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ByNicGarcia ngarci20@mscd.edu Bryan Andersonhasthree brokrin hands.Both of his legs are broken, too. But no cast will fix these flaws. His limbs and digits are madefrom metaI, wires arid rubber.

Anderson, a triple amputee and lraq War veteran, is as independentas they come.

He lives life on his own terms.

Neither the Iraqi insurgents nor the roadside bomb that claimed both of his physical legs and his left hand can hindd hb sprit. Perhapsthe only thing that can stop him now is technologr, or the lack thereof.

An avid skate- and snowboarder, wear and tear come naturaly to his prosthetics.

But with the help of students in Meho's indushial design deparhnent,he could one day take advantrge of inproved technology.

Shrdentsin assistantprofessor of indushial design John Wanberg's class will be worHng all semesterlong to research, develop and create new products for Pride Mo - products that could .bility make life easier for people, such as Anderson, with disabilities.

Anderson graduatedfrom a Chicago high school and took a job with American Airlinesin 2000. He was 19. Andersonsoonfound himself living a mundane life, He'd wake up, go to the samejob, then go to the samepool hall with the samefiends afterward.

"There wes no variety," he said. He looked at his op tions and decidedthe military would be his best one. Anderson could koephis job and return when his duty was ov€r, as if he never left. He enlisted onApril26, 2O01.

Anderson was scheduled to shipout on Sept.11, 2001.

That morning he, along with the rest of Amerlca, woke up to the termrist attacks on the World Ttade Center.Oneword kept. running througb his mind: "fuck."

It was the fear of the unknown that got Anderson.

BryanAnderson, an lraqWarveteran,speaksto membersof JohnWanberg's Andersonisoneof a fewtriple' industrialdesignclassFeb.9 at theTivoliTurnhalle.

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'It ftEsn't about explosions or nrar." he said, "but how we weregoing to live."

Anderson spent the next year in basic training, In 20O3, he was told he was gging to haq. Anderson's first tow lasted about a year. As a mi.litary officer he helpedcap ture dozens of high-ranking haqi officials wanted by the United States.

He returned to the states thinking he and his comrades wereout of harm's way, But eight montlis later he was ordered back. This tirne things wercn't so easy.

"We diiln't get it ... it was more dangerous," Anderson said.Roadsidebombsand suicide bombers became a part of daily life, Andersonsaid.Iir one day as many as 60 road-

side bombs made by Iraqi insurgentswent off in a six-mile radius. "We had alwaysgotten lucky," Anderson said.

On Oct.23, 2005, hisluck ran out. While doing a round of mobile securitychecks,Anderson lit a cigarette.He took his first drag when a roa<lside bomb exploded.His legs and left hand were blown of[. So was a part of his right fore-

arm. Half of his tattoo of a black widow spider.remains.

He lost the top of his right in' dex finger. IIe was awakeduring the entirr experience.

His fellow ofrcers pulled him out of the huck in about 3O seconds, Anderson said.

Flies floclad to Andersons faceas if it were coveredwith manure. Insteadit was blood He fried to brush the flies off with his left hand, but only an empty slee\€brushedhis face.

The zurrounding soldiersurore masks of agony Anderson looked down and saw the re. maining four inchesof his legs.

"Do you ever think I'm gonna get laid gain?" Andersoniokedwith the soldiers.

He passedout in a helicopter ride back to bis basein Baghdad. He woke up seven days laler at Walter Reed Army Hospital.

Anderson's prosthetib left hand is an agedyellow-green.

His rubber thumb is ripped hom using a manual wheelchair. His right hand is mugh.

His fingerniils are brittle and unkempt. The base of that thumb is inked. Green shorts swallow his stubs. His smile is wide and his hair is black, with a pink higttlight.

After 13 months of rehabilitation, Anderson received extensivecoveragein the media. It was his cover story in Esquirethat caught the attention of Dick Mclane of Pride Mobility. After speaking with 'Anderson.Mclane askedhim to be spokesmanfor Quantum Rehab,a divison of Pride Anderson was using a wheelchair made by Quantum at the time.

Since then Anderson has been Eaveling acrossthe counFy pitching Quantum's products,educatingthe public about living with disabilities, and encouragingpeopleto live their livesto the fullest.

"There is still a lot of awareness that needs to be raised about people with disabilities," Mclane said.

Quantun takes care of most of his needs.Anderson gets to t€st new equipment and any repairs neededto his are taken care of. His prosthetics are madeby a different company.

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Andersonhas no regrets,and he has never pondered the existential "why me."Heneitler damnsthe day he was "blowu up" nor takesadvantageof his work with Quantum.

But there arestill struggles.Prosthetic legsare heavy- it takesabout 50Opercentmore energyfor Anderson to walk - and cause rashes.

Wheelchairs, both powered and manual, could be more comfortable and fashionable.

Col |ones, director of product desip for Pride, said his company is not looking for the next great invention at Meho, but rather to foskr imagination and engage with the next generationof designers.

"This is as closeto real-world experience aE $r€ can get," Wanber$ said."This is betterthan anything we (professors)can come up with ourselves."

The school will gra.dethe products, but Pride will review all submissions.The participating shrdents will owu all the rights to their designs and products,Jonessaid.

"Tlre end result is not wby we're here,"Jonessaid."We'relookingforward to a lot of inspiration." hide pr,oducesit€ms such as wheelchairs, both powered and .manual, scooters,lifting devicesand ramps.

Iftte Bonczelra l/treEoindushial fuign seoior,saidshe'slooltug fdnard to the goirt for two reasons.

Firs0stre wasinspiredby Anderson,and second brthe rcalwuld operience Anderson spokeFeb.9 to Bonczek'sclassand a crowd at the Tivoli Ilmhalle.

"This is everything I want to do," Bonczeksaid. 'Tt will be a challengg to comeup with senslhing new."

She said she'll be working around the concept of the manual wheelchair.

Kristen Nelson, also a Metro senior in the industrial design program, echoedBonczek.Shesaid she is excitedto createa product for Anderson.Shesaidshewill incorporate his activeMestyleand come up with a more durable wheelchair. Nelson said she has alwayswanted to make products to heip make people'slives easier.

Andersonthinks he has an exciting life. "I do all soptsof crazythings, I've got to meet cool people.I don't know how you can't havefun doing what I do." he said In the last few years, he has guest-starredon 'iAll My Children" and "CSI: NY." He shares a scene with Golden Globe winler Mickey Rourke in "The WreStler,"and he's working on a new movie.

He;s equally happy about the small things. "I don't have to worry aboutcutting my toenails anymore," "I don'tseethis asa tragedy."he said.

"I'm different, there is nothing about me that is handicapped."

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By Caitlin Gibbons c g i b b o n 4 @ mscd.edu Auraria Campus' PoliceDepartment continuesto grow with the addltion of two new officers.

Iast spring, the Auraria Police had funding for 22 officers,and three of thosespotswere vacanl 4s6s;ding to Chief John Mackey of the Auraria Police, the colleges have supported an additional sergeant and ofrcer, bringing the force to 23 officers.

After the schoolshootingsat Virginia Tech in 2007-and Northern Illinois University in 2008, conce.rns grew about the small number of police patrolling campus.

At the time, Auraria only had 19 officers on a campus with 43,000 people,making the force 24 ofrcers shy of the number of officersrecommendedfor a population that size.

Thereshouldbeone olficer lor every I ,0OOpmple on campus,Deputy of Policejohn Egansaid.

Fifty percent of the funding for one position carne from UCD,as the force has talen over responsibility of paholling the two UCDbuildings locatedolTcampusacrossSp€€rBoulevard.

UCDwill pay the force $25,OOO annsally. ACPD took over patrol.August ling the buildings in after the Democraflc National Convention and, for this year, have received $l6,0OOin funding.

The Auraria CampusSalety lqitiative recently receiveda $50O,0O0 grant bom the U.S.Departrnent of Justice,which will bp paid over three years, The Auraria Police will receive

AurariaCampusPoliceOfficerSamMaeswritesa parkingticketfol anexpiredmeterFeb.6 at Auraria.Maessaidthat carbreak-ins, theft andbicycletheft aredownbecause of moreon-dutyofficers. . christus@mscd.edu Photoby GabrielChristus S60,000 or€r the next three years Iiom that grant. Auraria Policewill usethosefunds !o zupport detectives, an adminisbative sergeant and officers involved in the victim services program.

Like the rest of the campus,budgeting is still an issuefor the force.

