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Campus Bookstore. thecostofhistextbookonAug.12,attheAuraria Jeremy Groves, ajunioratM50,digsdeeptocover percent of professorssurveyedwere rarely or never informed of textbook prices by publishing company sales representatives. The group also found that when prolessorsdirectly asked about the price,the amountthe item costswas disclosedby the salesrepresentative only 38 percentof the time. Aaron Wylie,formerpresidentof the Student Government Assembly, co-wrote the bill and lobbiedto get it passed. Wylie said studentsshould continue to remind their professorsof the bill's new requhements. Clarke agreed with Wylie that

studentsshouid talk with their professorsaboutthe cost of textbooks. "If anything has come from this Clarke bill, it's increasedawareness," said. The bookstore will be working with instructors by informing them of datesthat certain booksneedto be orderedby and event}te costsof ttreir textbooks. Publisherswill alsoberequiredas part of the bill to communicate any content revisions between current and prior editionsof a book, Textbookspurchasedmostwidely at collegesacross the counh'y have new editions published every three

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ended, in which Andrew Bateman waselectedpresident. Even though there has been a The Student Government As- declinein the number of peoplerunsemblyis geadng up for yet another ning for electionin the pastfew years, specialelecton, aiming to fill three Batemanis not concerned In 2006,23 peoplewerecompetseatsthat remain vacant after the last ing for 2O available seats.The next round of voting. While a firm date for the elec- year there were again 20 vacant tion has not yet beenset,it will likely seats,with 24 candidatesto choose be held during the final tuo weeks Iiom, 2008 saw only 18 candidates of Septembersaid Andrew Cepeda, run fior election while 2O seatswere chairman of the Metro ElectionCom- availablein the senate. "I anticipate getting at least flve mission. Any time there are three vacan- candidates,if not more, in this eleccies in the senate,a specialelection tion. We have an excellentcommission chair, and he is going to get the can beorderedto fill them. The three open seats are cur- iob done,"Batemansaid. rently held by interim senators,one Q Garbo,SGAsenatorand attorof whom, BrandonDeVito, will likely ney general,said that while a special electionis not a corrmon occrrlrence, run in the election. The SGA is responsiblefor over- there needsto a better way to inform seeingstudent affairs, including the the student body of upcoming elecByRICKBROWN brownric@mscd.edu

Thereare currently four dilTerent uons. "The 6tudentbodyis not informed committees,each chargedwith a difwell enough about the process.The ' ferenttask. primary form of communicationis Candidatesmust be students in through e-mail. But anytime stu- good standing with a minimum 2.0 dents receivean e-mail from metro- GPAto beeligiblefor election. They must also be enrolled in at connectthey normallyjust eraseit," leastsix credit hours dudng both the saidGarbo. Batemansaid the SGAis looking fall andspringsemesters. Candidatesmust have taken six at different ways to raise awareness credit hours at Metro prior to runaswell asincreaseparticipation. "We are currently exploringrem- ning for olfice, Any students interested in runediesto this problem,r,r.hichmay include bonusesfor the commissioners ning needto makesurethey meetthe if they are ableto garner a high voter requirements for becoming a sena-. tor, This has been an issuein many turnout." lnterim SenatorKevin Harris said elections."There havebeenplenty of he commonly seesabout lO percent interests,but thesecandidatesdo not of the newly electedSGA members meetthe requirements,"Harris said. Thoseinterestedin running must drop out. "Oncea studentbecomeselected, first fill out an Intent to Run form, they becomeoverwhelmedwith bal- attend an information meeting and ,ancingtheir schoolwork and tle time gather 50 signaturesof support. Once an election date has been commitment requircd to participate in studentgovernment," Harris said. announced, candidates may beSenators ar€ required to be in- gin the process.Interested students ' volved in at least two of the senate should contact the SGA for further information, committees.

RudolfoGarciaand Art Campahave beennamedinterim deansin the Schoolof letters. Arts and Sciences. Campa,who wasformerly the co-directorof the CollegeAssistanceMigrant Program,is now the interim associatedeanfor personneland studentaffairs. Garcia,a spanishprofessor,takes overasinterim dean lor curriculum and educationalresources. . GarciareplacesHal Tamblyn,a longtirneMetro professorand administratorwho recentlvretired.

2+2program expands Community Collegeof Aurora has joinedMetro's2+2 programand will beoflering selectbachelor's degreeJevelcoursesat itb campuses. Coursesin biology and psychology will beofferedthrough Community Collegeof Aurora this fall. Front RangeConmunity College is alsotaking part in the program. Marketing, management,criminology and criminal justice courseswill be offeredduring the fall at Fmnt Range.Metro PresidentStephen lordan. accomPaniedbYCommunity Collegeof Aurora President Linda Bowman,madethe agreement olncial at a sirning c€r€mony Aug.I , at the CenheTechcampus.

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ByNICOLE I,AWR.ENCB nlawren4omscd.edu The Colorado Promise Scholarship is.closer to becoming a reality after a successfulpetition drive gatheredenough signaturesto get the initiative onto the Novemberballot. Gov Bill Ritter announced at an Aug. 4 pressconference.in Civic Crnter Plazathat 137,000 Colorado citizens signed a petition supporting Initiative 113, which would end property-tax exemptionsfor the oil and gasindustry and redirect an estinated $3OOmillion to severalprograms, including the PromiseScholarship aswell asenergyproiects. Meho PresidentStephenlordan introduced Ritter at the pressconference,calling him a higher education advocate. Only 76,00Osipatures wer€ required to get I-1 13 onto the ballot. The Colorado Department of Higher Education, which voted in July to support the scholarship, estimates the proposed scholarships wouldrangeftom $1,OOO to $6,000 lor eligible low.+omiddle-income famfies in the state. Scholarship amounts could changedependingon any federalaid a student receives, Recipients also would have to maintain a minirnum grade-pointaverageto beeligible. If the initiative passesin November, it could be availableto students by the 2009-2010 schoolyear. Groups opposedto the initiafive argue there might not be enough

The Auraria team needspeopleto ioin them during the third annual AIDSWalk Coloiadoon Saturday Sept.6,at CheesmanPark. The team raisedover$ IO,OOOlast year,which helposupportAIDS outreach,preventionand education. Thosewho don't want to ralk or run can alsovolunteerto help setor cleanup the event. Teammemberswho raisemore than $2 5 in pledgeswill receive a freei-shirt. For more information, contact SonjaJ.ColemanHarrisat 303-556-3879.

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fora heldbycov.BillRitter.Ritter,left,hasbeenavoolsupporterof p]oje6. The ColoradoAssociationof Black prognmandenergy Srholarhip oilandgartaxexemptions tothePrcmise estimated $3(l0millionfromexisting fournalists honoredMetro President plesident, fomerstudent body Ja*Wylie, alsoinattendance, induding Members ofMrtroStudentGovernmentwere StephenJordanand Derrick Hudson, (enter. time betweenthe Nov.4 electionand February 2009, when the scholarship packageswill begin being assembled. Andrew Bateman, president of the S'tudentGovernment Assembly, doesn't seethe short time as a problem. "I don't mind a rush," he said. Bateman also addedthat a large number of Metro students stand to benefltfrom the scholarship. "Meho Statehasthe secondhighestenrollnent rate in the state,"Bateman said.

Jordan,who spokeat the eventon vacation time, describedthe unique higher education situation in the state that he called the "Colorado Paradox." Coloradoboastsa high percentage of college graduates, However, most ar€ from other states,with a much lower percentageof the state's high school graduates completing collegedegrees. Sixty percent of the oil and gas -subsidywould fund the scholarship, ellectively doubling the anount of

financial aid available to students, Ritter said. fordan said the initiative will makea huge dilferencein the livesof Colorailofamilies. "Ending this tax breakfor oil'and gascompanie$and investingin scholarships for our studentswill help us tackle two of our most signfficant issuesin higher education, affordability and accessibility" Coloradansfor a StableEconomy, a group thatopposesthe initiative, believesrising tuition would eventually

assistantprofessorof African and African'Amerigatrstudies,at an August 8 awardsand scholarshipbanquet. fordan recievedsecondplacein the public relationscategoryfor Meho's ongoingcampaign"The GreatEqualizer."Hudsontook first placein the interactive/online categoryfor his column "Likening Obamaand Wright to the bluesand gospel,"which appeared April I 1, in the DenverPost. His piecewasabout churcheswithin the African American community

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scrutinized stipend Student company byBoulder-based Colorado's unique fg$^rp opportunity in2010 rreview By DOMINIC GRAZIANO dgrazial@mscd.edu The state of Coloradohas commissionedan independentreview of the College Opportunity Fund, t}le state'sthree-year-oldprogramof providing stipendsto studentsfor undergraduateeducation. The COFwas createdto delivera portion of state funding to colleges and universities,gir,ing studentsof Coloradoinstitutionsa rvayto apply for stipends. TheCOFwascreatedin 2O04by thestatelegislatureandthen-GovBill Owensandtook effectin fall 200 5. Thelawcreatingthefunddirected th€ Departmentof HigherEducation to evaluatethe program and report backto the legislatureby 2010. In a statementTuesday, the ColoradoDepartmentof HigherEducation said there has been some criticism that the COFis cumbersomefor collegeand university administration. Thereare alsoconcernsthat students a-renol awarethis fundine is available. Metro studentshavebeenapplying fortheCOFstipendsinceitsinception, but somestudentsaren't aware of what the systemactuallydoes. "[ read about it the first time and thought it was unnecessar5z to have Aaron Vento do it eachsemester." turini said, Venturini is in his third semester at Metro and has appliedfor the COF eachtimeheregistered for classes. but onlv becausethe oDtionwasthere.

