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Metro'sprofessorswill soonhave a chanceat bonuspay,whetherthey like it or not. After the faculty's 5O50 vote on the bonus idea overall and their reiection of the current TheMetReport islooking fornew systemfor the awards,the Board of talentandfaces help keep the Trusteesvoted on Dec. 7 to impleto Positions available: ment the Pay for Performanceplan, show running. albeitwithout making a decisionon . Anchors the contestedcriteria. . Reporters The board moved to "phase in" . Photographers the plan and gave the faculty until . (ameramen May I to determinehow the system would reviewthem. Come toTivoli 313tofill outan The faculty, however,yemain alapplication most evenlydividedabout the plan that must begin reviewing the faculty this year to begin paying out awardsin 2009. "ThePayfor Performance system for full-time faculty at Metropolitan StateCollegemeansthat their annu-
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of the areas and are up to standard in the others will receivea p€rcentageof the moneypaid out dwing the courseof the following year. The goal is to weight the categoriesand establishcrit€ria that will encouragestrong teachers and not flashy behavior, said Tat Sang So, an assistantEnglish professor and memberof the P4P committee. "I think the disagreementis actually positive... everyonehas strong opinions about what makesa good teacher.and everyone'sopinion is beingheard." Ellen Slatkin, presidentof Metro's Faculty Federation,said a big problem with the plan is the money: where it comes from ald where it will go. Fundsfor the awardscome fiom an anount setasidein the an. nual budgetthat equals8 percentof total professorsalaries,or around $2,1 million in 2009. If the budget shrank as in a recession.Slatkin said,the budgetcouldilry up. And salarieswill not improvein the long run. The amount professorsreceivein yearly salary depends on what subject they teach and
what year they were hired. Marketing professors receive more than Englishprofessorsbecausethere is more demand for business. Additionally, faculty that was hired when the economyrns slow often receive much lower starting salaries than their colleagueswho were hired in goodyears.Slatkin said the faculty federationwants more to be doneto equalizethesedifferences, 'A lot has beendone in the last two years as far as equity," said Cathy Lucas, Metro's vice president for communications.Lucassaidthat comparedto two years ago, Metro had made "great strides"to evenup salaries. "We are going to move forward (with P4P), and first the plan needs clear criteria so the faculty know how they are being graded." she said. Lucas said the trusteesmade great progresson listening to the faculty's concerns about the plan and that more and more professors weresupportingthe plan. "Everyoneis on track on this .,. and there is still work to be done." Lucassaid.
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putonice Plans formodular buildings By ANDREW FLoHR-SPENCE spencand@mscd.edu The nine trailers Metro ordered Iast fall to help with the college's spacecrunch arrived during the holiday break,but, according to Metro's facilities planner Sean Nesbitt, the modular buildings won't be fully operational until surnmer. Nesbitt said he hoped the trailers would beready for movein at the end of the spring semestet before Junel. Metro purchased the trailers for $107,000 (including delivery), but the final price won't be known until the trailers are put in place, renovated to fit Meho's needs and hooked up to utilities, Nesbitt said. He estimatedthe cost of renovation between$400,000 and $500,000 and the annual maintenance to be about $5O,OOO,according to an AHECuhlity estimate. The buildings, which will house mostly faculty offices but also plan to accommodateone classroom,will
be located in parking lot E between the Administration Building and the Colfax viaduct. Nesbitt said the faraway location, while lessthan ideal, was forced becauseof future building plans and the need to keep the trailers up to 1Oyears. The spot is the only one big enough with no construction planned. while all olher locations had potentialconflicts. Auraria'sinstitutionsare in desperate need of space,Nesbift said. The Auraria Master Plan deslgned by Studiolnsite shows that each institution needsat least 7OO,OO0 square feet, spacethat Auraria currently doesn'thave, "I believethe modular building makeseveryoneawareof the serious spaceissueswe have on this campus and that we needto work togetherto ffnd a solution,"Nesbittsaid. Photo byD WI{i'lADu8Udnudun@rmcd.edu When planning is complete,the modular buildings are expected to l{inemodular buildings sitnearthe Administration inthefarsouthrrnestern comerof Aunda.Ihe Building tnilerswere not only house faculty olfices and purchased yettoreceiye toalleviate facultyoffces,buttheyhave apemanerthome.Ihe cowded buildings willnotbe a classroom but also a conference firllyfunctional untilometime thissummer. room and administrative space.
Students eligible laptops topurchase through aid Students that have recently purchased a computer aren't out of luck either, nor are thosethat a.lreadyhave one but are seekingto For Meho students struggling this semes- upgrade. ter to allord a new laptop, the OIficeof FinanFor those students that have purchased a cial Aid allors qualified individuals to borrow compu0erwithin the past 90 days, the sane additional money speciffcallyfor a computer. amount of money can be awardedto mitigate The program allows up to $1,700 to be the cost or covexit completely,provided the put toward whatever brand desktopor laptop student has a receipt with the dateof purchase a student choosesto purchase. proving that a computer was, in fact, purThe money can only be awardedonce dur- chased. ing a student's undergraduate stay at Meho, If a student doem't Deeda new computer and the addifiond funds can be borrourcd but is looking to tighten and tutre up the one against a student'sFederalStafford Loan, Fed- they already have, the Ofrce of Financial Aid eral PLUSIoan or alternatfue loan, which is a allowsup to $300 annualbr to be borrowed for loan taken out from a privatc lender. upgrades. "It (the proeram) has helped a lot of stuA receipt or advertbement is again re dents," sald Clndy Hejl, director of ffnanci6l quired asproof. ald at Mebo. "For many students, they may Any student that is eligible for financial not have the funds available, and it â&#x201A;Źxpanals aid at Meho can apply, provided that they the opportunity so they can purchase their aren't on suspensionwith financial aid. own computer." The primary reasonsfor a suqrnded acTo apply, interested students can pick up count are a cumulative GPAof lessthan 2.0 an application at the Officeof Financial Aid or or failing to complete 75 percent of their ffnd one online at lts websitâ&#x201A;Ź. credits talen at Metro. An estimateof what the computer will cost Hejl said marry students aren't aware of is necessaryto validate how much money can the program and the ffnancial aid ofrce is trybe given out for the purchase,but an advertise- ing to get the word out so more students can ment with the statedprice is also acceptable. take advantageof it. ByJAMESKRUGER jkrugerlomscd.edu
Pn6 rffiarbtnmDtilIt/ldffMflts(de&r Ron Olivarri is a Meho student considering taking out a computer loan with tbe Olficeof Financial Aid when he builds bis own computer, althougb, like many students, he worries about gathering more debt. "It (the computcr loan progra:n) is a definitely cool opportunity," he said. "But I don't
lnow if I want to take out a loan if I could just pay for it myself.' For more information, students catr gp to the Ofrce of Financial Aid located inside Central ClassroomRoom 116 or can call at 3O3556-3776.
