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Plansto usemorethan $25,000 in student fees to remodel the office of Metro's student government sparked dissent in the senate with some members arguing the money could be better spent. The senate voted to approve the use of $28,650 last month to remodel their omce located in the Tivoli. but senatorsabandonedthe plan last week in an effort to draft a plan with more long-lasting elTects than the original. The SGAplans to redraft a plan and approachthe senateagain with a new proposal. "I think it is ridiculous that the money could be used for that (the remodel) when so many peoplelost their money for school becauseof Perkins loans," one senator who wished not to be identified said, referring to the 753 low-incomestudents whoseloans of $1.50O were cancelledby Metro due to a lack of funds. Despiteopposition, others in the assemblysaid a plan is necessaryto improve the appearanceand function of the student governmentofEces becauseof spacelimitations and old equipment. "We understand that this might be a controversialthing - using student feesfor this - but we have operatedas a student governmentin a horribly laid-out spacewith zubstandardequipmentfor a long time," SGAPresidentAaron Wyliesaid. "We'd continue to do that, but we d like to seethe student government increase in importance and increasein its ability to elfectchange and representthe students." The primary expenditure to lunds was a completerestruchrring of the spacefor a conferenceroom and the purchaseof new furniture. SGA Vice President Andrew Batemansaida better-designedolfice would promote a professionalimage, increase efficiency,and the Iimited space they currently have doesn't allow a desk to be provided to each

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theStudent Govemment ksemblyisplanning onrcnovating theofficeintheTivoliBuilding.lhey havercceived new computers andarchoping toreplace thesetondhad fumitureto make it lookmorcprufessional. of its 20 members- somethingthat the SGA constitution written by its membersrequires. "Giving a lvhole bunch of student groups money is great and I was happ,ywe were able to do that last year," Batemansaid. "But that only helps a very small percentage of shrdents.Making our olfice an efficientworking body is something that would be beneficialto the entire campus." SenatorKyle Haleyvoted against the measure and said while he feels the intentions are good,he doesn't agree with arguments that a more professional looking olfice would benefitthe students,addingthat the current facilitiesare adequate. "I felt like that amount of money being spentthat way would not be the most responsibleway to spend it," he said. "We can impresspeople with our professionalism and our character. not bv how our ofrce

looks." The money is partly from a budget surplus of around $50,000, which has accumulated during the past three years. The SGA has sought various ways of utilizing the money including a foru-m asking students for ideas. although most suggestions were beyondthe SGAsmeans,such as building a new RTDstation. According to Bateman,the excessmoney did allow the assembly to provide more funds to groups aroundcampus. Lastyear,the SGAgave$3 5,713 to various groups for eventssuch as conferences, the Martin Luther King PeaceBreakfastand the Metro State 5K run. The SGA receives most of its equipment used from other departments, and earlier this year new computers were purchased as most of their old PC'swere on the vergeof

breakdown, accordingto Wylie. Metro freshman Zack Klimecki said using the money for a new SGA office isn't best for the students but recognized the SGAs need for adequateeqniFmentand space. "I think that (the remodeling plan) is silly," he said. "If it's Student money,then it should be going to the students.But they (the SGA)should have the samestandard as we have to do their job." With the plan in the review process,no set amount of money has beendetermined,although Bateman said that the new plan wouldn't exceed$25,000 and would be effective for future assemblies. "We want to make sure the student governmenthas quality equip ment for at least l0 years," Wylie said. "When people have better materials tley're able to do better work."

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ences,still had mixed feelingsabout after the last meeting. "We are working under the title the liederal government gives, but there is really no needto," Torressaid. "I think that the committe€thought it may benisleading, especiallywhen you considerthat many ofthe recommendationsreally are to changethe infrastucture of the instituton. " the prinary goal of Metro's IISI initiative is to raise full-tirne Latino studentenrollmentto 2 5 percent with 5Operrent of thoselatino students defined as low-income by the U,S. CensusBureau. Doing so will make Meho efuible for millions of dollarsin federalgmnt monery, which

would benefitall students.Latino studentsmmprise l3 percentof Metro's studentpopulation, "It really is important for us to be clear to the public that Metoowants to servethe studentsin its population area and a large percentageof thoce studentsare latino, " Torressaid. In April 2007, Meho's board of tustees charged President Stephen Jordan with developingrtcotnmendations to help the college achieve HSI status. fordan called upon the faculty and stalt to help with this endeavor and have recomrnendationsby FeE ruary 2OO8. In Jury 2007, a 65-membertask

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forMetrostudents Violence inKenya hitsclose t0home nya on the faculty, Kenyane,:rchange students and students who have traveled to trfunyaparticipatlng tn a I(enya may be haII a world away srunmer prcgram from the African from the Mile High City,but the daily and African-American studies dereports of rioting mobs, police bru- parhent, tality and ethnically moflvat€d atIn fact, Ralla Odinga, one of the tacks sincethe disputedelecdon one presldenflalcandidatesenb,rolledin month ago have a number of Meud the electiorts€ispute, visit€d Metro studentsand professorspaylng close last Septemberand spokeat St. Cajetar's Cent€r, attention. For many, the news ls not ftom "I talk wlth Kenya eve.rymornan nnknowo, abstractcoun[.y, ing on the phone - I watch live Metro has professors from Ke- Kenyan television on the Internet ByANDRBW ILOHR-SPBNCE spencandemscd-edu

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every day," said assistant professor Lucas Shamala, who is from Kenya and has spent the past month anxiously watching for news on people and placcshe knows. He has brothers and sistersthere and extendedfamily, not to mention countlessfrienils, So far in the town where they live, Shamala said there was some violence at the beginning, but "the real problems are tn the Rift Valley - witbin walhng distance." He said the problem for his fan-

ily is that no one is ableto go to work and foodis becomlnghard to get. The election was suppooedto be different Shanala, who was part| responsiblefor bringing Odlnga to Metro when he haveled through the U.S. last year, sald he believes the problem in Kenya is that incumbent Mwai Kibald refusesto submit to the will of the peopleand has riggedthe electionto stay in power, 'You just have to loot at what happened," Shamalasaid."The elecdon itsell was sopeacefi.rl,and the

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But in order to implement some of these AJter the vote is completedand the recommendations have been prioritized, Jordan will recommendations,it will costmoney. presentthem to the board of trusteesin April The expansionof the kcel Ouheach Programwouldcostin excess of $ 100,000. for their review and final vote. The OIficeof Admissionsprovideslessthan Of the six subcommittees,the Recruitrnent/ Retention & Student Developmentgroup sub- 10 percent of that amount from its budget for the current program mitted the most with 2 7 recommendations. Althoughthe bulk of their ideasfocusedon .......MetrolsDirectorof AdmissionsElenaSanretention, there are a number aimedat improv- doval-Lucerosaid these prograrnswill not r€ceivefederalgrant money obtainedwith an HSI status but rather are designedto help achieve

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"Thoseprogramswould needto be funded in order to help achieveHSI statusbecausethey would build prpelinesof students who bave already built a relationship with Metro and coming into Metro once they graduate from high school," Sandoval-Lucerosaid. '1{l the different subcommitteeswer€ requt€d to put how we thought a program would befundedif implemented." A.fterthe membershavevoted on T\resday, their work on the task forcewill be complete. "The task forceis ending asfar asour regular meetings," Sandoval-Lucerosaid. "But all of the different recommendations involvefaculty,stalf, studelts and deparfinents and we areall preparedto implementthoserecommendations."