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lay out ways lo improuethe E0F, and nrake il easier lo administer the program lor studenls lo go lo college." DAVID 5KAGG5 The review will cost $79,000, wih the CDHE and the DonnellKay Foundationsplitting the bill at $39,000 and $40,000 respectivley. "We support improving public accessto higher education," said Tony [er,r'is,executivedirector of the Donnell-Kay Foundation. "WICIIE can usetheir expertiseto lay out ways to improvetheCOFand makeit easier lor schoolslo administertheprogiam andfor studentsto goto college." "We are fortunateand gratelul Foundationis that the Donnell-Kay supportingthis elfort with a generousgrant to thedepartm€nt,"Skaggs said. WICHE will report on its findings and presentoptionsfor any policy changesthat appearwarranted. Thesefindings will then be provided to the legislaturein timefor the 2010 deadline.

Nursing moth€ri otr calopus caa now exprcssthelr n& a fted iD &o their chilikren cmfor$b primcy of th€ nerty opcnodhctatbo room. the lactaflon room ni loc*ed in tbe Insdhrte fs llr,bmedt lhri}. ies aad ServiceshdHing h |bE 9th .streetPa*, The lactafion ro@ nns opaacd to compS with tb€ Wor.ldoce Accommodationshr Nur$g l[otb€ra Act, which went lnto effect;&rg. 7, The act requires €mploy€rsto pmvide a private spacefor mothers to breast-feedor expressrnllk. Jennifer Weddig, a health pro' fessioninstructor, approachedErika Church, director of the lnstitute for Women's Studies,after the legislation passedabout housingthe lactation room, locatedin the institute's library and is only temporary, Therewill beapermanentlactation room in the new ScienceBullding on campus,which is estimated to be finishedin two years. The institute had previously allowedmothersto nurseand express milk in the building prior to the legislation. 'The first time a woman came in here, it was becauseone of our stalT members.heard a wotnan in the bathroom stalls," while tying to expressnllk, Church said. The staff member urged the woman to come to the institute to enpressher milk in the future. "So, we were already kind of serving as "a defacto lactation space,"shesaid. Beforethe institute openedits doors to nursing mothers, Church said shehad heard storiesof women having to er.presstheir brea$ milk in the handicapstallsof the restroomsor going out to their cars. Stall and faculty reportedthey

e0ncampus nould sometimeshave to uso ihefu oftes, b{rt that was dtrntr .be6gure rneny slare tbsir umrf$paoe witli othere Church sail, Sincc announcbg tbe 4ace, &e ofu har had lts *are o{ visl' tor& of Chrrch sadmthafrst&| cJassthey had bur ruoneo me in to usetbe rooim" "It s !t$t a cleaa coz5rryece on campusfrn *men to usc," sl* said. Ihe rom provides a comfortable chab for srothers to sit in, aa eitension cord to plW &eir pumps in if neede4 sanitary wipes a[d a privaqf scrEn. Inshuctions on how to properb pump are alsomadeavaiable. There is a refigerator in the room for women to storetheir milk during the day if needed. The Workplace Accornmodations for Nursing Mothers Act was backedby the ColoradoBreasdeeding Coalition and the Colorado Department of labor and Employment as well asSen.Dan Gibbsand Lt. Gov.BarbaraO'Brien. Maya Bunik, chair of the Colo radoBreastfeedingCoalition,saidin a pressreleasethe coalifion will help employersffnd inexpensh,eways to complywith the ncw legislaflon. "Returning to paid work is one of the biggestreasonsmoth€rsquit " Bunik said. breast-feeding, "We are delighted to help re movethis obstaclefoi'moms." Church said the designated room was important for the campus becauseof Metro's reputation as a non-haditional school with. studentsof all ages. "With our non-traditional c:rmpns,w€'re going to have more mothers than a Faditional (campus)," shesaid. Colmado is the 16th state to passthis legislation.

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While the ballot was worded to single out "unlicensed drivers," the bill that put the ordinance on the August l2th ballot singled out illegal

under'misguided'bill immigrants. ByDOMINICGRAZIANO dgrazialomscd.edu Denver voters approved Initiated Ordinance IOO Aug. I2. aulhorizing police officers to impound the cars of anyone caught fuiving without a license. The official ballot releasedby the City of Denver asksvoters if "an ordinance requidng that a motor r,ehicle operated by an unlicensed driver be impounded and that releasing such vehicle shall require that the owner

posta $2,500bondto insureno unlicensed driver operates such vehicle for a period of one year and pay a S 100 impoundment land acquisition fee" should be adopted.

"Unlicenseddrivers.including illegal aliens, are not eligible for auto insurance and pose a significant danger to the people of the City and

At the press conference Hickenlooper called I-100 misguided. "I-l0O would add 30,000 more impounds each year, each impound would take roughly an hour's time, thus $,asting 30.O00 man hours and overwhelmin g impound lots."

County of Denver lvhen driving and must be prevenledfrom doing so in elery way possible."the billread. The ordinance was met vl'ith several opponents during a pressconference held luly JLlthat the Sr. Francis Center at the Auraria campus. Opponents to I-100 included Denver City Council N{emb€r fudy Nlontero and Denver lMayor John

Montero said she could not think of a clumsier piece of legislation. noting that leaving home without a r,r'alletor purse is an easy mistake to make. She also askedi[ other countries lvould handle situations similarly "Can 1,ouimagine going to Canadaand being pulled overbecauseyour taillight is out and then you have to go to court t() prove your status and then 1,oualso hale to prove that, ]'ou

Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper urged voters to \,ote "no" 0n the ordinance, citing t h a t t h e r e$ c r e a l r c a d v l g o l h e r i m poundable traftic stopson the books.

knou you shouldn t gel your ca-rimpounded?" Rick (larcia, a Denver City Council mc'mber reprcsenting District 1, was alsoopposedto I-100.

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opposed Hickenlooper stands infiontofthelivoli.Hickenlooper MayorJohn ll00 atapress conference July30. "In short, it's not a good piece of legislation for our city lt's not good for our residents, and it's certainly not goodlor our overirllpublicsafety" Garciasaid. He added thal driving rvithout

a license is already an impoundable stop in DeN€r Proponents of the bill did not speak at the press conference and could not be reachcd lor comment at presstime.

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StudytheInter.and.Intra-ContinentaIDiasporaofpeoples,histories,cuItures,arsandmoreinwhathasbeencaIled,,ThesingIemostsignificanteducatna|experience at Metro State!" for more information contact the A,/AAS offices in, the Rec'tory Bldg Room 109 (next to St. Cajetan's) or call Dn AIi Thobhani, 3O3-556-2543.

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A tri-institutbnalbarbecue from -1to 6 p.m. 'n' 'l'hursday roll-filled W'elrvill cap off a rock comc \Aieek.Studentsfrom all three of Auraria's schoolsare n-clcometo partake. The festivitieswere designedto reintroduce students to campus and celebratethe beginning of another school year. Plenty oI local musical acts played in the Tivoli Commons throughout the week. Death Hickey Blues, of Englewood.and Opposing The Arrorrn,of Fort Collins, started off the festilities Monday. Tuesday'included performancesby Denver's The Pseudo Dates and Buckwild as well as a Beer-GoggleChallenge that simulated the effectsof a few too many pints, \{ednesday started off with a Sexual Suivival Guide scminar and featurcd live music from Tito Del Bario Malaga and Kenny Lee \bung, both oI Denver. Todav's evcnts r,r'ill include a speech from

l)avid Coleman, the "Date Doctor" and basisof the 2(X)5movic Hitch. Live music slated for today include Dem'er acts James& The Ilevil and Adison Harvest at 3:3Oand 5 p.m.,respectively Campus Recreation will also bc hosting volleyball, croquet and a football toss liom l:30 to 6 : 3 Op . m . "For SGA, it's a chance to introduce the student body to their representatives,"Sen. ]esse Martinez said. CCD freshman Amanda Ackland thought the events were a good way to r,telcome new students like her. "I liked all the loud music," Ackland said. This year, a new Student Auxiliary Serlices group called the Welcome Crew were on campus to help out new and returning students. The Welcome Crew was started this year in an attempt to help students find their way around campus. The group consistsof approximately 50 l'olunteers scattered over l0 different locations on campus.