ACPDwon't know wbat the deparnnentt budget for ndt year will be until all three schoolson campus ffnalizetheir budgets,Maclteysaid.

Schoolsacrossthe state are facing large budget cuts in the wake of the large deficit Coloradois facing for the 2009 fiscalyear.Meho alouewill hale $2.5 million cut from their state funding.

"The budget is being reviewed daily. and adiustments are being lnade wherever possible,"'Mackey said. "It will be a month before we

know what we are really looking at engrn€€ring technology maior, is a long tirne student at Auraria and has with budgetcuts."

The stateallocatesmoneyto each alwaysfelt safeon campus.

"There is a good police presence college based on enrollnent. With that money and other funtls, such as here. lve never personally been a tuition and parking fees,the schools victim of crime ou campusand have jointly fund campuspolice. nerrer heard of anyone else being a The national averageat four year victim," Branstettersaid. institutions is three ofrcersper 1 OOOunder the Clery .difirs'lnlice, students,accordingto a 20o4 report Act, are required !o keepa log of all from the U.S.Departuent of lustice. crimes that happen within their juWith the 23 officers on the force, risdiction.

The Clery Act also requires Auraria is still well below the recomhigher-educationinstitufions to give mendednunber of ofrccrs.

Despite the fact that Auraria's timely warnings of crimesthat repreforce is small for the population it sent a tlreat tothe safetyof students serves,studentsfeelsa-[eon campus. and employees.

Shawn Gamity, an accbunting Auraria Policealso keep a daily major at CCD,said that she has al-' crimc -blog that tracks all repord wayslelt safeon campus,evqnwhen . i4cidentsolr campus.View the crime attpndingnight classes.. . ' .:- , blog at www.ahec.edu/campuspo-.

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Specialelectionhitssnag

By Caitlin Gibbons cAibbon4@mscd.edu

mitted after a vote.

Aadrew Ba0eman,president of government Metro's student Metro's Student Government Aswill not be holding a special election to sembly,attended the board meeting fill the vacant student position on Feb.4.

"I do feel that it is vital for there Meho's Boardof Ilustees. lacy Pickens,the former student to bea studentvoiceat the tablewhen trustee,resignedfrom the positiona decisionsare made."Batemansaid. week beforethe spring semesterbeThe student position' on the gan. "It is unfortunate for tle posi- board can only be filled by an election," Pickenssaid." I decidedto take tion, in accordancewith Colorado this semesteroff and work full time. Statute23-5tl-102(3).

I was olTereda great iob and with so The vice presidentpositionsas people many out there looking for well as a senate seat are currently n'orK I couldn't justify not taking filled by interirns. Both positionswill this opportunity." be up for glectionin.the neit general The student trustee is a non-vot- election. ing memberof tire board and cannot Andre# Cepeda,ElectionComsaidthe SGAis sit in executivesessions.However,the missionChairperson, student trustee is allowedto address lookinginto whetherit can combine the board beforevoting, rtrereas all the special election into a general other public commentary is only per- electionlater in the spring.

"The timelines that are in place do not allow ample tirne to hold an election that is fair and well reoresented,"Cepedasaid.

SGAmet on Feb.2 and Feb.9 to discussa plan of action to fill the vacant trustee position. A specialelection could not happenfor at leasttwo weeks,as candidates must have all the necessarypetitions and paperwork filed 15 daysprior to a special election.

SGA is also requircd to give the student body ample notice of a vacant position.

However,.aspecialelectionwould only filt the vacant board position for the remainder of the year, and another general election would be neededto find a replacementfor t}le next term, Currently, senate bylaws, spe-

cifically Article VI, section2, prohibit studentsfrom submitting more than one form of intent to ru-n in a given year.

Evenif a replacementwere elected for the vacant board position for the remainder of the current term, that replacement would be pmhibited fbomrunning again in a general election.

SGA awaits an interpretation from the election commissionon the bylaws.

They hopethe interpretation will allowthemto combinea specialelection and a general election into one, It would beone electionwith two ballots,explainedCepeda.

Pendi4g the result of the interpretation, which will be cletermined within the week,SGAmay be ableto hold a generalelectionin April.

46 . METRO . FEBRUARY12. 2009 .THE METROPOLITAN . TIIIS JUST IN: Apples.not caffeine.are more efficient at wakins l'ou up in the morning.

Budget in limbo

Braclng for impact As the economy skids off the road, and Colorado's funding for higher education crumbles under collapsing tax revenrrâ&#x201A;Ź,Metro is fastening its seat belt.

By Andrew Flohr-Spence spencand@mscd.edu Metro's bare-bonesbudgeting sincelastfall shouldcoverthis year's lossin state funding, but next year's budgetlooks even thinner, the college's administration reported last week.

Metro PresidentStephenfordan and his staff outlined plans to deal with aknost$8 million cut from the college'sstatefunding overthe next two yearsand warned that Colorado could take away evenmore.

Revisingrevisedbudgets Speakingon Feb.5 at the monthly meetingof Metro'sTrustees,Jordan and staff updated the governing boardon the college s changing financialsituationand told of toueh timesahead.

From this year's budget,Nfetro hastogivebackabout$2.9millionof $49 million in statefunding.Mosto[ this would be corered by the money savedby not hiring any new faculty or staff per Gov Bill Ritter'sOctober announcemenl of lhe state'shiring freeze,VicePresidentof Administration anal Finance Natalie Lutes told the board.

Any more needed would be savedby only making essentialrepairsinsteailof plannedremodeling, purchasing or y essential equip ment and cutting other minor costs, shesaid.

Things look even slimmer for next year.

Colorado'slatestbudgetproposal for 20O9to 2010 (beginningluly 1) leavesMetro with about $5 million lessthan this year - and the state may haveevenlessmoney l,utessaid.

Colorado'snext budget forecast is due out in March and, if there is more bad news, the state may have to cut more from Metro'sfunding.

Lutes said the more than 11 percent already cut in fundhg would set Metro back to its 2OO7-2OO\ funding levels,around $44 million, and the collegehas severalhunrlred more studentsnow.

"The challengeis therehasbeen enrollment increases and other things that make that very dilficult to meet," she said.Metro'sspring enrollment is up aknost 7 percent

this semester over past spring, and enrollment is projected to continue to increase.

Next year, more cuts will be

TOWN HAIL MEETING Metro PresidentStephenJordanwill host a town hall meetingfor the Metro community to discuss the current fiscalclimate.At the meetinghe is setto proposea setof cuts accordingto eachdepartment.

needed in addition lo the hirine freeze and cost containment.

Some money will be savedin salaries, Lutes said. The college's stalf, along with all state employees,lost I to 3 percent in yearly inflationary pay raises and the decision has not yet been made if the faculty and administration will lose theirs.

But more money needs to be trimmed. The office of administration and finance will be working with each of the vice presidents and deans in the coming monlhs to locate areas each department could simplify its olrrations, for instance, where existing staJTcan take on additional responsibilities,Lutes said. |ordan said because some areas may need more people than others,

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percentmore funding with threequartersof the number of studentswe have.This is part of the issuethat we'retrying to overcome.Sowhen the governor choosesto not use the funding formula as also a way of going down, that is to try and create equity, this is the kind of disparity that

resultsfrom a public policy perspective."

- METROPRESIDENT STEPHEN JORDAN

they $.anled to be able to w,ork with each department "to get the people where n'e need them. "

Communicationessential Dialogue betn'een the various departmentsand the administration $/as the key to isolating where money could be saved,fordan said.

He said he intends to keep each department informedof the situation. and wantsdepartmentskeepingthe administration informed of their needs,he said.

The presidentwill meetwith faculty and studentsFeb.16, spending someof the town hall-format meeting to explain what is going on, but leaving much of the time for open discussionwith the audience. fordan said his officewill also be communicating externally: aggressivelyactive in presentingto the legislatwe, the media and to the public Metro's case- that the collegeis falling behind in funding compared to other schools.

Metro had finally gotten a little extra from the state to make up for the inequality,and now l-becollegeis backwhereit started.

Coloradohighereducationstatistics show Meho getslessstatemoney proportionallyto other schools.The presidentsaidhc hopeswhen further budgetchangesare made,Colorado legislatorswill considerMetro's last

placein per-studentstatefunding. presidentofthe LynnKaersvang.

Faculty Senate,agreedthat Metro had long been treatedunfairly and saidJordanwas handlingthe situation well.

Kaersvangalso said the president wasdoinga goodjob keeping the faculty informed in the process of makingdecisions.