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Maestro findshisrhythm atMetro By DAVID CARDBNAS dcarden4@mscd.edu Whenever Aleiandro Rivas raises his baton in the air leading Metro studentsthrough complexnotesand melodies,he feelsat home. For Rivas,standing on stageis something indescribable, alrn6's1 strrreal. "From the moment I raise my baton, I iust think about music from beeinning to end," he said. The second-yearorchestra conductor, a native of Venezuela,has found hiruseU at Metro where he encourages his students to push themselvesto a higher level of musicianship. He also recognizesthe lack of interest at Meho toward classical music. The one thing that the music department wants to improve is getting the student body at Meho more involved in the arts. "The faculty here has worked hard in telling the students,not only music minors or maiors, about all the great opportunities bere to enjoy ensembleconcerts or musicals," he said. "Our goal is to see an increase of intâ&#x201A;Źrest in our Metro students toward arts by making them aware about all the great stuff the music deparhnent has to offer ... more than 60 concertsare programmedfor the spring semesteralone," Meho students can enjoy orchesha concerts on campus at no charge, but Rivas said that if they were able to attend performances outside of Auraria, it would enrich their livesinrnensely. "It's easy for a student to stay home with an iPod,even if they like classicalmusic,' he said. "It's expensiveto go to performances.We need to mate life easier for students so they can enjoy these things without worrying how much

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Metrds newsymphony conductor Alejandrc Rivas stands intheKing Gmer@n(en hallonJan28.Rivuconducted orhestns in0hioforfiveyearafternceivinghismaste/sanddoctoratedegnafrom UniverityofGndnnati(ollege-(onserratoryof Musirin 1999. Heryen&summerin hisnativeVemzuela where he conducts symphonies, ordestras, choirandr,vorkhops, they're going to spnd." The music departnent hie6 to catch the attention of Auraria students throush different music fesfvals during the year such as the String Festival,Jaz Festlval,the Choral Celebrationand dozensmore. "These are a]l events free for Metro students and really fun to attend," Rivassaid. Not only are the perfonnances entertainiDg, but watching Rivas

conduct is just as amusing. A cellist at age 8, Rivas began touring Venezuelaperforming as a soloist and a part of various ensembles. Ten years later, showing interest in conducting, Rivas studied under his father, a fellow musiciatr. He was then acceptedto one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the nation in Cincinnati, where he earned his master's and doctoratein orchestralconducting.

I-mpressed by Meho's music program, he was excited about what Denverhad to oller culturally. Rivas' passionfor the arts is seen tbrough his conducting. and lt is evident that his studentsfeelthe same. A-my Medina, who has played the clarinet for Meho's orchestra for four years,talks about Rivas in high esteemand commented on the significant changeshe has brought to Meko's orchesha.

"He is an amazing, passionab conductor who tuly believesin the music ... he feelsit in his heart, and it's really inspiring," she said. "The whole ensemble has gready improved in the last two years that he has beenhere." Meho's next orchestra concert is March 9 performing Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Also included in the concert is a Greek piano concâ&#x201A;Źrto featuring Thmara Goldstein.

>Political Kenya conflicts nottribalrelate{elections rigged the fighting asethnic rivalry. The reasonsbehind the conflict exit polls and early results were are complex, going back to the coshowing the winner as Odinga ,,. lonial borders drawn by Europeans they were about to announce the re- without regard for the peopleliving sults and suddenly everything went there. black." "This conflict did not start on Shamala said Kenyans had no Dec. 27 - there are also historical radio, no TV and communications factors that peopleneedto look at were cut off for two days. 1Andthen this is about land, wealth and power, they cameback and saidKibaki won, about the havesand the have-nots." and the peoplejust erupted." he said. Shamalacites the Eurolran and "If this was Hbal, if they reU.S.election observerswho said tley ally hated each othet then why were had evidenceof widespreadirregu- they not killing each other before?" larities. Shanala said to reducing this Shamalasaidthe mediacoverage to etlnicity is to miss a very imporof the situation hasfalselyporbayed tant point, The colonial structures Continued from A5

were desiped for exploitation of the counFy and when the colonial powers left, those same structures were left behind and taken by the new power. "The executlve branch is too shong in Kenya," Sharnala said. "The judges are appointâ&#x201A;Źd by the presldent. and in Kenya the president's cabinet members arc olten chosenftom membersof parliament - there is not enough dlvision of power between the three branches of government." AssociateprofessorDerrick Hudson, who led the 2007 Meho bip to Kenya, agreesthat the role of ethnicity in the ffghting wasbeing over-

stated. "My take is that he (Odinga)rep resentsthe yorrng - he tends to be a bit more crossingetbnic boundries representingthe younger generation againstthe old guard, and in the end Kibaki has used etbnicity to stay in power," Hudson said. "Most of the power in Kenya is centered around the Cenhal Province where Kibaki is from, and one of the main points of Odinga is to decenfralizepower." Hudson said the Kenya trip for this summer would probably not take place.The officewill keepup on breaking developments,but he said he doubtedit would happen.

Both professors,thongh they are saddenedand concerned about the current sihration, ended with positive reflections, 'One of the very important things Kenyaneedsto learn is to disagreewithout resorting to violence," he said- Hudson said that while he was disappointed,it was importart to rememberthat democracyis new in Africa. "In the short term, this is very bad for Kenya and its people," Shamala said, 'but in tle long run this is a revolution and rrvillturn out good ... it may tale a while but when the dust settles,whoeveris presidentwill have!o think o[ the people."