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Re:Roots Earlierthis week,DavidBrooks lrirote that the public is hesitating to embrace Obama, mainly becausethey don't lnow him - not as an individual so much as a social type, \A/here does he come liom? Everywhere,Who are hls people? Kenyansand Kansans,Hawaiians and Chicagoans- and mainly the cosmopolitanswho are his most ardentbackers. But most voters aren't cosmopolitans. Most voters want their presidents to have an identity rooted somertere----€ven if. like Reagan's,it's largelymadeup. There's an undeniable fuih to this. Obama is the candidate as outsider, which giveshis autobiography its r,ronderfrrl quality of awarenessand self-awareness: Obama is able to see himself as othersdo and seethe norld of othersas they seeit thed$elves. One of his top advisers,a former Clintonolficial told me in New Hanpshire that he decidedto back Obamaafterreading"The Audacity of Hope" and finding this complex'quality in it, which he found neither ln Hillary Clinton's memoirs. nor in the woman herself. Here's the rub that Brooks &idn't mention: a black man who. unlike Obama,is deeplyrooted in America is probably unelectable today I{is rootednesswould be inseparablefrom his blackress,an idenhty &at has to recedefar into the background for a black candidate to havea chance. ' TheonlyotherblackAmerican who had anything like Obama's presidential potential iryas Colin Powell,whoseidentity as a soldier was a di{Ierent kind of moflessness. .fr: Ryan Lizza'sexcellentpiece on Obama'srise in Chicagopolitics, the key momeni comeswhen Obama realizes that his natural base is not the black South Side, but the professionalsof all races who live mostly downtown. If Obama had defeatedBobby Rush for his South Sideseat, he almost certainly lvouliln't bethe presump tive Democraticnomineetoday.

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Here comesthe circus Take a deep swallow, Denverites. Here it comes. ' Thirty thousand prostitutes, secret serviceagents,anarchists, Oprah staffers. Hillary supporters for I\,IcCain and cigar-chomping fat cats will soon ascend to Denuer and paralyze our city Oh, and not to mention a few Democratic delegates(super and regular).bright-eyedparty functionaries and even a fer,r,'political couldhave-beenscaught, as it were, ['ith their pants down at the wrong time. The good news is, there will be no Monkey Business in Colorado. \,!'e slmply don't have enough water to float a yacht on. And yes, the cash registers u4ll ring and the credit cards will scan. But that guarantees nothing for the Iower rung workers of Denver. The owners of the city will be raking it in - toDo, Cherry Creek and other soulless and sale areas will be full of revelers aftending large parties with paid-for food and drink, and, as every service worker knows, that means tips will not be forthcoming, Only a relative fer,r,of us will ever have the opporhrnity to participate in the not-so-great'political insritution, the political convention. Even if we did, we would still be nowhere near where the power of the event really lies. By and large, these quadrennial

ANNRETilT FTOHSSPEtICS spencand@mscd.edu encounters are exactlv u'hat they appear to be: commercial er€nts and media sensations.Both groups fiercely defend against any real debate of the issuestakingplacewhen the cameras are rolling. The party must keep a unified face, and the Media is only looking for what their editors already have planned. This has nothing to do with democracy in action. Behind all the balloons, they are selecting the president of our country. Our state's bankrupt economy, the quality of aA and water in the once-pristine Roan Valley, Colorado's under-funded school shockingly system (49th in the nation), otherwise known as the lives of our sons

and daughters,our strangleholdon the economiesof most of the Third Worid. our next !r'ar and countless otherprofoundproblemswill seeonly superficialchangeregardless of who this broken systempromotesto the officeof president. Mostof us.evenin Denver.will be force-fedwhatever the mainstream media wants the story bo be. Let's hopethey rememberto talk aboutat leastoneimportantissue. Forexample.the pa-rlyplatform that the delegatesu'ill be pressured to get on board is a sort of garbage disposal wherein every wealthy enough group gets to throw its orangepeelor eggshell.Regardless of hou' pressingthe issuemight be, it will be ground into a mushy sludge that flows into the se\,r€rwith the restof the turds. - if Yes.there will be sideshows the entAeweekcan't beconsidered a sideshowof our brand of democracl'. Thereis a very slight chancethat a delegateor two will bedrunk enough to have the courage to tale a stand and actually makea stir, but security would make quick work of such a dangerousoutburst. Whether we like it or not. Denver and Coloradowill, for that 96hour period,be reducedto a clichE of cowboys and skFbums, Aspen

activists and Libertarians from the far side of the state, before the spotlight of both the nation and the n'orld. What they see and experience, how the city's hand-picked handlers behave and how those handlers treat them will be reported in every maior capital of the planet. They will scarcely ever even meet a Coloradoan, but r,r'ill assume they know the pulse of the state. But that is just lvhat our leaders are hoping. After all, if anyone rieeds a lecture on manners and civility, it is the citizens of the West, What rve need is clamor and chaos, disruptions and distractions. Colorado ranchers should bring their cattle to Denver. Farmers should dump truckloads of precious corn in the city's intersections. And we should haul down loads of snow into the streets and have ourselves a snowball fight proper. We should flood the streets o{ our lair capital and turn this exclusive undemocratic party into ourparty wdte our own platform and make sure that long after the great tent is folded, long after a new president is elected, stories will be told. "Holy shit," they will say, "there is something about the West that is different and better." And that would make this convention important.

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Poetryslqr&ftrk MetTo#udmt Hall 0verture indowntoryun Madiion,Wis. wasthesitefor theNationalPoetrySlam Grcup ftampionship heldAug. 8and 9.Metrostudent ElleStevens was partofasecond pla(eteamfrom theMerory Gf6inDenver

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We'vegot a stageand more than 350 poetsfrom three countries who won the right to perform at the 2OO8 National Poetry Slam in Madison, Wis.We'!€ gotsomemicsand a rowdy audience.Okay,whereare the judges? Hey man, this ain't no corunercialized Obmpic e[tter, this is slam, and we needsomejudg6. YoutYeah,you! Neverbeento a slambefore?You'll do. You see,iudgesare the loosecannons of this kind of poefty competitiou they are picked at random from the audience, Poefy battlestake placein coffee shops,bars and libraries acrossthe country Uzuallyheld on Sundayevenings, the vocal jousting has spread ' to countrieslike Canadaand Frurce, .Denverwas fortunat€ to advanc€two groupsto this year'snational elent. The two ffve-memberteams,Mercury Caft and SlamNuba, haveledto

the Lyrics on the LakesFestivalAug. 5-9 with all their bestliterary stylings. The DenverMercury team consisted of Metro student Elle St€vens,Amy Everhart,KenArkind, Dan teahman, Ian Dougherty and alternate Paulie Lipman. Denver Slam Nuba's Bobby teFebre.NitcheWard, (akaThe Original Woman),PanamaSoweto,Ayinde Russell,Lucifury and managerBianca ShawmadeDenverhistory asthe first "all peopleof color" team from Colorado. TheDenverslamteamsrcpresentd this fair crty well, spinning words into victodes during the first round of bouts and waving the Colorado flag high aboriethe art lwin' crowd. Wagedat varioustheatersin Madison, the qualifuing rounds heatedup the Wsconsin zummer night with poets from 76 slam teams. Both Mercury Caft and Slam Nuba beat out three other tearns in first-round matrhes with their amazingteam and individual performances. On the secondnight, things got

serious.The slam godslaughed their evil laughs, and chaosreignedin the darkened theaters oll State Street. While both Denverteams won their secondcompetitions with style and grace,their batdeswere not without that touch of slamlunacy.During the Wednesdayevening showdown betweenlknver Mercury Caf6,Philadelphia, Decaturand New Hampshire,a judgewaskickedout for antagonizing audienceand team memberswith his drunkennessand badscores. "That'slust the slamfor you," said post-boutobservers. The third and fourth nights of lyricism took place in the beautifirl Ov€rture Hall, just blocks from the \4fisconsinCapitol Building. In coinciding bouts,the Denverteamsplayed to large,lrccal audiences.Wordsboth delighfi and dtty were flung from the stageas the top 20 teamswowed everybodywithin hearingdistance. Finishingsecond,both SlamNuba andDenverMercurydid not makeit to the finals.The well-spokenteam from

Charlotte.N.C..won the final bout and a national championshiptrophy. A bit disappointedyet still full of lole, the Denver poets intenningled alter the bouts. Congrahrlating one another, they showedhow uniffing this verbal sport can be. They may havelosttheir final, but not their good feelings. "It is not about the scoresor who wins. it's aboutthe love."saidslarnmer BobbyGibbsfrom Wooster,Mass. Denver Mercury team member and Stevensagreed. "Peoplelead tlese secretlives of emotionaland spiritual richness,"she 's said, "ln our day today,this being completelyigrrored,and then I went to a slam and was [ke, 'Yeahl These peopleare .talking about it!' Becaus€ we are all going througb this orperience,and are like, 'I am aware of it, and I want to shareit with you."' iAndshareshedid. As the youngestteammemberfrom Denver,Bllegot her first adult National Poetry Slarn experiencein Madisonthis year.Hav-

ing grown up in Denver'souEageoush talented slam scene,she has been influencedby local heroeslike Andrea Gibsonand KenArkind. Stevenssayssheenjoyedbeingon this year'steam so much becausethe writers collaboratedon group pieces. In a piece tided "The Poet Speaks" Elleand group membersremembered poetswho have bebn silencedor op pressedby their governments.It concludes,"We arepoets,we will speak." "That is one of my lavoritepoeps ever," said Andrea Gibson,reigning Women of the World poetry champion. Stevensw l ba entering her third year at Meho's music school.Sheis a talented pianist who hopesto keep doing what she'sdoing in the poetry world. She reminds us that someof the most talented poets of slam are also tle ones gving back to their communities, setting up teen slams and iloing serviceat the grassroots. Can slam poetry change the world? Yoube the judge