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For students in need of a little exercise. there is a class available to improle physical and mental health. Tai Chi is an ancient Chineseart emphasDing slow. controlled movements ald breathing to improve focus and promote relaxation.
l{etro State's}Ien's and Women'strack and cross country programs are looking for morerunnersfor.the2008team. The Metro track/cross countrv team is coachedbv Peterlulian.
years,its gentlemovementsand gracefulgestures havebeena source of meditation and stressreliei. Tai Chi classeswill be availableon Tuesdays and Thursdaysfrom 8:30 a,m.to 9:45 a.m.in the PEbuilding,Room111G. The class'sfocuswill be on meditation.flexibility and strength. Contact Dr. Bruce Morgenegg for more information at morgeneb@mscd.eduor 303-)56-2589.
pleasecontactassistantcoachSeanNesbittat snesbett@mscd.edu.
Aerospace The "Introductionto Space"courseneeds studentsto fill a few more seats.There are no course prerequisites for the class, and anyone
v'.ith an interest in learning more about space and spaceexplorationis encouragedsign up. space industr}', will teach the course. which focuseson designcriteria for spacecraftand satellites,the explorationand observationof spaceand what career options are availablein the Iieldof aerospace, Anl'one interested can e-ma Keith Norwoodat norwood@nxcd.edu or call 303-5562977.
Aftention! All Potential Spring 2OOB Degree Gandidates Nt Degree Nl Srudents Who\[ill HaveCompleted 2008: Requirements bytheEndof SpringSemestet,
African Dance African Dance has room for students on ftom 5:30 p.m. to Mondaysand Wednesdays 6:45 p.m.in PBbuilding,Room215. The class offers traditional African dalce and culture. Students can expect a performance by the Metro African Drum Ensemble.ContactBruce for inforMorgeneggat morgeneb@mscd.edu mation.
Music Mustfile anApplicationfor Graduationin the (CN105) Officeof theRegistrar by Friday,February1, 2008. TheApplication is available in for Graduation (CN105) andon-line: theOfficeof theRegistrar www.n scd,eduIenroIIIregistrarIdocsIindex.btm (Maybefaxedto 303-5t62568.)
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ByAMYWOODWARD awoodwa5@mscd.edu Metro's hunt for someoneto play .the illusfrious Rowdy ended with fresh new talent and an unsuspecting candidate. ltyouts for the mascotwere held Nov. 8 itr the lobby of the Auraria Erent Center. While Dave Alden, assistant dirâ&#x201A;Źctor for external affairs, watched polential Rowdiesty out for the position, Alden coincidentlycameacross a small group of Metro studentswho happenedto bebreak dancing. Oneof the dancerswas askedto fry out, and the rest is history. . "He was iust awesome,"Alden said. "I{e was really, rcaly giood... basicallybreak dancingin the Rowdy
oudt." The iilentity of Rowdy will remain unlsrown and namelessat the request of Rowdy and the Athletics Department. Alden said he wishes for the identif of Rowdyto remain a secret becausehe doesn't nant the focus around Metro's mascot to be on the man behind the mask,but on the fun and mystery that is Rowdy. A lot of people*new who the old . Rowdy was," Alden said. "We don't want people to start talkitrg to him (Rowdy)like they know who he is." The anon5rmous student who was chosento act as Rowdyis in his secondyear at Meho and hopes to continue his act until graduation. "I'm really excited," Rowdy said. "No one knowswho I am, and Rowdy
is universallyloved,He representsthe r,rtroleof what Metro is." SinceDecember,Rowdyhasbeen presentat numerousgamesand, like Metro's former Rowdy, Amber Michaels,he has begunto network with other mascotsregionally. For now Rowdy'smain focus is entertaining the crowds at games and dodging coaches and referees who often complain about him getting in their way 'A lot of it is just going out there and letting people know Metro has athletesand to comeout and support them," Rowdysaid. Speaking later in character he added, "Rowdy lol'es to dance and shoothoops.If you got game,you can tbrow down and he will dance with you."
Aneuv hceishidden behind rhebeak cmetrot no#frbJ;:TffTt#m'"--' hinselftotheposition ofRor,vdy for3-f years tore(eive afull-ddeschohrslrip.
