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"I canneup with the strategy of watching the news while hanging upside down sometime ago."

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THIS WEEK 11.21 cou"n

Key International Honour Society new member induction ceremony 3 - 10o.m .

Tivoli320Section ABC Baerresen Ballroom

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ThanksgivingDance Bash Noon- 6 p.m.

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The Metro neighborhoodo{the fwure is depicted in an anistt rendering.The L-shapedbuilding acrossthe streetfrom the Tivoli will be the first structurebuilt.Theprojectcouldbreakgroundasearlyas2OlO. (lllusrration byChrisGeddes ofstudio INS|TE)

MOREROOMSOUGHT, TUITIONHIKEPOSSIBLE

closedfor FallBreak TheAurariaLibrary w:ll be open Nov.24 - Nov.26 8 a.m.to 6 p.m.,l!ov.28 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.and Nov. 29 - Nov.30 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.

The Librarywill be closedon Nov.27 in observanceof Thanksgiving.

Classesresumeon Dec.1.

Metrosearches for spaG€, money

By ANDREWFLOHR-SPENCEated along Auraria Parkway andTARAMOBERLY where the Tivoli parking lot is THEN4ETROPOLITAN currently located.

Mebo olEcials presented NatalieLutes,Metro'svice its plans for the first phaseof president of administration the college'sfuture construc- and ffnance, said she did not tion at a series of meetings want to give any specifics,but this week. her staff was looking at "mulBut with a projectedprice tiple options" to finance the tag of $52 million and a bleak Mefro neighborhood. outlook on state funding for One of the master plan's higher education in the next objectivesis to deate a neighfew years, Meho ofrcials do borhood for each of the not lnow how the building schoolswhere they can create will be funded, adding that a unique identity. hikes in student fees and tuMetro plans to meet with ition might be necessary to its financial advisorNov.20 to pay for the construction, discussthe options in gr€ater The first structur€, a detail, Lutes said. but fund143,000 squarefoot Lshaped ing for the first phase of the building, will be the future building inight come from a home to 9ll student services student fee,an increasein tuand much of the college's ition, and,/or a new option: a administration, and will loan taken out by Mebo. serve as the public identity Earlier fhis year, Gov.Bill for Meho. One of the master Ritter signed a law allowing plan's objectivesis to credte a Meho to take out credit in its neighborhoodfor each of the ovim name, whereas previschoolswhere they can create ous financing went through a unique identity Auraria lligher Education The building will be situ- Center, the institution that

collectively representsMefto, UCD, and CCD,The change will not affectAHBC.All buildings already built and to be built by AHECwill stayunder its control. but each school's neighborhoodwill be its own responsibilityto fund.

Lutes said the solution would most likely be a mix of funding from fees,tuition and other sources.

"I am really excitedabout the direction they're taking with the newest designs," president of Metro's Student Government Assembly Andrew Batemansaid.

The plans take into account Metro's need for a more user-lbiendly front office, a cenhal place that students identify with and feel comfortable hanging out in, he said. "Overall, I am really happy with the plan. My only reservationis to seewher€ the costsfall."

Bateman said that while he aclnowledgedthe college's need for more space,he was

concernedabout current students having to fund a building they may never use. If a studentfeeis neededto pay for the future building, current studentsshouldgetsomething . in return, he said.

Batemanis glad to seethe adminlstration bringing students into the process with the master plan public meetings. and he would like to see more student participation in the process."I really do believe studentswould approvea fee, but they would appreciatebeing asked,"he said.

Lutes said if a student fee is chosen, the college would ask the studentsto approveit tlrough a vote.

Another concern is what will happen to parking at Auraria. The first new building alone will eliminate nearly 50 percent of the spacesin the Tlvoli parking lot, and the drawings of the pmjected campus in 2020 are visibly lacking any parking lots at all.

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ning," said Chris Geddes,architect at Studio INSIIIE. one of three designfirms hired by Metro for the project. While as much existing parking as possible will be maintained, Metro has a limited amount ll.2O. Light Rain of spaceand buildings come High:S2lLow:29 before parking, Geddessaid. ll.2l . Mostly Supny "We haveto maximize the use High:4911-aw25 of the 140 acreswe have.We 11.22. Mostly Sunny haveto plan for future gro-lvth. High: 58/Low:27 Metro needsspace." f 1.23 . Partly Cloudy At an earlier masterplan High: 56/Low:29 pres€ntation,Mefro President I1.24 . Partly Cloudy Stephenfordan said the col- High: 54llow:28 legewould have to turn away I1.25 . Mostly Sunny studentswithin a few yearsif High:56/Low:32 more spacecouldn't be found.

11.26. PartlyCloudy The latest update on the High:5l/Iow: 30 college's conshuction plans BvKendell LaRoche includes a Mefro neighborhood and a central plaza surrounded by at least five new buildings. The plans oudine the size and general fm@rint Tonotilg TheMetropoktanol of the buildings according an error in any of our relnrts, to projectedspaceneeds but pleasecontact Editoir-in-ChieI don't detail not the exact de- IqmesKrugerat jkrugerT@ sigp of the buildings. mscdeht

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AnnualMetrocharityevent garnerscitywiderecognition

Howdo youfeel aboutpossible tuitionincreases to Dec.3 declared fundnewbuildingsFrosty'sFeastDay at Auraria?

by Hickenlooper

This year, students gathered $19,000 worth of donated items that will be auctionedat the lunch.

"The dedication and generosity Iiom the community and our stuByTARA MOBERTY dents raised funds to help make the tmobeily@mscd.edu ' holiday seasonenjoyablefor everyAn annual Metro charity event one."Vannuccisaid. has grabbedthe attention of Denver The first Frosty'sFeastbrought in Mayor John Hickenlooper,resulting $5,000,with profftsandcommunity in his declaration that Dec. 3 be of- interestincieasing eachyear since. ficially recopized as Frosty's Feast More than $ 13,50Ollas raisedat ' year'slucch and silent auction, a Day in honor of the benefit, last "I don't feellike I Frosty'sFeastis a luncheon and figure studentsaim to beatthis year. shouldhaveto pay silent auctlon held annually by the "It's made such a big impacton morejust becausethey Hospitality, Tourism and Events the Denvercommunity.This year,we ManagementDepartmentthat hopeto raiseover$17,000," student feellike they haveto elits areaseniorsoften forgottenbendur- RachelPapp,mediarelationsfor the redesignthe schools." ing the holidays. . benefit,said.

-MELISSA Papp,like everyother hospitality REESE, "Frosty'sFeastis a greatexample of how our college students in this major student.is requiredto take the METROSTUDENT community are committed to reach- classin order to completeher degree. ing out to those in need during this "It's put on entirely by students.We holiday season,"Hickenlooper said. cook the food.We sell the tables.and "We are grateful for the leadershipof we get all the itemsfor the silent auc- , Metropolitan StateCollegeof Denver tion. It's iust a greatbenefitto Denand the modelthal they setas an in- ver,"Pappsaid. stitutionof highereducation."

While the class has alnays had Now in its fourth year,the benefit a philanthropic theme, the event, grew out of a class that centers on and those who benefit from it, has "I,Vell,on onehand, crafting a charitable event,designed evolved. professorCynthia Vannucci.

It has changed from a luggage Idon't want to pay by tlIE Students work in committees and toy drive for children and,thanks mone,but it.would throughout the semesterto plan ev- in part to studentSusanConder,who the event,from decora- zuggestedthe benefit shift its focus, be cool to have new ery detailof prepa ration. tlons to food seniorsnow benefit.

'T dialn't envision th\ event. It grew out of a collaboration of the class. I wanted to do something for seniors,"Conder,alsothe eventplanJ ner for the IIIE department,said.

"The first time, it went very ra/ell.

We didn't really know what to expect,"shesaid, What hasn't changedover the yearsis the student'scommitment to gathering items a;d finding creative waysto put on the eventwhile spending little money.

"We start with a zem budget.Everything we get is donated. We put out maybe$500," Condersaid.

Those who were lucky enough to purchasea tableat the eventwill have an array of iterns to bid on during the auction, including yoga classes,car detailing, restaurant gift certificatesand paintings.

"We have a lot of hotel stays.

Maggiano's also donated a large item. It's for six to eight pâ&#x201A;Źoplewith a movie and dinner.They get to have dinnerin a privateroom,"Pappsaid.

The eventis soldout for this year, a satisfying sign for Conder.Hickenlooper, along with Meho Plesident StephenJordan and membersof the Metro's Board of Trustees, arâ&#x201A;Ź expectedto attend.

"Make your reservations early for next year," Condersaid.

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"I think if the students are reapingthe benefits,then it's a positivething."

-MELISSATENNANI, METROSTUDENT

"That's not good.

We'repaying for our classes,not to rebuild the schools."

-DENNISVITKUN, . METRO STUDENT

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"Frosty'sFeastis a greatexampleof how our collegestudents

in this communitv are committed to reaching out to thosein need during this holiday season.We are grateful for the leadershipof MetropolitanState Collegeof Denverand the model that thev set as an institution of higher education."

. DENVER MAYORJOHN HICKENLOOPER

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By DANIELWILLIAMS dmartl45@mscd.edu Massivelayoffs,record unemploymentratesand a stagnanteconomy aremakingit tougherfor winter graduatesand studentslooking lor seasonaliobsto find work.

"We havelow economicgrowth.

We are in a recession, and thereiust aren't as many iobs,"Arthur Fleisher,chair of Metro'seconomicdepartment.said.'Unemployment is going up, but it is not like you cannotfind a iob in this marketright now" The nation's unemployment rate balloonedto a 14-yearhigh of 6.5 percentin October,after an additional 240.O00iobswere cut that month, accordingto the U.S.Bureau oI LaborStatisticsThenation'sjoblessrate increased to 6.5 percentin Octoberfrom 6.1 percentin September, matching the rate in March 1994. Employershave cut jobseachmonth this year.

