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Night Class STORY BYNICGARCIA.NGARCI2O@MSCD.EDU PHOTOS BYDAWNMADURA.DMADURA@MSCD.EDU (s Fridaynight. Tlvee ladieswalkinto a gentlemen's club.They'rehereto celebrate oneol their I -|.- birthdags.Theentranceis dimly lit. It's evendarker around,the cornerwherenmrly a dozenmarbletnblesarebeingdanceduponbgexoticdnncers."Women getin fru if thegshowmetheir boobies," lanaeWite tzlls them.Thelailiesare sfuxked.Theyspuk among themselves in Chinese.

Oneol themis clurlg appalled But the birthdaggirl, covered in sequins is morethan w ing to flashlame until shev;esthe malereporter stnnilng ndt to thc iloor girL Thereporterffirs to turn around.so the lndiescanexpressthemselves and mtzrfru ol chargc.Theggiggleasonebyonetheyflash lanae.Sheclapsand,tellsthemto havea goodtime,SecondslnEr a regulnrwoJksin, "Hey honey,"Jaue says with equdclarity anilconfusion.She'sseenhim before.

But in theyearshds banworkingin theclub,gougeta senseshe'ssentthemall before. |

er real name isn't fanae. It's her stage name. We can't tell you her real name and we can't show you her face. In fact we weren't supposedto tâ‚Źll you this story at all. But when we heard about lanae we knew we had to shareher story.It is abouta Meho businessstudent; like most students, she works her way througb school.But unlike most, she also dances- more accurately strips - her way througb school. We can't tell you the club she works at. That was another stipulation of this story.You seeafter tracking her doranand getting her to agreeto the story weknew we'd haveto clear it with her and the club sheworks at. Then it wasgettingJanaeto talk. She was, for the most part, willing to haveher picture taken, but getting her to talk was another story ,..

After weeksof Fying to get a hold of Janaeshe finally invites me to shadowher at work. On this particular afternoon,she'sworking the door at the club. Sheis paid hourly although shecan't tell me how much. When she dancesshe's paid only in tips from customersand in feesfrom lap dances.As a matter of fact she has to pay the club a "house

fee"to dancethere.Again, another stipulation, she can't saywhat shecollectsor paysout. "I'm sorry honey,I promised." Shebatsher eyesbut promises, "I male a decentamount of money."

In fact, it's the money that brought Janaeto her current placeof employment.Just over a year agosheworkedas a serverat a downtown râ‚Źstaurant and wasn't making the moneyshehad hoped . for.It wasone of her girlfriendswho told her about the tirne she worked at a gentlemen'sclub. It was the mostamount of moneyshehad evermadeand she was just a cocktail waifress.Janaedid some researchand learned as a dancershe'dmake a lot more.

"I auditioned and got the part," shesaid.And then her world split in two. By day sheis a business student.By night sheis a businesswoman. To say her world split in two is perhapsa little harsh. After all, the two collideon a regular basis.

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Goudrillsoilforscholarchip ByDREWJAYNES ajaynesL@mscd.edu New scholarships for Colorado resident undergraduates could become available iI an initiative backed

by Gov. Bill Ritter goes on the books in November. Funding for the scholarships would stem from vot€rs deciding to end a property tax credit available to oil and gas industries.

While essentially a tax hike for the oil and gas industries, Ritter's olfice says an estimated $2OO million annuallv could be raised.

In his announcement on the steps of the Capitol April 24, Ritter oudined the proposed uses for the resulting funding. Sixty percent would go to fund Colorado Promise Scholarships, l5 percent for wildlife habitats alTectedby drilling, 15 percent would go to road repairs and proiects and 10 percent would go toward state renewable energy projects.

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. lnandort toeliminate nonacademic feestostudenr, a proposed amendment ispending 1ntheColorado senate requiring allfeeassesssments thatwillbe rollected willhave tobeoutlined incourse requirements.

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Scholarship awards would be based on a family's adjusted gross income, but caps r,r'ould be set for families with higher incomes. Part of the money r.r'ouldbe placed into

trust funds in the event of revelue shortlalls so students would not lose their scholarships. Ritter estimates . Dr.Jack professor Hesson, of that two-thirds of Colorado resident psychology atMetro, explores undergraduates r,r'ould be eligible therauses ofprocrastination. lo apply for the so-called Promise According toHesson, Scholarshipsas long as a 2.5 GPAis maintained. procrastination ismore thanlack ofdiscipline ormismanagement There is opposition from the oil and gas industries Lhat operate in oftime.

Prorrastination canbe Colorado. IIeg Collins, president anindicatibn ofinternal c0nflicts of thc Colorado Oil and Gas Assosuch asfearoffailure, ciation. is dubious about the'aftereffearof fects of such a messagegoing on the "Procrastination ger. success oran books. issoself-defeatingi' Hesson ColLhs said the increasing impact "Because said. it generates self of regulations on the industry nlay criticism andanxietyl' clrive prices up and make Colorado less attractive for companies looking to do business here. State Sen. Creg Brophy. R-\A/ray called Ritter's mo,,'e an act of "economic illiteracy." Brophy believesthat if the initiative is passed.easlern Coloradocommun!

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ties u'ould be in a tight spot.

The initiative is still not on the ballot for November. however, because more thar 76.000 voter signatures are needed to get it there.

Several campus organizations alfiliated with the University of Colorado are backing the measure and intend to work to get the initiative passed.

Higher-ed administrators applaud Ritter's efforts to achieve better funding for colleges in Colorado,

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Gov. BillRitterannounced onApril24hisintention to back a(ommunity initiative, whichwouldfirndanewscholarstrip ptogram proposed aimed atColorado resident undergraduates.The initiative wouldendaproperty taxdeduction usedby theoilandgasindustries inColorado.0rganizers ofthemeasure willneed tocollect more than76,000 signaturesto eam aspotonthel,lovember ballot. but said PromiseScholarshipswill not be enough.CU PresidentBruce Bensonis concernedthat he will not haveenoughoperatingmoneyto fulfill his obligationsto pay faculty and other expensesthis yearor next.

Bensonbelievesthat with ReferendumC fundingcomingto a closein just two years- not to mentionthe

economicrecession- Coloradans could be facing some tough questions on how to fund higher education.

This initiati\€ is the third proposedor signedlegislationin lessthan a month that will aITectColorado higher-ed institutions' funding. Ritter signedSenateBill 73 into law in

early April that will effectivelylower textbook pricesby forcing publishers to unbundle textbooksfrom other op tionalmedia.Additionally,thisinitiative comesjust daysafter Rifter publicly backedanother measure,Senate Bill 218, aimedat fundingrenovation and construction projectson Colorado campusessuch asAuraria.

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plantobereuised Metrotinsurance Board ofTrustees will review for benefits partners domestic

By ANDREW FLOHR-SPENCE spencand@msqd.edu Domesticpartnersof facultyand administratorsat Metro may soon be eligibleior the school'sinsurance benefits, Metro's Board of Tlustees announcedat its April meetingit would review the inclusion of domestic partners in the insurance plan offered to faculty and administration after the president of the Faculty Senate brought forth a resolution pressingfor the change.