Shesaidthe administrationwas sendingher e-mail updates and both Lutes and Academic Affairs Vice President Linda Curran had made presentations to the faculty to keepthem informed of the latestnews.

"I really love that the faculty are being involved in the process this time," Kaersvangsaid. "The faculty really appreciatesit. " Giving her report to the board, Kaersvangsaid if the faculty &d not receiveits so-called"basebuilding" payincreases for next year,it advises against going ahead with the proposedpay-for-performancebonuses for teachers with high end-of-year evaluations that have been more than four years in the making, and were slatedto beginthis year.

Kaersvang said the loss of the yearly salary increasesfor all faculty would cormpt the reward system

and shouldbe put off until basesalary increasesresumed.Studieshave show"rthal bonuses in an economic downturn promote favoritism, and the extra money also makespay levelsbetweenstaff unfair,for example givingoneteachera $10,000bonus, while the next teacherwould receive lessmoneythan the yearbeforewhen adiustedfor inflation,shesaid.

In that case,the faculty wouJd work with the board on how the more than $2 million set asidefor the plan could bestbe usedin an alternative way this year,shesaid.

tinue movingforwardwith the planning of the lt{etro neighborhood. a multimillion dollar project that would seethe constructionof more than fir,'enew buildingsto createa lletro-specificareaon Auraria.

Raj Khandekar,a tenuredprofessor of management,saidhe agreed the schoolshouldpresson with the plans despitethe cuts in moit other areas,includingpossiblyhis pay "You have to keep dreaming you cannot give up your dreams," Khandekarsaid after the Feb.4 Faculty Senatemeeting.

"You alwayshave to adiust your Exploring funding options dreamsto reality, but the world lives Areasthe collegewill not becut- on hope,Wall Streetliveson hope... ting include Meho's planned growth whether the economicsituation is and programs aimed at alternative going down or up we still have to plan so that if and when conditions funding, Lutessaid, The office of development,the improvewe are ready to go." department responsiblefor raising Jordan told the board that his private money for Metro, as well as olfice was looking into severalother the college's Alumni Foundation funding options for the coming year, would not have their budgets ef- and tlat in the coming month he fected. will narrow down the college'sop"We still need to make sure we tions and report back his findings to have ... people out there getting the board. grantsand doingthe thingsthat will After the state'sMarch budget make us less reliant on state fund- update,Lute's olEcewill preparethe ing," futes said. revampedJuly I budgetfor presentaThe collegealso hopesto con- tion at the Trustees's May meeting.

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Projected budget still up in the air

By Andreru Flohr-Spence spencand6mscd.edu

said, including capping enrollment, or raising tuition abovethe state's allowedlevels.

Metro could facebudgetcuts in Both measures would require addition to the $5 million proposed legislators to rewrite the statâ&#x201A;Ź statin Januar)4 utes in theseareas for the first time Dependingon the state'sMarch in the college'shistory. revisedbudget,more money may be Limit'rng enrollrnent would cut from higher education. change Meto's state mandate as a "I'm not going ta say (the state collegewith openenrollment,;anopbudget) could get worse, I don't tion Lynn Kaerwang, president of think it will get better, but we have the Faculty Senate,agreesthe school to know that this $5 million could needsto look at, "I have no idea how change after the March economic - we've never done that before,but forecast," Vice Prâ&#x201A;Źsidentof Adminlooking at it is really important," istration and Finance Natalie Lutes Kaersvang said.

-Raising Metro's Board tuition would require the told of Trustees.

'We're not sayingthe $5 million is state to rewdte its laws limiting the all that it could be." maximum yearly tuition increasesat If enough money can't be found 7 percent,and couldalsocomplicate the number of Pell Grants for Metro elsewhere,or if the budget gets cut any more, radical changesmay need students.The state requires Pell-elito be considered," Metro President gible schoolsto cap tuition increases Stephenfordan said. at 5 percent.

In the coming months, Metro Jordan said they would be lastofficialsivill discussalternativefund- resort options, but if the college ing options with higher education couldn't find the money, then they oltcials and state legislators,fordan were "ootionswe haveto consider."

Metrorankslast in funding EyTaraMoberly tmoberly@mscd.edu_ Comparedrvith other schoolsin the state,Metro receircs lessstatefunding per student than other colleges, leadingmany to askwhy the collegegetsno lovefrom the legislature.

In the FaIl oI 2OO7,Metro had 20,523 resident undergmduate students and received $49 million in funding. At five other four-year institutions in the state -Western State College,CU-Pueblo,Fort kwis College, Adanr State and Mesa State - the combined undergrad populationwas 15,300 students.pspdingfor those schoolstotaled $80 million.

For the 2OO7-2008 school year, Metro received $ 3,028 per studentfrom the state,lessthan the other five colleges.In comparison,Western State Collegereceived more than twice asmuch, taking in $ 7,82 I per student.

"This is what I'm talking about in terms of the equity question," Metro President Stephenfordan said at the Feb.4 Boardof Trusteesmeeting."It is hard to argue that it is fair for thoseinstitutions to receiveabout 60 percent more funding with three quarters of the nunber of studentswe have.This is part of the issuethat we're trying to overcome.So when the governor choosesto not use the funding formula as also a way of going down, that is to try and createequity,this is the kind of disparity that resultsfrom a public policy,perspective."

This year,Metro receivedan 11.2 percentincrease general in fund money,aimed at catching the collegeup to the level of its peer schools.The increase,the largest

givento any schoolin the state wastakenbackoncebudget cuts were announced, Ieaving Metro to fall behind again.

Others at MeEo havejoined lordan in cliliclzing the funding process,pointing out that it is Metro students who pay the price.

"Not only havewe (the faculty) beenheated unfairly, but our students are being treated unfairly. It's Mebo's studentsthat are being treatedlike choppedliver, I mean [they] are not getting the services[they] should be getting," Faculty SenatePresidentLynn Kaersvangsaid at the Feb.4 Faculty Senatemeeting.

While changesaren't likely to bemadenow giventhe "extreme" budget situation facing the state, Kaersvang saidshehopesthe legislatureremembersthe cuts it made when future budgetsare formulated.

But accordingto stateRep.Mark Ferrandino,DDenver,the statedoestakeinto account the per-studentfunding when makingdecisions, "The desireof the legislatureis a goalof getting everyone to the medium of their peers.Giventhe budget constraints, it's iust not possible.Giventhe conshaints with K-12, corrections and Medicaid,becauseof the process, you (higher education)tend to take larger of the brunt of the pain becauseyou don't have the sameprotections," said Ferrandino.who is a member of the ColoradoState Joint BudgetCommittee.

"The problem with the budget system is that there is very little flexibility. Uilfortunately, higher ed is one of thoseplaces,We'vedone everything possibleto avoid cuts," BvanDreyer,spokesmanfor Gov.Ritter said.

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A simpleconcept:a pieceof frilly paper,delicious batter and healryicing, servedup asan individual frâ&#x201A;Źat.

But at TheShoppe,a culrake meansmuch more.

SinceJanuary2008, the storeat 3103 E. Colfax has offeredoriginal cupcakeflavors,an eclecticcereal bar and a relaxing spacefor a sweet-toothedpublic. . "The fust year we weneflying by the seat of our pants," Emma Skala, co-owner and pastry chel said.

Skalaopenedthe storealongsideTran Wills, The ShoppetMved throug! supportof the Denver community pigrybackedon a novel idea.

"We weren't expecting it. We iust wanted to do somethingcool,"Skalasaid.

The creativity for all of the cupcakescomesfrom another basic idea: the urge to taste something the owners want to eat. The Nutella cupcakeis a prime example;the chocolatehazelnut spreadis one of the chef's favorites.

What lies behind the kitchen's innovation of sugary delights is experimentation. Skala tries any fun combinations she can, includirlg a work-in-progress beercupcake.

Corntantly innovating the culrcake'simage as a plain pastry, Skala has flipped, filled and topped the tiny dessertwith asmany things asshecan thjnk of.

The Shoppedoesn't forget classic flavors either.

Their most popular cupcakeis Oreo, followed closely by red velvet,chocolatepeanut butter and vanilla.

There alreso many assortmentsof the tiny cake, that the eyesget lost just looking at them.

For the upcoming Valentine's Day. The Shoppe introduced a $12 dessertpackagefor couplesthat includestwo cupcakes,two chocolatâ&#x201A;Źcoveredstrawberries, and two large cupsof milk, tea or iuice.