Unemployment has now surpassedthe high seenafter the last recession in 2001. losses are widespread.Facfob toriescut 90,000 jobs,construction companiesgotrid of 49,000 iobs,retailerscut palrolls bj, 38,O00,professionaland businessservicesreduced employment by45.O00,financialactivitiescut 24,000 iobs.and leisure and hospitality fields a-xed16,000 positions.

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found that managersplan to hire, on average,3,7 seasonalemployees, 34percentlessthan the 5.6 seasonal workersthey hired last year.

It soundsgloomy,but there are a few bright spotson the horizon.Colorado'sunemplo5zmenf rate is lower jobsmightbe a bad Youmightthinkthatgoingori-several interviews fordifferent than the national average,with 5.2 yougo on,the morepractice youget,andthe more sign,butthe moreinterviews percent of peopleout of work in youhaveof beingofferedajob. Sostickwithit. opportunities Septembeta decrease of 0.2 percent from August, the ColoradoDepartment of Labor and Unemployment Aska fewof yourclosefrienbs or familymembers forsomehonestfeedback on reported. yourinterview presentation. your resume Friends have techniques and and family Last year at this time, the unyou your interest in best mind and will tell it to Utilize list for straight. of contacts employmentrate was 3.8 percentin purposes. networking Colorado.

"Co to graduateschool,"Metro economic'sprofessorRey HernanWheninterviewing witha potential employer, lt may don'ttalkaboutyourself. dez-juliansaid,addingil.'sa decision your sound crazy, but instead of tooting horn, research own the company beforethe many studentsare making. Tradiyour problem youcan interview and show olf ability ready to solve.

Be to discuss how tionally as unemploymentnumbers you previously. help them the issues researched tackle some of increase,enrollmentsat universities tendto increaseaswell.

Hernandez-Julian added that therearestill somejobsout there- it portray youin the bestpossible DoesyourresLime light?Writinga compelling resume just may take a little longer lor fresh thattellsemployers andrecruiters thatyouarethe bestcandidate forthejob poses g.raduates to find their desiredposiquitea challenge to mostjob seekers regardless of theirindustry or career stage.lf this tion. soundslikeyou,youmaywantto seekout the helpof a professional resume writing Fleisheragreedwith Hernandezservice to helptransform candidate.

Vouintoa memorable Julian,pointing out that if you can gtit into graduateschool.now is as gooda time aseverto getthat second Whatyoumaybe dolngto findajob mightnot bethe samethingthatsomeone else degree. groundwork in doing.

The basic is the each individual same, but eiperiences different Another positivefor future gradthingsthroughout theirsearch.

Whenyou'relookingforajob,youwantto findwaysto uates:someindustries are now tendyourself fromyourcompetition, differentiate soembracethe factthat not everyone will ing to buy out olderemployees makjob in the sameway. land their dream ing high salariesand replacethem with recentgraduates.

FromEmploymentMetrix.com "I have already started to look for iobsonline and around.but there "Hopefully,when I start to look school." dent Miriam Evangelistasaid. "The "If I do not find the job I want, I break is usually when my financial doesn'tseemto be much out there." harder,I will be able to find someMetro businessmajor Mark Selby l hi ng.because i f not,Imayj ustcome may look for a work study job or go aid check comes,so I may live off said. backto schoolor look into graduate back to teachingtennis,"Metro stu- that for a bit."

FIVE TIPS TO MAXIMIZE YOURJOB SEARCH

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Studentrepspledgeincreased communication

By ROCHETLE SMOLINSKI rsmolins@mscd.eo u

students.

FollowingWear'sspeech,the presidentsof Representativesfrom all three schools at eachSGAspokebriefly about the prominent is' Auraria came together Nov 14 for the fourth suesthey aredealingwith this year. annual Tri-Institutional Student Government Meho SGAPresidentAndrew Batemanhas Lunch, discussing the unique problems that many plans for Metro, including making the face the students they represent, while also recently delayed graduate program proposal pledging to work together on campus-wideis- becomea reality. "The Metro Statetrusteesdesues. layed the decision,but they are on board and Rachel Wear, chief iustice of the Student the faculty are on board aswell," he said.

Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board, Parking is another proiect the assembly spokeabout uniting Auraria. will be tackling, hoping to comeup with more "We want to grow a community. We are fluld options for students other than.iust paytluee separatecampuses,but we are one com- ing a daily rate, "Parking is more about student feesthan munity," she said before represâ&#x201A;Źntativesfrom all tbree governmentsagreedto collaborateto parking. Studentshave a placeat the table and find solutionsto problernsthat alTectAuraria's should be approving fees,"Batemansaid.

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Batemanalsosaidthat the assembly would continue to addresstextbookaffordability,an issueSGAworkedon last year that resultedin the passageof the state TextbookAffordability Act which requiresinstructors to know the price of textbooksbeforeordering them aswell unbundle items so they can be sold separately John Bryant, .president of UCD's SGA, is concernedabout the student government'svisibility to shdents. Bryant hopesto increasevisibility and outreach to students.

UCDhas seenmajor growth in its freshman class,and Bryant hopesto get asmany of these new studentsinvolvedaspossible."We want to take the new studentsunder our wing and get them involved,"Bryant said.

Theoverriding goal for Bryant is to increase

the SGAsprofile and makeeverystudentaware of the location of its olfce.

CCD'sSGAPresidentShannaSniderrecognizesthat the role and function of her assembly is different than thoseat Meho and UCD. Robert Kardockus, vice president of the CCD assembly, furthered Snider's thought, while also echoing Bryant's aspirationsfor increasedstudent involvement.

"Being a two-year college,there'sa limited amount of time in gowmment and the dynamic changeseverysingleyear," Kardockussaid. .

Concernsabout the closureof the satellite campusesremaiD for the CCDassemblyThree of the four satellite sitâ&#x201A;Źs, including CCDEast, North and Southwest,are due to closeDec.31 to cut costs.

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I came up rrr'ith the strategy of watching the nes's while hanging upside down some time ago, and it probably r,l'ouldhal'e stuck and er,en slrucli a chord or two n'ith some high-pon'ered individuals n-ere I able to keep the blood, which rvas graduall; building in m1' skull. from overcoming my sensesand nmking me giddl' like a clorvn. I lvas obliged to abandon the experiment.It didn't r.r'ork - not in a protracted sense anyway - but it was mere hypothesisand r,r'elllr'orth the try So thc most effective alternative to physical inversion for valuable news consumption that I have found is to simply wait around until one or two o'clock in the morning. The Big Netr.l'ork is relatively unfastened in the lree hours and a good deal more accessiblethan during the day, lvhen a multitude of dumb vagaries clogs the pipes and renders the whole goddamn operation almost crippled from noise.But you haveto be quick. Read all the news you can before 5 a.m., since that is when the people start to rearvaken en masse and flood the wires oI universal thought with their own paranoid and schizophrenic fantasies and fanciful hallucinatrols about realitl: Which doesn't help an1'one,but here is something that many of those peoplewouldn't know since it deals

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their liles as pitiful stains on the fabric of Afghan societl'.

But of course that is bogus. In truth, most of these people lost their limbs as a result o[ ycars of war and strife and inadequate medical service. and their education has been such that thel- believe phantom beings from some other realm are using them as toys and punishing them for reasons be1'ondthe scope of human justice - u,'hich. aside from the

with reality and does not correspond with their perverted senseof what is happening: about one in every l0 Afghans is crippled and missing at least one limb. Good lord almighty what a

phantom beings part, is essontially true. The United States has becrr punishing villages antl mountainsides in Afghanistan with napalm and gunfire for seven 1ears, and the insurgenc5rhas been planting road-

disturbing statistic.

All of the healthy people in Afghanistan, relatively speaking, look dourr on these poor souls and attri:

side traps and improvised explosives all or,'erthe transportation network as a means of fighting back. Consequentll', many innocent people hal'e

bute their misfortune to some manifestation of God s vengeancefor some terrible thing the!' must hale done to piss him ofl They are outcasts in societl'. Nobody n'ill hire them and few.n ill even looli at them. They are hopeless,forgotten. and will be loved

been blown to shreds for simply traveling about their o$'n countr]'.

But al-tlaeda, as cunning an organization as it is, offers these people

only by their mothers and their dogs until they die of some horrible infection or canccr or whatever else.And what's worse is that they are generally forbidden liom even ounring a dog by the rery God who has cursed them to wallow through the rest of

salvation in the form of a Kevlar vest strapped with explosir'cs.illow headfirst into the nearest ton n or American military encampment and go out in a blaze of righteous fire, instead ol rotting a$/ay in some desolate thirdlvorld crater where the crippled are sure to be mocked and polrdered with feces by confused and terrified ,{fghan children - lr'hich saysnoth-

ing of the prospect of being shelled and shot at by Western invaders who happen to be, at least in part. responsible for the whole goddamn mess to begin u.'ith. Wh5,not?

Yeah, I bet those lunatics on \!hll Streetor e!-enN,IainStreet don't think about thrtt ever]' morning lvhen thel' rv:rlieup :urd buy a $ 5 double latte to help propel them through another day sure to be filled with greed and gambling arrd lu nch breaksand cigarettes and polishedleather shoes.Hell no, who in thei-r right mind would think of something like that?