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End oI llays EIIITOHIAI: A fool and his money ... campus. The original proposal,which is now in the processof being revamped,would haveallocated$28,650 to providefor a conference room, new frrrniture and additional ofrce space.Ttreplan has gone back to the drawing board, but could total no more than $2 5,000 when all is saidand done,accordingto SGAVicePresidentAndrew Bateman.This is assu-mingthe senateapprovesthe new draft of the plan when it is bmught back to a vote. The money stemsfrom a $50,0O0 budget surplus that has accumulatedduring the past three years,much of which has already beenput to gooduse.The SGA gave$3 5,713 to various groupson campusfor evenb such as the Martin Luther King Peacebrealdast and Meho State5k run. This was an elficientuseof the budgetsurplus; an ofrce renovationis not. Reasonsgivenby the presidentand vicepresidentof the ass€mbly asto why the rernodelingis neededareappallingandself-serving. "Giving a whole bunch of student groups money is great, and I washappy we were ableto do that last year," Batemansaid. "But that only helpsa very small percentageof students.Making our office an efficientworking'Wy is somethingthat would bebeneficial to the entire campus"' Really?How sol.lteordingto Bateman,a better-designedoffice wouH gomtrtd'a profeii;sfonalimage and increaseelEciency.SGA PresidentAamn \,Vytb said, "Wlren peoplehave better materials, they're ableto do betterwbrk." A main reasonfor the budget surplus is due to chililish squabblesthat led to resignations,which left a number of paid positions vacant for extendedperiodsof time. But clearly,the inefficiencywas becauseit had "operatedasa studentgwernment in a horribly laidout spacewith substandardequipment for a long time," to quote PresidentWyhe. If this prorresa valid argument,then with renovationcomesstability, productionand results.floubffirl. If anything,all it will accomplishis to givemembersof the SGAa senseof importanceand style. t 1"o6uisusthis proposalis fueledby the self-indulgenceof the executivebranch and only benefitsmembersof the studentgovernment, no matter what rhetoric is spewedfrom the powersthat be. Sincethe money stemsfrom student fees,surplus or not, the decisionwhether or not to usethe moneyfor an officerenovationshould havebeenbrought beforethe studentsof Metro and votedupon. Thereare other waysto more eflectivelyspendthe mone5rways that will actuallyservethe studentbody.Forexample,the extramoneycouldbeput into a frrndto assiststudentswith the highestamount of need,who areacademicallysoundbut donot havethe resourcesto payfor a collegeeducation.A scholarshipfund, if you will. The money could also be used to provide funds for incoming freshmanwho commit to a four-yearcompletionplan, haveproven themselvesacademicaltyastute and havea needfor financial assistance.The money given to thesestudentswould be earmarkedexclusivelyfor personalcomputersthat would further their education. Unlike a loan, this moneywould not haveto bepaid back. Theseare iust two feasibleoptions that would actually serve the studentbody Imagine the ideasthat would stemfrom a serious brainstorming sessionof the electedleadersof the assemb$ A new renovationplan is in the worksand will gobeforethe SGA senatefor a vote of approval.Se[ators of t]e SGAneedto revoke this plan and makebetteruseof the mone5r The fime for leadershipis now. It's time to put asidepersonal preferences,agendasand empty rhetoric. The studentbody of Metro doesnot needits electedolfrcialsto becomfortableand self-indulgent.It longsfor its electedofficialsto stepup and dowhat they were put in olfce to do: to servethe peopleand not themselves.

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Technologyis often a goodthing. clidn't work. BecauseoGftSr,dsrocWho woulil want to goback to a time racy was sudilenly:hlfavailable to 20,000 citizei$. beforethe wheel, plastics,or the Inof ltub4 it was a ternet? And yet, iust becausesome B€cause mad scientistinvents a befter toilet- their frtnilauental paperdispenser.or say,a 0ashynew thesepeoplehad to go work, they vote .Rtch voting system, doesn't mean the didn't harrc ttp rime people,I arn sure, did have this wholeworld needsit. At fi$t thought. Denver'siils-a-of problem. The sounds like a great idea. No more ripped paper,no more stuffing ballot boxes,and counting the votes is as easyashitting return. In reality, however,when Denver rolled out its redesigned,computeragevoting systemtwo yearsago,the systemperformedas well as, say,my computer when I have a paper due the nent morning. It lust whAred a bit, and then crashed. Anyone who has a computer knows the feelingsof depressionand anger, loss and confusion that they can carse when they myst€riously don't work. I can only imagine how Denver'svoting commissi,:rnfelt on Nov. 7, 20O6. The system started slowing down in the morning, had to be rebootedseveraltimes during the day and endedup taking daysto tally the votes.An estimated20,000 votersdid not get the chance,most$ becausethey didn't havethree hours to wait in line. The experiment in technology lailed - for all the samereasons technologywill alwaysbe viewedby humans with suspicion:the appearanceof mysteriousgremlins and human error - but this wds not iust another tsustrating aftemoon trying to figure out rvhy the computer

the streetby an anSrYngb, is bafling to me,but that is anothersubject The point hereis that if wedo not havea vote,then we are uot living in a democraclzHaving the vote is the whole enchilada - and as anyone who goesto lhco Bell can tell you - you don't leavethe enchilada up to a computer. While Gov Bill Ritter's decision this week to rcturn to paper ballots for November'selectionis becausethe computersweusedin 2006's election recently lost their certification, the real reasonwe should stick to paper is becausepaperis the only trustable technology when our vot€ is concerned,thator malte stonetablets. Paper ballots work, they don't crashand any human can usethem. Computers(and the peoplewho program them) cannot be trusted with our vote. And this isn't even the deeper, underlying danger of computers in voting, Having grown up in a time influencedby the philosophicalidealsof Star Wars and The Terminator, The Jetsonsand Futurarrra, I have both always dreamedof one day having my own robot and at the sametime feared that robots will one day take

A}IIIREWTt|lHRSFENGE spencand@mscd.edu overthe world. How cool would it be to have a little metal friend who could cook. calculateodcls,speakeverylanguage and shoot lasers when things got rough?But then, there is the fact we haveall thought about if robotsever did start thinking for themselves, therywould obviouslydecidehumanity is too dangerousand too stupid to leavein charge of the planet and either kill us off or useus asbatteries when the atmosphereburns off. The threat of computerDedvoting, therefore,is clear.Wewill only be helping the computerscomeone step closer to enslaving us and/or running us off their planet. The censw among many elecfion ofrcials appearsto be that it's time to gobackto the drawing board, we iust have to figure out tle kinks. But why not forgetthe drawing board altogether?The danger here is too great - of disenfranchting voters, of helping humanity's overthrow by the robots.An)rlay we alreadyhave a voting systemthat worksjust fine.

