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tukesfucultyflqk Norton "I would oppose, equally vigorously, any signiffcandy politically identified person as graduation speaker," he said. "Indeed, I would not want to see some heavily-identiThe cloud hovering over former U.S. ffed Democra.t from lower echelons, espeSecretary of the Interior Gale Norton has cially one with a moral cloud over his or cast a shadow on this Spring's graduation her head." ceremony, as some Metro professon oppose Metro owes their graduates someone her as the cornmencenent speaker. who is not rmder aly suspicion and should Three Metro professors have publicly give them a moving, politic-free graduation, expressed indignation that the qpeaker is a he said. Studens should be honored for highproffle politiciarS whose time as secre their hard work and sacriffces with a truly and scandal. taxy was tamished bv criticism ' 'The inspiring speaker,who is not politically idenis that Norfact of the haner Gale tiffed. ton is under a cloud of legal suspicion," said "I think the people we should select are Meto history professor Tom Altherr. "She public servanb drat dont have high salaries," is not a neuhal person." said Za Meranto, director of Metro's Native Norton, the first woman to serveas secre American Studies program. tary of the interior, resigned in March amid Meranto said a graduation ceremony is a lawsuit over the departrnent's alleged mis a time of celebralion and should not create management of lndian Trust Funds, which an environrnent of hostiliW. one where some comoensateindividual American Indians for shrdenb are likely to protest the qpeaker. ,s. 6f their land. The lawsuit seeksbillions "I have no problern having Gale Norton of dollars in compensatjon over missing re invited on to this campus as a regular speaker and failed record keeping. cords ... I would even welcome her to come talk to Native Americans and environmentalists File Photo my American Environmental History class," alike have publidy criticized Norton regardAltherr said. "The main iszue is choosing ing her handling of environmental issues Gole Norton will give lhe commenceher as a commencement speaker."

3nd hg1 dgalings with the Bureau of Indian mentspeechot Meho's Spring 2006 Meranto said she thinlc graduaring shrAffairs as secretary of the interior. groduotionceremony,Moy 14. dene should decide on whom they want !o Sarah EchoHawk Vermillion, an adjunct professor of Native American SUrdies at the proposedplan, could intensi! its com- speak at their graduation, or should at least Metro and a member of the Pawnee Nation miunentto improveeconomicdevelopmen! be involved in the decision-making process.

Metro does not have any funding, nor of Oklahomq is opposed to Norton speak- Iaw enforcernen!educationand transportadoes it have an allocated budget for geting at the graduafion becauseof the way she tion in Indian country.

Environmentalisb have criticized her fail- ting corrmencement speakers, said Metro and the departrnent has handled themselves in the Indian Trust case.Norton was held in ure to reduce a National Part Service main- spokespersonCathy Lucas. Because of this, contempt a.ftershe hiled to comply with fed- tenance backlog that could total $9.7 billion. Lucas said, cornmencement speakers are eral orders to ffx ovenight problems with a Norton has also been accused. bv environ- uzually found through connections to memmentalists,of weakening enforcement of the ben of the Board of Trustees. eust handing of royalties from Indian land. *The Departnent of the Interior did a Endangered Species Acl acrording to The Norton's husband, John Hughes, is a Washirynn Post.

Metro alum. lousy job of dealing with Indian Affairq" Lucas added that the selection of speakVennillion said.

"This is not the person we want address ers is in no way poliucally charged and that According to the Departrnent of the Inte- ing or:r graduates," Altherr said.

A self-proclaimed Democrat, Altherr Metro tries to remain fair and balanced rior Website, Norton took steps to improve the Indian trust prograrn. She proposed a stated thal his opposition to Norton was not when selecting speaken. The college's main plan to improve and reform the program, due bo her political afiliaton with the Re- goal is to find a prominent name that will which would form a deparEnental organi- publican party. He said he would not want addressthe graduating class,and have some zation to exclusively oversee trust manage- a maior Democrat such as Ted Kennedy to SeeNORTON on 9 menl The Bureau of Indian Afiairs, under speakar a commencemenqeither.

By David Pollan dpollan@mscd.edu

heliminary renrls of the Metro Student Govemment'Assembly election indicate that Aaron Jack" Wyte will retain his seat as president and the seat of vice president will be vacant The annormcement, posted on MetroConnec! rea&: *The position of Mce President has not been fflled and therefore will be teated zrsa v:rc:urcy. This vacancy will be fflled drough the process oudined in the SGA constitution.'

The SGA constihrtion does not outline what should be done about a vacant vice presidenCssear, according to Wylie. Wylie said the seat will be fflled according to a process decided upon by the election commission.

According to the SGA Web site, the preliminary results of the election were scheduled to be posted May 1. The Election Cornmission bylaws require that the preliminary results be released witbin 72 hor,us of balloting completion.

The Sudent Court agreed to approve a rescheduling of release dates fe1 the final election resulb, as requested by Wylie and the f,lection Commission after the election procedures fell behind in April, Wylie said.

The SGA constihrton bylaws require that the final results be released no later than April 25. The ffnal results will now be released no later than May 5.

Members of the Spring 2006 Election Commission indude Elec[on Comrnission ChairJohn Polzin and memben SteveHud man, Eric NuIl and Ryan DeSchull.

At the SGA Senate meeting April 26, some senatorsquestioned whether or not to pay members of the commission the $100 each that was promised them upon their ap Dointnent.

SenatorJordan Bair said she did not feel they did the job they were asked to do, after she and other members of the Senate participated in readying the election.

"Everyone was just frushaled with the process," Wylie said. "The bylaws do not give them (the Election Commission) the nue and bolb."

Wylie said next year the SGA will be discussing what can be done to have the fairest election possible, and will wdte up an addendum for the flection Commission to follow.

In the end, the Senate passed a motion to pay the Election Commission members $100 each.

In other election results, incunbent Brian M. GloEbach was reelected Sbrdent Representative of the Board of Trustees, and incumbentJordan Bair and Nicole Barringer were elected to the Surdent Advisory Committee to the Advisory Board.

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By Josie Klemaier jklemaie@mscd.edu Construction that would move the Tivoli Student Union's loading dock from the Plaza Building to the south side of Tivoli will begin late this summer, followed by a number of other renovafion projecb i{ funding allows.

The loading dock for the Auraria Bookstore is presendy located on the southwest side of the Plaza Building.

Truc}s, in order to reach it, must drive across a pedeskian sidewalk. Relocation of the loading dock and conskuction of a service drive will cut down on the number of vehicles that have to cross this area., said Barbara Weiske, division director at Student Auxiliary Services of Auraria Campus.

Another project involves relocating the RTD bus roundabout located just southeast of the Tivoli. RTD has agreed to relocate ib bus stop once a new ror-rndabout is constructed northwest of the North Classroom. The relocation is also tentatively set for late summer. .RTD mutually shared safety concerns," Weiske said about the location of the present roundabout.

ThL relocation of the roundabout will leave more pedestrian-only space, lesulting in an easier flow of foot trafrc between the Tivoh and the rest of tbe Auraria campus to the east.

Design ffrm Slater Paull & Associates, which has been in charge of design for the entire Tivoli revitalization project, has designed plans that include an event space

with an amphitheater, as well as a series of multileveled patios in front of the Tivoli.

Alhough conskuction on the new loading dock and rormdabout is deffnite, desigrs for other installations are pending a cost estimate, and theA completion will depend on budgel Weiske said.

The Tivoli became the student union in 1994 at the request of students. Since then, the Student Advisory Cornmittee to the Auraria Board and the Guidelines for Use of Facilities Comrnitbee have been involved in the renovation of the building-which in the past served as a brewery, bar and shopping mall-to hansform it into the student union it is today. Construction is ongoing as more spacesaxe being renolated into shrdent lounges and meeting halls.

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By Kate Johnson jokathrT@nscd.edu Thousands of protesten converged on the streets of Denver Monday for a three mile walk to the Capitol building where an estimated 75,000people rallied in support of funmigration rights.

The dav of awareness.aimed at illustrating the neiessity of immigranb to the work force, was part of a national effort that &ew over 1.1 milfion" according to the .4ssociated hess.

The following day, studenb and faculty across the Auraria Campus voiced their opinions on what many say is the hot-button issue of the year.

"You don't get rights because you're illegal. That's the bottom line," shrdentJoseph Smith said.

Smith said he advocates immigranireform oolicies. While he said he believes some irimigrants should be given arnnesty, he said border patrol needs to be ughtened. lJltimatell Smith said he feels a diplomatic solution is necessaryin order to put this contoversy to resL "You could use diplomacy with Mexico to keep people inside their own country.

They shouldn't come over here illegally," Smith said.

While immigranrright supporter and Metro political science professor Za Meranbo does not see eye to eye with Smith, she does believe a diplomalic solution is in order.

Ctting the Nordr American Free Trade Agreement as a mqior component to the current sihraton, Meranto said if people didn't want immigratrts to come to this cormtry illegalln Americaru should have voiced their concenu over a law she feels forced them here in the ffrst place.

The premise of NAFTd signed bto ef fect by Bill Clinon ln 1993, was to remove tarift betr,veenthe U.S.. Mexico and Canada in the hopes of increasing bade between the regions and stimulating fieir economies.

Meranto, who teaches a Iatin American Politics course. said NAFTA has had ill ef-

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She said she feels many transnational corporations benefit from outsoucing factories there. Iabqypp, dre said, ale routinely forced ofr tlreir fams md into thesefactories where drey receive Poor heatuent and low wages.

In addition, she said a lack of environrnental rcstrictioru has allowed coJporatjons to polftrte the land and rivers of Mexico. .

This is why, Meranto contends, many are forced to come to the U.S. in seardr of

livable wages. thern illegals-I would have to say from a "I think it's important to undeNtand that Native American perspective tnt the ffrst ilif we're going to open the borders for the legals were white," Meranto said. marftef-{ we're golng to iheve s -rfreemarRcgardess of wto were thegdgiotpreoket-we must allow for the free morrement of ple of thlq hn4 tome argue the crrrent.irnlabor." Meranto said. rn4ranon debate Sould be geared tonrard She also said she feels Americans need : the people who inhabit America today. to rmderstand their own pasl Sordent Chehey lhggers sees the work"I alwaystell my shrdenb it s very impor- force ar leing in a stat€ ofjeopardy. tant to keep it all in the context of history.

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LoRozo Conferenc Metro hosb YouftLeudership ByVanessaDelgado dclgadov@nscd.edu TobyMorales,16,sbod against thewal staring at the stage while a voice over the loudspeakersshouted to him and more than 1,600 middle and hgh school surdenc, tell ing them that the), are the fuhue.

Studenb frqn arormd Colorado packed the Atrraria Event Center on Sahrrday morning to attend thel56 annual La Razi You& L€ad€rship Conference.

"I just wanted to b€ at Ia Raza and be with my people," Moraleg said, a junior at Alamosa High School.

Morales cane with more than A) other students from his sclrool. For hinl Sanrday was his dav to be with other surdene he could relaii to and share ideas with about issuesgoing on in his cornmunity.

"I learned how people as one could mslg 4 ..heng€ brmrd discrimination " Me rales said.

