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picnic tablesand umbrellaswere also removedfrom Auraria. Tlash on campus!\'as also a big concern for Frasecbut he facedthe problemhead-on. ByDOMINICGRAZIANOand '1Allof my crervswere out er€ry TARAMOBERLY day to pick up hash on campus. If dgrazialomscd.edu tmoberlyomscd.edu the campuslookedclean,peoplewere planning After months of for the more likely to put trash in a hash can. Democratic We were trying to stay aheadof the worst casescenario,the passed problem." Auraria National Convention The attrletic field saw a considerCampusby without incident. "It went better than expected," ably smaller amount of halfic durfulie Hughes, director of communi- ing the DNC, something Fraser was cationsfor the Auraria Higher Educa- grateful for. "This gave us a chance to take tion Center.said. Hughesspentmuch of the week care of the atHetic field. It was good in the emergencyoperationscenter, to giveit a weekof rest." located in the Administration BuildThe students'time off wasbenefiing. From there, camerastracked the cial for facilitiesmanagement. Fraserhad anticipatedsomeprobmovemenEon czrmpus. Some,like Sandy Sales,chief fi- lems,but the weekwent off without a nacial ofrcer for AHEC,had hopedto hitch. "I am exceedingly happy. We spendthe weekcatching up on paperplanned work. for the worst and all along , "hrstead, I was barely abte to t'hoped for the best. The protester$ keepup with e-mailslastweek," Sales that did materialize were very wellj-,: said. behaved." Each night, prepared dinners Despitesips aroundcampustha& were brought in to feed more than r,lernedof the closure,somestudents 100 people,including groundscrews, were surprisedthat they were unable custodians and campus pblice, to access the buildings. "I had a studentwho asked,'does No arrestswere madeon campus and unlike Denver poljce, Auraria this mean I've misseda coupleweeks Campuspolicedid not haveany ma- of class?',"Hughes said. jor difrculties with protesters. Severalstudents also came to "Our officerswere responsiblefor campus hoping to use the library,

not celebrity sightings protesters rioting

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of the primary entrance gate to the DNC 24 hours daily When the protesters arrived at the 24-hour gate, our officers were able to maintain a securityalleybetweenthe protesters to allow uninterruptedaccessto the gateby delegates and media,"Auraria PoliceChief John Mackeysaid. Damageto campuswas minimal and limited mainly to the frigation systems,Mackey said.

During the DNC,Auraria had a six-personjanitorialcrewworkingin severalbuildings on campus. Jim Fraser, dAector of facilities management, said the crew worked from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday

Hughes said.

Metro did not receive any com-.. plaints from studentslvho were unaware ofihe'break, college spokes$ woman CathyLucassaid. i€ Lucaswasoneof theluckypmpl& who secureda ticket to Sen,Barack Obama's acceptancespeech Aug. 2 8, at InvescoField at Mi.leHigh Stadium. i'It wasan amazingexperience to be part of this crond of 81,000 people,"Lucassaid. Robert Hazan,chair of the political science deDartrnent. said the convention, $'hile a fascinating experience. could have capitalized on the proximity to campus and students.

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,.wehavenominated (ampus Against theWarmalchmadeitswayAug.27aaossAuraria enrouteto thePepsi(enter.Ihe throughThursday. a presiden- IhehaqVetemns ..Fridaywas.recoverthecampustia]andvice-presidentialcandidate'.demon5trationendedpeaceful|yaf (andidate Presidential Sen.Bara*Obama' day,"'Fraser said."we gota iumpon butwhatistheeducational impactof Demoaatic it Thursdaynight." this event?" To recoverthe campus,facilities Hazanhopedthe DemocraticNaitems. crewsreolaced such ascement tional ConventionCommitteervould

litical extravaganza is happeningin yard. our back Couldrve have done . more?"Hazansaid.

Auraria police officersalso ran said. Public parking was available for into celebrities while working. "On a lighter note, our ofncers $20 Aug. 28, in severallots for Sen.

trash cans, which had been removed. "We essentially took everything

Hazan also encountered one of the many celebrities in torrr.n for the

were able to meet and have their photographs taken lr.ith celebrities

involve students in activities, something he encouraged by having the

Barack Obama's acceptance slrech at Invesco Field.

off campus that could be picked up Rev.Ieah Daughtry, chief executive convention. such as CharlizeTheron. Darvl HanThe lots were the closestto In"It was a fluke. I ran into Danny nah, Tim Daly and countlessothers vesco.However,only about 400 drivand thrown," Frasersaid. olficer of the convention committ€e, In addition to the trash cans, ce- speakto his classin May. Glover."who was in town promoting who came thmugh our gates and ers took advantageof the proximity, mentashtrays,newspaperboxes;.....-"|fhisonce-in-a.€ntur.-po-.'hls{lhn.1oocpelHill:"...cc'fversd.withinrbfters.ul!'ac|icy

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accepting applications forsecond challenge ByTARAMOBERLY trnoberly@mscd-edu TheApprenticeChallengeis back and looking for students who are ready to take their Meho experience to the next level. "If you're looking for ntat you want to do and what you r,vantto be onceyou graduate,this will help you getthere" JannellLindsey,directorof spocialinitiatilcs for alumni relations and enrollrnentservices,said. Applications are now being accepted and must be turned in by noon Sept"19, to the Officeof Alurnni Relations. Ite challenge is open to Metro juniors who havecompletedbetween 6O and 89 credit hours and have a GPAof 2.75 or higher. The winner will receive an internship with a local company and a full-tuition scholarship for their senioryear. Last year's challenge winner, Gie&€ Stasiunait€,has been interning for the Colorado"I havea Dream" Foundation, a dropout-prevention program that works with shrdents from disadvantaged communities in the metro area. "I loveit. It's really exciting to see their desire to learn," Stansiunaite saidof working with the foundation. Staniunaite, who immigrat€d to the U.S.four years ago from Lithuania, said parflcipating in the cha]lengewas one of the hardestthings she'deverdone. Applicants should be ready to

pants learn they can collaborateto complete proiects and accomplish things they thought weren't possible, Stasiunait€said. Potential apprenticesshould be preparedto devotemost of their free time to the challenge, utich concludesin May 2009. Steingraeber,last year's runnerup, aiMsed future participants to be ready for the commitment the challengedemands. 'It takesa lot of tirne away ftom you, sobepreparedfor it, and let othersin your life *now that, aswell," he said. Stasiunaiteadvisedapplicantsto plan their time carefullyand beready to work long nights. "It is very important to know that this challengeis goingto take a lot of your time." Ashley Gilchrist, anotler competitor tom last j'ear, warned future apprenticesnot to shetch themselves too thin. "For the next group, I would say "I got to meet a lot of the 2008 Olympic athletesand seewhere and remember you are a student first. how they Fain," he said. But stu- Manageyour time well, butdon't take dentsstandto gain far more from the on anymorethan you can hanille, It is okay to sayno" Gilchrist said. challengethan just fabulousprizes. "They developmore of a connecIast year, fewer than 50 people appliedfor the challenge. tion to MetroState,"Lindseysaid. "People were curious about it, Participantsalso have a chance to meet and work with studentsthey but not curious enough to apply," Lindseysaid. wouldn't have othenryise.It also inShe hopes more students will trodrtcesthem to proiectsaround the city as well as the Alumni Associa- take a chanceand applythis year, "We're all realb, really excitedto tion. seewhat happensthis year,"StasiunSteingraebersaid competingin the challengeboostedhis confidence aite said. Applications for the Apprentice in the skillshe learnedat Metro while also providing him with real-world Challenge are available online at http://www.mscd,edu/oA TEalumni/ experience. apprenticechallenge/ By working together, partici-

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can addressthem," Lindseysaid, While challenge events for this yearhavenot beenfinalized,they will havethe samespirit and focusas the evgntslast year,Lindseysaid. For winning the challenges, teams rec€iveda reward, such as a ftip to the U.S.OlympicTraining Center in ColoradoSprings. Noah Steingraebei'steam won the visit to the training cent€r, one of his favoritememoriesof the challenge.

upe Martinez "I went to Civic Center Park and the l6th Street MaIl to see the pmtesters and festivities. Therewas definitely a police presence,but they handled themselves well."

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actually spenta lot of time downtovrrn iust enioying the scene, nothing too political. It was neat seeingall the dffierent people.It wascmlto seehow tlrcy all enioyed Denver."

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"I got outta town. I went camping.I just wanted to avoid the craziness downtown.'

Ashley Qmidael,left,andMehan Knightjoined inasDanteVelez, Moya Jesse andotherspectatonsang "Good-bye Aug.2Z Georgie Bush"on atthe16$Street Mall. the Grmidaeland lhightgrabbed latexBush maskandsang along[ bidding farewell to$e "longlame legacyofBushl GmidaelandKnightare bothMetro students whodecided toventure out intothertreets dudng theDemoqatac llational(onvention. "Thisismy "Yesteday recond day,"said Knight. I passed outcondoms withPlanned Parenthoodl but l,leitterofthegidsliveoncampus decided tospend thebrukexperiencinghistory unfolding onAuraria's doontep.

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Construction Gontinues duringDNC ByDOMINIC GRAZIANO dgrazialomscd.edu While the students were away, conshuction on the new Science Building wasstill underway. Jim Fraser, director of facilities management, said conshuction on the new ScienceBuilding did not stop during the DemocraticNational Convention becausethe scheduledid not haveany room to wiggle. "We have a very tight project schedule.A week off was going to represent an unacceptabledelay in the prolect,"he said. Continuingconstructionduring the campusclosurewas always part of the plan,Frasersaid. "We put a lot of planning into this week," Frasersaid. "I got pulled into it, and we started to hit hard a coupleof montls ago." BernieGiannotta,a projectmanager for Haselden-Barton Malow, said t}te construction company had planned to work during the DNC, as well. "We were always planning on keepingto our scheduleand not making any changesto it. 'At the beginning of the summer, we told AIIEC that we were planning on continuingbowork," he said. It wasn'tjusta matterof showing up to the constructionsitethough: a lot of planninghad to bedonebeforehand.