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lu students,laGulty andstaff. pLaysa criticalrole before, Gommunication duringandafter anyemergencyor situation. preparedness, TofurtherstrengthenAurariaCampusemergency MetroStatehasimptemented a massnotification systemthrough3n lNationalNotification Networkl.The systemservesatl threeinstitutionson theAurariaCampus. Choosehowyouwouldtiketo be notitiedof a campusemergency: . SMStext messagelstandardtext messagingfeesapptyl . ce[[phone . MetroStatee-mait . personate-mail . homephone
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Now, all of tion of cloned food tt'ould be imposarehomeless Born in 1996, Dolly only lived sible becausethere is no way to tell a sudden.the Foodand Drug Admin- six years- about half the expected family memben whodonothave the difference between cloned and life span of normal sheep. approved cloned food for istration has guardian status. cunent legal Under non-clonedfood.This issueis similar At the time of her dealh in consumption. and law...itcanbecumberwne to the one scientistsfacein trying to said shedied from At a Jan. 16 pressbriefing.Ran- 200 J. scientists young to adults difficuhforthese in link hormonesto healthproblems dal Lutter, deputy commissioner a common lung diseasethat had prwethey're residents etren state humans,shesaid. for policy at the FDA, said food from nothing to do with the fact that she m*{$FWS&Lffi*P}*Sff Thoughshedoesnt seeanything cloned animais and their offspring was a clonedsheep. thorryh livedin theymayhave 'as sa-feto eat as the conventional g,t*-*ii i: :n * u. * *u rm s to worry about with cloned food, ii!, like a bad But doesn't it seem " is Colondo most oftheirlives. Oddenis someivhatskepticalabout omen when the first cloned animal foodwe consumeeveryday." onethinks ofillegal Whatever entists thinl< may be causing girls to genetically modified and hormoneAnd becausescientistscannot livesa short and diseasedlife? - andmostAmedcans immigration Fortunately,FDA regulatorsare begin their periodsearlier now than ladenfood.Sheis alsorealisticabout detect any biologicaldifferencebewantit dramatically slowedtra'eencloned food and non-cloned holding off on approvingthe con- t}teir counterparts a couple of de- 2 lst centurysustenance. "In a perfect rrvorld.no, I r,r'ould food. he said. the FDA rvill not sumption of cloned sheep.But the cadesago. notbeputina children should not want to eat thosethings. But I are hormones Unfortunately, with sheep should hesitation their FDAS companies to label require position where tfteyhave tobetray products. sound like a small warning. There difficult to trace back through the don't think our foodsupplyis aspure parents inorder cloned their t0authodties Mmrn, replicated cube steak. have beenproblemssimilar to Dol- generations,so it is hard for sci- aseveryonethinks,"shesaid. from togotocollege. Students The FDAs decisionabout conly's with other clonedspecies,such entists to say with any certainty Where'sthe A-1? such hmilies have often overcsme It will still be a few years before as cattle, which have been approved whether they adverselyaffect hu- sumption of cloned food should, at man growth. But do we alwaysneed the very least,makeus stopandthink. justt0gnduate cloned food hits the superrnarket, by the FDA. baniers significant possible haven't absoluteproof to decidesomething In 50 yearsits effectsmay or may not you it scientists able Is it may not be but once does, fromhighschool. 5879would be visible in our collectivegenepool. to tell if you are buying milk from a spent nearly enough time studying may not be goodfor us? rcmove needless legalimpediment Metro professor of biology But what if eating cloned steak and cow or milk from an exact genetic the effectsof eatingclonedfood?Call young preventthese thatcould but the brakesneed JoanneOdden,who teachesgenet- eggsreally doesturn out to be bad for me conservative, copyof a cow. ll theirfu adulrftomreading This is n'hereI draw the line. Ma- to be appliedhere.I think we needto ics and is concernedabout excess us?Insteadof girls growing up more potential. nipulating the building blocks of life studycloningfor at leasta coupleof hormonesin food,pointedout that a quickly will boys begin walking on academic andprofessional to grow animals is no different than generationsbefore we start eating clone is iust an organism'sidentical all fours?Or will we all grow tails to lawl It deserves tobetome
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twin and saidshedoesn'tthink eat- whisk away the flies? splittingthe atom to createa bomb. the testsubiects. I have ahrays been wary of hulook at the ongoing controversy ing a clonedanimalor its byproducts tr shouldn'tbedone.But if it isbeing done I want to know about it. Like surrounding FDA-approvedanimal would have negativehealth conse- manity's generallack of foresight,but thesedaysI'm downright frightened. the elTectsof nuclear radiation, the groMh hormones,which somesci- quencesfor humans.
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printwings Alumnus spreads screen ByJOEVACCARELLI jvaccare@mscd-edu Not many peopledream of starting their own businessby the time they're 26, but that's exactly what Andy Sturgellis doing. AE Sturgeil sits at his deskworking on his website, brushing aside his unkempt blond hair and wearing one of the T-shirtshe hopesto sellfor a living, he knows this is a long way from where he thougbt he would be when he graduated from Meho in 2004. Most aviation studentsgraduate from Metro, then fly at a smaller airline or flight instruct in order 0o accumulate flight time so they can one day work for a maior airline and makesomedecentmoney. "I thought I would be a llight inshuctor and work my way into an airline, but I was unhappy with the pay" Sturgellsaid. Headdedthat henas offeredajob iostructing at the Air ForceAcademy, but turned it down due to the pay and the commute. "I wouldn't have beenable to alTordan aparm.ent on that salary in ColoradoSprings,and I reaft didn't want to makethe drive from my parents' house" he said. In Septenber20O4,he took aiob at an aeronautical navigation data company and has been working on flight plansthere since,but he hasr't beenhappy. Despitehaving the earning power to buy a condo, he said he really ham't beenpleasedwith his life in an office environment since accepting thejob threeand a half yearsagoand decidedhe neededto do somethingto
and unattractive. Hehopespilotswill find bis shirts more appealingthan stylesavailablenow. Ilespite the fact that he graduat€dnear the top of his class,Sturgell exemplifiesthe unpredictabi.lityof life after college,especiallyin the erratic field of aviation. "It's a very cyclicalindushy," said JelI Price,a professorin Metro's aviation alepartu€nt. Ifu mentionedthat now is a goodtue for pilots to getflying jobs, adding that matry students are approachedby small airlines before they graduate,but the samewas not true three to five yearsago. "Right now we have to try and convincesiudentsto stay in school," hice said. "A few pars ago,studens were gra.duatlngand having to flight ins[uct to accumulatehours before getting a small airline job." Regardless,most graduatesof the aviation rbpartuent are ableto find a job in a relatedffeld" Ielfrey Fon€st, the departnent chair for the aviation deparhent at Metro, said the zuccessfor related employment is very high, gneater than 8Opercent. Pl|oro byD Wl,ltlADl,RA/drnadu6@n5cdeduSturgell, as he looks back on his tim€ at Metro, mid he was happy joboffenin MetrcalumnusAndyStuqelltumeddoum hisfeldofaviation becaur€ heunsunhappywithdre entry-lerrel with the aviation major, but thought going salades. Sturyellb inanotherdirectbn, sellingl-shira heda[nedespetiallyfupilots. Hisompany, Jameygor, there weren't many options for him ftaturcsshir8embellished withrumuay signsand aeronautieldralB to makea goodliving while flying. "Nowadays,collegeprEl,ar€syou getout of it. T-shirt companygearedtowardpilots clothing products for pilots: T-shirts for the corporate world," he said, A few montbs ago, he contem- and peoplein aviation. ns a pilot, I with taxiway signs, trrminal sigDs That may be fine for some,but Sturplatedwaysto start a businesswork- know the two bestthings aboutbeing and aeronautical charts. "I've never gell doesn't thittk he'll everbe happy ing part time at first with the possibil- a pilot are flyitrg and telllng everyone beenpleasedwith the apparelfor pi working at an ofrce for somelarge ity of moving to frrll time. He cameto that you fly," he said. lots," he said,addingthat he thought company.IIe plans to launch his Tthe conclusion that he muld start a His company Jamrygear,designs the clothes have always been tacky shirt companyrhis month.