La Raza Youth l-eadersldp C.onferencg originally for young men, giver sErdenb dre chance to pailidpate in acttuities and interad wi& mle models mho eocourage them to bke positive roles in the community, uid Mada Cbho, chair of the board of directors.

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ffce of Financial Aid at UCD. nWbat was really qpecial is that we were able to be celebraring 15 years of a conference that will enable students to have op tions after high school and (help them) be able to go to college,o Ciisto said.

Other shrdenb, ftke Enrique Odz" 18, took adrantage of the Education.l Opp"tatnities Fair, which was reinhoduced this year.

Setup in a "stpppiry session" style, foore thm 45 colleges and coromtrnity oqganiz& tions $ood ready with tnformation packets for shrdenb interested in attending college. &tL a surdent at Sierra Grande High School in GralrdJunction, said he plans on a$ending Adams State College.

One of OrtD's bvorite workstrop,swas a poetry worlahop he said crqght him not to have any regreb becausehe could do rnort in life wifiout drern.

This year, studenb were able to choose from 54 workshops that focrrsed on careers, culurral awalenesg education, leadershp and selfawareness.

"Ifs good to experience something new once and a nAile," said Cinhia Armendari4 13, of North Mddle School *I decided to come and leam new 6irgs about Ia Raza-" komoting leadership among Iatino youtbs is motber goal of the conference. It helps them and school dishica handle ie

sues conceming violence, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, high dropout rates, educational achievernent and employmenl C,astrosaid.

These goals continue to draw a positive req)onse from strdenb and disticb alike, considering afiendance increasesevery year, said Rebecca Fernandez-Marfmez. Femm dez-Martinez has been on the board since 1999, and in the last tlree years has served as the wortshqr chair. Sre also worlss as progam coordinator at CCD for the TRiO Scholars, which helps low income and ffrst generation college shldenb.

"B;'rg hele for |he day of the event and watching all the kids and knowing tnt I helped makes me proud"" FemandezMarti nez said" "I hope sfirdenb have 6e opporfirnity to really grasp v&o ftey are and nihere they come from."

Board mernbers would like to see shr denb, especially those graduatrng soonntake ad!"antage of the opporhrnities the conference has to ofier, said voh.rnteerchairJo[en Ilaro.

"I tbink education is very impotant for ftese shdents," IIarc sai4 wlro works as a smic 0nancial anah/st ftr Arrow Elecbotr ics, Inc. "It's tnpo*int for me b give back becauseI've been expoged to a lot of things and I want latino snrdene to be ex1looedto

that as well."

One of the issuesraised during the opening speecheshig ighted recent immigralion reforms. CCD hesident Christine Jolmson told shrdenb how tunportant it was as Latino youtlx to mt a standard to maintain a positive role as leaders in the conrrlmity.

'The point is, we must choose to be dre leaden," Jobnson told surdenb. nlt is up to yorq this generation, to get to school and pay attendon."

As part of ftrrthering Latino youth edtr cation, the conference partren wi0r dre UCD Health Sciences C.enter, MSCD and the CCD to qpoDsor scholar$ips. Mcaela Garcia from llinkley High Sdpol, IGy,la lvlaestasfrom Skyview High School andJose VivancoJr. from Centaunrs tligh School all reccived $1J00 to asend Meto this year.

The Youfrh Alvads Connifree dso nastes two sfirdents from each of the trvo grade ranges: 6th to &h and gft to 129, to receive a cash award in recognition of lheir scholastic achievemenb, hadership and community s€rvice.

When the ceremory cane to an end, El MariachiJwenile de Bryant Web*er group played a odmr left the auditoriurn, many holding infomtalion packet for colleges.

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By GenevieveSchlosser schlosse@mscd.edu I-amMa Theta Nu is a largely Larina se rority that focuses on academic excellence, community service and sisterhood.

Although the sorority is taditionally aimed at Iatina shrdents, the organization doesn't discriminate. kesident Natalie Riner says she is not from one particular race. "I'm a big mixhue, and thar's what a lot of our girls are.'

One of Riueis jobs as president is to monitor the academics of the group. A11of the members are required to keep at least a

2.5 GPA but last semester the cumulative average of all the girls was 3.5. Ritter attributes this to the academic support fostered in the sorority.

"We have study hours that we do by group and with buddies," Riuer said. "I{aving that network really helps."

The Lambdas a.lsolike to be actve in the community. Each year, they host the Latina Youth kadenhip Conference on carnpus during which they qpend the day with a large group of eighth grade girls, eating breakfast and lunch with them and hosting workshops about high school, college and fufure careers.

At the end of April, the group volunteered at the la Raza Youth Conference, registering students,handing out T*hirts and helping with seating. Once a month, they serve food at the Denver Rescue Mission.

Fostering sisterhood between members is fairly easy, according to Ritter. She said the key is making an effort to spend time together. They have lunch on campus when possible, and once or twice a rnonth the girls get together for a night out.

"One thing that sets us apart from other sororities is that we step and dance with machetes,' Ritter said. This is a hadition of the national group meant to symbolize the cul-

provides ogoin, Hislory clublives pizza withdiscussion, members sion afterward according to acting ftesident Shannon Smith, but she said she wished more of those who expressed interest had The Mebo History Club was rebom this attended. "The people that came absolutely school year and ib members are gefting ex- loved i!" she said.

The good times had after the rnovie cited about having conversalions.

The club had an active membership in made club members decide to Ey and get to the 199fu when it was shrted to support shr- know each other better. Recendy, they met dents in the history departrnent, but interest at a caf6 to discusshistorical events and their d-pp"d ofr over time and the club became parallels with current issues. inactive.

"It was a great time," Smith said, and Revived in November, the club has six it made participants realize they should get current members and is trying to alfact more involved as a club because discussing more. On Satrdan April 8, the club offered history is importanl free pizza and showed the fflm, "Good Nlght The History Club will be meeting on and Good Luck" in the Norrh Classroom May 5 to discussthe history of immigration auditorium. in this counky in ib relation to the currenl Surdens who showed had a great discus- ongoing debate.

By GenevieveSchlosser schlosse@mscd.edu

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In dre beginning Rifier was a litle unsure of joining a sorority. She thought she would only be allowed to hang out with her sorodty sisten and not her other friends. Ritter said she drinks other ghls might have this same misconception and wants to let them know that s not the case.

The sorority members have many friends and varied lives, but also get to eqioy the exbrasupport system."I feel like they know me like a sister," Rifier said.

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Past speakersinclude MayorJohn Hickenlooper, Sen. Ken Salazar,D{olo., state Rep. lnla Spradley,R Colo., and Gov. Bill Owens.

Norton was swom in as the 48d secretary of the interior inJanuary 2001 and served in that position longer than all but six of her predecessors.She served as Attorney General for C,oloradofrom 1991 to 1999,and, in that capacity, argued casesbefore the U.S. Suoreme Cowt and testiffed numerous timel before congressionalcommittees.

Norton was a negotiator in the $206 billion national tobacco setdement,in which she reoresentedColorado and 45 other stabes as part of the largest la.,a'suitin settlement history.

She graduated magna cum laude fiom the Universilv of Denver in 1975. She also earnedher larv degreewith honorsfrom DU in 1978.

Norton is scheduledto addressMetro's Spring 2006$aduating classat 2 p.m. May 14 in the Colorado Convention Center.According to Lucas, Norton will speak about environmental issues, especially in urban societies,and how they affect people's evervdav life.

PROTEST ( lrrr tinuetl f'rom ii

"I don't think it's fair; it's coming dou-n to it that most placesrvon't hAe you unless vou speak Spanish.When you live in the United States,I think that should be an option to leam a secondlanguage,not some. thing you have to do," Biggen said.

Biggerssaid shehasdoubts about wheth er the U.S. will adopt major irnmigration reform and said tha! economically speaking, she thinl<s America would not be able to sustain itself without the helo of current undocumentedlaborers.

"I think that they're just going to open the borders. ln order to work anywhere, in order to do anything, we'll have to leam how to speak Sparrish,and it will all becorne the 'United Statesof Mefco,'" she said.

But as Meranto said, there are akeady plenty of larvsin place to protect the American's interests.It is the undocumenbedimmigrants*ho are in need of protection.

"The current legislafiondoes have a lot of holes in it. There needsto be some kind of comprehensivechangesthat are going to protect some of theseindividuals that have been there a long time," Ivlerarto said.

"They alreadvhave laivs in place to fine and punish the people w'ho are not onl1, hiring these individuals but hiring them at really poor rvages .The treatonentis verv poor. And those kinds of lau,sare in place alreadl', if they would really attempt to recti!' tha! ihere would be no need for any other legislation. Then I think there would be no need for any other legislationthat's going to penalize people who continue to hire theseindividuals."

She concluded on a note tlat summed up the argument of many immigration-rights suPporters.

"What they tried to prove is that a day without Mexican labor is going to hurt us, not only in terms of what they contribute work-wise but in terms of what they contribute in terms of the economy. They buy; they sell; they pay taxes. ... The jobs that these individuals go after are not the ones tha.tyou and I want " Meranto said.

METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE A/ DEN\BR

Graduating This Summ;r?

All Summel AITENTION: 2OOGDegree Gandidates A11studentswho will havecompletedAll degreerequirementsby the end of Summer Semester2006: Must file an Application for Graduation in the officeof the Registrar(CN105)

by FridayJune9,2006.

The Application for Graduation is availablenow in the Office of the Registrar(CN105) and on-line: ',"^'it) "(t.7nsrd.edu/enro///r egi st rar/ docli ndex./tt tn (N'Iaybe fa-xedto (303) 556-3999.)

Should have a CAPP Compliance Report run NOW in their--ajot departmentor the AcademicAdvising Center (CN104).

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Several weeks back, Denver received the news that it would be the next host of MTVs pseudareality show "The Real World."

Upon hearing this update, I instandy flashed back to being age 12, staring into the TV screen wishing I was as cool as the cast on the show. I remembered my father walking past and asking, "What is this hash?' and the tirne, three years later, when I realized it was hash. Regardless,after a little refresher from the MTV Web site on the inner workings of "The Real World'-+o compensate for my TV sobriety---asummary of the real world ala MTV doesn't take much effort Take seven people who would never cross paths in their entire lives. This generally includes an all-American counhy boy, a r!'om.ul with a severe alcohol oroblem and little inhibitions, a llueer, a stairng artist and a sleazy guy known to many as a "playa." Make sure they are all stereotypi cally altracfive. Put them in a ridiculously lavish house-hot tub and a bar within walking distance mandatory, shlffed with name brand food and decorations. Then sit back and wait for drunken table dancing, scandalous showers,sbeet{ide vomiting and lots of conflicl Now, that doesn't sound loo real to me.

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A questionfro* a hetero Dear Mc, I m an l&year-old senior in high school and I have a big problem. Since I was 5, people have believed I was gay.

Sure, I liked to stay inside and play pretend with the girls and their Barbies while the other bop were playing football. I just always thought football was so barbaric and unimaginative.

Later, in middle school, I took a liking to the theater. I even got a lead in "Annie Get Your Gun." In high school, I discovered school spiriL I cornbined my dancing talent and personality to become a male cheerleader.