Giannottaaddedhe met with Auraria policesix weeksagoto plan. "It was great working with Auraria campus police and facilities groups. They tried to accommodate us.They laid out what neededto happen and the bestway to handle contingencies," he said. "We n'orked with local authonties,SecretServiceand Auraria police to work that week." Frasersaid. "We did a lot of pre-planning.We had to restrictdeliveries: our contractorhad to makeadjustmentsto makedeliveriesduring a certain time of day" With manystreetclosuresduring the DNC.Giannottahad to makesure there were contingenry plans to get constructionmaterialsin. "We talked with our subcontractors to make sure tley had their deliveries scheduledthe week before." Giannottasaid. Fraser addedthat the construstion enhance wasopen 6 - 9 a.m. every day for deliveries. The streetclosuresendedup hav. ing little affect on the conshuctlon crew. 'As part of the DNC,southbound SpeerBoulevardwassupposedto beclosedfor protestsand parades.The three days they closedit, it was only closed maybe an hour. We pretty much had full access to our sitemost of the time,"Giannottasaid. Construction crews made a sub-,u

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Sdence Building construction continued through the Though ampuswasfenced offandlo*eddowntoallstudenqthe week National Convention. oftheDemocrati( mer months. construction crews lem, was protesterson campushaltwould normally use the heat of the ing conshuction. late afternoon to aid the cementdryCiannofta said they had no inprocess. stanceof protesters. ing "I think ereryone did a good Instead,Giannotta usedthe early job planning on contingencies. get project morning hours to The the good newsis mostof the thingsthey started. On6thing that everyoneplanned planned for did not end up happenfor,but did not end up beinga prob- ing," he said.

stantial cementpour during the students'weekoff, Frasersaid. "Wemadea major pour of about 500 cubic yards of concrete,"Giannottasaid."Fromstartto finish,we startedpouring at about 2 a.m., by about I I a.m. or tn'elveo' clockyou couldstartwalkingon the concrete." He added that during tbe sum-

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ABIGGIR ttlttllr Polin VP pick divisive Re:SarahPalinfor McCain'sVP Thire aresomestraighdorward negativesfor Palin that arenot susceptibleto wen the most energetic spin. It's nol goodthat she turns out to havebeenfor the notorious "bridge to nowfiere" - a $400m pmject.in Alaska that has cometo symbolisewastefirl.'porkSarrel" - beforeshewasagainstil. spending It dentsher imageasa reformerand shovvssheflipflops asmuch asany otherpolitician,.. ...What no one can know is n'hetherthat costrvill beoutweighed bythegainsPalinbrings,galvanising a sociallyconsen'ativebasethat had beenpreviouslyluker,r,'arm towards Mccain.What wecanknow already is that this electionwill sharea dcprrssingfeaturewith the contestsof the past40 pars: that Americawill plunge,gain into the nel'er-ending culturewars. ForPalincannot helpbut polarise the electorate,Everythingthat

It's.!ot.iust red-stateAmericaswoon. *out "Iesusbabiesand guns," as RushLimbaughpithily put il. hlin alsow€nts"intelliged desigr" - ceationism- taught in school.Wben shewasmayorof the smalltown of Wasilla,"sheaskedthe library how shecouldgoaboutbanningbooks," accordingto a Iocal official quoted by Time. Pa.linwas worried about "inappropriate"Ianguage."The librarian wasaghast"- and waslater threatenedwith the sack. In his stirring speech last week, Obama urged America not to "male a big electionabout small things". Yet here ne are, discussing not Sarah Palin's record or programme but ]esus, glns, and as one feminist bloggerput it yesterday,"the uterine activity of her family". This is a settrackfor women, especiallyin a yearflat seemed to prornisea breakthrough, but it is alsoa setbackfor America itself. Obama made his name four )rars agowith a speechthat called for an end to the civil war of red againstblue h 2008, he urged a dillerent kind of election,one that would makh the gravity of the hour. But the naming of Sarahklin, andthe reactionit haspnrvoked, has dashd that hqpe. Americans are, once again. fighting over the questionsthat polifcs can never really settle- faith, sarrrality - and pushing asidethe onesthat it can. And which it must. tjy JOnalnan treedland

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Frenzyof money,mediA,fat cats Evil people had been planning that ar,r.ful disco, n'hich elbowed its way lhrough Denver last week for a very long time. It was a shrer.rdand rvell-maneulered takeover, so much so that it brought people of every conceivableva,rietyand persuasion out of their respectir.edugouts to mob up and down the streetsof Dem'er like teary elcd Christians llocking toward Christ their Savior. And he gare a speech.The man

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nomination as the Democratic candidate lor the presidency. And he's black. an observation about lvhich the popular media felt it neededto remind people.It seemsas though that fact n'as a bit less contror,ersial than man5r in recent history assumed it would be. And so the man spoke,and, nat-

But, who cares?I certainlydon't. The man is a politician. He is consumed in his abhorrent businessand anyone n'ho thinks differently ought to board a ship bound for the United Kingdom. The liberal elite ostracized the homeless and ran them out of the

urally, it was boring. It lacked substance. He sacrificed a consummate momenl. a true pinnacle in American history for a spectacle of fireworks, riot police and a whole football stadium full of slobbering chumps without even the slightest notion of how they rrveresuckeredinlo believing in a rvord. It seemsthat the political game does not play race favorites after all. Not er€n a healthy shot of adversitlr can transcend the bullshit. Hitler would have been proud.

city like l'ermin, and like,,'ermin, they were probably already set on abandoning the ship before it lrent under. And it did, in terms of livability and liberality.Denver becamea necropolis of mutant liberals n'ith cash on hand and an unsavory willingness to expel all senseof reason and self to appease a political party and its agenda.They w€re the type to eat their hamburger n'ith a fork and a knife. True scunr. The battle of Denver rvas complete n'ith Snipers. S.!!ir\.-l'. teams.

Obama camp r,rere heard, and they bloodthirst5rdogs. huge armored police rehicles, Blackhawk helicopters declared the mitch a victory. It was, and the like, all to placate the pzLra- as they said at the time, what democnoid standards of those all-important racy looks like. people w-ho run our lires. There was \4'e in this city hal'e nothing to say for ourseh,'esother than that we even a "freedom cage," of which I am sure you hare heard, where those endured the sudden onslaught of partisan polltics in its most brutal u,ho wished to speaktheir mind could go and shout supposedlytree of police and self-indulgent form with nothing intervention. I suspect,and should but a smile and a shameful rvillingthinh my reasons readily apparent. ness to hand those people an!'thing and e',,erything they wanted. It took that not even the cagc n'as free, and so I avoidedit. r\ number of people marched on the Pepsi Center vvith Iraq Veterans .,\gainst the \Var. but the number of those rvho stayed after the police began threatening to arrest peoplc fell dramatically: Whispers in the crowd suggestedthe total number of those marching to be in the thousands, but that number obviously dwindled once things got serious. People were zrsking"hou' much do you really believe in what you're doing?" and "I

one hundred lears for that farcical mess to comc back to Denver and let us hope it neglects to curse us with its presence again until a very real change occurs in the structure of American politics. \\ie u'ere made into a subservient flock, and they made a lot of money Denver took a massil'e blorv to the throat last week, a lesson in the treacherous and serious nature of American politics. The whole intimi-

dating orgy was a dramatic failure don't want to get arrested,it r,r,-ouldn't Ior anyone hoping to see a new set " nrnwe envthinu of rules put into play. The veteran's It is a shame that protests are had it right, or at least as right as they made almost entirely of cowards could. Those people accomplished and whiners with no real, definable something, and I salute them. I{ost purpose in mind. That is rvhy they simply masturbated to the sound of are becoming obsolete.That march. rotten politics and gleefully followed hou'ever.with the hundred or so lvho the cameras, hoping to be seen on remained in deliance of empty police television. "l,ook at me" they said. "['m a jackass in every sense of the threats, was a successin the minds of the !€terans. Their demands to the lvord. "

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Hope needsfulfillirg Likethouszurds afterObama'sspeechat InvescoField,Andrew IVlcintosh calculatedhow to makehis way out of the seaof peoplepouring from the stadium,Holding a sign procliaiminghis allegianceto the campdown at his side he shufl€d backand forth in time with the gmup. But, unlike thousandsafterthe speech,he wasn't all that impressed. "It waspretty much everythingwe'veheardbefore,"he said. No tears;no jumping up and down; no fanaticalinspiration- at least from Mcintosh.Howeverif you askedhim what will happenif Obamawere to losethis election,his moodchanges. - economica$rand emotionally,"he said. "Therewouldbea depression " Mcintoshmeantthe Americanpeople. "I think we'll collapse. " By "collapse, But that responseposesan inter€stingquestion:What will happento the DemocraticParty if Obamadoeslosethis election? The waveof momentumObamasurfedon into Denverwasundeniable. And if you could bottle and sell the enlhusiasmand devoflonexhibitedby peopleat Invescofor the man's campaign,you wouldn't haveany ideahow many housesyou ownedeither. peoplefiled into the stadinmto It's actually hip to beDemocrah8O,OOO hearthe speech;musicaliconsfrom ConorOberstto BruceSpringsteenhave erpressedtheir zupport;and 2Gj€ar-olds r,r'earT-shirtswith Michelleand Barackdisplayedon the front. ImagineTheresaHeinz-Kerryon a shirt. Tip per Core? But regardlessof rockstarstatus,musicalconcertsor fashionsawy sup porters,Democratsareer?ertsat losingelections. Theeloquentpeanutfarmerwasdefeatedby an actor;the protestingwar hem was bestedby a phrasecoinedfrom a type of footwear:and the vicepresidentof a relativelyzuccessfuladministrationwas told by the U.S,SupremeCourt he would not bepresidentdespiterecelvingthe popularvote. Eventhe good-looking,poisedhero of Camelot,]ohn E Kennedyonly overcamethe sweat5z, sunken-eyed Nixon by 0.1 percent, And as Denverr€sidentand lifelong DemocratRichard Carlsonsaid, "Obamais the bestthing I've seeDsinceKennedy."Well,that may be,but he isn't KennedyAnd asof this writing, the mostrecentpoll from CNNputsMcCain I percentbehind,and a Zogbypoll hasObamawith a 3 percentlead; Now SarahPalin'Smystiqueand new presenceis robbing much of the spotlightoff of Obamaand onto the Mccain campaip. So,anything'spossible. . At Inr.esco,Obamaturned a stadiuminto a diamond,ascameraflastres andfirerorls sparkledall around;heturned a campaigninto a rockconcert: andhe turned a message into a plan. But if Obarnafailsto mal€ a win out of fhis election,he will tum a pe litical party into polifical hangorier,and one the Democratswill ffnd lery difficult to recoverfrom.