Customerscan also order a dozen mini cupcakes of any flavor 24 hours in advance to give to thet sweetheart.

The Shoppeis orpocting a busy night and customersarc encouragedto reservea tableon Valentine'sDay. normallyrangefrom $ 1.50 to $4, Singlecupcakes dependingon size.

For those with a sweet tooth not interested in lovey-dovey concepts, The Shoppe introduced a "ThingsThat Hurt" cupcake.Small,pink plastictoys shapedlike grenadesand knives are baked into the jumbo cupcake,which is topped off with black icing and red sprinkles.

No matter how damaging the last relationship, there'snothing better than creamyfrosting and a large glassof milk to wash down the bitterness.

Vegansaren't left out either. Ten specialty cuF cakesare gluten-freeand almond and rice drinks are offeredas alterna[ves to milk.

Munching on coconut cream cupcakesis just a part of what The Shoppeoffers. Iocal artists and designersshowcasetheir talent next to the menu of pink letterspainted on the wall, FriendsKali Mathias and Katie Ware spent some tirne at The Shoppeplaying Monopoly and eating cup cakes.Mathias. a DU student, took Ware out to The Shoppefor its overall rare quality.

"It's a goodidea and a unique ahosphere. That's all you really need," Waresaid.

For Mathias,The Shoppebrings back her childhood; enjoying a bowl of cereal and playing board gamestakesher backto the early years.

In the morning, teenagersfrom EastHigh School walk two blocksto get a taste of the 18 kinds of cereal options.Count Chocula,Popsand Cap'nCrunch all join the kids for much tastier option than bland toaster pastries.

Recliningblack leather chairs allow customersto kick back with their bowl of cereal,cupcakeor collee

TV and enioycartoonsand movieson a flat-screen .The youngstdrscan grab some toys to play with while adults can flip through the creativebook collection.Forlatenight fun, TheShoppeis openuntil 2 a.m. on Saturdays.

Although Valentine'sDay is around the corner, Skala said she won't be giving out her sweetconfections as gifts.

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I. too, was oncc appalledby the fashion senseof many young women on campus.

Wearing four-inch-heels in snow doesnot seemvery sexy and/or practical,nor doeswearing Uggsel,erseemlike a good idea to me.

I mean. maybe if you are chilling in a ski lodge r.r'itha cup of hot cocoa,but certainly not nrith a denim mini skirt in summertrme.

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Although the aim of the film is clearly fepinist, the film simply plops the same onedimensional female charactersyou might find in "CheerleaderCamp MassacrePart 5" (the bad one, the fat one, the brain, the tattletale and, of course, the butch matron figure) into an all-grl cabalistic seminary in the holy city of Safed,then forgetsabout them, It's not heroine Naomi's fault (Ania Bukst€in) that her delivery is stony and bland tbrough 96 percentof the movie, Blame the writer for drawing an unengaging character with only one motivation: to be a master of arcane, Rabbinic wisdom like her father and her fianc6.

Naomi has to be coaxedinto any other action by her new BFF,the slight$ more daring rich girl Michelle (Michal Shtarnler).

Anouk (FannyArdant, of "8 Women" and "Sabrina") is a local Christian murderesson her deathbed,and her shadowypastis the only inJectionof hot blood that "S€cr€ts"gets.

Madonna may havesexedup both Catholicism and fudaism at the turn of the century but religion has alwaysencouragednrle breaktng Ph$oaopherGeorgesBataille calls religion inherentfu sexy becauseprohibition denotes

"The se<rets" airs at the Starz Film Center Feb. 6 - 12. Check www.starzfilmcenter.com for showtimes. Photocounesyof www montereymedia.com what's forbidden- and the forbiddenis always more atEactive.

- But "Secrets" has an irritating habit of spelling out, in regular, pedantic dialogues, what exactly theseprohibitions are. For exarnple,family is more important than learning the Talmud, and God doesn't like visible unhappiness.This can all bevery educationalfor a non-

Jewishpersonnot in the know but it's far from entertaining.

Halfway tbrough the movie, the theological-feminist ball is dropped in favor of lukewarrn romance.The link betweenNaomi'scarnal selfdiscoveryand the crifique of sexismin religion is tentative, at best, The good news is the love story givesthe actors a chance to act,

instead of reciting the sigpificanceof various, mystical sitr-purging rites.

All in all, "The Secrets"merits a watch for its va.lueas a culhrral study.The architecture and streetsof SafedareparticularV interesfing, But if you're loohng for romance action and inhigue, look elsewhere.

footsteps AuthorfollowsDarwin's Byr.T.Barthelemy jbarthe3@mscd.edu Thlo greatmen wereborn on Feb. f2, 1809, but onb one will be fet€d in 39 countrieswith more than 536 e\Ents.

Feb.12 marks the int€rnational celebration of science and reason, and Eric Simons'book "Darwin Slept Here" is a perfectway to get into, and be a part of, the spirit of CharlesDarwin this month.

Darwin spentyearshaveling the world,climbingmountains,crossing jungles, exploring continents and cataloging speciesin a way that's still usedto this day.In "Darwin Slept Here," Simonsfollows in the route of .

Darwin's own "Diary of the H,M.S. Beagle."

Simons' writing style reflects enthusiasm for Darwin and for life. 'surf in While in college he would the morning and hike the mountains in the evening fior sunsetsand star eazing." During a six-month postgraduate wilderness trip in

Darwin had explored. A lot of Simons'prose is as varied and mlorful asDarwin's.

Darwin's letters to his wife contained verbiagelike "with my pistols in my belt and geological hammer in hand, shall I not look like a grand barbarian" and "ten milesin I took to counting deadarmadillos for amusement." It turns out Patagoniais quite a desolateplace.

Simons never fails to get us in with the indigenousnessof being on such an adventure.Darwin laid the templhte, but Simons respectfully takeshis own road, When he getsto remote Patagonian towns such as Port Santa Cruz he lets on "when it comesto placesto stop first in small Patagoniantowns, travelersare a bit starvedfor choice."

Even in such remote places, if Darwin was there chancesare there is at leasta one-roommuseum,or an epic musical celebratingDarwin, the BeagJeor its voyageand crew.Simons searchesout local professors,out-of-

or friendlystuSouthAmerica,Simons"washedworkflshingguides, up" in Tierra del Fuego, where he caught the Darwin bug.

As Simons intended, his trek took him to many of the exactplaces

dents to get the presentday feel, relevanceand respectthat Darwin has throughout South America. It may be that the Spaniardsdiscoveredit,

but Darwin gavethe arealife.

In Rio de Janeiro,Simonsis taken moreby the beautyof the mountains and jungle as opposedto the bloated German tourists who are off to explore the Copacabanain Speedos.

He local$/ho meetsup with a dreadlocked hikesup to a mountaintopwith hnn, exp€ssestlrat it is his favoriteplaceto smole a ioint andsuggesbthat Simons bring his friends."They will love the viewl" It seemsmore than hlaly that Darwin lickeda toada time or two.

Brazil also had Darwin encountering slavery,Something that Darwin the abolitionist saw not as a gand plantation lifestyle, but with this observation: "if the misery of the poor be causednot by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin ..."

Simons concludesthat Darwin had il right when he describedthe effectof traveling asone that should "teachgoodhumoredpatience,freedom from selfishness,the habit of actingfor oneselfand of makingthe best of everything,in other words, contentment."

In case you were wondering, President Abraham Lincoln shares Darwin's birthday.

Thefather of evolution,CharlesDarwin, is the focus of Eri< Simons'newbook"DarwinSleptHerel Aurariawill be hosting5 celebrationof Darwin's20(Xhbirthday from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Feb ofwww.calacademy.org.

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Cupidisflyingthroughthe air,sling alike.Capturelove'sspiritwith t 6s Improvement' District is hosting Chocolite Tour. event will be take place from 1O

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The.$orlil FoodBazaar,242HavanaSt.,will havechocolate.fromindia. Solomon'sEuropeanMarket& Deli, 1939 Havana St., rririllbe featuringchocolatefrom Lithuania, Russia and the Baltic region,including the famousBogatirConfectionery Factory in Mosco$'.

The English Teacup, 1930 Havana St., will have chocolate from the Ns;tle and Cadburl' companies in England. Neijashi Textiles:rnd Gifts will featureTurkish chocolate from the Ulker Company and Katherine's French Bakery, 21132Havana St.. will have dark and rvhite French chocolates desisned bv chef Katherine Pappas.