The kids at my high school call me fag and gay all the time. Girls love to hang out with rne, but only to go shopping or ask about fashion. [very time I ask a girl oug they just laugh because they think I'm joking. One of my best friends even hied to hook me up with one of her gay friends.

My parents are the worst. They are so

.\IC GARCIA ngrtrcZ%@mscrl.edu proud to say they have a gay son. They flaunt me around like a brand new soorts car. They're already bragging about t}i big gay wedding they're planning. If they could, they'd invite EltonJohn, I'm sure.

Nic, I'm shaighl I think about girls all the time. Ever since I can remember, I've been attracted to women.

But people keep pushing me into typf cal homosexualroles: dateswithout sex, let

alone a kiss, long conversations widr girls pertaining to other gays, "Sex and the City" nights, facial parties, etc.

I don't .want to disappoint anyone, lm terrified lll lose all of my friends if I tell them the kuth, and I'm most afraid of my parents. What will their liiends think? Honestly, I think they know. One time, my mom Iotnd a Plafio1 mtgt-ine in my room. She asked and hounded me. I told her I might be bi. She started to crv. then tumed on me.

She started screaming,'"this is only going to be a phase" and "you are gay." There was no way she could ever accept having a heterosexual son. They're planning on sending me to a conv'ersion camp, an acting school in New York.

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After all, there are pretty people who are not young and do not weigh 80 pounds, or crush cansin between their pectorals, so find some of them. I arn talking about women who don't shave,men who don't lift weighb and wardrobes that are not direct replicas of what can be seen on the manneouins at Urban Ouduen Now, make the stars of "The Real World" oav some renl No one lives in a fi.rlly frrbiihel house in loDo for free. Make the roommates work to pay their renl and not work one of the sty4ishjobs producers generally organize for the casL Have the cast working at their respective Wal-Mart, mechanical, conskuction or janitorial jobs.

Make them ffgure out how many hours and how many jobs it takes for a person to live the MTV dream.

Pick one of the roommates !o live outside. This person will qfmbolize one of the 1700 farnilies in the Denver area without a home. Additionalln pick a roommate to live without suftcient food seeing as how one in l0 U.S. households goes hungry. Ask a refugee of a war-torn counky 0offll an opening. Want some conflict? Make a privileged, white, U.S. citizen respond tro some questions posed by a victim of U.S, wars. Perhaps the cast could also take a litle trip to work in a sweatshopto see where nearly 80 percent of U.S, clothing is made, rather than snowboarding in the Alps, OK, so this probably won't happen.Just be reassuredthat, at the very leas! the chucklehead cast and crew of "The Real World's" fantasy world probably won't leave LoDo's borders, ieaving w, and the rest of Denver, to our very real lives.

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YOUR OPINION Re:Donelek

(olumnisl embodies "honesly," humor ofGOP Ids so convenient for Mr. Danelek to condemn abortion, and be for capital punishmen! the war in Iraq. Isn't there a conbadicfion here? Or how about small (Republican) govemment, who's been robbing us blind to feed all of the defense conh-actors whose weapons don't work or that have highly overblown prices. For enemies we don't have. Or that they are honest-take George W. Bust\ rho's admitted to the felony of breaking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act? Or broken the law by advocating torture of enemy combatants. I won't go on, those of you who are uptadate on current eventsknow how comrpt this administration is. Bu! if you want a few laughs, read Mr. Danelek's columns. He rarely lets farts get in the way of a good story, Steue Willians

Re: Tess Mc(onhy

(orloonisl olreosure for Metropolilon, school I wanted to comDliment vour ffne newspaper on the quality of your production.

Yow paper is lively, interesting, and very informative.

I am particularly impressed with the high quality ofyour editorial ca.rtoons.

Tess McCarthy, in particular, seems to have a real talent for maling compelling cornments with a terriffc sense of humor.

This certainly helps make her poinb in a very entertaining and thought-provoking manner. You and vour readers are {ortunate to have such a talent here at Metro.

Keep up the good work!

J ay Watterzt orth, P h. D. D eparbnefi of Soci oI ogt, Ant hr opo I ogt, and Behavioral Science

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What vou now hold in vour hands ls the final issue-of The MetrEolian for the Spring semester. You will see at the top of the front page of this issue a banner that reads: 'Named Best Non-Daily College Newspaper in region 9 by ihe Society of hofessional Joumalists." Region 9 consistsof Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah, which includes some pretty stiff competition as college newsPapersgo.

Not only did we take first place for the newspaper itself, we also received several other awards April 29 at the SPJ convention here in Denver. MattJonas and Adrian Dillbaldo picked up first place awards for General News Photography and Feature Photography, respectively. Their awardwinning pichues are feahred this week on pages14 and 15.

Nic Garcia and I won a second place award for Editorial Writing for a piece we did about the Student Govemment Assembly. Nic also took third place for General Column Writing, and Adam Goldstein won third place for Editoria.l Cartooning.

We as a newspaper staff are very proud of these awards. My personal pride, however, runs a Iitde deeper.

soglad we had this time together

TI},I I)T,NB,{R dunbay'@rnsd.edu When I applied for the job of editorin-chief, my goals were simple: get more people involved in the paper, report on a wider variety of topics on crmpus, and take first place in the region, then in the country, as best all-around newspaper. For the most part, we accomplished those goals. And for that, I have to share the credit. I was fortunate, as editor, to have inherited an already excellent sta-ff,and to have several people fall into my lap (so to speak).

Adam Goldstein, one of the most gifted writers I have ever known, rehrmed to the college and the staff after having already r+ ceived one degree, to edit the feab:res sec-

tion, u'hich we renamed "Metrospective."

Adam is an all-around writer. a-rtistand musician; he's a renaissanceman, really, and the Mehospectivesectionwould not be what it has become if not for the talents of Adam and his assistant,another wonderfirl writer, Joe Nguyen.

Matt Gunn, another great writer, was one of those people who dropped in my lap. He had wdtten some sporb stories for the paper prior to his becoming sports editor, but the iob he has done at the helm of the sports section, has caused the quallty of The Metrobolitan to skwocket. Mafi is also a helluva iot of fun to work with and keeps things light around the office, especially on Tuesday nights when we put the paper tc gether. Mafi and Jeremy 'fJ" Johnson have taken the sports section to new heights with coverageof club hockey,men and women's rugby, cycling, and many other sports never before covered bv TheMetrobolitan.

Matt Quane iook the reigrrs as news editor *-hen Claylon Woullard stepped down (Clay, who has remained a good friend all the years we've worked together, is stjll with us and does an exemplary job as a copy editor) and has done a stellarjob. David Pollan

and Scott Hasbrouck have also done a great job editing the stories we run each week.

They keep the sentencesfrom running on, the modiffen from dangling and the tenses &om shaying, so you can mal<e sense of what you read.

Nic Garcia spent last summer, on his own time, redesigrring TheM*roplitan, making it stand out among college newspapersaround the country. Nic is also our Insight editor and a ffne writer and has recruited many talented wdters to help Insight become the must-readsectionof the paper.

Matt Jonas, a straight-shooter who was insb:umentalin my deciding to apply for the editor posifon, is an arnazing photographer and the best photo editor this paper has ever seen. His work and the many talents of photographers kah Bluntsctrli.' Adrian Dillbaldo, WilI Moore, Emily Varisco, and the other photographers who shoot for us, are what make this paper an award winner.

Cory Casciato, our Audio Files editor, will take over the position of editor-inchief after this issue goes to press (so, by the tirne you read this, I will be out of a job).

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' Titanic'prohlemsp lague savior-seekirg D emocrats ff you're not following the slate of 2008 Democratic oresidential nominees-like the Three Wise [4en following the Star of David into Bethlehem-you're probably not a member of the Democratic Leadership Council.

-less and you probably couldn't care about the Democratic Congressional Carnpaign Comrnitlee, the Democratic Legislatlve Campaign Committee, or the Democratic National Commifree. And, unlike members of these deliberative bodies, you also probably bear no political gold, frankincense, or myrrh with which to welcome the next chosen savior of the Democratic Partv. In facl if you're like mosr disillusionedfiemocrats these days, you're taed of bearing anJthing, and are starting to ask not lvhat you can do for the party, but what the party can do for you.

And ye! you might also be asking who's on this latest list of potential saviors?According to a recent poll, conducted by Financial Dynamics, "if the 2008 Democratic presidential primary were held today," Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York would be the overwhelming choice, followed by the twoJohns (IGoy -d Edwards, respectively), Sen.Joe Biden of Delaware, Gen. Weslev Clark Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, New Mexico Govemor Bill Richardson, Virginia Governor Mark Wamer, Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, and Iowa Govemor Tom Vilsack.

Unfornrnately for Democrab, the lafier half of this list has as much national name{ecognition as runner$up on the latest episode of Survivor.

Ilowever, listening to voters lately, one geb the impression it s not about who is ge ing to rur\ but what ideas they're golng to run on. Iistening to Hillary speak af Brown University earlier dris month, one also geb the impression the best ideas the Demo crafic Party has lhese dap are "leadership' and the abllity to make "tough decisions."

For the record, I'm not sure which is more bland: tlillary's rhetoric, or the monotonous

campaign-sepa-rate from the Democratic Parlv-for get-out-the-voteand forts." It sounds to me like the Party is simply interested in saving face in Colorado-preventing the "four horsemen" from beconring its apocalypse-rather than expressing any genuine interest in our state.

(;EO1,'WOLLBttNl.,N g+vollerrrt@mtcrledt voice in which she soer+sit. h spiteof ideological timidity-or perhaps because of it-the Demccratic kadershio Courcil will hold "a nadonal brainstormins session"here in Denver July 22-2{. As reported in he Rockl Mountain.ly'ezos, leaders in the Democratic ParW referred to Den-er as the "capital of the New WesL" and chose rhe Mile High City for ib "political strategyfesC'because,accordingto Al From, head of the DLC, "Colorado is a crucial swing state in national elections," and "exacdy the kind of red state we must win...to be reb.Lrnedto national power.' Mayor John Hickenlooper hopes the event will help Denver land the next site of the Democratic National Convention, though it's questionable whether the convention will tump our stab:s as host to the next seasonof "The Real World."

A new book, Crashingtlu Gate,by pohtcal bloggersJerome Arrnsbong and Ma*os Moulisas, helps to explain the Democratic Party's sudden interest in the 386 state. For those who don't remember, in 2004, "Colorado witnessed a Democrafic tidal wave that swept out enbenched legislative Republi cans, despite a heavy preGOP tilt of the national electorate." Colorado Democrats owe this successnot to the national Democrafic Pafty, but to a group of private, "innovative" fimdraisers dubbed the "four honemen." who "spent over $2 million on a shadow

The DLC. DCCC. DLCC and DNC are all going to be dead in the rrater unless they can adopt, and adapt 0o,grassrootsfrrndraising. Ifs the same fundraising that propelled litde-known Howard Dean into the national spodight in 2004, and it is the new paradigm of national oolitics. The QQp lsalizss ifDemocratsneed to realizeit, too.

Winning elections isn't the only thing Democratsneed to do. They need to come up with, and articulate, speciffc policies that addressthe big issuesof the 2l'1 century.

Bu! iongtirne liberal firebrand Moliy Ivins doesn't see much hope in i}te usual suspecb.