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invisible nomore . dmadura@mscd.edu photo andessay madun bydawn wayne repeatedly apologizesfor bothering me. His voice comes out shalq,'.Questions on his face die at his lips and fall to the concrete where he sits, hidden between a support beam and a chain link fence. He employs his nervous hands to smoking and looks around at the architecture of the bridge that wraps him in noisy isolation. He feels awkward, trite and illl ill likely due to the bottle of cheap wine he polished olf last night. Dwayne hies hard to look like he's at home, to identify and defeat whatever is making him feel Jikehe's hespassing. Then I know. I am trespassing.I have broken one of the great rules that allows the city to function so smoothly: I gal'e up the charade. To know that people live r,r'ithout shelter, without water, r,r'ithout security, hurts. The best r,r'ay to abate that pain is to treat the homeless as if they are inrisible. They play along too. They rest during the day and r.r.anderthrough the veil of darkness, finding nooks under and behind our infrastructure, spealing up only to ask for money with the cliche, "God bless." I grew up follolr.ing the rules and by sitting in this tunnel. having tbis conversation,by photographing thisperson,

I admit that he is here. Here are my feelings of discomfort, my apologies ald awkn'ardness I continue to project onto Dwayne. My mind is cluttered rrn'ithself-consciousnessand anxiety, tryhg to think for both him and me. Dwayne is self-possesed. He speaks slorvly ra-hilelooking right at me. although the left eye kind of does its own thing. Constructing his story backwards, Dwalere talks about waiting for the small Social Security checks he gets for his disability living alone under the bridge. overcoming his drug addictions, and choosing to leavehis family in Nebraska at 19 years old becausethey were too hard on him. This story ends with the beginning of Dwayne's houbles: he was hit by a huck at the age of 15. Alter r,r'aking from a 1O-daycoma, Dwa5merecovered,but neler fully. "The eyesdon't work right, the body don't work right," Dwa5'ne said. Sometimeshe thinks about trying to get housing, but he has lived like this since he was 19. Alter all this time,

Dwaynesayshelust likesto stickto himself. When the conversation lulls, Dr.r'a1'neresumes listening to National Public Radio through his headphones.

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Readers clinging tomisbehaving celebs Celebritiesin the paparazi-filled world seemto be living by the words of Britney Spears' "Oops, I did it again." From Nicole Richie to Brihey Spears,from ilrug addictionto malor breakups, celebrities' dirty launtlry is aired weekly- evennightly - on TV networks, in weekly magazines and blogs liLe perezhilton.com,for the world to criticize. Who is actually interestedin fhis ovedypublicizedgossipand why? "I personallyloveto keepup with my idols such as Linilsay Iohan and Paris Hilton. Somepeoplechooseto watch reality shoras,while I love to buy the newestgossipmagazineand watch EtNews.Eachprson has a little passionfor gossip,it just manifests in dilTerentways," sophomorefennifer Iguenzasaid. Personally, I subscribe to US Weeklyand visit the ElNewswebsit€ daib. I do this becauseI enjoy keep turg up with the fashion trends of the dry, and a great measureof this is what celebritieswear. However,a little gossipwith my coutur€ lsn't a bad deal. "I loveto keepup on all the gossip with celebrities.As crazyasit sounds, it can be vcry addictive," freshman DesireeBichardsonsaid. Some television networks such as MIV repeatedlyfeed the hype of the gossipworld by updating viewers on the latest and greatestof their faraoritecelebrities.While that works for some viewers. others couldn't careless. "I can't stand to be intermpted while I watrh CNN with the (ticlar) at the bottom of the screen with the ridiculous updatesabout Jessica Sinpson or Tom Cluise J think people are so imresGdwith thesestories becausethey harc nothing.better to do," lunior BenJeherssaid. Today's society iust car't get enough of the gossip.After Bribrey Spears' infamous breakdown in 2007, she has failed to stay out of the media for more than 24 hours, whether it is for having a bad hair dry or attendingchild custodymurt. On a national level, the Associated Presspmjected that giossipindustry profits haverecently exceeded the $1 billion mark PeoPlemagazinesellsan al'erage of 1.5 million copiesin the U.S.per week and milli,ons worlilwide view weblogsdaily to follow the real-life soapoperaof Britrey and Lindsay,the article said. And when news breaks like Britney'sremovalfrom her home on a gurney hundredsof thousands more copiesare sold.Nearly 10 million peoplevisitedperezbilton.comin the 24 hours after that sOorybmke. Some people ag€e that gossip is something 1ou cannot hide from,

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"(Burlesqueis) a different languageof dance,basically.It's about titillation and sennality and it's definitely a differentlangunge." - VivienneVaVoom

#ffiffiffiffiffffiffiffiffi PHOTOSBYJ. ISSACSMALLIJSMALL4@MSCD.EDU JJOHN308@MSCD.EDU. BYJEREMYJOHNSON. "We do not acceptdollar bills here on stage when we perfonn," Charlie Champale, handsomelyclad in a white tuxedo and top hat, says to the eager audience. "T\^/enties,perhaps," he sayswith a smile."No, our gratuity is your hoots and hollers, so let's warm up the tip jar, people," Champale pmds. The opening night. sold-out crowd at the Pink ElephantRoom at Colfax and Madison quickly complies with the congenial host and the cozyroom bursts out in shrill whistlesand catcalls. Within moments Champale (r,r'ho was crowned Mr. Exotic World 2007 last summer in las Vegas)introduces Vivienne VaVoom,the Mother of exotic dance troupe BurlesqueAs It Was, to a boisterouscrowd clrunk on elephantsized cocktails made ftom fresh-squezed fruit. And at that very moment, VaVoom,donnedin a cutesycowboynumberadornedin sequins,isseeing 1Oyearsof hard work cometo fruition. After seeingvariations of burlesqueshowsin Denver and New York in the mid-90s, VaVoom beganvoraciouslystudyingup on the agedarl of striptease.A writer, publisher and generally selfdescribed"nerd," VaVoomscouredthe local

library for any information she could find about the history and lore of burlesque. "Eventually a few peoplelistenedto me and were insaneenough to follow me and we created 'l{fter that, eva burlesqueshow," Vavoom said. erything just kind of cametogether." Sincethen, nerils haveneverbeensexiecand bwlesquein Denverhasneverbeenmorepopular. Derwerioints such asthe OrientalTheatâ&#x201A;Źr,the GothicTheafteand*re Skylark,beganto opentheir arrnsto the troupe'srmiquebrand of silly and sexy, and more girls beganjoining in on VaVoom'svision, including the voluptuousFannieSpankings, acrobaticaerialact fidnite Martini and the always charismaticChampale.The shor,l'often includes variousotherdancers,musicians,magicians,comediansand anyothersafrliatedwith Vaudeville-style performance. Many of the dalcers,includingVaVoomand Spankings, were in{uenced by burlesque artist, model and actor Dita Von Teese.Von Teese is credited for reviving mainstream interest in burlesque. "I was at a burlesqueshow in New Orleans at the Shim Sham Club and it was a relrre with

