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3.5 . Mostly Sunny High: 7lll,ow: 39 3.6 . Partly Cloudy MetrosophomoreLaurenDandurandholdsher acryliccontadjuggling ball Feb.12outsidethePlazaBuilding.Unlikeregularjuggling,conHigh:64llow: 35 tactjuggling requiresthe ball to alwaysbe in contactwith the body,creatingvisual illusions,suchasthat ofa ball fixed in space. 3.7. Mostly Cloudy . Photo byJamie Coftenjcotten 1@mscd.edu High:55/Low:31 3.8. Partly Cloudy High:5l/tow:29 3.9 . Partly Cloudy Higlt:49/Law:25 cordingto SGAiudicialbylaws,section the processis entirely different. Com- Powellsaid. This is another concern 3.lO . Chanceof Rain 10. plaints deal lvith an issuesurrounding Powellhasregardingthe appointment, High: 50/Low:26 In Powell's request she writes, a specificsituation or person.If the and the senatebylaws. 3.ll.PartlyCloudy "Membersof the StudentGovernment requestfor an interpretation is not the "We need to hold ourselvesac- Hlgh:54/Low:29 Assemblyare expectedto uphold the answer,Powellsaid shewill file a com- countableto the student body,espe- ByKendell LaRoche
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highest standardsin ethical conduct while in officeas outlined in Chapter4 of the Policy Manual. If one or more The Student Gor€rnment Assem- membersof the senateexpressa conbly has submitted a formal requestfor cern that there may be a direct conflict an interpretation by the student court of interest should this be noted and regardingSGAsconstitution. respectedaccordingly?"The court will Senate Speaker Pro-tempor€ Sa- decideif this is a matter subject to an vannah Powell submitted the request interpretation or better suited by filing March 2 to the court. Powell said she a complaint. wants to ensure SGA is following all According to SGA President Anoutlined policies and guidelines re- drew Bateman, requestsfor interpregarding the recent appointment of At- tationsusuallydealwith presentmattorney GeneralC.f.Garboto the vacant ters, not past. vice presidency. The int€rpretation will clarifi' the "There were some questions and questionsof legitimacy regarding the concerns raised by people within the appointmentprocess. assembly"Powellsaid. "I llant to take "The most important thing is bo somestepsto clari$ [the process]." ensure that the SGAis acting with inWhen a request for interpretation legrity," Powellsaid, is filed with the court, a r€sponsemust Powellsaid shehas not lookedinto be issuedwithin 10 bUsinessdays,ac- the processfor filing a complaint, as
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plaint. "C.f.Garbowould make an excellent vice president.As for his qualifications, he cannot fulfill all his duties," Powell said. "This has nothing to do with his abilities, but he cannot serve as the chair of the StudentAdvisorv Boarduntil he is confirmed." Powell, as speaker pro-tempore, steppedinto the vice presidenryearlier in the semesterwhen Heather Broadeadresignedthe position. When Powell assumedthe role of vicepresident,shealsotook overasthe SABchair. 'A person has to remain in that position for a full term," Powell said, noting she'sstill performingsomevice presidentialdutieseven with Garbo's appointment. "There are split duties betweenus, and it has made things a little messy,"
cially since we are funded by student fees."Powellsaid. "I look forward to having some resolutionon this question,"Bateman said. The court will meet at 9:30 a.m. on March 6 in fivoli 307C. Students are invited to submit "amicus curiae' or "friend of the court" briefs on the matter. Briefsmay be anything appropriate toward clarifying any thoughts or opinions on the interpretation and may behand deliveredto the SGAjudicial branch officein Tivoli 3078. Bdefs must be in a sealedenvelopeclearly addressedto the studeDtcourt. Briefs mays also be e-mailed to mscd-sgacourt@mscd.edu. The court will not hear testimony However, students may address the court during the public commentperiod in the open portion of the meeting.
Inthe article"SGAshufiles Wsition4Junds"in theFeb.26 editionof TheMetropolitan, thevicepresiilentappointze shodilhavebeeniilentifeil as C.l. Cnrbo. Themonthly compensation for SGAxnators is $4OO. Tlrcproposedcompensntion modellor nextgearis $7OO Wr month,rpitha requirement oJ two tofour hoursper week.
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clear after bombthreat BySamuelBlackmer blackmar@mscd.edu A bomb threat was discolered writbn.on the wall of a portable toilet locatedal tbe conshtction site of the ScienceBuilding Feb.26. The tlreat, discovertdat approximately 8:5O a.m., read "On Thursday I will blow this construction site to. pieces.You were wamed," The threat was immediately reported to Auraria police r,rrhoare conducting an investigafioDAurarta police Detective Iason Mollendor, who is leading the i,nvBtigation, said the threat is being talcn serioGly,but the real ttreat to the ScienceBuilding was considered minimal,
"The Port-o-Po@ walls are like 'boartls, bulledn they are scrawled with gralffl," he said. "The threat was vagueand had no specifics." The threat lacked credibillty but was heated as, seriow, Mollendor
suspicious,nor any rtason for concern. The Auraria policewould have neededa moreconcretetlreat to call off classor closecampus. Police said they don't believe there was ever any threat to the Science Building, studenb or confactors working on the building. There are currently no suspects. However,"it did happen within the containedconsEuctionsite rvhich, is a securedfacility, meaning the only people who can get in and oirt are the peopleworking on the site,' said Blaine Nickeson, director of Communication and Installation Rela-, tions for Auraria. Dueto the ongoinginvestigation, the Auraria police could not releaSe details about what is currently being done nor what action was being taken to find the culprit. "We haven't had any closingsassociatedwith the threat," Nickeson said,nor are there orpectedto beany closuresdue to the threat. facob'sBngineering,the managing compaDy for the construction, referred all questionsto the Auraria Higher Education Center and the Auraria police. Representatives of |acob's Engineering statedthey were leaving the investigation to the Auraria police and were not conducf:ng tlreir own investigation. There have been three prior reports of hespassingat the construction site neportedto the Auraria poIice sinceconstruction began,one of which resultedin aDarrest.
Firefighterswork to extinguisha fire early March3, at All RecyclingSolutionslocatedat F25and 14th Avenue.Thefire devoured pallets of recyclablescausing'fiore than $50,000worth of damage as estimatedby the owner of the company,PamelaPacheco.PhotobyDawn . dmad.ura@mscd.edu Madura
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by midnight flames By Nic Garcia ngarci20@mscd.edu A Denver recycling company, just blocks away from Auraria student housing, suffered more than $50,0OOworth of damagesafter a fire ripped through a facility underneath the intersection of Interstate 25 and Colfax Avenue, early the morning of March 3. .. "The flameswerehigher than the highway," Denver Fire Department AssistantChief Tom Connersaid. Ttrefire startedat aboutmidright and was ffrst reported by motorists
on the Jnterstate,he said, The owner of All Recycling Solu6ons, Pamela ?acheco. said she suspectedthe fire was started by a transient or gang member.She said 'several transients had made camp along the train tracksthat borderher building.; Ga+gs_ have recentlj' been tagging her building and trucks as well,shesaid. Pacheco said her business had leasedthe property at 1835 14{Qolfax Ave,for four and a half years.The Campus\zillageis only a half a mile away . "There was a need for this (type of business)in Denver,"shesaid. Connersaidthe fire department's investigation was ongoing and suggesteda causefor the 6re would not be determined.
"There'sa goodchancewe won't lnow," he said. The fire ras containedby 3Ofirefighters by about 1 a.m. About a dozen firefightersremainedon the scene to extinguish the remaining flames. A second ffre started at about 2:3Oa.m. tin the oppositesideof tl4 Colfaxbuilding. Authorities saidth€y believe, but Boirld not confirm, the blaze was started by transients discarding cigarettebutts, Itspread and wascontainedquicHy,Connersaid. Investigators on the scene would not immediat€b comment on whether the two fires were relatedor if there were any suspects.lnvestigators referred all questionsto a public information officer,who could not be reachedfor comment. However,Pachecosaid she saw
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Lateregistrationfeeshauntstudents ByBarbaraFord fordba@mscd.edu
changebehavior. "This is a completely avoidable Metoo students who rlrait too fee,"Bonacquistisaid. long to register for classeswon't just The $100 late fee seemslike a facea smaller choiceof classes,but a lot of money,but it could have been hieher bill now that the late registra- doublethat arnount. tion feeis in place. The initial pmposal for the fee The late feepolicy was approved was $200, before it was decidedthe in September2008 and implement- fee could become a deterrent and ed for the first time this semester.If loweredto the current amount. students miss the regishation deadNot all seethe late enrollment fee Iine a $1OOfeeis addedto their total as being a goodthing, evenwith the tuition bill. changes in the originally proposed AssociateVice President of En- amount rollment Servicesfudi Diaz BonacThe fee is automatically applied qutsti said this new polky isn't in assoonasa studentregisterslate and place to penalize students but to ln oder to get the fee rerarsed, the
student must complete a form ftom the OIficeof Enrollnent Services. Emily McKissick,assistantto the vice presidentfor enrollment services, works with Bonac4uisti reviewing the applicationsand determining if a refirnd will be authorized. However.of the 2.000 students rvho applied for exemption from the late feerule, only nine were granted a refund. "Most students are concerned and iust needto havethe reasonwhy their feewasn't refundederplained," McKissicksaid. "But it helps if tbey are businesslike*tren they have a problem.'
Revenuesfrom tle late l€gishation feeadded$20O,0O0to the general fund rhis semest€r. Students r,tho regiiter on time have better choicee for classesand new studentscan regis$erearlier for required college orientation classes and avoidbeing penalized. Planning ahead also prerrcnts burdening school resourcesthat are already stretched rrin. Metro will havetopay$2.83 million ba;k to the stale of C-olorado,This coupledwith a l3 percentincreasein applicafions and a 1O percent increasein accep tarces to Meho for fall 20O9, planning aheadis crucial.
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dents lor lhe successfulrrr'eekend. "Metro was a great host and the r.r'eekendcould not hale gone any smoother," McDonnell said.
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By DanielWilliams dmartl45@mscd.edu
Metro alumnus Kyle Hale1,,class of 2008, participated in last J'ear's Model Arab League and has since gone to work for the Arab American
Heated debates, a brief (mock) crisis, a keynote speaker,dinner and dancing. resolutions and an alvard ceremony made for a busy three days for students participating in the lSth Model Arab League. "There is such a tremendous history in the Middle East, there are so many ideas of cir.ilization that came from this region. [f there were 'history any truth to repeats itself' Middle the Eastis sholving us this is
Institute in Washington D.C. Haley flew back to Denver to participate in this !€ar's event and spoke at the Feb. 2 7 dinner at St. Caietans. "l!'hen I graduated last year, it l'asn t the best time to enter the iob market and vou never know rvhere life is going to take you. But I have a great job at the Arab American Institute and my time at \{etro prepared me for this iob," Hal-
true," said keSmotespeakerAli Thobhani, chair of Metro's international studies department. before telling the students how much he admired them for participating. The Metro Political Science Department, the National Council of U.S.-Arab Relations and the Political Science Student Association sponsored the event, Feb.26- Feb. 28. at Aurada. Seventystudents from RegisLrniversitj4 the University of Northern Colorado,the Air ForceAcademy,the University of Utah ald Metro converged to discussthe Middle East and Arah world. pa-rlicipatingin a series of mock summit meetings. "MAI is a regional model competitior in n'here university students from across the r.r'orld learn about arrd competeas represenIatives from
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StudentAli El-Husseini representingLebanondeliversan impassionedpleaas MetrostudentAdrianaCarlsonlookson during heatednegotiationsat the ModelArabLeague's Councilon Political Affairsmeeting.Teamsfrom universities in the RockyMountainregioncompetedFeb.26 - Feb.28 at Auraria.Studentrepresentatives honetheir publicspeakingand diplomacyskillswhile learning moreaboutthe politicsand historyof the Arabworld. Photo byLinhNgo.Ingo@mscd.edu member states of the Arab League," said Marziya Kaka, president of N{etro's Political ScienceAssociation, at a dinner on Feb.2 7. 'As representatives of the Arab League's member-states, these student delegateslt'ork to achieve consensus on questions real-life diplomats n'restle with daibr 'fhey vote on resolutions they have written that seek to resoh'e some of the Arab countries' most
di{ficult challenges," said Robert Hazan, chair of Metro's political science 'ltrd department. the energy was awesomethis lreekend." lraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon,lordan. Palestineandsyria w€re all representedby student - delegates at the event.The student participants attempted to representthe viewpoint of their respectil'ecountries anddraft resolutions to problems that affect the entire Arab r,rorld.