In a column in the March issue of Zlle Progrusioemagazine,she declares she "can't see a damn soul in D.C. exceot Russ Feingold who is even worlh considering for kesidenl The rest of them seem to me so Doisonously in hock to this qntem of legalized bribery they can't even see straight.' While pointing out that "Democrats have forty good issueson their side and want to run on thirty-nine of them," Ivins offers up three of her own: "extricafing ourselves" from haq, "fi:ll public ffnancing of campaigns," and * single-payerhealth iruurance.'

It's a good list 0o start with, and one I think most Democrafic votem can get be. hind, but the party has a long way to go if it wanb to woo voters in 20G. Simply standing aside and leting the Republicans implode is not going to impress anybody.

If Democrab can't come out of their corner swinging soon, voting for them in 2008 is going to feel like traveling on the doomed Titanic--a tip dris country can't afrord.

TIM trditor exits proud Continued from 11 Cory brings to the job a fferce dedication to qualitv, an amazing ability to say exactly what he means and a wicked senseof humor. He will bring new ideas, a new look and a ton of attitude to Tfu Metropolitan.As he and Megan Cameal have done widr Audio Files, Cory will help maintain the superior qualigv of this award-winning newspaper.

These people, along with many writers and contributors have been a joy to work with. Thev have all contributed to this paper in u'ays that have helped make the whole far exceed ihe sum of its parts.

As for me, I will retum next fall to move commas around (that is, edit copy) and to continue writing a column in this space.

Meanwhile it has been an honor serving you as edit.or-in-chief.Thar*. you for the opl Dorhnitv-.

THtr NIETROPOLITAN SINCE1979 EDITOR.IN-CHIEF fim Dunbar NEWSEDTOR llol rcw Gluqne ASSISTANT NEWSEDITOR Tim Esferdohl OPINIONS EDITOR Nic Gqrcio ,AsSISTANT OPINONSEDITOR Jenny lucos FEAruRES EDTTOR Adcm Croldstein ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR Joc NguY.en MUSICEDIOR Gory Coscinio ,'"9SISTANT MUSICEDITOR llegon Gorneol EDITOR SPORTS Illotf Gsnn ASSISTANT EDITOR SPORTS Jcrcmy Johnson PI-IOTO EDITOR MofthewJonos ASSISTANT PHOIOEDTTOR leoh Blunrschli COPYEDITORS Cloyton Woullord Scott Hqsbrouck

NlCoAdvicefrom ahomo Continued from 10 Dear Helpless, I'm sorrv to hear about vour troubles.

First anri foremos! whatever you do, do not come out 0o your parents when you're dn:nk or at a family frmction. No one takes a drunk seriously and your parents will already be embarrassed bv this revelation.

You'need not do more titm. a"a anays wait until after a holiday. We don't want you to miss out on any presents,now do we?

I applaud you for realizing at a yormg age that you are indeed a 'ro - that s short for hetero. I, too, came to understand my fabulousness... umm ... I mean my gay "tendencies" during my days on the playground.

Hopscokh was so much fi:nl Speaking of frrn, you said you did theater. How is that working for you?

queer isn't it? You love to acl but you're sick and tired of pretending to be a friend of Dorothv.

Hey, aia you take arry cues from the staight guy drat played in "Brokeback Mountain"? You know, Heafh kdger?

I remember when I had to play shaighL Being someone you're not is damaging !o the psyche. I'm sure you've said, "maybe I at r g.y" or "this straight thing has to be a phase," to yourself plenty of times. You rake up and fall asleep wondering "Why me?" Every time you say or do something out of your real character, you ache. You hide the tears with the smile. You pray no one discovers your secret You drearrr of ... freedom, the freedom to tnrly be you, of peace of mind, of heart Honey, listen to me. coming out isnt easy. And I am so sorry that the people in your life have put a burden like this on you.

It isn't right for people--especially the ones

who "love" you{o push on you their idea of how you should live your life.

Part of life-$ell, the purpose of Me-is to discover and embrace -vourself every bit of you that you can be. It's hardabout as hard as Susan Lucci winning an Emmy. But, the ecstasythat will come frere after is paramount.

Take your hetero self and look long and hard in the mirror and srnile- And then have a nice sitdown with your hmily and friends and explain everytling to them. Love of self is an amazing thhg. If you embrace your heterosexuality, people will understand and adore you for iL Sure, some will decline. But such a small percent they will be. And the real fans of the real you will shine in the summer sun.

Smooches, Nic P.S.If you have any more questions,you can ffnd me this summer under the disco ball!

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Sometimes, defending the law is tough.

For instance, when dealing with the thousands of people who have illegally migrated into the United Statesfrom Mexico. Some how, those in favor of upholding the law are being demonized by those who couldn't care less about iL Its another baule of conservalives vs. liberals, and dre liberals are winning, not becausethey are right, but becausethey are masten of playing politics. They've managed to convince Congressthat anyone who wanb shict enforcement of the borders is a racisL They've also managed to gloss over the fact that they support people who break the law. And in the process, they've managed to make this counFy more prone to a terrorist attack.

The race card is constantly thrown into the mix in today's politics. Even though everyone should want secure borders, the leaders of the proillegal movement by to mask the real issue by embracing slogans like "No human being is illegal.' Very well, but they're missing the poinL We refer to illegal aliens as such because they've broken the law. not because they're some sort of secondary human being. In the end, it shouldn't matter whether these people are Mexican, Canadian, or Lithuanian. If they cannot enter our country legalln tren they cannot erlter our counky. Most consenâ&#x201A;Źlives have nothing aga:nstlegal immigration; our nation was founded upon il and it has made this counky the melting pot it is today.

Every time I hear someone defending i[egal immigrafion (as they remove the "illegal' part fiorn the conversation), I ask myself why there a.reeven borders. Seriously, it seemsthat some people believe America is an open market anyone can enter whenever they wanL If this was the case,there would be no America The world would iust be a gian! chaotic territory.

MIKE DAI{ELEK mdtznebk@msqterlu When looking at why so many people axe crossing the border into the United States frorn Mexico, the ffrst question that pops inco liberals' minds ls: In what way is America responsible for this? In their classic, patsiotic fashion, the far left has weaved a wonderfrrl story about how the greedy, capitalist United Statesis responsible for all the world's turmoil, including Mexico's. Never has it crossed their minds that the comrpt Mexican govemment might have something to do with it In anv case. this is Mexico's problem, and Mexiio must deal with it, and not by assistingtheir citizens in sneakinginto our cotmlfy.

I've alwavs tusted President Bush with matters of nitional security, but it appears that he and many of his fellow Republicans have lost their backbone on this issue.Thev are a.Said to be called racists, and in tum, do not stick up for the American people.

The president even referred to those who support secure borders as lacking "compasson." Sadly, while we bicker over who has "compassion" and who does nog terrorists could be entering this cor.rnt-y.Who knows what kind of attack could ensue?Open borders, especially in a post-9/11erq should be an obvious no, but there are not enough strong politicians out there willing to enforce the law.

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Congratr:Iations! You're an extsa-millionaire. Bachelor degreed people make $2.1 million over their careers as opposed to $1.2 million for high school graduates.

Your hard work will also yield you many more career options in general, some times referred to as life satisfaction indicaton. Over the last 25 years, wages for employees with no college work dropped 16 percenl with some college atlendance they dropped 7 percen! while the wages for eaming a Bachelor's degree rose 9 percenL We think they should have risen higher, but that is where career plafffng begins to separate the strategist fiom the pack. Here is an investnent tip to quadruple your money: Eam a professional degree and your lifetime earnings rise to 4.4 million, according to our research.

Gqt Bolq is thc Metro Dircaor of Cpeer Setztices and utill tespond to 1our cweer qracstio,r.g eoeryt ueeh in this column

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By Kate Gee geek@mscd.edu The buz began a week before the big day.

A growing feeling of anticipation is in the air, with a bit of stressand a lot of excitement mixed in. Finally, the day that marls the culminalion of years of hard work is at hand.

After 13 weeks of preparation, a group of 16 Metro fine art

sh,rdentsopen their BFA thesis show, which they have apdy named APEJ( After some hectic last-minute preparation, the rest of the night is filled with recognition. The crowd of more than 600 began to fflter in through the double doors of the gallery.

Soon, the Center for the Msual Arts is fflled and is echoing with discussion and laughter.

Studentstalk with their friends, family and adrnirers.

Hugs and laughter are exchanged arnong fellow shrdents. They have grown to know each other through their time spent logether in class,tlrough lsading and critiquing each othey'swork and images, and through working to build and organize the reception nigbL Students comment that they can't believe this day has ffnally arrived, that it doesn't seemreal that graduation isjust around the corner.

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Cullof Duty Metro student follows childhood militar\r dream "I wanted to try some*ring totally differenq" he said, "and the Marines is totally thaL' Despite his family's objection, many of Walt Disnev once said. "All our dreams his friends have been supportive of the decican come true, if we have the courage to sion. pursue them."

"I think that's really a courageousthing," For Meho senior Eric Juarez, the dream said Conor Drummond, a high school friend. is joining the military. The day after his gradnI don't know too many people who are willuation. the 2&vear-old will be commissioned ing to put themselvesin that kind of position. as a second lieutenant in the United States I know I can't do it. It's not something I can Marine Coros. see myself doing. I respectpeople w-ho are Growing up, he was infah.ratedwith evwilling to go and do tlat job." erything milltary, whether it was playing G.I. "I support F-ric in joining the Marines watching war Mark Raleigh, or movies.

Joe even though I don't necessarily support a childhood Fiend, rememben the passion the war," Raleigh said. '... It goes with that Juarez showed when the two played out clich6d saying'Support the troops, not the their Lego wars as children.

'We alwaysbattled with our Lego armies war-' ThaJ s where I stand. I dont want to seemy buddy go down." and his would always dominate mine," RaJuarez finished his Officer Candidate leigh said. "His Lego armies usually had training last summer and just needs School ranks. He was prety into iL" to graduate to get his commission. [n order was in Calif., bom Sacramento, Juarez to graduafe this May, he is taking a coune and is the yormgestof four children. His twin o load of 18 credit hours. bv Photo trIatthew Jonas ionasm@mscd.edu brother. Michael. was born five minutes be "(It's been) hard as hell, man,' he said. fore he was. Neither had military aspi.rations, Metro StoteseniorEricJuorezstondsby the flogpoleot lhe cenlero[ compus.He will "It was rough this semester. I had to stop deqpite the fact their father and grandfather, be commissioned os o secondlieutenontin 6e Unicd StotesMorine Corpsonce he working so that I could graduate." both narned Manuel, served. groduobs next week.

With four of his six classesalready comWhen Juarez told his parenb he was pleted, he said he's focused on reaching the job that I wanted. Being in school joining the Marines, they hated the idea. But graduated from Mllard West High School in dream Omaha, Neb. InJanuary 2001, he rehrmed and being with my friends was something ffnish line, enjoying his sutnmer and waiting since his retrm from boot carnp last Augusl they've come to resp€ct and support the de- to Colorado to enroll in college, be with his that I really wanted. Everything was seL I rmtil he heads off to Virginia for the Mahad achieved everything I wanted and I was rines' Basic School. family and friends, and take a business op cision.

