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Number ofondidates Court's decision to addresssegregafor And witl the same determined tion in Denverschools. pesidem ofCU-Boulder grace with which she carried her"No discussion of civil rights self in this world, sheleft it, dying in leadersin Coloradois completewithher sleepMonday at the ageof 90 in out the mention of Rachel Bassette Oakland,Calif.,almost40 yearsafter Noel," PresidentStephenfordan told her instrumental role in integrating a group gatheredto honor the 2008 DenverPublic Schools.

RachelB. NoelDistinguishedVisiting TheMetReport islooking fornew "She was a fighter," said Ak- Professor,poet Al Young, at Shorter talentandfaces tohelpkeep the barali Thobhani. Metro's interim Cornmunity African Methodist Episshow running.

Positions available: chair of African and African-Ameri- copal Church. "Her fierce integrity - Anchon can StudiesDeparhent, who was a and courage shook a city's racist colleagueand friend to Noel. "But a educationalsystemto its core." . Reporters fighter in a quiet way - in a quiet, TheRachelB.NoelDistinguished . Photographers dignified way."

MsitingProfessorship beganin 1981 .Gmenmen In 1965, Noelwasthe first black to bring diversescholarsand artists (ometolivoli313tofill outan woman electedto the DenverPublic of merit to Mebo for performances, SchoolBoard,and thereforethe first discussions,lectures and classes. application black woman to hold an officein the Young was chosenthis year for the ByJAMES KRUGER jkrugerlemscd.edu

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distinction and was honored the sameday Noel died.

In what could be seenas a tragic irony, those in attendance for the event took the opportunity to celebrateNoel'slegacy,includingYoung, whose poetry focuses on political and societal issues,and who never met Noel but was inspired by her.

"I wasvery touched by how cautious she had to be in getting people to think," Young said."We were really taking a chancein the 195Os and '60s taling a stand against bigotry."

Noel was no shanger to such chancesand was the subiect of numerous tlreats during and after her fight againstsegregation.

Visiting Senior Scholar Vincent Hardingtold the crowd that, during those times. her connectionto the cornmudty wassuchthat peopleoften sbowedup after board meetings to walk her home.

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the love that the community had for her," Harding said. "Rachel was one of those magniffcent rebels every community needs.Eveni-fthey don't know what to do with them - thev needthem."

Bornfan. 15, 1918 in Hanpton, Va.,Noel movedto Denverin 1950 with her husband EdmondNoel and coutinued to shape the educational systâ‚Źm and community after the civil rights movement, founding the department of African-American studiesat Metro where sheservedas its chair from 1971-1980.

Yet, Noel's teachings didn't end after she left Metro, and her legacy continues to be a source of inspiration and guidance to friends, students and the two children and five grandchildren who she is survived by.

"She taught us to stand up for what was right with courageand an open heart," Noel'sgrandson,Peter Noel,said.

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Sole optionleaves lonely students ByNICGARCIA ngarc2Oernscd.edu Student leaders at the Boulder and Deuvercampusesof the University of Coloradoare not happy with the lack of shrdentinput in the decision to name rnogul BruceBensonas the soleffnalist for the iob of university pr€sident.

"We'rt not sure what t}.e rush is," Ryan Biehle, chief of stall for Boulder's student government said" "lhere is a problemwith the process, and it shouldchange."

CU r€gents votfd 7-2 to ac4ept a search committ€e's recommendation that Benson, former chairman of Metro's Board of Tru$ees, be the only ffnalist. Benson,a major p,ower player among Republicans,both locally and nationally, has been met with criticlm from students,faculty and a Coloradot}ink tank.

"We needed more students on that board,"Biehlecontinued,Healso said the student governmentwished it had more choic€sthan Benson.

"There was only one student on the committee,and that's not a good repr€sentation of the college," he said.The studentwasUCD'sReb€kah Grifrth.

Vice president of UCD'sstudent government Tabitha Cave echoed Biehle,"We'r€ not completelythrilled with the lack of studentinvolvement.

It's very upsetting."

CaveadmitsUCDstudentsare no exceptionwhen it com€sto the notorious absenceof studentinvolvement on commuter campusessuch as Auraria. And she'sworried about that, "I feel a lot of UCD shrdentsare just ill-informed about what's going on," she said. "1hey don't get the rnaoihrde of it (a new presidentfor the university)," One regent The Mehopolitan spokewith urged studentsto understandthat the decisionto hire Benson is not final and the board will weigh new information and opinions about the businessmandiscoveredduring

the interview prooess.

Benson, if offered the job after the statemandated . two week Bruce Benson waiting period, would replace Hank Bmwr:, who is conbacted through February to run the university The regentsappointedthe search committ€enine months ago.

Accoriling to CU spokesmanKen Mc{.onnellogue,Bensondid not apply on his own behalf,but was nominated by faculty memberPaticia lirnerick and others who sat on the search committeewith her, Citlng bis polarizing politics and lack of an advanceddegreeor any employment in the public sector, many critics are urging CU'sregenb not to oller Bensonthe job unlesshe proveshe'sotherwisefit.

Biehle and others so far haven't beenswayed.

"I t\ink he's had some success and that's what led them to nominate him, but I still havemy concerns," he said. Benson'sdetractorshave noted his dedication to higher educaflon and support for ReferendumC, a ballot measureto help fuad higher education which passedin 2005.

In his last year on Meto's board, Bensonhel@raise $1 millionforthe Pacesetterscholarship,Metro spoles woman CathyLucassaid" Regen Michael Carrigan, who y6ft{ against the recomlendation of the search cornmittpe, said that despite his ability to raise mon€,y, Benson's political past may lnhibit him from having a healthy working relationship with key Democratsin the statelegislature. 'i{fter Ref. C passed, he formed Ilailhead, a 527 commlttee to defeat Democratswho were eventuallv

plans University makes forfuture ByALHTHBRBERT aherber4omscd.edu

health care to the stat€ and bring some of these tecbnologies to the UCD created a plan to help rural arras where there is a shortguide the school to make the learn- age of health services, Kriman ing experience more efficient for said. future generations and become Before the consolidation, the one of the top universities that will National Institutes of Health reserve Colorado, the United States search expenditures ranked the and the world.

University of Colorado'sSchool of The stategic plan is to be pr€- Medicinein ninth placein a pool of sented to the board of regents by 75 public medicalschools. late March and calls fior a consoliThe consolidation is only one dation of the schools on campus, of a seven-stageplan that calls for which could be in effect as early as the improvement of UCD and its next spring, Associate Vice Chan- schools to ailvance programs and cellor of UCDSteveKrizman said. technologies to provide the best The university has alreadycon- educationfor students. solidatedits schoolsof dental mediUCD'Sstrategic plan was not cine, medicine,nursing, pharmacy based around the Auraria Master and the health and sciencegradu- Plan, but UCD's plan will need to ate school to the Anschutr Medical keep the master plan in mind and Campusin Aurora. will needto compensatefor grou'th 'As of this spring semest€r,all and plan accordingly l(rimran said. students are over on the Anschutz He addedthat Metro and CCDwere Medical Campus," Kriman said. considered in the research before The plan is to bring cutting edge the shategJcplan, but the univerelected,"Carrigan said. 'lAnd they're still upsetabout that."

A 527 committee is a political group named after the sectionof the federaltax codethat regulatesthem.

The purposeof a 527 group is to influencethe victory or defeatof a candidateor ballot issue.

Carrigan said he hasn't made his decisionon whether or not he'll vote to oller Bensonthe job until he meets with him personally.Among bis concernsar€ tenure, di!'ersity issues,goalsand ideason funding CU's future.

While Bensonservedas a Mebo trustee, he anrl the board authored new rules rcgarding t€nure. Those rules allowed the board to fir€ tenured and tenure-track faculty if the collegewas in a financial crisis. For-

mexly, tenued faculty was cremJt from budget cuts. A lawzuif ffled by professors0o overturn that decision is awaiting a grant of appealfrom the ColoradoSupremeCourt.

Bensonhas been quoted as saying he has sincechangedhis position on t€nure.

But the political action group PmgressNowisnt buying it. And tt has set up a website,boycottbenson. com, to help mobilize others who sharetheir skepticism.

Spobman Alan Franklin, a former Metro student, said he's suspiciousregardingthe flipflop.

"There is a major problem with picking a guy like BruoeBensonwho was not re-appointedto the board of Meho," he said.

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FROttl THE SIREET> Willyoubepailicipating inanyoftheatucuses?

Kevin Jennifer Brittany Williams Dodson DeLaCruz be"I don't know how.If I had more information about it, I would participate.

AII I know is you show up at a aounty building."

"No. I have drink plans, It'sjust the primaries, not the actual prcsidential vote."

"Yes, causeI got a shirt out of it. Someone from a student organization gaveme a shirt and invited me to attend."

sity has, in fact, not correlatedwith the other two schools at Auraria, and the strategic plan doesnot involve either of them specifically, Iftiunan said.

The Auraria Master Plan is a 2 S-year visiotr to integrate the campus with downtown, pmvide more academicspace,more buildings and more efficient pedestian and trafrc thorougbfares. Auraria could possiblysell a porhon of the campus to private businessesto ffnance the project. While the plans Ior UCD's shategic planning are merely sketchesand drafts, the university is alsolooking at studentsto help pay for the renovation and enhancement of their education.

"We are going to need money from all different sources,"Krizman said, "We are going to need money from donors in order to make this thing fly. We are going to neednore money from the state ret payersto make it fly, and tuition incrtases." pired as RepublicanGov.Bill Owens 'n Ieft office 2OO7. Newly elected DemocraticC.ov.Bill Ritter did not r€appointhim.

