocals mimic those of with no a.frinrde.Anderberg's synthesizeris her predecessors.Her harsh voice sounds barely audible. Everything that makes them reminiscent of Debbie tlarry of Blondie. good now is lackiug. In each song she soun& a iide difrereng Aftet' a couple of years, they started to keeping trings interesting. Occasionally her gain momenhm in the American music coarsevoice venhles out of hrne, giving it a scene. In March 2006. thev released their drv. latest album, $ng to Sa1fh;s to You, and ' raw-soundOf course, The Sounds wouldn't have more listeners have embraced the band. their '80's dance flair withoutJesper AnderTheir ne*{ound sound gives them the edge berg on keyboards. His synthesizer bans to join and take over what is now considpor$ the audience to the era of side pony- ered popular cultrre. t ils and stimrp panb, During slower songs, AII of the songs on 4rog *. fantastic, Anderbelg urms the piano into a punk-rock but "Qgeen of Apolory' stands out as one instrument of doom. of their best songs. Ivanson sings choppy, Felix Rodriguez usesjaded, blas6 guitar short sentencesthat match perfecdy with the chords to create a wailing sound. Fredrick beat of the drums. Anderberg's synth offen Nilsson's drums keep time and make the a spacey, up{empo noise that provides the sormd complete, but they aren't exceptional. framework for the song.
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B,vCory Casciato cascinto@mscd.edu I love the Internet s fiee.music scene, but it's hard to dispute that most of it is ill-conceived, poorly executed and/or aggressively,obnoxiously awful.It does nake ffnding those rare gems all the more precious, which is why I felt like I'd discovered King Solornon's mine when I discovered the net label Observatorv. Observ-atoryis th'efree, online sublabel of Skylab Operafiors, an independent electronic label based in Mennq Aushia. It has 45 releasesavailable for download, mos$ four to six song EFs, from artisb all over the world. Most of it seems to be experimental elechonic, but there's plenty of song-oriented electronic pop and at least one straighrup lo-ff indie rock release.I haven't worked my way through more than a fraction of what the site offers, but five of the six releasesI dollr oaded made it into my pemanent collection-that s a better ratio than most of what I buy. Here are the highlighe of my ffrst halfdozen forays into the best thing !o happen to free music since broadband: .Tape. - Sea-ScapingMnxhQ in 4 m 5 Motcnus htqr://www arrhive.org/details/od[4
Weloverhe',80s. Fromlefhrhesounds ore:JesperAnd.H[:l:ii:"'*:lt;['#l',"'u"' Moiolvorsson, Fredrick Nilsson, ondJohonBengtsson In "Hurt Yor:,' dre guys in the band sing (Ivarsson briefly appears for the chorus, but mostly the song showcasesthe gup' abilities to sing out-of-tune).The change in vocals is jaxring at ffrst but the song still delivers the edge and excitement of other songs on the CD. Nilsson's dnrms dre extremely simple and slighdy boring but they help setthe tone of the overall song. Rodriguez's guitar plays quiedy through most of the song. He does have a slight guitar solo Sra66ff6rs nethin8 more than old time rock 'n' roll; his abilities at ri$ng and screeching shine through.
This is a loopn hypnotic exercise in cyclic variations and the joy of repetition. Ids firll of oddball oscillations, sculpted noise and whiring ticking percussion that manage to be warm, inviting and completely abstracg all at the same time. Sounds like an extraterrestrial music box or classicalmusic for robots. - Fa$astic Disastcr Tert Adventute http://www.archive. org/detailJos036 Wistfrrl indie pop with elechonic arrangements and acoustic guita$. In a perfect world, some of the Postal Service'srecord+etting saleswould have gone to these guys. Four great songs (including a Silver Jews cover) and a groovy elechonig&roise inho piece make a nice introduction. Tree Wave - CabanaEP http;//www.archive. org/details/os034 Pop songs played on an Atari 2600, Comme dore 64, an archaic 286 PC compatible and a dot matrix printer ihat have been reprogrammed as sound generators. Add a honeytluoated fema.le singer and stir well to create some of the strangest and most beautiful tones I've ever heard. Having owned or logged exlensive hours on all of those "inshuments" al one time or another, this lslsass fascinatesme on mone levels than I can express.
The Soundswill gracethe stage April 28 at the Ogden Theatre with Action Action and Morningwood.Doors open at 7 p.m. Hear lhem at the-sounds.com or myspace.com,/thesounds.