"We are supposedto be an institution of higher learning and we need to be open to alternativg lifestyles,"said Hal Nees,presidentof Metro'sFaculty Senate.Neessaidthe senatelooked around at institutions that offer similar benefftsamong local and nationalorganizations,businesses and insfltutions of higher learning and found that including partners in benefit plans is "pretty widespread.' lo Colorado. for instance,the CU system,UCDand the cities of Denverand Boulder all olTer insurance to sarn+se:(couples,The senatevoted all in iavor of tfie rese. lution, with two senatorsabstaining, he said. "[n order to attract quality factrlty we need to offer that benefit," Neessaid. "I think it is only fair and

it recognizesthe nature of today's relationships.'

But Metro isn't the only institution involved in the decision.

An insurance consortium consistingof Metro,Auraria HigherEducationCenter,AdamsStateCollege ColoradoSchoolof N{ines.Colorado State University, Fort Iewis College, Universityof NorthernColoradoand WesternStateCollege,the Colorado Hig}er BducationInsuranceBenefit Alliance, or CIIEIBA,pools the resourcesof all the membersto negotiateinsuranceat cheaperrates.

For the insuranceeligibilityrules to change,a majority of the CHEIBA board, made up of one representative of each of the eight institutions and a chair astiebreaker,would have to vote in favor.

Metro's Executive Director of Human Resourcesfudy Zewe, who the board of trustees charged with collecting inlormation on the proposal'seffects- both financially and legally - and who has worked on the CHlrnA board since 1989 representing severalschools,said including domesticpartnership has been a topic for years, "We (CHBIBA)have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that we don't make decisions that will adrersely ellect our plan as a whole," l,ewe said. "it's not just a individul,l institution's decisionat times:it is for the geater grood."ZewesaidCHEIBA is conccrned about opening up the insurance to a larger number of peoplebecausethat could drive the

insuranceratesup. "We haveto define exactlywho would be eligible," shesaid.

Z,ewesaid the numbers given to them by Anthem say including domesticpartnershipswould mean about a 1 percentincreasefor each participantin the plan.

Sheis not only researchingthe financialeffectsof the plan, but also the legal ramifications.CHEIBAis r,r'orkingwith Colorado'sAttorney Generalto make sure the plan they come up with is in line with state law,shesaid.

"It's not an easy decision,and it s not onethal wearegoingtoiump in quickly to without having all the facts," TEwesaid. ZewewiII present her report to the board of trusteesat their meeting May 7 and go to CHBIBAs meetingMay 16 with whatever the board decides.

Zewe said her feeling was that CHEIBAwas split 5O-50on the decision, but that severalof the schools, including Meho, had recently elected many new board members, so it was very hard to say how a vote would go.

Chair of Metro's council of adminishators Tara Tull said the adminishators voted overwhebningly in support of extending the beneffts to domesticpartners becauseit is es- sential if Metro wants to be cdmDetitive in the job market.

"On a personal level, as an employee,I hink it's iust the right thtng to do," she said. "It's also a canpus climate issue,it's a diversity issue.I

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believe Metro is very supportive of diversity.,.and that'soneof the benefits we should be olTering."

Itrll, who is also the associate director of the Institute of Women's Studiesand Services,has worked on several committees and groups at Metro over the last decadethat have tried to raise the issue.

"Metro has been on board with the idea for a long time," she said.

"The issueis CHEIBA." T\rll saidthat CHEIBAsboardhas refused previous requests to make the change and that they haven't beenclear asto why, but that gettiDg the nunerous schoolsin the alliancâ&#x201A;Ź to cometo a consensusis dilEcult.

"The schools in CHEIBA represent many different communities around Colorado- from more conservative to more liberal, but Colorado haschangeda lot in the last ffve to 10 years,"Ttrll said.

members tonegotiate insurance for institutions toreceive cheaper rates.

Howchange happens

Amajoilty ofthe(HEIBA board must approve anychanges torules and policy.

Metro's role . Executive Director ofHuman Resources Judy Zewe isMetroS representative ontheboard . Zewe willprcsent herreport to theBoard ofTrustees atitsmeeting May7andgoto(HE|8A3 meeting withtheissue ofwhether ornot partnership Metro wanbdomestic benifis.

HalNees announces hewillnotberunning forafifthterm ByANDREW FLOHR-SPENCB spencand@mscd.edu Hal Nees, who has served four yearsas Metro's faculty senatepresident, will not be seekinga fifth term, he announcedat the April Board of Ttusteesmeeting.

"I've enjoyedit, but I will not be running this time," said Nees,who is also a professorof criminal justice at Meho. "I'le learned a lot, and I feel like I've contributed to the college,and I'm excitedto focusback on l,eaching."

The big issuesof his reign includ: ed the naming of a new president 'StephenJordan- facultypaynegotiations,issuesraisedby facultyrecordspromptedby the recentreport b1rTheMetropolitan, and negotiating the new coreclassrequirements.

One of toughestpartsof thejob,Neessaid, is balancingerrryone'sinterests "Part of the job to comeup with new ideasthat help the faculty, part of it is to do sharedgovernmentwith the administration and part of it is to disagreewith the administration

to protect the faculry," he said. Another difrcult point is working with the limited resourcesgilen to higher education.

"Number 49 out of 50 in education funding: I guesswe could do a litde worse," Nees said about Colorado's national.placementin higher educationfunding. Neessaidthe residents of the state need to ffgure out how important higher educationis to them.

"From my point of view in the long run the situation doesn't bode well for Colorado."Neessaid. "Pei> ple needto think they have a future.

That's really important." Nees.who has rvorked in criminal justice for almost 3Oyears,saidhe rvouldlike to seemorespenton schoolsthan prisons someday "Thisis a placeof hope,this is a placeof possibilities... the criminal iusticesystemis neither of those."

As far asregrets: "There is alwaysa lack oI time to get things done,and I've got a list of things to turn over to lhe next president' but they will of course decide their own priorities."

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Afterfouryean asFaculg Senate President HalNees isstepping down."ljustdon't wanttorunagain,"Nees said.Tfie'lG yeararsodate prufessor intheaiminaljustice department lookforwadtoteaching fourclassB asemester.

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raiser is not iust to rais€ money for scholarshipsbut for studentsto apply Students in the marketing de- their knowledgeand gain experience partment's sports marketing course in the marketing field. "Everything sold ticketsfor the Rockiesupcoming we learnedin this classappliedto the game against the Los AngelesDodg- project,"saidZach Lynn$,a student ersMay 2 at CoorsFieldto raisemon- in the marketing cours(. The stuey for scholarships. dentswere divided into a few groups The ticketswereworth $24. but and each had its own responsibilithe department gave students a $4 ties.Somestudentsran the tablesand discountand soldthemfor $20.They r4'eresellingthe tickets.sqmer erein sold 400 tickets and made $2,400 chargeof advertisingandptherswere in scholarshipfunds.The marketing r.t'orkingwith public relations."The deparhnentholdsthe fundraiserev- whole point of marketing is to sell. ery springwith localsportsteams.In andwewereout theresellingbul in a the past,theyhar,esoldticketsfor the much morelow stressen imnment."

ColoradoMammothand the Rapids. MetrostudentTommyBe(kersaid. "\47e preferthe ColoradoRockies ln order to help profnote other becausethey are easierto dealwith local businesses.they also gaveaway and they have a great fundrais- freecouponsfrom Qdobaand freeRed ing program," said Darren Duber- Bull drinks.

Smith, visiting assistantmarketing The Rockiesdonatep hats, Tprofessor. shirtsandrally towelsfroln the 2007 The purposeoI the annual fund- World Series.