Gayle Jetchick, executive director of the HBID, said that the idea for the chocolate-tasting event was something new that should be fun ' "We have so many neat international markets we want to showcase,"Jelchick said. "It's a free event. Peopledon't have a lot of money to spend right non."

The erent will olTertastesof chocolatesfrom milk to dark.

Jetchick said. and each piece of candy will be offered with water or a salty cracker alsa palate cleanser.

Jetchick said rhe World FoodBazaar and NejashiTextiles& Gifu would be offering sugar-free chocolates to taste as well.

"I threw those in because r,r'ehad several people that love chocolate but can't have the sugar," letchick said.

Chocolate of the sea Cousins and co-o!\.'nersDiana Ayala and Lisa Mavroudis hare bee.nrunning IVlermaids Bakery and Pie House for just nine months. This will be their first \hlentine's Day. 'l{tl-of thq holidays have been really fun. This I think is going to be a little bit different than the other holidays because everyone wants something a little more personal," Mavroudis said.

The bakery fills special orders r,l'ith tw-o day's notice, Mavroudis said, so orders that need to be fiIled bv Valentine's Dav have been pouring in for weeks.

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Joining them in this exhibition will also be artists from The Madden'sperinanent collection, including Albert Bierstadt, Colin Cambell Cooper,RobertRauschenberg,FiladelfoSimi and JMWTurner.

There is a specialValentine'sDay sneakpeekon Feb.14th, with a dinner and desertextravaganza.

In addition to the exhibit, foodand handpickedchampagnes' guestsof the sneak peek will be invited to take a twn with a paintbrush and paint live nude models. for the eveningstart at $45.

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Photoccturtesy of muskremedy.com P.OS.is doing so good; in fact he . couldn't be better. Neither could his third solo album.

MP: First of all, tell me a little bit about the album.

The title setsthe bar a little high, don't you think?

POS.: Nope,I don't think so.As far as this record as a whole goes,it is easily the best I've ever done - from both a lyrical and productionstance.You can hear the work that went into it - well I can anyway.Also, I think it's a goodtitle. It fits the tone of the record.

MP. How will the albrrmfli6s. fi'.m . lrdition(PO.S.' last soloalbum) and the Doomtee stu{I? P.O,S,:The differencebetweenthis record and Auititon is just growtlr I think.

I've matured a lot I think as a lyricist. (Ardition) is still goodto me, but without really thinking about it, I've kind of stopped wdting so inward and tumed it out at the rest of the world. Newr Better is more about the big dreamsand lessalnut the little battles.Thedifference betweenthis and the Doomtreerecordis huge.When Doomtee getstogether,weneedto makeroom for every persona-lityin the crew and that's a goodthing, I think, but it's iust going to be a totally dillerent situation.This is the mostfocusedI've everbeenfor a remrd. I had an end goalin mind and I got closerto it than I eler havewith any of my solorecordsbefore, MP:Where did you draw inspiration from for Never Better?

RO,S.:Asidelrom the norma] stuff,I drew a lot of insptuationfrom my mom and her officejob (that) she doesn't love ... also. my son and his battle

. ByMattPusatory.mpustor@mscd.du through school.It sucksthat the norm is laborfor bucks instâ&#x201A;Źad of labor for love. I know that's iust the way it is, but that was a big part of the writiDg on this record.I think the overall feelk hopeful.

MP: Auditionleahtxeda lot of interesting guestappearances.Are there any specialguestappearances on this record?

P.O.S,:Specialto me for sure.Judah(Nagler),from a band calledThe VelvetTeen.I think he has an amazingvoiceand he lent a lot to (the title track).

AIso,lason Schevchuckwas the singerfor one of my all-time favorite bands,Kid D1'namite.He sings on a songcalled"Terrorish."And Dessaand Sims from Doomtreedid a verseeachon "Iow Lieht I-ow Life."

MP: Tell me about the special-edition packaging. Was that an idea to get people to buy the physical copy instead of downloading it? Why did you decideto do it?

PO.S.: The artist is Eric Carlson.He's one of my favorite artists in the Twin Cities.We iust lond of went back and forth with ideasuntil we landed on this interchangeablecover, loose, insanit5ridea. I wantedit to be kind of confusing,like the way Radiohead'sOK Computer campaignwas.All random and cool,but tWistedto fit the style and soundof this record.

MP: You'replaying here in Denveron Valentine's Day. Do you have any surprisesplanned for the holidayshow?

PO.S.:Not yet. but I do loveDenver,so it's fitting.

MaybeI will buy Denversomeflowersand candy,or makethem a card.

"Thisisthemostfocused l'veeverbeenfora record.

I hadanendgoalinmind andI gotcloser to rt thanI everhave...before."

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. ajaynesl Photos byDrew..Jaynes @mscd.edu ABOVE:TheRougefrontman JoshuaVaught reachesfor a high note Feb.6 atThe Hi-Dive,during a song from the Denver . bandt EP,IheSummerVoices.TheRouget debut fulFlength album is slatedfor releaselaterthis spring.

BEIOW,FROMLEFT:GuitaristAdam Call,Vaughtand bassist JackEganplay to the crowd Feb.6 at The Hi-Dive.The Rouge will continuea stringof localgigswhen they playan all-ages show Feb.20 at The MarquisTheater.

Never BetterTour featurinq P.O.S. w/ Doomtree's Mictlan, Sims.

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At leastone bandmembermust be an Auraria studentwith a valid semester ID.Thesubmissiondeadlineis lUarch20 and winnerswill be announcedApril 8. Foursemifinalists will beselected to perform a paid set at the Tivoli Commonsoutdoorstage.For more information contactthe Officeof StudentActivitiesat 303-556-259 5 or go to http://studentactivities.mscd.edu,

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new arcumrevrcws DANAUERBACH,KEEPIT HID Last year, The Black Keys releasedtheir most successfuland experimentalalbum to with the help of the date, AttackandRelease, multitalentedproducer and mash-up guru DangerMouse.Now The Keys' lead singer and guitarist Dan Auerbachis getting backto his roots on his first solo album, KeepIt Hid. Auerbach pulls out all the stopsand obviously relisheshaving freereign. The album includes vocal harmonies, bouncy organ lines, somedeepbassrills and deft drumming, even in the absenceof Keys' other member,drummer and producerPatrick Carney.

Auerbach is clearly comfortable in the contemporary blues genre, and he showsit in zuchtracksas "[ Want SomeMore" and "The Prowl," both of ntrich are as fuzzy,greasyand lowdown as ever.

But the real gemsonKeepIt Hid comewhen Auerbachputs asidehis pedal board.On the opener"TroubleWeighsa Ton," a lonesomeacousticballad, Auerbachenliststhe helpof his uncleto supplybackingvocals,which givethe songan almostcountry twang. It is a big stepaway from The Ke,ys,but it managesto showcaseAuerbach'stalents and provehe is not just a one-trick pony.

Whether it is dirty and loud or intimate and heartbreaking, Auerbach puts many sidesof the blues,and himseli on displaywith his solo effort, and alsoalfirmshimselfasoneof the genre'snew masters. . By Mp . PhotocourtesyofChristineCool

TIIEBEITD ASTEROTDS GALAXYTOUR. AROUIVD The Asteroids Galaxy Tour's debut ff Around,the Bendis alive with myriad influences spanning the ages. The four-track release pays homage to sfles from the '40s through '8Os the and satisfieslike a full release.The Danish sextet has managed to amass grand appeal in an incredibly short time. Around the Bendis fitll oI relaxed beats accompanied by clapping and cowbells that will surely get

Down and out becauseyou don't harrea datethis Valentine'sDay?Well,stop

by Lion's tair Feb.l3 for a pre-V-Daypick-me-upwith one of Denver'sgreatest up-and-comingtalents,The PseudoDates.One part The Zombies,one part Nirvana, one part sugar kissesfrom a hummingbird, their infectiousbrand of in&e pop music will tal<eyou to a placewhere it doesn'tmatter if you're unsure about calling that girl back. On the precipiceof their debut, full-length album, due later this spring,The PseudoDateshavewelcomeda fourth membecTaylor Rice,into the fold to provideatmosphereand extra guitar goodness,for an even fullersound.Soif you can't land a datethis week,don't missThePseudoDates.

They'll beyour Valentine,at leastfor a setor two. . By Clayton Woullard . cwoullar@mscd.€du

w/ Bluebelle and ThePseudo Dates companiesthebru",yr"utio,,rrl"olJlf :l",i:ff,1:?'.T;:*ifil".m:- TheGoochi Boiz ditional voicethat rivals Amy lVinehouse's.