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inspirution lnvisihle Thrice spreadstruth about Liganda'slost children Bv Sarah Co n'r,r'a'r' sconwa.16@mscd. eclu lmagine a country in r.l'hichrebel armies abduct children who have been orphaned bv an AIDS eoidemic and force them to kill their siblings, parents a:rd friends, where girls asyoung as eight years old are forced to become the wives of their abductors, raped, tornrred and forced to kill. Sound like something out of a movie? It is. Unfortunately, the fflrn is a documentary on the very real horrors of a violent rebellion, l'hich Ugandan children face each day. ln the spring of 2003, three filmmakers from San Dego took a trip to Africa in searih of a Stbry,What they <iiScoVeredwas a war that has been raging in northem Uganda for almost 20 years and is being fought by abducted children between the ages of five and 14, who constitute 80 percent of the soldiers. An estimated 40.000 omhans walk up to 12 miles each night to avoid abduction. These children are known as "night commuters." The footagehas been made into an hour-long documentary, which has been apdy tided "Invis-
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After learning of the crisis finthand, the fflmmakers returned to the U.S. and launched a fi:nd-raising campaign. They started showing screeningsof "Invisible Children" to their friends and the messagespread through rvord-of-mouih.
"He told me that in this time he began to question what he was doing even thinking about trying to make this fiIm," Kensrue said. "But then he told me that listenins bo our song."The Artist in rhe Ambulancel' in the hospital made him believe that he could do more with his art and that it could really mean somethingand changepeople." The band immediately thought of ways it could get involved.They recordeda video segment to promote the Invisible Children campaign accompanying their online music video and hosted a benefit shorv last fall at the House of Blues in Hollywood. "As a band we hal-e taken seriously our position to affect a positive change in the rvorld sincewe signedto Sub Cigv.We had a choice to sign with Hopeless-{he non<harity associatedhalf of the label--or Sub City, which gives a percentage of each album's sale to a charity- We chose Sub Crty and have continued down that path even when switching Iabels to Island,' Kensrue said. The Invisible Children campaign started a Winnebago tour in which they hold screenings of the film on high school and college campuses across the country, encouraging students to host creative,
fund-raising events and to pass the film on to others. These events orovide necessary firnds for tire chil&en to go to boarding schools.ln addition to providing an education, regular meals and uniforms, the schoolsoF fer shelter,eliminating the need for night commuting. lnvisible Children has raised enough money to put %0 Ugandan
the Invisible Cbildren carnpaign. "I found out about'lnvisible Children' at the Thrice show rvhen they toured with Underoath,The BIed and Veda. They talked a litde about it on stageand were handing out Ilyers about it and I threw ii away becauseI thoughtlt wasjust somelame advertisernen! but I rememberedit sayingsomethingabout Indsible Children on it." Evans said. "But then my a.rt teacher told me about it again ald showed me the D\rD and I saw that I could achrallylend a hand and be a part of the solution. I u'ent to their official Web site and I signed up for the Global Night Commute right a$er that." After Mullen High School seniors Brad Sheehan. Ashlev Hancock
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neebeck *'atched the documentar.v; they started an Invisible Children club at their school. They hosted the "Invisible Children" screening on their campus and teachers have since shown the video to their classes, urging more shrdentsto get involved, According to Hancock, they were able to get food donated from Sam Taylor's BarBQ and TCBY to feed the more than 120 studentswho tumed out for the event. Senior Sara Heinle immediately jumped into action after watching the fflm at Mul-
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"I've already written two Iettâ&#x201A;Źrs to rep resentatives of Colorado, Ken Sa.lazarand Wayne Allard, and one to hesident Bush," she said. "There are sample letters available online that you can person,h"e a iittle bit if people want to write to them." On April 29, the Invisible Children campaign is launching the Global Nght Commute in which citizens from more than 130 cities acrossthe world lvill commute by foot to sleep outside, demanding that our governrnent get involved and put and end to tne wa-r, There aremorethan27,385peoplesigned up acrossAmerica. Invisible Children's goal for the night commute is 30,000. "The Global Night Commute is just an idea we had to really bring all the people who care about this issue together on one night and to really show the govemment numbers on how many people know and
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"I believe in a purpose behind all things, though what it is I definitely cannot alwavs see," Kensrue said. "In this case, things seemedto unfold in front of my eyes." The band iust finished the video for "lmase of th" Lnisible" which dealr with children being kidnapped, and a resistance group trying to get them back, when less than a week later, "Invisible Children" was shown to them by a friend. "We were floored by what u.e saw' and heard. and not onlv becauseit was so terrible and heart wrenching, but because it so closely minored the plot of our video," Kensrue said. 'The song icelf was deaiing with the worth and value of human life, and the video loose\ followed that theme, but other than that, (the video) was nothing more than a story that it seemed *'ould emotionally connect with the song and lvork with its dlrramic movements." The night after the band watched "Invisible Children," Kensrue met filmmaker l,aren Poole outside of a club in San Diego. Poole told Kensrue about how he had conkacted mala.riain A.frica and was in and out for two weeks in the hos of consciousness pital, during which Ttrice's music inspired him.