"Joint defense, political affaas, social affairs. Palestinian affairs and environmental affairs were all council sessionsdebated all over the Tivoli on Thursday and Friday," Metro student Natalie Carneal said. "The weekend went perfect and everyone ' had a really good time. Dylan McDonnell, a participant from the Ilniversity of Utah - r.r'ho also helped organize and run the event - oraised Nletro and its stu-
The MAL wrapped up with an award ceremony on Feb. 28. They gave an'ards that recognized and honored the work of the council chairperson, student representatives and the council as a rrvhole. Metro's Corrine Bidwell won an ar.,l'ardfor her work on the Political Affairs Council where she represented Palestine. More than 2,50O students and hundreds of faculty advisers from more than 200 universities hold about 1 5 N{odelArab Leaguesannually Since its start in 1981. more than 25,000 students have participated.The destination school lor nert year's Model Arab l€ague is yet to be determiled.
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State UDiversity. The march comes on the ASC yearl-vlobby day, u'hen the ASC asks larvmaters to consider the irnpact of their bills on higher education. "The budget crisis at the state level will hit higher education as a lvhole and Metro vuillbe seeinga r,ery substantialcut." Splittsaid. Nearly $3 million rvas cut from NIetro's budget this year with another $ 5 million expectednext ]€ar.
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lvhen Colorado's economy turns around. "II this bill is not passed,it is N{etro's Student Go\€rnment Assembly will team up with student likel-vthat t'olorado n ill be stuck in a governments from around Colorado permanent recession for the foreseeon l\{arch 9 to lead students orr a able future," SCA President Andrer{' march to the Capitol from the Tir,oli Batemansaid. Commons in support of lunding for On Feb. 16, President Stephen It is this sense of urgency that higher education. plan outlined a to cope with spurred the organization of a student Jordan It is a mission that N1etro'sSGA Metro's shrinhing budget that inmarch to the Capitol. Splitt said the takes serioush: cluded belt tightening around the march could show lawmakers that "Their future is at stake," said college but did not make any menaverage students care about higher S G AS e n a l u rA m a n d a S p l i l t ." T h i s i s tion of layofls or furloughs for faculty education funding. and that students something that is going to affect us and stafL arc concerned about how the budas students. The budget crisis at the get crisis facing the state will affect Current legislation is as pertistate level vr'ill hit higher education nent as ever to Colorado college stu- them. as a whole and Metro n'ill be seeinga dents. SenateBill 228, which passed Last year's l,obb-"-'Day sarv 50 very substantialcut." through the Senate Finance Com- students push for the passing of Gov. .,\nd not just Auraria $tudents mittee last neek. r,l.ould repeal tht' Bill Ritter'sbudgct,r,r'hichincludeda are expected to attend the event Ancschoung-Bird larv. r.r.hoscfocal $65 million increasein funding ior is being organized b-v-the Associated point was a 6 pcrcent spendingcap higher cducation. This t'ear'smarch Studentsof Colorado,lthich includes on statefunds. vl'ill gather at the Tivoli Commons student governments from around Currentll'. the state s €leneral at I l:15 a.m. and r,r'illmarch to the the state, including thc Liniversity lund budget, from which lletro dc- C a p i t o a l t I 1 :l O a . m . of Coloradoat Bouidcr and Colorado ril'es its funding, can onl1.'gror,r'up t()
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Huffingtonpo$.com,March4 2009 I guessif you were to look up the word inar'r,enin the dictidnary you might seemy pichire. See,I wasone of the peoplewho genuinely applaudedMchael Steele's. aibensi@ to the head of the Republican National Committee. I had the opportunity to interview nrm for my oooKrarla Lrosnrng. and found him to be not only gracidus but incredibly forthright. Whether you agree with him or riot, it takes a strong individual to be willing to be in the ultimate minorily.amongminorilies.and that is what someonewho is both black and Republicanis -- especially lvhen they t:rke non-conpositionsin supporlt)f servative affirmative aclionand in opposition to the deathpenalty, ': At least that's vr,'hat I th{nreht. . I cheeredSteeleon when he forcefullyreclaimedtle party he was electgdto lead by proclaimii-g that he - not Limbaugh'. was the RepublicanParty's rightful leader.So I was incredibly elisappointed to read t}tat Steelehad calledLimbaughto apologize,for sinply telling the truth. What's particukiily distuibing about this rtory is.that Steele becarnean unfortunate syrnbol of one of the pirty'$ most troubling historic images:the idea of a strong, black man being forced l.,ogo hat in hand to a white man. for no other reasonthan to keepa job that is righttully hts. I.€t me be clear.The pu4nse of .this piece is not to kick Michael Steelewhen he is down. I get that -steeleSndsbimself between a rock and a h:rd place, but he choseto take on the task of leadinghis party. Now it's time for hlm to act like the "Man of Steel" he has proclaimed to be, and stand up to Rush Limbaugh and any other voice from the right, that stands in the way of the G.O.Pbecominga party lhat America. truly represents
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cight )'ears ago. Anyhor,r'. politics and macroccononticsaside, there has been a lot of hubbub lately regarding the
therc exists a lvhole underbelly of creativity exhumed and channr:led by a small group ol exceptionally talented students vl'ho are somehou, ableto remain hard at n'-orh.focused, d('terminedand seriousaboul lhcir passions.despitethc uncertain political and economic atmosphere that h a s e n g u l l e dt h e r e s t o I t h e k n U w n n'orld. But wait. t should probably start this thing off on the right foot. Hi folks - Yeah, that's better. It has been a n'hile, I linorv. A fen' weeks at least, but I can't be sure. I have been doing everything in my power to avoid both the idea and the act of writirg anything at all, except under extreme circumstances. This accounts for my absencc liom this newspaper,for sure, but the vacuum I left was filled rather quickly by an overzealous,conservati\€ har,','k-boy who has tal<engreat care to remitrd all ol us that our country is still a wreck even r,l'ith a black democrat in oftice.Nevermind him though. He is not rvhy I cameback. I came bacli becausc I sarv thoss people under lhc stairs. I'm being scrious,damn it. Lislen to mc. From r\,hat I coukl tell, thcrc must havc lreen a1 least l0 of thcm, and another l 5 or 2O lxhind thc curtains
JIMMIEBRALEY jbraley@mscd.edu handling the ropes and the light-s and the soundsand everything else. Or perhapselcn les:.lVhLrknolt si Indeed. it could have been less because there \ ,?s enough talent in the Eugenia Ran'ls Courtyard Theatre to make up for a lack of set gophersand stoned,{Vtechs. Parade" l','as thc name of that periormance I salr'. and \,r'hat a perlormancc it \,!'as. No!r'I am no critic.especiallynot on the topic of thcatrics and entcrtainment. I can't tell the diliercnce betu,€ena good actor and a dead actor, But I knon' talent rvhen I sce it, and the peoplcin the dcpths of the King Ccnter have a lreehold on it. I m not sure that Very many people understandthat. And this brings me to Iny point. Ilconomic nis[ortunes abor-rnd.Iiv not cvcryollc cr1'one knovr's it uuderstands it and er en li'u'er havc an5,iclean-hat to do about i1. Shop I guess.I don't kuo\,v\,\'hatto tcll you,
linancial security of our belor.ed N{etro. And I use tbat lvord belored lor a reason, becauscany institution endeavoring to do what ours has done lbr so many. r.t'hether they be underprivileged, underpaid, under acknon'ledged.undcr lhe boot or all of the abole. desen'esrespect,recognition and a passionatedefenselrom those of us n'ho benefit from it. fhe cditors of this nerrspaper. among others, havc begun to do their part to del'endthe collegeand renounce the fact that, as an instilution, \{etro receives substantially less in lunding lrom the State than other colleges.lvhich are populated
education budget than other instit u t i o n s . r r . h i c h .i n a l l s e r i o u s n e s s . get paid bec:rusethc)' havc students rvho carnrun last anclshoot baskets. Hcll. we can shoot baslietstoo. lbr 'l'he Roadrunner hoops that matter. squad nrops the Iloor lt'ith er€r!'one rvho h:rs the nisfortunc of coming face to face \,vith them. Take that, Bouldcr. At any rate, lhere are times when pcople simply must st:rnd up tbr themselves. eud now is one of thosetimes. And it rvas the peoplc from the bottom of the King Ccnter rvho sholved me this. It vras they more than any'one else. I rvitnessed the passionand sheer determination in
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Lhe eyes and on the faces of the actors in "l'arade." I saw people give themsch'es over to their characlers in a relatively unknovm and cert a i n l l u n d e r a p p r e c i icrdt p r o d u c l i o n . Peoplervho manageto put real emotions into your hcart, people with t h e a b i l i t r 'l u l e a l r ' 1 o u h u m m i n g r,r'eirdtunes about (ieorgia lbr days. I'eople from Nletro: proof that lve har,'eevery conceivablereason to de-
nor thcre. br,rtI'r'e becn to Bor.rlder. l'l'e secn these people, and I can say J c l i n i t i v e l l :t h c . l u d e n t s r ) l ' \ l ( l r ' ) tleserveat least as ntuch money lbr their intcllectu:rl cndeavorsas any
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one ol them, I'm sick. lirlks. I m sick of hcaring Nlelro is an inltrior institulioD irnd clcscn'ing,lcss of thc highcr
cqual opportunit-vand conlidencern our tinc instilution. I suggestyou go r,vatch I':rrade." It r,vill change your mind.
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trait that can be very helpfulat a young agebecause you are trying to makeyour way,you are fying to get going,and you are almostbeingpushedby that New York crazinessto get going. In the kind of career that I am in, competitionis part of it. Eventoday at 64, Youcamefrom a musicalJamily,wasthat a big inJlu- peoplesay to me, When are you going to retire? And enceonyou? I say,"Never." MH: My father was liom Vienna. He was a niusiYou'reoneof ody 72 peopleto u,in an EmmA,Gmmcian,Therewasa pianoin the housein NewYorksoit my, Oscarand,Tony. Whatdoyoudowithyour awards? wasn't a questionof what'sinteresting. MH: All of my awardsthat I haveareusually in my I would havepreferredto be the centerfield for the apartment behind me so I am not looking at them. I New York Yankees. I would have been really happy. am veryproud,don't getme wrong.But I wish I could But what I seemto havebeenableto do is [to] havean do it again. ear lor music. And one of the things I have learned Whtt doyou doto prepare for a perJormance? over my life is that kids who have an advantageof beMH: Preparation is the name of the game. Being able to do something with talent have a huge ad- cause it's not like luck is going to strike and all of a vantagebecausethey have an identity. zuddensomething that was lousy is going to become I feel very bad for the kids [whose] parents either great o-nlybecausetonight's the night. No, it doesn't don't hrow that they have some sort of talent, or work like that. worse,that we are losing it in the schools. I am very Do gou eversecond-guess or find yourself saying,"I lucky becauseI was kind of a very crazy kid; I kicked coulil'vedonethis or that?" my teacher in the secondgrade. Takeaway the piano MH: I'm very well kno$al that alter the first perand I would havebeenin big troublel formanceI usually changethings, (laughs).So I've Howold weregou whengoustertzdplaving? beenquotedsayingI thoughtthe eraseris oneof God's greatestgifts. MH: 5, 6 yearsold. Youattended,luilliard?How old wereyou then2 YouattendedQueensCollege,correct?What wasthat MII: Well, I was acceptedat the Juilliard School uperimce like. at 6 and a half. That, howevel was not the collegeat MH: I went all the time. I had to, there wasa probthat time. It was called a preparatory division. But lem. Therewas a thing calledVietnam. In order to it still makesyou a child prodigy becauseyou are in avoidVietnam,you neededl2 credits.SoI had to find that school,and I wasn't therebecauseof my lovefor schoolsthat would somehowgive me 12 credits and Beethovenor Bach. I was there becauseI was sood at I was s[l] the rehearsal pianist for Bell Hour. So Bell music. Hour rehearsed ftom 10 to 5. What influencedid growingup in NewYorkCity hm,e onyouanilgourmusic? MH: There's good influences and bad influences - that is a New York of N.YC. The competitiveness
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Wow,that'sa longtime. MH: Yeah,so,at 8 in the morningI wasin Queens gettingfour to fivecreditsfrom 8 to 9:30. I had a standingtaxicabwaitingfor me that could zoomme to New York and be there by 10 o'clock,In New York the universitiesare all tied [together].You can getyour 12 creditseventhough not all 12 are in Queens. Is a degree necessary for showbusiness? MH: No. I've neverseenan artist comeup and say, "My name is Frank Sinatra,I graduatedfrom..." Put up a show.You either got it or you don't. I mean,a degreemay bemorehelpfulfor someone Iike a director,or a set designer,costumedesignerswhen you are learning a craft. Singing and dancing a lot has 0odo with, you know having nothing to do with talent, but there'salsopeople[who] havea look. Dogou haveany advicefor collegestudentsthat want tt bein showbusiness? MH: There are three componentsto know if you arereally goingto bein showbusiness,One,you really haveto be talented. Not iust becaus€your mother says you are good.Two, you have to be crying when you think that your life would be without show business. Vouwould almostdie if you dicln't makeit. And three, and this is the topper: I think it is very irnportant for most collegekids, to get a job, hopefully, in a tleater, in a summer stock production of anything. I-et it be the smallestpart becauseafter three weeksof sunmer stock,eight showsa week,you're going to know if this is the life you want. In show business,it's a rough world. You might find that it wasa greatidea;it wasa greatthought,but you lmow, after three weeks,I really missaly lifs, 1jus1 misshavinga life. Soyes,I wouldthink if there's100 peoplewho all &'ant to be in show business,probably five will get there.