Lars Iversen,the mastermindbehindAGT,workeddiligentlyto createa 2.13.09 pop-infusedsound that r.r'ouldhaveits own unique qualities,beforeacquiring the vocalgeniusof Lindberg.If the BruceAishermix of "The SunAin't Shining No More" doesn'tgetyour asson the dancefloor,checkyour pulse.If you reallyenjoyAGT'sjarns,and I know you will, their nentERFruit,is hitting the streetsin April' . By Robert Dominguez . dominrob@mscd.edu

THEVONBONDIES. LOVE,HATEANDTHENTHERE',S YOV In their secondmaiorlabel release,Iove, Hate and Then There'sYou,The Von Bondies have produced a decidedlymore coherent and consistentalbum than 2OO4'sPawn Shoppe Heart,Tbe only problem is that might not havebeenwhat their audienie was looking for. This is especiallytragic as their prethis was a rock band vious album suggested that could sulk and bounce,simultaneously wavingpom-pomson the field and smoking underthe bleachers.Unfortunately,whilethe new cheerssoundgood,no one will beaccusingthem of beinggreat.

It seemsasif lasonStollsteimerand companyspenta little too long listening to what peoplesaidthey wantedand not long enoughlisteningto their own guts.The first songof the album,"This is Our PerfectCrime,"evokesthe sheer,wonderfultbrill of driving with the top down on a Fridaynight, headed towardGodknowswhat. But from that promisingbeginningwe find the temposhit a certainrhlthm and pretty much stay there.Sowhile the songsare catchyand the refrainsstickin your head,one can't helpbut noticethat suddenlythreesongshavegoneby- and with them goesa little bit of VonBondiesrock credibilitv' . By stephanie Decamp . sdecamp@mscd.edu

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8 p.m.@Lion'sLair,56,21+ BYDEATH MURDER Revenge,lost love and prison breaks:theseare the topicsMurder By Death engagein their songs.Iead singerAdam Turla paints portraits of the desperate and the derangedwith his brrics,while the band mixespunk-rock energywith fohnny Cashattitude, topping it all off with a cello.

On Valentine'sDay,Murder By Death will bring their devilish tunes to the Bluebird Theater.If mushy love songsand chalky, heart-shapedcandy aren't your ideaof fun, comecheckthem out. . ,, ",

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8 p.m.@TheMarquisTheater, S1O,AA NAPPYROOTS release NappyRootsis hitting the streetsagainafterthe much-anticipated Billboa.rd which debuted at No. on the their delayed albumThe Humdinger, 7 of Kentuckianshaveparted rap charts.Sincetheir lastalbum, WoodenLeather,the R. Prophetandhavestarted AtlzmticRecords and with now solo artist wayswith (Nappy It seemsthat they Roots Entertainment Group). their own label,NREG group, get creatively flourishingpast n'ill not let anything in the way of their previous performances. albumis full Nappy Roots' new their alreadyimpressive After rhymes that are entertaining loreveryone. of homegrown,Southern-style theh Humdinger The Humdinger is out now and driving current severaldelays.

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You can count me out of the populist rhetoric when it comes to executive pay Surely tar?a]€rs have a right to be angry at the use o[ their hard-earned money going

help is hard to lind.

Does this mean executive pay is always perfectly in line with supply, demand, e(ficiency and needs?The alswer is no. The fact is when you

responsible to their shareholders.

Holrever, if you have a bad executil'e and you fire him instead of paying him to leave, the executive n'ill fight and you get a lot of chaos and disor-

to corporate bailouts. Hor,taver, all the talk that executivesare overpaid only covers up the government's in-

are a corporate executive of a large company you are in charge of billions of dollars. So getting a few million to manage several billion really sounds like a pretty good deal. But if management fails to manage well, then it's the company's fault. It is not

der, which is bad for the company.

So instead, you pay the executive to go away and the sha,reholderscan install a new executive. This r,t'orks because the shareholdcrs get a neu'

adequate management of the bailout. As much as rve poor folk like to show malice to those richer than ourselves, there is actually no good economic reason for it.

Ironically Obama's executive order to cap the salaries of corporate executivesis the best lt'ay to end the bailout. This may sound odd at first, but there are solid incentir.esbehind this a.rgument. In order to end the government bailouts, there needs to ije a disincenlivelor the companies to accept the bailout. lVell, limiting salaries is a massive disincentive to . receive govermnent bailout money.

The investors are better off kicking the bad executiveout and bringing a good one on board to Iix the company. The public's anger should be directed at fonner Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former President Georgelli Bush for encouraging bad management - not corporate board-

ROBERTDRAN rdran@mscd.edu Allthe talkthat executivesare overpaid only c0vers up the governmentrs inadequate managementof the bailout.Asmuchaswe poor folk Iike to show mailice to those richer thanourselves, there is actually no good economic reason for it.

ispretavailablecorporateexecuti!'es ty small.On the flip side.thereare a lot of companies out thcre looking for goodGOs, so if you needsome goodmanagement,)'ou haveto pay rooms. for it. In a freemarket,corporations First, it's probably best to explain punish other corporationslor paywhy corporate executir€s get paid so too much or too ing their executives much. The reason is there aren't a lot of executivequalilvpeople.For little.Toomuch and the companliis all the I\,[BAsout there,thereare still lesseflicientthan its competitors.If too lew peoplewith the skillsandex- theypaytoo little,then the executive perienceto run a multi-billion-dollar hasan incentiveto leavefor another company.As the sayinggoes,good corporation;thereforethe supplyof

the gover[ment's responsibility to patrol er€ry company to make sure they are not overpa!'ing. In fact. the reason we have this financial crtsts is that the go!€rnment has gotten too involved with how the market rrr'orks.Government promotes poor management of companies. One greatexample is the failure of the Securities and Exchange Commission to stop Bernie MadolT - the guy lr'ho made off with investors' money Investorshave the lalse belief that they don't have to monitor the company becausethe SECis doing it for them rvhile the SIIC is actually in cahoots with Bernie rather than the inves'meant protect." to tors they $rere So, you might ask, u'hy do bad execulivesget paid so much money?

Good question. Bad executives get paid a lot of money to leave companies - golden parachutes. If you are in a high-demand market, then 1'ou have the right to demand a certain amount of financial secuity. If things go wrong then the company simply pays you to go away. Executives have a lot of poll'er, but they are

man in charge with no boardroom tighting and the executive gets paid for his time and avoids a corporate war, poor execuWho thought tive management could be solved through bribes? Just because there are bad overpaidexecutivesout there, that doesnot mean a monopoly-the government - needs to make things more eflicient. The concept of large companies taking away jobs is simply incorrect. The fact is more than half oI all jobs come from small business. Most sources of information put it at 80 percent of total jobs.

I will agree, though. taxpayer money going to bonuses for boneheaded executives is insulting, Ne\'ertheless.this is not the corporation's fault: it is the government's. Paulson and Bush are the ones to blame for handing out this monel'. The bailout rvas a horrible idea. There is already the FDIC, vyhich federally insures bank accounts in case a bank collapses. For you and me there is no reason to bail theseguys out. Luckily, Obama is unintentionally killing the bailout with the limits on salaries.

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their lOth lr{etro forrmfil lesse I,lbgstatr r€€eired Rocky' itrfountain Athletic Cmference Player of the Week Feb. 9, eaming hls s€cond weel$ conlercnce alt"ard rhis 6easo1.WagStaffleadS Meto in scoring and rs bounding ftrs season'with 17 poinb and 7.3.rebounds p€r gam'e,Wagstaff made four 3-poitt field goals againstlltniv€rsity of l.tebraska at f,?arney ln a time span of four niinutes.

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By Kate Fenaro Kenaro@mscd.edu Metro men's basketball team's on a l0-game winning streakafter cruising past Chadron Stateand University of Nebraska Kearney Feb. 6 and 7 at the Auraria Events Center.

The Roadrunners( 12-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,18-3 overall) openedthe gameagainstUNK (4-9 in the RMAC, 7 -73 wev all) with a slamdunk by forward NelsonEkeh in the first 20 seconds.A free-throw shot from forward Donte Nicholas and a lalup Iiom Ekeh, gave the Roadrunnersan early 5-O lead.

The two teamsexchanged the lead throughout the beginning of the first half until guard Marquise Carrington scored on a iumper, giving Metro their biggestadvantage of thehalf at 23-15.