Nobody. Not rn'hen AIG is asking for another $150 billion to bail its satanic ass out of the ditch and Democrats are fying to give away e\,€n more of the people's mone]' to automal<ers in Michigan to incite consumer conlidence in American vehicles and American values. \4/e have more important things to u'orry aboul in this countr] than Arabian misfortune. regardlessof whcther or not we causedit.

Perhaps. But at 1 a.m., all of the narcissistic little capitalists and their evil goons and their daft little slaves arc asleep and dreaming aboul. investmenlreturnsand their 401k. Thc Afghan whose leg u'as just severedat the knee isn't sleeping though. The last tlring he cares about is your sorry pension.

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NaomiKim takes a breakto smokea cigarette Nov.l3 at Aurariabefore headingto her next class.Kim said she hastried to quit but hasnot beensuccessful.

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Till deathdo uspart The32nd annual Great American Smokeout aims to help studentsquit their addictive habits April Zemyan azemyan@mscd.edu Around the brown leavesand tall buildings of Auraria campus,the crisp fall air is clear and cool.

That is, unttl a cloud of smokeenveloDes each entranceto the buildings.

Studentsarestandingoutsidethe doors,lighting up cigarettesand blackeningtheir lungs.For many, .goingone day without taking a puff may seemimpossibleto most.

But Nov.2Ois different.

AcrossAmerica,peoplewho give up the habit just for that day will receivean abundanceof support, perksand inspirationto quit for good.

The GreatAmericanSmokeoutis a nationwide eventthat is put on by the AmericanCancerSociety the third Thursday of November.This yearmarks the 32nd annualevent.

The goal of the smokeoutis to encourageAmericansto quit smokingfor a day,in hopesthey'll stop forever.

Studentsat Aurariawho participatein thesmokeout Nov.20 will receiveftee "quit kits," information aboutquitting online,massages and freefood.

Accordingto Iulie Mancuso,assistantdirector for campusrecreation.volunteersfrom the heallh professions and nutrition department,aswell asthe recreationclub and health center,will give out resourcesand information.

Mancuso also mentionedthe theatâ&#x201A;Źr group is pufting on a skit aboutsmoking.Shesaidthey hope to giveout 300-400 quit kits today.

Fifty-threepercentof 18 to 24-year-oldstried to quit smokingin 2OO7.accordingto the Centersfor DiseaseControl and Prevention.

"The smokeoutis for everyone,We want to provide resourcesand the opportunity to pick up a kit for lovedonesor friends;everyoneis welcome,"Mancusosaid.

Brian Neu, an education maior at UCD,said he plans to attend the smokeoutand is currently in the

processof quitting.

"I am waiting for the toolsto comein the mail.

I'm getting prescriptionZyban,patchesand gum," Neu said.

Hesaidheis gettinghisaid from the Veterans Administration,which sendsfreeproductsfor quitting smokingfor freeto culrent and former membersof the military.

Neu hasbeena smokerfor eightyearsandsaidhe wantsto quit becausehe doesn'thavetime to smoke and heiust losta familymemberto lung cancer.

RecentlyNeu cut down on the amount o[ cigaretteshe smokes.

He saidhe usedto smoketwo packsa day and is now down to l0 cigarettesa day.

Neu said he thinks that the key to gettingmore peopleto quit is awareness.

"More peopleshouldknow r,r'hatdamageit does to their body,"he said.

In 2007, 13.4 million adult smokersstopped smokingfor more than one day becausethey were trying to quit.

Lee,a psychologymaior at UCD,saidshe Jessica hassmokedfor nine yearsand hasattemptedto quit sel'eraltimes.

"If I got a quarter for every time I tried to quit, I couldbuy UCD,"Leesaid.

She said she started shaking and then gained weightwhen shedidn't smoke.

Accordingto the American CancerSociety,increasedappetiteis just one of the many symptomsa smokerwho quitswill experience.

Thesymptomscan last up to severalweel$, the ACSreports.

However,the ACSalso notâ&#x201A;Źs that 15 years after quitting, the risk of coronary heart diseasefor a former smokeris the sameasfor a non-smoker.

Carson Barker, a Meho psychology major, said he has beensmokingfor a year and a half but has nevertried to stop.

He said working in the stressfulenvironmentsof restaurantswhere causedhim to begin smoking.

However,he doesnot plan to stop,sayingbecause

his girlfriendis a smokerit wouldn't lastlong.

Accordingto ACS,nicotineis iust as addictiveas heroin or cocaine.and smokersmust dealwith the physicaland psychological dependence to quit permanently.

"Cigarettesare more addictivethan crack.The realway to getpeopleto quit is psychological," Barker said.

Barker said be believesthe smokeoutwill have a positiveeffect.

"It's a goodstepin the right direction,"he said.

After a failedeffort in 2007 to completelyban smokingon all CUcampuses, theBoulderschoolheld an earlysmokeouteventthe secondweekof November.

Accordingto RobinKolbie,managerof the community health departmentat CU Boulder,only 6O peoplestoppedby to pick up inlormationaboutquitting at their smokeoutevent.

Kolble,who helpsstudentsone-on-onewithquitting, said it is impossibleto know how many have quit becauseonceone studentquits othersseehow easyit is and quit also.

"I like to think rvorkingwith just one studentaffectsa handful of others,"Kolblesaid,who herself startedsmokingin 2000.

The number of smokershas decreased from 3O percentto l2 percenton Boulder'scampus.

Shesaidshethinks it is becausemore and more communitiesarebecomingsmoke-free and it is hard 1ofind placesto smoke.

"It is hard to quit, but you cando it. Thebestway to do it is to getsupport,makea plan and useasmany aidsasyou need,"Kolblesaid.

Mancusoencouragesall studentsto stop by.She said."it's a great placeto get information.and it is beneficialto take the time to get inspiration - plus, there'sfreefood."

Information regardingquitting, including local resourcesand help lines,can be found on the CDC websiteaswell asat the Hea]th Centerat Auraria,

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LET,SBEFRANCO tomes Froncostorsin the biopic "Milk;' portraying Scott Smith,the boyfrtend of Horvey Milk, thefirst openlygoy politician electedto SanFrancisoBoordof Advisors BYTARAMOBERLY t bm ober ly @ ms c d .e d u '

How iliil you get involveil withMilk?

James Franco: About tvr'osummers ago, I ras in london studying literature through UCLA and my agent called me and told me that Gus(Van Sant) wasgoing to do this movie about Harvey Milk. I guessthey knew I was a big fan of Gus.I iust learnedeverlthing I could about his movies. I'd watch My Own Private Idaho..I grew up in the Bay Area, surprisingly lrnd sadly,I didn't know anything about Harvey Milk.

Ittoking back noru iust a few days after Calilornia passeilProposition 8, a Cdifornia ballot issuethat ilefnes marriage as betweena man anil a ioman, ilo you wish that Milk had been releaseilbelorethe e lection? /F: I lived in LA for about l0 years;I iust morcd to New York.But I votedabsenteein California, and I votedno, Somehowit passed,and it was very close.Milk to me, it's just an inspiring movie.

Sadly,not enoughpeopleknow aboutHarvey Milk. I would hopethat it would inlluencea lot of people.One of the things peopleaskedme was iI it ca.rneout early,maybeit could hara swayed the small percentagethat passedProp. 8. It just wasn't read;zWith this movie,i thir i it's going to be a rolling release.It would havehad to been releasedthreeto four monthsago.

ThisfiIm was much dffirent lhan your past films, What preparation iliil you take? /F: I guessit's differentcauseit hassuchan importantmessage, and it's tellingthe story of a figurewho had suchan importantlife.I felt a hugeresponsibilityto get it right.

That aside,I do a lot of preparation for all my films. On this movie, there were two levels to the research.I had to researchthe time and placein general,andmycharacter,ScottSmith.

Harvey Milk's partner for four years.There's a coupleof key piecesof researchthat.I found.

The Oscarwinning documentaryTheTimesof HaneA Milkand,Ihe book "The Mayor of Castro Street"by RandyShilts.

I went to the director.Rob Epstein,and askedif he had any old filmsfrom 30 yearsago.

He had somefilm of Scott Smith and he transferredit to DVDfor me.That wasa goldmine.

Do you prelerfiIming comeilyor ilrama? /F; It's hard to say,Frsaksand Geekswas lhe first good thing I did. That was

kind of a comedy,but it waslike ne werealmostplayingit dramatically for comic effect.

My characterDaniel, who wasn't necessarilya funny person,but the things that happened to him were funny I didn't really do a comedyagain until PineappleErpress.

That turned out to be an amazingexperiencebecauseI got to work with my old friends again.It's like your iust hangingout, and in the meantime,you'remaking a movie.

It's the best time and you happen to make a pretty good and funny movie. It's hard to find a lot of comediesthat I really like. Milk is a very serious movie,but it was still a greatexperience and a lot of fun. l ll iust do both from now on.

Wastheremtg iliscon{oftkissingkmt Penn? /F: Not really, ifwas a new thing lor both of us. But we both kner,r'thatit wascoming;it wasin the script.Therewasn't a ton of discus- thereusuallyisn't when sionaboutthe scenes I havekissingor lovesceneswith a femaleactor.I'venevergoneto oneof my femaleco-stars and said,'hey we shouldgo practicethis love scenein my hotelroom?'It cameand we did it, and that was it. We didn't discussit like, 'hev you'rea reallygoodkisser.'

Do you think the messageof hope is still relevant? /F: When I was in Californialast weekend,Gusand Lanceand I went to one of these marchesand therewerepeopleof all ages.But it wasgreatto seehow manyyoungpeoplethat wereout there.

It's really sadthat I didn't know anything about HarveyMilk. I wish that they did teach more about who he was aird more gay historical figures.I don't know that that will happen

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in high schoolsanytimesoon,but it can hap penin universities.