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the bestthing' class Canceling At the time, many important details about the convention rvere still unknor'r'n, All three colleges at Auraria Campus including possiblestreet closuresand RID have suspended classes from Aug. 23 servicechanges. "This lt'as back in February, March. through Aug. 29 while the Democratic National Convention convenesat the Pepsi There was a lot of unknowns. What roads would be closed, what the impact would Center. be. And the three presidentsand Wolf deClasses will resumeon Aug. 30. The DNC is the presidential nominat- cided that the best thing would be to not ing convention, where delegatesnominate haveclassesthe weekof the DNC," saidfuand confirm the Democratic candidate for lie Hughes,AHECspokeswoman. 'president "With so many unknowns, it was really and vicepresident. In addition, it is a chance for party a difficult decisionto make. And they have members to unify the party and adopt a to make those decisions early becauseof platform, or list of comprehensiveprinci- course catalogs, and getting the word out plesthe party supports. and financial aid. There's a lot of things The presidents of the schools, as well that come with closing for a week," she as Dean Wolf. AHEC director of facilities said. Only a limited number oI people will management, decidedto cancel classesafter learning that the convention would be have accessto the buildings on campus during the closure, mainly administrators held in such closeproximity to campus. ByTHE METROPOLITAN

and support staff. Residentsat Campus Village will have access,though street closurescould make going to and from the dorms difficult. Auraria CampusPolice,with additional officersfrom other colleges,will be on campus 24-7, protecting the buildings. Auraria Police Chief fohn Mackey said olficershave beenplanning for the convention and are prepared for the large crowds that are expectedto head across campus towards the PepsiCenter. Mackey is confident that officers are ready for the convention. Auraria's police o{ficersare used to being in crowds of students, Mackey said. However sometimes municipal officers become accustorn to their patrol cars, he pointed out. Makey is conlident in his force to keepthe campus salefrom any potential threat.

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LOCATIOf.I: Denver,The Denr,erArena Auditorium DATES:August 2 5-28 NOMINEET BarackObama,Illinois seantor

LOCATON:Chicago,International Amphitheatre DATES: August26-29 NOMINEE: Hurbert Humphrey,vicepresidentto Llnrdonfohnson

LOCATION: Denver,The DenverArena Auditorium DAIES:Iuly7-10 NOMINEE:William IenningsBryant, Nebraskacongressman

FYI:It's been100 yearssincethe democratsdelegated in the Mile High City.More than 5,000 delegates will raotein the PepsiCenter.The first black man evernominatedto becomethe presidentwill accept the nomination at InvescoFieldat Mile High,

FYI:1968 alreadyhad beena tumultuousyearfor the U.S. with the assassinations of Martin Luther King, fr, in April and RobertE Kennedy(then a U.S.senatorfrom New York and tl-te favoriteto bethe democraticnominee).Therewerewidespread pro0estsagainstthe ViebnamWar.And the corivention achievednotoriety becauseof rioting betweenprotestersand policeand the generallychaotic atmosphereof the event.

FYI:The conventionmarkedthe first time a maior political party held its coNâ&#x201A;Źntion in a Westernstate.

Therewill bepolitics.Therewill be protests. And we'll be there next door to history.

This wasthe ffrst conventionwomencould attendasdelegates.Fivecameto Denver. Beforecoming to Denver,no wornanhad everbeen allowedto attend a national politica-lconvention asdelegatesor alternatedelegates.

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NAME:DeanWolf TITLE:Auraria's executivevice presidentof Adminishation

NAME:Normanhovizer TITI E:Metro Statepolitical scienceprofessor and director of the GoldaMeir Center

NAME:fojoPease TITLE:Tent Stateorganizer

NAME:SarahMcClendon TITLE:Communicationsmajor

WHOAREYOUVOTINGFOR:Undecided

WHOAREYOUVOTINGFOR:'As an analyst, I neverrevealchoicesbeforehand."

WHOAREYOUVOTING FOR: Cynthia McKinney,GreenParty

WHOAREYOUVOTINGFOR: i.Definite|y Obama.He representschange."

INVOLVEMEN1 Taking part in making surethe festivalin CuernavacaPark goes asplanned;taking part in the educational and political activitiesgoingon during the week;having somefun in the meantime.

INVOLVEMENT: Taking part in Student Activities Meho State Gets UnConventional volunteer opportunities;volunteering with FoodBankof the Rockiesand tle DenverDumb Friendsleague.

"Itisa DNCSIGNIFICANCE: historic opporhrnity for the people to get their voicesheard."

DNCSIGNIFICANCE: McClendonsaidthat it is sigrrificantfirst and foremostbecause both conventionswill decidewhich candidateswill be running for hesident. But it is also important becauseof the media attention it will bring to the city. "It's just a big politicalcomingout party."McClendon alsoplans on attending severalof the many concertshappeningaround Denver durine the weekof the DNC.

INVOLVEMENT Conductingbusinessas usual; making sure the buildings areup and running; and the implementation of the MasterPIan goesahead. "I think once DNCSIGNIFICANCE: it's over,the city will sayit wasa fine event. It's goodfor Denver.This election is a historic eventand is openingthe door for changeand progress."

INVOLVEMENT: Taking part in events around Denverand at the Pepsi Center;working aspolitical analyst for Fox 31 local coverage;hopesto attendthe Denverfa.z and Blues Festivaltaking placesimultaneouslyin Denver'sFive-Pointsrieighborhood. "It is a wonderful DNCSIGNIFICANCE: opportunity for Denverand a good thing for the city's national and international expozure.Persdnally,as a political scientist,what more could you askfor? Everyonealwayscallsthe electionshisioric, but this one reallv is."

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police prepared Auraria fortheworst By ANDR-EWFI0HR-SPENCE spencennd@mscdehl While most of Auraria's40,000 students, professors and sta-ff are lockedout for the weekof the Democratic National Convention,the campuswill not bedeserted. For membersof Auraria's maintenancesta{Tand police,the fourday event means a usual, possiblylong, workweek.For thosewho dependon Auraria for food and shelter,it could get frushating'

Keeping thepipes warm Around 100 employeesof Auraria's Higher Mucation Centerwill have accessand continue to work. keeping the buildags running and maintaining the grounds. Dean Wolf, AHBC's director of facilities management,said the week will be pretty typical. "It should be pretty much businessas uzual for us. fust without l l

the students."he said. Construction on the Science Building will also continue throughout the week- stoppingwould have costthousandsof dollars,Wolf said. though the delivery of materials for the proiect will be affectedby the patadesgoingdown SpeerBoulevard. Wolf said none of the buildings on campuswonld be in use during the DNC,but 5,000 of the 7,0O0total parking spaceswere reservedby law enlorcementfor the convention.

Auraila3 finest While the Secret Service is in charge of the Peisi Center,Invesco Field, and the Convention.Center, Auraria will be using its o$'n police force. Auraria's chief of police, fohn [daclte5',said his department has met regularly with Secret Service and Denverpolice since Denver$â&#x201A;Źs named the host city. As the convention approachesand plans continue

to evolveand changesurrounding the event,communicationis ongoing' "Wemeetdailyon this.Everyday starts with this. Denverpolice will be in here.SecretServicewill be in here,"Mackeysaid. Adding to ACPD'slimited force, normallylessthan 20 officers,securily personnel from other Colorado colleges will beon hand. Much of their focuswill beon the protesterscoming from the parade route on SpeerBoulevardthrough campus on their way to the ftee speechzonein the parking lot of the PepsiCenter. "In my field, it's always plan for the worst, hope for the best," Mackey said. "We have to be prepared. That's it. We have to Fain our fol}s for that." Barricadeson campuswill guide the public and mark security areas wherecars are not allowed. Portable toilets will be set up

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Studens walkacross theTivoli Commons 0nTu6day, Aug. 12. along SeventhStreet ACPDis also taking precautions to limit any possibledamageto the physical campus.Many objects will be removedfrom campusduring the convention, including trash cans, benches.tables. and even rocls in

the planters so they cannot be used to damagebuildings.Ihe Fridayafter the convention,all the items will be replacedand campus cleanedup so that classescan res"me on Sahirday AI]MRIA CONTINT]ED ON OT