"IfUepreler lhe Rockiesbecause lhe/re eesiErto deal with and they hauea greal lunilraising progrhmj' DARREN DUBER-sMITH, MEIRO VISITING A55I5TANT MARKETI N6PROFESsOR

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9ports ma*etingstudents soldticketsforthe Rockies May2game andnisedmorethan52,400 inscholanhip money.

For thepastfew weela, students soldtickets attheflagpole atAunilafor520.

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University ofColorado atDenver's programs graduate make thegrade ByIGLLYHERRERA kherrerT@mscd.edu

make the research breakthroughs that truly change lives,"Chancellor M. RoyWilson saidin a pressrelease.

University of Colorado at Denver has been featured and ranked among UCD servesmore than 28.O0O the best collegesin the nation by U.S. studentsboth on campusand via online courses.

News ald World Report for its graduate pr(Brams such as public affairs, Thedowntowncampushasabout biological sciencesand health science 12,325 students,4,453 of whomare programs. graduate students. The Anschutz Every year the U.S. News and N{edicalCampus is serving 2,855 World Report, a weekly magazine, students,including992 in graduate ranks professional school programs school.UCD, along rvith Anschutz in business.education,engineering, N{edical Campus. offermorethan l0O law and medicine based on expert degreesand programsin 13 schools opinion about program quality as andcolleges.

TheHealthScience Cenwell as statisticalindicators that nrea- ter offers30 degreeprogramsspread sure the quality of a school's faculty. or,'erfive schools. research and students.

The latest U.S. News and World Report ranking included UCD's graduate progranls on the top 5O list.

Six UCD graduate programs made the top 10. Some of those ranked were pediatric nurse practiPh0t0 byJ.IsAAC SMALvirmall4@m(C.€du tioner at No. 3 in the nation: the Colpolice parked Officer Hamilton oftheAuraria department writesaticketforacarthatwas 35indres fromthecurbApril29 Iege of Nursing master's program at

(enter3website on5thStreet.

Palking citations issued atAuraria canbeappealed odlineontheAuraria Higher Education athttp://www.ahec.edu/pa*ing/home.html.0n thesame site,thereisalsoanoption topaytickeB. Unpaid citations are refened toState Collections, which could result infurther charges impact andanegative oncredit.

No. 15; and clinical nurse specialist at No. 6.

"We are pleasedto seeso many of our schools and colleges and depart. ments recognized for their excellence. \{ie are striving every day to gi\€ students the real-world learning they need to achier.etheir dreams and to

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But this time it feels dilT€r€nt.It is true that all the attitudes that characterised pr€vious surges in the oil price areevidentnow,There is the resentutent egainst the oil ' companiesat their profits. There is the cocldnessof Opec,with its preident warning on Monday tiat the price migbt go to $ barrel. And there are the exhortaUonsto conservation,but without much follow-up... ...Eventually,at someprice, people areforcedto conservernoreoil. We eiths use less of it or nre substitut€ wher€ poosiblewith alterna-

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been maintained thronch the following quarter c€ntury we would be in much better shapethan we .arenow.

Sowe shouldreasonablyhopethat the world will not havemueh more e4ensive oil. At the pres€ntlevelit is expensiveenoughto starl forcing conservation,and asa result of the idpact it is having on foodpricesoil at $ I fi)-plus takesmoney from the poor anil givesit to the rich - it is not somethitrgthat supportssocia.[stability or human decency.

But let's equally hope that it do€s not come down loo nlrch either.

The market mechanism can be a brutal one, but it can also be a powerfi:l one, forcing a necessary changein the way we lile on our planet home.

by Hamish McRae Wefuesday,3OApril 2OO8 the lndependentIondon, online edition

EIIITOBItrL:

SGA' hardly a representation The lackluster leaders of the Student Government Assembly have proven ]€t again they are incapable

mandate in democracy, with a voter turnout of around 4 percent, this clearly isn't the case.

rgJqtiqn: of engagi4gin apr_oi'ocaqye .llhilS thl memberso! t!q. goyship*.ith the studentbod5rThisisev- ernment might fault low turnout

Theyrestontheirlaurelsandputforthasminorilyserving toru imalanffirt asis required, infA ''r-

,r'", inSignifiCAnce, When they ShOUJdbe SefVing withstudents being identbylookingatthisyear'sbaltor. "n.J",i., senate seats.haveonlvthemseto='roo]:;--.* of thels F)tential - the studgntbody they claimto represent.

Insteadof making themselvesviscandidatesrunthere are only ser,en ning. For the seatof vice president. there is only one.There are only two candidatesfor the SACABrepresentati\,'es,of lvhich there are only hvo

ible at the flagpole,interactingwith the student community,they hole up room,dein their omceor conference liberating for hours on n'hat they can

electedseats. Only in the race lor the presidency is there a competition, with t\a'ocandidates[/ing for one spot, The complacent natue of the members of the SGA, who constantly complain about student engagement and involvement, but do nothing to remedy the situation, is ludicrous. A majoriry* of Nletro s student population know nothing about the candidates,nothing about this election,nor are they eren aware of the student government's existence. It causes one to wonder lghy it er,en exists?

Studentgovernmenlactsas a voice for the studens, but witloul lhat voice, how can they eflectively represent the

do to engagestudents.

Take this current election for example: where are the candidates hiding? Little colorful photocopies taped to the doors. cute postersandbanners

student body? In a democratic socieff, a goveming body speaksfor the people. \{here the SGA likes to think it ffnds its

possible for a student to make even a superficial decision on who best to

hung on every wall and even chalk drawings on the sidervalk hartlly constitute as campaigning arrd connecting rvith the student body at large. It's only the tip of the iceberg.

For those students that do find themsek'escompelledto vote, they are presented a \Aebsiter'rdthincomplete ballots, missing photos, transparent or non-existert bios and a complete lack of any discussion regarding issues facing students.making il im-

representthem.

However, a website isn't required to inform anyone that the SGA is lt'ell aware of agrowing disinterestamong students regarding the organization's actions. or lack thereol IUembe$ of the SGA are well arvare of the indifference, yet, they do nothing about it because all they want is to pad their r6sum6s ald get paid.

They rest on their laurels and put forth as minimal an eflort asis required. only serving to reinforce the students' belief of the erssembly'sinslgerilicance, when they should be serving the student body they claim to represent. llhat lletro needsis a student gor,ernment that recognizes student apathy on a corrunuter campus and slops at nothing to change that attitude.

To do this would require more than a minimal effort, but it's an effort members of the government must Dut forth for the betterment of

the campus.

Lramplesof accomplishingthis task, n'hich is their duty. would include a more visible presenceon getting out, shaking campus hands, talking with students and utilizing the wid€ \'ariety of outlets this campusalfordsthem. The SGA shouldmakea moreconcertedeffort to informstudentsof the good,if perhapsrare.thingsit doesfor students, such as the foodbank and textbook campaign.Doing so lr.ouldilustrate to the studentsthat the officeon the third floor of the Tivoli just isn't in needof a remodel,but filled desperate lvith peopler,r'howant to make a differencefor their constituents.

As it stands,the SGAis a jokeand this electionis a joke;until its membersbeginto engagethe students,it u'on't be any wonder why the studentscarelittle to engagethem.

> FEATURES >jvaccare@mscd.edu EDITOR JOEVACCARELLI

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Graffiti isatommon sigltnorthofthellXhandGagelightnil taggings isoftendetemined by$e busimsr orproperty owner.

philosophiolor political Ihetagger, whoisidentified bythesignature "ii'oftenincludes masages.