a-ndMissDitaVonTeese." the SouthernJezebelles Spankingssaid. "It just took my breath away.It wasbeautiful. it was [un. it was loud and interactive. It wasjust amazing." Thanks to the mainstream revitalization (plus a rvhole lot of glitter, grit and the old bump and grind) the koupe eventuallylandeda permanent gig at Lannie's Cloc}tower Cabaret,u,*rere a naughty little "hetero-flexible" Frenchman namedPierreSt.JeanSt. Pierrehoststheir Thursday night theaFics. While bartending part time at Lannie's. Anika Zappe.frontwoman for local bandHemiciidaand generalmanagerofThe Pink ElephantRoom,sawa r,r'indowof opportunity "I just wantedto do somethingin this space," Zappesaid,gesturingtoward the Pink's classicint$ior and subtle mood lighting, "It's a big space and it has a cabaret license.I saw how fun the burlesqueshowswere and I think there'sa greater needfor it and a biggerdemandand sothe Pink Elephantwasborn VaVoomalsosaw a demandin the qrt of burlesqueand beganher oun workshop,wlrcrewomenof all shapes,sizes,agesandethnicitiescanlearn to bump and grind, shakeand shimmy.Spankings

ollersa coincidingmakeupclassthat givesgirls tips on how to accentuatetheir onstageflair. "I've beenteachingfor the last year or so and from that there'sbeena lot of girls who'velearned how to do it and arebranching out and hitting the stage,"VaVoomsaid."That's beena huge part of the gmwing popularity of burlesque,too." And the kitschy strip routine continuesto rile I up patrons and fill burlesqueparlors throughout Denver,despitethe fact that somedetractors of the art may clairn it degradesthe people who participate. 'A lot of peoplemight view it as shallow or demeaningbecausewe are teasingand rmdressing," Martini said."But it's reallyall aboutsensuality andindependence." Soit appearsthe squarescan suck on it. Burlesqueis hereto stay. "[ think in general burlesque is making a comebackand I think it's going to last," Champalesaid."You hrow you seea lot of things, especially on the retro tip, that makea comeback,like. swingdancing for instance.But with burlesque, you don't even hale to do the dancing. Iust sit back and enjoythe show."

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swering the clich6 question of "\t'hat would 1.oubuy with 1'our first million if you made it mainstream?" Each member answeredvery differently "I would ift'est it all. straight up, and I would buy a sick guitar, " Carmichael said. lervis commented on irt.r$, the IRS n'ould steal his money an1wa1,, so he rvould only be able to pay off his house. Obenchain ansfi€red practi-

Broadway and Harvard Street. The thrash, hardcore, punk, crust-metal band consists of Tom Carmichael (guitar and vocais), Tim [€r,'is (guitar and voca]s), John Obenchain (bassguitari, Luke Kohut

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(drurns) and newest edition fay Shedlin (lead ','ocals). \Vithout a record label representing them and without a consistent spaceto practice, it's sometimeshard for them to make their dreams a real-

Strong convictions and creativitlt are lvhat keep this band true to their craft. ,{nd when it comesto their fans. they &?nt them to be just as genuine. "lt doesn t realll' matter, but r,l-e appreciate old-school punk rockers,"

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it]'. Despibetheir struggles, they rvere Obenchain said. invited to play in 2007 at the rvellCarmichael had a different take on their fans. lcrown South by Southnast festival in "I want kids that are into the muAustin, Texas, "\4ie consider that tour to b€ the sic and not into the scene. becausc ' that's rvhat we're all about. the rlubest musical experiencene ever had, sic. I hate fashion punks," CarmiCarmichael said. "We had the op portunity to play with Weather the chael said. Storm. Lyin' Bitch and the RestrainComstock is a refreshing take on music and the music industry and it's ing Orders and Under the Drone, all hard to find honest bands that perreally talented bands." form honest music like they do. Some To keep up their energy and combands do it for the fame and some for mitment to their band as rvell as their the money, otlers for meaningless fans, Comstock Lie has upcoming sex with groupies. Comstock doesn't shows Feb. 2 and lMarch 8 at the 12 Volt Tavern, and Feb. 23 at The Ori- play music for any of those reasons,

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second invitation to South by Southwest March 13-1 7. The group has decidedthat having innovative management over their music is more important then getting signed by a record label. "If a record label vl.ere to r,l'alk up right now and offer us a $1 million contract, but r,r'anledus to perform lame music that we diiln't write, there is no n'ay. We need to have creative control," Carmichael said. That doesn't stop them from an-

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but for the simple reason that they respectmusic and are inspired by it. "My dad was the one that encouraged me to play music," Kohut said. "He ltould listen to Frank Zappa and (fimi) Henrlrix, which is also another reason I play music." Kohut wasn't the only one that dedicated their love of music to Frank Zappa. "I wouldn't think music was worth playing without Zappa," [ei,r'is said. When asked what their favorite songs were, they all had diverse re-

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l tnorc up(otning shows In between recording . their new album TheAtmue and shooting the ensuing music video up and down Colfax Avenue, hip-hop hams UmConcsious will be busting rhymes and rhythms Feb. I at The Falconat 329 5 S.BroadwayAve.in Englewood. Described as "hiphop meets Radiohead"by producer Dick |ones of BrotlerHood Studios,tlese Denver Dfs promiseto "insphe everyone from hiphop headsto punk rockers to dump truck funk lovers."And this goofr foursome (Johnny L, r'ocals, bassand prcussion: BoogieB. vocalsand guitar:BeatNick,drums;DJ AJ,turntables) might just be serious about that, if nothing else.Tracks

suchas 'TheAvenue.""RoadRage" and "Play Games"offer an eclectic mix of sill,T-smooth but powerful beatsand grinding, smart, subconsciouslyfunny lgics that inspire an occasionalchuckleor guffalr'. Umconscious has shared tle stage with national acts such as Pharcyde, B-Side Players. Bone Thugs and the late Ol'Dirty Bastard of the Wu TangClan.BoldTlpe and Two Strikesu'ill warm the stagefor this weekend'scrowd at The Falcon. According to UmConscious' mission statement, "all we want to do is playand makemoney.You? We iust want to feel like we're getting $'hat we paid for. UmConsciouspromisesto offerjust that.

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A 'iA.fterlistening to one The 2002 RockyMountainJa-z Provizersaid, Artist of the Year,Chie Imaizumi, night of her vital, creative and enand her orchestrawill perform a gaging music ... Imaizumi was on free concert lan. 3l at 7:3O p,m. my short list of new composer/arat the King CenterConcertHall at rangersto watch." Originally solely a performer, Auraria. The up-and-comingJapanese Chieshiftedher focusto composition native is promoting her latest al- while attending Berklee Collegeof bum, UnfailingKindness,which has Musicin Boston.Chiehasperformed receivedcritical acclaimas a large- at variousmaiorjaz festivalsand in severalEuropeancountries, as well ensemblerecording. In his weekly ia.z column for asher homeland.Chiealsoperforms The Rocky Mountain News, Metro regularly at Denver's Dan)e jaz, political scienceprofessorNorman nigbtclub on Lincoln Avenue.