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Tired of all the sameold T-shAts? Needsomething lresh to adorn your frame?Then checkout Indylnk. Accordingto ownerDaveRoggeman the store offers "affordablelowbrow art, better thal cocaine and sexierthan your mom." What you really want is a new customteethat complimentsthe artist of the month, or any of the other local artistswho conhibuteto their shirt designs.Howwer, if you seesomething you like,you bettergrabit. "Everythingrve do is all in limited runs," Roggemansaid. "When it's gone,it's gone.Like 3O of each design,that'sit, we don't reprint," The first Friday night of every month, lndylnk, located at 84 0S. Broadwayin Denver,hostsan awesome night dedicated to onelocalartist. "It's our kind of advertising,and it bringspeopleinro the shop.getsus involvedwith allthe localartistsandsh f. And then wecan takesomeof their art and makeT-shirtsfrom the showsas well.Soit's fun," Roggeman said. 'will The shop be wall{o-wall with people. The music will be loud but the conversations are louder. Owners Roggeman,33, and Aaron Cohrs,32, along with desigaerChris Huth. 2 7. ale there to host. During daylight hours, you can shop for one-of-a-kindcustom artist prints in this unique shop. El'en if you miss the 6-foot-8-
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DesignerChrisHuth, separatesco-ownersDaveRoggeman,left, and Aaron Cohrs,right, of Indylnk, a Denvercompanyspecializingin customscreenprinting,Theypridethemselvesin their abilityto ptint any graphicor photo on a shirt. Photo byCoraKemp.ckemp4@mscd.edu inch guy with sleevesof tattooswhen you walk in the custom door, you're still bound to notice someof the awcsomelocal art on the walls. Youhave a clear view of the back room where you will generally find Cohrs doing the printing, while Roggerranholds down the front of the housegreeting customersand working on designs on hisMac. According to Roggemar,starting Indylnk in 2001 waspretty simple. 'Aaron just ffnished school in
graphic design and wanted something to do. He lookedthrough the paper and found somescreenprinting equipment for sale,called me up and said,'I€t's start a company,''causeI usedto print. That's it. That's how we started.Pretty easy.We borrowed money lrom his mom for the initial investment," Roggemansaid. With no original intent of starting a retail shop, Indylnlr opened their doorsin 2003. "We just wanted to print logos
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The current U.S.tour starsfohn Cudia asthe Phantom.TbistaMoldovanas Christine and SeanMaclaughlin as her Put simply: 'The Phantom of the childhood lover and the opera'spatron, Opera"is the bestmusical everwritten. Raul. All three are phenomenal.Unlike It's no wonder why it has sold more most musicals that allow some libertickets than blockbusters"Titanic" and ties betweencasts,there seemsto be no "StarWars"worldwide.It's the musiroom for artistic freedom. A cal that doeseverything right cast who seemto underdespiteits endingbeing so stand the exquisiteness lwong, The music is powof the show supports erful. The lyrics spellbindCudia and company. ing. Whether it's hitting exFrom the moment actly the right note or precisechoreographyand the iconic chandelierrisesto the ceiling of the theater, blockingin a scene,it's hard audiencescan't help but to be to remember you're seeing "Phantom" for a second,third or fourth entrappedby the "music of the night." Written by acclaimed composer time - all with different casts. Andrew IJyod-Webber ("Cats," "Jesus In the end, it is a iob well done by Christ - Superstar"),"Phantom" is the all. By the time the performance had story of a boywho grew up first in a hav- nearly reachedthe end (when the Phanelling circus and later in the catacombs tom kidnaps Christine) a collectivesigh under a Parisoperahouse.Born a mon- can be heard with wishesthe show was ster and a genius,hik - forcedinto ex- not over.But anyoneknows the magic ile becauseof his defects- grows angry doesnot end at curtain call. Humming at the unorldand acts out in murderous the tunes for the remainder of the week ways to those who live and work at [,e is a commonside effectwhen seeinga OperaPopulaire. musicalof this caliber.And of course, Basedon the classicnovel "Ie Fan- the magicstartsup againthe next time tome de IJOpera"by GastonIeroux, the "Phantom"is in town. title character,our anti-hero, falls in love playsthrough oftheOpera" March with ChristineDaae,a Swedishsoprano. "Phantom 22at the Buelllheatre.Forshowtimesche€k He dedicatesall his energy into makwwwdenv€rc€{rter.org. ing her a star. While his intentions are
and stuff for businesses,Then we started making shAts for our friends so we did more. We did shirts for somebodywho was in that shop before us. He told us he was moving so we jumped on it. We never really wanted to do retail, but sincehe had the spaceand it was cheap, we decidedto do it. " Chris Huth came on board in 2OO7asa desigper. "He designedboth logos. I'll do somehere and there, but Aaron and
Chrisarethe artists," Roggemansaid. 'And then we haveother artiststhat we buy artwork from." Don't expect to find Indylnk products anywhere else. They have no plansto expandand peddletheir goodsat the corporatemills. "l thinl it would be cool if we had our own line of clothes and iust workedout of this shop. Justbe one of the storesthat's always been here,"Roggemansaid. During the summer, Indylnk usesthe Annual PlastisolFree ForAll for additionaladvertising. "We have our big party once a year - a big T-shirt art competition - it's iust an opencall.twentybucks to enter,and then the public votes, and then we print the top I 0 shirts." Everyother Saturday,Indylnk offers screenprinting classes. "We take their artwork and show them how to print the shirt, from their art to T-shirt, all the steps involved in that. The cost includes someT-shirts," Roggernansaid, Although they can reuse the screens,you do have the option of buying them at the end of the class, Roggermansaid. They have definitely rirade some mistakesin the past,but when Roggeman printed a shirt with his own face on it, it wasplanned. "I thought if I sold shirts with my faceon it, I would be famous," he said.Andhow did that work out? "Well, we sold all the shirts, so I mustbefamous,"Roggeman saic.
MoviefuII of indie musiciancnmeos By KaraKiehle kkiehle@mscd.edu
Scott Walker's voca-lchords strangle the wind like a sob, or a ghost moving acrossthe attic floorboards above your head at night. David Bowie'smost b'agic demonhowling, and Brian Eno's mostabstract.aliensoundscapes, are echoesof Walker,the subiect of StephenKijak's 2OO6 docu- "Scott Walker 30th Century Man" airs Mardl 6 12 at the Starz Film Center. For shou^imes,<heckwww.starzfilmcentet com. mentary "Scott Walker: 3oth hasa producercreditin the docu- studying Gregorian chant, deCenturyMan." '6Os The late was the daur mentary,Enoandothermusicians scribedhis roots as "beatnik," and of a socially weird and liberating Walkerworkedwith and inspired. drawn aestheticinspiration from era that gave birth to a variety such as Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, the moody, atmosphericfilms of of disparatemusic sub-genres. Alison Goldfrapp,Marc Almond Bergman and Kurosawa. InterIt also markedthe beginning of of Soft Cell, and fohnny Marr of viewees attempt to deconstruct The Smiths.The interviews frame the structure of Walker's sound a 4o-year course Walker slrnl rare autobiographical musings - how he buries melodiesin disstruggling against the current of mainstreamtendencies. liom Walker himself. Lilrc every cord to unsettling eflect - and Fromhisdaysastheeccentric, artist should when discussinghis uses nonrepresentational \rics roguevocalist/bassistofAmerican work, he managesto maintain ashis modeof storytelling. "Scott Walker: l0th Century boy-band trio The Walker Broth- his Kalkaesqueinscrutability. fflm The ers whosecanned,sedativeAM capitalizes on Man" is a postmodern portrait. strains were fervently embraced Walker's well-knor,lTreccentrici- It invites you to penehate the by Englandas Beatlernaniaraged ties. He's usedfistsbeatingon a aura of the tortured genius and - to his soloworksof ex- raw slab of pork as percussion, tbe mysteryof his methods.SpeEtateside "3Oth screamingdonkeysas sound ef- cialized biopics like this one are tremesonicexpressionism, CenturyMan" describesthis fas- fectsand sung about S&M, CIA typically only seen by fans, and will not be disappointed. cinating,epiciourney that led to torture, Blvis' stillborn twin, devotees god Walker'smost recent albums, Tft cockfighting and the Greek of But for the uninitiated wanting to and,Drift. music and mysticism.Orpheus. broaden their musical horizons, The movie includesanecdotal He has covered Belgian cabaret 3fth Century Man just might interviews from Bowie, who also songs,spenttime in a monastery convert you.
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Anyone can be a reporter thesedays and we've lost that crucial small-town feel. Soon the only thing left on the pagewill becar arlsand classifieds- and Craig'sList hoststhosefor free. The Internet is taking overiournalism,and anyone with a pen and pad or a laptop can covera story. 'any Bloggerscan do the job of seasonedreporter. Granted, the words are stilted and the metaphors are a 'Iittle lacking,but who reallycareswhen it's offeredup at a small, or nonexistent,price? Subscriptionrates are dropping and ad rates are following suit. Why would a company pay for a full-page ad in an evenwidely circulatednewspaperwhen anyone with an Internet mnnection can seethe samead online - a serviceconsumersalreadypay for. Speakingof paying,more and morenewspapersoffer snippetsof their articlesonline and the completestory is availablefor a small [ee,utilDing the Internet as well as they can and making somemoney along the way But thosesamestoriesarehostedfreeon anothersite for any tenaciousWebcrawler. Postand ?heNew Evenif papersl*e TheWashington YorkTirressurviveit won't bein print. Their websitesare alreadystreamlinedand content is updatedas quickly but it isn't enough. and regularlyaspossible, Why buy a copy of ThePostwhen the print edition's story has already beenupdated,copiedand pastedonto
Dailiesacrossthe country arerelying more and more on wire service stories.On any given day, a newspaper prints handfuls of storiesavailablein any other paperor online. Even if newspapersare seenas completepackages, marrying photos, non-narratives and storiesfor overall coverage,the Internet can do it better. All too soon a paper'swebsitewill be seennot as a supplementto the hard edition but asa replacement. And what are the corporations that run thesedying behemothsdoing? Rolling orrcr. Surethey fight the goodfight for a little while, updating their sitesas oftenas they can, and maybehostinga few videos,podcasts and slideshows. But all that doesis showcasehow much the print edition can't do. The sameu'ell-craftedstories can be hosted online, alongsidethe sameperfectly framed images,at a much lower cost and without nearly the same space limitations. Other than the romantic ideal of holding outdated are worth far lessthan news in our hands,newspapers the fish they are wrappedin. Newson printedpaperwill existin somefashionfor the restof time, but the corporatecashcowsthat we've cometo know and lovewill die.