"The uniforms are hol" he ioked as he just living life."

"With the current sihration in Iraq, my portunity that was waiting. erupted into laughter. junior year, he resigned from his In his parenb had reservationsabout the militar/," "I was given the opportrnity to be a job and that opened up a door to the milijunior partner (at hogressive Madal &b) he said.

The military wasn't in his plans when he right after high school," he said. "I had the I:TY.

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Denver, CO 80222 Marrakech Caf6 ofien a fun and comfortable atrnosphere minus the inebdated people and thick cigarette smoke one might encounter at a nighrclub or bar. hlling up to the hookah bar, we were met with the wallshaking bass of Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sex;/ and a potent, sweet scenL Once inside, we were directed to a table in the middle of dre room, but had to squeezeour way drough the maze of people and tables packed into the tiny area. Every table was occupied by a group of young people pufrng away at their hookahs and mouthing words to the songs blaring overhead. Because the music was so loud, one couldn't carry on a conversation without screaming to the penon sising right next to them.

I suppose I expected something a bit more predictable: A dimly lit room with a smoky veil and sitar music playing softly.

What I encountered was a lounge atrnospherg complete with authenticlooking dts cor and a few brave girls willing to hop on the seab and tables to dance to the hiphop beab. Feeling out of place, my friends and I just srniled and wait€d for our waiter to take our order. All the waiters were husding aboul buzzing around the tables, hrming coals and delivering smoking hookahs. Taking into consideration the waiter-to+lientele ratio, it was dincult to get a sewer's attention. We ordered a hookah with vanilla-flavored shisha - a wet tobacco infirsed with

honey and dried fruit exh:acts- ranging in price from $5.99 for one person to $1139 for a group of three.

The menu ofiered rnore than just the flavored shisha choices. There was a plethora of t'aditional Mddle Eastem and Mediterranean appetizerslike falafels, gyros and hummus from $3.99 to $5.99, as well as dinner dishes priced at $9.99.

Despite the crowd, we received our hoc kah and food prompdy, The hookah on the table, comparable to a glamorized water bong, towered over our heads. There was one pipe to share among the three of us.

As a nonsmoker, the smoke was cool and soothing, unlike my past experiences with cigarettes, which left me hacking and my lungs buming. The tobacco is heated with coals and then cooled with cold water for a smooth and comforting inhalation, Sising there quiedy, eating hummus and smoking while The Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" played it was easy to see why the phenomenon of the hookah bar took hold the way it did in the US. For the most part, their hip and inviting envirourents are geared toward college and fresh-out-of{igh school shrdents, Marrakedr is open until 3 a.m. on weeknights and 4 a-m. Friday and Sanrday. By 10:00 p.m. be prepared to wait for a table, because the bar is often packed. Come pol ished with your knowledge of hiphop lyrics and tabledancing skills, and prepare for an entertaining, and loud, hookah experience.

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Denver, CO AO222 The operrair patio at Aladdin Caf6 and Grill is a great place to enjoy the restaucmt's authentic MediterraneaD cuisiDe.even if it is the smoking section.

Many of the snoking sectionsin Denver restauranb lack the sweet scents from the hookahs that come from the Aladdin's patio area. After 7 p.m. you can smoke inside as well.

One doesn't have to take a hip to the Mddle East to enjoy this h-adition of water pipe smoking. Ataddin Caf6 offers the expe rience at $7.99 for one persorL $9.99 for two, or $13.99for three.

Sharing a hookah is a Mddle Eastem hadition of friendship in which one smokes shisha, molassesmixed with flavored tobacco, out of an intricate water pipe, Aladdin's hookahs have a large glass vaselike base comected to a rounded silver piece with a stem in the center and a clay bowl at the top. The pipe stands about two feet tall and a long hose connecb the pipe to a wood mouthpiece. Each person is given a plastic cover for the mouthpiece.

Illicit connotations aside, hookah smoking is intended for the use of tobacco and Aladdin offen a wariety of sweet flavon induding apricot, coconut, double apple and strawberry. The taste of the smoke is thick and sweet with only hint of the flavor it boasb. What the tobacco lacls iD ta$e it makes up for in the aroma, as the flavored smell makes for a pleasant novelty.

Smoking hookah is a calming experience. Since pure tobacco is smoked, it lacls the "buz" feeling associatedwith smoking a cigarette that contains hundreds of chemicalsIn ad&uon to the hookah lounge experience, Aladdin also ofiers a variety of Mddle Eastem food.

The beef shawarma is a recommended ent6e. It comes with broiled sirloin fflles marinaied in spices and served with tahhi sauce. The beef is tender and flavorfirl and cooked with red tomatoes,which make for a savory compliment Enh6es come with hummus, salad, rice and pita bread. The hummus is a thick, oflwhite paste zubtle in ib tart aft€rtaste and blends nicely with the warrn pita bread. The salad is your typical borvl of iceberg lettrrce with tomatoes and a honey-mustard dressing.

Although the dinner enh6es are steeply priced for a college s0rdends budget, rang. ing from $8.95 to $12.95, the menu's lunch plaffer and sandwich section is kinder on the walleL The lunch plalters are served lI a-m. to 3 p.m. and are served with rice and salarl.

The decor of the cafe is corristent, as even the green and crearn-colored floor coordinates with dre forest green and gold-bro caded tablecloths. On the northwest wall is painted a pillared courtyard scenewith a sea at the edge of mountairs.

Aladdin Caf6 and Grill may have you rethink sitring in the smoking section.

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By CassieHood hoodc@mscd.edu Sweaty bodies cra.sh into each other wbile fun violendy fly through the air. Flbows recklessly swing, feet flail through the air and drops of penpiration fling about as everyone tikes a breafh and throws themselveshaphazardly into the heap of adrenalinefilled bodies. Welcome to the mosh pit, a place where heary hin and camage are the way of life. Weaknessisnt tolerated, and ducking is a great skill to master.

At ffrst glance, a mosh pit looks like an angry mob with people pushing and shoving each other. It appearsthat order doesn't exis! and in some casesthat's true. Irr other cases,the pit is a work of arg with movement in sync with the mwic and bodies sbiftlng perfecdy to the beat It im't that the dancers of the pit plan out their moves, the intuition within the group tells them when IO mOVe.

.In an infonnal poll done at a heavy metal show, numerous people claimed the reason they jump into the pit is becauseit's fun.

Thev ffnd it humorous to ram into friends and-push people around. It appearspib are entertaining because most moshen smile as they fiy into each other. Perlnps, thougb" their srniles come from adrenaline more than having fun. When the adrenaline shrb flowing, they feel exhilarated *d happy.

John Wiener, 25, said he goes into the pit so he can hlt people.

'There are a lot of chumps, and then I can go into the pit and do some damage to those chrmrps,' he said. "It makes me feel happy, for sure.n He enthusiastically explained how aJ one show he was stomped on and his tank top urastom off.

"I had fooprints on my face and ches! spilt my eyebrow open and woke up backstage," he said. "I just went right back into the piL" In the mayhem of the pil people occasionally get so caught up in the music and excitement they don't realize someone has fallen. But most of the time when a person falls,' someone will be there to help them uP. "I was at a show and I was throwing rnpelf around, thrashing aboul I was trying to get out of the pit and someone knocked me down. Four guys standing about ffve feet away from me ran over and picked me up and made sure I was okan" Danelle Tolen recalls.

At only 5 feel 2 inches tall, she can get lost in the pi! where she loves to be at concerts. Tolen proves, along with many other girls, that moshing isn't just for burly frat gu],fs;women can nrle the pi! too.

For some people, however, the pit can be a nuisance where bodies are constandy banging and pushing them againstthe stage.

They dont undentand why anyone would want to enter dre pi! why they would zubject themselves!o such abuse. Mosh pit hatersjust go to hear the music, they don't want to be beat up, too.

Mchelle Morris, 22, was oubaged when she and a friend went to a Linkin Park concert last vear.

"We- paid good money for front tickeb," Morris said. "We got there early so we could get a front row spoL And these bas. tards were able to rush up at the laet minute and ruin everything. Fuci<mosh pib."

Both Morris and her friend were pushed around for the entire show. They stood in the pit through five bands' performances and then didn't even have energ;zto be enthused about Linkin Parlq Morris said. Half-

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way through the headlining perforrnance, both of them had to be pulled out of the pit by security guards.

Despite the euphoric feeling slam dancing can produce, the pit can prove to be a dangerous place. People come out of pits with bruises, cuts and broken bones. Sometimes people die from being trampled or being crushed against the stage,though thar is mostly at large concerts and music festivals where there are hundreds in the piL In 2002, Crowd Management Strategiesreported 2l dealhs and 4"567 injuries resulting from mosh pit incidents.

Franco Valentino. 23. broke his rib while in the pit seeingThe Qyeen. He said he doesn't really go into pib unlesshe is seeing a "dying classicband." At this particular show, a friend fell ioto the mass of people

and Valentino afiempted to help her up. A wave of people hit him at once and the end result was a broken rib. Now he refrains from entering the piL Pits, as scary as they may be, are an experience worth having. People look out for each other and there is an understanding of how to act and what not to do. Everyone just knows. All of the people are there to dance and have a good time; there isn't malice or deshuctiveness meant by rnoshing. The pit is a place to get frusFations out and become involved in the so"ial collectiveronsciousness.

Even after Valentino broke his rib he still sap, uThe appeal is the uniffed mass consciousness experienced upon entering said pit"

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The documentary'focries on the retired life^of Arrhur "Killer" Kane,who playedbassfor the short-lived,but hgtrly inauentia!prot+pr,rik 6andThe New Yortr Dolls.buring"o# of the ffrst'sicenes, Kanecalmlywaitsfor his busto arrivei,rhile he states,with a bitersweetiaugh, "I'm demotedfrom rock starto scirlepon the bus."

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Johnston didnt zuffer any childhood abuse or traumE in fac! he was also a child prodiry in school.

The one painfrn fting for Johnston was that he The best tricl<s to boost a music caxeer are df ing heroin and mental illness. Our music collections are felt different. He funneled his passion exclusivelv into art and music, while his farnily held iobs and wenr to packed with the by-products of mental illness: rock's bible Pa Sounds,by the Beach Boys, was created by a church. The lonelinessand persecutioi he felt are fused man with a vibrant history of schizophrenia- The most into most of his songs.

Following Lasaga's theory, this pain alone was recent example ol this, The Deuil and Daniel Johnstm, enough for Johnston to collapse into the most debilitatis a documentary that heartbreakingly illustates RD. l,ang's saying 'Mystics and schizophrenics ffnd them- ing of mental illnesses.

Excluding your Sunday moming painting with Bob selvesin the same ocean, but the mystics swim whereas Ross, being ar artist is a depressinggig. A good artist is the schizoohrenicsdrown."

Musicians, scientists, painters, writers and spiritual imagining what it feels like to die while others do their taxes. Artjsts are usually isolated becauseof their eccenleaders all have brilliandv rnad predecessors.Literarv characterslike Faust Frarfiensteinand the Byronic her6 tricity. Even more depressing, an a.rtistslaves away for a cause many see as trivial among our families and our all romanticize eccentrics who throw relationshins and capitalistic sanityto r}e wind for the passionof d-reirwork. societv.