I guessalotof peoplearestillreallyopposed to that sort of thing. I think that in the past3O yearssinceHanrey'sdeath,a lot of changesfor the betterhavebeenmade. lust look at the way gay lifestylesin movies havebeenportrayed.A lot of things have changedfor the betterand Prop.8 showedthat thingsstill needto bechanged.

Did making this film give gou a newWrsryctiveonthe gaAcommunitv? /F: I don't lmow.I think I believedin a lot of the issuespresentedin the movie already.

It might havejust reinforcedthem. It inspired me to helpfight for civil rightsfor whoever.ObviouslyHarveyMilk, a lot of his fight was for gay rights, but his exampleshowsthat you caD be inspiring,not iust to peoplefighting for gay rights,but for everyone.

Prop.8: I seeit asisolating onegroup.saying you can't havethe samerights aseveryone else.And that'sjust wrong.This movieinspi.res me to fight for thoserights.

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Cheapshortcuts to word-processing Internet and technologyuse has seen a rise in the last s€veralyears,and with that rise comesa demandfor internet-geared and inexpensivealternativesto traditional softwaresolutions.Here are threepopularalternativesto paidword-processing suites, GoogleDocs (docs.google.com) In the last coupleof years,Googlehas answereddemandto expandits online app offerings to include word processingcapabilities.

In addition to writing tasks,you can create spreadsheets aDd presentations.Shareability of documentsin this suiteis one of the selling pointsto peopleworkingin teams.

Sincemostof Google's appsaretiedin with accountssuchasGmail,its extremelyversatile.

Userscan publish docsto the web and invite others to collaborate.

GoogleDocsalsosupportsimportingdocuments by upload or e-mail. Allowed file ty'pes includeHTML,txt, doc,OpenOIficedocuments, PowerPointpresentationsand evenPDFfiles.

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Documenta ryfollowswizardfanatics,musicia ns BYKARAKIEHTE kkiehle@mscd.edu The following information is prerequisitebackground for viewing JoshKoury's WeAre Wizards,a documentaryabout extremerituals of worship by the most devout Harry Potter fans.

The Harry Potter fan phenomenon is moreaptly termeda religion than a cult.

It's been an insidiouspresenceln international pop culture since Brit children'slit authorJ.K. Rowlingpublished "Harry Potter and the Sorcerels Stone"in 1997,heraldingtoday's young adult fiction r€naissance.

There have been six more books in tle series,all of which havebeen

adaptedto the screenthrough Warner Bros.TheHarry PottermerchandisingempirehasmadeRowlingone of the richestwomenin Britain. and the filmsarethe highest-grossing series... ever, As with any empire, Wmrd, warns, there's going to be corruption. How could Rowling have known that, like Dr. Frankenstein, she and the media godsat Warner Bros.would not beableto control the monsterthey created? popularityof the series Themassirre is duelargelyin part to this kind of networkingmadepoesible via theInternet.

The sub-industry of fan-generated enlertainment that the Potter books' adrnirers has produced has

ledto careersfor the statsof W%ar.ds.

WeAre Wizardsdcxsa fine job of To Warner Bros,. that's trademark illushating consumerismand capiinfringement. The documentary s talismat their most insatiable,but it websiteevenhas a legaldisclaimerto losesfocus and becomesnedlessly protectKoury'sproductioncompany esotericabouthalfway through. Well, perhapsnot "needlessly,"it is about from litigation, Harry Potter fans, like fans of Rowlings'wizard culture, after all. other moviesor TV series.fall in love Imaginative,and sometimestalwith a creativeworld and seekout ented at thet best,dorky and fixated othersof like mind. at their worst, Koury takescare to Wizardsshows how online fan emphasizethesefan activities are all fiction. fan animation. audio nar- in harmlessfun. ratives to accompanythe films and It's apparent early on that Wizevena Harry Potterinspired musical ardsis not fying to appeal to those genre - Wizard Rock - have had as outsidethe Harry Pottercommunity. much influence maintaining inter- Highbrow cultual elitists will conest and generating revenue for the tinue to sneer the legitimacy of the Hany Potter market as the original seriesaway long after this documensourcematerial did, tary makesthe rounds.

WeAre Wizards airs at the Starz Fifm Center Nov. 24 -D€f..4.

Check www.starzfi |mcenter.<om for showtimes.

The subject matter may garner only passinginterest, if at all, Iiom sociologistsand economists.But Iry'd Are Wizards'sentiment and spirit belongs to the Harry Potter zealotsthe documentarycelebrates,who should readilyembraceit.

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SingerSherylReneeperformsasEllaFitzgeraldin the MizelMuseum'sproduction "Musicof Freedom:an Homageto Georgeand lra Gershwin," Nov.13at the TivoliTurnhalle.

Theone-actplayfeaturesmusicwritten by the Gershwinbrothers.HostHazelMiller,alongwith Reneeand LoriCohen,createdthe production. in an effort to showcase the bondsformedby Jewishand AfricanAmericansin the earlydaysof the entertainmentindustry.Moreinformationon the performancecan be found at the MizelMuseumwebsite,www.mizelmuseum.com,

. ByJeremyJohnson. jjohn3O8@mscd.edu

With just a pair of album releasesunder their collectivecap, Clap Your Hands SayYeah is relalivelygreenbehind tle eirs in accumu-

ential elder statesmen,including David Borvie and the Talking Heads' David Byrne. [n other words, these young dudes know holv to make

lated indie years. But you lvouldn't knol'"'it to hear them. N,lulti-layeredand deeplyharmonic, CYHSYis both digitallli angelic and lyrically sinister (i.e. the track ' Lnder This Tidal !!hve of Young Blood." from their self-titled debut, and the single from 2007 album Someloud ?hrndcr,"Satan SaidDance").The quintet of Connecticut Llollege grads has garnered the attention of some of rock ald roll's most influ-

you Clap Your Hands Sa-vYeah. I guess you could say the devil, arld llavid Bowie, made them do it.

11.21.08 ClapYourHands SayYeah www.myspace,com/ clapyourhandssayyeah

It's nice to see lvell-traveled. worldly musicians llke DeVotchka still have time to play for their home-statefans

time to play a handful o1 locat shows in between an aggressivetouring schedulein rvhich they're promoting their latest

cessful l,{onolith

... again. Despite thef recent mainstream success,the Denver foursome.led by lounge-1'.

IvlcGonan-esque hontman Nick L'rata. have remained true to their roots. finding

album, A ll'Iad arrdtuithJit TelIing. the Friday Night Lights series comes on the heels of De\btchka's Hallor.reenneekend shor,r'sand thelr pinnacle

of Dem'er'sbest.

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Long-timeDenverconcertpromoterBarryFey,right,CraigFerguson, and other industryveterans,participatein a paneldiscussionNov.'12at the TivoliTurnhalle.A flockof loyalmusicfanswerein attendanceto hearwhat the panelhad to sayaboutthe currentstateof the concertindustry.Thoughinsightful,the verdicton the futureof arenarockis still out:"There'snot a whole lot that can be done (abouthigh ticket prices).lt'sjust calledtapitalism'andhow you fix thaL well,that'sthe question,isn'tit?"Fergusonsaid.

Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. So fill your flask with brandy and narm up \ .ith a toast to one

11.28.08 DeVotchka www.mysPace.com/ devotchkamusic

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Born Cregg Gillis, the Pittburgh natil'e and engineering student better knorlr'n as Girl Talk is a master of the electronic music st-vle knorrrm as "mash-up, ' and his samplehealy remixes are a fresh spectacle in an overly-saturated and apathetic elecfonic market.

Digging deepinto obrure vinyl and dir,'erting from tlpical fur* and sor samples, it's no u'onPhotocourtesy of wordpress.com der that ctul lblk's kurguage

of danceh'all techno is being recognized all over the nation. including a favorable spread in last month's Spin Nlagazine.

Join Girl Talk s snor,ly slumber parbt and just pmy for an afterhours pillow fight.

12.05.08 GirlTalk

www.myspace.com/ girltalk

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Fromleft: NateSnipe,KevinKniebeland J, LenzarePert'Near.TheMinnesotabasedfolk-rock-bluegrass band put somepep in the crowd'sstepNov.'l5 at Owsleyt GoldenRoad.For more infonnation go to wwwmyspace.com/pertnearsandstone

MOREUPCOMING Like acid jazzon, well, acid, psychedelicChicago-basedband Algernon, using traditional horn and percussionwith exoticvibraphoneand glockenspiel. but cohe: offersfluttering,spacey. siveiazz,$'ith elementsof rock and electronica.

Algernon makes the trip Nov. 23 to DazzleJazz in Denver.Turn on, tune in, drop out.

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. ByJeremyJohns6n. jjohn3oS@mscd.edu ) Democracg.

GNR'slast previousrelease, Chinese pseudo-coveralbumTheSpaghetti Incidenf?,wasthe last recordingincludingall of the band's"original" members,and receivedmediocrereviews.But, according to an interview with recently-acquired manager Irving Azoff, the new release marks a "historic moment in rock and roll."

So many years (and so many bandmembers) later, it's hard to say if the made-over GNR's ChineseDetnocracycan match its lofty expectations. But it's easy to agreethat a lot has happenedin rock and roll since then. Audiofiles break dolvn severalother key moments since 199 3, for both GNR, and the rock and roll world at large.

. ByJeremyJohnson. jjohn308@mscd,€du Oprah Winliey interviews lvlichael Jackson dnqing a prime time television e\€nt. Jackson'g$ist interview in 14 lears becomesthe most-watched interview in television histor]'.