the prep coveragewou On top of that, tl ally be worth reading neighborhoodwould I Iong, long agothe only cities with newspaperswere beinpacting them. No moreglossedo the biggestand grandestin the nation. Now almost everycity on a maior highway pubtish- placedby coverage-a1 esits own daillr Evena small mountain town like Aspen ground rebuilding inil Nahonal and inte supports two papers,for the time being. and wire serviceslike I And that is the future of print iournalism - the and Reuters will havt small town paper. Those small town papershave the right idea. They goods. But lvhen we take run the big internationalnews when they haveto, but agepresentedat a loc! for the most part, everypageis filled with what the higb schoolfootball coach is doing differently this sâ&#x201A;Źasonand reallywant to read:lor Another importan editorialsaboutthe speedbump on Main Street. a local and national k And isn't that what peoplewant to read- at leastin diflerentmedia. thosesmall towns? Sure,that storyon Think of all the peoplewho pick up the paperin small towns. They are the aunts, uncles,grandmasand grand- mmpelling, but what r pasof stellar athletes.They are the directorsand stars of Usingmultimedia boards the town's small plays.They are the everydayJoesrvho onlinemessage helperploret'heissue advertisingshouldbeaimedat. Metropolitan dailies have inflated staffsand budgets be founil on the newsy At this point we'r( andcan't covereverythingthe peoplewant. Denveritself couldsupporta handfulof smalldailies on multimediaand fo town papersare sticki that only print newsbasedon vicinity TheCapitolHill paperwouldn't touchthe FivePoints from anythingtechno Both tlpes of pap news and the Highlands paper rvould stay away from besaved, anythingsoutho[ Colfax. The major sportswould still haveto be city wide, but
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3Oyearc IN THEIR OWN WORDS Emerson Schwartzkoof Editor, 1979-1980
Leisa Greth and Jelf Branson embrace in a tearful farewell as Shantytown comes dorrrr April 29. f 9SS. . Photoby DaleCrum
Findingahome alongSpeer tlr".l*',Ht::t::lt /hen The Metropolitanst4rted. the Auraria campuswas l/ l/ y Y still young.and in July 1980, the face of downtown Denver was just beginning to be formed when the plan to revamp SpeerBoulevardwasmade. "We were ready to line up.both sides and whoeverwas left standing would win out," saidRogerfohnson,tle chief engineerresponsible for planning. Eventually this construction would lead to more closuresat Aurirria, namely Larirner and Iawrence sheets. A proposedmergerof the then named Metropolitan State Collegeand the University of Colorado-Denver eventually ffzrled out when a report releasedby the Colorado Commissionof Higher Education statedthat the schoolSshouldremain separate. In 1981, Metrolostits third president in five yearswhen Donald Maclntyte told the schoolhe would beleavingfor another positionat CanadaCollegein California. Aug. 15, 1985, the Tiroli rms reopenedas a shoppingmall after l0 years of planning,but four yearslater only 57 percentof the storefrontswould be occupied. f
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ocrober 1e87therivoriparking tots fust started offering parking validation for anyonewho shoppedat tle fivoli, to the chagrin o[ studentsand restaumnr onmersalike. "The restaurantsbring peoplein, not the merchants. Tivoli is alienating their bestbase- thd students,"said Phil Wen. zel,managerof RockyRococoPizza. An enrollment cap placedon Metro's studentpopulationin 1985 was lifted in 1988, making room for a treasury increasedby $4.1 million. Included in the plans for the extra money was $240,000 for the renovation of the Auraria Library. In December 1989, the Auraria lligher EducationCenterapproved$1,76 million for an air-conditioner proiect, planned to be completedin time for the 1990 summer semester. One of tle last things on the agenda for MSC was a simple name change. The work beganin 1989 to changethe school's name to the current Metropolitan StateCollegeof Dener.
HEADTINES FROM 19?9-1989 ttMefuo.ge{p
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Cnampfon" March14 1984 Seniorfeff Smith becamethe first Metro athlete to win a national championshipwhen he won the three-meterdiving title at the National Association of IntercollegiateAthletics Swimming and Diving championships, Ironically, Smith did not qualify for the meet until late in the season. Metro sent a record nine swimmersto the meet.
"Dysentery sweepschild care center" Oct 9, 1987 At least l8 confirmedcasesof Shigellawere recordedat the Auraria Child CareCenterin early October. The ColoradoDepartmentof Health setup a program to haveall of the children and adults who visit the centerto be screenedfor the disease. The outbreak put strain on studentswho had children and attendedclassat Aurala.
"Kleg calls it quits" Sept 8, 1989 After an entire semesterof threats of impeachment, Metro StudentSenatorJoelKleg quit his posiOon. Kleg wasunder scrutiny becauseof racist, homophobicand all-togetherthreatening remarks he madeabout other senatemembersand leadersof studentgroups. Onesenatorrespondedto Kleg'sresignationby simply saying "than-kGod."
Sincethe bulk of the readership - and staff - turn overeveryfew years,collegenewspaperscan have short Mespans.Froml9T 6-78 at Auraria, I sawfive of them die. The factthatTheMetrorylitnnnow approachesits 3o-yearhistory ranks asa tremendousachievement. As one of the founders,I like to think I gaveit a goodrunning start. ?heMet was born out of contingenry.The collegeadministration set aside$ 15,000 in casethe newspaper servicingthe campusstoppedpublishing. lncredibly.in the lasthalf ol 19 78, all of them collapsed. SteveWergesand I drew up a businessplan to start anothernewspaper. Onevivid memory involvedan alternoon at the stategovernment's surplus-properfywarehouse,where I spenthours in a hall of abandoned goodsin an attempt to find a few working typewriters. We endedup hauling away a motley collection of beat-updesks,mismatchedolfice chairs and whateverelsewe could fit on a flatbedtruck. We stalTedthe paperwith an equally motley collection of staff. Someof them workedfor the other failedcampuspapers;othersiust wanted !o be writers. Nearly all of them turned out to be top-notch reporters. I rememberone guy who worked full-timeasa night bartender;he coveredthe public-safety beat.I'd wake him up on T\resdaysaround 1O a.m.,and he'ddrowsilycomposeoII the top of his headover the phone while I wrote up the report, like some old-timerewritedesk. fust asthe first edition rolled out, an influe.ntialstatesenatorintroduced legislationoverhaulingColorado higher education- and eliminating Metro. The collegewas in a fight for its life. We coveredthe statehouseindepth, and madesure everylegislator had a copyof the paperat his or her deskeveryWeilnesdaymorning. We madethe casefor Metro and the legislationfailed. [n somesma]l part, ?fteMet helpedthe collegesurvive.That's a pretty goodlegacy,and that'sjust in its ffrstsemester. Stafiing TheMet gaveme the tools to build my career.learning to improvise,controlling the chaosand adaptingdiversetalents to creatâ&#x201A;Źa publication from scratchenabledme to eventually launch four business-tobusinesstrade magazines.
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In spring 1984. when I rms 2O.I was named editor of TheMetropolitan. I r.ras,at the time, the youngest person to hold the job, and I'm sure it shoned. I rode my skateboard to the olfice after the announcement, eliciting nervous laughter from lhte Lutrey, then the director of student publications. "We've never had anybody do that ' before, she said, and I'm sure she was wondering whether a mistake had been made. It was a question Katâ&#x201A;Ź could have askedwith good reason. Becausethe truth is, I had no idea what I was doing. I banged out angryresponses to lefters-to-the-editor writers I disagreed with. I played darts in the production room on paste-up day I came in late, stayed even later, missed classesto mala deadline (at least in my memory I always made it), put my feet up on my deskbecauseI thought that's what newsmen were supposed to do, and just generally made it up as I went. I thought I knew a lot about iournalism, and in some respects,I supposeI did. But a quarter century later, I can look back and see hou' wrong I was, how much I learned during that year and how much it continues to shaDe me as a journalist. The reason is simple. Journalism is about people - those you lr,'ork with. those you encounter, those you write about. A good iournalist is the person who can, not only craft a smart lead paragraph and synlhesize a complicated story succinctl)I but who understands this iob is a series of relationships. Even if we blon into someone'slife for an hour or aq afternoon, we cannot forget: what we write matters to them. The best thing about my time at fhe Met was I was allowed to stub my toe and do the occasional face-plant. I'm still humbled by memories of the day I walked down the hallway to The Met's ofEcein the basement of the Plaza Bui-lding to find a line of people waiting to yell at me about something that was in the paper. I listened to each one, and though it was uncomfortable, I learned something about myself that day that I carry still. I leamed that long after we have moved on to the next assignment our words remain. I learned that how we heat people - even people who are the subtect of tough stories - says as much about us as the stories we publish. I've been a newspaper reporter for more than 22 years now covering some of Colorado's biggest stories. The year I spent as editor of TheMet made that possible, even if I still find myself sitting, at times, witl my feet up on my desk.
Participants of World Youth Day walk through Auraria between Central and West classrooms on Aug. 13, 1993. Photoby AndyCross
By James Kruger jkrugerl@mscd.edu thatmarkedthe'9Oswerenot lost he changes ff! newly christenedl\4eropolitanState on the ! A Colleeeof Denver,which addedits hometown to the title be-forethe decadebegan. Duringthefirst yearsof the 1990s,the oncequiet mining tonn of Auraria was on its way to morphing into the urban campuswe knoll'today.The campus wasoutgrowingits pioneerfootprintand waslooking lo expand. A former brewery and failed shopping mall seemedlike the perfectsolution. "We are exploring all options to solveour space problemsat Auraria. The Tivoli is just one element in that plan," said former Auraria Higher Mucation Center Interim \4ce Presidgntfirn Schoemerto The in March 199O. Metropolitan Horvever,the bricks and smokestacksthat are iconic to all three collegesat Auraria didn't come without a fight - with Metro's neighbor UCDwanting them all for itself. In November1991, the UCDstudentgovernment askedstudentsin a referendum to vote for a fee increaseto outbid AIIEC in the quest for the 62-year Tivoli lease. "Thecampusis supposed to be a conglomerate," then UCDstudent Keith Rossisaid. "How can it be a union if oneschoolownsit?" One school wouldn't own it. and the Tivoli deal was finalizedby AHECin 199 3 for S6 million. Around that tilllle. TheMet Editor-in-Chief from '92-93 Shawn Christopher Cox picked a fight with Metro'sBoardof Truslees,callingon the boardtil releasethe namesof those applying for the position of presidentof the college. They refused,and aidedby the Societyof Professional Journalists and Metro's iournalism department, Cox took the fight to court. While it nel'er madeit that far, asthe recordswerereleasedand the applicant searchwas called off, the battle marked an important time in Thel{et's quest to get information of what it affectingstudentsto students,regardless tal<es. As the mastheadchangedand technologyirnproved.the paperevolvedalong with the collegeand the surrounding city. Therewasconcernoverwhetheror not the Pepsi Centerwould negativelyimpact the campusin I 9 9 7; safetywas questionedas a new light rail pulled in to providetransportationto studentsin 1994, and a debate ragedas to whether or not to changethe name of the collegeonce again to simply "The Met." But what was certain was Metro and TheMef had made a home at Auraria.
HEADTINESFROM 1989-1999 'Martin fails in bidto skew editor pick"
"Metuofaculwsplits SI5 million Lotto iackpot"
May4, 1990
April 12,1996
Metro's StudentGovernmentAssembly PresidentKelly Martin tried to swaythe selectionof ?heMet's editor-in-chief in April 1994. According to the article, Martin was upsetat the coverageshereceivedin the paper,so shesent her vice president-elect,Dan Holden,to a Board of Publicationsmeeting to recomnend her ou'n choice- Holden. The board askedHolden to leave,and a SGArepresentativelater denouncedMartin's actions.