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silence,I hoped that the s&€ating and stomping wasn't in vain. Suddenly. there r,rasa bretrli in the formation of veterans,but no rriol6ncc. Rather than fists and tear gas, there lvas hugging and laughing. Police escorted veterans Liam Madden and

crussedir sludent'smind onceor n!ice be{bre.('rrn the presidencybe swayed by one pcrson's votc? \Vhy should I even vote at all? Other than a rrorq that can easily be misinterpreted, what exactly is a caucus? To manv students,the government process is as confusing as a Rubik's cube: rvith enough turning and t$'isting it somehow aligns and works itself out. To be part of significant chzrrgein gor€rnment it seemsyou must either be a political iu nkie or an over-zealous activist.I am neither. I am a student iournalist who $'as sent to cor€r the an ti-war marc h sponsoredby the lraq VeteransAgainst the !Var. Reporting on a large demonstration lras a romantic notion. I was like a nervous teenager on a date concentrating on basic walking. Attempting to dodgethe plethorao[ journalistsin front of me while not being trampled by some 3,500 protestersbehind me was my first big assignment. The nexl was reporting. Tryrng to make a differencein this norld is hard, especially'if you can't come up \,r'ith catchy slogans to put on a poster.The real test comesif you can hold the poster and recite a chant

Jeff Key to deliver a letter wdtten hom the Iraq Veterans Against the \Var through the swelling cror,vd of policc and media. I stopped reporting and fellinto the moment oI joy aroundme.

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Even though it may have been a shict political move to appeasethe protesters, I felt proud of r.r'hat the veterans

After marching for more than four hours. I started rL'cognizingspecilic individuals in the crowd. They bec:rme familiar faces n'ho I would 'the unconsciouslylook for virtual dil'ide of media and subiect bec:une less objectiveand more personal.I stopped grouping the mass of protestersinto their stereotypedgenres.

accomplished. I noticedthe familiar facesgo from exhaustion to elation. I looked down to my cell phone and remembered that I needed tr: send an update. Instead I r.trote nothing. After 6:30 p.m.. my updates stopped abruptly. I never fin-

They neren't iust anarchists n'ho reside in half-lit basementsand only go out to anti-capitalist, fair-trade certilied coffee shops. They zue people who genuinely found passionin some-

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thing ihcy beliere in. It made me feel ashamed to judge them rvhen I hare yet to find an equivalent fervor.

in hon' we approach our gor,ernment. The crowd around us couldn't agr€e more. The march got things done peacefully and efticiently. The protest I found it hard be the umpire. I at the same time. Most of the actMsts \ anted to start batting for their team. showed u'e could come together, no seemedto be seasonedprofessionals; At the end of the march, the vet- matter how big a group, for causes they held and hollered. I rvas starting erans and pmtesters waited in front of close to our heart and change things to think this was going to be another a line oI stoic policemen for a response in our govemment. If cynics can leel rerun of previous protester episodesof lrom Barack Obama'srepresentahves. the slightest hope. then something all hoopla cmdno outcome. I held mv breath with them. ln pauenr must be working.

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ironpourtestsmetalofstudents Campus clad in leather and a silver,flame-retardant fabric labored to ready the moldsand metalon a sandysitenear Auraria students smashed two the EmmanuelArt Gallery.Alternatbathtubs to bits and campus police ing bags,or "charges"of 35 pounds didn't care. In fact, UCDart instruc- of iron and 7 poundsof coke- a fuel tors urged pupils to whack them Iiom carbon residue- weredumped harder. into a furnace 6-feethigh and heated Hundreds of pounds of broken until orange-redflames shot out on iron scrap were neededfor the i-ron the top. pour at 4 p.m. Aug. 14, when stuMetro students and alunmi nardents in bronze sculpture, kinetic ticipatedin the event. It's a very communalthing, exsculpfureand wood and metal sculp pieces plained ture classesmadetheir own on Rian Kerrane, an assistant professorof sculpture for UCD.The campus. Thirteen studentsand orofessors visual arts department tries to have ByDEBBIE MARSH dmarsh8@mscd.edu

the poursat venues"wherethereare audiences,"she said. The next one will be Sept.26, at the DenverArt Museum. Experiencedworkers taught begirurers the ropes as they manned postsand got readyto fill the castings theymadein hardeningsand. "The iron pour is oneof the better art experiencesthat this university has to offer its students."UCD 3-D animation major Chris Kerendian commented. He's a veteran of the pours and said that bronzecastings are done at a different time in the art labs foundry The lab is shared with

Metro studentsso everyonecan take advantageof tle equipment. Meanwhile, the iron was nearly ready and a student stuck a metal tool that skims slag, or impurities, from the surfaceof the bubbling liquid in the flames above.Kerendian explainedthat, if the tool wasusedat air trmperature.it would shafter in the swirlingiron. The molten iron cameout a rylindrical half-tube leading from the furnaceand wasdirectedinto moldsthat studentsshuflledabout to collect the metal.The furnace wasemptiedcompletely "This (furnace)is a wholenew

conftaption,"Kerendiansaid. "The other one had iron solidify in it." Built by UCD students David Horner and Alex Scott in June, the furnace, or cupola. didn't perform up to its previous level for this pour and only a few sculpturesweremade. Nicknamed"006" or "The Squid", it has six hoseswhich blow air into its center to oxidizeand harden the iron. "It's a very subtle process,"Kerranesaid. Iook for someof the new sculp tures on displayin the art building on camDus.

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According to lee's movie, the Corpsof hrgineers'leveesystemalong the Mississippihad been in question for years.Katrina itself shouldn't have beenstrongenonghto causea disaster the hue problemwasthe poor stateof Incompetene embankmentsdesiped to hold back Phob(o|rrtesy ofnrwsalonrom Ihe fiLn is "surreal in the shocking sense the watersof lake Ponkharhain. tlnt the failure of the systemto helppmple uient Gustav was be5ond the pale for Arnovie intheMultioltunlRoon ofthelivoli. leecameto Aunft lastpar dircced bySpihleeaired Aug.31, (onvention. l{ational sofar." UCDsfirdentDevaronAllen said."Thein- the Republicans.As membersof the andwo seen arcund lhnveldudngthellemocratic compet€nc€wasapparenton all ftonts." GOPgather in the Twin Gties, they damn pissedol[." The fflm makesit clear that Kahina was barely touched upon in the werefaccdwith the aspectof gettingHurricane neers'lerzeesystemis suspect. And in that trip Ice emphasizesthat you it took action and statementslike tbis to move kpsi Cent€r during the Democratic National Gustaveggon their face.Eachhurricane or flood Conriention last w€ek, even though the Cat- that tlreatens the bvee systemwill now bring havehad a culhrral experience.If you havebeen FEMA and other relief agenciesfrom inaction. fortunat€ enough to spendtime wit}, share a But The U.S. Coast Guard is commendedfor egory 3 hurricane causeda disasterthat, tbree out the mediaand political opportunisb. 'River busted through clear down to meal with or just conversewith a personfrom having thmvun out the rule book in order to yearslater,has still left somehomeless.As Lee's lives. film showed,the storm is still sucha touchy sub- Plaquemine,six feet of water in the streetsof the Big Easyor the Bayou county, you will re- sarze politicians lae's movie is frrll of factual footage trymember it. Spike it's often avoided for Ev"angeline .., Iouisiana, Iouisiana, they're with that ioct and firsthand accountsof the Kahina disaster. lack of gioodanswerswithout associatedfinger ing to rmsh us awa5z,l'Pandy Newman sang. pointing. Inilivihtals make the tllfleranm The accountsar€ so mrmerous and irrefutable The victlns of Katrina were left to ponder Katrina nas a killer queen unto herself that there is no counterpoint to oller on the KaIeaders still go into shell shock at the idea their own fate a few momentsloo long, accordthat the,ymay face another tumult before the ing to [ee. and now with Gustavwe'veseenthe Thoseentrust€dto prot€ct and servefailed. In- kina disaster. ,, This weekis the third annirzersaryof the Kadividuals took it upon themselvesto help. Sean clockruns out on their li&le houseparty.Visuals fearat work again. in the fikn werestriking. Katrlna: 80 percentof Lessonslearned are just that - but until Pennwasnot making a grandstandmovewhen frina disastel Like other rec€ntAmerlcan disasa maior U.S.city residedunder water, a mehop we get to the root of the disorderwe are only in he camedown with a boat to help savelives,and ters,it is worth honoring thoselost and working olis wascompletelycut off from any communi- the hiage mode,Ice asserts.The Corpsof Engi- Malor Nagin meant it when he said "I am god- towardsbetteringwhat urassaved.