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Two senators, Sen.James tFor children th ro u gh school. nOur education program is a lisle different than othen becauserve have a mentor prograun as t'ell.' said Katie Bradel. assistant to the filmmaken at Irrvisible Children. "So over each group of kids r.r'ho (Invisible Children) puts through school, there's also a mentor who takes care of them. helps them with their homework, making sure that there's nothing going on in their lives that's keeping them from going to school." Ross Evans, a senior at Bishop Machebeuf High School, said going to a Thrice show was the ffrst time he ever heard about
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Led Zeppelin Presence (Swan Song,1976) ByTim Dunbar dunbafl@msul.edu Thlrty years ago, while Americans were gearing up for their bicenlennial celebration, Ird Zeppelin was celebrating the release of ib seventh aJbrtm,hesentc. Recorded in iust tlree weeks in November 195, ar:ring wtrictr the band spent up to 18 hours a day in the shrdio, the album was a deparh,ue of sorls from previous Zep wor*s. hxmte could almost be considered a scaleddown model of Led Zeppelin, as it was lacking the variety of sounds-keyboards, sbings and anything acoustic-normally heard on the quartet's other, more ambitious albums. And for good reason. Aside from ib speedy producton, hesencewas recorded while the band was on the move between Malibu, Calif., where lead singer Robert Plant was recovering from a car accident he'd had on Aug. 4, 1975, in which he'd broken his ankle and elboq and Munictr, Germanv. where the LP was recorded. Plant, b6cause he was still in a plaster cas! was forced to sit during the recording of his vocals. Anyone who's ever seen Led Zeo pelin, *re 6and *rar feanred the best front
AUDIOFILES o PAGE21 man in the history of mck 'n' roll, can imagine how difficult it must have been for the singer to pull ofl. The album openswith the epic, "Achilles last Stand,' a fftring, yet ironic tide. Achilles was the hero of Homer's 'The Iliad," whose mother had the idea of making him immortal by bathing him in the river Styx. She held her son by the heel, which became hls vulnenble poing Achilles was shot in the ankle by an anow during the Trojan wars and killed as a resull Plan! presumably, had some empathy for ooor Achilles as he sat in a wheelchair during the recording of this song which was feahrred in live performances rmtil Led Zep pelin disbanded in 1980. Guitarist Jimmy Pageplays a Gibson Les Paul throughout "Achilles," giving it a harder sound than its Easterninlluenced predecessors uThe Song Remains the Same," and the blockbuster "Kashmir," and Plant's vocals, in spite of his compromised position, are as punchy as ever. If Page's guitar is the mainstay of Last "Achilles Stand," it is the pounding bass of John Paul Jones that caries hesence's second cut, "For Your Life," as far as it is able t-ogo before it collapses into a maudlin whine-fesl Jones' bass and John Bonham's tight syrcopation are the only saving grace of this song-the only audible weak point of the
entire album-which finds Plant doing more Store Rock' as one of his personal favorites moaning dran singing. on the alburn, but that may have been due to the hct he recorded most of his vocals for Some critics accused Zep of taking ibelf too seriously, Those critics probably never the song during one l4*rour session,Plant's took a carefrrl listen to "Royal Orleans," a hard work on this particular cut may have quirky urne about a member of the band skewed his view of his own work. waking up next to a drag queen. The song"Hos on for Nowhere," ndrlle being one named after a hotel in the French quarter of the most uptempo songs on the entire of New Orlears, where the band spent time album, is also one of the moat desperate taking in the unique essenceof the area-is and depressing. Plant len out most of his based on a hue story,-but the band menr disgnrndement with the world in this four ber and the drag queen, to this dan remain minute and 44 second cut Witr lwics like. anonvrnous. "Inside mv [des dance the ebb ar:rdsrav / Inspired by Blind Willie Nelson, who The sun iir my soul's sinking lower / \{hil6 wrote similar brrics in the 1920s,'Nobody's the hope in my hands hrrrs to clay," it is Fault But Mine' operx with a bluesy, flanged clear that Robert Planl at that point in his guitar intro and fea.i.uessome of Plant's best life, was