GNRwraps up the monstrous Use Your Illusion Tour, the last of its kind rvith their "original" lineup.

Ninana frontman Kurt Cobain is found deadh hisSeattle home from what is declared as a "letlinlictea" strotgun blast l,o the head. GNR begins its internal decline, and bassist DulT NlcKagan calls the band "splintered.'l Afounding memberof theoriginal "gangsta rap" qrovement and former member ol Compton's N.IV.A., EasyE, dies of complicatiorx duc to AIDS. GNR lead guitarist, Slash, beg,ins touring rvith his side proiect, Snakepit.

Tupac Shakur is killed in a drire-by shooting outside of a Las Vegasclub orvnedbyDeath Ror,r'Record'sSugeKnight, lbllon'ing a boxing match at the fuIGNIGrand. GRN drummer Matt Sorum announces that the band will begin working on another album.

Slash olffcially leaves GNR. The Notorious B.I.G. is shot dead in his ctu folbvdng a Soul Train Auards afterparty The SpiceGhls rule the w'orld of music telelision and sales.A.fter the departure of McKagan, GNR frontman Arl Rose arnounces the new former Replacement's lineup, including bassist Tomrry Stinson, forrner drummer of lhe Vandals, fohn Freese, and former Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck.

Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Brry.kir.rgham Palace. George Michaels is arre*ed fo,r lewd public behavior after an incident rrr'ithan undercover cop in a reslroom in Beverly Hills. Irr an interview with Metnl Hrmmer, Slash announces that hc is looking to work with another "established" lcad singer.

A ne\.v generation ol scxpot performers are born. with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera both releasingdebut albums to minimal critical, but maximum tccnage,acclaim. ln an intervierv with MTV's Kurt Loder, Rose continues to insist a nelv GNR al-

makes a comcback at the House of Blues in Las Vegas.

American Idol debuts in the U.S. on Fox TeleviSion.Kelly Clarkson is named the winner of fhe flagship seasondebut. GNR closes 2OO2's MTV Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in Nen' York City. Slash's supergroup side-proiect, I'clvet Revolver, receivcs critical acclaim after a performance in Los Angeles.

Country legend Johnny Cash dies o[ pneuslonia-related complications. N{adonna spark more controversy after kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2001 NITV N{usic Arvards. Former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott lVeiland ioins Velvet Revoh'er as their lead singer, Joey Ramone dies after a five-yearbattle with prostatc cancer. Velvet Revolver reledses their debut album, Contrabanil, which enters the Billboard charts at No. I and sells more than 25O,OOO copies in the first weck alone.

Pink Floyd announced they would reunitc r^'ith bimer bdssist Roger \,Vaters, who left the band in 1985, for the Live 8 concert in I-ondon. It was the first, and last, time Pink Floy'd played together since lhe lVdll tour in 1981.

Rose has a voice cameo on Rockstar Games' wildly popular Grand Theft Auto, San Anilreas as ffctional radio DJ Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith.

On Christmas day, the Godfather of Soul Jaltrq'Brotu dies of congestive he:rt failure in Ai{anta, Ga. Tommy Hilfiger is carried away by his own securitv after trying to start a ffght with Rose at NYC nightclub,

Youth or Tortoise. l!'e kind of draw not only from music, but also from other areas of the arts, as r.r'ell.And (our name ) is a referenceto the book "Flow-

Univbrsity.The.band started as a fluke, actually I had a gig u,ith another band I was lead-

ll: lVhat about your crowd? What kind of demographic do 11ott usuallg finil plour music ntost appeals lo?

DNI: Delinitely the most prominent demographic are

ing at that time and about a week before the gig, it turned out that some of the people in the band couldn't make it. So I took the opporlunity to writc some nerv music for the shorv, basedon some ideasthat lverc bumping around in my hcad.

So I wrote some music that week and got some guys together. And that s basically the music that ended up on our first album. I think it really reflects the diversity of music that I enjoy listening to and it

ers lor Algernon."

young peoplein therock scene. the jazz scene and experimental music scene.There's a verl'. very large experimental scene in Chicago right now. But lve also play with rock groups and iazz groups, too. I guessit dependson the night. fi: Hate qou ever tourcd through Denver anil Colorado before, and if so, what do yorr

think?

DM: This nill be our first time going to Colorado and lve're really excited to get out there, for sure... e!€n if iust for the scenery and the natural element of it. We've made tered on a windshield. a lot of friends along the r,r'ay Jl: Fronr u,hat I'te reail, and that s part of &-hat got 11otr yourselves evett adnit that it's hard to find a t ego- this tour together.

Also. I'm detinitely a big ry for Algerttott's music, Brrt 1'anof Ron l\'liles.the trumpet roukl gorr t41 urtyhow?

Neopsychedclic- plal'er. I guess he s from the DM: postrocklazz. W-ell. the rvorkarea. !!'e hope people rvill likc ing term wc have non. I guess our music and we hope they'll get out to the shor.r'.The more. the three descriptors on our the merrier.

NlirSpace page are expcrimcntal. indie and rock, which all ends up, in a subconscious rvay, coming out in your music: what you enioy listening to and rvhat influenccs you ... it's just like my brain splat-

doesn't refer really at all to our jazz.But I wouldn t call it 'iazz music.' Because of the diversity of our music, it can rvork in a rock club. it can rvork in a jaz club, it can rvork in an art gallerir It kind of lends itself to \^'orking into a lot of different settings. ll:\\/hat, or who, are sonrc of Alge rnot t's influente s?

DM: Wow that's tough. I would say some of the musical influences n'ould be Sonic

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The Plumm.

Led Zeppclin, sans dead drummer John Bonham, reunites for the lirst time in 2 5

ing intem* mwic dor,,.nloadinglbrever. Slash's Snakepit releases Ain'l Life Gmnil to considerable critical acclairn. .,.GeorgeHarrison dies in Nol'ember alter a].laii.,bout with cancer. A revamped GNR

slated for release Nov 23.

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Onthisdayin 1947,Eagles guitaristloe Walshwas bornin New

Yark,Asosolo artist;Walsh hashadfour

top20 albums,

]ears. in London. Bulking up to eight total members. GNR continues to tour in preparation for the release oI Chinesc I)cnlo :rrl..:A,:rn album in its l Oth year of production, totalling morc than $ 15 million in production costs, The Crarlmy Art-ardscelebratetheir 50th anniversary. Scott Weiland leaves !'elvet Revolver and returns to STP. GNR announces new management, lrving Azoff and Andy Gould. In October, GNR releases their first single in nine years, the title track from Chinese I)emocracy. rvhich is

bum is in the rvorks.

Mctallicirtik'sa lawsuitagainstNapsterirttd other online music donerloading firnrs, chang-

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FIXING, NOTOBAMA-MANIA IN RESPONSE: NEEDS THE POINT: AMERICA

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America, we have a pmblem.

Thereisan epidemicrunning rampant through our sfreets,our homes and our newsreporters:Obama-mania.

Don't worry, I ran a testusing the high-efliciencysearchtool of Google Newsto mal<esurethat my diagnosis wascorrect. I ran two searchesbased on r@entnewsarticleswritten in the pastmonth.

In those searchesI usedtwo sets of key words;the first was "Obama" + "Historic." Nearly 80,000 news resultspop@ up. Next, I searched for "Obama"+ "Revolution."Nearly 8 ,000 newsresultscameup for those two terms.

My research(iI using the Google searchbar could be called research) provedto me that we truly arestupidly mesmerizedwith the implications It of Obamawinning the presidency. news seemsasthough everycurrent story aboutObamais about somehistoric thing he is doing' Of coursehis electionis historic: he is the first African American president€lectever.

What will we hear about next?

The first "historic" shit taken by Obamain the Oval Officebathroom?

What we are doing is self gratification at its worst. Hey.look at us. we electeda black president, aren't we the greatest?

There are nearly 88,000 stories abouthow greatthi: electionof Obama is, u*rile there are only I,000 about the rise in hate crimessincethe elec-

ANDREWFORTIER afortier@mscd.edu tion of Obama. What has happened this month is a defining moment in Americanhistory However,it is progressand doesnot meanthat America asa wholehascompletelychanged.

We easily forget that there are gaysand lesbianswho are not guaranteed basic rights like the rest of us. We forget that the govemmenJis pushing itself ever further into our lives and the way that we live them.

We still havefaults. we must not look past and we must rememberwe have a long,longdistanceto go.

We need to remember that Obama is only a man. This is not a relolution. Unlesswe switched our basicform of government,and wrote a new constitution when I wasn't looking, there wasno revolution.

Electinga new presidentin a democratic election,even one u'ho is an

African American.is nowherenear a revolution.Therewill not beany great changes:Obamawill not createa better,more magnificentworld with a tip of his top hat. He is golngto havethe samedilficultiesas every otJrcrpresident as he attemptsto createa larger and moreinvasivegovernment.

We cannot go into the next four years blindly following a man because he has a pearly white smile and fantasticrhetoric. If we are not careful,we will follow Obamato even more dangerousplacesthan n'e followedGeorgeW. Bush.

It may be dilficult, but we haveto get over the idea that $'e are so great because we electedObama.We must take Obamaoff of his God-likepedestalto make sure that we, and he, know that he is still only human.

If we don't,wewill only continue on the dangerouspath of the past eightyears.givingthepresidentmore and more pol,l'er.The path that leads to a larger and mor€invasiv€government doing what it believesis "best" lor the people,all the while taking more and more constitutional rishts away lrom the averagecitizen.

This is huly a historic time to live in - important eventswill come to passin the ne)(tfew yearsand we haveto be ready The only way to be readyis to get overour collectivecase of Obama-maniaand focuson what we must do to makesurethat our nation is properlyffxed.