Ralph Berton wrote, "When the artist ceasedto have Such stereotypes lend to thinking that creative careers are the only ones worth going mad for, but iCs any essentialfunction in our society, he has lived not so possible the arts are a magnet for those who are already much in it as in spite of it." Hence, art as a revolutionary mentallv ill. It s curious. however. that it alwal's seemsto vehicle, a guide for introspection and objective social be the #tists who are mad while the rest of sotiety seems criticism. ICs a life of mental and physical isolation that allows artisb to do what they do. arguably ffne.

PsychologistsJohn Baer andJames Kauftnan coined "My patienh are in too much pain to cornmunicate," said Dr. Maria Lasaga" who has worked at Kaisef s the "Sylvia Plath" effec! which says female poeb, who are the least successfirland accepted of all artists, have schizophrenia inpatient hcility for l0 years. krstead of slaving endlessly over brilliant projects, her patients are the highest incidence of mental illness. Furthermore, the more an artist cares about extemal factors (i.e. family, catatonic, delusional and speaking in *word salad." And music therapy is 'too simplistic. It's like playing music friends, and society), the more likely psychological probfor diabetics; it might calm them down, but iCs not re- lems will occur. They theorize this is because an artist's 'Job" is to go against the grain, and those who can't lated.' handle it can be traumatized.

Schizophrenia might not automatically lead to brilSo it's not necessarilyabout monetary success.Most liant arg but mental illness-speciffcally bipolar disease, artists, whether successfi.rlor no! work under the hope depression and schizotypal personality disorder-has been linked to creativitv and brilliance in nultiole stud- that their work will move the world. A relationshio with ies. Edgar Allen Poe.known for his quesdonablemental one person can be shessfrrlenough; imagine the sness of an immortal relationship with the world. DanielJohnstability, wondered, 'whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence." But schizophrenia, even in Lasaga's ston wrote about his lifelong unrequited love for a gal he barely knew. Friends said it was simply symbolic and 'Datients.is an artistc disease. that his l)rrics suggesthis feelings were directed toward a According to Lasaga, schizophrenia is a spnbolic way of expressing past b-aurna.A person might experi- world that didn't love him back. ence something so painfrrl their mind createsan altemate Johnston was brilliant in his childlike way before he became mentally ill. and it was his brilliance in the face existence, usually involving delusions s)'rnbolic of their of an unappreciative society that hrmed him ill. Who torment.

Artist and musician Daniel Johnston was constaritly knows whether Johnston would have made the great told to be "normal" and go to church, and manifesting music he did if he were szure.Writer Albert Rothenburg through his schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, he be- said he would have, as the artists he's shrdied did better work during keahnent. But iCs clearJohnston wouldn't came a devout Christian bent on slaying the devil.

Johnston-known for his clever songwriting, appear- have had such a hard life if he were able to meld that creative mind into that of a businessman's. anceson MfV and friendshio with members of the ba:rd

We No Longer Belieuetn Mirades, We ReQ on Themby Mayapple Weather feahres a great song with a classicname. The song in question is a rollicking, jumping toe.tapper made of equal parts counb:y, folk and pop. Hardclap percussion and a shufling beat drive along acoustic guitar and sad lpics sung with such exuberance it sounds happy for the ffrst fen' listens. At just over tlvo minuies long, it is the very definition of short and sweel without a single wasted note or thought.

Too that off with the name "The lVorld Called Today, They Sounded Pissed"and the result approachesperfection.

N{ayapple\\tather Before it gets there, the EP spends its opening I[ie \o Lortger Belieoe in moments establishing its sad-bastard credentials with two tracks of solo acoustic guitar and plainMiracles, I|k Re/1"on'l'hem tive singjng dusted with a few producdon and touches of synthesizer.These songs are actu(Su nda.rs in S prir rg.2005, p*tty good, but they pale in comparison to "lly ll'r' Con flasciato "The World Called..." It follows its crown jewel with its second best song, the mundanely uded uLsciato@nt.rcd.edu "So Damn ptl," another uptempo number that's Doesa greatsongby any othernamesound actuaily quite dour. It never reaches the level set by "The World Called..." but it s a ffne song in ib as sweeti Conventional---or at least poetic-wisdom says own right that would justi$ the EP's edstence if needed. it would but there's something about a brilliandy Two slower tracks close out the album, indudnamed song that can mahe a marginal song good, or lift a great song ing "So Damn pâ&#x201A;Ź' and the positively languid prxh a good song to grea.frress, "There's Coal on Your Hands and Diamonds in !o classic status.

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qlbumrevi everyone else seemed to have, they never with a two-anda-half-minute introduction that consisb of a piercing, drawnout noise. hooked me.

So, in Marc\ when whispers started Jones plap three slow notes repetitively.

At the 2:37 mark a female starb speaking about Tool's new release, 10,0O0 Days, I hrned the other way. As each bit of new about a patient who wont tell anyone what's information was leaked, I rolled my eyes, wrong. A doctor responds to the woman, figuring the band would do no more to irn- but other than that the song consistsof the same three.note guitar progression and the press ' me than past albums had.

Nevertheless, after listening to the al- long, shrieking sound. It serves as nothing bum, the band managed to pique my inter- more than the wlrlmsical lead into 'Rosetta Stoned." est As Jambi" starGd, my ears perked up, 10,000 Day shocked me and put me and my mind forced me to hrm the volume up. Rght off the bat, the intense, deep, in a stale of awe. and TooI fans won't be disappointed. The hype surrounding the alhowling guitar commands afiention as roll ing drums quickly mimic a fast-pacedheart- bum is more than worth iL Tickets for the beat Keman's deepthroaled vocals shoot mini-warm-up tour Tool planned for May from soo$ing to raspy then tense to calm, sold out within minutes of going on sale.

Late in the song,Jonesdranges the guitat to On their Website. the band told fans not wailing highpitched strained notes. to worry becauseit's planning a larger tour that will hit more of the U.S. and be held in From there on out, the CD held me in, refirsing to let go of every ounce of my at- larger venues.

Listening to the CD made me tbink, tenUon. I found myself listening to songs over and over. "Rosetta Stoned" also drew "whv haven't I liked Tool before now?' me in. Keenan starts the song with fas! al- So i went back and listened to all of their old albums. The conclusion I carne to is most inaudible words that n:n together. His voice is scratchy and hanh, and in the back- that 10,000 day is slower, more deliberate ground a spacey sound weaves in with the and artsy. The band seemsto have reached guitars. Suddenln Keenan breaks into deli a new maU:rity in their music tha.t makes cate, harmonious vocals broken up by the them more appealing to me, and I really look forward to hearing more from them strident qpeaking. The song lasb for more than ll minutes but never gets boring. in the fuu.ue.

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M-1 Confidential (Scotti/Koch,2006)

M-l of the acclaimed hiphop duo Dead Prez continues the legacy of the group's mi+ sion to insflgaie revoluton with the releaseof his debut solo albunr, Confidential. It codd.

(Volcano,2006) be the dual disc with the album on one side and a DVD feature on the other, but there is lve never really been a fan of Tool. In (and always has been) something genuinely fac! &e past couple of years, I have scoffed innovative about this Jamaica-born Brookas my friends have argued the band's greatlyn npper. ness. They spent tireless houn tr)'ing to Peace and fieedom are virtrally nonexistent words in the lyrical gab of hiphop artists, but this isn't the case on Confidential.

From lhe inho, the adrenalinepumped pro tened to each of Tool's albums and even duction on dris album is sure to raise blood saw them live, but despite the enthusiasm Pressures, -Gunshot-like drums, high-powered homs, gothic organs and bluesy g"it"t draoubide of boundaries and creating music ing a more drarnatic and complex feel to the matically embellish each fack. Right down album overall The band carefi:Ily placed to his paranoid hoarse whisper on "ConS that is admirable, meaningful and lasting. deoual," much can be expected from the the softer songs between the louder, more Inuder Now, their first major label re lease, is one of lhe most musically captivat- aggressive ones, offering a level of dyna- incomparable level of intensity and passion delivered by M-l tluoughout the album. ing albums to hit the shelves this year. Ur- mism reflective of the difference in emotion The album's most notable tracks include gen! cultivated and danceable, the album between them.

"5 Elements,' "Been Through," which feaTaking Back Sunday launched their bursts with snappy guitaxs, catchyas-hell trues the powerfrrl young vocals of Re', and choruses and fearless songwriting shlls that tour in support of dre album March 3l in flex their muscles with stylis6c feworBoulder, and gave a performance that spoke "'Til We Get There," a track thar speaks The band's signaure style of vocal volumes to the band\ level of pride and to the hopes of building and maintaining layering offers a familiar feel, incorporat- ambition for the album. They were poised, peacefirl lifestyles arnong a violent generation. self-assuredand on top of their game when ing a more panicked, lyrical delivery &at Major cameos on the album include Thking Back Sunday demands the listener 0o stop what they're testing the new songson a soldout crowd at Dead Prez's other half, stic.man, on *Early,' doing and pay attenuon. Vocalist Adam the Boulder Theater.

LouderNow I euqrra ds6l41ssa level of enthusiasmmore Taking Back Sunday is doing great Q-Tip on "Love You Can't Borrow" and Styles P on "Comrade's CaIl." than things, intense the dancing old man on Six and if that means they become one of (WarnerBros.,2006) A central and contenfious element of the Flags commercials, but in an emotiona! sin- the most copied bands by kids whose bands are yeanl behind them musicianshipwise, album is drat many t-acla end with M-l's Taking Back Sunda/s latest release, cere, rock 'n' roll type of way. narative andysis of controversial iszuesftke The band takes on a new level of mu- it's only a teshnent to the staying power Iouder Now delivers a more epic sounding, emotionally EFppitâ&#x201A;Ź and powerfi.rl version sicianship through the introduction of the the band has. They are ahead of dre pack, invasion of privacy by the Bush adminisbaviolin, viola, cello and other nontraditional natuing, leading the way and tion and the life of revolutionary leader As. of a postianlcore band already known for instruments to create a more refined and maintaining a level of brilliance other bands sata Shakur. dweloping ibelf as a hitrnaking nachine.

On tre fiip side of the disc is a DVD mature sound. On the album's softer songs, just don't seem to have. IVtaythe best band And after hifiing as many speed bumps featue where fans can ffnd an extended inoudive the scene. as they have, it's even more amazing that iCs easy to get lost in the hypnotism of the terview with M-1. Aside from his occasional Satah Cc,rrwaysconuay6 @mscd edu tlqy're going stsonger than weq stepping drums, melodies and inskurnentatiorq foqgbanter, the focd point of the DVD gives the stories behind Cnfidattbl. M-l wdlc *rough the deffning point of each song and fech than usual and dren backs them up bit oI Tunentors, but the rest of the record shares his personal sentimenb. As a highwifi what sounds like a children's choir on is stong and rocking. Iook for Moni*sey's light, the DVD also feahrresthe music video several cuts. The vocal effects have a splen- talented side on "I'll Never be Anybod/s for "Til We Get There."

Hero Now," "I Just Want to See the Boy did result, eqpeciallythe cathedrd$ig deep Capable of arousing contsoversy, CazHappy" and "To Me You are a Work of olitude super-reverb, but seem srrangeon some cu6.