"The fact that he's a Republican doesn't have to QisquaXfyhim," he said. "But there is a lot of reasons why he'sa bad idea.Hls partisan politics, his careerin oil completelygoes against the rtsearch on renewable energy being done in Boulder, and so far the answershe's providedjust don't cut it" Bensonwas in ColoradoSprings at deadlineand unavailableto return phonecalls.

Bensonis presidentand owner of the BensonMineral Groupof Denver, He graduated from CU-Boulderwith a geologydegree.

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By ANDREW FLOHR-SPENCE spencanci@mscd-edu Something was dilferent about Colorado's Republican caucus this year: Peopleactually showedup and tookpart.

When Kelly Maher, one of the co-organizers who emceedthe Denver District 5 Republican caucus, asked who was there for the first time, most of the hanclsin the room went up. "Oh, wow," Maher said.

"Thisis great."

"This turnout is unprecedented.

I am very excited," said Denver Republican County ChairpersonMary Smith who was on hand at the event held in the Tivoli Turnhalle.

Smith said sbe has been involvedwith the Republicancaucus for many years and had never seen such numbers.

She pointed to Coloradomoving its caucus up to Super Ttresdayas one of tle reasonsfor the higb turnout, "Imagine: Peoplewant to have a say in the process,beforethey are already spokenfor," shesaid. Colorado had previouslyheld its caucuson the third Tuesdayin March - long after Super T\esday when typically the presidentialcandidateshave already beendecided, The idea behind the system is that Colorado Republicans have a chance to voice their pick for who should be their party's candidate.

The decisionof the caucusis a nonbinding straw poll that informs the state's RepublicanParty delegates when they go to the Republican National Convention(Heldthis year in Minnesota,Sept. 1-4). When they

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Smith said another factor adding to the turnout was the strong feelings about the candidatesthis year. "I think there is a real sense that people need to dig in and tale part in the process."

cherylKlein,oneof thedistrict co-captainswho organizedthe fivoli event,said at the 2002 caucusthat she attended, only 2O io 30 people showedup.

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"It really seemslike 100 times the usual numbec" Klein said, "It's a whole di.llerent atmospherethan usual."

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The caucus began at 7 p.m. as Alnost 800 peoplecame out to havetheir voiceheardTuesdaynight each precinct elected a chairman, at the Democratic Caucusat Grcen- then a sfraw poll was taken to determine how many voters supported lee Middle Schoolh Denver.

The school housed 10 precincts each candidate and if anyone was from the Denver area. The auditori- undecided.After the straw poll, peorrn and cafeteria becameso crowd- ple could speakup and hy to sway ed that certain precincts had to be the undecidedvotersto their side.

Precinct 517 was one precinct movedto other rooms.

The crowd was a fairly equal mix that participated that evening.After young, middle-aged and elderly the strawpoll, 517 had 28 members of people who turned up to support for Sen.BarackObama,12 for Sen. Hillary Clinton and two undecided. their candidate.

"It's very exciting to be here," Both sidesthen tried to persuade Sen. Hillary Clinton supporter Jill the two undecidedmembersto ioin Conrad said. "We have a choice be- their side. The main focusof the distween two qualifed candidatesand cussionwashealthcare.

"Both solutions don't seem we can choosewho we support based good,"one undecidedvotersaid. on substance," The Obama side tried to conPeople turned out in droves, which was no surprise asDemocrats vince him that their man was not in the pocketof specialinterestgroups. expectedmore than twic€ the turn"Hillary has taken money from out of the 2OO4caucus.

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It was a slow process,but most seemedhappyjust to participate.

"I was really excited about it," said Sara fordan, a junior at CUBoulder."It was a little unorganDed, them," an Obamasupporter said.

The Iraq war was also a topic, but it was still nice to be involved."

Onceall the caucuseswere comwith both sidessupporting their canplete,the final tally was 584 votesfor didates'view.

Clinton supporters stat€d that Obama, 201 for Clinton and three her timetable for an exit plan is bet- remained undecided.

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plans Peace negotiator addresses forlsrael ByRITAWOID rwoldomscd.edu Theheart of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict was brought home to Auraria on Jan.3 I at the Tivoli.

Israeli author and peace negotiator MenachemKlein gave insight into his new book, 'A PossiblePeace BetweenIsrael and Palestine,"about the behind the scenesdetails of the negotiators'room. [r November 2007, Israel and the PalestinianAuthority signedthe Annapolis Joint Declaration,a starting document that promised peace negotiationsbetweenthe two entities in a two+tate solution.

Both sides agreed to allow the U.S.to monitor and iudge the road map to the peaceheaty that would create borderlines between the two countries, As a member of the Alnapolis team, Klein sharedthe challengesof assiping borders,sharing resources and creatinghust betweenIsraeland Palestine.'As the book goesto press, thesetwo sidesare still at the crossroads,"he said.

IIe explainedthat both sideswere looking to the future rather than focusing on historical belonging and misdeedsagainsteachother.

Instead, he said the underlying matter is if Palestiniansreturn, to where exact\z do they return? He questioned the confusion in deter-

mining what claims would be given: Do they just return to tle region or to their home prior to the war, and if so, what if their home doesnot exist anymOfe? Klein discussedthe failure of the Midrlle East PeaceSummit at Camp Davidin 2000 and of the GenevaInitiative, an unofficial peacepmposal launched in December 20O3 that mirrors the current declaration to divide claims over the samearea of land.

"We failed to convince the government to pick up the GenevaInitiative and male it policy," he said. "It wasnot easy,wenegotiatedtwo years on the Genevacase."

Now they are trylng to involve citizens in the negotiation by dishibuting a preliminary peaceheaty where after five yearscitizenswill decidewhat they liked and did not like.

The failure or successin this new path will bewhether they can "renew renegotiations given their current lack of faith in each other," he said.

"We know it will take generationsfor the bad memoriesto disappear."

In his book, readers will find a map outlining tlrc proposedterritorial limits along with how they determined the borderlineon "needsof religion" and the proposedprocedure to enter the Old City.

Although Klein encouragedthe audienceto makethe conllict "future-

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guestspeakel Professot AliThobhani irfiodu(es Menachem lftin onJan.30.Klein, anlsneliauthorandpeare negotiatot,came todis(uss hisinvolvement intheGeneya Pea(e initiative, whi(hherecounts inhisbook,"A Posible Peace Behreen lsnelandPalestine." orientednot past-oriented,"someaudiencemembersdisagreed.

"I don't believein monetar5rcomlrnsation," UCD student and audience member Seif Bendiff said. "I believein compensationarbitratedby iustice."

Another member challenged Klein's presentationby asking for an "opendebateof the facts" and to stop fabricating "Israeli participation in the destructionof Palestine."

"If you stick to the rigbt asa rigbt then that is something else," Klein

responded."lhere is no such debate in Israel as 'right'. We want to build two statesliving side-to-sidewith no claims," Klein said, "Unfortunately, today we arefar from achievingit."

Gotmilk?Food bankopens forstudents inneed ByRYANARMSTRONG rarmstlTemscd.edu Meho studentsin needof an extra hand with meals will be able to find it at the Clement Lamoureaux FoodBank in the Club Hub starting this week.

Organized by Metro's Student Government Assembly, student Sen, Kyle Haley and Meho student Katie Lanoureaux. the Clement Iamoureaux FoodBank is sâ‚Źt to assist students skuggling financially and in need of food while still respectingtheir dignity Students'visitations are confidential and will be securedby using numbersinsteadof names.

"Katie really brought to my awareness while we are working

with the community on homelessness, there are students right here on campus that are facing the same sort of issues,"Haleysaid.

The name is derived from Katie Lamoureaux's great-grandfather who had one of the first plank frame housesat Auraria until it burned in the 1868 fire. IIe then married into the Sicangu tribe. Lamoureaux's great-grandfather worked with the hibe and the settlers to create a peaceful existenceand understanding of each other.

The hibe, now bound to land in South Dakota 2O miles from the Nebraskan border, has a strong belief that one person doesnot have more than any other person.

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The tribe's belief in how their society should be run mirrors perfectly Lamoureaux's efforts to aid those that may needhelp.

The continuation of the bank is placed within Lamoureaux's and Haley's hands, as well as the need from the student body, "What's great tt 16u115s benk is entirely student run. Student government overseesit and hired Katie to run it," Haley said, Lanoureaux operates the food bank and builds community partnerships around Denver so the food bank is not relying solely on the student governmentfor funding, but instead finding other funding sources

and donations to keepthe food bank permanent.

Both coordinatorshopethe bank will becomebigger than lust food as time goeson.

Lamoureaux has ambitions to eventually help people struegling with rent and bills. Even an apartnent building for those without a home is a possibility.

"On the reservation in South Dakota,they havelow-income housing so why can't we do it here?"

Lanoureaux said.

For now the sights are set on food,resourcesfor otler schoolneeds and on a trial basis,for clothing.

"We won't ask for proof of any information becausewe're leaning toward honestv,"Iamoureaux said.

Haley and Lanoureaux both hope Metro studenb in need will seize the opportunity to make the bank a successfulventure.

"I don't want them [6 think l[6y have to be rock bottom to come to the food bank," Iamoureaux said.

Interested in r Yolunteering!

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I Endofrllays I BIGGIRl|IIl{ Re:Votinglessons fromotherstates "Given the closenatrre of the contests and huge fumouts in lowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and Florida, we hope no one will say they didn't see the crush of vot€rs coming, Almost as certain - -trld$-fiIrnout is the chancb oi glitches in the tr,rrodozen electoral sta0esholding caucusesand primariestoday.