not a happy rnan. Still, the song vocals, making it the strongestcut on holds ib own tlrough the genius of Page's the album. Sparselyrics--.some guitar riffs and the Bonhar4l[ones combinathat make no iense what- tion on Dercussion. soever-help drive this In thi tadlUon of "Since I've Been l-ovguihr-heavy hme ing You," fiom kd Zeppelin's third album, forward with all and "lm Gonna Crawl" from Pirsical Grafthe force of the fiti comes the closer of heseie, "Tea flr band's tour- One," a slow, somber blues number thal ing plane, the sounds as powerful today as it did when the Boeing 7208 band went into the shrdio to record iL Derived from PlanCs homesickness and slow "Starship." If one recuperation, the song was writlen when the song singer found himself alone in a New York on the hotel drinking tea- His loneliness is palpable album sounds dated as he sings-but never moans-"How come 30 years after twenty four houn, baby sometimes seems its release, it is to slip into days?I A minute seems Iike a "Candy Store lifetime. babv when I feel this wav." Rock." ComThe song clocks ln at over nirie minutes, posed in the stu- but each guitar ritr, each drumbea! each dio and put together bassstroke is so carefi.rllycrafted and engagfrom fragments of ing the lyrics become the antithesis of the barely-rememberedElds song itself. Presley lgics (which Zeppelin Although it was recorded in near record managed to hrrn into an ode to cururi- time and under rmforhrnate circurnstances, lingus), "Candy Store Rock" contains echo hescnce, though not one of kd Zeppelin's laden guitars, fi:antic voca.ls and Bonham's better-known albums, remains to this day signaturedrum rifis. Plant described "Candy one of their best
lNVIS|BLE. Thesound,track of our lives ^ Music has alwap had a visceral impact IOr me. AII of life's sigrificant evenb have their proper sormdtracks. All of my most prG found and memora.ble heartbreals, joys, regrets, defeats, relaxations, joumeys and friendships have an accompanying song or, more often, album. As I enter the final years of my 20s, I have come to realize tra! to quote Cat Stevens, "the first cut is the deepest" For all the music that has entered my life within the past ten years, the songs and albums that most often recur are the ones I fell in love with when I was young and impressionable. As a favorite fflm or book from childhood resonatesthrough the years, so does a piece of music. I was an avid audiophile from an early age, so &e most distinct and durable music is in the concephral form of an album. These are no mere childhood fancies, however, as age and experience have only added to the listening experience. As I become older and, hopefully, wiser, the albums that were so cenh:al to mv orimal development ring more deeply and ieveal more truth. As a boddler. mv father's Volvo would often ring with ft; sounds of Fleetwod Mac's Rumours.The album was a constant soundback to my joumeys to school and beyond, and every note became ffxed in my memory. I even adopted my father's distaste for one song, "Oh Daddy.' I would often imitate my patemal hero, tapping my feet and along to the tunes on the dashboard. These were :rmong my first favorite
ADA"\I COLDSTEIN goldstea@mscrl.eda. songs. As I made the awkvard bansition into mv teens. I dismissedftzzutrs as a musical tifle. For me, it was the equivalent of a Rafi album, in i6 association and place in my pasl Recently, I bought the album on CD, and as "Secondhand News" and uI Don't Want to Know" rang, I maweled at the corsistency of the music and accessibility of the ly"*. A line like, "Now you tell me that lm crazy; Ifs nothing that I didnt know,' was lost on rry rmdeveloped, prerelationship rnind. Id never acted the obsessive fool and called an exgirlfriend when I shouldn't have. Hearing those songs now, I sfill tap into my inner child as I tap my feet and drum on the dashboard, but now the enjoyment is deepe4 it's pulled from my own heartaches,mistakes and lessons. Paul Simon's first solo album, tided simply Paul Simor4was one of my first solo musical discoveries.At 12,I often rifled through my own parents' and my friends' parenb' record racks, on the lookout for interesting desgns. Paul Simoz wiN a revelation; ib frenetic acoustic guitar work and stark words were nothing like of the syrupy and clich6d Simon and Garfunkel songsI'd heard. I was