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gonDenvet'swa Thewritin ByRYANARMSTRONG rarmstl-7@mscd.edu

Betweenthe light rail st4tions there are severalwritten protestbdeclaring, the shrdenb and faculty riding "stop the oil war," in referenceto the the light rail into Auraria from the United States'presencein lraq. south have no doubt witnessedthe On the lighter side, there nnere grafrti on the walls. amusingstatementsthat rpad,"being Between the Broadway and Irish is all the luck you nded,"on the Auraria stations are many dilTerent week of St. Pahick's Day,which has types of grafrti art from tagging, or sincebeenpaintedover. bombing,to throw-ups.

Even philosophical phraseslike, Taggingor bombing is the signa- "running from the answer brings us ture of the artist,usuallyin a unique no closerto the truth," aflpear.Maly style,while throw-ups are larger tags of the abovewall writingd seemto be wilh emboldenedlehers.sometimes thrown up by "i." fflled in with color.

Theseare only examplesfrom a Now' it seemsthat the usual gra{- city filled with gralfiti art and gang fiti art is taking on a more unique graffiti, but graffiti is nlthing new stance in either protest or humor. and it is all overthe worldl

On the Berlin Wall, gralfiti art spannedthe WestBerlin side,whereas the East side was blank showine the conbzst in their socie$es.

Oneof the largestfights against gralfiti was led by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995. The struggleto clean up the city even went as far as baming children under 18 from purchasing spraypaint. Denvercity government and businesseshave a task forceof their own calledthe Denver PartnersAgainstGralfiti.

DPAGnorks to rid the city of gralfiti through citizens reporting the problem to the company.DPAG wi.ll remove graffrti from co[rmer-

cial or residential buildings, or it will give callers their own supplies to removeit themselves.

DPAG'spaint benk is where citizenscan go to pick up zuppliesto remove the grafrti. Suppliesmust be orderedin advance and pickedup by someonewith proof of resiilency The city also irstalled camerasin selectareaslastNovembertocatchtaggersin the act,ThesecameftNareprogrammedto immediatelyin{orm any ofrcerin the vicinity of the vandalism, \A/ith a $5,000 price tag, the camerasdo not come cheap for any businessowner wishing to keeptheir walls clean.

The ColoradoState Capitol tried

topassHouse Bill 1023,whichwould make the possessionof spray cans and other instruments that are neededfor the act of graffiti illegal.The bill rms rejectedby a 6-5 vote, There are areasfor taggersto Iegally show their artwor[ around the city and state.Oneof thoseis an alley wall iust off of Sherman and Grant streets.However,this wall takesonly the best and will be quickly painted over iI the artist's work is under par or affiliatedwith a gang.

Boulderhasa 100-footllall where it is legalfor taggersto sprayaslong as thereis no nudity or profaniay Derwermay needanother wall to keepup with the populadtyof taqging.

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Many little glrls dream to one day win a beauty pageant and then have that illustrious walk down the red carpet as they are serenaded.

But for two Metro students,tlat dream is a little bit closer to reality.

Thissummer,junior AmandaKepple will competefor the title of Miss Galaxy and junior StephanyeTon'nsend will competefor MissInternational.

Kepple,a speechcommunications major, has been competing in pageantsfor about sir years.She won the title of Miss Galaxy Colorado on April 5, triumphing ovei three other girls for the crown, including Townsend,a biology/premed student who was secondrunner up. And for Kepple,the hardest ' part was just getting there and signing up, "My car wouldn't start,thejudges lost my paperwork and I tripped over my eveninggown," shesaid.

This was the first year that Colorado hasheld a MissGalaxypageant.

The eventsfor the contesb were an interview evening gown, swimsuit and fashion urearcompetitions.

Townsend.however.had a much easierpath to victory, winning only the third pageant she ever entered.

Shewas secondrunner-up to Kepple the week prior, taking home best swimsuit honors and placing in the top 15 in her very first pageantabout six months hgo, During that time, Kepplehas be-

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violenceis somethingthat is not normally spokenon in that forum, and it shouldbElThereare morevictimsof domestic violence than drunk driving, there are warning signs and it doesn'tdiscriminate. " Townsend has a lot of experiencedealing with domesficviolence.

Her mother was a victirn, as r,t'asher friend Abigail Robinson, a Metro studentwho wasmurderedby.anexboyfriend.

Townsend, who thought her unique platform set her apart from the other contestants,again than-ked Kepplefor helping her pick her topic and Kepple'sbo1'friendfor helping her mite her speech.

From here, Kepplewill travel to Orlando from luly 3O through Aug. 3 to compete agabst 24 other girls for the title of Miss Galaxy. Not all competitors will be from the U.S. Girls from Bulgaria, India, Canada and the U.K. will also compete for the title.

Townsendwill travel to Chicago from 26-27 and, will have to Pt0bbyJ.|SMCSMA[,4small4@ms{d.â&#x201A;Źdu Iufy beat 62 other girls to take home the Stephanye Townsend left, Amanda l(epplestrut$ehstuff onApdl 23atMetroThetrvostudenbwill moveonfrom crown of Miss lnternafional. Once $elocalhautypageanBwont0rcpnsent(olondointhe pageanf MisInhmationaland MisGalary drissumner. again, competitorsare not reshicted to the U.S. comea goodfriend and Each girl had an agenda they its website.

If either girl wins, they will travel a coach !o Townsend. spokeon during their interview pro.

Townsend, on the other hand, the county and work with charities 'i{Il my thanks went to Amanda cessthat was a big part of winning went lior a more taboo topic iD the to fundraise,do somehigh-glamour when I won," Townsend!aid. the crown, for Tovmsendespecially. pageant world. She chose to speak stu{f and iust try to make a dilTerTownsend won her event on Kepple chose the Pajama Pro- about the Alliance Against Domestic ence,But neither of them will work April 12 in loveland and had to go gram, a nonprolit organization Violence. too hard to win. *Everyonethinks pageantgirls tlrough an interview, wear, that providesnenr,warm pajamas "The girls that come out unof fun fashion wear and gown and books to children in need talkipg nfegl world peaceand shrlT prepared usually win," Kepple said. competitionsto win. around the country, according to like that, " Townsendsaid. "Domestic "They lust sound more real."

Brooks Center chrries spiritofDenver inhalls ByIANGASSMAN igassman@mscd.edu Situatedinsidethe narrow extent of a basementiust off ColfaxAvenue is the UndergroundTeahouse,[t accommodatesa stage about two feet oll the ground, Four microphones stand quietly upon its platform, and lights dimly hum aboveit.

The smells of various foods, which sipal the start of a potluck, begin drifting toward the stagefrom a table in the back corner.Only a few guestshave arrived on this weekend evening,but there are many more to come.

The playbill is chock-full of local acts, and the ahnosphereis perfectly cozy.A smiling, slender,plaidJaden woman comes down from upstairs. kaping onto the platform, she dir pensesa weahh of information to the crowd, and the eveningbegns.

The woman is Laura Goldhamer.

The place,BrooksCenter for Spirituality. Iocated at 14trAvenueand WiIliarns Strjeet,it presentsa vast variety of fine arb and the true spiritual gift of divine science.

According to a descriptionon its website, divine scienceis "an orga-

nizedteachingpertaining to Godand the manifestationof Goditr Creation.

The founding truth of Divine Science is that limitless Being, Gdd, is Good, is equally present everyryhere,and is the All of everything. Sod is pure Spirit, absolute,changelels,eternal, manifesting in and as all Creation."