It will be instructive to examine the issuesthat emergeand see how statestleal with them. this miCht be anathema to state credo,but Coloradansmight exbact somewisdom to usein our Novembergeneralelectionsas we watch California handle its primary tnday.

California's secretaryof stat€ recently decertified nearly all of the state's electronic voting macbtnes, saying they were unreliabte.Soundfarniliar?

California s primary vot€s larseb wil be recordedon paper ballots, which can be mailed in, dmpped off or cast at precincts Trresday That roughly approximatesthe plan Gov.Bill Ritter has pitchedfor Coloradoin November.

In California, predictions are that vote countine will be delayed by the needto veriS Eignaturesin somecasesand to hand-feedballots into optical scannersinothers.

A close look at how it gioesthere could help us.

Atrother set of lessonsmigbt come from the statesthat are requiring photo identification at the polls.There is talk at the Colorado legislatur€ about changing state law to do iust that. ltre predictedcrush of voters todayis sureto strain a systemthat in other yearshasbeenthe domain of a relativefew party die-hards.

Other Sates hare had issues with r,cnrrestoo small 0o hanclle the crowdsand untestedcaucusoffic1alswho didn't quite lmow how to handlethe clelugeof interest We hooethat's not the casehere.

While much isuncertain about how SuperTuesdaywill- play out, . we do know it's wonderful to see such an appetite for civic alTairs.

The challengewill be r,vlether the electoralsystemcan handlethis interestwith fairnessand efficiency."

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Livingin theAgeof Bullshit I supposeit is safeto say that we live in an age of bullshit. Everghing we hear is probably bullshit, everything we seeis probablybullshit, and everything we th-ink we baow about anlthinc is probablybullshit as well.

We are taught to believein the certainty of things by seeminglygenuine individuals,and then cometo fiushating and inexplicablerealizationsbe[aying thosec€rtaintiesascompletely imaginary segrnentsof tlt'isted fiction wroug[t in the mintlsof eitherthe uneducatedmassesor the manipulative impsthat peddlethem.

It has long been a tradition of mankind to be susceptibleto builshit in almostaly form. However,bullshit cannot simply be reduced to a basic variety of misinformation, fallacious nonsense,fantasyor otherwise completely immaterial baloney Not today'sbullshit any'way Wehaveseenthe riseof a bullshit machine.Bullshit hasbecomea common racket. He who can conceiveof,

and publicize, the most absurd type of crapwill hea rich man. Yesindeed.

It almost makes me consider dropping my silly pursuits of happiness to sign up for coursesin massadvertising. That is where the money is' Yesterday'scourtjesters are today's billionaires.

For instance,I have been recewing all manner of weird e-mail as of late for reasonsthat I assumeto be criminal. Not evenmv schooladdress

is safe.and I havebeenunderthe assumption that it is in someway supposedto beprotectedfrom bullshit.

It startedwith an influx of racist, anti-Obana twaddle unreservedly disguisedas religious prophecy,and bas yet to ceaseits continuous invasion of my inbox.It is as though the atavistic religious right have finally discoveredthe massire potential of their computers and are now well into what is rapidly becominga new, technologicallydrivencrusade.These peopleare spreadingpolitical attack ads by the millions, and the only thing keepingtheir rubbish from becoming full-fledgedpolitical yarn is a delightfully arrogant sign-off like, "I am God,and I approvethis message."

But that is like swatting fliescompared to someof the new-agedrivel that I receive.

Last week somebodvwith one of sent thoseneo-hippiee-mailaddresses encoded and completely me a message place with a link to some backwards that I suspectwas either a pipe manufacfLrerlswebsitecr somethingthat had to do with astrolory and herbal soap.But I wouldn't know becauseI wasn't high enoughto think that they would pick me to lrc the oneto decode their garbageand openthe link.

Of course, it is always possible that the hippie-fuckedmessagewas sentby Helenafrom the starshipCap ricorn hovering invisibly above the stratosphere.Someperson claiming

JIMFiTEBASLHY lbraley@msrd.eelu to be living in a cabin somewhere in Canada with a laboratory and telekinetic powers sent me mail about that.

He has been rapping about some'NESARA," n'hich he thing called says has the potential to wipe out the atmosphere of avarice and the hatedriven nanipulation of the U.S. Government. He says it is a legal document that will pay every U.S. citizen $50,000 and a personal spaceship once the mother ship lands and fesus shows himself as its captain: I harre tried without any luck to contact Helena about all this, but after receiving not so much as a tingly feeling in my lower brain I became angry and

think twice about it. But evenr€gular peopleare confronting me with crazy bullshit nowadays.

Friends of mine have become terribly paranoid about something calledan 'Amero," which they say is somekind North American super currency,and that it will becomethe mostpowerfulthing in all the world. I told them that GeorgeOrwellalready predictedthis bullshit somethinglilie 65 yearsago,buttheydon't belierein Orwell the Pronhetlike I do.

But the most heinous bullshit of a1I is the kind that we find in advertisements. Advertisements of any and all varieties ought to be outlawed, at least until people become smart enough to consistently remember that it's all iust bullshit.

Advertisementsareererywherein this age of bullshit though, and there are only a few solntions Persona]lyI have only ever thought of one, and it has become one of my sober goals in life io own a huge shotgun and a generous supply of television sets to destroy every time an advertisement; or any other manifestation of the vile energy responsible for insurance and

called the man in Canada a filthy liar. He threatened me with spiritual deaih and n'ill no longer respond to

syphilis, decides to introduce itsell into my home.

In fact, shotguns are a good antithesis to bullshit of all kinds. Remember that, follis. If you have a

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Et How Igottobeontheist Getting into bars when you're underage has long been a problem among collegestudents.Someoverride this law by hopping onling and obtaining a fakeID. Certain websitessuch as College Ubiquity and theidshop.comare experts in making "high qualiff" fake IDs. While completely illegal, some students believe that having a fale ID is just a part of the collegeexperience.FakeIDs are a gatewayto the 2l-year-old world, a way to get into bars,drink and mingle with new and interâ‚Źsting people, people who are old enough to ilrink and definitely old enough to buy it legally.Because being 2l meansyou are of legal age finally and rightfully so, the bar is at your fingertips. [et's be honest, I'm guessing most of you reading this column have.without doubt. usedor owneda fakeID. In certain situations,somepeople can get away with using one every weekend,no matter how young they look. Personally,when I tumed 19, which feelslike foreverago,I begged my sisterto let me borrow her ID. She knew that was what I wanted for my birthday, and I was sick and tired of hying to get to know someoneto get into a nightclubor bar.Don'ttell anyoneI saidthis, but anotherway to get around the inconvenienL drinking law is to befriendthe bar stall My sisteris about two yearsolder than me so I thought her ID would really work, And being the awesome sistershe is, she unselfishlygaveme her ID that night, and after some morecoercing,gaveme her ID for the rest of my underageyears.

It was a rush. I was getting into clubs left and right. During the summers in California, I was liequenting bars such as Ruby SIryeand Harry Denton'sStarlight Room,two of the hottest nightctubs in San Francisco.

At somepoint, I let it get to my head, about how cool I was.Then back in Denver my epic ID scam came to a screechinghalt. A night out on the town was desperatelyneeded; my girlfriend just had a fight with her bofriend, and we neededto dance off somesteam.

Wewalkedup to the doorsof The Church, sassyand arrogant, readyto show my ID to my favoritedoorman Yianni, but after looking around, we noticedhe wasn't there.I showedmv

IIOtORESHf,RI{AIiItrEZ hernando@mscd.edu sister'sID to this new door guy And stopshort he did. He lookedright at it and said"this isn't you," and I replied with my 20-year-oldattitude, "Yes,it ist" I demandedhe give me my ID back. He looked at me and said, "nopâ‚Ź,you'renot 2 1."

I didn't get my ID back, but I made a big enough deal to bug even the mariager,SteveChristou.

In rehospect,I realize I was the biggestpain in the ass,and I would havenevergivenme a secondchance to come into the club, especiallyafter the entire disturbance.HowevEr, Christou and I, oddly enough, becamefiends, and when I turned 2 1, I got a job bartending at The Church.

There really isn't a moral to this story asidefrom the fact that, even in lhe worst situations,somelhing good.or evengreat, can comeout of a nasty situation. I continued to stay with The Church for moretlan three years,and just last May, I got a new job bartendingin a swankbar in Larimer Square.Along the way I have had the opportunity to meet tons of people:club promoters,DJs.owners and severalfellow bartendersaLlover town.

I believe these are some of the bestpeopleto lmow, especiallyin the never-ending entertaiDment cycle Denverhas happening.There are always more peopleto meet and new clubs and bars to go to. As soon as one bar closesdown, another lounge opens.That's how the sceneis and will remain for yearsto come.

And we're going to be cfuonicling all of it, right here. Denverhas one of the most eclecticpart5rscenes a city could offer. From our beloved divebars to our extremedanceclubs. partying a mile higb is alwaysan adventure. And that's why someof us couldn'twait to be21.

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Choose roommates wisely I live with four of the most slovenly creatures(collegeboys) ever to tromp this poor earth. Now I know this roommate-to-roommatecleanIinessproblem is quite common, but as far as I krow, not even the mosr experiencedsocial psychologisthas developeda remedy for this everyday quibble. 'Til the leaseis up we're stuck together,so in the meantime how do I keepthe housepresentable?

-Appiled you are Chick: Ah, Grasshopper, learning that the first object in picking a roommate (or four) is to determine compatability One asks questions such as: Are you a pig?How often do you think the trash should betaken out?