"Parking funds missing" Dec.3, 1993
Morethan $133,000 in parking revenue wasstolenduring the 1992-93 Two Metrofacultymembershad the fiscalyear,accordingto an article that broke winning numbers,not in the classroom,but the storyin the Dec.3, 1993. issueof the in the statelottery for a $ l5 million jackpot. Metropolitan. professor Mendez decidCelestino Mattr kslie Edwards.former refereefor Auraedto purchasehis ticket after lecturing on ria Higher EducationCenter'sParking and valuein his probabilityclass.He expected SafetyDivision,wasfired and said choseto receivehis payment in a lump sum, Public that employeessteallngftom the debit card and receiveda checkfor $2.04 million. machinesat Aurarla had beenignored. Metro Director of Teachersfor Colorado, Threemore employeeswere fired by purchase his ticket, did not Minjarez ferry becauseof the missing$133,634, AIIEC his wife, ChristineMiniarez did. The couple Metwas cli.ticalof IoAnn Soker, and,The choseto receiveannuity payments.Their vice prâ&#x201A;Źsidentof administrathen executive fust checkwasfor $f 27,500. and her handling of the incident. tion, At the time Mendezand Minjarez did job. not plan to quit their
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Former Student Trustee Stephen Hay's son, Steyie, stands in front of St. Caietanb following a menorial his father. adorned with a msh printed "daddy" outside St. Caietanb Oct. 28, 2OO5. . Photo by Matt fonas
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tretro was given autonomyin /l Aueust2002. After beinga
I Y J- part of a system of colleges that was governedby one board, it would have the ability to govern itself. The first board was comprisedof people like oilman, GOPbig-wig and current Unirersity of ColoradoPresidentBruce Bensonand Virginia "Gin" Butler, the depurydirector of the Officeof EconomicDevelopmentfor Colorado. But not even a year later, the school was rockedwhen SheilaKaplan resigned from her post as president.She was Metro's first fema]epresidentand servedfor l0 years.Rumors were rampant on why Kaplan resigned, but most believed she was pushedout by the Board of Trustees she helped create. Her inl€rim replacement was RayKieft. As SGAscandalsgo,the plight of president Brotha Seku takes the cake, First, Sekuwas suspended March 6; 2003, by Metro's judicial officials on five counts of violating the student conduct code. TheMetropolitnnwas deniedaccessto the meeting that decidedSeku'sfate, despitewritten permissionby the SGApresident. But Student Iudicial OIEcerElyse Yamauchi said tle coverageof the trial would violate Sekus FERPAhghts. "It's such a complicatedissue,"Mark Goodman,executivedirector of the Student PressLaw Center said. "I don't necessarily buy into the notion that FERPA actually prohibits accessin any context.
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FERPAitself doesn't really prevent anything." News editor Noelle l€vitt and report"This is a crisis" Mardr9,2006 er LindsaySandhamsuedthe collegebut lost. Oneof PresidentStephenlordan's first and biggest The college had come to a complete challengeswas the Feb.2 5, 2006, theft of a laptop conhalt while Kieft ran the school, Almost taining thousandsof SocialSecuritynumbers of students ..._past and present,Wbie TheMet wasn't the first to two years with an interim presidentwill do that to a college.Most,if not all; upper- break the story of the theft, it was the ffrst to report who had the laptop beforeit was stolen.An online story identilelrl administrators carried the interim fiedDaniel Parks,then associatedirector of admissions title, too. No one'sjob was safeduring this and data management,was working on a master'sdegree time of limbo, and fear set in the longer project when the laptop was stolen,[t was never found. the Board of Tlusteestook to find a new 'Dr. Evil?" president. Finally a lone candidate was named:StephenJordan. February16,2fi)6 The Board of Thusteespromised this Metro professorZia Meranto had alwaysbeena man from the Westwould solveall of Metbontroversial figure in Metro's history. But in February ro's problems,that hewould bring stability 2006, Meranto wasnamedone of "the most dangerand a faceto the collegethat would come ous" professorsin the U.S.by conservativeactMst David to facean uphill battle fighting to preserve Horowitz. HorowiE had previouslyspokenin Denver about the rights of academicfteedomand the liberal bias Meho's role in higher education. fordan went right to work in October at universitiesand colleges. of 2005 to help passReferendumC and "Metro setfles rowt' D, two measuresthat restructured higher 26' 2003 June education.funding and helped even out ' Metro'sfunding with other colleges. Metro's former presidentSheilaKaplanreceiveda In 2W7, it was announced Denver $25;O0Osettlementfrom Metro after allegeddisparagwould host the DemocraticNational Con- ing remarksweremadeagainsther by TrusteeChairman BruceBenson.Kaplan had resignedearlier in the year. ventionat the PepsiCenterin 2008.Itwas announced that all of Auraria would be shut down, and the party later nominated the flrst African American to lead a maior party ticket, Barack 0bama. While most Metro studentstook an extra weekoff. Ifte Me[ stall took to the streetsof IoDo and the halls of PepsiCenterto report via blog, Twitter and prht the weekthat would foreverchangethe world.
It all started with cartoons. When I returned to Denverfrom studying abroadfor two yearsin 2003, I hadno degree,no job and no prospects. I enrolled at Metro equippedwith vagueambirionslor a bachelor'sin modern languagesand a cartooning hobby On a whim, I decidedto try to makemy fondnessfor pen and ink more legitimate,and turned in a batch of cartoonsto TheMetropolitnn. That was all it took to get me hooked. The cartoonsquickly led to feature articles,and my budding role asa reporter demandedI spendmore and more time in the crampedMet office on the third floor of the Tivoli. By the time I nearedgraduation in 2005, I wasthe featureseditorfor the paper,a role that sawme trying my hand at layout,metingout assignments to writers and slavinglong into the night over a keyboard. I graduatedin the spring of that year,and it only took me 6ne summer to comerunning back. I spentthe next year earning a secondbachelor'sdegreein journalism, a movemany labeledimprudent and rash. It wasone of the bestdecisiorsI evermade. The next two yearssawevenmorc. late nightsin the newsroom,eyenmilre manic marathonsto makedeadlines. and a seeminglyendlessstreamof theaterreviews,comicstripsand artist profiles,all tumed ir at the last minute. lt wasa brutal gauntlet,a neverendingsourceof shessthat keptme up at nights and robbedme of sparetime. And I lovederery secondof it. My endlesshours at TheMet helpedteachme the fundamentalsof journalism,lessonsthat wereimpossibleto fully gleanin any classroom. I madeconnectionswith fellow aspiring writers and editorsin the office that haveremainedstrong. My experienceasfeatureseditor mademe a betterwriter and a better ardst. It helpedme securemy first iob at a small newspaperin Brighton, and moveon to my presentpostas a stalI writer at the u{uromSentinel.It helped me find freelancegigsat the Rocky MountainNewsandlhe Westworil MoBtimportantly, it helpedme learn how to tell a goodstory. Evenasmajor metro dailiesfold around us, and evenasthe future of journalism aswe kno$/ it s€ems evermore dubious,I can't regr€t the decisionI madeto comeback to Metro and pursuetbat seconddegree, It wasone of the bestchoicesI errermade.
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N[ewsin the back yard ernga commuter campushas its drawbacks. Throughout the years, ?he Metropolitanhas chronicled the many problems our community has faced. Low turnout in student elections, worse participation in extracurricular activities, But being located downtown, on the other hand, brings many benefits - like being in the middle of any news story.
Ku Klux Klan members gathered in Denver for a rally in 1991. . Photoby DominicChavez Then Sen. Barack Obama takes the stage at Civic Center Park Oct. 3O, 2OO8,Days before the presidential election, it was his biggest domestic audience to date: lO,O00. . PhotobvDominicChavez
Rev.fesseJackson urged a crowd of 3,OOOat Auraria to cast their ballots in the upcoming election. ]ackson spoke October 1992. One hundred and one students, following Jackson, cast absentee ballots. . Photoby DominicChavez
Pope fohn Paul II came to Denver for World Youth Day Aug, 12 - 15,1993. Youth from as far as Switzerland, Italy, Vietnam, El Salvador and Mexico began arriving at Auraria Aug. 9. to celebrate their faith and to see the Pope. . PhotobyAndyCross
Then Sen. Hillary Clinton is welcomed to Auraria by thousands of students Oct.24,2OO7, She was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, . Photoby Snow Johannah
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Somethingsneverchange hile researchingthis specialsection,somethingbecameapparent.The problemsand scandalsthat fill the pagesof ?he Metropolitantoday,did so 30 yearsago.WhethErwe're talking abouttuition increases,parking rates,or SGAtrouble,some thingi neverchange.Belowis a look at someof the storiesfrom back then and 2009.
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TUITION Tuitions, salaries to jump at all three Auraria schools
Fund FreezeEquals Tuition hike
March 26, 1980
Jan.15,2009
Proposedby the foint BudgetCommittee,faculty member'ssalarieswill increasefor the 19808l year.As a result, tuition for MSCDstudentswill beraisedto meetthe deficit.The proposedtuition increasewill raisethe price from $4 I 6 to $ 524 per for residents. semester
A 2 .5 percentbudgetcut for all of higher education could forcea tuition hike next fall. With the decreasein tuition many schoolsare looking to developplans that would allow them to break away from stateregulations.Metro'sin-state tuition is at $5,OOO,half of what comparable schoolsin other statescharge.
PARKING Auraria parking rates increase
SGA saysnay to parking increase
Sept.5 1979
Feb.5,2009
Changesin parking lot rate shuch.lresapproved by the Auraria Boardof Directorsdoubledthe cost .. of parking The rate hike was enforcedfor tha first time by elechonic gates.
Assembly called Mebo'sStudentGovernment for campusadminisFatorsto delayplannedparking fee increasesscheduledfor fune.'Anrlrew Bateman,presidentof the SGA,said olficials had 'hot given enough data to show the need of the plan, and the StudentAdvisory Committeeto the Auraria Board neededto speakup on the issue.
TEXT BOOKS profit
No relief from high price tags
Sept.5 1979
Aug.14,2008
One of the most common complaints the bookstore getsis the price of textbooks,wen though the mark up is 20 percentlessthan private retail stores. The main profft the bookstoregets is ftom its suIF pliesinsteadof their textbool$.
A new bill sigrredApril 8 by Gov.Bill Ritter cameinto eITecton Aug. 6. The bill forcedpublishersto unbundle exfra materials such asCDs from their books. Atthough the bill wasseenas a price savingmeasure,matry shrdentshavenot seenthe savings.
AIIEC bookstore: no windfall
CONSTRUCTION Plans finally settle for Tivoli April 3O 1980
Plans for Metro's oncampus hotel move forward Jan.29.2009
The fivoli Breweryplans to get a face-Mtby signing a 62-year leasewith Ttisec Westernto convert it into a shoppingcenterwith restaurants, that theatersand other specificstores.Businesses bookstore and be in conflict with the campus would restaurant are being discouraged cafeteria-style from building. Constructionon the fivoli is scheduled to be completein two years.
hotel and A new full-service,state-of-the-art restaurant managementschoolis plannedto be built on campus.Metrowill handle$8.1 million of funding for the project while the Auraria Higher EducationCenterwill handle the remaining $30.5 million of the project. The new hotel will be built on the southwestcorner of Auraria Parkway and SpeerBoulevard,replacingI,ot R and the athletic fields.
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Journalism Professor Atthe Rockyz4yearc ."[Newspapers are]morphinginto somethingelse.ThereasonI saythat is becausethe appetitefor newsis stronger than it everhasbeen.Justlookat the last election.Thebusinessmodelneedsto change.Thebig circulation, metropolitan dailiesmaybe deadi ."Thebiggerlossisthe watchdogelement.lf wecan'tpay somebodyto go to the city councilmeetingthen the city council figuresthat out prettyfastl KEVINVAUGHAN Metropolitan Editor-in-Chief,1984 - 1985 Atthe Rockyl2yearc . "WhenI lookat the lastthreemonths therewerea lot of daysthat I pickedup the paperand I wasproudofwhat we put in there." ."1don't knowwherejournalismtheaded. I needto sortofsee how the nextfew monthsplayout3 ."f am extremelygratefulthat lhe DenverPostofferedme a job. I hopeto bringsomethingto the paperand learnsomethingfrom
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CHRISSCHMAEDEKE Metro Student Atthefiockyseven years ."1enjoyedbeingableto work injournalism I hadthgt whiletakingjournalismclasses. real-lifeexperiencethat I couldconreinto a donethisl classand say,'l've . Whatwasyourfirst Rockystory-"My actualfirst bylinewasa statebasketball, a
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ARMANDOARRIETA Journalism Professor At the Rockyfive years .What did the Rockymeanto you? "Everything.ltwasmyworld.Bestjob. My' dreamjob.lt waseverythingI wantedto dq and I wasonly there for five years.I couldonly imaginewhat it'sllkefor people who havebeentherefor 2Q 30 yearsl - "Officially, .What killedthe Roclcy?