PROP BVOTE MILLIONS MANIPULATE THEPOINT:MORMON

Tax-free status0r pllitics,nlt both California'sProposition8 passed last week,due largelyin part trosignificant contributions made by The Churchof JesusChristof Latter-day Saints.Not only did the bill eliminate theright of same-sexcouplesto marry but it further definedmarriage as existing only betweena man and a woman in California.

Ttre definition of rnarriageis not real$ the big questionhere,but ratlrer vvherethelineisdrawnon FirstAmendmentrights.Chwchesandcharitiestraditionallyfall under the federal5ol(c) (3) filing statusas nonprofib and are thereforetax-er<emptTheseorganizations have to lollow strict guidelines nfiere politicsare concerned,and the rule of.thumb is theymay do somelobbying,but not toomuch.

Read the tax code if you want, but keepsomeof thesestatsin mind when you do it: 'Yeson 8' estimates that about 40 percent of its fundirrg came from Mormons alone. LDS boastedthey had raised$lO million through phone banking and other The church usedits infundraising. ner network trees of contacts and membersto spr€adthe word and encourageactivelobbyingof California votersto getProp 8 passed.

The whole situafon reeksof the

DREWJANES ajanesl@mscd.edu smugarroganceLDSand other major religious organizations have in this countrJr So since Prop 8 was passedlast week,all sorts of gay and civil rights organizationshave been up in arms about what LDSdid to influenceCalifornia loters. Theyarestagingprotests againsttheMormon churchin LosAngelesand otherplaces,evenpromoting a boycottof the stateof Utah.

I don't think these protestsn'ill come to fruition though, especially with the unwillingnessof LDSto relent on its poaitions.not to mention the fact that the measurewas voted into law by the citizerisof Califomia.

Protestersshould be appealing!o the IRSand their representationin Washington to getthe tax coderedefinedfor what role theseorganizationsshould play in Americanpolicy-making. achurch losesitstaxOccasionally, exemptstatusand the world goeson.

But i-f LDSwere to loseits exemption overthis Prop 8 debacle.we'retalking about a big change in perceptiono[ separationbetwe€nchurch and state.

TheLDSchurch isbig business,counting approximately60 percentof Utah alone.Justimagine in its membership unleashingall that morality on American policy in onefell swoop.

They of course,realizethis, and that's r,r'hythey create such a giant dilemma.

There is little doubt of the LDS church s value as a charitableorganizationin this counfy but sincewhen doesthe mlue of charity overshadow the nrle of law?Thereis sucha thing as having too much power,and the Mormon church reachedthat milestone a long time ago.It wants to inlluence Americandomesticpolicyt'lfiile simultaneouslyhiding behindthe veilo[ religiousfreedoms.It shouldn'tbeallowed to haveit both ways.ff this closetcorporationwantsto comeout and play,it shouldpayfor theprivilege.

FUTURE, NOV13, ABOUT COUNTRY'S OPTIMISTIC RE:AURARIANS Smolinski Morales andRochelle byBenio I am writingin to point out oneof the few mistakesin the Nov. 13 issue.

Toward the end, when the authors wrote, "For GavinWisdom,voting for the first time was little more than exercisinghis constitutionalright." ls this somesort of loke? Were the authorstr]ring to sneaka quick one by the readers?Or doesthe maiority of today's youth really have absolutelyno ideawhat our Constitution actuallysaysand doesnot say?

The Constitution doesnot guarantee any private citDen the right to votein a presidentialelection. It sim-

ply saysthat the right to vote cannot be deniedby anybodyon the basisof race, age or a few other factors. It just so happensthat all stateshave implementeda statewideelection to chooseits electors. If anyoneactually disagreeswith the fact that there is no ."Constitutionalright to vote," I recommend tley review "Bush v Gore" and, of course, the Crnstitution of the UnitedStatesof Amenca.

Phiiip Coggins pcoggins@,mscd.edu

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SPORTS

"Somehow(Proposition8) passed,and it wasvery close.Milk to me, it's just an inspiring movie.Sadly,not enoughpeopleknow

about Harvey Milk.I would hope it would influence a lot of people."

-JAMESFRANCO in METROSPECTIVE, 83

ZAC TAYLOR. SPORTSEDITOR. ztaylor2omscd.edu

SIDETINE

11.21

Soccer Women11 a.m. vs. Regis @Allendale,Mich.

Basketball Women2 p.m.vs.

Concordia-St Paul @5t. Paul,Minn.

Basketball Men5 p.m, ColoradoChristian vs. DickinsonState @5 p.m.Auraria EventsCenter Basketball Men7 p.m.vs.

Aquinas@Auraria EventsCenter

11.22

Metro midfielder MadisonMcQuilliamsshutsdown MinriesotaState-MankatodefenderKellySadlerSattempt to clearthe ball out of the MaverickSzone Nov.16 at AurariaField.The Mavericksdbalt the Roadrunnerstheir only lossearlierthis season.Metro got their revengeand . cgibbons4@mscd.edu) beatthe Maverick 1-0in the secondroundof the NCAAplayoffs.(photo bycatrlin Gibbons

'Runnersredemption METRO1 MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO O

KATEFERRARO kfenaro@mscd.edu After losing against Minnesota . statâ&#x201A;Ź-Mankato in their very first regular season malch. the Metro women's soccexteam took resengewith a 1-O victory over the MaverIcksNov. 16. at Aurarla Field.

The No. 7 Roadrunners (18-1-3) had a bye in the first round of playoffs, while Mankato (16-4-2) defeated ColoradoSchoolof Mines 3- I. Meho lost to Minnesota State 3-2 in overtime earlier in the season,the lossbeingMetro's only shortfall this year.

The contestwas a tough, physicalbattle to the very end.

The ball was played more in the middle of the field, rather than at the ends, the entire game. The offensefrom each

squadeventualf would break away and by to shine for their team, but the heavy defense would stop them lu their hacks.

The spotlight was on forward Becca Mays. After 2O minutes of fast-paced competition, she scored the lone goal of the game. Mays took a shot about 30 yards out, and the ball sailed right over Mavericks' goalkeeperSheila Reynolds,for Mays' 20th goal of the season.

"It wasa greatshot," head coachA&ianne Almaraz said.

"I thin-k the wind had a little carry with it, and from taking it almost30 yardsout, you don't seethrcsevery often, * pecially in a playolTgame."

The game continued in the middle of the field for the

rcmainder of the first half. The two teamstied with four shots at halftlme. fankato sOepped up their game in the beginning of the secondhali creating more op portunities, and were more on Meho's sideof the freld.GoalkeeperBeccaMaloney was on her toesthe entire game,making sometremendoussavesin the backfield.DefenderNicole Renko is confident with Maloney between the posts and feelsshe's a huge part of the defense.

"I wouldn't imagine anyone else in the back," Renko said.

The Roadrunnersstepired it up and found more opportunitiesbut couldn'thit the back of the net. Toward the end of the game. the Roadrunners

decidedto sit back and defend their goal,insteadof trying for another one.

'We defendedthe last ten minutes of the game," Almaraz said. "When they were pushing numbers up top, we also had numbers drop in. " Metro's shong defense heldtogether,pushingthrough the Mavericks' 13 shots compared to Metro's three in the secondhalf. The Roadrunners won the game 1-0 and will be advancing to the third round of the tournament.

"It was a battle to the very last minute," forward Jen Thomassaid."Weknew itwas goingto be a battlecomingin, and we kind of wanted a little bit of râ&#x201A;Źvenge,so it.was great to getthe win."

After not being able to

play in the Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceTournament becauseof an ankle injury, Thomaswasexcitedto be back in the action. Although her ankle still hasn't fully recwered, she was happy to finally be ableto play.

"It was nice," Thomas said. "I missed it. Hopefrrly next weekend,it lyill be 100 percent;" The Roadrunnerswill face Regis University once again in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournameni Nov 21 on the Grand Valley State Campus in Allendale, Mich.

RegisdefeatedWinona State3I Nov. 16 in the secondround of playoffs.The Roadrunners beatthe Rangers6-0 Sept.21 and in the RMAC championship garnel{ Nov.9.

Basketball WomenI p.m.vs.

Bemidji@St.Paul, M i nn.

Basketball Men 5 p.m.vs.

ColoradoChristian @AurariaEvents Center Basketball Men 7 p.m. vs.

DickinsonState @AurariaEvents Center CrossCountry NCAA ChampionshipsTBA @SlipperyRock,Pa.

"It was a battle to the very last minute. We knewitiryas going to be a battle coming in, andwekindof wanteda little bit of revenge, so it was great to get the win."

Metrowomenb soccerforward Jen Thomasafter the woment soccerteam won the second round ofthe NCAA playoffs.Theybeat MinnesotaStateMankato1-0.

, NOVEMBER 20, 2008' THE A11 ' SPORTS

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Metro,havingwon 19 in the team's 27 total matches.But it also has as beenone of their few weaknesses they tendto relax and allow their opponentsto get back into the game. taking the Minestookfull advantage. game 2l-2 5. second But the 'Runnersbouncedback to takeGame3 25-L9. Howeverthe 'Diggerspunched right back, grabbing Game4 2 5-17. Thisforceda deciding Game5 after Metro had won five of sevenGame 5's during the regularseason.

Minesjumpedout to a 10-4 point lead,but Metro rallied to tie the game at 1,2-12andeventooka 13-12lead afteran attackerror by Mines'Annie attackerrors Auxier.But consecutive endedthe a kill by Serra-Hsu and match and the tournament for the 'Runners.

to NCAAdespite falling at Mines BYERICLANSING u lansing@mscd.ed It might have been the longest 48 hoursMetro'svolleyballteamhas everexperienced.