Newbook delivers'Shock' tofree-market theories ByGEOFWOLLERMAN gwollerm@mscd.edu
writes, "capitalism in its monopoly phase,a systemthat has let itself go Prisoner abuses perpetrated at - that no Iongerhas to work to keep Abu Gbraib were tragic and shock- us as customers,that can be as antiing, to say the least. But they were social,antidemocraticand asboorish not, as official investigations have asit wants." concluded, isolated incidents. AcThis is disastercapitalism. cording to author Naomi Klein, the Here's the gist counfries ffnd UDitld Statesand its corporateallies, themselvesdevastatedby wars, re. along with the CIA, have been or- cessionsor natural disastersand aid chestrating, funding and mndoning is ollered by the World Bank or the someof the most atrocious political International Monetary Fund - orand psychologicalabusesof the past ganizations which Klein describes 5Opars. And no matter how much as influential arms of U.S. foreip you might already believe this, the policy But there'sa catch.In order to litany is longer and more sinister receiveaid, thesecou[bdesmust subthan you d suspect. iect themselvesto radical economic In The Shoc*.Doctrtnc, YJeln policiesthat often end up emasculatdocuments in exhaustivedetail the ing their governments, worsening military, indusfrial and political socialconditionsand snrishing small mechanismsthat have servedas the groupsof elites. not-so-steadyfoundationsof today's It all started at the Uni\€rsity of "fee mar&et." In tale after tale of Chicagoin the 195Osunder the grridpolitical and economic hagedy, she ance of economistMilton Friedman. rewals how costJythe tte market perhapsthe most influential prophet really is. of free-marketcapitalim. IIis theothis is "capitalism stripped of ries werekeptrelativelyin checkdurib lGynesian appendages' " Klein ing the Cold War, when the United
StatessffIl had an ideologicalenenry But when the bastionof communism fell in 1991, fremarket ideologues werefreeto do asthey pleased. But hasn't the spread of tee marketscreatedpeaceand prosperity around the world?Hardly,according to Klein. In theory Friedman'sprinciples may hold political appeal,but Klein wondersif perhapsthe free market's noble intentions are really just a srnokescreen. Are ftee-market idmlogues "'tue believers,'clriven by idmlog5r and faith that free marketswill cure underdevelopment,"she asks,"or do (their) ideas and theoriesftequently serveas an elaboraterationale to alIow peopleto act on unfetteredgreed while still invoking an altruistic motive?" The Shor,kDoctrine is well r€searched and meticulously documented,but it is not without its biases,Klein, author of No I49o, makes clearwhereshestandson the issueof freemarkets.
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In the end, shedescribesa world of greenzonesand red zones,wherein those who can a{ford to protect themselvesand pmvide basic necessitieswill hole away in luxurious, fortified compounds.Everyoneelsewill beleft to scrapit out. To its detriment, the ffrst half of the book reads like a redundant history lesson and anyone faniliar with the United States'not-so-secr€t relationshipswith 2oth-cenhrry dictators will ffnd nothing surprising amongKlein'srevelations.But by the time she delvesinto our c,urr€nten-
tanglementin lraq, the aftermath of the 2O04tsunami and the redevelop ment of New Odeans,her shadowy narradve takes on a form that is as shocking as the economic motives she writes about. It ls a scathing indictrnent of one of the modern world's most enduring myths: that economic freedom is synonymous with political freedom. I usedto be a free-marketbeliever - or at least an apologist.But after reading lhe ShockDoctrinoI am now a fervent nonbeliever,an atheist of the highestorder.
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Sounds'like succes ByJEREMYJOHNSON jjohn30Bomscd.edu Eric Hutchinsonlookslike a nice guy.And he's certainlynot the kind of guy to leaveyou out in the cold. For instance,the snou,-lras heavy andthe r.tindnas strongr,r'hena friend and I approachedvvill call jan. 19 at the GothicTheatrelor Hutchinson's (and opening band One Republic's) sold-out shon'. \^'hat I thought was a plus-oneat the door endedup being iust a singleticket, and my friend rvassuddenlyfacedwith the choiceof headinghome or coughingup $5Oto a nearbyscalperI took a chanceand calleda guy I thought n'as Hutchinson'sPRcontact.Hukhinson himself ansr,r'eredinstead, and five minutes later a road managercameout with an extm pass, "It's coolma}ing nen'fansbecause that's really lvhat it's all aboutto me," Hutchinson said during an interview' the afternoon before the Englewood' grow." show"Towatchtheaudience Hutchinson manages to n'alk the fine line between charismatic and charming, self-effacingand disarming. But it's hard to be humble when you're a hit. And that's what Hutchinson's latest record, Sounds Like This - releasedin August of 2OO7- has become.trViththe help of celebrity Perez Hilton's blog, Soundssoon found itself at No. 5 on the iTunesalbum chart, next to Dave
\A/onderand Paul Simon. And it s true,in concert,Hutchinsonis a man of many faces.At one moment on piano,Hutchirron, who describes his musicas"acousticsoul,"iumpsfrom Billy loel to MichaelJackson,creating both melodicand soulfulsounds at once.The next minute. guitar in hand. Hutchinsonsinksinto a more folksy soul, like famesTaylor or, perhaps,elen Van Morrison."l{orrison, I think, wasprobabl,v doingthe same thing that I'm trying to do, n'hich is he'sa lvhiteguy tr5ringto dosoulmusic,"Hutchinsonsaid. And this rn'hiteboy from lVashington, D.C.certainly has got some soul.Hutchinsonmade the most of his shortfime on stageat The Gothic, opening with a Jackson/Wonderesquetune, "Oka1rIt's Ahight With Me." The song is a cleverlywritten and poignant number that includes severalsuper-groolryand peakingpialo hooks,asHutchinson croons (to a rather handsomeaudience,demographically);"Okay it's alright with me./ Somepeopleare scaredto see/ What's happeningfrequently/ But I'd nevershy from a fight, " "This is an interactive show" Hutchinsontellsthe suddenlyfunkifiedcrowd."Weplay somesongsfrom my CD, and after the show you can buy my CD,"he hall kids. But Hutchinsonreally doesput on an interacti\€ show. and by the time he getsto his fifth song- a hy-
Matthelvs and Kan]€ \A/est. Not bad for an album that &?s almost never made. lust a few months Drior. Maverick Recordshad
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puiled thEplug-n ihea6-um. forcing Hutchinsonto releasethe recordon his onn (lesser-known)label. Let's Breatri Records. "I had small expectationsfor this album, and I reallymade(it) just for myselfl"Hutchinsonsaid."I vr'assaying to a frlend.right beforeit tookoff on the Internet,that just makingthe album was really the ren'ard for me
Flutchinson mapped up the set withrock'n'roll,aplayfulbutscathing numberthat ouestionsthe excesses of the musicallysuccessful. Theirony.of €ourse,is that Hutchinsrmis not sofar off fbomsuchsuccesshimself,granted he linrls a recordlabel. "We'retalkingto somelabelsand hopefullywe'll havean answersoon," Hutchinsonsaid."Iiust n'antto make sure that when we sign with a label we have a goodsituationand that I still have creatil'e pon'er, someone r.r'hor.r'illtrust m5rcreativevision "
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on the cal<e. The nice thing is I really made the album the w.ayI wanted and that's what people really respondedto." Luckily lor Hutchinson,it seems going to just keepgetting the czrke's bigger.On top of the album's success, Soundssingle "Oh!" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in September2007, and before long, Huichinson began receiving national attention and was featured in Billboard Magazine and The WashingtonPost,rvherehe was favorably compared to such superstars and earlv influencesas Stevie
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In the meantime, Hutchinson iust w?nts to keephis eyeon the creativeprize. 'T think, if anything,I'm always humbled and inspired to try to do better," Hutchinson said during the afternooninterview. "I'm alwaystrying to one-upmyselfand write a better song."