Theseteachings and belipfsare not part of a religion.

"Spirituality has tl do with reaching higher levels of conscious," said JaneKopp, the director of Brooks Cbnter. Goldhamer pertains that, to reach theselevels, you haveto be "accessingthe divine through creativity."

Since2007, Brooksh{s beengetting more and more creatlvewith the help of Goldhamer.A naSveof Colorado, Goldhamercalls Debverhome.

Sheis also a banjo player,folk-singer and a tad on the alternatite side.

Alter coming back tp Colorado Ilom college in Conneclicut, Goldhamer wanted to get a job at the BrooksCenter.Sheexplainsthat her job is "to varying degreesflefinedand to varying degrees,just e]uolving."It wasn't until 2008 that Goldhamer wasassignedthe title of residentprogram director for the U$derground

Teahouse.Before that, her job was "experimental ... last spring I spearheaded ma}lng the basernent into the venue," That venuehostsan eveningcenteredupon a potluck and a concertas well asan all-daybazaarthat features foods,crafts, poetry readings,music and open-airvending.Thetalent that usually plays at the Underground Teahouseis native. They are liiends of our city, ready and willing to show you what they haveto olTer.They are preparedto found a community filled with personalrelationshipsof the artistic kind.

Goldhamer coordinates events strategically, in hopes of creating an intergenerational community of spiritually enlightened friends. As sheput it, "there are so many scenes that it should be about pulling them toget}rer,not rea\r even interscene, but intergenerational."

The teahouseservesas a creative outlet for David McClinton. His play, 'A Night in the City," is running from May 2 toMay 22 at the center.Other eventsgo on during different daysof the week.

There are yoga classesat 7 p,m. sn Weclnesdavs:the Free Denver

School hosts free baking classeson 5 p.m. on Wednesdaysand on Saturday mornings there are meditations.

Every Sunday morning servicesare held, usually with lunch and discussionsafterward.

Now both Goldhamerand Kopp are looking into the future. Kopp believes in a balanced representation of the community as well as child carâ&#x201A;Ź.Koppwants parentsto be ableto "take a little break and pursue their spiritual life."

Goldhameris looking forward to ''nourishing" a cornmunity of artists under the moniker of long Spoon Records.The idea is to have a place where artists are free to cornmunicate and becomeinvolved.After letting their dogsall go, artists can look forward to a placeto play,bemanaged and in the future, to record. "We are thir*ing about putting out a compilation," Goldhamer said. "We are compiling it, a singlediskof about 20 to 25 Coloradoartists." Shesaid she hopes to have long Slnon in order and the compilationout beforefune.

Brooksis deeplyrooted in Denrer ,and somehow,it feels as though a spirit,somesortof everlastingpassion, doesrun tbrough its hallways,filling

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The phone rings. A girl needsfanae to work her shift.

She pulls out a pink day planner to check her schedule, The pagesare littered with notes and appointments.Shifts here and at another bar. Homework and deadlinesalso fill the page.The l9-year-old agreesto work her shift. Shesays she'll stop dancing after graduation unless she goeson to gether masters."Youcan't bea dancerat 90. Youiust can't makemoneyat that age."

The only negatirrerepercussionthus far on her school Iifehasbeenherschedule."I can't takeany 8:30 a.m.classes," shejokes.Most daysof the week shedoesn't get home until alter 3 alm. hedub hasto beasclassyastheycome,Themoticdnncers- don'tmnkethe mistnkeof cdling themstrippers - havea ilrus coilethey mustabideby. Skirtsmustbe n the kneeor a full gownnta,stfu wnrn.Theirheelsareat least is 5 feetI inchu tnII, whensheputs five inihes.Imae sansshoes at 6 feet 3 on her shoesshetnwerswer mosto! her customers irches.Sheandtheotherdnncersareawareol how thjsbothexA dancersits dorvnnfft to an eitzsandterrifiestheir custotners. olderman.Hebeginsto strokeherlongmane.Sheorilersa drink, on him. BeJore oneglrl leavesa table,theotheris readAtu begin.

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loworker comevup to chht with Janae.We tlo ourl best to ignore her. However,this namelesswoman continues. She started stripping when she turned 21. That was 16 yearsago.Her hair is bleachedblond, her skin a powderwhite as if she.neverleft the darknessof the club to seethe sun and her lipstick a faint pink.

Shegoeson about the connectionsshe'smadeand talks about the business,"I have two shoeboxesat home filled with years of networking." To her credit, she makessure to note all the fundraising she's done, although for what charities she never mentions.This woman believesshe'sa therapistof the body.Shehelpsher clientsforget abouttheir troubles."His wife left him tonight," shesayshlpothetically. "fm hereto helphim."

A man comesin. He'sobviouslyolderthan 2l but fanae scrutinizeshis ID. Sheevenasksa cocktail waitresswho is leavingat the sametime for a secondopinion.No ones getting past her. Sheacknor,r'ledges she doesn't worry that much during the day as the crowd is generally older, but she'stakesnothingfor granted.Thisis her job.

Shelights up a Salemmenthol cigarette.One of many she'll inhale throughout the night.

'A guy comesand seesme every Monday or Tuesday," she said, But som€just come for the environment. They rarely tip the girls, explainsfanae. To them, her club is no differentthan any other bar, exceptthis one is theirs.

Janaesaysshehas learned how to spot the right guys.

"If I seesomeoneI know is worth $300 I'm goingto spend more time with him. It's a businesstransaction."

As far astheothergirlssheworkswith, "I reallydon t hang Or businessasout with them,we'remoreof acquaintances." sociates,Janaecontinueson about how the dancerswill notwork amongthe gentlemen."It's a sisterhoodof sorts."

"I meetat least50 peoplea night," shesaid."Theseguys have a fantasy,Giving them a lap dance givesthem a better idea of what potentially could happen.But it neverwill.

They can go home and dream about it." Shegets$20 a lap dance,plus tip. "Somenights you'll get more than others."

Another coworker stopsby "Do you have any mints?" sheasks.lanaereachesfor some."Surething honey,"I don't know if sheknows her name or not. I don't askbecausemy besteuessis shedoesnt.

The best thing to come ab6ut working at the club, Jahasgrown radically.Not only nae says,is her self-confidence has she becomemore comfcrrtablewith her body - except for eveningsr,r'henshedoesn't make a lot of money,"I just took my clothesoff for lessthan minimum wage," she told the photographerworking on the story.This thought is often followedby fearsof beingtoo fat or her breastsnot beingbig enough, she confided,But she feelsvery independent.She paysher own tuition, loan freeand doesn'ttake a cent from her parents.

She cracksopen a Starbucksdouble shot espressoand lightsanothercigarette.

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And while she'saware of her realiS',for fanae and her clients, the club offers an escape."This is a completelydifferentworld," shesaid."Men comein herewith a mindset In reality,I'm no that you'resomekind of a sexualgoddess. girl, matter." she for that or student dilTerentthan any otler "l as a big theaterand of the club said.However, like to think (her mesmerto feel I want them clients) I'm the star and ized,"shesaid.

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"It getsme excit€d,I feellike I'm putting on a theatrical show," she said.Her hands moveabout to add dramatic effect. "It's like I'm in the musical." Her eyeslight up like she's on the stageat that moment. "It took me a while to comeup with who fanae is," she explainedas iI a seasonedactress a character."She'sbraverthan me.She'sbold." developing At first, shehied to play cute and innocent, but now,she believesthe dancerin her -fanae - is "an improvedversion of me," somuch she'sconsideringlegallychanging her real nameto that of her alterego.