Convention National MileHighhoochers uniteatDrunkard ByJEREMYJOHNSON jjohn30Semscd.edu Ihunkardsof llenver and beyond united for the fourth annual Modern Ihunkard Convention(coinedthe National Drunkard Convention,in honor of the DNC) Aug. 29-31, at Tbree KingsTavernon SouthBroadway. "Well, our goal has always been the samething and that's to unite the drunkards, the heavy drinkers of the world," saidModernDrunkardMagazine editor-inrhief,FrankRich."Whenyou think about it, we cover the political spectrum,from superJiberalsto the fascists.Boozeis the onething that unites us all together." If booze wasn't enough (and there'snever enough for thesehardcorehoochers),the ConventionincludPhoto courtesy 0fKent Wil$n/w|wbaflyphotocom ed three daysof music from acrossthe Drunkard ConvenMogazine editor-in-chief FnnkRidtspeakatthe2fl15Modem Mile High City, the bombshellsof Bur- MdemDrunkard Rich, staffand friends ofthe Nev., about, well,drinking, wesuppose. hismagazine lesqueAs It Was,as well as giveaways, tioninLasVegas, theNational Drunkard celebnted thehfourth annual(onvention, apprcpdately named drinking contests, dating games and Drunkads (onvention. trivia (hostedby king of Denverkitsch, host Sid Pink), and photos by Barfly.compho- presidentialciurdidates. hang in today'sdrinking world." ' "McCainwouldkick Obama'sass."Rich inAfter finishing their cigarettes,the two tographerKent "Doc" Wilson. The old adage that alcohol and politics sisted."Think aboutit, Obamaprobablydrinks gentlemenagreedto disagreeovershotsof Irish don't mix didn't applyto theseseasonedsouses. all thosechardonnays.I bet Mccain is an ol& whiskey During smoke breal<sout front, some of the schoolscotchdrinker." Just inside of Three Kings Tavern, to the "No way," debated a drunk named Sam. right of the front door, there hung a black Tmore intellectual of the bunch (including the scholarly Rich) began debating the results of "Mccain's pretty oldschool,andI betheknocked shirt with a u'hite logoof a man holding a frothy a hypothetical drinking bout betuleenthe two them back in the dav.but I don't think he could mug of beerand smiling. Underneathit wasthe.

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Much of the hoopla leading up to the DNC involved protest groupsthat split from each otheq threatenedmayhem throughoutthe city and predictedtens ofthousands ofangry followers in the streets.While the big numbersnever materializedat the convention, many bystanderswere fut offby the raucousbehavior and lack of focus of someof the groups. However, there were quigter demonstrations in the streetsand in the parks that evoked the sort of strong emotion the former groups wished for.

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The pale,featurelessfaceswith emptyeyesstoodr 2 3, letting their appearanceand makeshiftsignsspea Participating in an anti-war protest organizedb1 TheCriticalVoice,a groupof non-violentactivists,h( peoplewho diedasa result of the war in lraq. The masksand signs,they say,act as a voice fol armedconflict, not only memorializingU.S.soldiersn Namessuch as HasanHederSaed,2, of kaq, ar StatesMarines.remembersthosekilled.

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Sudden Death Numbersarecoldand canbeheldat a distance, but facesare memorable,emotive and personal. This distinction is the ideabehind the "die-in." Itis a simpledemonstration that aimsto achiere a simpleresponse.Protestâ&#x201A;Źrsspontaneouslystop, mid-march and lay on the ground, feigning sudden death. Curiousonlookersgazeuncomfortably at the once animated and noisy peoplewho have fallen still and silent. The hope is that, eventually, spectatorswill havethe revelation.They will make the connectionbetyeen the inanimate bodiesthat are strewn beforethem and the innocent casualties of war. What was once a number or an idea summedup in the phrase"collateraldamage"now has a face,voice,personalityand life.

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Whenthe world watched Denver A METROPOLITAN SPECIALREPORT

A Boulderresident who askedto be identified as Forresgstandsin silent protest after the police blockadedthe marchersusing pepper spray and rubber bullets to subdue the crowd. ptroto bystephen swofford, sswoffor @mscd.edu

Historymadeamile high or 120 hours, Denverwas the center of the universe.That's 7,2OOminutes; 432,000 seconds.In comparisonto other events,that isn't a long time. But thosepivotal moments will be spokenand read about forever.

It wasduring thosefivedayshistory wasmade.And the courseof the UnitedStateswould change,undeniably,forever.It wasthe week the DemocraticParty would nominatethe junior senatorfrom Illinois,BarackObama,a man of Kenyanand Kansasdescent,to beits presidentialnominee.It wouldbethe first time,in the history of this 'country,a blackman would bea major party'scandidate. Thisis the story of how onecity,and onecollegecampus- in the middleof it all-witnessed historv.

Aboutthis specialreport Forfive days,reporters, photographersand editorsof .TheMetropolitanstaff fanned acrossDenverto report on the DemocraticNational Convention.Theywereat Civic CenterPark.the 16th Street Mall, the PepsiCenterand, of coruse,InvescoFieldat Mile High to be your witnessto this historicevent.The following is a collectionof interviews, observationsand experiences during the weekof the DNC. PHOTOS FORMORENBWS, AND VIDEOSFROMTTIEDNC GOTOwww.mehostudentmedia. blogspot.com

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preludehistoricweek Protesters Weare taking overth streets, sitting in the nameof

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silenced. Wewill notbe silenced. -RonKovic, author "Bomonthe Fourthof tulf'

Police made the decision on-site to will continue,"shesaid."Thewar in lraq, the war against poor people.We needto allow the march to continue to the Pepsi force thesepoliticians to make changes. Center as long as the group remained peaceful. Thisdaywill helpcreatethat change." Along the southboundlanesof Speer. police in riot gear stood to keep the protesterson the stre€t. When the demon- T A Thile the protesters remained stration reachedLawrenceStreet,a heliV V peacefulin the physical sense, copterflew overand severalprotestersfell their chantswerefilledwith rage:"l-2-3to the ground. This was to representthe 4, we don't wa4t your fucking war," the The marchesbegin first march fbom Civic Center to thousandswho have died in military ser- crowd roared. [lhe At l2:51 p.m.,R-'68 askedthe DenI the PepsiCenterroundedonto Speer vice.It wasan awe-inspiringsight. The march reachedSpeerBoulevard ver Policeif they could march back to the fter months of meetings with the Boulevard from Colfax Avenue at about A l{ and Auraria Parkwayat 12:21 p.m.The Capitol building through Auraria. The L l.city, various protesl organizations 1l a.m. '68 Protesters wearing Zapatista-esque convention's security checkpoints were request was denied, and the group was formedtwo groups:The Recreate Alnot yet in place for the comrention,and orderedto disperseor be arrested.While liance and Tent State.The allianceshad bandanascoveringtheir noseand mouth there was some confusion, mostly due Civic Center Park anil the City of Cuer- chantedagainstfascismand Lhewar in the protestwasallowedto continue to the nearestgateat the PepsiCenter. to a lack of cornrnunication, the group navacaPark as their respecfiveparks for Iraq. brokeup soonenough. "We aregoingto the PepsiCenter,and A collegeDemocrat,RachelSoyle,of demonstrations. While Tent State preAs the srm set on the eveof the conpared lor a week of classesand concerts, we'regoingto makeour demandsheard," Ohio,saidshedecidedto seethe march at R-'68beganthe weekwith a marchto the someonebeltedon a megaphone.R-'68 the spur of the moment."I lovethe pas- vention, little else happened.Tent State sponsoreda music festiva.lat the 16th gatesbf the PepsiCenter. had beentold by the city its march would sion,"shesaid. llpon reachingthe gatesof the Pepsi Street Mall. The ftee mall shuttle was On the n€ststepsof the Capitolbuild- endat MarketStreet,but the organization ing, R-'68 beganits march with a rally. promisedto continueall the r,r'ayto the Center R-'68 leadersaskedprotestersto temporari.lyshut down when UnconventionalDenver- perhapsthe mostradical Among the speakerswere lormer CUpro- heart of the conventionat the PepsiCen- sil lrith them. "Wearetakingoverthe streets,"Kov- of any protest group - marched up the fessorWard Churchill and vocal war pro- ter,evenif it meantthey'd bearrested. testersCindySheehanand Ron Kovic. l,eilaniDowell,30, of NewYork City ic said."lVe aretaliing o!'erthe streets,sit- mall, occasionallydeviating on to side streetscausingminimaitrafficjams. anda memberof FightImperialismStand ting in the name r.rffreedom.\{'e will not Sheehan'sson was killed in 2004 rvhileservingin [raq. Shehas beenpro- Together,saidthesekinds of protestsu'ere be silenced.We rvill not be silenced.We (ByNicGarcia, ngarci20@mscd.edu) Dan necessary to remindthe world that ft.hile will not besilenced. testingthe o'ar eversince. "They told us lve could not march to Wlliamscontributedto this report Kovic,authorof "Born on the Fourth politicians can makethe decisionto go to "This war or retreat, they $'on't until the p€ople the PepsiCenter,but we did. We are sendof July,"told the crowd assembled, ing a messageto the convention and to is my 40th year in this chair. I $'as in the demandit of them. Vietnam War - that is why I am in this ..,i.rp-rnaspf..whqFft''el9qt.g+aq$BIrtheentirecountry.;..;rr::l,tr,r.t'.zlrr,,,tl'l|('.l'i)|;)|t'.t:,,..

s the DemocraticNational Convention Committee put finishing toucheson the PepsiC€nter, more than 5,000 delegates, a cavalcade of mediaand thousandsof tourists made their way into the city. And while the convention had yet to officiallystart, the demonstrators marching the streetsmade it clear- the DNChad begun.