inspired to leam guitar, to drown myself in the songs' strucU)res,to commit the words to memory. The task continues, and even though I've learned many of the songs on guitar, there is still a mystery to the record that grows with each listen. Songs such as ?eace Like a River," "Duncan" and "Papa Hobo" retain that initial impact, that aruaze ment and admiration. Bob Ddan's Blood m tfu Trark is the album thai I most closely associate with heartache and futile love. For every failed crush I had in high school. for every object of affection that returned my advanceswith the dreade4 "You're a great guy, bul..n, Blood on the Tradcshad ia own palliative. As I grew older and my a.ffectionsgrew more serious, the songs became more robust in their pertinence. A recent breakup made me pull the re cord Fom the racks agaiq and every song seemed speciffcally destined for my current sihralion. On "Buckets of Rain," these lines stuck like an anvil: "I've been meek and hard like an oak lI've seen pre6y people disappear like smoke / Friends will arrive, friends will disappear/ If you want me, honey baby I'll be here." I am sure that these albums will offer more sympathy, more support and more solidarity as life throws more cuwe balls. My ravenous musical appetite wlll always seek new songs, new albums and new axtists. Still, these are the constants.These are the artistic comforts I will always seek when I've been upended by life's sorrows. l,ike a parenCs hornemade meal or a security blanket from infancv. these are the culhrral comforb that time cannot disUll.
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everyone who attends the Global Night Comrnute to write a letter to their senator and to their local congressman, so if they have that many letters coming in to their ol ffce all at the sane time, then they can do a lot more work. They can't igrore iL" Denver's Night Commute will take place at the capitol building, and participants are asked to arrive around 7 p.m. They will be ffkned standing in front of one sign that will have a couple of words on i! which will complete a phrase or sentâ&#x201A;Źncewhen combined with similar signs in other cities. These sigrs will be shown together in a ffnal fflm that will show the completed message. Commuters are asked to bring a sleeg rng bag, pillow, flaslrlight and supplies to be used to write letters to America's leaders. These letten, along with photos from the even! will be compiled into a book to be sold at a laler date. The bools will also be sent to President Bush, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and to the children of northem Uganda- There will be filrning and photography throughout the event. "Hopefirlly, the Mght Commule will raise awarenessand put pressrre on Congressto get some diplomatic help to the re gion," Kensrue said. "As far as our involve men! I rhink we will just take opportunities (to help) as they come. Some of the pro ceeds from this tour are going to Invisible Children because we were able to have input on (wherethe money goes).'
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men Roodrunner perfect in RMAC Meanwhilenwomen's tennis team's conference record ravagedby repeatedlosses against RMAC rival Nebraska-Keamey w.ts posponed due to rain showers and high 1john30$@mscd.edu winds. The match was rescheduled for Aoril The Metro men's tennis team took two 20 at Auraria Courts. of three matches this past week, beating UniAkiko Kinoshita won her singles match, versity of Colorado at Colorado Springs and U,7$ (6), April 17 againstFort Hays, but Mesa State to remain unbeaten in Rocky the Tigen swept up the rest of the Metro Mountain Athletic Conference competition. women in the &l loss. The Roadmnners narrowly defeated The loss to College of Santa Fe dropped the Mor,rntain Lions April 12 in Colorado the men's overall record to l2-7 on the seaSprings, 54. son, but the Roadrunners came out of the "That's the nahue of tennis," Meto head week still on too of the RMAC at .l-0. coach Dave Alden said. "You're not always With the loss to Foft Hays, the Metro going to be at the top of your game.' women's team fell to 2-17 overall. They are Metro rehrmed to Auraria Courts the 14 in RMAC play following aftemoon to defeat the Mesa State The Metro tennis teams head into a Mavericla. G3. potentially gru.lirg week that begins with Sophomore Riley Meyer came through back-to-back matches against Sonoma State in the clutch for lhe Roadrunners, winning a and Nebraska-KeamevAoril 19 and 20. Kethird-set tiebreaker