Art'which evokes the spirit of Qzanfs"l-et finrntial is a thought-provoking project designed to blend music and subversive The exSmiths front rnan delivers on Me Kiss You.' those songs that promised to rock The first The combination of heavy vocal efiecb educalion. Though other revi ews say Confihach "I Will See You in Far Off Places," and the children's choir is at least interest- funlial is a less confiontational album than has a sbong beat and expert bass line ing on "At Last I am Bom," but is, at besq previous releases from Dead hez, M-l is well known to work beyond the norm and b.irrgrog power to the synth-laden, Middle disappointing.

Morrissey Morrissey continues his criticism of the has simply taken a fresh approach to delivEastern central riff. It calls to mind Eric uThe Fiflh ering his message.

U.S. with references in "I Will See You in Ring leader of t he Tonne nto rs Serra's soundtrack for the fflm It is evident that Ml's responsibiliw is Elemenl" Far Ofl Places," although with longue plantto share his experience as opposed to con(Attack/Santuary 2006) ed more ffrmly in cheek this time. Overall, "You Have Killed Me," is a down{empo, but ballsy Orne.Among Morrissey's bes! ids he seemsmore upbeat on this record---even fonning to the aggressivenature of hiphop, which makes sensewhen he stateson "Land reminiscent of his early solo hit, "Every Day more so than ori the tast Could he finally Morrissey said his new album, RirzgBread & Housing," "...hrettera revolutionary is Like Sunday." be happy? leader of the Tormcnter,was going to be a than a rapper anyway."

Most evident among the angstdripping Lyncally weaker than Qaany, Tunenbit harder and more of a pure rock 'n' roll For rnore information on Confidtntial, look hrnes is God Please Help Me," which lors still has a number of high point.

"Dear collectior! dran his last While it has a very M-1, or to view dre "Til We Get There" .for guitar moments in follows up on Have Forgiven some stellar nesded "I Qaarry's similar feel to Morrissey's last album, I/ou music video visit www.kochrecords.com. well the of the gaps throughout album. The musi are tlu Quarry, it leaves something to be de- Jesus,' coming from Moz's unique M-l is on MySpace at www.myspace. also despair and strewn throughout with overt cianship on the disc is excellen! *rough a sired at ffrst lsten. On the other hand, TmcomTtnlrbg. sexual references. couple Eacks leave some depressingly unwhere menbn picl,s tp the last left ofi.

- Cefia Herrera chnrel2@mscd.edu "Iife is a Pigsty," one of Morrissey's filled gaps.

Throughout the album Moz (as his fans -Dan Schneider dschtu'l 7@msc more repetitive whiners, continues the slow d eda affectionately call him) uses more vocal ef

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roces intothewind Melrocycling Story and Photos by Tim Esterdahl testerda@mscd.edu The Meho rycling team finished is inaugural seasonApril 2930 in Laramie, Wyo., amid freezing temperatures exacerbated by brisk winds and falling snow.

The University of Wyoming hosted the event that included the conference championships. The event included a road race, team time kial and criterium-a closed course circuit race-through downtown I:ramie.

The road race started at 8 a.m. on Saturday in the Tie City Parking Grounds off HappyJack Road.

The Men's A Class race started, when they headed west for the 3Gkilometer leg of their race.They raced a total of101 km and climbed 3,66Ofeel while the other classes, Women's A and B and Men's B and C, raced 65 km with lesselevation. All the races were an out-and-back, ffnishing where they started.

The rolling terrain was made more difficulg even as 0emperahrresrose into the mid3G, by winds blowing at 22 mph, gusting to 35 moh.

"The wind is the worst thing you can face on a bike," Metro rider Cory Davis said. "I can handle bills; I am not afraid 0oride up a hill, butrhe wind, idsj,lst horrible."

The wind blew acrossthe road packing the groups of riden close together causing several crashes.

After over two hours of racing, the Men's A race finished with a quartâ&#x201A;Źr mile sprinl won by a breakaway pack, led by University of Colorado at Boulder rider Christopher Stockburger. Colorado StateUnivenity rider Pahick McGllnn finished second, followed

by Colorado College'sJoshGerwitz.

Meho rider Ian Stanford ffnished seventh and later said he barely missed the chance to get into the brealaway.

In the Men's B, Metro rider and club hesident Ben Stein stayed with the pack throughout the day and ffnished l7th.

Stein'sgarne plan was to ride in the back of the pack, conserving energy, drafting ofl the fellow riders, wbile watching the breaks take off. A crash during the first climb disrupted his plan,. as the peloton-the French name for the ffeld of riders-broke apart around the melee.

The front of the group took the opportunity of the crash to create a break. Stein had

Left:Meiro Cyclingclub presidentBen Steinclimbstoword the rood roce finish frril29 in Loromie,Wyo. Top:CU cyclists ToylorJung,Jomie Scothr,JimmyWolter ond Cloy Albrocht competein lhe teomtime triol.

Boitom:Mefro cyclistlon Stonfordfights for position,sprintingtoword fie finish. to play catch-upall day long.

"I *aS able to catcha lot of guysgoing from 30s to 17d','Stein said. "I pulled the group a lot rying to chasethe pack. I did a lot of pulling and I know I was making guyshurt. It made me feel good to do that to someguys."

"I think that when they droppedme on the ffrst climb,it wasover from there."Stein said."I neededto hangwith them.If I could have hung with them, I would have been there in the too 10."

Riding in the Men's C for Metro was Cory Davis, whose ffght with the wind and the course took its toll. He dropped out wiih about five miles 0ogo after he had lost touch with the pack he was riding in.

"The pack staxted to get seung out through the ffrst climb and I stuck with it," Davis said. "Once we got to the second dirnb ... that was where I started to bum out. (During the climb) it startsto sfring out a lide bit and the wind hits you and iCs kinda like putting on the brakes or a parachute."

Davis fell off the pack and caught another group of riders, but cor-rldn'tmaintain

Stein rode with ihe chasing group for consistent contact and after being dropped, much of the evenLJust as they came around he saw the tearn car and called lt a day. the final series of comers, not all the rid"Bridglng the gap was the most painfirl en held their line and the swerving caused thing you can imagine,' Davis said.

CSU's Chris Colley to crash, break his hanLater in the aftemoon. CU and CSU dlebar and take Stein down with him. It was dominated the team time bails. In the Men's Stein's only crash of the year.

A, CU managed to ride 12 miles in 30:48, As the skies cleared'and the sun came followed bv CSU. which was 25 seconds ofi oul the Men's A race was set to begin. the pace.Becauseit was a team even! Metro CU's Adam Blaanchard and Brad Bingham was unable to participate due to a lack of sprinted from the starl creating a gap from riders. the beginning. CSU's Tim Doud didn't hold Sunday began with another cold mom- back as he sprinted into the group. The ing, but the weather became warmer as the breakaway was out in front for more than an racing action got hotter. hour of the 7.lminute event. The pace set The course, a little over two miles, was by the breakaway strung out the ffeld and a series of two straightaways, with a short dropped many riden. straightaway to the north, and four tums to Stanford took the lead of the chase the south with no straightaway. The riders group several times, trying to force the guys did laos until the time limit for each event to catch the break. was reached.

The chase group ffnally started making Meho fielded Davis in the Men's C, some headwav. and at the lGminute mark Stein in Men's B and Stanford in Men's A. they were oniy eight seconds behind. The Davis was a non-factor in his race as he breakaway had been as much as 4Sseconds sat back in the pack and didn't mormt ary ahead. attacks.

In ttre baclsterch, the chase group w.u; Stein's race saw an altack led by CU's about to make contact with the break when Clay Albrarht with help from teammate Stockburger anacked and slipped away frorn Taylor Jung who tried to keep the pace of both groups. the chasing pack down as Albracht created Stockburger kept up the atack through distance. CSU let them go for a while be the ffnal comers and qpdnted to the win on fore taking the lead in the pack to increase the snaightaway. Stanford tnished in fifth the tempo. Albracht was laler caught by the place. nack and finished 136.

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N{etrohasbeenriding r}refifth spotin the Rocky MountainAthletic Conference for a lev' r'eeks now. Thev have won srx of their past eight games ioming into this rveekend against a lveak Colorado School of IVIinesi420 in the R\,IAC).

Only a fei,v'percentage points behind fourth place Nebraska-Keamey,the Roadnrnners needed to win the seriesversusthe Orediggers.

"If rve plav up to our potentiir.lrvhilc not playing dorm to our opponent,then ra,e shall be successfuland uin a lot of sarnes," said sophomorepitcherJosh L,ckert. lvletro outplavedtheir opponentsas thev took three out of four from Mrnes.

The Orediggers struck first llinning one l2-1 1. same Wittr lvletro leading 5-1 heading into the seventh inrring, the Roadmnners extended their lead by scoring trvo runs from senior Mike Hoefs' solo home run and freshman Dakota Nahm's run on a wild Ditch.

The Orediggersbounced right back b;scoring t}ree n:ns of their own in the bottom of the seventh to [e the game at seven.

Mines allowed Metro to come back in the eighth after walking two bafters and tlrorving two wild pitches, giving up three runs to put the Roadnmnen ahead 1G7.

The Orediggers tied the game at l0 in the bottom of the eighth when sophomore Matt Owens doubled in two nms and sophomore Nick Walker doubled in one. With the ninth inning looming, it seemed whoever had the last afbat would be the team to win the game.

The ninth inning began with a single by jrmior DJ. Edwards and then sacrficed to second by junior Kyle Christensen. Sophomore Zach Baldenegro, who came in to pinch-hig made his lone batting appearance on the day a big one by drlving ;n F,rlwards with a single down the right ffeld lineIt was the only run Metro could produce in the ninth inning. Hoefs, who leads the team in saves(3), started the inning for Metro after relieving freshman pitcher Vincent Vasquu in ihe eighth.

Mines began the ninth with a single from sophomore Mike Deal, but was caught stealing for the ffrst out Junior John Naccarato then tripled after hitting the ball to the right cen0erffeldgap. Hoefs stuck out sophomore Mchael Svejcar for the second out but walked junior MaS Thome to put men on ule comers.

Widr two oub, Owens hit a ball to sophomore third basemen Ryan Sbresnn who made an error on the play allowing the tying run to score. On the next plan sopho more Kevin Graham made a throwing error allowing the go ahead run to score giving Mines a l2-ll win.

"It is not won and lost in the last inning," head coach Vince Porreco said. "We had opporhrnities early on to put the game away or put some distance between us and we didn't We allowed them back in dre ballgame and when you do tha! these things happen.'

Day two feaiured a doubleheader with Mines that urmed into blowoub for MeEo,

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'Hoefs and Palmer on offense,Palmer is especiallyon ffre.' Sophomore catcherRe ece Gorman said on his team's performance in day two. "The pitching was great today.

Even though I wasn't behind the dish, Kyle (Christensen) did a great job behind the plate."

The first game of the doubleheader saw the Roadrunners score runs in all but one inning to go along with a strong pitching performance from Eckert giving Mebo a 9l win. Eckert (56) won his second game in a row pitching all seven innings giving up one run on four hits and stiking out three batters.