But you arepastthat point aren't you? The first step in getting what you want is to determinewhere you can hurt them the most. Since we might assumethat they are capable of protecting their crotch arc4 let's hop to the next bestthing: money \'pe up a sheetthat lists charges for lour services:Hit them often and hit them hard, Post it on the ftont door,put a copyon eachof their bedroom doors.Then, get tough. Deduct the amounts ftom your portion of the rent.

Don't back down! They will whine and cry like toddlerson crack, but you must standyour ground.

Dlck: You how what you do when your dishwasherwon't work?

Slapthe bitch. I'm iust kidding! But, unfortunatel54there's not much to be done in your currâ‚Źnt situation.

Like Chick said,you should be more diligent in your future roommate searches and, furthermore, what in the hell possessedyou to move in with four collegeboys in the fust place?Don't you know boysthat age arepigs?

Regardless,you need to fix your current situation, I would suggest honesty first. Have you sat them. down and expressedyour disgust to them in a reasonablemanner? Renember, you can catch more ftes with honey than with vinegar. Of course,with all of thosedirty dishes, you probably have plenty of flies already. ' So my suggestion,after taking the honest approach,is to come up with somesort of chore wheel. Find a day when you can all get together and tidy the house,keep the chores rotating, then reward yourself and the boyswith beer and pizza.And as far as the dishesgo, that'll teach you to look for a dishwasherin the kitchen next time you move, Besides,isn't doing the dishes women'swork anyhow?

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Auraria dorm different thanmost, butsame atcore As a 26-year-oldcollegestudent, I'm left with only fond memoriesof my life in tle dorms, Me as an 18year-old college student in Greeley away liom home for the 6rst time. eating at the dining hall with my liiends and sendingbackthe chicken sftips that were completelyraw on the inside.

Then there was marching band practice followed by partying all night so I conld barely get through the parade the next day. Or maybe there was the time my friend Nick and L who would wander the streets on Saturday nights looking for parties, inadvertently crashed a toga party. I don't know how we endedup stayingthere,but we did.

I had frieudsat Auraria and I always wonderedif they were able to haveasmuch fun asI did.Therewere no dorms down there, and they all still lived at home.

When I cameto Metm a yearand a half ago,I noticedthat things were starting to changeand now students have the option of living in student housing.It seemsthe daysof Auraria being solelya comrnutercampusare over now that there are three residencehalls availableto students.

However,The Regency,The Inn arrd Campus Village do not necessadly add up to a haditional college elperience, The rooms I saw at Auraria put the dorms in Greeleyto shame,Most studentsgettheir own room and only have to share a bathroom with one other person.Everyroom hasat least

a kitchenette and is fully furnished with mmfortable looking furniture.

I thought I was lucky when I moved into a brand new dorm that had two bedrooms(with two pmple per room), a living room furnished with probably the most uncomfortablecouch ever createdand a bathroom that the four of us shared. I don't think I have to tell you how that bathroom looked at the end of the schoollear after four 18-year-old boysgot donewith it.

For Auraria students, it's like having an apartment. They sign leasesand pay a monthly rent. For me, there was no lease,just a semester fee and a kick out the door once eachsemesterended.

And the rent is very reasonable for essentiallyan apartmentin dolvntown Denver.

The dining hall at CampusVillage also seemedto have much better options than the onesin Greeley, although they did seema little less personal, But seeingall the benefitsof living on campus at Auraria and how nice everything is, I was left to ask, is this really a collegeexperience?I mean, aren't all college fteshmen supposedto live in close quarters with no privacy,eat bad food at the dining hal and go to the bathroom with everyoneelseon the floor, then complain about it? It seemsthe most thesestudentscomplain about is the unreliability of the Internet.

They can't go looking for house parties to crash like I did, but surely,

Still, most studentshave the op tion of going home for the weekend, if they don't like the atmosphereof downtown or if they just $ant to get away from campus for a while. But now there are more studentscoming to Auraria from out of state.They are ableto live on campusand don't have the option of leaving campusfor the weekend.

J$HITSICARETLT "I usualb roam the city on the weekends," said Chris Osborn, a ivacenra@rnscd.edu freshrnan from Portland, Ore. "It's nice beingsocloseto town and in the city I like to just explore."

Osbornaddedthat he doesnotice the dorrns clearing out on the weekends,but he enjoysstayingin town.

"I think there would be more cornmunity in a smallerdorm. At the sametime, it's a really nice place to live," he said.

For many, the city olTersmany options for young men and women on the weekends,from going to the moviesor wandering the 16s Street Mall and eating at downtown restaurants. There are also some that Denverhas many more things to of- en)oy being in a nonFaditional colfer, even for studentsthat are under legetown.

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That fact is easy to forget in Denvec where a scarcity of places to hang them and a perceivedlack of pedestrian culture keep poster visibility low. Yet, postersprovide a richness of messagethat fliers and billboards cannot. A singlepostercan convey&fferent messagqs ryhenviewed from different rlistances,which can elicit shock or surprise.Posterscan be tiled togetherto amplify their messageand createa larger pattern. But most importantly, the immediateand visiblequalitiesof postersallow them to carry succinct and provocativesocial messageslike other mediumcan.

DesignerCraig Feinberghas built a career around this fact. His two years at Fabrica,the design develop ment centerof Benettonthat producesColorsMagazine, immersedhim in the production of imagesthat relate to social issues.Inspired by his residencythere, he is back in the U.S.on a mission: to re-establishthe poster as a medium of socialawareness.

Why choose a postâ‚Źr to communicate a message about a socialissue?"The posteris an icon of presentation," Feinbergexplains,"It's a messagemover."The medium can be traced back to cavepaintings, the fust instancesof visual expression,and has beenr,t'ith us in varying forms eversince.Postershavea visibility and intimacy that other mediado not. "If you seeit, evenif it's ripped,it tells you a story.It's like a book you don't have to open."

Feinberglooks overseasfor a model of this form of expression."In Europe,the posteris a vehiclefor everyday information, a part of everydayculture. It's not just for specialevents.Thereare dedicatedspacesfor posters.

The U.S,is too afraid to defaceitself,but in Europe,they'll put a posterright on a building that's hundredsof years old.There'sno buyingof ad space...it's a celebrationof " messagingand awareness.

Becausehe believesthis senseof social alvareness should be applied to designeducation, Feinbergis embarking on an ambitious project. He will be conducting 10 SocialIssuePosterWorkshopsat collegesand universitiesnationwide. All student work createdin the workshopswill be collected,cataloguedand publishedas an anthology. Feinberg'svision for these workshopsis to work with schoolsbig and small, and with a wide variety of students,to help introduce socizrlissuesas a vital part of design.education.

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a purpose The inaugural Social IssuesPoster Workshop was held at Metro fan. 15-17. Hosted by Metro's student chapter of the American Instihrte of Graphic Arts' Futu.releaders of Desigrr,the workshop atEacted2O student designers,including yours truly, each with their own socialissueto erylor€.

Day one beeanwith Feinbergintroducing his work' which isjaw{ropping in both its strrnningquality and its immediacyin producing a reaction. "IIis work was very sfiiking, and much more photographicthan what we're usedto seeingaround here," participantThomasHutton said.With each image he presented,I respondedimme diately to the pos@r'smessage,even if I wasn't familiar with the iszueit referenced.We then loohedat famous socialissueposterscreatedin the last 5Oyears.Feinberg was quick to point out that theseposterscan still elicit poinb to their an emodonalresponse;their timelessness ellectiveness.

Aftpr the inhoduction, we began researching our own chosenissues,The themeswere ortemely diverse, ranging ftom diseasesand vaccinesto suicide,materialism and child labor. Many studentsdrew ftom personal experienceto choosea subject. Having a long history of almost getting hit by cars while crossingthe streel I chosepedestriansafety If I can prevent ffnding myself face-to-facewith the grill of an SUV without resorting to wearing safeWorange and strobe lights, I'm willing to give it a shot. By the end of the day after a seemingly endlessstream of facts and images,I felt like an expert on my subject.

Day two found us eagerto begin designing.Subjects were analyzd and re-analyzed.We brainstormed and madelists.Elaboratephoto shootsand digital effectswere envisioned,abandonedand recycled' Feinbergassist€d us in creating that senseof timelessnessand immediacy that we had admiredin others' work the day before'We discoveredthat thesepostersleaveno room for complex conc€pts.Our issueswerewhittled down to a singlecore concept,a singleimage that diiln't require more than a momentto conveyits message.

The final day of the workshop,the heat was on. Not only did we havesel'enshort hours to completeand print our designs,but it wasannouncedthat our posterswould be shown in an upcoming exhibition, This announcement brought more pressureand fi:rther sharpening.

By 3 p,m., a ilraft of each posterwas on the wall. It was amazingto seethe metamorphosisof each posterftom idea and sublectto finishedproduct. Not only that' but as Feinbergpointed out, the pos0ersseemedto combine into a unified whole,a synthesisof simple,powerfulmessages.Postersthat had vastly distant themessuddenly relatedto eachother througlr a similar visual style.The differenttopicsbut carried addressed chorus of messages the samefeeling.The mood in the room was electric as we discussedeveryone'swork. Eachposterincreasedthe viewer'sunderstandingof its subject.Sincethe closeof Feinberg'sworkshop,I seethe potential that postershave in creating empathyand awareness.

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Japanese-bornjazzcomposerChie Imaizumi conducted an energetic ensemble of mostly local musicians in front ol a packedhouseJan. 31 at the King Center Concert Hall in support of her nerv album, Unlailino Kinfuress.