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Along with Timbaland,Simpsonworkedwith Kenna and ChadHugo of the Neptunes,both of whom assisted trer in accomplishirog the '80s-inspiredrhlthms and dance-beatsoundsthat the album provides. " is one of the three slowermelodiesthat gives The secondsinglehom BittnrsweetWorl "tittle Mis Obsessive, "other" credibility to the ideathat the Simpsonbascornea long way sincebeginning her musicalcareerin 2004.

BittzrsweetWorldproves Simpsonhas taken much ne€deddircction and instruction from her starring role as RolrryHeart in the criticaily-acclaimedBmadwaymusical Chicago.

Shetakesa more playftrl and sincereapproach to album making instead of pr€tending to be the hadcore rocker chick that sheis oot. Bittets, eetWorldagrees with Simpson,and it's iust a matter of time beforethe soon-to&eMrs. PeteWenE won't find things sobittersweet afler all.

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Electionseasonhascomearound onc€again,Youcan alwaystell when a bitter cont€stlooms when the candidatesare forcedto draw their faces in chalk. But for Meho there are no .tincoln verzusDouglasdebates,and it's a real shame.

I will try to be tacffrl, but there is a questibn dying to be answered.

I assumeI'm not the only one who wonders,who are you people?I hrow you occupy a corner of the Tivoli, but your purposebeyondthat sirnply bafles me.

I resistedwriting myself in to the ballot, so you've no need to worry I will stealyour place.Ilonestly,I don t want it. But when I openedthe "bio" section of the ballot and found little to no interesting facts, it made think the va.luesthat the national population aren't in line with the valuesof Meho.

Is there nothing more special about you than your name? Okay, maybe that's specialto your parents.

But you're simply strangers!o me if I've neverseenyour face.

(Andrew Bateman, consider yourself olT the hook. Your chalk homagewasclassy,) Frankly, it made me feel like you giuysdon't give a d"mn. If you don't give a damn, why shoutl t? Further-

If you'rewillingto runforofficehere it shouldn'tbean easyjob, TheStudent Government of Metro shouldbe wiIL ing to shoulderthepublicimageof the it fairly, studentbody,andrepresent easyiob. The StudentGovernmentof Meho should be wiling to shoulder the public imageof the studentbody, kdenke@mscd.edu and representit fairly. more, the lack of names on the balI don't care that 1ou wanted to lot should be indicative of a problem. usemy studentfeesto add $25,000 Are you sensinga theme? to your omce frunitue collection.

These are parts of the culture My only objecflon is that such a use of Meho that are endemicto all stu- of funds gives senators and other dents.Youcome,you learn, you leave. "elected"officials more placesto put But I think that the StudentGovern- appendagesthat typically grow in an ment as a whole could go a long tay ofEcejob. to allect the involvementof students I do care tlat there is little effort by and largeon this campus. on your part to initiate contact with It's almostsafeto saythat the vot- the community you represent.I say ing population of the United Statesis this as a Metro l€teran, I say this starting to caremore about the politi- as someonewho has passedthose I cal process.Is it too much to askthat know I haveeleetedto ofrce and have you iump on that bandwagonTWhat receivedno gratitude for my vote. could it hurt to shake some hands If you can't male my vote feellike and hold somebabies? it counts, I must continue to write-in In the very least, alTectthe lives random classmatesand imaginary of studentsin the way that any repre- frientls as senators on ballots. At sentativesshould. If you're willing to least when they arrive at that ofrce, run for ofrce here it shouldn't be an though stunned by their election, t

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It ne\rer pays for politicians to be shy.Politics are a customerbased business. When your constituents pay for your plush, albeit small olfice, we shouldcometo expectquality. Instead,it's anticipatedthat the student body won't care. It's anticipatedthat therewill below turn-out for studentgovernmentrun programsand polls.

Stop anticipating becausethere is nothing typical about this campus.

EffectiveSGA requiresflexibility and somethinglike an improvisedfox trot.

It never pays to stand still, But the StudentGovernmentoffice has been standing still sinceI arrived at this insitutionin 2003.

So let's delay the elections.I€t's give you candidatesa chance to either huII and pull and blow my olfice down or tale the betterxoute:rewrite your bios.

Makeus care.

Rememberingwhoour enemyreallyis Rather rh4p having my e-mail bq made into a receptaclefor crazy gibberish and slanderous hate speech,which it seemsto be rnrellon its way toward becoming,I will keep this week's commentary within the realm of sociallyacceptablejargon.

If it proveselIectfta,that is.It seerts that I havean hones man'schancein the White Houseof gefting anything acrossto peoplen'hen I let looseand write wordsthat ought to bewritten.

But I answerto a higherporcr and write accordingly.And in that senseI am just as terribly bereftof logic and sanity as any Republicanor religious maniacwalking the sheets,But weare aIIcrazy and he who claimsotherwise is c'razierthan the'rest.

Which bringsme to focushere.In our heart of hearts we all know each other to be the samepeoplewith the samevalues.So why so much fuss?

Why so much disparity in our political views? We all have the same goals, the same end in mind. What person doesnot want peace,health, laughterand music?

It is hard to inagine why anybody would support war and human conllict for any other reason than that they assumethoce measuresto be their only means toward peace.

Which, of coursd, is illogical thinking and the product of a mind that has beentamperedwith by television

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and gena'a.ldurnbness,but that i6 another story altogether.

The peopleof the United States have forgotten who the enemy is. even though that enemy has never changed.I haveseentoo many fuhts between people who fight for the same side to go any longer without mentioning what is obviouslywrong.

It should seemobvious that soldiers who come home from war to their family,friends and fellow countrymen need not be denigrated by war pmtestors whose mash.rrbatory lust for bitching createsan irreparable breachof tmst betweentwo segrnents of society n'tro are ffghting for the same goddamnthing. Alternative$ war protestersought not to be looked down upon \z soldiersor anyoneelse for prolestinga w"arthat has taken,in the very least,hundredsof thousands of lives,especiallywhen it has beena decidedlyfi:audulentand irresponsibld war from the beginning.

There is not a populationor even a group of peoplewhosevaluesring ' of a generalhahed for freedomor the principlesof ftee people.There is not a creatureI can imagineliving on the planet that doesnot want to be ftee, and. moreover.would elect to attack thosewho areftee simplyfor that reason alone.This, howerer,is the depth of the argument that the American people'strue enemyhasmadeio stim-

JTM}IIE BRff#T jbraley@mscd.edu ulate an ahnoephereof mishust and hahed between people wtnse on$ enemy;ntrose only oppositiontoward their collectivegoalof peaceand hap piness,is their own government.

Foreveryoccasionwherea smartass pu-nk has belittled an American soldier there has been a fat, whit€ man in a fat, white housechuckling arvayat his immunity from accountability Everytime an underprivileged kid walks into a military recruitment office,that samefat white man adds another pawn to his disposablecollection of human beings. A soldier fights for the men and women at his side.a bmtlerhood, stuck in the Military Industrial Complex, who only want peaceand to seetheir brbthers in arms get on a plane destinedfor home. A protester acts according to his hurnane passion and desire for peace,but habitually misplacesthe

responsibllityfor war ou peopleobligated by way of their unfortunate personal clrcums(ances to become units in a machine they never really -understood.All of thesepdrple fight for the sarnecause,but none of these peopleffght the right enemy.