UNK forward Drake Beranek is one of the top scorers in the conferencewith 433 points,averaging21.7 points per game. Metro's defense shut down Beranek, forcing him to scorehis fust points of the gamewith sevenminutes left in the first half.

"He's a phenomenal player,"headcoachBrannon Hays said of Beranek. "Our guys did a great joa matching up to him, knowing where he was at throughout their offensive possession.

Hats off to the team using a collective mind set to slow himdown."

Meho expandedtheir lead with a 3-pointer from forward Daniel Bass. providing the Roadrunnerswith a 42-31 lead at halftime.

IV[ehoincreasedtheir advantage in the secondhalf to 24 points, when forward Jesse Wagstalf scoredfour 3-pointers in under four minutes, with 14 minutes remaining in the game. The Roaclrunners' biggest lead was 28 points with three minutes to play at 8O-52.Metro won the game 82-60 making it their

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Metro guard Donte Nicholasleapsthrough the defenseduring a game against Feb7 at the AurariaEventsCenter.The Roadrunnersdefeated Nebraska-Kearney the Lopers,8260, capturingtheir 1fth straight win. PhotobyRyanMartin' martirya@ mscd.edu I 0.hshaight win.

"It's really exciting," Nicholas said. "It's good to see all the hard work paying off, It's actually coming through now so it's really exciting," Hays believes in taking it one day and one game at 'he doesn'tthink a time, and the win againstIINK is bigger than any other game.

"We're iust excited we won our last game," Hays said. "Our goal is to win the game that's coming up and

learn ftom what we've done in the past. We're excited about the fact we're playing goodbasketball."

The Roadrunners connectedon 34 of 64 ffeld goa.ls including9 of 20 on 3-pointers. Metro tallied 17 assists including a season-highnine from Carrington.Meho's defensepaid olT, since Beranek only scored a total of six points in the game.

The Roadrunners' defense also phid off in the gameagainstChadronState,

forcing 27 turnovers on the Eagles. Seven Roadrunners recorded steals, led by Nicholaswith six.Carrington finished the game with 11 points, guiding his team to the 87-51 victory.

'Our whole goal is to try t0 host regionals," Carrington said."We'resecondin the region, t think, now so that'll build our momentum."

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The ffght for the postseasoncontinues for Metro women's basketball team.

The Roadrunners find them' selvesright in the mix for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conlerenceplayoffs after spttting their home games in a win vs. ChadronStateFeb.6 and a loss vs. Nebraska-Kearneyat the Auraria EventsCenter.

Before the weekend set, head coach Linda Lappe and her team were tied with three other teams for the fifth spotin RMACstandings.The top eight teamsearn the right to play in the RMAC Shootout in the first weekof March.

In their first match against the Eaglesof ChadronState,the fansand the teams witnessedone of the top individual performancesof the year, Metro forward Megan Sinclair dropped in a career-high 28 points on the visititrg Eagles,hitting 12 of her 2O shots, including 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.

"Ihe shots were open," Sinclalr said. "I madea few and I just kept on shooting ard it w.asa goodnight. " The 5-foot-7-inch senior carried her team on her shouldersthe entire game, leading the Roadrunners to the important 75 -62 victory, "This was makeor break for us," Sinclair said."I saidto the girls before the gamethat this wasa normegotiablewin."

the top matchupsof the yearin the RMAC.Metro took on the NebraskaKearney team, who were riding a five-gamewinning streak coming into the Auraria EventsCenter.

Last season,the 'Runnersfailed in three attempts to defeat the Lop ers. The final try came il the RMAC playoffs, falling in the semifinals, which endedtheir season.

Kearney fought through two overtimes the night before in a win over Regis, but it was Mefro who looked fatigued as the Iopers raced out to a 1s-pointleadin the ffrstseven minutes of the game.

Kearney guard JadeMeads,who scoreda season-high33 points the previous night, had eight points in the early2l-6 lead.

But Sinclair helped her team claw back within six minutes before the hal{.

But Kearney nas the aggressor, grabbing offensive rebounds and Metro forward RaeBeanlooksfor an open shot Feb.6 againstChadronStateat the Auraria Events Center.Metro beat the Eagles75{2. PhotobyLinhNgo. Ingo6mscd.edu getting to the foul line 40 times,connecting on 33 of them and sending On a night when Metro's secBut Bean scored four straight more than I liked her offense,l'Lappe Metro to their sixtl RMACloss. ond leading Ecorer,Rae Bean, spent points,spurringaD l8-4 run to send said on Sinclair's fantastic night.

Theonewin andonelossweekend a good portion of the mme on the Metro into halftime with a seven- "She did a great job of just bringing laeps Metro in the hunt for the playbenchwith foul trouble, Sinclair rose point lead. the overall intensity; sherebounded, oIIs.They currently sit fifth in the East to the occasion, The first half was impressivefor she playeddefense,she hit her open Division and reside in se!€nth spdt ChadronStatecamereadyto play Slnclair, who scored 1O points, but shots,shewas aggressiveand just did for the RMACShootout Erieryweekkeepingpacewith the 'Runnersearly the secondwas even better.The lor- an all-around very nice job." end becomesmore important for tie in the fust half. Ied by guard Sunni ward piled up 18 points keeping the Busch had a solid night for her Roadrunnensand this weekendthey Busch, a two-time RMAC Player of visiting team at bay. Shewas also a team, recording 19 points and 13 host the top team in the EastDvision, the Week, the Eaglesachrally shot forceon the defensiveend,coming up rebounds,her sixth double-doubleof ColoradoSchoolof Minesand Coloratheir way to a seven-pointlead with with sevenstealsand five rebormds. the year, do Christian,the team sitting with tlie 'I told her I liked her 8:48 left in the first half. delense The next night featur€d one of same7-6 conlerencereoord.

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By KateFerraro kfenaro@mscd.edu Metro's softball team split their fust four preseasongamesFeb.7 and 8 against Colorado State University at Pueblo and Fort Hays at Auraria Fields.

After their inaugural season,the Roadrunners lost more than half their team, not from seniority,but for a nurnber of dilferent reasons.Some playersclose different maiors, while others felt the pressuresof money and schoolwere too great and didn't want to do both softball and school, Others said they felt they were far enough along in their softball career and decided to choose a different route.

"Ijust think a lot of girlslastyear didn't understandwhat Metro softball was all about," secondbaseman SarahRuschsaid."We har,ea great bunch of girls this year.I think u'e all blend together more this year, and we're more friendly. We get along a lot betterthan lastyear,I think."

Despite the loss in players, it

playersdoesn't affect scores didn't aITectthe outcome of their first two gamesof the seasonagainst CSU-Pueblo.

The Roadrunnersjumped on the scoreboard early in the first game when outfielder Kellie Nishikida hit a home run overthe right field fence.

The solo home run was the odr run of the game until the bottom of the fourth inning, The Roadrunners were able to scorenine runs in one inning off of three errors from the Thunderwolves. Rusch started off the inning with a walk, followedby a doublefrom ffrst basemanfennessa Tesone.Tesone, who played third baselast season,plays first basehalf the time rvhenpitcher Corrie Nishil<ida is pitching,and fust basethe rest of the time.

"I've played first before in the summer,soI'm kind of usedto thaL" Tesonesaid. "Corrie is such an athlete, when she's not pitching, she needsto beat third."

Metro &-as leading 5-0. when catcher Lauren Hainlen homered to left field,giving them a 7-Olead.

The Roadrunnersscoredthree more

runs, trefore the Thunderwolves finally got on board in the top of the fffth inning. CSU-Pueblocould only score two runs, forcing the mercy rule, giving Metro the 10-2 victory Pitcher ChristieRobinsonearned her ffrst victory as a Roadrunner,allowing only two runs and five hits in ffveinnings. Robinsonshuck out five and walkedfour batters.

"She lookedreally good,' head coachJenniferFishersaid about Robinson. "She just forcesa lot of bad contact, and so she's hard to really ' scoreup."

Robinsonis a fansfer from University of Nevada at Ias \regasand likeswhat she'sseenso far.

"I loveit here,"Robinsonsaid."I love the girls. We're all really close.

The coachesare amazing,and the schoolis awesomeaswell."

The Thunderwolvesgot olT to a fast start in the secondgameof the series,as they posted tbree runs in the top of the fust inning. The Roadrunners answeredback quickly as Tesoneht a two-run home run in the third inning, giving Metro a 4-3

Metro player JennessaTesone looks for the out at first base Feb.7 against Fort Hays state.