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Following his spring tour with hard rock supergroup VelvetRevolver(promoting their sophomore album, tribertad)fronbnan ScottWeilandhasplansto rejoin his former StoneTemplePilots bandrnatesfior a handful of summerstops,Revoher'sinfamousguitarist Slashtold Billboard.comon Jan.2 5. STPbrokeup in 2002, one year after releasing their fifth and least commercially successfulalbum, Shangri-htDeeDa. A year afterthe break-upand amid rehabstints,Weilandwasapproachedby formerGuns 'N' Rosâ&#x201A;Źsba,ssist Duff McKaganand askedto ftont the

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my old ways, so I put the litde loint backin the bay and go getftesh air." If a smoker ffnrls bis or herself abusing mariiuana, thoughts become hard to complete and daily tasks go uncompleted. Homework getsput off for videogamesand class is spent ogling girls. Burning out is a terrible, self<onsciousand unproductivefeeling- like slpping into the void.This is the stateof being I think m6t people associatewith stonerjsmall4@mscd.edu kind. It only getsworsen'hen the fog clears to reveal a few weeksof unular users.Focusingpoweris height- donehomeworkand an angry family ened and the willpower to squabble that feelsneglected. The peoplewho live their whole with a professorsimply goes up in smoke.Cloggedsynapsesare shaken lives in perilous proximity to the burnout stagearethe oneswho show clearwith a mighty cough. By smoking out the kinks, Mike up to the hemp rally every1ear.They arenot afraidto bethe public identity found a placehe could becoherentin his shrdiesand went backto class. of the stonercommunity evenif they He kept on his colege path for take on the title of criminal for doing so. They can be arrested.People morethan a decaile,asdeterminedto finishMefio ashehadbeento Hck her- with somethingto losewon't subiect oln, a mle modelfor anyonein r€cov- themselves0othat risk. "Idisagreeon a pbilosophicalbaery or nfio has saidthey uue too old for school."I madeit lvlren everybody siswith the ideathat we shoulddeny elsemidl couldn'tgraduateon ihugs." anyonelabeleda 'criminal' an educaMke conquaed a human servicesde tion," said CatherineM. Gaither,asgreein 20O6from IVIetroat age56. sistant professorof antbropologr at "The key is moderation," Mke Meto, "In fact, if we want to prevent crime (andI could arguedrug and alsaid, He conhasts his smoking with what he learned from abusing hero- cohol abuseas well) more education in. "I know nten fm getting back to is iust what we need."

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Goddaffift,we needsomegridiron I was yawning tbrough a synopsis of the odd social impacb of the upcoming presidential election when I was hit with a shoke of brilliance alerting my otherwise feeble and oblivious mind to a rotten and deplettng psychosisI seem to har€ beenaflicted by: I haveneverw'ritten about football. This mental liberation came to me in an e-mail sentby a man named Ed, After reading somekind of hogwash about Satanthat I had supposedlywritten, he requestedthat I write somethingabout Metro's football de ficiency. Now we are not talking about any queer,Frenchmansport or anything anyone from Canada could possibly understand. Hell no. This is America and we play real football here. Anlthing else would be preposterouslysecond-rate.It is a blood sport in the truest and purest sense. Cowdrds,cheaters and anyone else without elechic nerves of rawhide and real fucking determinationneed not apply Any placewherefootball is being playedis smiled upon by every righteous god in the universe, and every time a gridiron warrior scoresa touchdovm,angelsreceivetheir fiery swordsof deathand slayevil demons who keepfootball out of placeslike Metro.

Whosefault is it that Meho does not havea footballteam?I will accept part of the blane due to the temporary insanity I seemedto have been troubled by. I could have been petitioning for a football team all along instead of pushing these awkward and delirious notions of corruption and vice taking hold of our planet. But there are others in the shadolvs still filching from all of us of our right to demolishcompetingschools in the greatestsport of all time. And anyonewho has ever made the trek acrosscampuslnows that Meho will have no shortage of huge morons and meatheadsof all shapes,colors and sizeswith which to bulldozeanv competition. Inagine it. Cheerleaderswould parade down the main walkways every weekin preparationfor the big game,and their infectious optimism would surely drown out all of those scumbagshollering about Jesus,the envimnment and gay rights. Those peoplejust want your money,but tle cheerleaderswill want your support in a truly nobleand dignifiedcause. Dear God, we are fools for having gone this long without football. Think of the exhavagance, pageanFy and respectthat sucha divine sport would bring to our humble school.We could finalV stompthose latte-drinking snobs at UCD in just

JIMMIEERAIEY ibraley@msud.edu the right kind of way.In fact,it would not surprise me if those pompous nerdswere a part of what is quickly showing itself to be a secretiveand longstanding, underground, antifootball society. But I have exposedit for what it is: a dtty congregationof no-talent intellectualsand sophistsof the very worst kind with a clandestinegoalof keepingthe brave and true of heart from their greatest passion. Some might say that it is all deservedconsidering the years of torment and bullying that these geekshave sustained, but to hell with tlem. They can neverdefeatus, This is a rallying cry AII ablebodied shrdents and faculty are to report outsidethe officeof SteveJordan with huge signs, noisemakers,

a colossalletter D accompaniedby a fenceand a myriad of foam fingers, beer, bobble-headdolls,cheerleaders, bratwurstsand GMCpickupsfor tailgating. Ieave the beer,food and vehicles outside,They will sustain our vitaliry while we take turns posiuoning our bodiesbehind the wheelsof Jordan'scar so that he cannot lealt until he sims our petition to implement a footballprogram. We havesulferedfor far too long, my friends,The time has cometo rise up and raisehell. Haveno fear when you are out there on your own, walking to class or stopping for a quick smoke.The footbdl godswill watch over1ou andblessyou with the annor 1ou needto standup to theseacadenric goons.Takeme at my uord, friends. I will tike the fall shouldour endzone ilreams collapse and become warp€dinto somekind of ioke, I will be the face for a new campusorder. Our demandswill be met. or we will bare our teeth. Rest assured,fellow loversof freedomand liberty,weshall seethe daywhen wecan play football without resfaint and are judgednot by the content of our character,but by the ferociff and violence we display on the field. Ed had a dream, and I have a column. Togetherwe shall scalethe mountain.