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"My goal asa composeris to create music that brings happinessand joy to my listeners," Chie said. "My intention is to inspire moods and emofions within my audience that can range from tears of sadnessto leapsof joy andlaughter."

Chie,tlressedin a kimono-turnedeveninggonn givento her asa gilt by her mother stoodwith her legsslightly apart and firmly grounded.Her style of conduct is part Pilates insfuctor and part SouthernBaptistchoir director. With her constantenergyand her quasi-nervousstance,Chie iS something like the Bjiirk of the modernjazz movement, though there's noth.ing nervousabout the manner or convic-

trumpet (Greg Gisbert) and the sax (Chuck Schneider), n'hich are seem-

ingly seamlessand married in highintensity melodies.

The second number "Fun and StupidSong," is certainly fun, though anything but stupid. \A/ith its blend of lighfhearted and small sa-x sounds (Josh Quinlan) coupled with the quiet cadenceof the drums (Paul Romaine). this is a much more sophisticatedpiecethanthe title would lead a listener to believe.A brief Link Wiay surf-bird reprisein the middle adds to the fun nature of ihis otherwise complicated and deficarecomDosition.

Chie delicatelyleadsher orchesna through a quiet third number ("lone1y...")beforetransitioning to the more 'A upbeat Change for the Better." The irony is that there's no changing for the better because Chie's already achieving some of the best and most

intelligent jazz ensemble work out there with her arrangements.And, infusing fapanese,as well as Latin influencesinto her atypical compositions, Chiereally appealsto all levels of music listeners, even those that might not be familiar witb the finer points of iazz.Her orchestra and arrangementsplay big or don't play at all. shaping non-narrative storylines akin to an unpredictableJerry Lewis movieplot.

In the final stretch, Chie appeals to her rootswith the Japanese-named "Usagi to Kame" (rvhich translates into the "Tortoiseand the Hare") anil Aka Tombo ("Ride the Dragonfly").

Again, Chieamazestheaudiencewith hon with w*rich she operates. her subtle use of noise variations.

AIter a quick introductigq. !!e And for thoset/ho aremore prone to and her orchestra went straight literal song titles, they will find both into the opening number, "Round are incre&bly accurate."Usagi" stops and Round,'a delightfuland robust and starts dreamily,much like the arrargement full oi ear-splifting napping hare of Aesop'sfamedfable, crescendos and markedwith a jag- and crossescultural boundariesnot ged,jolting tempo.The songs'many iust with its messagebut in its pace variations are held tightly together and tempo. It offers a musical mesby the horn sec[on, particularly the sageof irreverenceagainstthe com-

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Antwon Owens,Matt King andJimDisnerarethe Metromusic studenttrio that makeup jaz sensationThreeSquared.But these cool cats,heavily influencedby Denveriaz hurnpeter,comF)ser and legendRonMiles,areanything but sguares.

"We'reall formershrdentsof (Ron),' percussionist Owenssaid.

"We'rein.fiuencedby a lot of differentsoundslike rock and skabut most of all we love|azz We grew up in a community of lazz,and now we want to gilâ‚Ź backto that cornmunity" And ThreeSquaredis doingjust that with its fresh "nu jaz" sound,which is derivedfrom Persian,Japanese, Latin American, house music and blues sounds.Togetheror individually Tbree Squaredhas playedwith such notable artists as The Bad Plus, The UnderdogFive,The New York Voicesand, of course,Miles himself,aswell asmany more.The bandhasshowcasedits talent throughout Coloradoat various jaz festivals,as well as venues suchasRedRocksAmphitheatre,DazzleRestaurantand Iounge, The walnut Roomand manv others' - hreny rohnson

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(hielmaizumi Japanese-bomjaz conductor spreads hermusicalwings Jan. jaz 31infiontofafullcrowd atthel(ng(enterConcert Hall.Awad-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves wasalsoinattendance andwasawarded theGolda Meir prio]tothe(on(ert. leadership Award mon mold and oerseverance in the face of

"There are many bumps on the road through life," Chie said. "If my music can help my listeners to overcometheir obstacles,gi!â‚Ź them strength, or even just make them a little happler and put a smileon their face, then there is no better way to makeme smile and be happy."

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31 to hear famed musician, engineer and producer Alan Parsonslectureaboutthe ins and outsof the everchangingindushy,aswell ashis experiencewith bands suchasTheBeatles,Pink FloydandThe Hollies.

Parsonshumbly adtlressedseveralquestionsfrom studentsand fans about his work on such albums as I^etlt Be and,DarkSideof theMoon,aswellasthe eflects of nelvtechnologyon musicproduction.

"My philosophy as a producer is that if I had a goodidea and it madeit onto the recordto let the artist think they were the ones that had thought of it," Parsonssaid."That's the producer'sjob is to makethe artist comfortableand to make them feel like they're

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At 43 yearsof age,multi-roctrer and platinum prince lenny Kravitz r€mains as fashionablychic and musicallyprolific as ever'On in Jimi Henilrix-styleguitar*hrcn his new albnm, It'sTWlr-Foralave keolution, Kravi& wails thmugh 14 fatulysolid hacts smothe.red rock aad t64rpedwith sticky-sl,tleetb/dcism(such as is found in "Iora Revolution," "Iorre,Iove, Iove" and "I Lovethe P"ain")that would suggesthe is, indee4 vtry much in lm. And perhapoeren with someoneother than his oun handsomereflection messageis as soBorn in 1965, lftaviE gew up during the summerof love,and Reuolution's '60s-stylesit-in. But, loveis not the only thing lftavitr hasto oller, asthe album cially sensibleasa includessuch rousing and, hell, revolutionary songsasthe radio singles"Bring It On" and "I'll Be Waiting" (releasedin late October),as well as his scat]riragpolitical commentary on the war in Iraq, "Back Io Vieham."

'Good MornAnd while Kravitz'ssentimentality borderlineson schmalEy (the third hack ing," is so sweetit hurts your teeth), songssuch as "Dancin' Till Dawn" and "Will You Marry Me?"pack a big funk punch reminiscentof the earlier work that madehim so accessibleto the world. Not to mention, the latter songmight be the most upbeatand positiveode to taking the plungesinceFrank Sinaka's antiquated"[ove and Marriage," With its throwback soundand flower-powersensibility,Irue Revolulionis sureto garner the charismatic KraviE yet another platinum record in salesand even more adoration from fans who havebeenwaiting four, long yearsfor a "revolution."

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( BrighterThanCreation'sDarkcontinuesthe Drive-ByTruckersprogression into individualism. Not to say the banddoesn'twork as a cohesive unit but this album showcaseseach member'sunique talentsand creativity more than everbefore.

Iong-time guitaristJasonIsbellleft thebandandtookwith him part of the three guitar assaultthat had worked so well for the TYuckersand Mussel ShoalspredecessorLynyrd Sbnyld.

Although the Tluckers still employ threeguitar players,the group'sninth studio releasemovesevenfrrrttrer toward a folk-balladsound.

Patt€rsonHood is usually considered the band's fronhnan, but as he tooktime awayfrom the bandto focus on a solo project Mike Cooley'svoice hasemerged.A regularcontributor in songwriting,Cooleywrote the majority of pieceson the new album.

Cooley'senrergience is u,elcomed "Perfedliming" is an insightfrrltune wtrereCooleyreflecbon maturity This is only an interpretation,and Hooddeclare on the banrlswebsite,"(Cooley) any of his lyrics neverrealb discusses with meor anloneelsesoI'm not going of doingso..." to dohim thedisservice Although the Tbuckers ar€ -StephonieDdomp changing (or growing), Brighternun Crution'sDark$tw us what we halr - a cometo exoectfrom the TYuckers

It is difrcult for a band to blend together two or more diversegenres and come out sounding like more then the sum of their parts. Yet on a small scale,this is what BrooklynbasedVampireWeekendhasachieved with their self-tideddebut.

A pleasant mesh of island percussion. college-lifelyrics, Clash-inspiredguitars and accentingstrings, Vampire Weekenddeliversfeel-good music in the tradition of mid-60s sunshine bands. fipping their hats heavily to world music derroteesof the past,the band evenname-checks Peter Gabrielin one of the most delicious hacks, "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa." Other notable track include "Odord Cornma," a catchy ode to exasperation,and "Campus," rr*rosesweetlyearnestlyrics wonder n'hat to do when you cannot avoid the one person you do not want to seeanymore.

While this ahum is nothing surprising to a listener fond of its influences,the soundsand ideasthroughhave been rearranged out Weekend splendidly Catering to an audience drearning of spring in the midst of winter, the album is well timed and

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Cultvating a muscular fan base . Four Oscarnominations weren't with 1989's l-ife ls...fm $hol, Too good ib enougbfor the indie fflm "Juno" an empire that at had built $hort besttumed ghettc.slanginto playddly - it dominated the music charts perverse, bufi-grindingdittiesandat its with its exFaordinary but bizarre soundhack.aswell. worstgavebirth to GetQl 'IheSnge.