After a stunning first-round loss to the ColoradoSchoolof MinesNov. 14 in the first round of the Rocky TourMountain Athletic Conference nament, the Roadrunnershad to simrnerfor two full dayswith the idea that their seasonwasover.

The unexpected loss to the Orediggerswas jaw-droppingas the teamrolledthrough their conference schedulewith a 16-3 record. ''Everyonewas iust shocked," Mefo liberoAmy Watanabesaidon the loss. "It was pretty shocking to loseto Mines.We had the gamein our control,but we couldhavecome out and playedstronger."

Metro came into the contestas the No. 3 seedin the tournament, while Mines limped in as the No. 6 seed,having lost their last tlree matches.including a 3-Odrubbing at the handsof the 'Runnersiust one weekago.

But seasonrecordsand previous matchups seemedto be meaningless asMeho fell 3-2 to the 'Diggers.

"Mines was good that day, no question," Meho head coach Debbie Hendricb said. "They got their best playerback,at leasthealthierthan she waswhen weplayedthem last week."

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Despite the early exit from the tournament,Metrohad a verystrong season,and the NCAA Tournament stiil seemedlike a lock. But the upsets continuedin the RMACTournament loit as No. I seedNebraska-Kearney their first conferencegame all year, falling to Adams State in the fust round laterthat night.

Kearney has been ranked in the Middle blocker Lisa Jones attempts a kill against Colorado Chris15 in Division II all season,so top tian Nov, 1, The Roadrunners lost to Mines in the first round of the their NCAA Tournament bid is guarRMACtournament, but still clinched the No. 7 seed in the Central But the loss allectedMeno's . anteed.

Region and will play in the NCAA. (CoraKemp ckemp4@mscd.edu) chancesas someoneother than the Roadrunners and the lopers was Hendricks was speaking of added. going to get an automatic4ualifier lead, took an early The'Runners RMAC All-First Teamoutsidehitter grabbing 25-19. spot.

I byascoreof Game who stepped it ElizabethSerra-Hsu, That meant that Metro'schances 11 attack pounding committed The Orediggers up big for the Orediggers, junior to earn &bid to their ninth straight Lisa while Metro 13 digs. errors, kills and recor<ling out 22 Jones tournament &?s in ieopardy. in win. four kills the had contributed "She had a big day. We "It for was been bliss I's have Game trouble containing her," Hendricks iust crazy on the bus,"

Watanabesaid of the bus ride run home. "We heard that Kearneylost and we thought our season$'asover.

For tr.r'odayson Saturdayand Sunday,we thoughtwe r.reredone."

Regiswon the RMAC Tournament over Mesa State on Nov. 16, giving them the AQ spot. With Kearney's regular seasondominance, they werealsoassuredof a spot.But Metrocouldbe the last teamlooking in from the outside. theirtournaTheNCAAreleased ment bracketon the eveningof Nov 16 and the Roadrunnersweregrven the No.7 seedin theCentralRegion.

It wasa relieffor Hendricks,who hopesthat the team uses that 48hour period, where they assumed they had playedtheir last match. as fuel to head into the NCAA Tournament headstrong: The team didn't know aboutthe invite until Hendrickscalleda team meetingat 8 p.m.that Sundaynight.

The womenfiguredthe meetingwas to turn in their equipmentand call it a season,but Hendrickstold them otherwiseand instructedthem to get readyfor their first-roundopponent.

"We all becameso emotional," Watanabesaid."I started to cry others alsocameto tears.but we all were so happy to still be playing. We had a crappyending to one sâ&#x201A;Źason,now we havea secondchanceto havea better ending to a new one."

The Roadrunnerswill tralel Nov. 8 to St. Paul,Minn. to faceoff against SouthwestMinnesotaState,TheMustangsplay in the Northern SunIntercollegiateConferenceand arethe second seedin the CentralRegion.

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Soccerfallsto Skyhawksin first round There was not much action in the first half, with both tearnscombining for only three shotson goal.

The gamewas tied 0-O at halftime.

In the 64th minute, Fort Lewis defenderfarnie Cunningham stole a MAIS BYVANESSA looseball in the box and put it away vmais@mscd.edu . from 16 yards out for the go-ahead goal. Only a minute later, Metro forThe No. l9-ranked men's soccer ward Ri Armstrong had a shot hit off team lost to No.2-rankedFort lewis the right post.

In the 72nd minute . Metro midNov.13 for the tbird weekendin a row, 0elderStevenEmoryfound Sandquist but this time it wasseason-ending.

The Roadrunnersand Skyhawks on a fastbreak but Sandquist'sshot traveledto MidwesternStatein Wich- went wide right.

"We had more than a few good ita Falls,Texas.forthe first round of looks."headcoachKenParsonssaid. the NCAA tournamenL In a natch where the. defense stood out. Fort "Weiust didn't getit into the net," Metro had many opportunities Lewis needed lust one goal to put the gametoward the end with to tie Metro out of the tournament.

"We did our best,it tust wasn't four freekicksand threecornerkicks 'Runnersmidenough this year,"Metro seniorfor- in the lastsixminutes. fielderChrisYodertook a shot from ward OlaSandquistsaid.

Roadrunnersend seasonT2-7-3, 8-3-3 in RMAC

deepas the buzzersounded,but it wasright into the armsof Skyhawks goalkeeper ZaneWells.

The 'Runnersendedtheir season 12-7-3 and for the secondyear in a row havelost in the fust round of the NCAA tournament.

"We had a pretty decentseason," Sandquist said. " Considering how many seniorswe lost from last year, I don't think we could have done much better."

The 'Runners might not have too much to celebrateas a team, but they havea lot to celebrateindividually.

Metro forward Kellen Johnson was named the RMAC Player of the Year and Daktronics All-Central Region Player of the Year.lohnson finished the seasonwith a teamleading 16 goals and eight assists, even without playing in the post-

season,after sufferinga collarbone lracture Nov. 2. fohnson was one of two playersunanimously selectedto the First TeamAII Conferencealong with Sandquist.Johnsonledthe conferencein points and goals,and was third in assists.

Sandquistwas named to the Daktronics First Team All-Cenft'al Region and First TeamAll Conference, ending his seasonwith 14 goalsand 1Oassists.

Metro hamed two players to the conferenceSecondTeam:midfielder Emory and goalkeeperRyan Vickery Emory was also named to the DaktronicsSecondTeamAll-CentralRegion team.Heendedthe seasonwith five goals and one assist. Vickery endedthe seasonwith a 1.29 goalsagainstaveragemaking 81 saves.

Juniors Hambrick and Pat Lauehlin were selectedto the Third

TeamAll Conference.Also, Laughlin was named to the Daktronics First Team All-CentralReglonteam and Hambrick was named to the second team. Hambrick ended his season with five goalsand six assists.Laughlin is a stellar defenderin the back for the'Runners.

Meho named four players to the RMAC A.ll-Tournament Team: midffelder Hambrick, defenderRyan Brooks, midfielder Emory, and forward Sandquist.

Metro graduates three seniors: fohnson, Sandquist, and Vickery, all three starters. Metro will return eight startersfor their 2009 season.

"We were a little bit undermanned coming into this season," Parsonssaid."But I think oui players surpasseda lot of expectations replacing(lastyear'sseniors)."

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Psychologyis the key to winning, whether it's on the battlefield or on the ice.Psychologymajor and team, but Smileyhas taken the reMetro defensemanErik Smiley has sponsibility. a psychologicallyintimidating presHe v'.ouldalso like to seesome ence.The 6-foot.225-poundSm ey defensive improvements on the easilyoutweighshis tearnmates. team.

"I guess you can say I play a "l feellike our goaltendingis solphysical,grinding style of hockey," id, Overall,our problemis with forSmileysaid. wards coming back and helpingthe He has five points this seas<.rn, defensemen.

Smileysaid." all of which are assists,but statistics Nevertheless, Smileyhas an opdo not tell the whole story when it timistic vierv of Roadrunnerhockcomesto Smiley,In fact,many of his ey. teammatesare u€ary of him during "trVe're working on building practice and try to keeptheir heads .chemistry,"he said. "\A,teare comup. ing togetheras a team.All of us re"I wouldnot like to gethit by that ally makethe effort to hang out alter guy,"forwardTroy Oakessaid. practiceand developthat chemisSmiley'ssize and maturity are try." rare commoditieson this undersized Smiley knows hockey n'ell. and young team. Smileyoutweighs Thirteen yearsago,he learnedhow his second-heaviest teammate,I€to play in lvlinnesota,and played ahy Connor.by 2 5 pounds. club hockey lbr the University of "It's tough with such a young Denl'er, where they have a wellteam.I think about90 percentof our knorvn tradition of winning. guysarefreshmen.n'hileI think Utal Smiley will have a chanc€ to Statehasone guy under24 (vearsof Erik Smiley at hockey practice Nov. 1oth at Apex lce Arena.In his show some out of state teams his age).In that case.it's hard to match second year on the team, Smiley is the oldest player at 24. (photoby grinding style 7 p.m. Nov. 2 1 at . ajaynes@mscd.edu) up strength-wise, " assistantcoach DrewJaynes GeorgeS.EcclesIce Centeri Logan, BradyPeecherexplains.

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'T feel like Smileyis alsothe elderstatesman I have to pass down This may sound like a heavy Smileyalsoplays 8:3Op.m. on Nov. on the team.At 24, he triesto act as some leadershipand try to avoid burden for a player who is only in 22 at The Ice Sheetin Ogden,Utah, a leaderfor the young team. someof the mistakes.I made." his secondyear on Metro's hockey againstWeberStateUniversity.