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pictureperfecthail nntes Pictureplane BySTEPHANIE DCCAMP sdecamp@mscd.edu "Pay no attention to convention.Rip apart reality.Deshoy.Experiencethe sensationsof other dimensions.Neverforget to have fun - to literally think olT the walls. Individualism is the new black.Rememberingour magicalroots." According to Travis Egedy,this is the missionstatementof his one-manband, Pictureplane. And upon listening to his latest release,Ifte T\trquoiseTlail, one,if pushed, would concedethat this album is indeed the perfectsoundtrackto such lofty (and slightly hallucinogenic)missions Selfdescribed as "new age" by its maesho, Pictureplane'ssound is by all means some of the best interpretations of what most would label as "experimental/noise/techno." Surrounding hirnself with dozens of Tound-noisesamples,as well as keyboarclsand sprthesizedbeat machines, both of his albums (the aforemenfioned ?irrquoise and 2006's ShtRedBirilThroat\ havea healthy splashof glowstickmania aswell asclassicart schoolstatement. T rquoise certainly resonates with what "fance" always meant in the first place: to listen to an album unawaneof what elseis around you, like a smearedtogetherand fantasticnoise-inducedtrip. Pushing the envelopeof what could
iust fosteror destroythe song entirely, llrquoise keepsyou on the edgeof some celestialseat,asyou wait for an epiphany somewherebetweenthe sound of breaking glass and the distorted sincerity of Egedy'svoice.On top of that, the album also has the greatest sampling of PauI Simon'shit "You Can Call Me Al" since. well,the original,in 1986. Born and raised in Santa Fe. N.M.. Egedyfirst started as a producer/rapper in high school for a group cailedThinking In Circles.L'pon moving to Denver five years ago to go to art school,Egedy beganto grow into his own sound, and Pictureplanewas born. Sowhat doeshe think of the tosryrhe now calls home? "Denvertotally rules," Egedysaid. "There are so many talented peoplefor how small it is. There are also all these unique subcultures and various styles doing their own liftle thing.' And as soon as you catch Pictureplane for yourself,you'll seethat it is inevitably unique, and certainly making a mark in the name of "doing their own Iittle thing." You can checkPictureplane out at the next show at 10 p.m. Feb.16 with the band Health,at the Rhinoceropolison Brighton Boulevard. A:rd go ahead, wear those funlT shades.Drink the Kool-Aid. And don't forgetyour Day-Glo.
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On the heelsof their critically acclaimedduet albnm palrinn 5or, legendaryI,edZrppelinfrontman RobertPlant and bluegrassbeauty Alison Krauss have announced a brief U.S.and European tour scheduledfor this spring, accordingto Billboard.com. The tour will begin in touisville, Ky April 20 and rrr'illcontinueon through Chattanooga,Tenn. and Birmingham,Ala. The tour r,t'illthen takethe two through the 1l-stop Europeanleg beginning in May PmducerandmusicianT-BoneBurneftwill ioin Plant and Iftaussonstageduring the tour. On the don'nside.the Plant and Krausstour
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Watching Bernanke testify last week before Congress,with his eyes moving back and forth like some guilty cat clockon the wall searching desperatefor an encoura€rngword, I actually lost whatever conffdenceI had in the economyAnd lt looks like I was not the only one. DespiteBernanke'sreport claining things weren't so bad, the markeb took a divethe next day.And the nent day they continued to fall even after Pr,esidentBush jumped in to help inspire. It wasn't until the Feds madean emergencyinter€strate cut that the marketsstoppedthe heefall. ip line to eat, in [f Bellanke q7"65 he'd be lucky to get a other words, slice of threeday-old pizza and side of gray peas. This is not a gr€at virtue for the guy who holds the reigns of our economyin his hands. And this isn't just a bad urcekon Wall Sfeet. It continuesthe slowslide our eoonomy has seen for the last half{ozen yearsand everyoneseenrs to havea reasonfor it. B€ it the war in haq or the growing national debt or the new scandaldu iour subprime loans. confidence in the Amencan economyis laggng. Eventhe supermodels}now.