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forDNC outlineplans Adivistgroups By STEVEN GILES TheMetropoktan More than 70 organizers representing groups from across the country met Aug. I0, in the atrium of the Tivoli's food court for the last time before the Democratic National Convention begins. The 49 participating organizations represented by tu'o independent. umbrella groups, Alliance for '6 Real Democracy and Recredte 8 AIliance, set aside their animosity and openly discussed, with media present for the first time, their activities planned for the convention week. After originally planning to locate at City Park. th€ ARD festivities under the name of Tent State Un! \€rsit-v rvill now center around Cuernavaca Park near the Denver skate park on 2 Oth Street downtown. A second hot spot will focus around Cil'ic Center Park at the foot of the State Capitol Building under '68. the direction of Recreate Both groups plan to host educational programs such as classeson first aid, group organizing, cil'ii disobedience and knowing 1'our rights when being arrested.The groups are also coordinating speechesb]' political activistsand concerls leaturing local and national acts. tr!'eekly training sessions on Legal Observing are being prt-rvidedby '68 the Deru€r Larv Proiect. Recreate is sponsoringself-delense c]assesinstructed by the staff of Gumm tr4lxed Martial Arts Gym of Littleton. And both groups plan to take parl in protest marches.both registered and unregistered. The city's designated parade route will host marchers daily from Aug. 2 5 to Aug. 27 betu'een 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., starting at the City and County Building and ending at l,arimcr Street and SpeerBoulevard. On ;\ug. 28. the parade n'ill begin at Lin-

coln Park on 13th Avenue and Mariposa Street, r.r'ind down Colfax and end at Invesco Field where presidential nominee Barack Obama will give his acceptancespeech. In addition to ongoing activi ties, daily marches and protests, 'the groups outlined other activities planned for convention week. And whlle an outline was given on how to keep law enforcement and the city (and reporters) on their toes,the protesters n'ill not be notifuing people ahead of time n'hat they plan to do until the day of the action. '68 $rants to redistribRecreate ute the country's wealth and is sponsoring "shalce Your Money l\laker" on the Aug. 2 5 in $'hich they plan to encircle the Ll.S.\{int don'ntown and with the powers of everyone they rnill raise the U.S.Llint and shake the money out of it. They recommend that participants bring bags to carry their new r,r,'ealthhome. Another group, Unconventional Denver, is sponsoring "Disrupt The DNC." which includesdaily actions to be announced designedto disrupt the convention. CODEPINK,an anti-war n'omen's organization, will be dressing up lile fuIissAmerica contestants and planning actions to disrupt hotels where delegatesare staying. Throughout the neek, Resurrection Cit-v Unir€rsity. Iocated at the Cuernavaca Park. will be conducting free classestaught by speakerssuch as Byron Plumley of Regis University, Stephen Zunes, chair o1 l,{iddle Eastern Studies of the Ilniversity ol SarrFranciscoand (;reen Panl prcsidential candidate Cynthia lvlcKinne),, said coordinator Jordan Hill. I{ill said a complete schedule ol the university classes lvill be pub-

Festivalof Democracl',"a two-d:ry musicshuwcase with l4bands,starting at 3 p.m, on N{ondayand Tuesday in Civic CenterPark.Liberation Soiree.a lundraiserfor the Festivalof Democracy r,r'illbeheldon Aug.26 at jan clttbDaz)eon Ninth Ar,'enue and LincolnBoulevard, Tent Statellniversitv is lorming the four-dayTentStateN{usicFestival in Cuernavaca Park,aslvellas a concert at the DenverColiseumthat $,ill then be folloll'edby a march to Pepsi 'fhe Centeron \Arednesday. complete artist lineupsaresoonto bereleased. Along with music.there ra,'illbe groupprotest-sponsored loodasrvell. 'fhe group 'Fbod Not Bombs"rvill servetrvo free mealsa day in Civic CenterPark,at 11 a.rn.and 5 p.m. trloreinformationon the scheduled protesteventscan be Ibund at rvr,vw.comeuptodenrer.org.

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marded onAug.10,tothe fromthegroup Un(onventional T0P: Protesten (entertodisplay Demosatic National theirsigninlieuoftheupcoming Pepsi Aug.25-29. TheProtesters Center thatwillbeheldatthePepsi Convention forourselvesi' "ourfuturewillbedecided chanted withother himselfas John, stands whoidentified BOTTOM: Aprotester, inpoliti6 forthe John hasbeen active Un(onventional. members ofthegroup part pastyear. go meinjail;"John take untiltheythrow "l will to everything and said.

AURARIAi Guestsnot allowedat dormsduring DAIC livinounder lockdown Students CONTINI]ED FROM C3 Clampus Village's selling point, 'Any

cement trash can, even though it's hundreds of pounds, once it's broken, it can be thrown through a window." Mackey said. "We iust don't want temptation." Mackey said he has experience with DNCs. having worked the DNC in Boston in 2004: 1'We want to assure everyone's First Amendment rights, but ultimately, we don't want our schools damaged. \&b don't want our fields damaged," he said. "We don't know if it's just 5,000 peoplecoming or if it's 20,000."

Ihat it is the closesl student living to campus, also puts it closestto the restricted security area. I\{ore than 600 students living in the building r,r'illbe given special stickersfor their ID cards to gain accessand no Visitors r,'"'illbe allowed from Aug. 2 i to 2 9 . "The week off is nice," Metro student lonathan Silverman, who lives at the Campus Village, said. "But it's pretty inconvenient and authoritarian. " Silverman said he hadn't received much olficia] information about what would be happening and the security rules, but the rumors were that they

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leavinglbr the rvholerveek," he said. "I m not into no stupid rules

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"Our's is a tough group of volunteers," Lauretta Proux, pastoral asso-

or anything like that." Laura Brehm, a music malor at

will not have anl specialidentification or a restriction on guests.

N'[etro,said she also liked the week olT and that Shealso hadn t seenany specific information outlining the rules. "[ don't think it w'i[ really be that inconvenient," Brehm said. "I

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ciate at St. Elizabeth'ssaid. Proux said the church was expecting most of the more than 100 peoplethe sandwich line servesregu-

think it's cool we har,-eanother week back on vacation." The Inn at.,\uraria rvill also be under increased security for the duration of the convention. Because traffic rvill be restricted to pedestrians, buses, taxis and limousines down l5th Street,students will have to find alternatile routes lo and from

St. Elizabeth's of Hungar.v the gray stone church located on campus, will offer most of its normal schedule,though Sunday mass Aug. 24. will be held insteadlhe evening prior at 7 p.m. The volunteers who

larly t<ibe there during the DNC. Dar"'e,sitting next to the church uith a cup of soup and sandwich in his hand who would only give'H' for his last name, said people he knew were already trying to get out of

run the free sandwich line for the homelessat9:30 a.m. everyday voted to keep the line running through the week despite accessto the church's parking being be cut off with Speer Boulevard's closure.

town, "I will not be coming around 'Anywhere but here here." he said. for that."

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"The Avenueiust representsyour path in life, your walk," said Denver alt/funk hip-hopbassplayerand cofrontman JohnnyL. "I call it 'the way,' your way in life, you know?" To some,a fip down Colfax Avenue doesn'tnecessarilysound like the right way to go, but it certainly worked for Aurora-born alternative hiphop band, The UmConscious, who've proventhat the Fax has more to olTerthan iust hookers,transients and illegalnarcotics. The UmConscious'new album TheAvenue(an obviousode to Denrer's infamous and historically seedy main drag) is their first fiil-length LP releaseand it shows a band with a plan. Or asThe Um saysin the heavy, hipshaking second track "Road Rage": "I'm on a mission,iLike a speedwalker with a discman."Fortunate$.for us, The Um prefershoodies to spandex. "It's cool how the Ayenuecame together for us becauseit definitely symbolizesa stagein our livesas art-

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World musician and renowned blues artist lhj Mahal brings his exotic form of Arnericana to the Boulder Theateron Oct. 19. Mahal is a masterof his cralt playing such blues instuments as guitar, banjo and harmonica and blending tiditional American folk and blues soundswith Caribbean.African and SouthPacificvibes.Thougb it's been threeyearssinceMahal'slast albumrelease,his nusic remains a flgffniflve display of both deep southern rock and African roots,and his show is not to be missedby any bluespurists'Mahal or fansof traditional Afticana- influenced by ea"b artists such as Son House, Big

and "Melodies"), paid dues ("Dead Man" and "Gotta Do") and tonguein-chek -fuck-me anthems ("Every Way" and "Smash").Whilethe Um is undeniably party music at times (i.e. "That Music," which resembles'70s porn music on mushrooms), their righteous rhythms include a poignant edgeto makethem more topi cally pertinent than contemporary hip-hop tendsto be. The Avenueproved it's worth when, in the ffrst week following it's anticipated release, it topped sales at renowned record store Twist and Shout on (go figrre) EastCofax, topping heavy-hitten such as Beck,Willie Nelsonand Coldplay. The band is forging alead with gigs that included a recent appearance at the annual Katenation Festival. t ocated1Omilesoutsideof Idaho

Springs, deep in the cool and rainy forestnight, the stagewas primed for explosivelyloud sound, and The Um delivered,playing a fiery set o[ Ifte , wnuebeforegoing on to col€r Rage Aeainst the Machine's "Bombtrack," with great conviction. The moment couldn't be more opportune for The Um to make the scene.what with bands such as East High's own Flobots putting DTown on the national map with meaty, meaningful blends of hiphop and hard-core(a nnelcome changeof pace from gloriffedpower-popcombossuch as Big HeadTodd and The Monsters and The Fray). The Um is also currently vying for a spot at September's Monolith Festival,through Fox 3l's current Battleof the Bands. "I think. as all this builds. the commudty is giving the music scene

mor€ opportunity and I think, as our community starts to embracelo. cal music, the city becomesa bigger power on the nationa-lmusic scene," fohnny said. The Um will set the stagefor hip hop brethren Pepper,Aug. 16, at the FoxTheate in Boulder.Call303-443 3399 or goonline at wwwfoxtheatre. com for more information. Visit The Um at www.tleum.net. -BylEREll{Y/OInrSON, jjohn3OE@mscil.eilu

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Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf and CharlesMingus - has playedwith everyonefrom the aforementioned Wolf, to delta blues king Muddy Waters and American guitar legend Ry Cooder.Mahal's popularity rose when he appearedin Mmtin Scorsese'sPBS documentary "Feel Like Going Home." Tickets are on salenow For more information call 303-786-7030 or visit www.bouldertheater.com.