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the recession. Personally, readerhabits.The success ofthe Internetdoesn'ttranslate intothecurre-nt economic modelof newspapers."
rt watereddown national cover'evel we are left with what people I coveragedoneright, :hangethat needsto be mAde,on :1,is the acceptanceof new and re speedbumpson Main Streetis redo we do to engagereaders? e audiofrom town hall meetings, nd evenslideshowsor videoscan i speedbumps.All of which can .)er'swebsite. plit - the big papersare focused etting local news, but thd small I to their guns and staying away $cally advanced. s have work to do. but both can
TOP- The last edition of the Rockyon the pressesFeb.27 at the DenverNewspaperAgencyBuilding in north Denver. Photoby CoraKemp. ckempr4â&#x201A;Źrmscd.edu BOTTOM- JohnTemplg editor, publisherand presidentof the RockyMountain lVer,vs takes a moment to reflect during a press conferenceheld Feb.26 at the DenverNewspapelAgencyin . ajaynesl dorntown Denver.PhotobyDrewJaynes @mscd.edL
JUDYDeHAAS Photojournalism Professor At the Rockyfive yearc . About herclassat Metro-"1 want to l'm not goingto changepeoples'lives. just stop tause some.corporate whatevers arqn'tmakingmoneyl ."No one goesintojournalismthat wants to makemoney.Whatdoeshappenis a deepsenseof fulfillmentand purposel ."AtThePostl'm goingto bejust concentrating on shooting.I am verythanKulthat theythoughtenoughof me to giveme a chancel
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you mde. ,.^...,fq i,.tl): Isreal (Nebeker)and I had done bike tours a couple fi"'es. the ffrst time it was iust the two of us. We started in Vancouverand we were going to ride down to M€xico, but our bikes were stolen in SanFtancbco, so I'm not quite sur€ the mileageon that trip. It was defi-
peoplervhen you play on the sFeets,and it was fun hanging out with the other sheet musicians. We are alwayspretty fond of that srrmmer. ED So in five years,where do you want your music to be?Do you want to sfick to indie or do you want to get with a major label? RDr As things progress, more people wanted, butit wasstitt ipl5ligbAnd thAn A mAiof Commefj1l need to be involved an amazingtrip. Then to make the projband,but we'realsonot afraidof ect grow and to get wecame backand wolking^on s growth at all,and want to play for as more peopleto hear :taftel Roundsand a Sound. " the music. A lot of mAny people ASWe CAn." peopletalk about laandsot that album printed.This last time belsdisappearingaIwe startedin Washington,iust southof the border, together.We'll seelaterdownthe road.We'repretty and endedwith a showin SanDiego.It rounded out grateful to havethe labelthat we ha!€, assmall asit tojust (morethan) 2,000 miles. is. It's a big helpto havethingstakencareof on the ED: How much did you guys prepare for the bike businessend a little bit more becauseit is a pretty tour? Or did youiust go? complicatedbusiness.It definitelyseemswe're more RI): You sort of iust go out tlere and do it. We;re of an indie band than a major commercialband, normal people.We really don't work out all that but we're alsonot really afraid of growth at all, and much. Weeat burritos and drink beer.But we like to want to play for as many peopleaswe can. Soif r,l'e ride bikes.The first few dayswe kept to shorter dis- did end up on a major label,it would haveto be untances.The ffrst few daysare really tiring, but then der somecertain terms that we wouldn't be giving you get useto it. up to much of what we do. ED Did you write very many songswhile you were ED: You seemvery passionateabout your music. on the road?It's easyto imagine the openroad rthile How long hale you beeninvolvedin music? listeningto your music. RD: I startedplayingmusicn*ren I was8 yearsold. I RD: There'sdeffnitelya feelingof havel and a sense just like creatingstujl Initially,whenIsraelandI startof placein the music that comesout. We get a lot of edplayingtogetheaI wasdoinga lot of paintingandhe ideasfor songs,and when we actually have a little waswriting a lot of songs.We would work on things bit more time to sit down and work on them, (they) togetherandsort of bouncethingsoff of eachother. get filled out into proper songs. ED:What inspiresyou to goftom iust playing an inED: It said in your profile you met in college.Were strument, to creating a band, and creating a lot of you roommatesor did you meet around campus? your very own music? RD: We had a couple mutual friends. Israel had a RD: There's something intimately better to me band in high school, and I was a grade ahead of about playing with other people. I've seen a lot hirn, and there were two other guys in his band at of other bands play with pre-programmedbeats. the time. At ffrst they wanted me to be the clrum- There's definitely an energy you get playing with mer oI that band,but we had one practice,and af- otherpeoplethat you iust don't geton your onm.
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AEOVE:BoogieB,Sibs,Johnny L and DJAJ of Umconscious continuetheir ascentinto the upper echelonof the Denver hip-hop sceneasthey perform to more than 500 fans Feb.28, following the releaseof their video "RoadRage/the second video and single,offtheir 2008 releasefhe Avenue.Watchthe video now at www.myspace,com/umcons<iouos or at YouTube. com, keywords:UMCONCIOUS/ROAD RAGE. BELOW:DrummerSibsand DJAJ get ill with it Feb.28 at The UmConsciousvideo releaseparty at the BluebirdTheater.
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Photoby Rya'rMartin- martiry@mscd.edu Hawks of Paradisefiontman James Miles takes the audience to a higher place Feb.27 during an opening set at the Hi-Dive.
Photocourtesy of thepaperhearls.com Fort Collins-basedbad boys Dfag the River willtake their country-punk act on the road this spring. Hide your beer. Drag The River is one of Colorados best-keptsecrets.Formedin ft. Collinsin 1996, the band has beenmaking music for more than a de caile.Witlr the recentreleaseof Badat BreakingUp,they show no signs of slowingdown. The title itself muld sene as an indication.The band's sweetblendof punk roots and county twang put DragThe Rircr in the companyof bandslike Luceroand Drive-ByTruckers.The gmup is still toudng and wil behitting the EastCoasttbis springwith a return to Colorado in the surnmer.DragThe Riverhasbeenworking hard and planson releasingmoresingleslater this year:If alt-country is your bag,DragThe Riverhas damn near perfectedthe genre,and carled themseh'esa nice little nichein the Mile High City'smusicscenealongthe way
There'sgoodlogicto Hawksof Paradise'smoniker.Theyarea bandwhose '60s tempo, at a moment's noticâ&#x201A;Ź, tatas flight straight up into a heavenly freak-out climax, only to have the band's direction downsbift into dmning garagerock and lou Reed.likeapathy,Then, ellortlessly,they soaroncerr-roe, flying high with a senseof sheer,grinding, electricurgency until they reach I a splintering crescendo,thick with \krx organ psychedelia.'[t's the kind of musicthat makesyou tired in a fine and emotionalsense.Currently openir:g venuesfor actssuch asgaragerock brethrenThe Omensand The Swayback, . the Ha$46areoneof-those"watch out" bandsthat arelikely to riseaborâ&#x201A;Źthe rest very soon.In the meantime,take flight with the HawksMarch 17 when they openup for weirdofolk trio Akron/Family at the OrientalTheater.
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Upcomingshows:BrotherAli bringswitty hip-hopto the Fox T\Moyearsafterthe releaseof his critically acclaimedsophomorealbum,TheUnilisprd.royalty Brother edTfuth,Rh)'rnesayers' Ali is hitting the road in support of a new nine-songEB TheTruthIs Here. Ali wil betaking the stageMarch 5 at the FoxTheaterin Boulder. Ali's distinctive vocals and rabid rhvmesmakehim one of Brother Ali has mad lyrics. the bestemceesin underground hiphop. Hissongscancoverany topicfrom political 0obiographical, and arealwaysdeliveredin a hard-hitting and honestfashion.\Atth hearrybeatsto gowith his lyrical frar*ness,BrotherAli is sureto put on a blazingshowworth the Front Rangedrive.
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The Knew frontman Jacob Hansen brings big hair, big sound March 7 to the Carioca Caf6.
of the seediersideol For a commandingknor,l'Iedge punk-rock scene, one needlook no the Mile High City's further than to the rustic gut-sof renown Denverdivethe CariocaCaf6(betterknown asBar Bar,due to the neon sign hangingabovethe door).Denver'sThe GetDownl is pure compositional pandemonium, with chainsaw guitar and incessant,hollow drums paving the way for graveledlyricaldeliveries. Punk-rockcousinsTheGetItl continue that theme,but with more metal influx, while The Knew offer a country-punk buffet that's heavywith meaty indie complexityand tasty lyrics. While all three span different subsetsof the punk genre, each offer a ' Photoby DrewJaynes decidelyunified sound explosion,sure to ratde the dust ajaynesl @mscd.eduoff the Bar Bar'slonebottleof high-endwhiskey.
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NT$: AURARIABATTTEOF THE BANDS oftheBands deadlineis 3.20.09 4.9.09 for more info
The lt{etroOfficeof StudentActivities.in coniuncitonwith UCDand CCD,rvill hold an AurariaBattleof the Bands10 a.m.to 3 p.m.April 22 during the annual SpringFling at Auraria. Eachband must turn in a brief applicationand a demoto the Officeof StudentActivitiesin Tivoli 30 5 or the OIficeof StudentMediain Tivoli 3 13. At leastonebandmembermust be an Aurariastudentrvith a valid ID.Thesubmissiondeadline is March 20 and rvinnerswill be announcedApril 8. Four semifinalists will be selectedto perform a paid set at the Tivoli Commonsoutdoor stage.For more information contact the Olfice of Student Activities at 303-556-2595 or goto hftp://studentactivities.mscd.edu.
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NOTICEOF INTENT TO HOLDA REFERENDUM VOTE At the February18,2009meetingof theAurariaBoardof Directors, question thefollowing wasapproved to be putforthto theAurariaCampusstudentpopulation for a vote. An Aurariacampus-wide studentreferendum votewillbe heldon April1standApril2nd,2009 question: on thefollowing
"Shallthe studentsof the AurariaCampus(the CommunityCollegeof Denver,MetropolitanSfafe Collegeof Denver,and Universityof Colorado Denverat the DowntownDenverAurariaCampus)authorizethe Boardof Directorsof the AurariaHigherEducationCenterto collectfrom each institutiona supplementalstudentfee not to exceed$46.00per studentper semesferplusthe establishedinstitutionalcollectionfee, from August 17. 2009throughAusust 22, 2010.for the purposeof establishing an extension of the StudentBusand Light Rail PassProgram?"
Pollinqplaceswillbe institution-specific: Community Collegeof Denverstudentswillvoteat SouthClassroom Metropolitan StateCollegeof Denverstudentswill voteat CentralClassroom University of ColoradoDenverstudentswill voteat NorthClassroom
Forfurtherinformation; contactthe StudentAdvisory Committee to theAurariaBoardat 303.556.4589 or at www.tivoli. orq/sacab
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SGAsmarch funding for educational acostlyhiIItoclimb couldprove On Monday, March 9, the N{etro Student Government Assembly r,r'ill be leading a march to the capitol. r,t'hereit lvill join rvith students and student organizations from across the state of Colorado in asking the State to save higher education. We are calling upon the students of Metro to join us. As you are reading this. t he legislature is in the beginning stagesof determining the Colorado state budgel for 2()09. Wilh lhe economy in trouble, the 2009 budget is likely to sustain enormous deficits. With the law as it stands, higher education r,r'illbear the brunt of these cuts Colorado is already 49 in the nation for higher education funding. Within that already limited pot of funding, Metro gets the least amount of funding per student. From the early estimates, it looks as though Metro rvill be cut more than any other institution next year. \{rhat this means for you is higher tuition, larger class sizes arrd less coursesections.It also means Metro may har,'e to begin turning away qualifiedstudenlsfur the {irst timc in the school's historl'. To make matters u.orse. the Anrschoug-Bird provisions in the state lalv books restrict the state lrorl ever being able to rccover lrom thcsc massivc cuts. The lalv says the state can increase the general fund by no more lhan 6 perc('nt over lhe pr|vi-
increaseseachyear,the net result is the statecan ne\€r increasefunding. So,when the statemakestheseenormous cuts to higher educationnext
state programs. including higher education, once the economy recovers. If this bill is not passed,it is likelt' Colorado will be stuck in a permanent recessionfor the foreseeablefuture. This rvill not only cripple higher education.but K- I 2. transportation.