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chair, and I will be damned if I'm going to seeany other troopscomeback in this chair. "I gave three-quarters of my body in Vieham, Today, we'll march today peacefully.The whole world is watching. The whole world is r.ratchingyou," Kovic said.

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. SEPTERMBER 4 2008. FTVEDAYS.C3 THEMETROPOLITAN pectators ar,lrokewondering, "was that iO" The demonshationsfrom the day prior had left more to be desiredby any newsjunkie or violent anarchist. The throngs of protesterspromisedto Denverhad not arrived on time, if at all. At best,the most Denverhad seenon the eveof the conventionwas a meager500. Glenn Spagnuolo, one of the masterminds behind Recreate'68, had said he was happy with the Sunday march. His goal for the week is to minimize violence and arrests,he said, 'A lot of peopleare hoping for violence.They're going to be disappointed," he warned. The first surpriseof the day wasn't on anlmne'sschedule.The DemocraticParty's presumptivenominee for vice president,Sen.JoeBiden,landedin downtown Denverat a hot dog stand outsideof the TaborCenter. Meanwhile, a march by supporters of leoriard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal made its way from CMc CenterPark to the Arai Federal Courthouse. Peltier and Abu-famal are two prisonersturned cultural iconsregardingunfair imprisonment. A dozen protesterswearing orange iumpsuits and hoods, similar to those worn by the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, led hundreds of others don'n the 16th SheetMall.

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Beastandthe Beauty en.TedKennedy- in his secondpubQ sincebeingdiagnosed \)lic appearance with a brain tumor - addressedthe convention,shockingall in attendance. Rumors of a possibleKennedy addresshad been swirling all day since he touched down in Denver,but went unconfirmeduntil he steppedon stage. The senatorpledgedthat the time had come for all Americans to have health care; and under the leadership of Sen. Barack Obama, the dream could finally be a reality. "This is the causeof my life," Kennedy said. "New hope that we will break the old gridlock and guaranteethat every American - north, south, eastand west, young, old - will havedecenthealth care as a [undamental right and not a privilege." Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama, also spoke Monday night. She stumbledat first during her speech,looking slightly uncomfortable speaking in front of her largest audienceyet on the campaign hail. But midway through, she found a rhythmic pace and beganto speakand look like a very shong potential first lady. MichelleObamahad two goalsfor her speech:the first to clear up any que$ions abouther patriofrsrnthat had beenin ques. tion by the @P; the secondto casther hus band andfamily asAll-Americans. "Barack doesn't care where you're from, or what your backgroundis, or what party - if any - you belong to. That's not holv he seesthe world," shemid. "He knowsthat threadthat connectsus- our belief in America'spromise,our commitment to our children s future - is stong 6mugh to hold us togetheras one nation evenlr*ren we disagree." While the Pepsi C€nter was full of pompandcircunstanc€,ClvicCenterPark q7'2s fflling up with prolestersand tear gas.

A woman,who askedonly to be identified as"Sunshine,"is arrestedAugust 25, 20O8.Shewas allegedly searchedby DenverPoliceofficersunlawfully in front of the conventioncenter. DenverPolicesaid the girl Pennington, was detained becauseshefailed to provide proper identification. Photo byDana dpennin3@mscd.edu

Firstimpressions, old friends Cloudedintentions

"Speechis freel lrt them bet" the crowd chanted. Anxious protesters not corralled were wearing bandanas over their noses.The air wasfilled with a mixture of sweat and apple vinegar. Apple vinegarhelpsdecreasethe pain associated with teargas.. As the minutestickedby moreprotestersarrivedat the scene.Sodid morecops. "Oh my god,they havePide, Dustinl" ShaniceSims, 19. told a friend over tle phone. She turned to the reporter next to her. "In America, I thought we had the freedomto assemble.But I guessnot. These faggot pigs." Sims works for the city and county of Denver.Simssaid she and her friends were out in CMc Center, but when the tear gaswas used,the three were separated,She could have been insidethe perimeterhad shebeena minute earlier to cross Colfax. "We were on the west side of the park. I thought we had the First Amendment," shesaid over and over."I never thought the copswould arrest peacefulprotesters.I think this is corrupt. Uncalledfor."

ccordin8 to mulliplesources, UnconI L lventional Denverwas planning another unpermitted march through donrntown. One source told The Metropolitan in addition to marching, vandalism and aggressiverioting would occur at fundraisersand at businessoffices.And at ap proximately6:30 p.m.,the policeblocked protest€rs. the mute and pepper-sprayed Amanda Hubbard was one of tlem. Shewas standing on Bannock Streetpreparing to march. "Everyonehad his or her own reasonfor being there,OnceI got sprayed,I wasblind," shesaid."I grabbed the arm of the fust personnext to me and I told her not to let go." Masspanis spreadthrough the park. That's when other protestersmade a mad dash toward 1 5th Sheet,Howeler, when the group of 300 reached Court Place, they were surrounded at each intersection by police. A standoffbetweenthe protestersand cops lasted about an hour. Hundreds of onlookers surrounded the perimeter to take photos and gawk. Other protesters, Smokeclearc who werenot beingdetained,mockedthe T)y 9 p.m., the policehad let most of policestandingguard. I)the protestersgo. However,9l peo-

ple were arrestedon multiple charges.A policespokeswoman did not havean immediatecomment when askedabout the policeusing peppersprayon protestersin Civic Center - the apparent reason for the abrupt march into downtown. "We were iust responding to the crowd's actions,"shesaid. R-'68'sSpamuolowasfurious,"This is evidencewe live in a fascist state," he said. Spagrruolowas not one of the protestersin tlie perimeter."The copsstarted spraying tear gas, then they boxedthem in like a bunch of animals. This is tota.l bullshit." T\^r'oprotesterstold The Mehopolitan a secondprotesthad beenplamredfor the eveningat l6th and Market, the intersection betweendowntown and IoDo, Denver's nightJife district. When stalTmembers reachedthe intersection, dozensof copshad already reachedthe space.Several people,who would beprotesters,were seendoing an about face upon r€aching the "secondspot." (By Nic Garcia,ngarci20@mscd.edu) AndrewFlohr{pence,DavidPollanandGeoff Wollermancontributedtothis report

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fust person nextto meandl toldher notto letgo. - Amanda Hubbar4 p|lotestel

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Sen.Joe Biden, Sen.BarackObama'spick for vice president,stops for a hot dog at BoneySSmokehouseacrossfrom the Tabor Center Aug. 25, in Denver.Photoby DrewJaynes, ajaynesl@mscd.edu

5en.HillaryClintonembraces her dauqhter Chelseabefore her spedchAuq.26.Clintonand Sen.barackO5amaran a historic orimarvraceasthe first woman ind bldckmanto potentiallybe a major party'scandidatefor the presidentof the UnitedStates. Photoby CoraKemp,ckemp4@ msco.eou

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TOP:A crowd watchesSen.BarackObamaSspeechat Jet hotel in downtown DenverAuq. 28.The hotel wasthe larqestoutdoor venue Fielditself.Photo for peopleto watch th-espeechasidefrom Invesc-o 1@mscd.edu by StephenSwofford/sswoffo LEFT:LindsayShawof Boulder,left and LeahDigdrnarc of Highlands neiqhborhoriddancetof'Botn In the USA;"oneof,the entertainment seq-ments betweenspeakers.Theyhad beenwaiting in line since 3 tm. to hear Sen.Birack Obamdaccepthis nominationfor the Dimocratic PartyAug. 28, at InvescoField. Photoby CoraKemp,ckemp4@mscd.edu

TOP:NucliaWaste,Denver'stripple-nippleddrag qge.enof comedy, standson the 16th StreetMall Aug. 25. Wastewas doing social ztaylor26mscd.edu byZacTaylor, commentaryfor magazine5280.Photo LEFT:More than 5,000delegates,specialguestsand membersof the mediawatchand iistento tfichelleobamaspeakAug.25,insidethe PepsiCenter.Photoby CoraKemp,ckemp4@mscd.edu

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lraq warveteranKrisGoldsmithtakesaim aspartof a demonstrationbymembercoflraqVeteransAgainsttheWayAug.26.The purposeof the performancewasto illustrateto ordinary citizenswhat a typical day in lraq might look like. Photo byAdriana Carlson, acarist S@mscd.edu

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Theheatedclashbetweendemonstrators and police cooledduring the night, but protests were becoming an all-tofamiliar sight throughout the city, with Recreate-'68 gearingup and CODEPINK againthat morning in CivicCenterPark,

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Yet, Christian groups armed with conflicting viewpointsand ideologiesalso had convergedin the area and verbally clashedwith the protestersat R-'68's baseof operations. "God Hates Fags," read a banner displayedby an Evangelicalgroup from Westboro,Kan., and tensionsbetweenthe demonstratorsreachedtheir zenith r,rtren R-'68 memberCarlosGarciagrabbeda sign from one of the Evangelica.ls.The policepromptly steppedin, arresting Garcia, In the first instanceof possiblepolice brutality a video by the RockyMountain News shows an olficer pushing a member of CODEPINK,Alicia Forrest, to the ground and later literally snatching her awayfrom the mediaand arresting her. While no peppersprayor tear gas&€s released.the public was weighing in on the ever-increasingpresenceof police. "The pohcehal'e been out of control all week," said bystanderlou Brown, of Oakland,Calif.