Thefusl.soundtracksincefitanic Devoidof anything evenremotely resemblingorigindtty, GetAl The in 1998 to reach No, I on the BillStagte is a hopelesssagaof skirt-chas- board chart. this aibum features a ing and club-hopping. The exposi- SonicYouth cover of "Superstar" (a tional ll,rics conlure up vivid images whole sceneof the movieis dedicated of nearly every hiphop music video to the Richard and Karen Carpenter releasedin the last five years: girls melody), Buddy Holly's "Dearest" shaking their booties to tired beats and The VelvetUnderground's "I'm while stone-faced "husdas" hang Sticking With You." The keystone 'lAnyone Else back in their shades and designer of the soundtrack is threads,sneeringon cueand immor- But You," which is performedby the movie's leading talents, Ellen Page talizing clich6 lifestylechoices. and MichaelCera. spanning more With a career years, A sizableconfibutor to Juno's wrong deit is not to than 2O a soundtrack is Kirnya Dawson,a folkinto the life of mand a keeninsight who is player, inspired singer/songwriter from the especially 4l-year-old

Beforethe releaseof a compilation album, most groups have built a signiffcant discographyof albums and commerciallysuccessfulsingles.

The Killers' new release,Sawdust,is a compilation album. Howevet they have only releasedtwo prior albums (Hot Fuzzand Sam's?ou'n)and have had only four hit songs("Somebody Told Me," "Mr. Brightside," "When You Were Young" and "Read My Mind") suggestingit might be a bit prematureof the foursomefrom las Vegasto gonostalgic.

Someof the songsare good and some of them are not. The highquality B-sideftacls could havebeen savedfor a third studio-lengthalbum and the others for a speculative206 anniversary edition, sometime further down the road when they'veactually earnedthe privilegeof making a comnilationrecord.

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We'rc workedsohard to get hexe. with loans, We'rzeburdenedourselrres appliedfor granb, put our childrenin daycare,brought them to classwhen plansfell tbrough. We'veworkedour butts olI for an afbletic scholarship, sersed collee and flBped burgiers, We're living at home to savemoney, we'rein the cheapestaparEnentmailable We are the men and girls who make up the studentbody at this dithat nveall hope verse eclecticcoltregp is our ticketto a glowingfuture.

At least, that's r,r'hatone would tbink by lsading the quotes from someof our athletic coachesin this paper.They coach "gir'|s."As though the femaleson their teams need extn care and assistance,poor fhings.

Someday,one imagines, they'll be women who are capableof making their own decisions.

Women mate choices;girls herqe choicesmadefo them. Women"1nrticularf those who are entering the college erwironrnent, are in charge of their bodies:whether to have sex, which brft contol method to use what to dowhenit fails.Womenhavea voicein the pohticaldecisiorsmadein this country Ihey el'aluateeconomic ftrcs, military options,for€ign policy socialrightsandbordercontol I don't beliew the intentions of our coachesare bad, but when was the last time you heard any of the guys on our teams referred to as "boys?"Are the young men playing on our courB and ftelils more capable than the young women who competethere?That's the inference, and it's a disserviceto the women on our teams.It's a subtleinsult, but it's wrong all the mme, especiallywhen it comesout of the mouths of university officialsduring interviews.

Particularlyin the sportsculture, where one pro braggedabout getting laid by nrorethan 20,000 unmen (I'm wining to bet they're never referred to as "girls") and anotheris current$ supportingeight cbildren with eight mothersby court order,it is imperatftrc womenwith respect. that weadclress Collegecoachesof both male and female athletes have a role to filI as dispensersof advice and supporters of playersthat are sometimesaway from home for the first time, It's an important pa of their job. But labeling women "girls" diminishes that position by failing to ackrowledge that, ultimately, these women pick their own paths.

Sugar and spiceand everythitrg nice?that's what little girls aremade of And we are not girls.

Snowwasfalling at the quiet, late hour as I nalked home from work Little did I Lnow I was about to have an attack of the stupids.

After frrmbling a frestrly lit cigarctte, aI it took was a @ from my phone to interrupt my search for it.

Ihe mrolderingstickof deathfellright in the bag I was carrying, but my attention span hadn't lastedthe length received'signal of the 'message Ten minutes lat€r, the rich smell 6f $saning plastics reminded me.

Sparks were flying and smoke was billowing from the nylon shopping tote, The bag containedmy wife's favorite jacket, a jacbt madetom 1O0 percentnylon.

I stompedon the bagand the iacket in a snowdrift behind a dumpster in an alley and when the sparksand snow stoppedflying, little remained of the bag and jacket.I left the smoking pile there and w"alkedhome with a senseof disbelief,feeling like I had iust b€enrun overby the Chaos& Co, deliverytruck and wonderinghow "I droppedmy cig and forgot about it" would go overwith my wife.

The intricaciesof how our memory works, or doesn't work, has long beena myst€ry to science,But apparently the answer is simple: Hook a wire up to a certain part of the brain, run a bit of electricity into the bad boy and the problemis solved.

A team of Canadiandoctorsreported that deep brain stimulation, used for more than 10 yearsto treat Eemors, and lately to heat Parkinson's disease,chronic pain and de-

pressiotr,if appliedin the right spot" has been shown to raise a patient's memory-testscores.

Elechodesare implanted into an area of the brain and when stimulated with electrical impulses,patients begin having vivid memories. When the power is turned up, the detail of the memoriesincreases.

Doctorr at Toronto Western Hospital discoveredthe findings accidentally while hying to treat a morbidly obeseman with the experimental stimulation technique in a nearby part of the brain. Accidentally touching the wrong part of the man's brain, the DBScausedthe man to havea feelingof d6jirvu. He suddenly recalledin greatdetail a day he had spentin a park with friends.

The accident led the doctors ro conduct further experiments and they are finding that the patients, when stimuhted, do bett€r on tests.

A future without stupids is now on the horizon.

The technology could lead to heabnent for memory loss, potentially saving milllons of us from liws punctuated by frustrating, embarrassing and often dangerous mo ments. Studentscould useit to raise their achievement,More importaltly, the scientistssay,the processcould help doctors treat peoplewith earty Alzheirner'sdisease.

Unlortunately one of the drawbacksis that when the poweris turned olf the test scoresreturn to normal.

Thewiring will haveto bepermanent.

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Al|DREtitFtollnSPEilGE spencand@mscd.edu of ailrnents,including apathy,hallucinations, depressionand even compulsivegambling.

Surely the nay-sayerswill have a ffeld day with how unnahrral the processis.

But alreadybeing well acquaintedwith a lot of tle side-effectlist and being a firm believerthat you hal'e to breaka few eggsto makean omelet,I personallywould not be averted.

The patient would be lvired with a sort of brain turbo charger.Theidea is to iDsert a sort of pacemakerdevice ser,r'ed into the chest that would send a steady current to the brain.

And, while the processmight sound a bit creepy,or unnatural to most of us nowadays,the brain-boosterwill surely catch on. No one will want to be left back among tlrc slow brain folk, forgetting car keysand whether the iron wasleft on.

I for one will be one of the first standingin line for the memory zap per, and my wife, I am sure,will sup port that.

LentandtheZenof prairiedogs I catr't say that growing up in a Lutheran householdtaught me what it nreansto mourn the deathof Cbrist.

Nerrertaught the rnnrld was my crusadeI can't sayrny life is all that ho$ either.I can bea radica]utren it comes to pharmaceuticalsand pop cultffe, but not when it comesto my religion.

But knt must be a consFuctive season.It's possiblethis means that by giving up potato chips, chocolale, and pancales the wedding dressI'll wear in Iune might be an easierfit, But morelikely it meansthat I€nt can be a time to considerthe sacrificesof those who have struggled over the courseof human history, from caveman daysto present,to bring us into the modernera.

Human history is a story of survival, no matter the religion.

Eddie Izzard is quit€ poingant in pointing out that the Easter-time chocolate egg gorgmg doesn't set the right moodfor a holy atonement.

Martin Luther is known for lidering the Lutheran Hlmnal with reformed German drinking songs. If Martin Luther didnt teach me about the meaning of sacriffce,then rry father certainly did.

HRISTIIIENIIE kdenke@mscd.edu He was born in the early 1940s on a farm in South Dakota. That aside.he was the son of a man born in the Crimea. Ukraine. That aside, he was draftedinto the Vietnam war.

That aside,he was shot severaltimes during the Tet offensive.That aside,..

WelI,I think you getthe point.

Thesearethings1ou'dneverguess about the man from iust seeinghim onceor twice. Until you havea seatat his dinner table,he might not evenlet on that his right arm is failing him !6forty causeof a bullet wound sulTered yearsago.After a chililhoodof ffshon Fridals,henerrcrtold uswehad to give up anything torlent.

He hasgivenup many things,not

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always for the cycle of L€rt. He is a farrn boy stuck in a suburban neighborhood with two roadsout and one road in. He battles prairie dogsfrom the vacant lot adjacent to his home with the vehemenceof openwarfare.

He battles fehovah's witnesseswith an equalfervor.

My father keepsa combinationlockedsafe,but not for moneyIt's filled with what matt€rsmostto him: his father'sred silk scarf,his grandmother's glasses, his parents'wrcddingrings.At leastoncea year,heburrowsinto storageto sit on a box next to the saleand conversesilently with the it€ms that connecthim !o his past.

He may murmur to himse[ or not talkat all,butmostly heiusthol:lsthem and looksat them, It is an exploration of r,r'here the mind andhearthavebeen overthe courseof a lifetime, Oneil,emrepresentsdecades.

Future generationsof my familY harr an inheritance from my father they might not recognizeunlessgiven opportunties where their existence is dependenton the nahue of land, and nature of people. For him, Ient is a seasonof banxformativelossfollor,vedby healing.

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Metro,sseniorcatcher honors topplayer earns poll preseason in2008 ByZACTAYLOR ztaylor2@mscd.edu

On everybaseballteam there is a position that inlluencesevery aspect of the game;the catcher.He hits on oflense, guards the most important baseon defense,and is the strategist for the pitchers.If the team'scatcher is alsooneof the team'sbestplayers, the team'ssuccessrate is improvedin all aspects.