over the Mountain Lions' amey is also n-0 in RMAO play. *This (Nebraska-Keamey match) deterEric Rivera in singlesplay, G3, 4{, 7{ (3). Metro's third-ranked doubles team mines who's No. I and No. 2 in the conferof sophomore Sean Carlton and William ence toumament," Alden said. Meyei were also crucial to the Roadrunner He added bragging righb are on the win, edging past the Mountain Lions' third- line, too. ranked doubles team, 86. The busy week culminates with a threeIt was the second win for the duo this day RMAC Tournarnent at Auraria Courts season. April 21 23. William Meyer also won his singles It's oossible that Meko and Nebraskamatch (G3, &3), as did juniors Drew Mach- Keamey will meet again for the conference holz (Gl, G2) and Mark Mlner (G0,G0). tide. The Meho women were on the losing "ff we play ihe lpe of tennis that we're plavine." Alden said, end of the Lions' attack and were beaten capable able of playing," said. "we have a 7-2. chance to win rhis toumament." Junior Akiko Kinoshita won her singles match, G2, &1, after teaming up with her sophomore sister Ragnhild Kinoshita for an &5 win in third-ranked doubles play. The Roadrunnen won their ffrst two doubles matches on April 13 en mute to a G3 win over Mesa State. The No. l-ranked regional duo of senior Metro State's Andre Nilsson and Riley Andre Nilsson and Riley Meyer continued .their dominance with an &5 wln and Mach- Meyer are ranked No. 20 in the nation in holz and Mlner followed suit witl a &2 vic- the latest releaseby the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. tory. The duo is lG4 on the seasonfor Metso Machholz, Mlner, William and Riley and is ranked No. I in the North Cenfal Meyer each won their single matches, with Region. The doubles team of Drew MachMilner winning in straight sets,6{, 6{. Akiko and Râ&#x201A;Źnhild Kinoshita again holz and Mark Mlner are ranked No. 6 in won their third-team doubles match^&5. for the region. Nilsson is also ranked No. 4 in the rethe women's only win in an &1 loss, In the men's third match in as many gion in slrgles play. As a whole, the Roadrurmers are ranked days, No. 9ranked College of Santa Fe swept the Roadrr.urnersin singles matches No. 6 overall in the North Cenhal region. The rankings are according to the Fila and went on to defeatMetro, &l. Collegiate Tennis National Rankings, re The National Association of Intercolle giate Athletics ranks the College of Santa Fe leased April 10. All collegiate tennis rankings are availN o.9. The Aoril 15 men and women's match able at www.itatennis.corn Br Jereml' Johnsol
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Metro baseball drops four games, falls below .500 By Eric Lansing lansing@mscd.edu Metro baseball had won seven of its past nine games to achieve a winning a record for the second time this season.But it only took one weekend aga.instWesbemOregon to fall back under .500 as the Wolves swept the Roadrurmers in a threegame seriesover the weekend. "We. just didn't come ready to play,' head coach Vince Porreco. "When we got down, we were done and we didn't ffeht back." Westem Oregon hammered Med'o's pitching and scored al least seven runs in every game. Adversely, Meeo left its hitting a.t home, as they posted run totals of two, four and eight respectively. The 'Runners scored eight mns in the opener, but allowed 18 runs on 14 hib with two errors, a wa]k, and ffve hit batsmen. With the score at &3, the Roadrtlmen closed the gap with a three-nm seventh i+ ning. Sophomore Reece Gomran started the seventh by reaching second base on :m error and sfiolenbase. After senior Mke Hoefr grounded ou! freshman Dakota Nahm singled in Gorman and dren scored himself on junior Brent Bowers's single.Junior Kyle Bowman set the score at 86 after bringing home Bowers for his dxfi RBI of the season. The Wolves staved off the Roadrunner comeback by lighfing up the scoreboard widr l0 runs in fieir half of the seventh inning. Sophomore Scofr Covell, who came in for Brighq forced the ffnt bafier he saw to fly out ' The second out of that inning was{r't re-