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THEMETROPOUTIN Since7979 Overthe years,politicianshavebeenaccusedof a lot of things.But taking awayour summerhasprobablynot beenone of them. This year,that's changed. Like an alarm clock accidentallywaking you up too early on the weekend: Welcoheback,Metro. Vacationplans might have been abridged;cocktailsperhapswere left unfinished;barbecuegrills are now turned off, and the trepidation of returning to schoolhas arrivedearlierthan usual. We'll be honestwith you, we're happy to be here and readyto start a new yearto bring you coverageof the campirs- but it would'vebeen nice to havea little bit more time to prepare,We'resureyou can relate. This year is different, asidefrom the obviousschedulingchanges, our normal coverageof "WelcomeBack" is taking a back qeatto a momentousoccasion. The circusis coming to town, so to speak.And with it, all of us are being given the opportunity to take part in political history. We'll be following the ringleaders,bright lights, clowns and elephants,well ... donkeys,in this case.But what about you? Sure;you get a weekoff, the campuswill be closed,but that doesn't mean the city isn't openingup like neverbefore. Chancesare, maybe you're sick of the DNC and hearing about it - don't be. Breatheit in: takeadvantageof it. Doubt and cynicismcan cloud the populace'shopeasto whetheror not their voiceis heard in the political arena,whether or not their vote counts,whether or not the politicosin D.C.can seewhat's really happening in the country. This yeat for the first time in lO0 years,the world is going to see what s happeningin Denver. Whateveryour agenda,political alfiliation or beliefs,your front door has turned into a centerstage. paradesand proCultural events,art exhibits,political discussions, testsr.r4llbe all overthe city for all walks of life. Get involvedand be part of history,or at the very least,enioy the opportunity to witness history. And whateveryou choose,do it peacefully.Despitecomparisonsto the politicallychargedatmosphereof todaywith that of 1968, we don't needanother Chicago. It's coming. It's right acrossthe street.The barbariansare at the gates.And we shouldbe grateful. Welcometo Denver,DNC.

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NBWS BDIT1OR Tara Moberly tnoberlyomsd.edu

PHOTO BDITOR Cora Kemp ckempAamscd.edu

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lt{ayan Calcndar, the I-Ching and even the ancienl ethylene huffing oracle at Delphi all suggest that the u'orld is coming to an end very soon. December 21, 2012, to be exact, a date which leavesus only one more president to elect before the entire ride comes to a dramatic and bloodyhalt. \4tll. on secondlhought. I reckon that is a technical lie. Another president nill be elected about a month belore his nerv lvhite house is coveredin shit and putrid snor,l'and mutant relugeesbegging for food and shelter from Armageddon. And because of circumstances like those, it is diflicult to think of the president in any normal capacity. 0ld calendars, fortune-telling books and drug-addled mystics from the timc tlf Zeus ought not to be considered credible fountainheads lor really any sort of information, but becausethey are the experts and deal in the realm of prophecy,their claims are admissible here due entircly to a lack of cornparableexpertise. I have tried to stav away lrom politics as best I can lor the past few months, r,vhich, as a result, allowed me to live a rather comfortable life during the summer. IJut r.r'hetherit be the enticing allure of staring at a news ticker for hours on end or that underappreciated obsession those who spend too much of lheir Iime thinking about politics eventually develop,one thing is certain: I cannot stray far from polil.ics.Probably I have developedan allliction of some kind, but that at least puts me out of the denial stage and into a 360 degree recognition and acceptance of my problems. But all of that bullshit about the world succumbing to fire and brimstone here ln just a few years really puts an obstacle in the way of my

JIMMIE BNATEY jbraiey@mscd.edu addiction. !!'e have only tn'o choic€s now lor who will be the leader of all important economic, military and social institutions in the $'orld until everything finally seizuresand falls to r u i n . l n l i l l h e e n d w h e n e i l h e rJ e s u : or a total magnetic pole shift n'ill sara us liomevil or lrom ourseh'es,or both. This should make casting a vote fairly easy since this president, according to the mystics of long ago, will have nothing to pass on to the next but a planet stucli in some kind of natural holocaust. Yeah, we can really have lun in this election cycle. And indeed, we've had all the choices we could ask for. A woman, an old war vetcran, a blach rnan who many consider to be a Muslim in disguise, er,'ena little ell also from the time of Zeus, who calls himself Kucinich. i have never been inclined to believethat any of these people have any serious aspirations for the future of this country and non', for the fust time in history, it doesnot matter. Millionshavesuccumbedto fitsof despair and self-strangulationover notions of Armageddon before.but those people r,rere paranoid and uninformed. This at least might be real. But probably not, What I am ranting about here is more than likely an irresponsibleoutlook on the 2OO8 presidential election, but JesusChrist,

how else can I look at this thing and not feel at least irresponsible as a citizeni Wc have onll two real choices for president. and thel' are an aJfected and rather incompetent old man whose campaign, up until \€r!. recentll', raas co-chaired by a banker n'ho admihedly despisesthe American people as though rve were all 7-year-old. red-headed brats r,ersus a come-from-nou'here, antichristesqueblack man who even the most influential.peoplein politics hare little reservation cornmenting about with regard to the ominous possibilitiesof such an unconventional candidacl'. A candidacy that is currently making a mockery of itself by fying its hand in conventionalism. But I digress.This election is supposedto be fur, and fun is how it lvill remain at least until the end of this 'column. If n'e are all truly doomed, then our only real responsibility $'ill be to vote for the candidate who will allow the most fun to be had in the next four years. fohn McCain doesn t seem like much fun, and, believeit or not. BarackObamais stilJa politician. And so perhaps that will indeed be the basis upon which I cast my vote. To hell n'ith the issues.Few of them were ever really anything but distractions anyhow Yes, we must have fun before we die or we will have lived in vain, which may or may not really matter in the end, but that is not for us to knon'. A good piece of political advice I learned ftom a good friend may come in handy here: Aln'ays vote for the candidate who will most benefit Saturday Night Live. I do not watch Saturday Night Live. but the philosophy remains. If ye be withour fun in these bedeviled times, ye be walking hand in hand with death.

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person isveryunique, andthedifferent attributes andtalents theybringto boththe fieldandtotheteam. I don'tthinkofit asI need tofillhershoes. I thinkofit asmore whatcanI bring to theteamtomake it befter."

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MeEo women's soccer goalkeeper Lisa Jewett is anything but aFaid to replace four-time all-RNIAC pick Rachel Zrllner. In fact, she's actuall)' thrilled to possibly be in the starter position a[ter not playing lor a coupleyears. "l'm excited. We have a really, really grcat team." Jewett said on the 'l'm upcoming 2001:lseason. excitd about the lreshmen r.re got in, and just ol'erall, our team is coming together nell so far." Jcn€tt came to lr,letro after graduating from Douglas County High School. She played three years of high-school ball, but she stoppedduring her senior year alter deciding to mo!€ on rvith her life. leaving high school altogether.Jenett receivedher GEDand immediately came to Metro. After three years of not playing, the 20-1ear-old junior realDed what she $'as missing out on and joined the women's team this season. "l really missedplaying and all of

goalkeeper Forner Metro Rachel the benefitsthat came along with beZollner leads thewomen3 ing a part of a team." Jen'ettsaid. 'lt's soccerteam with56winsand experience and 36shutouS. Zollner wasnamed a once in a lifetime one I'd be crazy to passup." Defensive Player oftheYear and jewett has been playing socfirstteamall-RMAC selection as cer since she was three years old. goalkeeper. Throughout her soccer career. she s Sheisalsoatwoonly played for one club team - Real tim 6PNIheMagazine/CoSlDA Colorado-on the national le.,'el.She Ac*micAll-Ameilcan.