Following the arrestsand in the wake of the prior evening'sevents,R-'68leader Glenn Spagnuolovoiced his dismissalof any cooperationwith authorities for the duration of the convention, saying, "all betsare off." "We will no longer be negotiating with police whatsoevel" he said. "Last night, we negotiatedwith the police and weretold to trust them." Apparently,any and all trust had dissipat€d. However, the energy from the demonstratorshad not abated nor bad the[ creativiw And around noon at Civic CenterPark, The BackboneCampaign,a group urging a more progressivestance on politics,launchedits own paradecomplete with elaboratehandcraftedpuppets and displays. "I've never seenI)enver look like this at all. It's almost like a big party," Metro student Chris Sanderssaid, as he helped fellow Metro studentMatt Struck carry a giant puppettwice their height. In yet another display acmssdowntown, members of the haq Vet€rans Against the War simulatedan haqi riot in front of MSMC's makeshift studio near Union Station, Vetemnsusedtheir handsas weapons to zubdue"civilian rioters"in n*riF T+hirb in an ellort to showobserverswhat Americansoldiersin Iraq dealwith er.eryday

Clinton, whose job has shifted in months from presidential candidate to possiblevice-presidential candidate,beMiddledass hkes camea party unifier. centerstage "Whether you voted for me, or voted Meanwhile at the Pepsi Center, the for Barack, the time is now to unite as a Democratswere ready for their voice to single party with a single purpose,"she beheard. said. "Barack Obama is running to reClinton's main talking points towed store that fair shot for every American," party lines:McCainisn't the man, Obama Virginia Gov.I{ark Warner said. While is. And asa unifiedparty,they will reclaim highlighting his own accomplishments, the White House. Warner gainedapplausewith his vision "No way No how. No McCain," the of Obama as the candidate to take the NewYork senatorsaid. country into the next century and also Clinton's messageof unity and sup hushed the crowd with his push for set- port continued.Remindingthe world why ting asidebiparflsan politcs. sheran for ofrce - to creab a world-class Howwer, it was S€n.I{illary Clinton, educationsystem;to fight for an America the former thorn in Obama'sside, who defined by equality; to bring fiscal santhose in attendancewaited for to encap ity back to Washington; and to restore sulatethe messageof unity and the future America's standing in the world - are of the DemocraticParty all the samereasonswhy she is now an Clinton remindedthe crowd of Amer- Obamasupporter. ica's prosperity during her husband's "We need a president who underyears in the White House. But in her stands that the genius of America has speechT\resday- as opposedto every always dependedon the strengtl and other stump speech- there was a differ- vitality of the middle class," she said to ent ending: this one with Obamain the thunderousapplause. White House, 'lAs I recall, President Clinton and (ByJamesKruger,jkruger'l @mscd.edu) the Dernocratsdid it before. And Presi- ZacTaylor,Andrer Flohr-SpencgJulie dent Obamaand the Democratswill do it Vitkovskaya, DanaPenningtonand ' again," shesaid. Cor6Kempcontributdd to this report As the afternoonprogressed, mostof the protestersaround the city quieted.

THEMETROPOLITAN' SEPTERMBER2008.FMEDAYS.C7 ibrations from the RageAgainst the Machineshow and upcoming march could alreadybe felt even before the concert, with heat bearing doriynon ofrcers and organizersaround the DenverColiseum. At noon, two hours beforethe headliners wereto perform,policehad already madeone arrest at the ConvergenceCenter lvhere prot€stersfrom Unconventional Denver,Tent Stat€ and Recteate-'68

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r;iesstbqrC. ..-q fhtnL (fre police's)mindset is conbntaf,ronal," said Matt Kellegrew of OFtqpia, Wash. "This is the first time all threg major pmtest groups are working together on a march. The tirning of this isn't random." With temperaturesand anticipation rising, more policemadetheir way to the area, lining the sidewalks;while inside the Coliseum, the headlfurerstook the stagi at 2 p.m. "It look like the First AmendrnenLis " Scptt goingto gptsomerigorousexercise, Coble,an onlooker,said.

Ragehits the street t the frontline of the march, meml. \bers of tbe group lraq Veterans Against the War began the procession down Brighton Boulevard with supportersand membersof RageAgainst the Machine at their heels. Marchers carried signs in the shape of tombstonesfor soldierswho had died in Iraq and sangmilitary marching songs p'rot€stingthe war. "We have to show America that the peoplethat were over ther€ oppos€it; it's not right," said Maggie Martin, a twotime Iraq war veteranwith the U.S.Army, as she marched, wearing her fulldress uniform and wiping beadsof sweataway asthe heat boredown. With an Americanflagdrapedoverhis legsand being pushedin a wheelchairby a supporter,wdter and Viebnamveteran RonKovicfollowedclosebehindthe IVAW "I wholeheartedlysupport thesemen and women," he said. "History is being madein Denver." Despitethe sweltering sun and the policepresence,the goalwasone of unity and peace for the thousands who had filed out of the concert and ioined ranks withM\41 "Nonviolence- that's the name of game" the said political activist and emgoes ceewho by the name of S.O.N, DemonsFators encouraged onlookersto ioin in, and after three miles,3,000 were marching tbrough the heart of downtown, occasionally stopping to let crowdsknow what IVAWrepresentedand who therywere. Sweaty,fatiguedandthirsty,the group eventuallymadeit to Auraria, wherethey told passionate and emotional stories about their experiencesin Iraq. Army Sg1.Kris Goldsmith totd the crowd how he and other soldierswould removethe firing pins from the AK-4 7sof the Iraqis they fought alongside,making the weaponsuseless, "We are not born monsters.We are mademonstersl"he shouted, Still, the goal of the group was to make themselvesheard by the delegates inside the PepsiCrnter, and Marine feff Key called for the group.to be let inside I

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Rag€'unityreignin Denver BarackObama'srepresentatives. When onereporteraskedhow long he would wait, Key replied,"unti] I dle." dnd he walkedbackinto the groupof soldiers. Policeformed a perimeter around all of the protesters,but the focuson nonviolencedid not waver. "Thepoliceareout here,and theyseem to ber€adyfor war," Amry veteranSholom Kellersaid."Wearereadyfor peace."

Peaceprevails I round 5:30 p.m.. most of the folhad departedand left a core A,lo*ers group of supporters and veterans, although hope for the causewas reignited when police allowed a repres€ntative past the police blockade and into the PepsiCenter. Therethe representativemet with an to schedulea meetObamaspokesperson ing with the candidate.However,the meeting hasyet to takeplaceasof deadline. If attentionoutsideon Denver'ssheets, outsidethe securityzonesurrounding the PepeiCenter,focusedon the largestprotest march of the convention,it surely went unlmon'r:lto moston the inside. Delegatehom Michigan Jerry Hall wasn't awareof the [VAWmarch. Hall said the delegatesshe knew understoodthe positionsof vg[qpry.ar;$,[-[g

their right to otherprotestersandrespected freespeech,but "it all hasno impacton our Fupportof BarackObamaour nominee."

Apartyunited A fter one of the closestprimary seain decades.attention inside Arorm tle arena was on the roll-call vote when delegatesofficially votefor their choicefor presidentialnominee, While Obama's nomination was sealed,through the weels outspokenHillary supportersurgedher nane to be part of the roll call. But with all eyeson New York's delegation, Hillary Clinton steppedup and said, "in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory, with faith in our party and our counhy, let'sdeclaretogetherin oneloice, right here,right now, that BarackObama is our candidate." The crowd went wild. includedformer Theeveningspeeches Albrightand of StateMadeleine Secretary cowboy-hat-nearingKen Salazar,as well as Bill Clinton, 2004 Democraticcandidate John Kerry, and personal storiesof' severalIraq veteranswho drovehome the needfor a changein foreignpolicy But the mostanticiaptedspeechof the night wasSen.|oe Biden's.He continued to hammer the messageof change and how jf .,rglppy tq, brEigtBqlic-$,I,{p,qldo,

drurnmedhomethe messagethat Mccain is no dilTerentthan Bush. "He's not change;he's more of the same,"Bidenwould reciteafter citing specffic exampleslikening the GOPnominee to the president. As a surprise at the end of the evening, Biden's wife, Iin, announced a "special guest" and Obama walked out on stageand addresseda shockedand ecstauc audience. Obama spokeonly briefly and mentioned his elation to haveBiden as a running mateand the chanceto makehistory "at Mile Higb stadium." The er(citementand anticipation of the chance to reclaim the White House radiated from all those in attendance, Obama's mere presenoe uplifted the crowd and optimism resonatedthroughout the arena. To the peoplein attendance,hopeand changeareno longerfar-fetchedideas,but somethingthat must be achieved.Iosing is not an option to this gxoup.This is their year,their time and Obamais their gry. (ByJamesKruger,jkrugerl@mscd. DavidPollan,Andrew edu) ZacTaylor, Flohr-Spence, JulieVitkovskaya, andCoraKemp DanaPennington tothis report..r.,,,.,.L,,r,.,io,_. contributed