I hear a lot of rhetoric about how a divided America cannot stand. In the sensein which most peopleuse that phraseit is unhue. An undivided America doesnot imply an undivided confidencein tlre government,asthat phrase is often meant to impty. An America divided is an America that for elen a moment decidesto let its guard down against its government, which hasnevershown anything but a tendencytoward the type of tyranny and oppressionthat peoplelike to think they are hereto avoid.

We all seek peace both in our minds and in our environment.Solet usdiscontinuethis mindlesscriticism of each other and look toward the real causefor all of this tragedy,becausewhile the peoplefret overvague notions of patriotism and dissent, thosen'trodeserveto beon the receiving end of that passionatefrustration are sitting fat at cocktail parties on yachts well out of sight. We the peopleare all in this togetherand if we do not recognizethat ... well, then we all deservethe grim judgnents that time will most certainly make.

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Metro's softball team closedout their first regular seasonwith a series sweepof Chadron Stateon April 27 in Nebraska.

A-ftera rough start to the season when t}te wins were hard to comeby, the Roadrunners finished the year winning nine of their last 10 games.

This included the three wins against the Eagles where Meho outscored their opponent29-13.

"We iust cametogethermore as " Metro starting pitcher Casey team, a Thompsonsaid. "We actually strung hits togetherto scoreruns."

The Roadrunners had to rally from four runs down in what tumed out to bethe longestgameof the season. Trailing 74 heading into the final inning, Metro scored six runs in the seventhand four more in the extra inning to tale the three-hou4 marathonby a scoreof 13-l l.

Chadron pitcher CaseyWilliams kept the 'Runners off balancein the first six innings holding the 'Runners to only four hits. However,Metro's battersfiguredthings out and exploded for eight runs and nine walks on Williams.

"It took us a few innings to get used to that pitcher," coach Fisher said. "She led the con.ferencein strikeouts, but we were patient and drew somewalks late in the game.I think once we had seenher for that one game we adjustedpretty well in . the next two games," Third basemanJennessaTesone waskey in the win going 2-Ior-3 with two RBI including her ninth home run in the third that put Metro on the scoreboard.

"She was iust phenomenal," coach Fishersaid onTesone'sperformance."That homerurl shehit in the first game was really big becauseit showedthe rest of tle team if we can act,we cango," Metro pitcher fessica Fisher pitched a gem in game two. The starting pitcher went the distance allowing just four hits and one run improving her record to ll-7. Tesone and catcher Nicole Lyles both had two RBI to help their team to a 6-1 victory.

Metro has establishedthey can force the merry rule on anybody,as they trounced the Eagles1O-2in the final gameof the series.

Thompson r.r'onher eighth mnsecutivegame,only allowing six hits

and one run. Thompcon pikhed a completesix-inning game,improving her recordto 10-2.

"She'sreally a teamplayer,"coach Fishersaidof her seniorpitcher'sperformance. "She's really focused on what sheneedsto do, and she'sready if we needher in relief."

Metro recordedfour home runs in the g,ameliom Tesone,left fielder Danni Hedstrom,first basemanCaitlin Jenks and center fielder Molly Clark.

Tesonefinished the weekend 5for-9 with four RBI and two home runs.

The Roadrunnersfinish their first regular seasonwith a 30-16 overall recordand 26-11 in the conference, which placesthem in third place,one win behind ColoradoSchoolof Mines in the EastDivision.

The Orediggerswill host the conference tournament May 1-3, and the Roadrunnerswill faceoff against CSU-Puebloat 9 a.m. May I at long LakeRanchPark.Thetwo teamshave met six times this seasonwith the seriestied at three.

"When we playedthem last time. we were just in a streak where we dropped the first game and would win the secondgame," Thompson said."Now that we actually improved and we'resweepingteams.it's being just mentally prepared and being mentally tough and lmowing that we are ableto hit the ball better than anvbodv."

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Taking life3pitches oneatatime Metro baseballcoach discovers loveofgame fromtimeasachild ByzACTAYLOR ztavlor2omscd.edu headcoach WhenIVIetrobasetrall BobbyPiercewasa litlJehd grou'ing up in LasVegas,oneof his first questions ashe ran onto his first diamond u'as,"whereis shortstop;" Now in his secondyear as head coachfor the Roadrunners.Pierceis thriving and content in Denverleading his team to greaterheights.But the journey to Metro is a telling tale.

Once Pierce found his way around the diamond as a young kid, he quickly fell in lovewith the game.

Although he was pushedby his father to play baseball and atnost retectedit from the start, America's pastimequickly becamethe younger Pierce'slove,and he soondecidedno other sportswerefor him.

"In LasVegas, wecouldplaybaseball year round,' Piercesaid. 'And that's all I wantedto play" After a great prep career under high school Hall of Famecoach RogerFairliss at GreenValley,Pierce had his first vision of a possiblepro careef. In their inaugural draft, the Diamondbackstook Piercewith their 60th pick.

The team did not oller any pay, only a bus ticket to their Rookie I€ague team. Piercechoseto attend collegeinstead.

He began as a great hitting second basemanat his hometown t€am of University of Nevada-LasVegas, but eagerto make it to the pros, decided he would fransfer to Central Arizona Junior Collegesohe could be drafteda year sooner.

It lookedasif Piercehad his baseball career mappedout until an injury slowedthoseplans down. To this day he fails to find the origin of what occurred.

"I don't know how it happened," Piercesaid."It was a freakinlury" At first he figured he could push through it and continued with his tra$fer to CentralArizona.

"I thought I could go to Central Arizona College," Pierce said. "Get my arm better and goto the pms."

Once he arrived in Arizona. he was officially diagnosedwitl a torn labrum and would have to have sur-

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Pierce ometoMetro in2qbtotake overa rtruggling barebalt Metrc head coach Eobby Pierce stands thebottom ofthestandings inDivision ll. andpulledthe Roadrunnersftom tooneofthetopteams gery after the season.His dreamsof a pro career were fading, and he decided to focus on academicsin case the pros diiln't call.

While he struggled on the diamond in his sophomoreyear, his life started to come together. It started when Pierce found the woman who would later become Lizette Pierce.

It was a match made in diamond heaven.

"Shewas a softballplayer,I wasa baseballplayer,"Piercesaid.

But his careerasa baseballplayer looked dim, as his arm strength deteriorated. After his year in Arizona and the surgery, he knew it wasn't getting better.

"Somedaysmy arm would show up," Pierce said. "But sometimesI couldn'tthrow the ball 90 feet."

He realizedhis chancesat the majorshad endedr,l'henhis coachat his final college,N€w Mexico State, relegatedhim to first base.

"I could hit a iittle bit," Pierce said. "But once my shoulder n'as done,I wasreallya liabiliff at second,

September11. After the calamity and the resultingeconomicproblems,jobs for accountantsdwindled.

Pierce, in need of a job, called Clint Myers, his old coach at Central Arizona College,And slnce the old recruiter had tust retired, Piercewas thrust into recruiting new talent for the topranked junior collegein the nation.

Almost imrnediately he realized he would not be looking for an accounting job in Phoenix.He would be short or third." coachingbaseballinstead.