Metro lost to the Tigers 4-3 and 12-7. Photoby LeahMillis. lmillis@ mscd.edu advantage.Rusch hit her first grand slamof her collegecareerin the bottom of the fourth.

"It was amazing,"Ruschsaid."I can't reallydescribeit."

The Roadrunners added two

rhore runs, including a home run irom first basemanJessicaHaab, to sealthe l3-9 win.

"I think we came out here and . showed what we we're all about," Robinsonsaid."EspeciallyolTensively the hifters had a lot of backup and it madea lot of relief for me pikhing, " The Roadrunnerslostboth games to FortHaysState4-3 and 12-7,posting a 2-2 record overallin the season sofar, Meho will return to action Feb. 2O-22 in the RMAC CrossoverTournament in ColoradoSprings.

"Our motto this year is 'no limit,"' Robinsonsaid."I'm looking forward to proving that, and keeping the energy,keepingthe fire and just really thinking no limit of where we can go."

Softball Player of'the Week Metso s€cond baseman Sardh Ruschwas namedRMACPlay'erof the Week by the conferenceFeb. 10. Rirsch leads the team with a .556 batting average, five walks and six mns batted in. Rusch hit her first collegegrand slam against CSU-Pueblo Feb.7.

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ByRobertDran rdran@mscd.edu Metro baseballmanagedto trade wins and lossesover a four-gameset Feb.6-8 against ColoradoState University at Pueblo.

The 'Runners started off on the wrong foot with a 13-6 lossbut quickly rebounded to grab a close 6-5 victory during the first game of a double-headerthe following day The second game ended 6-1, yet Metro endedshong, doubling up the Thunderwolvesin a I4-7 rout. The 'team attributed the split to inconsistent play,but they did find positivesin their performance.

First baseman fordan Stouffer and catcher Tyree Absire each grabbed a home run. Right fielder Mike Coffey went 2-for-3 with two runs batted-inin the 6-5 victory "The big thing fior us was momenhrm in both our wins we got four runs in the first inning, which carried us for the rest of the game," left fielderMarcel Dominguezsaid.

Metro's defense,which has beeq a weaknessfor them, improved. In the final two games, Metro ended with no errors after committing six errors in the first tWogamesand sevagainst en errorsin a double-header

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Meto shortstop Matt McConnellslidesbackto first baseas CSUPueblo'sfirst basemanJerrySalazarawaitsthe throw from the . jingral' I @mscd.edu Ingranan mound.PhotooyJonathar RegisUniversityon Feb.1.

"We did a lot better.oncewe got rid of all the butterflies when we startedtle season,"Dominguezexplained."In the last game we were ableto dominatethem."

Pitching control was another issue for Metro in the 13-6 loss; tlie'Runners gaveup sevenwalks.

However,Metro pitching quickly reboundedin the next gamewhen winning pitcher StevenGreennabbedfive sEikeoutsin the 6-5 victory. Pitcher Tedfamison managedto go through

the 6-1 losswith only a sing.lewalk but failed to sfike out a batter. He gaveup eighthits in threeanda third inningsin a Iosingefforl.

"We got five to sevenguys we can throw in there. We need to work on our pitch control, but I think pitching $'ill bethe bestpart of our team," HeadcoachJerrySchemmelsaid.

Metro will look to play against Montana StateUniversity- Billings Feb.13 and Universityof NebraskaKearney Feb. 15 at All Star Park in lakewood.

Metro hockey closed out the s€asonin a disappointingfashion with a 7-2 loss.againstArizona StateUniversity on Feb.6 and a 6-6 tie against Brigham Young University on Feb.9.

Team captain, forward T[rner Bahn, felt the team was overconfident when facing ASUbecauseASU lost to the Universityof California - Ios Angeles,a team Metro easily beat9-3 iust a few weeksago.

'We took them too lightly," Bahn said. 'At least I finally played my best game of the semesterthe next game."

Bahn finished with three goals and two assists on the weekend.

Forward Ryan Yudez had a goal and an assist in the second game after sitting out h!-o weekswith an iniury.

Metro nearlyfinishedtheir season with a victory but was called than two on a penalty with less_ minutes remaining in the game.

BYU took advantageand scored the tying goalthat sentthe game

into overtime.Metro had their chancesin overtime but couldn't capitalizeon them and had to settle for a tie.

Despite finishing the season 'Runnersfeel the under .500, the seasonwas a crucial building block for successnext season.Headcoach CurtisDuffushasbig plansto build on the chemistry the team built this season and expand to better sysrcrns. . "The thing that stoodout the most to me was our inexPerience and youth. Pla]€rs tend to get a lot better in their secondseason,so we look forwardto gettingbetter,"Duffus said.

The team also has plans to play in a summer league to keep themselvesftesh for tryouts which will happen during the first half of September.With a season full of inluriesand ups and downs,the team plans on building on lessons learned to have a more successful 2009-2O10season.

"We took them too lightly."

- Forward TurnerBahn

Srnall point guard brings big game

By Vanessa Mais vmais@mscd.edu Ihe averageheight for a man is 5 feet 11 inches, but for the Mefro men's basketballteam it puts you at the bottom of the totem pole.

Marquise Carrington stancls proud as the shortest player on the basketballl,eam,but don't let his size deceiveyou. As a point guard, despite his size, Carrington ranks third for offensiverebounds and fiIth for total rebounilson the team.Heput his size aside at a young age and becamea evenbackin high school. success, Carrington was a tlree-year letter winner at John Bartram High Schoolin Philadelphiawhere he was all-state third-team and All-Public I€ague first-team, as well as Most ValuablePlayerof the Public I-eague All-Star game.He might havebeena star,but it was not all fun and games growing up. fohn Bartram High Schoolis locatedin southwestPhiladelphiaand houses predominantly low-income families.

"I grew up in not the bestor richest neighborhoods,but it made me who I am," Carringtonsaid.

And who he is includes being a huge part of the men's basketball team and theh successthis season.

Carrington has led this year's teamto an l8-3 recordwith hopesof winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferencein his senior season.

This year, he has averagedover 33 minutes per game and ranls second on the team for points, with an aver' ageof 13.9 per game.Not only can he put the ball in the basket,but he playslike a magician,ranking first on the team in assistswith 70. It is not iust offensewith him,'ashe alsoleads his team in steals.

Being a point guard, Carrington is the conductor of the team. .

Carrington playedin every game his freshman year at Metro, including six starts.He'sbeena starter ever since.Belorebecominga star,he had to put his pride asideand study how the upperclassmenplayed.

"I had a lot to learn about the collegegame,"he saidon his fteshman year.

He wasnamedto the RMACfirstteam All-Eastern Division, ranking secondin the RMACin stealsand asIn 2OO7, sistsasa 2006 sophogtore. he was named to the Eastern Division second-team All-Conference, ranking fifth in the RMAC in assists and averaging14.3 pointsper game asa iunior. This year,Carrington was named to the PreseasonAII-RMAC team and PreseasonAll-Eastern Di visionteam.

Carrington has playedfor Metro into all four yearsand hasblossomed an amazingbasketballplayer.

'I have improved tremendously as a leader," he said, "also with my lump shot and just my lnowledge of the game."

Metro men! basketball guard Marquise Carrington (Photoby DawnMadura. dmadura@mscd.edu) Carrington has put uP some astounding numberswhile here at Metro, He averagedabovea 35 Percent 3-point averageand abovea 4O Percent field-goal average throughout his four seasons.[Iis fi:ee-throlt'|percentagehas never droppedbelow 7O p€rcent since his fteshman year. He hasposted231 rebounds,382 assists 'and 163 stealsin his careerat Metro.

Carrington realizes this is his fourth and ffnal year and said it feels different fiorhim.

'Tustbeingthe old guy now and seeingsituations ftom a different perception and teammates looking to me for answers,"he said, The Metro meir's basketballteam ' is 18-3 overalland 12-l in conference play with no lossesat home.

With only six gamesremaining in the regular seasonit is hard as a senior to look past thosesix gamesknowing that the sixth could beyour last.

"You iust don't understandhow much somethingmeansto you until

it's gone,or in this casealrnostgone," he said.

Iooking ahead,Carrington car't help but reelizethat four yearshave flown by and this chapter of his life is alnost over. It is expectedMetro will make it to the playoffs,but it is bittersweet.

"Do or die," Carrington said.

"Just play with your heart because the seasoncould be over, and now it's not tustthe season,it's my career that could beover."

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