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wasn't always standing between the posts. Iewett was a lorward or midfielder until she r,rasl3 years old. "I've come to learn that the best lorwards mahe the best goalies. and the best goalies make the best forwards because you know what the other is going to do," lewett said. Before she played for Real, Jewett was ahvays a backup goalkeeper, until the organizafion made a one goalie

Iherurnber ofgoals scored byhe fweMefiomen3 s(cer Ph0tobyDRIW,AYN E5/ ajayn€sl @msd.edu smlolsinthe2007 season, goalkeeper, practi(e. toreplace former Lisa Jewett isajuniorand ishoping Metmtgoalkeeper, Jeweft before soccer on?aredto29scorcd bythe Metm,butfinallyrealized aftertwoyean RadrelZollner, Jeweft didn'tplayso(cerwhile attending asthenewgoalkeeper. season. rcstof fte team. lhismeans the whatshewasmissing outonandisexcited tobebadinadionforthe2lXl8 ofjustsrhool, per team rule. fewett switched to full2fi18Roadrunnen willhave to right now." lores going to movies and reading. time keeper. dilferent nay. mahupmore thanhatfofthe "[t's the bestiob," Je$'ettsaid. "It's "I don't thin-k that anyone could As Jewett prepares for the upcomlewett plans to major in history gok sorediftheywanttoread ing season.she keepsherself relaxed iust really exciting lor me, because er,er fill anyone else's shoes because and maybe even double maior in inthattotal again. Ornent seniol by listening to music and just focushrowingyou're the last person, knoneach player and each person is very ternational politics, yet she doesn t ing you can either make or break the unique, and the different attributes know what she wants to do after ing on her game. She doesn't dwell furwads OlaSandquist and just over any rivalry situations and is truand talentsthey bring to both the field graduation. lHlenJohnson willbepressed play,it's exciting for me." "tf thcre was a job rvhere you ly conlident in her team this year. Zollner, the former keeper, r,r,'as and to the team," Jewettsaid. "l don t torcplace the19goals scored "Being,at Metro State and havinB player could do everything, that would be an important lor the women's thinli of it as I need to fill her shoesI pointleader bylmtyea/s Philip soccer team the past four years. She think of it asmore what can I bring to my iob." Jewettsaid. "I want to travel the two national championships we good news: Orven.lhe Sandquist was pa-rtof a national championship the team to mal(e it better." erer).where. I think it would be fun to have, I thinl< we always have a target jewett playing isn't be a teacher or a coach for a n'trile. I on our backs,"Jewettsaid. "lust about and is the all-time leader in wins and Itrhen socce( wu second andJohnson fourth shutouts at Metro. So you could say she'staking advantageof the Colorado would like to own my own restau- every team is going to be a rivalry I forpoinsonMetro in2007. Jewett has some big shoes to fill. But the junior looks at the situation in a

ouldoor life. where she enjoys hiking and snowboarding.In addition, Jewett

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Schoolwasout, but the only thing on the minds of the Metro women's soccer team was winning another national championship. When strmmer started, there were 79 daysuntil the first day of preseason,and all we could think about was the summerworkout packetthat the new headcoach.Adrianne AImaraz, had givenus. With only four. players left from the 2O06 national chanpioruhip team and six start€rs left from last year's tearn, tlere is a lot o[ work to be done Everyoneunderstandsthat passingthe fihess testsls important, but playing soccerwell is even more important, Preparingfor a seasoni3 one of hardestaspoctsof a sport and everyonedoesit dillerently. I aslcd tttr€e players tlat were on the national championshipteam what they had been dging over the surnmer. "Working out daily is more of a mental challengeduring the summer since we are by ourselves,That will definitely help in seasonaswe will be more mentally focused,"said 2OO7 National Soccer Coach Association of America (NSCAA)third tsam AllAmerican selectionBeocaMays. A lot of the plalms are from out of state,including Mays,sotley must find motivation on their own, Mays,a juaior this year;looksto continue her domination at forward and add to her careertotal of 2 6 goalsand I 3 assists during her first two seasons, "I havebeenrunning, lifting and gefringtoucheson the ball whenerrer I can," 2O07NSCAAsecondteamAll-

played with the Denver Diamonds this season.Unforhrnately,my ankle went bad, so I had to stop training," Seehausensaid. LisaIewett took two yearsoff from socc€rand is r€turning asa lbeshman this fall at Metro. Shefiactured three ribs in a garneagainst the University of l4iyominglast spring and has-been doing rehabaswell. Shesaidit is hard to run becauseit feelslike her ribs are piercing her lungs, but shecontinues to prepareanyway I am hopeful all three can r@over hom their iniuries and be ready to play in the next few weeb. But senioru weren't the only onespreparing for the upcoming season. Almaraz has signedsevennew playersto ioin the team, while tlree starting positions and remain up for grabc. One t-rcw player in parficular plaryingin the Rocky has er<perience Mountain Athletic Conferene. Recendy releasedto play iD the fall, junior transfer Ashley Nenurers said shehasbeengettinginr olvedin threeon-tlree tournaments and practic€s. "I also go run at Red Rod<sand in my neighborhoodstoets." Nernmers came from MesaState College and 21D7. Maissondthegmewinninggoal.Vanesa Mabbone ofthrcesenior leading thewomentsocerteam in2O8. is nnow.edto play despitenanderring American selectionNicoleCitosaid. ut€s and practicing the fibresstests," Second-yearstudentBeocaIVlalo- within the RMAC.She pracflcedlast ' going Cito is into her fourth and shesaid. . ney hasbeenplaying with a fractured spring and plans to use her speodat year final at Metro and will help 0o forward and outsidemidffeldtbis up Stephensonhas shuggled with rzertebra. "t havebeendoing a lot of rehab comingseason. keepthe ball out of the net at the cen- knee pnoblems,tearing a ligament Every player prepares differentter backpoeition. for the secondtime in the 2O06 sea- and coreshength baining along with faimie Stephensonwill bea senior son in the Blite Eight. Shehas always rry regular fitness," she said on her ly, but we all have the same goal in mind. Someof us Lnow what it takes and hopesto earn more playing tirn-e been a key elementon the team not surnmerhainin& after struggling with iniuries during only with her soccer skills, but her Alee Seehausenis going into her 0ogo all the way and somewill leam, her collegecareer. ability to makeeveryonelaugh. Jamie second5rearas well and recently had but r.rrewill all cometogetheron Aug. "I havebeenrunning intervalson is hoping to play well in the centerof an MRI and X-ray on her ankle. 7, and push through the hardestpart "I practicedwith SCCand guest- of the season- preseason. the readmill for about twenty min- the pitch.

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Iappe said. "But most of the players are going to get togetheron their own. It's goodfor our t€am to haveto be accountablefor eachother." Becauset}re basketball coaches ByzACTAYLOR are nirt allolried any contact with ztaylo12omscd.edu their pliyers, it will bethe player'siob Metro will be on lockdown for to keepup conditioning Men'scoach the DernocraticNational Convention, Brannon Haysagreedwtth lappe on and its varsity sports t€a.dlsare no the determinationof his players. "I think we've got kids that are erception.With no acc€ssto facilities and, in somecases,no accessto play- very self-motivatedand srill take66vp ers tlernseives,Metro'svarsity sporb of themselvesduring the week ofl" teamshavehad to adjust to the week Hayssaid. oll during the DNC. A few teams, men and women's Metro women's basketball tearr soccer and volleyball, have already will loseout on a weekof condition- start€d their seasonand will be able ing, posing problemsfor head coach to hold practice and play gamesdurT"tndafupprs. lng the break, iust not on campus. Metro's basketballteams do not the soccerteams will head to Dick's begin their seasonsuntil Oct. 15, so SpordngGoodsPark to practice.The a new NCAA rule has put them in a volleyball team had made the most position where they cannot hold the out of the opportunity of a week olT, allowed conditioning practices dur- asthey will fly to Hawaii for the week ing the weekof the DNC. 0o attend a volleyball tournament "It's never goinC to be ideal to atrd to se the sights. tala a foE rc*qff pf conditioning," "Norma$ nrc can't tab .an er-

tended trip at the end of the month because of classes,but when we found out that this wasthe situation, I requestedto goto the tournament," Meno volleyball coach DebbieHendricls said on the week olf for the players."For most of them, it's a special opportunity," If not an opportunity, Meho's men and women'ssoccerteamshave sbruggodoff the DNC lockdown as a minor inconvenlence. "We just had to adiust and make due with what we had," women'ssoccer coachAdrianne Ahnarazsaid. The NCAA has gven Meho special privilegesto start practicea week earlier than the rest of the Rocky Mountain Athletic C.onference in order to account for the schoolopening a weekearlier, Hendricks admitted that the amount of volleyballtwo-aday practices had been cut rhis year, but she was conffdenther team nould still be preparedfor the season. 'What it requires us to do is to