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Thursday Obamafulfills dredm,defineschange our daysand 45 yearsin the making, before any6ps lselizdd it happened, a dream becamereality. . On the anniversar5r of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, a man filled with hope and passion - and maybe just enough smarts to outsmart the Republicans this election cycle - came to Denver to accept the nomination as the pars's presidential candidate. . The man that would defy odds and the Clintons would be Sen. Barack Obama. When it was evident Obama had received enough votes to become the Democratic nomine€. his stalT teamed up lr'ith the Democratic CoN€ntion Committ€e to plan an acceptance speechfit for only Obama. They would move the convention ftom the Pepsi Center to InvesooField at Mile Higfr: As far as the eye could see from every direcfion, streams of people by the hundreds and thousands formed lines converging on the shiny and silver Mi.le High Stadium. This was lr'hat Denver and the history books had been waiting for: the long journey under the baking sun to the climar of the lveek. the grand finale and a dream realized. In front of 80,000 peopleObama look lo the stage.Unlikehis previous speechesfilled with ambitious rhetoric, the senator laid out his vision of America and took his opponent. Sen. Iohn Mccain. to the mat. "I don't know about you, but I'm not willing to take a 10 percent chance on change," Obama said referencing McCain's voting record. Obama said the Republican senator has voted with President Bush 9O percent of the time. Obama shared his own policies on the economy, energy, education, health care, the war in Iraq and America's overall global presence. Obama promised a tax cut to 95 percent of America's norking families. "I don't believe Sen. McCain doesn't care," Obama said. "I just don't thjnk he knows (about the middle class)." Obama also promised to eliminate tax cuts for companies who export iobs and give them to companies who keep jobs in America. He would also eliminate the capital gains tax breaks. The senator pledged America would be free from foreign oil - for

chance,"he said. Promising to recruit an army of teachers,he saidhe will demand higher standards and early education with a completereform, The senator briefly noted his policieson health care sayinghe understandsthe plight of Americans and that he wants erreryAmerican covered. Obama also took a moment to mention his goal of creating a poliry that lr,ouldensureequalpay for both genders. "I $ant my daughters to have the exact sameopportunitiesasyour sons,"he said. Playingthe war cardlate,Obama challenged Mccain to a game of character,claiminghe would be the bestcommander-in-chief. "If John McCain wants to follow GeorgeBush, that's his choice,"he saidalludingto McCain'spoiicyon the War in lraq. "But that'snot the ch:rrge Americaneeds.Don't tell methe Democratswon't keepAmericasaIe. "You don't defeata terroristorganizationthat operatesin 80 countriesby fightingin Iraq," he said. The nominee said he ra'ould end the war responsiblyand would rebuild the army but rvould never hesitateto defendthis counhy."I got newsfor youJohnlr{cCain,ue all put our countryfirst," he saidto a standing ovation. After laying out his policies, Obamareturned his addressto the audience. "This election has never been about me. it's been about you," he said. Obamasaid with the trust and hard work of the American people he can help restoregreatnessto the country.It will be very hard, howevet he said. "It is that American spirit that pushes us forward even when the path is unclear,"he said."I believeas hard asit will be,changeis coming." Obama stressednot only individual duty to country but mutual responsiblity. Thousandswave in the standsat InvescoFieldat Mile High asSen.BarackObama, "Wecannotwalk alone,"he said. the Democraticprcsidentalnominnee,delievershis speech.Obamapledgedto make "We cannotturn back,America.We maior (hangesto education,health careand energy.Photo byCoRA KEMB ckemf/@mscd.edu cannot turn back when so much work hasto bedone." the sakeof the economyand security he said. "Now is the time to change sonshe was ableto stand at the 50yard line was becauseof his educa- (ByNicGarica, of the country - in I 0 years.He will this arldiction." ngarci20@mscd. fundthis incentivewith $150 billion, Obamasaidhe wouldestablisha tion and the opportunitieshe and his edu.)TaraMoberly,JamesKru"Today we have tripled the "world-class education system" for wife received. ger,AndrewFlohr-Spence, Daamount of imported fuels than we America. "I will not settle for an America vid Pollanand GeofWollerman did when Sen.McCaintook office," The senatorsaidone of the rea- where somekids do not have that contributedto this reportJ

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ntly on the stepsof the CapitolBuilding on August for themselves. Recreate-'68, Lauri Arbiter and other membersof d sigrrsbearing the name,ageand dateof death of ;hoseunable to speakout against the ahocities of rohavegiventheir lives,but alsoIraq'scasualties. I LanceCorporalDerek Gardner,20, of the United

Street lheater Nonviolent The activist group Iraq VeteransAgainst the l!'ar to a stageda seriesof unconventionaldemonstrations confusedand awe-struckcror,rdof onlookersin Denr€r Atg.26. About tw'odozenmembersof the group- deckedin their military uniforms - performed military exercises throughout the streetsof Denverin an attemptto recreate the harsh realitiesthat faceAmerican soldierson a daily basisin Baghdad.With the helpof about 50 volunteers acting asIraqi civilians,the group enacteda numberof scenariosthat highlightedthe actionsnecessaryto occupya loreignland. fuuipped with invisibleguns,the group of soldiers split into two squadronsand strategicallyand tlramatically maneureredthrough the streets.Someof the demonstrationsincludedpinning the volunteersagainstthe wall, searchingand arrestingthem.Anotherdemonstration included the take down of a volunteer, tying their arms behind their back and coveringtheir head rvith a white hood. The attemptof the groupwas to demonstrateto the public - through streettheater - the realitiesof war and a day in the lifeof an Americansquadronin Baghdad. This unconventional lorm oI protest provedto have more conventionalresults,as most of the bystanders seemedgenerallysupportiveof the performance.

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The main purpose of the BackboneCampaign,which stagedproteststhe weekof the DemocraticNational Convention, is to encouragecitizens and elected olficials to take clearstanceson importantnational issuesand to stressthe importance of holding government accountable. While the group has solid views on many issuessuch as health care. sustainability and civil rights, its methods of prot€st are somewhat unusual. During the convention, the organization made use of what they deemedthe "Procession for the Future." The procession consisted of a large banner with t€xt from the Constitution, giant homemadepuppets and an army of eager volunteers to pick up the slack,The parade was one of the week'smost visually attention-grabbing garnered demonstrations,and a lot of attentionwith its unconventionalpuppetparade. The group's platform encouragesnonviolent progressiveprotestand getsits people power from a national following. Several Metxo students were invohed with the group during the DNC, building Photo byDRtW JAYtltS/aiaynes'l@mscd.edu and operating a giant puppet named 'VeggieMama' in a parade down Colfax Avenue Aug.26. The group alsoloanedlocals a set of costumesknown asthe "Chain Gang"to pushits platform calling for a need to impeachpresidentGeorgeW. Bush. The costumesincluded largehomemadeheadsof severalleaderssuchasBush,Dick Rice, Cheneyand Condoleezza and portrayedthoseleadersas allegedcriminals.

powerhouse tromleft:Zack delaRocha andTom Morellq ofpolitical protests Against bandRage theMachine, delivertheir vocally toacrowd (oliseum. (enter:Former ofmorethan20,0@ Aug.27, attheDenver MojoinsMTMforaromping torCigtivefiontmanWayne Kramer version of "KickOuttheJams/written byMC5 in1968, around thesame timethey wercinvolved inacon(ert-tumed-dot intheinfamous'68 Democratic National Convention infticago."M$wasnever leallyaverysuccess,ful - theynevermld band alotofrecordsj'Channel 93.3lfi(LtDJ]{erf said."Butthey animporhnt were band.lheirmesage in'68isevery bit astruetoday."

plays Right: TomMorello ofRATM onasthecrowd 0f20,000 atthe pitsandmusically-inspired Denver Coliseum erupts intomosh dance madness. Rage, along withTheFloboB, TheCoupand State Radio, performed atthefieeshow oflraqVetenns insupport Against the group, War, consisting soldier, aprotest ofmostly demanding the peaceful, withdnwal ofsoldiers tom kaq.Theshow remained forthe mostpart,asdidtheensuing march fromthe(oliseum tothePepsi Center. bands "l believe aresympathetk toourcause andwantthesame thingwewant/said formerMarine Corps tanceCpl.LanEkstrom."But asvetenns, I thinkwehave more credibilig because we've been thercl

Rage, Flobotsfight thewa1rockthe norm Photosbg AnilrewBissaf,abissetT@mscile du Thanls to the presenccof political supergroupRageAgainst the Machine, as well as local political pontiffs, the Flobots, a crowdof morethan 2O,0OO strongshowedup Aug. 2 7, for Tent Statâ&#x201A;Ź'sMusicFestivalat the DenverColiseum. Thefestivalwasorganizedin coordinationwith Iraq Veterans Against the War,a political group demandingan end to the war, the return of military personnelto their homesin the states,and giving reparationsto both U.S.soldiersand Iraqi citDensaffected by the war. "We have an advantagein getting the word out iust based on the massamount of peoplehere.In our own, little local chap ters where we comefrom throughout the U.S.,we can only do so much there,but somethingso nationally recognizedasthis definitely helpsgetthe word out betterthan walking down the street handing out fliers," saidKennethSextonftom SantaCruz,Calif., who servedbriefly in Germanybeforeheading to Iraq for more than a vearof service.

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Sextonis one of the many soldiersundergoing "stoploss," lvhere a soldierthat has alreadyrehrmed home is sent back lor anothertour. Sextonsaidthat he earneda disabilityrating duriry his first tour and that "they shouldn'tbesendingdisabledveberans overthere,"Sextonsaidthat he would appealto his congressman, but wasclearhe would not go.evenat the risk of iail. At that point, Sextonmomentarily trails off and his eyesbecomedistant. "It's hard to explainu'trat goeson with war, and it's unforhrnatethat it continues,"he saidwith finality,shakinghis head. Sexton'ssentimentswereechoedby the Tent Statâ&#x201A;Źorganization, concertplanners,concert-goers and the musiciansthemselves,aswell asa variety of fust-time protesters. "Thereare a lot of young kids out there who hare neverseen anything like this, haveneverbeeninvolvedwith somethinglike this," said Ryan Walker, a self-describedally of the Tent State organizationand a scout for the IVAW'sensuing protestmarch. "This eventis the soldiers'way of saying, 'this is what you have

an opportunity to bea part ol theseareour goals,and this is how you can participate."' But the ffne line betweenpolitical party peopleand run-ofthe-mill parlg peoplewnsblurred by youthfril er<uberance and the sheerexcitementof the show'slineup.Onegirl, when askedwhat shethought of the political ramificationsof the show,replied,"I'm not really political." Others,seemingly,latchedonto the political causein a more"monkeysee,mon-leydo" kind of manner. "While us gettingbehind(thecause)might bepoliticallypo. larizing, Rageis also iust a great band to seeplay" said D| Nerf (akafeb Freedman)of radiostationChaanel9 3.3 KTCL."Soeither way it's a win, whether you're just in it for the music or if you'reinto it for both the musicand thecause." The real crusadersfor the IVAW'scause$'ereeasyto identifu huddled busy in a corner backstage,meticulously preparing for the march by going over safety matters and conTent State Music Festival Continued on B6>

prepares From left:Violinist Ma*enzie Roberts tosound offduring theFlobots' performan(e attheTentStateMusic testivalforlraqVeterans Against theWar.Jonny (aka (aka playa 5 l-aurie), Jamie BretRabbit Stephen Brackett) andJesse Walker p0ntifi(ates political song fromtheirre(ent album f,grrtWithlools." BrerRabbit (oliseum totheDenver masses. Notonlyareweopening forRage Against the Machine, we'redoingit duringtheDN(inourhomecity,"MCBrerRabbit said."That3 ridiculous. Honored istoosmall aword;"