AilTIREW FISIIR-sPE}IGE spencand@mscd.edu But what doesthe chairman's timidity, a picky supermodeland some obscurerat€ dropping rea.llymatter to sfudents,you ask? Besidespossibly leading to the collapseof our economy,one thing this means is that shrdentswith the drean of tavel abroad, a popular pastimeeither during or after studying, needto forget about it, Barring outside chance of winning the lott€ry saviDgup enougb money to go Europe will never happen, and the other continents are slipping out of reach. Given, going 0o Euope was nwer exactlycheap,e.speciatyplaces
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Thedevilwantsyouto burn this paper rqke People saY the devil "34 many forms, not the least of which are thosethat seemmost pleasingto the human eye, I did not say it, of course, but I brow a lot of peoplewho male ominous clains of that sort. It is as though the poisonous stare of Beelzebubhas been loitering on common strEetcomers and is being branded into people'sretinas, probably erren influencing them in someway. And. oh I am feelingsomething Al1 oncoming F€ssur€, divinatiorl yes... It is the devil's fault that you haveto work to pay your bills, and it is the devil's fault that you havebills to pay.It is the dwil's fault that you will be cold, lonely and desperate should you relinquish your grip on comfort and routine and face those long, dark alleyways that seem to haveno end. Indeed,Satanis ubiquitous, omnipresent,and all-pervading. He is insidethe televisionand inside your cell phone. Satan is inside that beer you will go home to ilrink and insiile that ioint you will roll up, too. Satan is out therc in the sUcks and down here in the city. Satanis in aftplanes,can, hains, buses,bicfrcles ... well probably not in bicycles,but maybe.Satan is ewrysfuere according to somepeople,and it is up to all
of us to recognizeand reject him. Ther€l Can you not seeit? Satan is right behind you. Satan is in front and on top of you. You have been ttrrust into the domain of nameless hate and there is no escape.Not for anyone, Satan has stolen your drearns and laughs while he dangles them before your eyeslike a carrot before a pony. It is to his credit that you crave them like a darkqed fanatic scouring gav€yards at night with a shovel and a wheelbarrow passionately searching for a longdeparted loved one and hauling away new corpses everynight in prory. Justtry to shufle olf your mortal coil, Satanhas that route coveredas well. You are surroundedand you will come out with your hands stuck in your assand your eyesbleedingaway your very lifeblood. But I am Satan as far as you are concer:ned.I am writing this goofy shit simply to make an ellort to confusewhat I think is your substandard mlnd. If such is the case- and I assureyou it is - your only missionin Me is to prove to God that your selfdiscipline and presenceof mind are sufrcient to eflectively thwart my malicious invasion of your sanctity, thus exhibiting a quality wortby of angels.
JIMMIEBRALEY jbraley@mscd.edu St. Peter would be proud and highlight your name in his book should you stop reading now and secure the doors of your perception by beating this foul newspaper with a crucifix beforeritualistically burning it on the stepsof St. Elizabeth's.I will also be proud, but Jim Morrison will smite you, and you will be damned to an eternal dance with the worst nightmares of Aldous Huxley. Nobodywantsto endurethis fate, y'etthey endureit everyday.Welcome to the pit, my friends. What shall you do? Will you stay true, and rush out to faceyour destiny?Will you prove your worth as a martyr fighting in the name of God?Somepeopleclaim that he is somewhatof an openhandedpimp to thosehe deemsworthy of his virgin rewards.
Yes, will you fight, or will You reiect everything I write and leave this pubhcation next to a toilet for another p€rsonto stumbleupon and reg,ard me as nothing more than another ugly, skinny weirdo iabbering and carrying on like a crazy person who has been given access to a newspapercolurnn by a bunch of drunken iournalism maiors and minors who have yet to establishin their headsany real reasonto put an end to it? Oh sure, You will opt for indifference,and I assureyou that I will find this newspaper str€wn about many campus reshoorns. You do not have what it takesto burn newspaperson church steps whether you want to or not. Aside from thoae blinded and afflicted by fear,it is only the truly bravewho are ready to meditate like stone soldiers inside these forsaken ediffces that havebecomehavensof perlsts and imposters, Ted Kaczynski was nght. Technology and incompetence is your downfall, and it is through this Frankensteinof hurnan geniusthat I spill the gospel. But it is not for you so rnuch as it is for me. I shall die laughing toniCht. I foreseethis becauseBeelzebub is thv name,
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which may have been nerve-wracking for the lone Metro runner. "My coachtold me to staybâ&#x201A;Źhind them and feedoff of them, so that's what I did," Tolentinosaid."It worked out good." Iansing@mscd.edu track in only its secondyear. Julian understands the over'Oh yeah,I take his advice.He's whelrning feelinghis young runners The sound of starting guns, in- smart when it comes to stu{T like may havewhen facing the bestof the bestin the nation. tense breathing from athletes and that, " Luna said. "Coloradois Imown worldwide as Luna Wasa keyconhibutor to the screaming ftom coaches indicated the start of the track seasonasMebo team last season.and his 800-meter one of the bestdistanceprogramsin took part in its first meet of the year win is a great in&cation of how the the country," Julian said."I think it is a liftle psychologicalfor my guys sayJan. l9 at the PottsIndoor Invitation- seasonmay go for the sophomore. "It felt good," Luna said."It's dur- ing 'hey,that jerseyin front of me is al in Boulder. Iofting worils in the direction of ing the back strekh where you gotta black and gold, is it OK for me to go his runners was Mefo head coach get him, that's the race right there. around them?' (My team) is starting PeterIulian, who is in his secondyear I knew if I tracked right behind him to realize that they can beat these and stayedcalm in the last 50 meters guys." ascrosscountryand trackcoach. Arguably the best athlete on the During the 800 meters, Mefto of the race,I probablycouldcomeout tack team is sprinter SheilaHughes. distancerunner Anthony Luna was to r.r'in." Luna's win wasn't the only one Sheis a superstarin the 60 and IOO running neck and neck with ColoMines runner Mark for Metro. Todd Tolentino won the meters,and shefinishedsecondin the rado School of Durone-mile run in a timeof 4:30.20.To- 60-meter preliminaries with a time Hustedfor the first 750 meters. s lentino's time wasfastenoughto earn of 7.95 secondsand finishedsecond ing the last lap of the event,Julian words got into Luna's ear as he him a NCAA provisionaltime, which in the finalswith a time of 8.02. Although Hugheswill bethe first passedby. and in the final 50 meters allorvshim a chanceto competein the you she has many aspectsof to tell in May of the event, Luna overtook Husted NCAA Championships game in her that needimprovement,she Only three runners competed and took first place. "Oh yeah,my guyslistento me," the mile includingTolentino.but his seemscontentin just gettingthe team Julian barkedlvhen askedi[ his run- opponentswere two Buffaloesfrom ontothe track afterwinter break. "It felt goodin getting our feetwet ners heed his call as they gallop the Universityof Coloradoat Boulder.
and to seehow well we feelout there, almost like a test," Hughes said. "I think I needto have more consisten'cause sometimesit cy in my starts feelsgood, and sometimesit doesn't. Coachsaidhe is goingto get us doing more speedwork so we can get our Iegsmoving faster." The second-year track tâ&#x201A;Źam doesn't seemto have problemsgaining speedin becominga legit contender in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,and as one Roadrunner put it, it isn't the number of runners you have on a squad,but the excellencethat eachathletebrings. "I see all the other teams with quantity but our team has a lot of quality," Luna said. "We have a tight group of people.From the 5,000 (meters) down, we've got rulners who can run with the top guys at every level." _ The next meetfor Metro is on Jan. 26 at the DaviesOpenin Golden. "In the past, we've always come out of the blocks a little too slow." |ulian said on expectationsfor this season."We'vechangedsomethings training r4'ise... These guys are so youngand fastand I needto let them beyoungand fast."