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BYZACTAYLOR aaylor2pmscd.edu In 1985, Jerry Schemmelleft Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., after fivc years as a baseball plaler and head coach.The former Timberwoh'es'and currenr Nuggets' play-by-play announceralwaysintendedto return to collegebaseball, but it $.asn't until Nov. 10, 2008. that he was ableto get that chance.

Schemmel will be the next head coachof the Roadr:unners.

"Ever sinceI left collegecoaching, I've always thought about getting back,"he said."I've neverbeen happier or had more fun than when I playedand coached."

Schemmel isn't exactly falling back into the world of baseballafter an absenceof more than 20 years.

He had beena ;,outh and high school

coach during that time. and he finarlly returned to the col-

Now back on th€ diamond.

Schemmelis alreadyhitting the recruiting trail and retoolingthe playlegiate diamond two ers' hitting. He believesin a more raditional swing than Pierce,but ]€ars ago as a volunteer assistantcoach at otherthan that tie will keepa similzu N{etro under lbrmer formulato try and repeat,or improve head coach Bobby whom he hds kept on on, lastyear'ssuccess.

Pierce.

"I rvant to get the gu]rs to play his staff for the 2009 Pierce departed season, with greatintensityand executethe the Roadrulners after The new head fundamentals."he said."I think we h'vo years, including coach will be busy can do as good or better than last a record season last y6ar." in the upcoming spring, leaving a new . Metroheadbaseball season, as he will Doing betterthan the 2008 seawinning pbilosophy coachJerrySchemmel. remain the Nuggets' son may not mean matching last of Metro) in the baseball pro- (Courtesv announcer for home season'swins, but iust getting the gram. games, a position hc team to hit their shide at the right "He did a fantasticiob." assistant hasheldsince1992. time. Despitethe loss of sluggers coachBill Bradysaidof Pierce."He's "I al ,-ays wantedto be a baseball ReeceGormanand JakePalmer,preyoulg, and if I werein his shoes,I'd broadcaster, but it kind of just hap- venting a late-seasoncollapselike sayyeah to a great opportunify in Di- penedthat I got a chancein basket- last seasoncould mean more in the visionI ball,too." ball first," he said. long run.

Pierce left Denver for Indiana "[t's a really solidtearn.We'reiust Along the way, SchernmelmarUniversity-Purdue University Fort ried Diane,his wife of 23 years,and missinga coupleof big sticks,"SchemWa]'ne after resigning from the pro- raisedtwo kids: 16-year-oldMaggie mel said. "I tust thirk we needto be gram Aug. 15. Interim head coach and 9-year-oldRyan, who is already playing our bestbaseballat the end of GrantBirelysoonioinedPiercein In- getting excited about playing the the season,not the beginning," diana, leaving lust the two volunteer girme. coaches, Brady and Schemmel. "l could see right away that he was a i,cry valuable part of the team," Schemmel said ol Brady,

Cross-country reaches first NCAAtourney BYZACTAYLOR ztaylo12@mscd.edu Four yearsago, Metro coach Peter Julian started the cross-counfy program liom scratch. Now, his steady buildup of recruiting and practice has yielded the first NCAA Tournament berths for the men's and women'ssquads.

"It's always easy for a team to send one or two individualsto nationals," Julian said. "But for both teamsto go. it showsthat Metro is committedto success."

Last season,Roadrunner Antho ny Luna madeit to the NCAA Championshipsasan individual,the season in ll'trich Julian had hoped to have the full men'ssquad.Now the team will leavefor Slipper_v Rock Universit_vwithout their star runner, who will stay home with a stressfracture.

"We'dratherhavehim than not have him," Luna said."But ].ou get a better response from the restof the team when a teammategoesdorrun."

The men'steamhas showntheir depthby beingableto continuewithout Luna,cappedby a fifth-placerun in the 10,000 meterby ToddTolentino, who is the leaderof the team, accordingto the coach. \,!trere the men were expectedto make the NCAA Championship,the womenwerea surpriseevento Julian, who rrvasthinking nert year for nationals.This season,they finishedNo. 5 in the regionto makethechampionship,a I Gspotjump from last year.

"It's not so often that teams transformthemselvesso much," Julian said. "It's somethingI've never seenasa coachor athlete."

The team is led by freshman DanielleKehoe and senior Chelsea Rutter,the top two }letro runnersin the CentralRegion.

AlthoughChelsea Rutterand her sisterTaebrookecame to the t€am Irom Washington,Julianhasbuilt his teamslr'ith a focuson localtalent. "lvlostteamsare pretty healy on the internationalside.but we feellike thereis plentyof talentin Colorado," Juliansaid."It wasour visionto build the programthe right way."

The programs coach is excited to seehow the NCAAberthsincrease his ability to recruit talent for future lears and his ability to build on his current success. "lbu hopeto usethis asa catalyst to bring in moretalentand continue to chip away at the top prograrns." he said."Nexttime,I think wecan go and surprisesomefolks."

Both Metro teams travel to Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania Nov.22 for the championship.

The men will bring Tolentino.

BriceYoung,facob Schuman,Zach Mares, Brandon fohnson, Scott Ingramand RickBogatay.

The womenwill takeKehoe,both Rutter sist€rs,VeronicaAlbo, Shanise Hamilton, Xenia Floresand Morgan Thomas.

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By KATEFERRARO kferraro@mscd.edu team Metrowomen'sbasketball lost their home and seasonopener against Minnesota-Moorhead6256 Nov. 14 at the Auraria Events Center.

The Roadrunners began the game in the first half a little slowly, shooting only 28 percent from the field, compared to the Dragons' 42 percent. They racked up a number of turnovers right from the start, not beingableto work with a decentpassing game.

At halftime,Minnesotawasleading 34-22, and continued their momentum to grab a 38-26 lead $'ith 12 minutes left in the game.Then Metro pickedup the intensity.goitig on a 2O-9run, and making a comebackto tighten the game46-47.Yet the Roadrunnersmisseda layup and two 3-pointerslate in the game to comea$'aywith the loss.

"We're going to learn from it," iunior guard Leandra Sands said.

"Next game, we're going to learn how to come out harder. [t's only one game,soall we haveto do is iust grow from it, pick up our mistakes and continue."

Last year, the Roadrunnerswon againstthe Dragons75-71, but senior forward Megan Sinclair believes it's hard to comparethosetwo games. especiallywith how dilTerentthe team is this year.

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"I think if you're an athlete, you're an athlete whether you're a freshman, sophomore,iunior, senior," Lappesaid."You cometo play; you cometo win. It was an eye-opener for a few of our players,and now I think we know n'hat it's going to take to win, andweiusthaveto bereadyto bring it both halves."

SophomoreAlyssa Bensontore her ACLand will be out for the whole season. Benson logged signficant minutesscoring5l fieldgoalsand 19 ' 3-pointersin the 2007 season.

The Roadrunnerswill travel to St. Paul,Minn., to faceBemidjiState Paul Nov.21 and and Concordia-St. 22.

"It's a tough trip," Lappesaid.

"We're goingto facea coupleteams that are similar to this. We have Concordia-St,Paul who was a top (enterMeghan Reftke triesto stop rightgoes netwhile Metroguard Jasmine Cervantet team last year-they're big. They edu) 62-56.(LinhNgo. Ingo@mscd Illetrolostto Minnesota-Moorhead Events Center.

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battleson boardsin 1-1roadtrip in Minnesota Basketball more physicalHuskies19-15 on the day, which may be a sign that the Roadrunners improved a category that plaguedthem for most of last Metro'sbasketballteamlookedto s€ason.

Out-reboundingSt. Cloud State their seniorleadersin splittingtheir openinggamesNov.15 and 16 in St. also allowed Metro to win the battle points15-14.Takof second-chance Cloud.Minn.

Meho headcoachBrannon Hays ing advantageof thosepointsaddsa points to seniorsJesseWagstaffand seconddimensionto a team that alMarquise Carrington as his go.to readyshootsat a high percentage. guysfor the 2OO8-2009season.

In addition to a longer. taller The Roadrunners dropped their team,Haysfeelshe has more depth, openerat St.CloudStateNov.I 5, but which could make the 2008-2009 team starting guard Carrington kept the Roadrunnersa betterdefensive gameclose,scoringa careerhigh I J than lastseason. '"We're a bit bigger,more athletpointsin the 82-71loss.

Hayswas proud of Carringtons ic, havemore depth than last year's effort, but the rebounding might team,"Hayssaid."l think ne can be have been the key factor that the better than last year's team defensivell'." coachwasfocusingon.

"Our guys really competedhard In the secondgameof the rveekend. I etro'sdefenseheld their own on the glass,"Hayssaid.

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Crookston.Forward Wagstaff nas scoring the leadingman on offense, points-Is from beyond 27 coming the arc.

FellowseniorsCuiseppeCiancio and LawrenceBillings added nine points apiecein the contest, displaying veteranleadership, "That's always good to have experience,"Hayssaid.'And the newer guys are picking things up real quick."

With five seniors securelyset in the starting lineup, the freshmen and incoming transferswill haveto quickly adiust to the gamein order for Metro to become a dominant force.

SeniorforwardDanielBassadds more veteran leadershipup front, along r,l'ithsurprisingrange on his iump shot.

Theseniorscombinewithnr€ additionsto the rosterin guardsReggie

Evans,Brian Nlinor,DonteNicholas and lorwards MenepthaDarden and NelsonEkeh.

"I'm curiousto findoutwho's going to emerge,"Hayssaid."It's a versatileteam;we'vegot someguyswho

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