AndrewBatemanis Medicare. conections, lalv enforcePresidentof the Student ment, and every other service that GovernmentAssembly. relies on state funding. Contacthim at mscdFor more information on the sgapresident@mscd.eduArveschoug-Bird laws and other year. they will be permanent. To understand the effect of the Arveschoug-Bird law, imagine that you spend $100 on food every week this year. In 2010, you get to increasethat to $106 (6 percent).In 2011, you lose your job and work parl-time. so now you can only afford $80 a week. In 2012, you get a job lhal paysuhal you made in
state lunding issues, visit the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute at http:// rvww.cclponline.org. Students, join us on llarch 9 and be a part of Colorado's future. If you want to make sure that your tuition
stays low and your teachers keep their jobs, take a couple of hours out of your day to n'alk to the steps of the capitol and make a difference. \4ren'ill begin to gather and dis2009, but it doesnt matter, because t r i b u t e T - s h i r l sa n d s i g n si n t h e T i r o you're still only allowed to spend li Commons (between the Tivoli and $84.1t0 a week. due to the 6 percent t h c l ' l a z aB u i l d i n g la t l 0 : l o a . r r . . At I 1:15. I will adclressthe limit. In fact, at this rate, you rvon't be able to return to your 2009 lcvels crold and the press and make our u n t i l 2 ( l l r . r e g a r d l e sosf a n y r a i s c s or promotions 1'ou get. N{eanwhile. thc cost of food is going up 4-7 perccnt every !'ear, so even though you are allowed to spend $1O0 a week again, it buys much lcssfood than it didin 2009. Senate Bill 22|i. sponsored by Scn. N,lorse(D) and Rep. i\{arostica (R), rvould repeal the An'eschoug-
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intentions clear. r\t 11:30, we n'ill depart from the campus and be escorted by police through downtor,t'n Denver to the capitol buildjng where thc AssociatedStudentsol Colorado r,r'ill be holding thcir press conferenceal noon. Iior most students. this means missing a singlc class, at n'orst. n'hich is a small sacrifice to save higher educationin Colorado.
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lve stood two inches ;tvay from the founder of The N{etropolitan' fhp ping through the yellorved,brittle pagesof the fLst issueand sharing storiesof its beginnings.They were six key journalism students who worked themseh'es tirelessll',skipping classand staying up pastbedtime,to erectthe paper for which lte proudly work for todal'. 'the Many journalists lr,'ho have n'orked in a nervsroom before might recall glory years'- when their spellcheck was a just dictionary and the large plates on which the papersr €re printed were fragile enough to breat. The technology may have changed but one thing remains: the pmple. !!'e are journalists. \Ve assemble,intetpret and analyze the information 1'ouread. V!'e make it easierlor the peopleto understand the world s chaos.We are the public's watchdogs,critics and entertainers.Our newsroom seemsmore like home than our own apartments, and the people lre share it with become our famillr Every nelvsroom has its own personality. Our home ne\€r stops laughing. We've lost count on the numerous inside jokes and sbries we have with each other. There are exhausting nights of shouting. editing and seemingly neverending n riting. Believe it or not, we have bickered and fought o\€r one sentence that's made all the difference. A newsroom is nel'er still unless it's closed. This is why the RockyMountain N-eti,s'sloss has alfected us all in a deepway A ner,l'sroomhas died; the whole atmosphereof ideas, humor and excibement has been sucked out of it. An entire space filled n'ith the most talented, brilliant reporters. editors and columnists have wiped their desk clean. Their cror.lded cubicles now stand completely empty. The people we respect and learn but more are from are left displaced.Some may have joined other ner,r'srooms, still recuperatingfrom the shock. The businessmodel may hare failed, but thc peoplehale not. They are still the storytellers 1,ou depend on to bring lile into pdnt, In a sense,nte are your public sen'ants; if the public rcfusesthe service we provide. the loss is greater than just a printed nenispaper. Journalistswill never stop doing what they do. They ltill continue to ptrsue the storiesand lind a way tobring it to the people'sfront dooc evenif it's lhrough the Internet. This is not an ending for journalism, it's a freshbeginning, and any journalist will tell 1'outhat they re readi/ to adapt just as they alw-ayshave.lt'orking tirelessll',may'beskipping classand sta]'ing up past bcdtime. to bring )'ou a knorv how-to do. paper we are still proud of tcday: We have to. It's all r,r,'e EDITOR-IN-CHIEF James Kruger jlcrugerlomscd .edu MANACING EDITOR Nic Garcia ngarci2)omscd.edu NEWS EDITOR Tara Moberly tmoberly@mscd.edu ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Caitlin Gibbons cgibbon4@mscd.edu FEATURES EDITOR Dominic Graziano dgrazial@mscd.edu ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu MUSIC BDITOR Jeremy Johnson jjohn30Somscd.edu SPORTSEDITOR Kate Ferraro kferraro@mscd.edu ASSTSTANTSPORTSEDITOR Robert Dran rdran@mscd.edu
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SPORTS
"In the kind of careerthat I am in, competitionis part of it. Even today at64, peoplesay to me, 'When are you
going to retire?'and I say 'Never."'
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KATEFERRARO. SPORTSEDITOR.kferraro@mscd.edu
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_ByKate Ferraro kferraro6mscd.edu Metro men's basketball took the first garne of the Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceShootout against Univcrsity of Colorado at ColoradoSpringsMarch 3 at the Auraria EventsCenter, F,arlierin t]le season,the Roadrunners (19-l in the RMAC, 25-3 overall) beat lhe Mountain Lions (10-10 in the RMAC,i0-18 overall) 92-81. Metro ald UCCSmet onc€ againFeb.2 8 for the last regular season gamein ColoradoSpringswhere the Roailrunners beat them one mpretime 86-76.MetroguardBrian Minor said he believeseven though it was the third time playing UCCS,it wasn't any easier. "It getsharder and harder every time you play a team over and over," Minor said."It's beengettingtougher and toughereverygame." Metro began their third meeting with the Mountain Lions with the scoregoingback and forth. The Roadrunnerswent on a 13-3 run for a 32-l8 leadwith sevenminutes left in the fust half. The Mountain Lionswerescoreless on their last 11 straight possessions. UCCSroared back goingon a I l-6 run. closing the Roadrunnerslead to only seven pointswith a scoreof 38-3I at halftime, Metro shot 53.6 percentfrom the floorand forced11 turnovers. With the Roadrunners alead 46-39 only four minutes into the second half, the tlvo teams had a 3-pointer duel. UCCS guard Ben Feilmeierburied a three cutting the Roadrunner'slead to 46-42, but Metro guard Ma.rquise Canington answeredright back with his orn'n 3-pointer. UCCSguard Jordan I\{cClung scoredanother 3-pointerfor the Mountain Lions, but again Carrington responded,maintaining a seven-pointleadat 52-45. "We definitelypick it up when we needto," Minor said."Westarted ofl slow,and then the secondhalf, we definitely picked up our defense, which helpeda lot." The Mountain Lions scored eight of their last nine points to tie the gameat 53 n'ith 12 minutesleft. The Roadrunnerswent on a 12,1 run openingtheir leadto 10 points. With fiveminutesleft.Carringtonhit a 3-pointer.and then stolethe ball from the Mountain Lions on their next possessionand hit a 19-foot jumper to put Metro aheadby 11 at 7 6 -6 5 .
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"We starteddown 2-0 againsta team rankedthree spotsaboveus. This feelsso good." Tennisjunior April Hiradsaidon winningtheir firstmatch againstWinona state.
MetroGuardChrisRobinsontakesthe ball insidethe paint Mar.3 at the AurariaEventsCenter.The offenseplayeda crucialpart in the win over Universityof €oloradoat ColoradoSpringsand ensured a spot at the RMACsemifinals.Metro defeatedUCCS84-78in the first round of the RMACShootout. Photo Hanze. byBrittney bhanze@mscd.edu "Marquise (Carrington) has been a leader of this team." head coach Brannon Hays said. "He does just a great job of gethng the team g,oing and getting guys involved in the offense.\A/henwe do need to hit a shot, he'll hit a shot and he came throush big in the second half." Despiteonly hitting 6-of- I 2 from the line in the final four minutes, the Roadrunners held on to their lead and won the game 84-78. "\47e got a resfient group of guys," Hays said. "They find ways to rvin games.ltr/e'rebending, but we're not breaking. The guys do a greatjob of keeping their poise."
The Roadrunners have won 17 games in a row ind will play Coiorado State University at Pueblo in the semi-finals of the RMAC Shootout March 6 in Pueblo, If they win, Metro will move on to the championship match at 8 p.m. March 7 in Pueblo. Carrington said he believesit doesn't maller who they play, the team is ready to play whichever team comes their way. "We feel like \4€ can take on anybody." Carrington said. "Our one goal is to get into the national tournament, and get into the elite eight. From there, we har,eto beat the best anyn'ay so we don't care,brine it on."
Ment basketball FirstTeamAcademic AlFAmerica Meho men's basketballguard JesseWagstall was namedto ESPNThe Magazine/CoSIDAfirst teamAcademicAll-AmericaFeb. 2 5. The teamsare votedon by membersof the C-ollege Sports Information Directorsof America (CoSIDA).This year,he wasone of five playersnamedto the CollegeDvision first team.-This is Wagstaff'ssecondyear in a row that he hasbeenhonored on an All-Americateam. Wagstaffhas a 4.0 GPAasa cir.ilengineering technologymaior.