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tbroughout the garne. "We had a big run to get back in, but we missedlayups, and they hit their shots,"Ilays said. Losing the battle of the boarils, 48-24, dt'.dn'thelp a team already shuggling with their shooting.[r addition to the missedlayups,the Roadrunners made just three 3-pointers, ty'ing their lowesttotal of the season. Ihe stingy Regis defenseditlnl stop there, looking past a 26-point perfonnanceby WagstalTand an additional 17 by Metro guard Tbrrell Burgess,no other 'Runners scored more than fivepoinb. The 59 points scored were also the lowest point total for Meho in a game versus Regis since the 1994 1995 season,complef,rngthe Rangers' dominanceon defense. Despltethe loss, }detro is confident tn its ability to male the RMAC tournament with eight regular seaPhoro byI0GAN LYu5llylfl@m(d.€du games remainhg. son "You want to beplaying Sourbest halfoftheRoadrunnen 71-58 victorywerRocty ballduringthesecond MetrcguardlerellBurgesdives foi aloose 25.Buryessored basLetball in February," Ilays said U({olondoSpdngonJan eightpoinbandhadsixusisb. Irloudtaln Athletic(onfennce opponmt about making the strongfnish to the 'Furnnersheld strong EastDivision, s€ason. climbedto a 45-24 Ieadwith 15:52 tain Lions, the And the tean has been improvAt halftime, tbe Roadrunnersleft remalning in the game. for the eventualwin that gaveMeho "The effort of the guys is fantas- a 5-5 record in the RockyMountain the court having shown their poten- lng slnce opentng the conference tic," Hays said, "Our turnovers are Attrletic Conference.It was the first tial in staying witbin four points of season1-3 and.sitson the edgeof a time they didn't have a losing record the Rangersdespitehitting on! l-of- tournament appearance. down (from earlierin the season)." "We'reworking onthe lifrle points 3 from 3-point range. Wtrile L7 turnovers againstUCCS in the conferenc€. But in the second hall Regis of execudon,'Meko forward Hayden Unfortunately the .500 oonferis still causefor concern,scoringonly Smith said."Wefeellike we'recloseto six points asa result of thoseseverely encerecord would only last for a day tumed up the tempowith a 4&point perfecfrngthe little rhings." reducedthe turnovers' elfectiveness. as Metro fell to a sftong Registeam performance, and Mefro struggld And despitea late run by the Moun- that held on to secondplace in the to keep up after missing 11 layups

winover Mountain Lions, Regis breals Metro streak ByZACTAYLOR ztaylor2omscd.edu Reboundng was a key factor in Mehols men's basketballt€ans' two gdmesthis past weekend.they outrebounded University of ColoradoColoradoSpringsand left with a 7158 win, before losing on the boards and eventually on the scoreboard, 75-59, againstRegisin home games at Auaria E!€nt C€nter. "We've had some inconsistent rebounding," Metro coach Brannon Hayssaid. the Roadrunnersalso had winnlng streaksat stake in each game, asthey extendedoneby defeatingthe Mountaln Lions for the 30s sb:aight time, but Regissnappeda 13-garne loclngstreakegainstMeho. Against UCCS,two Metro players led the domination in the paint in the quest to continue theh winnlng streak. Star forward fesseWagstalT scored 19 points and grabbed ntne rebounds,while fellow forward Daniel Bassnetted his s€condcareer doubledoublewith 14 polnts and 14 rebounils. With these performancesalong wtth feiver turnovers allowed,Metro

holding Metro women's basketball pushwinstreak to8games strong, The 'Runnersflew out of the gates starting the gameon a 2G5 run that to tala lll-advisedshotsthat led to a saw Regismiss their first eight shots. low 26 perccnt shooting fmm the Sauterhad 12 of thosepoints,and the field on the Roadrunners'home floor, early explosionallowedMefro to conMetro's stingy deferxealso forced21 [oI the tempo of the game,neler alByBRIC LANSING lansingemscd.edu lowing the Rangersto get closerthan turnovers that led to 22 points. 'Runners The offensehasn't al- eigbt pointsfor the restof the game. 'I was really proud of the team," guard Mefro Stephanie Sau- ways been on target during head ter scored21 of her career-high 24 coach Linda Lappe'sfirst season,but Iappe said. "You tnow, they beat us points in the first half to help her their defensehasgiventhe opposition threetirneslast yearand that wasone team cruise to a 6749 victory over fib as their 58.8 points per g'ameal- of the things that I cameinto this job 'Hey,are we gonna let that cross-townrival Regisfan. 26 at the lowedis tied for secondwith the Colo- and said, rado School of Mines in the Rockv happenagain?'and they responded." Auraria BventC€nter. polnts The Roadrunners now head Mountain Athletic Conference. Sauter scored all of her ftom downtown and the 5-foot-9Metro's win over the last-place east to take on Chadron Stat€ Jan. inch guard ftom Aurora couldn't Mountain Lions wasn't a surpriseto 31 and Nebraska-KearneyFeb.2 in figure out how shegot so many open anyone,but their win over their bit- Nebraska. ter rival Regiswas a breath of fresh opportunities. "I'm not sure,"Sautersaid."We air for the Roaclrunners.Iast season, drovea lot to the basket,and we had they fell threetimesto the Rangerslna lot of kick outs. It opned up a lot of cluding lossesin the RMACTournament Finals and in the first round of shotsfor us." The blowout win over the Rang- the NCAATournament. "lt's always good to beat an iners extendedthe Roadrunnero'winning sfeak to eight games includ- town school," Lappesaidon defeating ing their defensive6I-47 etrort we.r Regis$'hoseschoolis only five miles ',Therhing about Regisis the University of Colorado4olorado from Metro. that we hav€to play them in another Springsthe night before. Metro took home their seventh coupleof weeks,sowe will haveto be shaight victory Ian 25 after they reaalyagain," the Mountain Lions from Women's basketball uses pressured every spot on the court forcing them

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FightforNo.1in RMAC By ERIC IIINSING lansingemscd.edu The 2007-2008seasonhasgone in two differentdirectionsfor Meho's basketballtearns.The men's team is struggling to find consistent basketball play for their second-yearhead coachBrannon HaJrs. . But the women'steamhasthrived under new head coach Linda Lappe and are riding an eighl-Bamewinning streak,including an undefeated record in January.That streak could bein jeopardyfor the Roaclrunnersas they venture to lGarney Nebraskato take on the ffrst-placelopers in the Rocky Mountain AtHetic Conference'sEastDivision. For lappe and her team, this garne could be the biggest for both the 'Runners and the [opers who meetwith identical 9-2 recordsin the conference. "I think it is a big game,"shesaid. i{nytime 1ou have a chance to get a game up on anybody and Mines helpedus out a litde defeatingKearne.y(in Neb.).But you gottalnow (The Iopers) aregoingto bereadyfor us." Iappe is new to the rhaby but she got somemuch neededinfo from anotlrerMeho headcoachwho haserpe riencedmanycollisionswith Keame.y "Fmm Debbie(Henilricks,volleyball bead coach), she said it's going to be loud, it's a gr€at atnosphere," Lappesaid. Meho guard Paige Powers has