Metro's catcher, ReeceGorman, has all of thesetalents and more; he is the leader.His being named Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferencePreseasonPlayer of the Year for 2OO7 only confirmed that fact to t}te team and the conference, although the seniorhimsell is looking pastthe glitSOTTBAIL ter.

Tomament "The award is great and all," TBA at(SU-Puebls Gorman said. "You'vegot to let it go BASEBAII though - it's an award for the preat 1l a.m.vs.Nehaska.Keamey season,We'veiust got !o look ahead Auraria Field to the season."

At present, he looks to the upcoming seasonthrough a snowy sky. He and his teammates havâ&#x201A;Ź been clearing the field of snow with shovels,Gorman right in the midst of the other players as they make the field ready for practice. His award status certainly hasn't gone to his head.On the snowyfield,asin the dugout, he is the consummate - B@ Pierce head $etm catcher leam player. baseball oadrronsenior The aw-arddid, however,give an ReeeeGorman. accurate account of Gorman's abfities as he approacheshis final season becausehe led the Roadrunner's offenseas a iunior in 2007, l{ith a team Metrds rrcntbaske$all .390 batting average,78 hits, 28 stc. ofits 70peruent scond neady len basesand selen homeruns, Gorin 3-poifier 23fieHgoalson man is the playmakerthat can create The havocon the basepaths. thewinat0ndonState.

"Offensively,he's in the middle of 16ftom drained Roadnrurcrs our lineup," Pierce said. "He's a pafive arqincluding behindthe tient, disciplinedhitter. He can hit for frorn firwadDaniel8ass. al'erage,powerand he can stealbases at a very high percentage.He'sgonna havea monsteryear."

His offensemight be the most vizual part of the game,but Gormanis alsoa stapleon the defensiveside. s(orcd Chadmn State Poins "Carcher is one of the most imtvoment iniBloss toMetrds " Pierce portant positionsdefensively, tenm hn 3'1.Ihe baskeSall "You be mentally tough, have to said.

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wasnamed Feb. 5.Gorman diamond Auraria baseball clearthe helps teanmates Reece Goman catdrer Metrubaseball year a '390 batting avg. in 2fl17 with oftnsive after a monrter 2d)8season Player oftheYearfordre RMA( Preseason and chemisbrywith the pitching stalf, especiallythe new recruits, "You can't ta}e bad at bats or negativeouts to the plate," Piercesaid on catching. "You'vegot to learc it all behind you becausethat can really a-ffectthe pitchers."

Gorman accomPlishesthis demanding task than-ksto his senior experienceand his knowledgeof the league.

"He hrows what pikh to throw behind in the count or ahead in the count," Piercesaid,"His veteranpresencemakeseverybodybetter."

His presenceand his leadership appear to be what his teammates and coachesvalue most about the senior catcher. and it is thesei.r:tangiblesthat really mean the most to a team.

"Reece,he helpsout with the attitude," freshmanoutfielderBrennan Brown said- "He walks around with a good swagger.You seehim on the freld, and you're like, man he knows what he's talking about. If you're a freshmanyou tend to look and listen, you try to get everything You can from him."

He's ready for the 2008 season, having worked out every single day and played snmmer ball to keePhis hitting in shape.Sothereis no reason that he will have anything lessthan tle "monsteryear" Piercepredicted.

"He's got to be one of the best catchersin the nation," Roadrtrmers' outfielder and fellow all'conference player JakePalmer said. "So to have him on our team is pretty good."

Gorman himself is not set to rest

on his laurels. and he believesthat only as a team will Metro be a successthis year,and he is confidentthey can take the conferencechampionship.Especiallyfor him and the other seniorson the team, Gomran wants to end on a goodnote and a winning season.

"Beinga senior,I'le gotto work at it 24-7, no breals."Cormansaid.

He doesn't know yet what he'll do after the seasonencls,but he hopes to play either minor leagueor independentbaseballto stay in the game.

No matter what he does,he will be leaving an impossiblehole to fill on Meho's roster.

"He'll be impossible to replace 'A special next year," Pierce said. player like that only comes around oncein a while."

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By ERIC LANSING laasingomscd.edu Meho's women'sbaslretballt€am couldn't overcome88 poilts scored from conlerencerival Nebraska-IGarney Feb,2 in a ffve-polntlossatthe UNK Health and SportsC€nt€rin Kearney,Neb, The Roadrunnersare horryn for their staunch defenseholding opponents to an averageof 58 points per game,but on Saturday they allowed the loperc to shoot well over 48 percent for the game.

'Kearney is a very potent ollensive team," Meho head coach Tinda Iappe said. "lhey have ffve players at atrytime on the floor that are very gioodolTensively ltrey do a goodjob of moving the ball, they set screensand their big players can go outside and their little guys can go ir:side,sothey are ver5rversatile."

This game featured the top two teamsintheEastDivisionofthe Rocky Mountain Atlleflc Conferencewith identical 9-2 conferencerecords.But MeEo came into the contest soaring high on a nire-game winning streak, including a 54-3 7 defensivestomping of ChadmnStatetwo nights beforein Chadron,Neh the ffrst half saw the'Runners clamp down on the Eagles'ofrense holding them to 14 points on 5-of23 shooting Metro went on to hold Chadron tn only 37 polnts for the

guadAshley passes Metrc Mickens theballtofumad l,legan Sindair dudng theDec7game aginstFortlsris.lhe'Runnen felltoKeameyET{2 Feb.2. game, s€tting up the showdown between conference powerhouses in Metro and Nebraska-Kearney.

The gnmejumpedout to an exciting start as the teams went basketfor-basketin the first sevenminutes of the gamq including five ties that gavethe fans what they expectedout of the hig}-ly anficipatedmatchup.

- Metro guard Alssa Bensonhit a .lpointer to give Meho a 13-12 lead with 11:31 to go in the fust half.The Roadrunnersthen conholled the rest of the half expanding their lead to nine at one point, But with 1:15 left in the first quarter, Kearney guard Kaitlin Petri nailed a 3-pointerto tie the contestat

37 apiene.Metro lost the lead when Kearneyguard MelissatlinHey drove the lane for a layrrp pltrs a freethrow on a foul shot that gavetle lopers a 41-39 lead with 22 secondsleft on the clock.

Metro came flying back as forward CarolynDenneehit a lat€jumper to tie the gamefor the seventhtime in the first half and both tearnsheaded to the locker room with the score at 4I-47.

An exciting secotrdhalf saw the 'Runners jump out to a six-point lead after Metro forward Anne-Marie Torp drained a jumper and guard SGphanieSauterput in back-to-back 3-pointers.

The next 11 minutesof the game sawthesetr4iogeat t€amsfight toe-totoefor sixtiesand nine leadchanges.

IGarney guard JadeMeads,who scored21 points while addingfive assistsand five rebounds,put her team aheadfor goodwhen shehit a iumper then convertedon a fee-throw shot with sevenmiuutes remaining in the game, Meho had ftve players in double fuures with Bensonleading the way for a career-high 18 points. But it wasn't enough as Kearney had four of their sevensuited playersscorelO or more poinb.

Benson, who also had a solid gamewith nine points againstChadron, came up big in helping Meho stay closewith the Inpers for most of the game.Thefreshmanshowedsigns shecould be an integral part when it comestime to play Kearneyagain in two weeks,and as another option for the alreadydeep'Runnerssquad.

iAlyssais playing better and better," Lappesaid. ns a fteshmen,she keepsgetting better, and she continuesto work hard, which is the biggest thing. She has improved a lot since winter break and she hasn't had a baddaysince."

One reasonfor Benson'svast improvementon the court is ha!'ing to take her Snmeup agahst the top defenderon the team.

"My teammatesjust push me" Bensonsaid, "I go up againstAsm€,y (Mickens) wery day in one-on-one drills, and that helps."

Mickens dropped in 15 points, addedfive assistsand collectednine rebounds agalnst Kearney and was happy about her tearn's pe.rformance, saying her teammateswere in good spirits after the loss because "we beat them in every single category exceptfor the one that matters in scoring."

Mickens,however,wasn't happy about the ftee-throw dirparity that saw the Iopers take 31 freethrow attempb comparedto the 'Runners'10, But toughnessis one aspectof Metro's gane the guard said was needed to makesure her team will comeout on top despitethe officlating.

"We weren't mentally tough," Mickens said. "I think we got down on the foul calls and w€just start€dto play soft. 31-10 is pretty ridicu.lous, but at the sams time we still have to make stopsdown the stretch. We ne€dto stay tough."

Metro will get to te6t that theory in theh next game when they meet up with RegisUnirrcristyFeb.8 at the RegisFieldhouse.

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allows 41-point effort toKearney forward inloss ByZACTAYLOR ztaylor2omscd.edu Mefo's men's baslietball t€am remnins in the running for the RockyMountain Athletic Conference Shoolout in March after a 1-1 road weekendin NebraskaFeb, 1 and 2. including a last minute defeatat the hands of conferencerival NebraskaKearney.

The Roadrunners took down ChadronState74-52 on Feb1, before traveling acrossthe state the fohowing day lior a 88-82 loss to Keamey.

The game brought Metro's conferencerecordto 6-7 in the BastDivision and 13-11 overall "It's been a tough year," Mebo forward JesseWagstalT said before the Nebraska trip. "We're probably not wherewe want to be," Despitethe dilleeroes h $ins betweenthe currcnt teamandlastyear's squad, which lost on$ forr games,

evidentby the this weekend. {Ihe players) are improving in rebounds, steals, shooting percentage," Meho coach Brannon Hays said. "They're all getting close to where they want to be."