'Within the first roo weeks at With a pro career becoming an afl€rthought, Piercedirectedhis aim Central Arizona, I iust knew that I toward academics,eventually study- had to be coaching,"Piercesaid."I ing toward a degreein accounting. started dedicating every single moHehad a shortstintin hisfinal yearof ment to beinga bettercoach," After making a name for himself collegeas an assistantto headcoach Gary Ward at New llexico State,but as a recruiter, Piercewas offeredthe when he graduated,his goalwasa job recruiting coordinator and hitting for an international accountingfirm. coach position at DMsion I Arkan"That's where I got my headto- sas-LittleRock.He quickly jumped at gether," Pierce said. '1{nd I reaily the opportunity knon'ing this would startedexcellingat academics." help toward his goal of becoming a Once again an event beyondhis headcoach.

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"Two of my keys (to recruiting) are getting peopleof high character and higb quality," Piercesaid.

It wasat the start of his third year at Little Rockthat Piercerealiz.edhis dream of being head coach could soonbepossible.

He heard there was going to be an opening at Mefro, and he quickly rushedto securethe lob, As head of the Roailrunners, Piercefeelshe is at a goodplaceat this stagein his career, He has turned the team into RMAC leaders,due in large part to the new recruits Pierce brought in this season.But his big goal for Metro is to win a national championship and put the Roadrunners baseball team on the map.

"My ultimate goal is to wiD a national championship and another one and another one." Piercesaid.

"I rvant everj'one in the counfy to know who lletro Statebaseballis."

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Meho's baseballteam has seen someof the wind taken out of its sails having lost its last four of six games and last six of I I. After dropping back-to-back ganes eg inst CSUPueblo on the road two *reek ago, the Roadrunners split their series againstNew MexicoHighlands April 25-27 inlas Yeg;as.

Having lost only six gamesin the ffrst two months, they have rlropped the sametotal in the spanof 13 days.

"Iast weekendwas frustrating," Metro head coach BobbyPiercesaid.

"We had the last garne,and we gave it up a six spot in the bottom of the ninth. Splitting on the road is goodfor a lot of teams,but for us and this year, it's not good."

The dip in the wins may have come ftom the time spent on tlat road. In that two-week time, Metro has haveled to Greeley,Lakewood, Pueblo,Ias Vegasandhasn'tseenthe comforting confinesof home since the seriesagainstthe Schoolof Mines at the beginning of last April.

"I think a lot of it has to do with the road." Piercesaid. "I don't know why, it's iust a universal thing that teams play better at home. A lot of teamsdon't get hot on the road."

The 'Runners opened the series well against the Cowboystaking the ffrst two games. Metro designated hitter Mike Colfey always seemedto be at the right placeat the right time coming througb when it counled for his tearn.

openup the scoring.

With his team hailing 2-1 heading into the fourth inning, Coffeyhit a shot up the middle to score third basemanDakota Nahm to even the scor€. He onc€ again crossedhome plale later in the inning to give his team a 4-2 advantage.Meho went on to scoretwo morc nrns in the inning.

The Cowboysscoredtlree runs in the bottom of the fourth to closethe gap to 6-5, but Cofferycamet}rrough onceagainpor,veringa triple to c€nter field scoringtwo.

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thing up and nol lnedE this [next rs. Mesal seliEs imporlanll'

PITRCE, BOBBY METRO HEAD COA(H And if one three bagger wasn't enough, Coffey found himself on third again in the seventh driving horne the game-winning run in the 9-8 victory "He was our MVP on that Friday night game," Pierce said. "Every hit was with two outs and with men on base,and he got the runs we needecl in the 9-8 win."

Coffeyalso walked and scoredin the pivotal sixth inning to talrc game two of the seriesby a final 7-4 score.

"Mike has playeda lot early,and

he has had some shuggles in the middle of the year," Piercesaid. "He got another opportunity becauseMichaelMolinar hurt his foot this weekend and he did greatwith it. " But New Mexico Highlands has played solid baseball since March splitting every serieswith its last four opponents.They made it five against the Roailrunnerstaking gamesthree and four by scoresof 7-5 and 9-8.

With the Cowboysseriesbehind them, one seriesremains for Metro, and they will try to get back on Fack against conferencerival Mesa State, who is currently riding a five-game winning streak.

MeEosweptthe Mavericksearlier this seasonand revengewill certainly be on their agenda.The serieswill also hale an impact in the standings as the 'Runners hold a thr*game lead over the Mavericks for the top spot in the RMACEastDivision. The division winner will ultimately have the RMAC Tournarnent on their home field.

"We would havelovedto lock this thing up and not ma-kelbis seriesimportant," Piercesaid."But it's going to be really fun. This is what you play baseballfor.Theplay at the end of the year when gamesmatter." ll€tm9,l{€nMexi(o Highl.nds 8 (April25,2008 atl-as Vegat - 9ll 3 (17-9,294) M€tro......001 520100 30rfl() - 8111 (23-26,l|-22) t{MH........002 - 5.Gleen; Pitrhen: Meno R.kde(7);DColbert(8).

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ter his squadtook 2-of-3 in doubles. ltrey rodethe momentum and seized , three singleswins to finish the vicRevengewas \,!hat Metro meD's tory, and take the RMACtitle, with a t€Dnb team wanted, and r€vrnle i6 5-2 desicion. 'l{nytime wlet they got. After coastlng to trrc ;,ou can do that, and easywins in the RockyMountnin on somebody'shome court, that's ., f,ddudc ConferenceTournamnl great." Atdensaidabouttaking down ;i.'' .' ''j .$'noaanronere mct Nebrarka..ffc- Kearnev qnpy on Aprll 27 in IGarneU in fhe the rrceksof uniling for a c-hance to getbackat the tern who had giran tlrcm their only RMAC tilemtsh had beenspentprepart4 Sr the rematch, and getting the rrcarlth doubl€s.

"We cameout eod took the wind out of their sdls h doubles," Alden said.

Knocking olt their rivals capped oll another g:reatseasm for the Metro men'st€nnisteam, who took home their second consocutiw RMAC championship.

"It shows that their work ethic

and commihrcnt haspaid off," Alden saidof his team.

A repeat as champions wasn't always a given for the 2OO8season, as half of this year's roter contains freshmen.

"We changed out 50 percent of the team," Alden said- "But the existing playerscontinued to nork and inprwe and helpd th€ ffinsn understand what collqe tennis is about,' The work paid ofi, ASnhJt Kearney,seniorSeanCarlton hod a to4h time in the regular soaaooErtchup with the lopers. Carlton ihopped both his singlesand dor$les match in the 54 loss.

He rebounded well on Sunday taking out his singlesqponent and combining with fellow hesbnan Brandon Lupo to win in bis doubles match.

"Sean(Carlton)playedfantastic," Alden saitl.

Doubles parha Lupo, another big forcethat has hdped Metro reach the ulfmate goal, was named RMAC Frtshman orfthe Yearafter his superb rookie campaign.

Wtth fdlora' hesbmen phenoms engdo Pa*rdDoad f,;nn Canpbell fflling ort a geat dass of Roadrunners nsnrcoErcrs,a thtrd championrhb ls not out of thc grrcdoo asthe Ideho lrrsgril coof$lcs to dmw atten6on"Good pqrmr b* a way of atfiacthg goodplryers," Aldelr said.

But beforerccrtdfiDg ral6.sPrecedent,&e NCAATournamffi looms largB *artiog on May 8, rvhere the men will [y to hdld m ld year's semi$nd run.

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teams,"AHea raid, Meho rmea's tennis squad had lessrnrcccr h the RMACTournament, 0tlilog an up-anddornn seasonwiQrf4q to the topers 5-1.

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