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Metrodropsball in playoffs By Eric Lansing lansinq@mscd.edu
I\{etro women's basketball team got a sweet taste of playoff basketball after winning five of six games to finish out the regular season.But it quickly turned bitter aller blowing a nine-point lead with six minutes left March 3 against CSU-Puebloin a 57-54 lossin the first round of the RMACTournamentin Pueblo. The Thunderwolves, who also came in playing at the top of their game riding a six-game win streak, put the clampson Mgto's offensein the tust ha.lf. Metro managedonly 2 3 pointsin the first frame, including a mere two points from Metro forward RaeBean, who seemedto be double-teamed every time the 'Runners were on offense, The olTenselooked lost when they couldn't find Bean,but Meho's youth{ul team might lave been showing lale seasongrowing pains. Freshman guard ]asmine Cervantes committed fi,r'jofouls in the Erst minute of the game,while missedla1'ups and ill-advisedpasseskeptthe offense olT-balanced. 'We had houble making easy shots," Meho head coach Linda Lappe said. "We had houble making threes;we had four airballs, and I haven't seen that from our team all year.I think we had a little bit too much energy and maybe too many nerves." Pueblo guard Michelie ambuul
er went on to drain both free tlrows for a 57-54 lead with six ticks remaining. Metro guard Sharaya Selsor's last-second3-point attempt hit the rim and the 'Runners seasonsarnc to an end, While the Roaclrunnersshot 42 percent from tbe floor, the 17 turno!€rs kept the Thunderwolvesin the game.Puebloalsohit 15-of-18ftom the charity stripe that won them the gam€,despiteshooting an abysmal 24 percentfrom the field and 0-of-9 hom downtor,rm. Sinclair led Metro with 16 points and 16 rebounds,while Beanhad a better secondhalf finishing with 14 points but only three rebounds. This gamewasthe last time Sinclair woulddon a Roadrunnerjersey. The senior spenther entire four-year career at Metro and said sheenjoyed her time on the court, as well as the friendsshemadeolTof it. Metro guard ChelseaWitliamsonholds on tightly as UCCSforward JazzminAwa-Williamstries to "It's beenamazing," Sinclair said strip the bal! Jan.23 at the AurariaEventsCenter.FilephotobyLinhNgo' Ingopmscd.edu fighting back the tears. "I've gotten But the run didn't stop there, as to a long 3-point aftempt by Ambuul, somuchmoreout of Metrothan just tallied 11 first-half pgints to give her team a 33-23 lead at tle intermis- tbe offensetook advantag6of poor who had yet to hit a three since the basketball.t couldn't haveaskedfor a shooting by the Thunderwolves. first half. But after the ball hit off the better season." $on. 'Runners pushed their lead up rim, a late whisde on a foul by Metro Iappe enjoyedher two yearswith The Roadrunnerscameout ffring The put the s-foot-l l-inch forward from Vicguard AmChelseaWilliamson in the secondhalf, putting togethera to nine at the 6:57 mark on a midAustralia. toria, buul on the liee-throw line for a one164 run to take thrcirfirst lead since rangeiumper by Bean. "She's a senior tlat every coach The lead was short-livedas eight and-onechance. early in the first half. Bean powered ' Lappe saitt. -she's glvfng wants to have," her both Ambuul <lrhined her way insidefor six of thosepoints.' turnovers in the next six minutes al'Wolvesto climb backwith- t€am a one-point edgewith nine sec- been a tremendousleaderall year "We knew our season was on lowedtle ondson the clock. On the inbound, in the locker room and on the floor." the line," Meho forward Megan Sin- in one with under a minute to go. After back-to-back misses by Metro freshman guard l,eanrlra clair said. "We knew we had to come out and play with heart, and we Metro, Pueblo had a chance to take Sandstried to passto half court to just didn't want to go out without a the lead with under 30 secondsre- where Sinclair was standing, but ffeht." maining. Meho's defenseheld Pueblo thaper cameup with the steal.Drap
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sweephomeopener Roadrunners seven-runthird inning, followedby a two-run fourth inning. Pitcher Christie Robinsonplayed good defense, laking care of five ground balls and not allowing a run throughout the last three innings. "Robinson pitched very well," Fishersaid. Kaan ByJosiah ' The secondgameendedsinilarly jkaan@mscd.edu asMeho continuedhitting well, leading to a 16-8 victory. Pitcher Corrie Nishikida started Metro softball started conference play strong, winning all four games the game throwing three. scoreless against Mesa State CollegeFeb. 28- innings as the Roadrunners racked up a 134 lead due to a nine-run Ilfarch 1 at Auraria Field. "It wasbig for us to get theseforlr third inning. Mesamade an attempt wins," head coach fen Fisher said. at the lead with a five-run fourth in"Mesais a solid hitting team, and we ning and a tlree-run fifth inning. CorriesNishikida led olT the bothavea lot of respectfor them." The Roailrunners diiln't play tom of the fifth with a double to left past the fifth inning Feb.28 as they field, then was later batted in for the game ending run by center fielder outplayedMesain both games. Metro won the ffrst game of the Kellie Nishikida. "We want to set the tone for the day with great team hitting that pmKellieNishikida said. "Every RMAC," their waY in on 12 runs batted duced game from hereon out." is important Mesa 1tl-3, to bedt Meho won the first gameMarch Ahead 5-2 at the end of the fust inning, Metro put on the gaswith a 1, 5-4 in a match won by gooddefOn-
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ing Meho tale a 6-0 lead.The Road' runners sealed t}te game scoring two runs in the fffth inning, followed by another run in the sixth inning, while holding Mesato only two runs for the game. Moss pitched a complete game, striking out sevenbatters and allowing only four hits. "We're going !o bea hard team to beat,"Mosssaid. The Roadrunners also played a doubleheaderagainstRegisUniversity March 3 at Regis.Metro won the first gameI 1-5, but fell in the second game4-1. The Roadrunners improve to by her Tesone is congratulated Metro third basemanJennessa 12-4 overall with a 5-l conlerence teammatesafter scoringagainstMesaStateMarch 1 at the Auraabissetl Bisset. ria Fields.Photo byAndrew @mscd.edu record and is placed secondin the our capabilitY reached siveplay.All of Meho's scoring came we've Yet," Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer"We a long ence'sEastDivision behind Colorado still have said. early with a three-run first inning, Robinson School of Mines. Metro plays three ahead of us." due to a two-run home run by sec- road games at New Mexico game the conference of the last won Metro ond basemanSarah Rusch,followed March 8 in Ias Hishlands University play both to solid on due later by a home run by right fielder series9-2 N.M. Vegas, Brittany Pitxher Tma Mickelson, and a two-run sec- offenseand defense. Moss started the game with great ond inning. "I'm really happy with the suc- pitching as she held Mesa scoreless cesswe're tiaving, but I don't think through the first three innings, help-
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Sprintcr I)erek Fiorini continued to electrify by making All-Conference in three events. ''lt s really cool to stand out as a freshman and contribute to the team," Fiorini said. By S. Douglas Bassett Fiorini placed fifth in the 5 5-mesbasset4@mscd.ed u ter dash n'ith a time of 6:64, fourth A slew of tr{etro runners col- in the 20(!meter at 22'.92 and rat lectedAll-Conference honorsFeb.2 7 the fust leg of the men's 4X400and 28 at the RockyMountain Ath- meter relay to help the team finish ietic Conference Championships in fourth. "I love running with the guys," Chadron,Neb. Theteamof 1l men and wornen Fiorini said. "Track can be so individthrived as 10 runners finishedsixth ual, but r,t'ith relal', you get the team or betterin variouserrentsto bectrrne mentalit]'. "
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AII-Conference. Distance runner Anthony Luna "It n'as a small group, but they didn t compete in his strongest e!â&#x201A;Źnt, performedgreat," head coach Peter the half-mile, but managed to make one of All-Conference in the one mile, an Julian said."It was probabl_v
event he hadn't competed in all year. Luna ran away &'ith the secondheat. but the end result didn t satisflr "He should have won the whole thing," Julian said. Luna anchored the 4x400-meter and ran in the men's distance relay as n'ell. Middle distance runner Judith Chavez, a freshman, contributed in the vr'omen's distance relay as n'ell as individualll'.taking third place in the 800-meter run rrr.ith a time of 2:18.84. Distance runner Todd Tolentino placed fourth in the men's 5000'Runners meter and helped the clean up in the men's distance relay uith a third-place ffnish. "Todd ran a fantastic race." JuIian said about the 5000-meter race.
Sprinter l,indsay Novascone broke out from a 15th seed to finish sixth in the u'omen's 5 5-meter with a time of 7:43, and led off the women s 4X400-meter relay which finished fifth. Julian and the team are waiting for resultsto determinewho \r'ill join Luna March 13 and 14 at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Houston.
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U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Al|-Academic Tearn Metro crosscountrv and track runner Danielle Kehoe was named to the USTFCCCAAll-Academic team Feb.27 for her performrmce in the classroom.Kehoehas a 4.0 GPAas a human performanceand sport administration major. Kehoe is currently in the track season, where shecompetesin the distance events. Correction In the Feb. 26 issue,it said track runner Anthony Luna will be running in the half mile. Luna is not planning on running in the half mile.
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and endedMetro's-three-gamelosing,streakafter winning thei-rprevious five. No. 4-ranked Mesadefeabed Metroin the otherthreegamesin the series18-8.l4-4. and 12-11. Meho baseballmanagedto claim Though Metro was excited to a victory and avoideda seriessweep grab an emotional victory head Feb. 27 at the hands of MesaState Schemmelsaidhefeltthe coachferry in througtr March I Grandfunction. team should havedonebetter. four runs with two Metro scored "We have won [the third could of the ninth inning outs in the top of gamel the series,'Schemand split game to win 10-9. the final "In game,Mesa had mel said. this Designatedhitter Brett Bowman and their shgrtstopwas four errors quick one-twosavedMetro from a played We hard and had suspended. three inning by singling olT Mesa that hap a no{uit attitude. When pitcher Aaron Guinn. Bowman adgame." pens you'll win the vanced to secondduring the next The normally polite and profesat-bat when catcher Tyree Abshire sional Schemmelwas eiectedfrom singled. After left fielder Marcel game. the third Dominguezwalkedto load the bases, As for the rest of the series,the secondbasemanTommy Frikken hit No. 4-ranked Mavericksout-scored a twoa groundball that tu-rnedinto 4 I -2 J in the three the Roadrunners run error for Metro. With the teams games won. Metro did come Mesa separatedby one run center fielder game with a high close in the third ChrisReddingwaswalkedto load the 12-ll loss, but Mesa won scoring bases.ShortstopMaft McConnellhit game home run. the with a walk off the tying and go-aheadruns with a good game for a third StouJTer had doubleoff the wall in centerfield. going with two 3-for-3 Metro by Though embarrassed at his in the He another home nrns. added teammate's claim that he was the game his conferencefinal to increase man who started the rally, Bowman leading total to eight home runs on gavea soberassessmentof his shat- . the season, plate. at the egy Metro will spend March 6 and "[I was] just trying to be aggres- Metro outfielder Chris Redding charges toward third base Feb. 22 7 playing a pair of doubleheaders sive," Bouman said. "The guys be- against the College of Santa Fe at All-Star Park in Lakewood. Flle against Colorado Christian Univerhind me are Fo1€ important to me. ohoto bv AndrewBisset. abissetl@mscd.edu sity in Lakewood. The differencefor us iD this game is 'They've got a good team Ofs "I I an impressed quiek have to say his we kept them close. They're a Stouller was to cgmpliment that iust team's performance after being the with our team's mental toughness," )ear," Schemmelsaid of CC'U."We're bunchof goodhitters." confidentbut werenot overconfident." Stouffersaid. Slugging first baseman Jordan first of two outs beforethe rally.
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Roadrunnersgrabfirst victory theh whole roster to shift below senior Mitra Hirad. Senior Miriam Evangelista played No. I doubles with Mitra Hirad, and April Hirad The women'stennis team started playedwith sophomoreAlexis Alvaa little rough against University of rez at No, 2 doublesalter only a few Wyoming March 1 at the Air Force daysof practicing together. "Doubles is a little foreign terAcademy but endedon a high note ritory right now" head coach Beck State March 2 at AuagainstWinona said."If we can gointo singles Meares raria C,ourts, that would reallyhelp." Bowling hurt her 2-1 or 3-0 funior Mandy play Sophomore Katlleen Thompson kneeand wasunableto in both lost 6-0, but was still looking formatches, which caused the team 6-l to the match against Winona to forfeit No. 3 doublesand No. 6 ward State. singles. "Probablyone of my bestmatch"t hope to be back soon,"Bowlquite ing said. "Not sure what the es, although the scoremay not have yet." reflectedit," Thompsonsaid. "I felt iniuy is funior April llirad says it's dif- like we had an intenseweek of pracficult beginning the match down tice just like the week we playedAir by two points when it hasn't even Force." Although they didn't win a sinstarted. gle "It's a lot harder when the matrh match, they all seemedto know didn't. starts 2-0 becauseMandy is out," Hi- somethingthe scoreboard 'We weren't expecting to win rad said. With Bowling being out, it forced againstWyoming," Mearessaid. "[ '
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Mandy Bowling, lefL and senior Mitra Hirad set up to receive a serve Feb.22 against Colorado College.Bowling and Hirad played a tough game in doubles, but eventually fell to their opponents. . dclemel2@mscd.edu Fileohotoby DanielClements scheduledthe D-I teams at the beginning of the seasonfor a reason. Our seasonstarts tomorrow against Winona." Once again, the Roaclrunners
startedoff the match againstWinona Statedown 2-0. Doublesbeganwith new parhfers Evangelist and Mitra Hirad tag-t€eming for a win against Winona'sNo. l doubles9-7.TheNo.
2 te"in. which consistedof Hirad and Alvaraz, lost their match 7-4. In the far court, Thompson was starting what the team waspromised to seemore of as the actual season started. Before anyone knew iL she w"ascomingoll the court wiLha win, carrying herself with an anticipated senseof satisfaction. Notonly wasThompsonwinning her matches, ttre rest of the team were winning too. While Evangelista won her match 6-3, 6-3, Hirhil started playing like she was shot out of a cannon around her frfth game and pulled the match out 6-3, 6-3. The whole team watched as Alvarez finished off her match winning 6-2, /->.
"We starteddown 2-0 againsta team ranked three spots above us," Hirad said."Thisfeelssogood." The win puts the women's beam at an even.5OOoverall.The men will play againstDallasBapflstMarch lO at Auraria Courts.
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