The 'Runners entered the game against Chadron 166ding to hold onto hurth placein the EastDivision in order to grasp a spot in the RMAC playolls and rehm to .5O0 in the conferencewith a win. Metro also had the ability to extend a lGgame win streakoverthe Eagles, The 'Runners were up to the challenge,erupting from behind the 3-point arc to bury Chadron early draining 16 3-pointers on 23 total field goalsfor the win, "Their gameplan wasto not let us havethe ball in the paint," Hayssaid.

"The byproductof that was our guys were ableto passthe ball out, and we were getting a lot of openshots."

Wagstafl led the olferxhe show wlth 16 points, 1O reboundsand six assiststo securehis third doublsdouble of the seasonon the way to the Runners' out-rebounding the Bagles

Onceagainthe .50Owinning percentagein the RMACwoulaln't hold.

Tlre Roadrun-nerstraveledto face rival Kearneyin a hard fought contest that r,nentdown to the wire but the home team held on for the win.

Meho had the depth (34 points from the benchto the lopers' ffve),and the defense(23 tumozers), but they couliln't ovencomeKearney forward DrakeBeranek'sdominating4l-point and I S-reboundperfonnance, "Our game plan was not to let hiyngettoo many touches,"Hayssald on Beranek."Obviouslywe didn't executethat very well."

The Roadrunners didn't balk at the prospectof a shootout, led by Metmcerterlawnne Billlngs dses guard Marquise Carrington's 28 fc alayup Jan.25against U(tolopoints, as Meho scored their fifth ndoSpdngs.

Billings had14points in thelossto Keamey teb.2inNebnska.highest point total of the season.

Unfortunately for the Roadrunners, 3I-25. their defense alloq/ed their second FellowMetro forward Daniel Bass highestpoint total of the season,one conbibuted 15 points.all from behind the.ycouliln't overcomein tJreend. the arc, and guard Terrell Burgess "We missed some open shots," addedanother 15 to securethe win Hayssaid."Unforhrnately they made and keepMeFo aheadof Chatlroni:r some really tough shots down the the RMAC East standings as well as sEetch.' improving to G6 in the conference, Meho diiln't go down easy Bur-

gess added 14 points and forward Iawrence Billings also added 14 in his breakout ollensive performance of the year, and the Runners cut a l7-point deficit,halfrvaythrough the secondquarier, to just six with just under a minute to play The gameclock provedto be the worst enemy in the final miDut€ as Metro fell short, 88-82. in another thrilling matchup in the rivalry series, "The guys showed hemendow heart at that game,"Hayssaid.

The lossdroppedMeho belowthe .500 mark in the conference,but the team still holds on to a possibleplayolf berth with only six garnesto play, starting on the road Feb.8 at Regis.

The Roadrunnerswill be looking to avengea 75-59 loss to the Rangers, whlch broke a l3game winning streakearlier in the season.

"Defensively, we've got (Regis forward Geremey)Gibson and two shooters to cover,' Hays said. "We can't let thoseguys get loosebecause they're very talented."

Tbat is as far forward as Hays is looking, "one gameat a tlme."

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ByERIC LANSING lansingemscd.edu Metro's reputation as an atl etic powerhousecontinuesto groYv. Although Danny Sanchez,who coached Mefto's women's soccer team to two national championships, and former men's basketbal coach Mike Dunlap have moved on to greenerffeldsand NBA hardwood, a new coach came in to make her mark on Meho's prominent sports pr08ram.

But softballheadcoachfen Fisher has a dilfer€nt task than moot newly appointedcoaches,as shehas had to build the program from the ground up.

"The fransition has been really smooth," Fishersaid."I think it's becauseof the experiencethat the coachesand the adminisbation have.

JoanMcDermot (Metro'sathletic director) has really helped,along with the other coacheswho have been a huge help."

Fisher was interviewed for the iob in September2OO6and washired a month later. Once she passedthe NCAA RecruitingExam,shewastold W Meho's assistantatlletic director to ffnd a team.

It would seemto be an arduous taslkto locate eno'gh talenGd play' ers, but according to Fisher it was just the right time for softball to becomea major sport at Metro.

"I think there r,r'asa real need for this," Fishersaid. "Metro starting softballreally filled the void. Metro is just a greatplaceto goto school.You seethat a lot of these young ladies will go off to college,but they end up coming backhome.It is nice for them to be closer to home, having their family nearby and softball is really a family orientedsport."

'We havethe right team," Fisher said. "They are where they are sup posedto be, and it's where I'm sup posedto be, atrdit feelsgood."

Fisher comes from a solid softball backgound, having played for CreigfuonUniversityin Omaha,Neb. for one seasonand for the Colorado Schoolof Mines in Goldenfor three years. She then went on to become an assistantcoach for Rocky Mountain HiCh School and then Poudre High School,both in FortCollins.

Fishergot her shot at headcoach when she was given the top job at Otero lunior Collegein La Junta in 1998. For eight years, Fisher made the Rattlers a national powerhouse, winning seven straight Region D( championships,two district championshipsand ffnishing with a winning record of 355-1f9. Shetook home sel'en straight Region X Coach of the Yearawards,and her teamswere consistendy present in the top 2O during her final six yearsat Otero.

Despite the hoplry case frrll of awards, Fisher chalks up her winning waysmor€ to goodfortune than greatcoaching.

ByBRIC LANSING lansingomscd-edu Women's atHetics hale flourished at Metro in the past decade with the women'ssoccerteam boasting mr.rlfiple national chamPionships, the women's basketballteam winning ntrmenousconferencetitles and the volleyball0eamcarrying too many NCAA tournament invites to count.

Novr'a new women'steam grac€s Meho's campus,and it has a chance to spreadits wings anong the gandstandingwomen'sprograms,Softball now complementsa vast arraY of women'ssportsthat haveflourisedat Auraria. kading the charge of this new squad is head coach JenFisher,who seasons coachedeiglrt very successfrrl at Oterofunior Collegein I-a Junta.

"I'm tbrilled to be working with such a wonderful group of peopleat Metro Stateand am excitedto takeon the new challengesof starting up a prograrn," Fishersaid.

For its inaugural season, the Roadrunners have been picked to ydes@mstd edu finish fourth in the RockyMountain by[064NLYLES/l Photo Athletic East Division in the RMAC pnctice I in Feb. looks onasherplayers oadrJenFisher head softball Metrc (enter. thefu inaugunl PreseasonPoll devised by dl 12 begin andtheRoadrunners Fisher Evenr theAunria coachesin the conferencc.Despite Pueblo.

Toumament in onFeb. 9andI 0attheCSU-Pueblo seas{,n the school'sIack of 'I really got luclry at Otero," Fishseniorsand expe"She rerience, Metxo er humbly said."I had a greatadmin- ally likes istration, I'w had wonderful support from the community, and I was able to rccruit somereally great kids that werea hugepart of our program that bought into our system."

Although she doesn't have the demeanor of a high-profiIe coach suchasBobbyKnight or C'eorgeKarI, Fishercoacheswith a ton of intensity in spiteof her 5and competitiveness foot-4'inch frame.

"If you ask the t€am, they would not say that t was laid back," Fisher said. "I'm pretty aggressive,and I really like to win. I really hate to lose and I'm just comp€titive by nature.

Funny story is the girls were catching, some of the non-catcherswere catching, and they had to go to the next station. As they were taking off their shin guards, one of the girls 'Evsaid, 'It's not a race,' and I said, erl'thinc is a race, everything is a competitionl"' The players all gave similar responseswhen asked if their coach was sedate.

"Oh no," said Metro pitcher CaseyThompson,who pla@ under Fisherin the 2OO5and 2OO6seasons at Otero.."She'svery intense.My last coach I think yellod at us once and we never got in trouble. I'm usedto a bunch of curse words (from Fisher).

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Fisher brings to the iob everYthing Metro could want a winning tradition, a passionfor the sport and the ability to inspLe respect in her players.The new coach fits right in amongMetro'scoachingelite.

higher than five t€ams other in the RMAC. Fisher thought fourth was too high, but not becauseshe thought her team lacked the talent.

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some people.But I think it's a nic€ complement to our t€am becaus€ the other coacheshave done their researchand they know we havetwo Division I transferpitchers," CaseyThompsonis one of tlose Division I tansfers, and shewill be a huge reasonMetro will competewith the other RMACschools.Thompson, who pitched her iunior seasonlast year at the University of Nerradalas Vegas,bringp that top level of pitching €xperienc€ to her very young tean, and her resumeof who shehas faced in her career will make her a formidablefoefor opposinghitters.

"I have seenBrianne McGowan fromOregonStateandKatieBurkhart ftom (Arizona State) and thoae big time players,"Thompsonsaid of two of the top pikhers in Division I softball. "I got the feelof the competitivenessof Division I." Another greatarm that will bring some exlrrience is another righthander by the name of JessicaFisher.

Thejunior hails bom TowsonUniversity where she earnedschool season recordsof 20 wins and 168 strikouts asa sophomore.

Meto's roster is filled with fO freshmen, four sophomores,two juniors and one senior,and it is hard to expectmuch from a team that hasy"et to play a single seasontogether and has yet to understand the transition from higb schoolsoftballto the rigors of Division II competition. But the coachesand playershavetheir sights set on more successesthan failures and understandthe learning process will be the most valuable lesson in their first season.

"We need to be patient, even though that isn't one of my fine points," Fishersaid."We needto take each gameas a learning processand not worrv about the outcomes.If we do the things we need to do, thenthe outcomes will tal<ecare of themselves."

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