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Maysfinishedthe gamewith four 1 - 2 Metru..,........,....,...1 shotson goal and scoredher first goal 5TAT5: on the season. 5h G A iretro: sft A ttlary: "I think I did OK," Mayssaid."I Be(aMa,ts...50 . l e s s i ( a j a n u s ? 4 0 0 needto finish moreof the opportuniM€llo2 0 0 Vanessa Mair.3 0 Danielle ties. Insteadof just getting one (goal) Thomas.... 2 0 ileganWi|lon2 0 0 Jen every four games,I needto get one a game away in overtime when goalgame." keeper, Lisa fewett was found alone played Maloney the entire 90 in the box. and MSUforward Natalie minutes, savingsix shotsand recordfired a shot passedher. Bullis ing her first shutout of the season. 'We had a couple of crucial "She went in last game and did ' that shouldn'thavehapbreakdowns well, Almaraz said on Maloney's pened,"Maloneysaidon the Mankato performance. "She's been working game."Overall,I think it wasa learnit. hard in haining, and shedeserves ing experience,and we'll comeaway Sheneedsto continue to work hard. Iiom it better." girls The are confident in her that Roadrunners{ound themThe going good she's to do a iob. It was a selvds in overtime once again goodwin , a goodshutout for her." againstWinona State.Thomasonce The Roadrunners outshot Uniagain scoredthe opening goal, but versityof Mary. 15-12 and had more Warriors struck back quickly the goal, I l-6. shotson a goal of their own. Nemscoring the Bismark, ND Beforedefeating mers scored her secondgoal of the to Minneschool, Mebo took a Eip giving the Roadrunnersthe season, played against No. sota, where they victory. 2-1 and No. 8 Minnesota State-Mankato The victory at home against the 19 winora State,Aug.28 and 30. tilephosbyLogd'l-yl€s/lryle!@mstd.€du of Mary finishedtheir first University Metro took the lead againstMingoalkeeper witr Westlexas A&M Madison Mdluilliams collides Metrc midfi elder a 24 run, They will host weekend on nesota State-Mankato 1-O before the ]ICAA Division llToumament. !lov.9, 2(Xl7 in lidu Jungmann Friday,Sept. 5 University Washburn goal by forward Ashhalftirne with a Field. goals game at 5 D.m. at Auraria in the nerkick to tie the 2-0. The Maverhall leading assisted by forward second ley Nemmers, |en Thomas,who scoredfor Metro in the icks quicHy fired back with two cor- second hall Msu-Mankato put the

week Mentakebumpyrideto 2-1recordin opening 'Runners season begin onroadinMinnesota, mistakes costteam ByZACTAYLOR ztaylor2omscd.edu An upand-down first week of play for the Metro men's soccerteam hasleft the No.7 ranl<edRoadrunners with a 2-1 overall record to open the 2008 season. In the first threegames,the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conlerencedefending champsanswercda few questions on how the team will perform this year,but left othersunanswerd. Senior forwards Ola Sandquist and Kellen Iohnson look to replace the goalsscoredby star forward Phillip Owen last year. Sandquistscored oncein eachof the first two matches, and fohnson nettedthe opening goal in theffna.lgame. "Kellen (fohnson) and Ola (Sandquist)are contributing on the attacking end," Metro head coach Ken Parsonssaid. "They're doing their iob." Parsons' large recruiting class has already started paying dividends on offenseaswell. The openinggame on Aug. 29, against St. Martins College.saw gods from.h,to froshnen '

With two weeksuntil the beginning of the conferenceschedule,the playersharrctime to regaintheir form andcometogetherasa completeteam. "It's always the'early seasongoing." Parsonssaid."You'reiust trying to developthat chemistry" Until the mistakes fade, senior goalkeeper Ryan Vickery, RMAC PreseasonDefensivePlayer, will be lookedon to stop any defensivelapses.He didn't haveto wait too long for his first good performance,however, when he denied St. Martin's College in the seasonopeneras the Runners' cruisedto a 3-0 win. The offense had rhfhm, getting goals from senior forward Ola Sandquistand freshmenChris Yoder and ScottGrode. The secondgame was rife with tilePfioto by(0M KEMP / demp4@ltrd.edu frustration asthe Roadrunnersmade awayfiom a Regis Shaun Elbaum spdnts formerMetiomenlroccerfonrard mistakesand missedgoal-scoringop player lastAug. 31. during theirgame portunities in their 3-l lossto NAIA mistakesthis early in the season,as opponentWestminsterCollege. Arizona recruits. "We lookedabsolutelybrilliant in The biggestissueearly in the sea- he knows his team generally comes son involvesthe mistakesindividual to form by the start of the RMACsea- the first half," Parsonssaid. "But we players in Metro's midfield and de- son. Last seasonthe men also began madetwo mistakesin the secondhalf fensehale made, usually leading to 2-1 before going undefeatedfor the which costus the game." In the final gameSept.I, at MSUnext two months. opposinggoals. "It's not any blaring deficiencies Billings, Meho lookedto regain some "In the earlypreseason,the theme has beenwhen we makemistakeswe in our system," Parsonssaid of the composureafter the tough loss.jobnpay for it," Parsonssaid. mistalres made eady on. "We iust sontook them out to an earlylead,but . " The coaehisn't too worri(d about . makeinilvidual mistakes." Montana Statewas quick tocspond

fust beforehalftime, sophomoremidfielderStephenEmoryffredin the winning goal,andthedefenselockeddown in the secondhall for the 2- 1 win. "We had somebright spots,"Parsonssaidon the openingweek,"but I don't feellike we are playing our best ball yet." If history doesrepeat itself, Metro men's soccerteam should not be overlyconcerned.

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MIIIFIETTIERS somechanges fiomlast Midfield hasgonethrough group willstilltakethe butanexperienced season, junior MikeMartinez Lastyear's starter fieldthisyear. Emory, starfreshman Steven returns, aswellas2007's Juniors Sam Rolph whohasalready scored thisseason. asolid midfield. Hambrick complete andTyler

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IIEFEl{SE Defensive Player oftheYear Even withRMAI Preseason questions thebackline has themost Ryan Vickery atgoal, year3 center back duo squad. Last staning forthe2008 isgone, along Donnelly Sadusky andAndrew of6arrett Ryan Brooks Gorham.This leavesjunior withstarter Brad starter fiomlastyear. astheonlydefensive

Wsmsn'ssoccerprcuicw FORWARIIS KatieKilbey by loses alI-RMAC selection Eecca Mays fromthe Jen Thomat aD1transfer herside, butgained hasalready scored two of Kansas. Thomas University goals They inthreegames toleadtheteaminscoring. withtworeturning sophowillhave depth atforward upfront. mores andfournewcomers

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ning a win streat, albeit currently at just two games. But there is one thing that r,t'on't happen this time, tiere is no r,t'aythe

baseball club who had stormed into the postseason picture on a record

Rockieswin the Wild Card. Last year's NL champs were sal'ed by the Wild Card, this year they are

win streak. Every game r,rent right, ali the right pitches were made, and players who didn't even make the current roster were driving in crucial gamewinning runs. The 20O7 Colorado Rockies surprised m€. So has the current club. Unfortunately, this time I am surprised becauseColorado has been just ordinary or worse in perhaps the

In 2008, there r.till be no onegame playoff to keep three NL West teams from reaching the playoffs. but instead, the division winner has a good chance of rolling into October under.500, especially if it is the

vr'orst division in 1'ears. Another surprise?The Rocks are in .iust about the same predicament

Rockies. And that might be the worst part of this season.that Colorado still has a chance this late despitea 66-74 re-

as they were at the beginning of last September; they're file games back in the \L Wesl.They are even begin-

14 gamesout. The one hope for Colorado is that their division continues to underwhelm as much this year as it overwhelmed last year.

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offs would not on$ be less than fantastic, but quite sad considering all of the better teams whose spot the Rockies would be taking. ln fact, not inc Iuding the National League'sthree division leaders.there remain six teams with better records than the Rocks. And that's just staying in the NL. The Yankeeshave been counted out of the postseason but

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would be fifth in the standings, 19 gamesout of first place. Despite the Rocks poor performance this year. baseballlwiters and fans are clamoring for Colorado to make another run into the postseason. I saythat coming back to win the Wild, Wild \ est and reach the play-

roster. I hold the Rockiesto a higher standard than the Dodgers(4th in the lvest last !€ar) and even the D-Backs rvho last year rvon the division.

I didn't expecta surprise run to makethe playoffsin 2008, I expecH asolidleamthatwouldtakea winning recordinto Septemberand contendfor the WildCard.or possiblythedivision. But I was surprisedto seethe return of lhe BlakeStreetBombersin mirage,to 2007 asjusta seasonJong be replacedin '08 by an agingTodd Helton, a Tulowitskilanguishingon the disabledlist and a disappointing amount of cheaptacosafter too few s€venor more run outings by the Rocks. I won'l menlion I he pilching. but I hate to saythat the Rockiessurprisedmeonceagain. They have lost the news rycle to the Broncos,andI haveno front page papersto savefor posterity So I utter the eternal baseball phrasethat Cubs fans have gotten usedto: there'salwaysnextyear.

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