MATCHUP EASTDIVISION #1 #2 Metrovs.Kearney Neb. Feb.3in Kearney, )adrunners 136,92 intheRMAC l st year,LindaLappe AshleyMickens, G: 3.1ppg, 7.6rpg.42 assists, Sauter, G.:10.8ppg, I percentfrom 3-pointrange Iivedthrough many encounterswitb Kearney in her tlree years at Metro and sheknowsa win overthe division leaderswill help out her team at playoff seedingtime. "This is definitelybig becausewe want to have the edgeat the end of the conference(schedule)and it's really going to help us out so we don't have to come from behind," Powers said on gaining that win now so the Roadrunnerswon't haveto have must-win gamesduring the last few weeksof the regular season. IGamey has held strong in their first-placespotin the RMACdnce tlrc beginningof the seasonand carrieda se\rcn-gamewinning streak that saw the Iopersawrage80 pointsp€rgame Kearney forward Amy tlatbis is key to the [opers successin mnference play with her 19.5 points per RMAC cont€sl Lappe has been an

Lopers Nebraska-Kearney Record: l6-5,9-2in theRMAC Coach:6th year,CarolRussell Key olayers: AmyMathis,F: 17.8ppg,7.8rpg,JadeMeads, G:14.0ppg,3.6rpg,Melissa HinkleyF:1I ppg,7.0rpg expert in not necessarily holding down her oppositions'top scorcr,but heepingin checkthe r€st of the team, making sure role playersdon't break out for huge games. "To tell you the truth, I haven't seen much film on Keamey yet," Lappe said. "But we've just got to trust our defensiveprinciples.To stop a playeris not one person'sjob, eler. It's a team eflort. We will probabty put our bestdefenderon her, but it's not her job, it's our 0eam'sjob to stop their top players." A win will give Metro the inside track to take the regular seasonconferencetitle, which will allow them to host \e first coupleof rounils in the RMACShootoutin March. "Every game with Kearney is always tough," Powerssaid. "Every ga-meI haveplalrd againstthem has beenhard."

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briefs Metro sports SWIMMING Meho's swimming team wasreIF resentedwell at the ColoradoCollege ClassicJan. 25-27, as the women's team placed third overall, the men fifth, and diver Kenny Rhoadesonce againshowedhis prowessby winning both events. IndividuallylisaBlackwastheonly Mebo wornanl,owin two e!€nts,taking both the l0O-and 2oo-yardbackshoke.Ihe only otherMehowomanto takegoldwasfessicaShaddockwho triumphedin the l0Gyard fteestyle,As a team the unmen alsotook first in the 4oGyad freestylerelay to mund out their tbird-place6nish. On the men's side Metro swimmers Bvan Venrick and Kevin Braun .iustmissedtop ffnishes,while Alejan-

dro Hernandeztook the lone gold for the men in the 2oo-yard butterfly TRACK Metro's track team postedsome including a firstindividual successes placefinish at the ColoradoSchoolof Mines' DaviesOpn Jan.2 6. Metro runner GabeLuna sprinted pastthe competitionfor the top finish of 52.02 secondsto win the 40Gmeter and leadthe Meho squad. The Meho women showeddepth in Golden, despite no podium finishes. Runner fessica Jenkins finishedfourth in the mile while fe[ow runners ShaniseHamilton, Chelsea Rutter and TheresePanian finished fourth, sixth and seventhr€spectively in the 600-meterrace.

SportseditorspuIIout crystalbaIIfor SuperBowIpicks ZAC,SPICICTHEG!AIII]s The season record for points scored,the top quarterback, the top wide r€ceft/er,and tbree rings: yes, there is a reason the Pahiots have gone 184, [Iere's the stat f]at will give them thelr ffrst loss: 10 strai8fit road wins by the New York Giants. Gleodale,AZ is not the Meadowlands, so the Giantswill makeit 11 shaight againstone of the bestteams in hie mry. A blg reason for an upset in Super Bon'l )(LtrIon Feb.3 will be the rerrengefactor.Brery coachwill agree that teams learn more from a loss than they do from a win. Soif a team has the chance to leam from a loas and turrr around and play the same team again, the outcome will often result in a dilferent winner. The Giants alreadypr@edthis twice. [r the regular season,the G-men lost both of their divisional matchups witb the Dallas Cowboys.But when they met for l.hetbird time in the divisional round of the playolTs, the Gianb finally had their number.Although they couldn't s&opthe Cowboys'running garne,the Giants' defenseheld quarterbackTony Romo in check,which allowedBi Manning and Co.to scoreboth on the ground and in the air.

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In week two, the Packersgave New York a 35-13 drubbing with Brctt Favle having a career day Ihen, in the NFC Chanpionship game,Manning stolethe show while Favrereverted to last year's mentaliE, throwing two int€rc€ptions,And oren though it took three attempts by hcker lawrence 1}nes !o sendthe G-Mento the big game,they havethe look of a teamthat hasthe t€nacitvto win tbe day One dilfercnce between the Giants' first two reinatches and the upcoming rematch with the Patriots is tlnt, unlike their lossesin the initial gamesversus the Cowboysand the Packers,the Giants nearly won in Week17, losing38-35. Soas rematches go, therc is no neasonto

Don't plan on it. New England has perhion in its sighb, and to the ire of many NFL fars who haveprayedto the football gods every week hoping to seethem hip up at leastonce,head coachBill Belichick will ultimatrb' guide the Patsto an undefeatedseasonand the team'sfourth title iD sev€nyears. My assistantZac llaylor will tell you that the G-men come into the Super Bowl extnemelyhot, winning their previous 1O road games,and that their defensiveline will be in Brady'sfacemaskfrom play one. As impressiveas the Giants harc been playing as mad warriors this season,there has nerrcrbeena hotter tean than the Patriotsrryhoblazeinto SuperBowI )(Ltr after defeatingboth the Chargersand faguars who boast top 10 totals in sac.ks. ERK'SPICICTHEPATRIOI''IS As much as I appreciateMr. ThyCan any arg;umentbe made that will tilt the world's view of why the lor filling up spacein ry sporb secPabiots won't win on Feb.3?Did the tion every r,veek,he rryoo'tsway me Patriotsrcally comethis far, winning or any other krowledgeablefan into 18 staight gamesor y to fall to the thinking that New York can pull off New York Giants, a 12-point uDder- one of the biggestupeetsin the hisdog team?Did Tom Brady tbrow an tory of the NFL. Sorry Zac, the Pats make it 19, NFl'record 50 touchdowns, 23 of which to Pandy Moss- also an NFL and the Giants will only be known record - only to harzethose acco- as the team who helped them make ladestossedasidebecausethey plan history. to chokein the big game?

ERIGtAItlSIt{E ulansing@mscd.edu believethe Giants will be outgunned in this one. Becauseof the closefinish, they also have the confidenceto win, something I don't believe any other t€am the Patriots hme faced has enjoyed.The Giantscan and will win becausethey truly believe it's possible.Brady won't be making his same fourth4uarter comeback in this match becausethe G-men have the will, and that is enough for them to stop \is aelv f,vil hpire from taking a fourth ring to |rlslv Fngland.

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