corded until after 12 Wolves balters scored lO nms on six hfls, three hlt babmen, three walks and a grand slam .by senior MaE Skundrick. The irming ffnally ended with an 186 Westem Oregon lead. The ffnal score was l&8 after Gorman hit a two run homerun in the eighth inning to ffnish ofl the scoring for Metro. "We came out hising in the ffnt game but we couldn't put anything together to keep up with them." Porreco said "The pitching performzulceswere not as $ood as they have been in the past and we could not provide enough support to keep ourselveg in the same." Games thre'e and four saw Mebo oroduce a otal of 13hits, six runs and six errors in 7-4and 7-2losses.Out of the 16 combined innings played by Meho in the two games, the team only scored in three of them. On the other side. the Wolves scored in eight of 15 innings played. In the 74 loss, Metro.saw freshman J.T. Eilertson win his first game of the year as he pitched eight and tr,vothirds innings, giving up only four nms on nine hits, striking out four Roadrunnen;. JuniorJacob Cathey got his ffrst save of the year as he got junior DJ. Edwards to ground out to end the garrre. Roadmrmer third basemanBrent Bowen committed four errors on the day. Three of them extended innings, and al6wed Westem Oregon to scorc three runs. It hmed out to be fhe difference in the game. Game three saw Meho Ake it 6rst lead of the series by scoring two nus in the ffrst tning. Edwards qparked dre inning by walking and then adwancingto second on a passed ball. Sophomore Reece Gorman singled in Edwards to start the scoring, and later scored on an enor by-junior shortstop Paul Fisher. Mebo's scoring ended there, and the 'Runnen were shutout for the rest of the game by Wolves pitcher Andrew Renyer. He held Meho to only two rrtr r-orrâ&#x201A;Ź
eamed---onfour hits, while fanning six Metro batters. Junior Braden Ham (53) took the loss as he allowed seven runs on eight hits with five strikeouts in a cornplete game effort Meho continued ib road tip further north to Ellensburg, Wash. for a two game seriesagainst the Wildcas of Cenu-al Washington. But the road woes continued for Meho as the pitching gave up 17 runs on 18 hib while the defense cornmitted six erors in a l7S loss. Meho iunior Mike Bilek was the ffrst pitcher to get rocked by tlrowing 108 pitches in only four innings and allowlng nine runs-ffve eamed-on l0 hits, including a wild pitch and a hit batter. FreshmanVincent Vasquez was hamrnered in his t}ree irurings pitched giving up four runs-two eamed-on five hits, while sfiking out three. The ffnal victim in the Wildcats' scoring onslaught was sophomore Scott Covell, who pitched t}re eighth inning and gave up a grand slam tosenior Chris Sepanski. Bilek lost his fourth game of the year, wlrile junior Rick Templeton (1{) cruised through the six innings he pitched, spreading out two runs on four hits. Metro avoided the road sweep by taliing game two from Central Washington Gl. The Roadmnners used a four run second inning and great pikhing from Bright to win their first game in their last six bies. Although the win does not erase dre bad taste of getring manhandled in the previous four games,Porreco mentioned that it was a very important win. "The win'showed the character of the tean as they sFapped it back on after the four lossesand cane ffred up to play." Porrecco emphasized. 'The next three weekends are going to importad for us as dre Rocky Mountain Aftletic Corr' ference (RMAC) is still up for grabs and it will be good to get back home to make a nrn at iL" The Roadnrnnen will look forward to some good home cooking as they rehm to Auraria Field for a four game se. ries against Colorado Christian starting Fridan April 21.
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CALtrNDAR APEX Metro StateBFAThzsit E*hibition Noon -l ;im Gentle Yoga- Wednesdays -2:15 - This exhibitionwill featurea mix of artists 1:15 Yogaas Therapl Wednesdays Nia (NeuromuscularIntegratioe Action) in printmaking, painting, photography, - A blend of dance,martial arts, t'ai chi p.m. (ntnmediate) - installations, metal smith/jewelry design, High Energ Yoga and yoga.Mondays11a.m.- 12p.m. and digital manipulations,lithography, mixed Thursdays,10- 10:55am. Wednesdays 10-11a.m. in the St. Francis media,webandvideoart by Metro students. .Atrium. Free Blooil hesrure Saeenings - Every The exhibition will run from Aoril 21 to Friday at the Health Center,Plaza150from May 4 at the Centerfor VisualArt at 1734 Mat Pilates - Mondays and Thursdays 2 - 4 p . m . WazeeSt. The opening receptionwill be 9 - 9:55 a.m. and 12 - I pm, Tuesdays, Aprir2r'6toBp'm' Fridav' Thursdays9:15 - 9:55 a.m. in the St. Free ElV snd T'tbela:/'osis(TB) Testing Fiiniis Atri:um. - Ongoingat the Health Centerat Auraria.
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