Senior Randv T ^"hua- who hit two home rLrns including i tlrreor*r shot in the fifth inning that put the game away for Meho, orovided the offense. Lashua ffnished the game going 4for-4 with a double, three runs and four RBL Game three of the series was almost a mfror image of game two as the Roadrunners scored a nurnber of runs to go along with great pitching in a l&2 win over Mines.

This time iunior Braden Ham was hitting his spois is he also pitched a complete game.

"Bradm threw a perfect game in my eyesonly giving up two nrns," Gorman said.

"It was awesome!"

Ham only allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings while stiking out two Orediggers.

Meto jumped on Mines ear{y scoring three nrns in the ffrst and three runs in the thtud. With the score at G2, the Roadnrnnen blew open the lead by puuing up six

mns in the sixth irming including a two-run double by l-ashua and a twcrurr home run

by Christensen.

Lashua mentioned that he had been sfuggling the past three weeks at the plate and wasnt sure if he could even play on the second day. He got the chance to play and his ffnal stats included going &for-7, with ffve runs, two doubles and six RBI. Metro batters annihilated Thome as he gave up 1l runs, six eamed, on six hits while walking two and hitting four batters. Senior Matt Otr, who came in relief for Thome, could not do any better grving up two runs on three hits and also hitting a batter in one and one thirds irming.

The finale came on Sunday and it was a game of base rtlnners. One term that Porreco has preached about all season was 'timely hitting." Timely hitring involves driving in runs at key moments, two{ut hitting and taking advantage of base rurrners in scoring position. The Roadrunners came through with all three as they defeated the Orediggen 1l-5 to take the series&1.

Mines' hiting wasn't so tirnely. Though they out hit Meko 11 to 10, they could only bring home ffve runs leaving a total of l0 men on base. The Orediggers left men on base in six of the seven innings.

As in game two and three, the Roadnrnners scored the first three nms of the garne.

Gorman, who reached Srst on a wallq put himself into scoring position by stealing his 2ld base of the season. Gorman later stole his 22d base and has never been caughg going22lor-22.

Hoefs singled ln Gorman for his 5ld RBI on the year and sophomore Jake Palmer belted his third home run of the series over the centerffeld wall

Every Meho starter carne through with at least a run, a hit, or an RBL Hoefs went 2-for-5 with 2 nrns and one RBI, Christensen had two runs on 2-for-4hitting and Lashua had two more RBI. Jr-rnior Mike Bilek (1'1) pitched seven innings giving up three nrns on eight hits ard striking out eight in recording the win for Meho.

The three RMAC wins with the combination of four Nebraska-Keamev lossesputs Metro into that fourih sDot with one weekend to go before the RMAC playoffsMetro (17-11)missed the RMAC playoffs by one game last year and conhols their own destiny as they face Colorado State Univemity-Pueblo, only two games above Metro in the RMAC standings.

"We just got to keep coming ou! working hard and staying focused,' Porreco said.

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Rollins enioys excercise of Gym BrodRollins,30, unwropshis hondsofterworkingout ot RoxBoxing boxingbecousehe soys"you con only pushyourselfso muchon o bike."

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of pugilism lly Jerenrv Johnson jjohn308@msccl.edu If you stepinto the ring, the trainersat Rox Boxing are gonna knock you oul But if you just want to hain to fight" Rox Boxing FibressGym ownen Kala Gutierrez and Kelsey Hoftnan a-reeager to teach.

Gutierrez and Hoftnan met each other while training at the 20ft Street Gym and Recreational Center under Rolaldo [,ooez.

Gutierrez has been boxing lor eighr ybars and was a previously a kick boxer. Hoffrnan has been boxing for ffve years.

Gutierrez was disappointed at her boxing and baining options after retuming to Denver from Seatde.So Gutierrez - alons with Hoffinan and silent o*,ner Tia Fueckei - opened up Rox Bodng FihressGym at 2601Walnut Sneetin l-oDo. "I came back to Denver and there rvas no other gyrn thatjust did fitnessboxing thar wasn't like Tae Bo," Gutierrezsaid. "We do somethingto get people in shape but that also teaches the ach.ral technioue of boxing."

Rox Boxing is the ffrst all-female owned boxing g1.rnin Denver and likely one of the few in the nation. Female bodns has come into tre limelight due to rhe populariry of boxers such as Muhammad Ali's daughter l,aila Ali and the blockbuster movie "Mil lion Dollar Babv." but Hoftnan also seesit . -olre-".li of women participating in "" more male-oriented sports.

"Any of those barrien are breaking down," Hoftnan said. 'What were stricdy men's sporb, women are breaking into."

Monday tlrough Thunday nights and life, the boxing routine is the hardesl" Lo pez said Saturday aftemoons, the gym offers boxing And ihat is why not all members of Rox ffbressclassesand fftnessplus classes,for Boxing go there to fight. Some members advanced boxers looking for a more rigid workouL The classesconsist of punching, just enjoy the fftness that comes with the running, endurance and technique exercises routine. ranging from wind sprints to shadow boxing "It's good gesing into it to leam the baio hitting the heary bags. And, of course, sics,"said Brad Rollins, a 3Gyear-oldmemthere is the old boxing staple of warming up ber that works in commercial real estate. by jumping rope.

"But it's also good if you want to sweat and After the weekday classes,Rox Boxing get a workout." opens the ring for advanced pad work and "Boxing is something that is gaining sparring. popularity and people axe understanding it Classes are taught by Gutierrez, Hoff- is fihress and not just hardcore go-and-getman and former professionalboxer, I-opez. beat-up tlpe of thing," Gutierrez said.

Three or four tirnes a year, Rox BoxLopez, who has been botng since he rvas 13, went to the Olympic trials in 1984 ing showcases some of the fighten &ey and competed in 20 arnateur fights and 10 have trained in u'hat they call "Rumble at professionalffghts before militar/ service cut the Rox." his career short. Looez was also a baseball Gutierrez's sta-ffand glm a.re rvelcome player in Nicaragua and Costa Rica but said novices, but are willing to help those who that it didnt compa.reto the workout that a pack a bigger punch. persongetsleaming to box.

"If they have interest and are dedicated, we'll train them," Gutierrezsaid.

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Rox Boxing Contocting Fromleft: KelseyHolfrnonond Kolo Gvlierrez,ownerso{ Rox BoxingFitnessGym work ouf Moy l.

All sirdents receive a 15 percent dis count on classes and membership. First classis $5. Class packagesvary. For more information on Rox Boxing Fibress Gym schedulesand classescall (303) 321-5ROX or visit lhe Web site at www.roxboxing. com.

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Hatha Yoga- Tiresdays Noon- I p.m.,4 -5pm&5-6p.-.

Senior Recital: Knry Webb, brmlet GentlcYoga- Wednesdays Noon-1 pm This eventis free and open to the public.

- Wednesdays Yogaas Therupy 1:15-2:15

Nia (Neummusculnr Integratiae Action) - A blend of dance,martial arts, tbi chi and yoga.Mondaysll a.m.- 12p.m. and Wednesdays 10-11a.m. in the St. Francis P.m.

High Enng Yoga (ntermediate) Atrium.

Thursdays, 10- 10:55 am.

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This studentconcertwill beginat 7:30p.m in the King CenterRecital Hall. For more information,call (303)556-3180.

SeniorRccitak Mailma Hooktr, solrana - This eventis free and opento the public.

The performancewill begin at 7:30p.m. in the King CenterRecital Hall. For more information,pleasecall (303)556-3180.

Mat Filates - Mondays and Thursdays FreeBlood hcssurc Sneenings- Every 12 - I pm, Tiresdays, 9 - 9:55 a.m. and FridayattheHealthCenter,Plaza150from Thursdays9:15 - 9:55 a.m. in the St. 2- 4p.m.

FrancisAtrium.

Celcbrating Delores Huerta - Join the Brothersof SigmaLambda Beia Fraternity Inc. and Auraria CampusColony as they celebrate the life and legacy of Delores Huerta, an American labor leader, social FreeHIV and,Tuberathsk(TB) Tating Meditation awl Qigong (Cbinae Yoga) activistandleaderof the Civil and Women's OngoingattheHealthCenteratAuraria.

- Have fun learning simple flowing Rights movements.Refreshmentswill be Call(303)s56-2525. movements & deepbreathingexercises on provided.The celebrationbeginsat I p.m.

Tuesdays1l - noon and ThursdaysI - 2 in the Tivoli Turnha"lle.

EatingforHcahhand.Enetg -Pleasecall p.m.in the St. FrancisAtrium.

SusanKremsat (303)770-8433 or (303) forinformahon.

556-6818

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Thi. Chifor the Bodl arul Mind - For all Facaltl Recital: MeeAe Nam, nprano, levelsmeet on Mondays'1 - 5 p.m. and - The Health and Mark Foster,lnarsion -Join Metro Tobacco Cessatiorr SrPPort Tuesdays1 - 2 p.m. in the St. Francis Centerolfersmanytypesof help to stop. faculty as they perform selectionsfrom Atrium. the one act opera'Songs of Shulamith.'

Call(303)556-25%.

This oerformanc is free to members of Yoga Programs - Mats & props Matings - On the the Mitro Statecommunity with ID. The AlcoholiaAnonymous are provided. All sessionswill be held Tuesdays Aurariacampus, ll:45 am- I pm concertwill begin at 7:30p.m in the King at the St. Francis Atrium. Pleasewear 1020gthSt.Park,#B.Call (303)556-2525 CenterRecital ha.ll. listed comfortableclothingfor the sessions for moreinformation. below.For more information,pleasee-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or call (303)556-6954.

Cancu SupportGrourts- Pleasecontact Smior Recitak Matt King, samphone Yoga Flnw - Intermediate - Mondays Linda Wilkins-Pierce for detailsat (303) - This eventis free and opento the public. pm & Wednesdap5 - 6 p.m.; All levels 556-6954.

- Mondays5:30- 6:30p.m.and Thursdays MetromusicstudentMatt Kingwill perform in the King CenterRecital Ha.ll.For more 11a.m.- noon, BelQ Dancing- Womenof all agesare information,pleasecall (303)5563180.

Iyngar Yoga- Tuesdays10- 10:55a.m.

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Moy 8,2006

welcome.

Thursdays 5:15 6:15p.m.in the St.FrancisAtrium.

greot downtown views

Mqy 8,2006 AAM-Colorado GoogleEarth/ Googbcatching Workhops - These workshopswill focus on Google Earth, a program that allows users to point and zoom to satellite images on the screen that correspond to actual locations around the world. Educatorscan use Google Earth and Geocachingtogetherto examine primary source photos from the past and compaxe them with their GPS position 'waypoints," while working on an activity that corresponds with the primary source.

These workshops will run from 6 to 9 p.m. in CN 101.

Moy 14,2006 - Commencement Spring Commencement is a special occasion and memorable ceremony.Spring 2006 candidatesshould monitor the MetroConnect Web site for updates.The cerernonywill be held at 2 p.m. at the ColoradoConventionCenter.

Be sure to allow time for commencement haflic. The doors will be closedpromptly at 2 p.m. for approximately20 minutesto allow for the graduate processional.For more information, log on to www.mscd. edu.

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