get a lot donein the ncxt two lreeks," the head coalh said regarding the new schedule."Every practice has to oount." Hendricks'only realconcernwit}t the new schedule is the volleyball team will have a quick turnaround alter returning from Hawaii. Metro hoststhe ColoradoPremierChallenge volleyball tournament starting Sept, 5, giving the team lessthan a weekto adiust to Moutrtain time, The players will Fy 0ocombatthe threhour differenceby waking up very early and going to bedearly during their island stay. [,Ien and women's soccerwon't have the same thne zone pmblems, with tlle women heading to Minnesota and the men to Utah in the midille of the DNC week for their opening tournaments. With both It[eho tearnsdominant in the RMAC and flush with talent, the coachesexpect !o start shong even as Denv€ris looded with politics. "It's really not gonna be that big

of a deal," Men's soccercoach Ken Parsonssaid. "It's flot lilc we'rc getting a disadvantage.We'vedone the majority of the fitrresstraining, and we've got a handle on where we're goingto put players." Neither soccerteam will have to worry about the rent for the three days the,y will spend pracficing at Dick's, as the Democratic National Committ€e.has given Metro their word that the schoolwill becompensatedfor the field fees.Parsonssaid, And because Hendricks has 5 horvn about her team's trip to the Aloha State for half a year, the pmgram hasbeenableto raisemoneyfor their wek in-volleyballparadise. None of the Metr,ovarsity coachesarelooking at the DNCasan excuse to do poorly The Roadrunnersd b . lieve they will be ready for the 20O8 regular season after the politicians and bunting hasleft the building, "If (theurcekofl) keepsusfrom not being sucoessfrrl than lve're not doing a goodiob ascoaches,"Iappe said.

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Olympian turnedprofessor Physics department chair Sydney Freudenstein competed atMexico'68 ByDEBBIE MARSH dmarshBomscd.edu The chair of Mefro's physicsdepartment is a short, trim man with graying hair, broad shoulders and livelyeyes.His clippedbeardgiveshim the look of a stereotypicalprofessor, and in fact he's a Ph.D.who's beenat the schoolfor more than 30 years. But his handshakeis a deadgiveaway to another past. It's doubffirl if he realizesthe wayhesquareshimself, heelstogetherand shouldersback, as be proffersa hand. His posture mimicsthe stancea gymnasttakesto start and end an exercise.It comesnaturally to SidneyFteudenstein. Nearly 40 yearsago,he madethe U.S. Olynpic grmnastics team and competedin MexicoCity.But the road there waspavedin hard work instead of gold. Freudensteinwas raised by his mother inq working-classsectionof Anaheim, Calif Shegotthe newsthat her son's father was hlled in World War tr the day after he wasborn.. "I wasoneof thoselatchkeykids," Freudensteinsaid. That gare him a lot of time to filL Spnnting and jumping for back and field,playingsandlotfmtball and baseball, Freudensteinwasalwaysthe first on ihe fiell His grandfathernoticed some talent and paid for diving lessons,cornpletewith trampolinework. Mearuvhilehe and his frienrlsmessed around on the monley bars during schml hours at the junior high, trying to outdoeachotherin fli.psand shlnts. Freudenstein loved compedtion and in high school he attended a ubiquitous athletic fundraiser. 'It turned out to be a life-changing event.The gnnnastics team put on a performance,and the kid knew what he wantedto do. "Tumbling events carne fairly naturallyto me," Freudensteinsaid. As luck would have it, the highschool coach was a national champion, and he uas able to get the talented youngster connectedwhen it cametime for college. "He wantedme to goto (University of California at) Berkeley,but the,y weren't very well funded," Fleudensteinrecalled. Sincea scholarshipwas essential for continuing his education,Freudenstein instead set his sights on the University of Soutbern California. But when he arrived to start classes, the promisedfunding wasn't there. "They said they didn't have anyt\ing for me, that my gradesweren't good enough - bottom line, the coachwanted to givethe scholarship to som@ne else," Freudenslein re-

was one of the happiestmomentsof my athleticcareer,"he recalled. The g5,mnastcontinued to hain at Berkeleyafter graduation,bringing in a Japanesecoach to help with his technique.The Mexico Clty Sumrner Olympicsweren't held until October to avoidthe heat and the worst of the - capitolcity'spollution.

Fiasco ln Medco Not evena weekbeforethe Olympics were to take place, however, Freudensteinfaceda few issuesthat eventually hamperedhis gold medal chances.An illness struck the gymnast that aJlectedhis routine. "One thing that happenedto me, in Mexico is I got sick and couldn't train for aknost a week right before. the competition," Freudensteinsaid with regret still lingering in his voice after four decades. Priorto 199T,"compulsories" were scoredat the Olympicsas well as the regularroutines.A cornpulsoryroutine is composedof ryecificskillsthaf 6ust beexecutedin a spocificsequence with the appropriateamplihrde,timing and Ptnto(ourtesy 0fst{neyf pudensEin body alignrnent.The only time they B€re donein the U.S.was at internajump, pnctices gymnastic Sydney Freudenstein thestnddle hissignature tional competitions.so the American move, intheOlympic Village dudng theI 968MexioGtyOlympia. team hadn't practicedthem nearly as And to make matters worse,the much asotheroompetitors. junior collegesthat werenow his only "We were at a distinct disadvanoption had startedclasstwo weeksbetage," said Freudensteii, who refore.Freudenstein madethebestof the mernbersthe compulsoriesthat ]'ear situation, working out at his old high contained"insanecombinations." schoolsincetherewereno facilitiesfor On top of that, the tearndrew an 8 a.m. slot to perform the exercises. S/rnnasticsat the tunior college.The next year, he qualified for a scholarFreuilenstein explained that iudges ship at Berkeleya schoolknown for its tend to be conservativein their smrhigh academicstandards. ing early on in orderto allow room for "Everyonearound me was valeimprovedscoreson lmpressiveperfordictorian, and I thought, 'Oh no, manceslater on in the competition. what am I doing?'" FreudensteinreFloor exercisewasFreudenstein's calledwith a chuckle. strength. He was secondin the world Berkeley'smen'sg]'mnasticsteam in Japanthe year before,but in Mexrecentlygottogetherfor their 40-year ico City the judgesgavehis solid roureunion.The time spentreminiscing tine a low mark. with 12 fonner teammatesbrought Pholo byoRAKEMP / clcmp4@msd.edu "People were fnlling on their Freudensteinback to 1967. It was Mehophysics butts that eveningand getting higher professor Sydney the infamous "Summer of Love" in Freudenstein recalls Mexico 0lympicr scores,l'he said. SanFrancisco. TheAmericanmen'steamwound With so much happeningin the hials with the restof the top 20. up in seventhplace.Freudensteinhad "I was pretty worried. I'd post- a bad fall bn the pommel horse and U.S.that year,all of that wasjust background for a 22-year-oldconsumed poned and done a lot of sacrificing", finished5 7th in the ali-around. with school, faining - and soon a he said. pregnant wife. Freudenstein didnlt The ffnal trials wereheld at UCL{ Aftermath expectthe baby Gefting married had when his first daughterhad just been With the Olympics behind him, helpedtakethe pressureof dating olT born. Eight would be chosen to go; Freudensteincame to Boulder on a the young man's shoulders,but the sevenwould makethe travelingteam; scholarshipto completehis master's pregnanry shovedit right backon. six would compeG. in physicsin I 9 72 and a doctoral deDespite the distractions, the Six is alsothe number of events greein'.77. Berkelery shrdent's talent on the in men's gymnastics,a sport evolved For four 1ears,FYeudersteinused mat brought his school a national fmm circus mores, including skills hisknowledgeon the mat to Coachthe championshipin the floor exercisein needed to vault onto and perform CU-Bouldermen'sgSnnnastics team. 1968. Freudensteinrememberedthe atop a cant€ring equine: floor exer"I loved coaching. It was really title was won even though his team cise,pommel horse,still rings, vault, fun," he said. parallel barsand high bar. wasn't evenfavoredto win it all. Freudensteinnow focuseshis at"I really appliedmyself," Freud- t€ntion on education.His determinaOlympic material ensteinr€counb. "I wound up in third tion not only elerratedbis career in Freudensteinplaced l9th in the placeof everyone,waschosenco-cap glmnastics, but also in his teaching intial Obmpictrail5andbarcb finished r'in. I hrcw I rDn a hip 0o M€xico that has kept the professorat Meho

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Taylor Phirney was. born and raised in Boulder, Colo., and just graduatedfrom BoulderHigh School. Growing up, Phinirey played soccer but quickly turned to cycling to folow in tle footstepsof his father, Davis Phinney an Olyrnpic bronze medalist.Thylor will be competingin track cycling in Beiiing.

Photocouitesyof www.daylife.com Ryan Reser began competing in national Judo events at age seven in Denver. Reser is a four-time national champion and also won gold at the 2OO7 Pan American Games, but he lost his Beiiing Olympic Judo match in the round of 3 2 to Mongolian athlete Dashdavaa Gantumur.

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Fort Collinsresidentt-oreeSmith will make her Olyrnpic debut rhis summer in Beijing where she will compete in the women's harnrner. Smith attendedColoradoState University She finished fourth at the Olympictrials in Eugene,Ore.

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