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ming rvecame here to do." Lind said. The problem with the previous Metro swimming head coach, Winthrop Dyer, was not that the sltimmers didnlt like him, becauseeveryone said he r{?s a great lriend, but that he wasn't hard enough on his team. Dl,'er had a different talie as to wh3rhe r.r,'as not as hard on the team
ByZACTAYLOR ztaylor2@mscd.edu Beneath a banner that reads "Welcometo the Birdbath,"[,Ietro's interim headcoachCaseyStoryleads his team through rn'arm-uplaps in the Auraria Pool. He'sonly beenin this positionfor a few weeks,but he certainly isn t a strangerto the surroundings,that is. exceptfor the welcomebanner. "The swimrnersthought up that afterI left," Story saidwith a chuckle. This was after he left Metro the first time, as a star on the s$.im team from 2002-2006. Twice he finished runner-up in the NC,{A conference champiorshipsfor the 100-and200yard breast stroke races.When he graduatedin 2006, he leftAurariato coachhigh schoolslr'imming at Bear Creek,thinking his Roailrunner days were over. Sowhen he receivedthe call ftom Metro, hejumped at the chanceto return to the collegelevel. His swimming career began at age 9, but it sure didn't hint at his currentposition. "I wasthe kid that criedand hated
as some of the srvimmers would hat'e expected. "I trusted them and expected them to be adults and go to practice and swim hard - I didn't want to be their surrogate mother, " Dyer said. And there were no questions as to the former coach's knowledge of the sport. "Winthrop's a real good guy rmd he knows a lot about srvimming," redshirt senior Chris Farris said. "But i don't think he trained collegiate proper[r" The thought was mirrored by Lind, who said that Dyer was a friend beforea coach, and he "didn't give bis knolledge of swimming. " Dyer's three 1'ears of coaching were not without results, though. Diver Kenny Rhoades was honored as an All-American in both the oneand three-meter dives,and is sel lor a
program will reap benefits for the Metro srvimming team both for the rest of this season and beyond. He already has three swimmers rvith ihe possibility of making nationals in Ilarch, but his real goal extends beyond high finishes. "I'd like to shift the focus back to ''I student athletes," Story said. think it's pretty ludicrous to shorv up ineligible as an NCAA atlrlete." But for all the emphasis on an increased lvorkload for the rest of the season,the interim coach has a much more lighthearted philosophy inspired by his senior year high school club team coach Jimmy Raley. "You can still hare fun and srvim fast, he had said. I try to incorporate that philosophy er'ery day," Story said.
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Thenhismomgavehim an ulti- Metrointerimswimcoach, (aseyStorylook OnaShisteamgOes throughpraC- nities." asstatedin the Metro Athletic matumrhecouldjointheswimteam ticelapsJan.2lat theAuraria Pool.The'Runnert' nextmeetisJan.25-27 atthe Department'snewsrelease. or stick to swimminglessons. He (olondoCollege Despite the uncertainty surin (olorado Spdngs, season meeL Classic theirsecond-to-latt chosethe team, and his swim team daysbegan. He admits now that there was a difference between his early swimming and his real swimming, which he said began in his senior year of high school when he started caring about his haining. Despitethe late commitment, he had many choices of Dv. tr swimming programs but decidedto stay closeto his home in Colorado.SoStory committedto swimming at Metro, after then head coach Rich kDuke recmited him. "When I first came in, they were giving away scholarships like hot-
cakes,"Storysaid. He had aiso arrived at the height of the Meho swimming program's performancein the pool, There was, however,a problem with low GPA,a problem that stiil plagues the team and one that the new interim head coachis trying to mend. "My goal is to get the program back on hack," Story said."First and " foremostacademically. He hopesthat having swinmers unable to compet€ in the Colorado Schoolof Mines' meetbecauseof academicsdoesnot becomea recurring theme and has focusedon all of the
swiflrmers'academiccareers. "When wecomehere,heexplains. that you are a studentbeforean athlete," Metro swimmerKathy Lind said of Story. That doesn'tmean.however.that the new leader is in any way averse to coaching a competitiveteam, and he has increasednearly twofold the number of repseach day in practice. The added work hasn't turned the swimmersawaythough; insteadthey are taking a liking to the increased workload. "We all knew (when Story came) it would be the collegiatelevelswim-
rounding his new .iob,Story hastaken well to his intexim positionand hopes he can continue on asheadcoach after the temporary positionis up. "I'm thankful that (the Athletic Deparbnent)was able 0oput enough trust in m€ to operate,"Story said. The State of Colorado requires that Mefroopensthe headcoachittg job to all applicantsalter the end of the season,but Fafris mentionedthat Story behg interim head coach,will help in the final decisionto pick the permanent head coach for the next season. Whether he continueson or not. Storv hooes his contribution to the
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Roadrunners holdMines to40points, forward's putsindefensive effort By ERJCLANSING larrsing@mscd.edu In a clash betweentwo of the top defensiveteams in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Metro's women's basketball team brought the pressureto clobberthe ColoradoSchool of Mines Orediggers 60-42 Jan. 19 at Lockridge Arena in Golden. The Roadrunners (17-6, 7-2 RMAC) came into the contest as the third-bestdefensiveteam in the conference,holding opponents to an averageof 60 points per game. The Orediggers(9-10, 4-5 RMAC) stoodiust aheadof Metro, allowing only 58. 'Runners,who But it was the hot are currently riding a six-gamewinning streak. that came into Mines' home court and held them to 2 5 percent shootingfrom the floor, "It was kind of an all-around team defensiveeffort. I can't think of one personthat really stoodout," Metro headcoachLinda Lappesaid. The Roadrunners'defensesetthe tonefor the gamein the first half, putting constantpressureon the Orediggers'ball handlersthat kept them oll balance,never allowing them to find . their ollensiverhythm.
"We got up and pressuredtheir point guard fu court for -10 minutes." Lappe said. "It was kind of our gameplangoing in. We had a lot of subs to kind of go in at her, and Stephanie(Suater)did a greatiob on her, and Alyssa(Benson)did a great job on her." Meho. on the other hand. expecteda struggleon the offensiveend againstthe usually stifling Mines defense.but the'Runners shot a solid 42 percentfrom the floor.Threeplayersscoredin doublefigures,including 15 points from guard PaigePowers. Metro guard StephanieSauter hit 4of-l1 from 3-pointrange,scoring12 points. Forward CassondraBratton playedtail against Mines scoring I 1 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the foul line, and pulling down nine rebounds in the win. But the stat line that may have been overlooked was from Metro guard Anne-Marie Torp, who looks to be finally playing to her level after missing six gamesdue to whiplash. Torp scored only three points, but cameup with three steals,one block, two assistsand sevenrebounds. "It's nice to be back,"Torp said. "It was hard to be out. but we have a strong bunch of girls, so now we're back in the grooveof things." Torp, who returned three games ago and has been coming off the bench, did an excellent job directing her teammateson both ends of the court. She mav not have been
a scoringtfueat againstN1ines,but her presencein the passinglanesand underneath the rim helpedher team hold the opposition to a season-low point total. Lappeis thrilled to haveTorpback in the lineup becausethe 5-foot-11inch guard brings something to the team that can t betaught. "It's great to haveTorp because she brings us so much energy, and shebrings us such a defensivepresence,"Lappesaid."Shejust doesall the intangible things on defensethat " helpsour team defense. Mines forward Emily Dalton, one of the top scorersin the RMAC, was unstoppable against the Roadrunners, putting up 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting. She worked the defense,powering her way to easy pointsin the paint and gettingto the free-throw line nine times, knocking down six. However,the next top scorer for Mines was forward Stevie Hagemeisterwith a meagerfive points. "I would have liked her to have lessbecauseI had to guard her," Torp said on covering Dalton for most of the game. "I think in the last two gamesthat was the difference:that their best players had their games, but the rest of the team doesn't get their points." Metro will look to make it seven and eight in a row against UGColo rado Springs(9-1f, 3-6 RMAC)Jan. 2 5 and againstRegisUniversity(8-9,
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guard goes knockoverMines Anne-Marie Torp upforashotasshe Metro Kebey Oistina6042winJan.19inGolden.Iory onlyscored three sophomore points, twoassists andseven rebounds. threesteals, oneblock, butadded 4-5 RMAC)Jan. 26 with both games coming at home in the Auraria Event Centâ&#x201A;Źr. "We needto just keepit rolling," Torp added."Insteadof letting tearns back in the game,we needto get up and stay and rhings will work out."
withroadwinagainst'Digge Men's escapes basketball rington agumentedby a 5-o16 shooting night by fellow guardTerrell Burgesson the offensiveend. By halftime,Metrowasup 37-27, having frusfrated an offensealready languishing near the bottom of the ByzACTAYLOR Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferztaylo12@mscd.edu ence. Wagstall turned in a clutch Niko Marinucci, a freshman fesse performancefor Meto's men's bas- guard on the Mines squad,turned a ketball team Ian. 19 to net a 64-62 possibleblowout into a last second win over the Colorado fthool of finish by erupting from behind the 3point arc,Hehit four 3-pointersin the Minesin Golden. Not only did the junior from secondhalf after being nearly absent Aushalia put in the game-winning in the first and eachbaskethelpeddig shot, but WagstalTalso led all play- the Orediggersout of their hole. "His ttrree's came timely" Hays erswith 23 points.Despitecompiling four fouls during the game, he kept said, "and our defensehad to spread the Roadrunnerslhom falling behind out to coverhim, giving their big man down the sfetch. It was his final two (BenMohr)moreroom." points with nine secondsleft in the While Mohr dominated the gamethat gaveMetro their l l th win boards with 1l rebounds.his 17 points didn't sting ashard asthe wellof the season. "It was nice that he stayed in timed 3-pointers. Marinucci's final to hit the clutch buckets down the shot tied the score at 62 with only stretch," Metro head coach Brannon 1:27 left in the game. Both squads had been matchHayssaid. The gamehadn't startedasclose. ing scoreson the court in a tightly Metro jumped ahead on the score- contestedsecondhalf. The scorewas boardearly thanks in part to goodpe- tied three dillerent times beforeCianrimeter defenseby 'Runners guards cio made a lay-up to once again pull GuiseppeCiancio and MarquiseCar- ahead,and then Wagstaff nailed a 3-
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ball from Burgesswith 41 seconds remaining and the chance for the go-ahead basket. But Burgess had other plans, ripping the ball back from the Mines playmaler with l9 secondsleft allowing Meho to take the final shot. Wagstall receilrd the ba]I after the inbound pass, and irnmediately drovethe lane, dmpping in a layup to securea MetJovictory in Golden. "He had a sizeadvantage,and he usedit," Haysremarkedof WagstalT's last-secondshot. The 'Runners improved to ll-9 on the seasonafter the decision,including 4-5 in the conference,good Pfi0t0byCoRA KEMP/ckemp4@ms(d.edu for fifth place in the East division standings. Jesse lvagstaff atMetrcforwad Metro returns to its home court winJan.19 tempts alayupina64-52 inGolden. for two more RMAC games,playing against theS<hool ofMines win againstUC-ColoradoSpringsJan. 2 5 Wagstaff hitthegame-winnerto theirllth game oftheseaon. before meeting second-rankedRegis the following night. pointâ&#x201A;Źrto go up 62-57 with iust unWhile the Cougarssit at the bottom of the conJerenceand should be der two and a half minutes oogo. "We had six critical (defensive) orerpoweredby a stronger Roadrun'Late ners squad, the Rangers, however, stopsnear the end," Hays said. wil bring thet top-rated defenseto turnovers got us someeasylay-ups." It was a flurry of defensiveplay Auraria to try and keep pace with that put the Roadrunnersin a posi- Meho's first- placescoringoffense. lf Metro can takeboth gamesin tion to win. First,Marinuccistolethe
the weekendset they will be above .5OOin the conferencefor the first time this season,and back on hack for an RMACtournament berth. CoachHays isn't thinking so far ahead. "Our whole plan is focusing on ColoradoSprinS," Hays said of the upcoming weekend. "If you overlook any team in the conference.you lose."
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